the local network are like to 21 -- and the 24, they combined with the rapid network to create a grid. this is really a lot of customers in san francisco to get where they are going. this is really our goal to make service as efficient as possible. the community connectors are those that go into our affiliate neighborhoods. people can get where they are going either by going through the park station or in some cases, the caltrans station? this is like the ball park shuttles. they fill in the markets and complement our service all around. since the planning process, we have accomplished a tremendous amount of work. most significantly, this service restructuring that to place in december of 2009. many of the proposals that were originally identified have already been implemented through that work. i know that the last meeting that you had where john haley presented an overview, you had asked for very specific examples of how this has influenced our planning and our transportation policies but i wanted to take a moment to walk you through really how this has changed the entire culture of

the rapid network. recommending that investment be targeted heavily towards this that work in order to improve the conditions for the majority of the customers. the local network and combined with rapid network to get customers. customers that are happy to make more than one transfer in most situations. community connectors are basic access routes. for example, they might connect to a bart or metro station, getting people into the core grid. then there are specialized services, like ball park shuttle's, they are a part of the full transit package. they do not necessarily run at all times of the year. since 2008, we have made incredible accomplishments guided by tep. the first was december of 2009, when we implemented the first major route restructuring for the first time in two decades. that process included implementing many of the restructuring notions identified with allocations to the most crowded routes. we then followed that with service reductions and service ad-backs in a day of 2010. while that is closer to the overall goal of the program. the second thing that we did was schedule improvements. during the planning process, one of the key opera

labor to put more cables in the ground, building a high-speed broadband network based on the standard called i.p. this is the largest single upgrade to the san francisco local network in more than a century. we call this new fiber optic network uverse bringing more reliable phone connections using fiber, significantly faster broadband speed, wifi hot spots and top video service in the nation according to j.d. powers. san francisco has the highest percentage of people working from home more than new york and boston. residents have come to expect easy access to the best technology to do their jobs. our network will provide the next generation of i.p.-based technologies that san francisco needs to provide if it wants to continue to attract the best and the brightest in the region. residents up and down the state in more than 260 different cities like berkeley, los angeles, south san francisco, oakland and bailey city have access to this faster internet service, more reliable phone lines in case of emergency and choice to traditional cable. they are seeing the benefits of a growing, unionized workforce in their cities as well as substantial payment of franchise

the next not work. if we have interplanetary, local, said the networks, metro networks that run have card that works.soft is a cloud not work system, all toyota vehicles will be able to pry into this. you have wireless in your car, in the middle and you have a plug and but let's wait until 2:00 a.m. in the morning when rates are the cheapest. toyota will be but you manage your electricity, they will store music for you, it's very cool a new type of that work. a >>pam: let's talk about- networks, now working on not flex and now the what to compete with not flex they have blockbuster. >>rob: we don't know what's happening with that. it could go both ways, satellite typically just beams and your home. dishes been buying a lot of technology that makes it to way, on top of this would blockbuster you could put a modem in your home, using a wireless movies and your tv called tvs will of internet connection sooner than later. it makes sense with the trend to do. down the road you look for them a better buy wireless company so they could offer phone service as well. >>pam: abroad will be back to answer your e

the social networking site is offering discounts for local businesses on friends that -- things that friends can do tomorrow. >>> you can find more, click the tab on our homepage at ktvu.com. >>> a new android smartphone app is coming under fire. this dog wars app allows users to train, raise, and fight dogs pay michael vick calls for android to drop the app. the company says that the proceeds will go to an animal rescue group. >>> the city is going after property owners holding them accountable. they say that the properties become crime magnets be they say that the bank needs to be responsible for blighted homes. there will be a thousand dollar a day fine for every day goes untapped. >>> with the rainy season behind it, there is an assault on potholes which are in some cases dangerous to drivers. >> which street does not have pot holes on a? >> reporter: this area of the city is on pot hole blitz throughout may. >> they are working hard. >> reporter: it leads to erosion of safety and handling not to mention it is costly for everybody and even more so for high-profile brands and tires

locally, to connect with professionalism, the northern california chapter. they put together class's brought to the bay area, and they are the most local and specific. you can find networking resources and great stuff through that website. >> there is a whole lot more to talk about, but it is 1:30. thank you for coming, and see you next month. thank you very much.

i believe i speak for all my brothers and sisters in the local 9410 when i ask you to allow at&t to proceed with lightspeed upgrade to the network at this time. as a consumer, i'm tired of being held hostage by the current monopolistic video provider in san francisco. they're vehemently opposed to letting their employees enter into collective bargaining agreement. when their employees attempt to organize, they are systematically fired for their activities. by contrast, at&t has historically allowed work groups created by new technologies to join in the collective bargaining process. thank you for your time. president chiu: next speaker. >> representing bayview at this point. we want to make sure they do local hiring and we don't need nobody from another district coming from another neighborhood trying to get our jobs. all right? thank you. >> good evening, board. my name is calvin chan, a resident of the diamond heights area of san francisco. as a consumer and a resident, i'm ashamed that san francisco doesn't have uverse at this time when 260 other telephony cities have made that investment in the future. i know my condo associ

we have established the street irt within that framework, for the networks in following the street plan recommendations, with this area of neighborhood commercial development, the local streets and alleys, and pedestrian back ways. the hierarchy of streets established listens the scale and determines the building character of the area that we will be claiming, along with the open space system that you can see here, this ties into the hillside, to the north. and to the state recreation area to the south along the waterfront. there are a couple of components, with a picture of the hillside improvements, and then, a look at the state park and how this context there at the bay, as this continues. and then, a couple of images to show you what we intend for the smaller, open spaces as part of the development, primarily along the edge of the bay, with what will be a reconfigured way, and the urban squares would complement the open-space system. and as we focused on the planning framework, today, we're focused on the implementation tools. specifically, the design guidelines. the zoning needs to establish the land use that is not oriented to residential uses, and the land use

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the upcoming election. >>> facebook is launching a new service today offering localized deals in five cities, including san francisco. facebook hopes its service called deals on facebook will rival groupon. the social networking site says it will focus on items that friends can do together, like concerts or events. facebook has partnered with local businesses to offer social activities. the way deals on facebook works is once a user find as deal they like, facebook allows them to make purchases, share and make plans with friends. >>> bees have taken over a northern california home. some interesting pictures ahead. >>> and a flap concerning one of most famous flags in the bay area about when it should be flown at half staff. >>> look for changes ahead in the bay area weather that you may like. our meteorologist is up soon to tell you what to expect. >>> i still buy it because i like that coffee in the morning. >> ahead how bay area coffee drinkers are reacting to news that prices are going up. Ñw? >>> we want to update breaking news out of santa rosa where two people were injured this morning in a flash explosion at a commercial laboratory. these are pictures from news chopper 2 of the scene. this happened abo

the plural. negotiations must be pursued i believe at a tactical level rather than at a strategic level. that's with local agreement and integration. it's not -- involved emigration. that's not a grand bargain for the haqqani network. it is with the middle and lower level taliban. the causes of the insurgency and its being sustained our local. and so are the solutions. until now the discussions about one that might go into negotiations have been the terms of elite to delete. not reflecting the interests of civil society and the public at large. any success politically as likely to come village by village, militia by militia, but only in the event that there are military gains that people believe him. we are not them. negotiations are not a substitute. and military -- when mentioned, are unsustainable without improvement in people's lives, services, and their freedom from predatory and abusive government. they are access to better government and above all, the rule of law. in conclusion, i don't know if this is still possible. the odds against stabilizing the country much less defeating insurgency are long ones. we got a late start. with our enemy, and right now we sometimes are our own worst enemy with our policie

the transit system that is running a lot later. >> san francisco will get a new police chief today. does he have local experience or represent the good old boy network. you decide coming up next. >> flight delays developing on the eastern sea board . departures and baltimore and filly and new york x. flight tracker has >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >> you are looking at the new york stock exchange. it looks like stocks are ready to rise in the news of pen bernanke's first ever press conference. it will be a long lasting factory good for the month of march. lin to the bell. the update coming up. >> developing news from washington d.c.. where president obama is now just 15 minutes away from a news conference this morning. he's expected to talk about the longg-running controversy over the birth certificate and whether he was born in the united states. within the last hour, the white behite posted a copy of the president's birth certificate and printed it out . it is on honolulu7:24 at night and he's trying to quash the birther controversy of his political oppons who believe he was not born in the u.s.. we'll go live to the

the robbery ring's worldwide network. >> the large number of chips were recovered locally. >> reporter: were any recovered overseas? >> yes. >> reporter: in asia? >> in asia. >> reporter: the task force says there have been several chip robberies in the bay area and expect them to be a lucrative project. >> if 12 or 15 do an armed takeover robbery of a bank they will get $10,000 or $15,000 but instead they do an armed takeover robbery of what, computer chips? >> reporter: investigators say companies usually need a large number of chips for their products. each chip costs about $22. the suspects in this case face kidnapping and armed robbery charges and return to court friday. in fremont, robert handa, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> earth day festivities began in the east bay today. hundreds of people enjoyed oakland's annual earth expo. the 17th year for the event in the plaza. today there were more than 100 booths and exhibits from local green businesses, organizations, artists and growers. the earth day isn't until april 22nd but no one seemed to mind starting early. [ music ] >>> and we go to live stormtracker 2. to

the robbery ring's worldwide network. >> the large number of chips were recovered locally. >> reporter: were any recovered overseas?> yes. >> reporter: in asia? >> in asia. >> reporter: the task force says there have been several chip robberies in the bay area and expect them to be a lucrative project. >> if 12 or 15 do an armed takeover robbery of a bank they will get $10,000 or $15,000 but instead they do an armed takeover robbery of what, computer chips? >> reporter: investigators say companies usually need a large number of chips for their products. each chip costs about $22. the suspects in this case face kidnapping and armed robbery charges and return to court friday. in fremont, robert handa, ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> earth day festivities began in the east bay today. hundreds of people enjoyed oakland's annual earth expo. the 17th year for the event in the plaza. today there were more than 100 booths and exhibits from local green businesses, organizations, artists and growers. the earth day isn't until april 22nd but no one seemed to mind starting early. [ music ] >>> and we go to live stormtracker 2. to sh

the local san francisco community. >> we want them to see that their efforts are appreciated. >> we will blend of the idea of a community network with computer equipment, with training and with support. if we put all this together, we have this. >> this is about social and economic justice. this is more about that than just technology. will look into what it means to be a chicana with the institute of intergral studies. chica chic is currently on view. >> this features aretwortwork by five visual artists to addresse gender equality and education. each of the artists response to the shifting needs of their communities, to offer new perspectives. at multiple points of entry. >> planning commission is back in session. we were in the midst of the executive park presentation. >> i am matt snyder. i will pick this up on the page left on the podium. we will refer to the guidelines. the guidelines to not require initiation and did not require any action. the week that is prior to the -- the planning code may generally be silenced, will where quantitative guidances better than where this stands in the planning code. the guidelines would

the trolly network. an opportunity to do that is to build a bypass wires so that the -- bus can pass the local. finally, the strategy includes three long-term studies that will support this work going forward. the first is a comprehensive communication plan which is really a marketing effort to understand how we can communicate this idea at a rapid network to our customers. we would like to back this plan is intended to address topics that are raised during this project, but we really went outside of the timeline, and that is of a system would evolve to support the growth that we know is coming in key areas, including parkmerced, bayview hunters point, and then there is attraction power. that is how we provide power to our trolley networks, and as we think about the growth that is coming, and we want to make sure that we are designing upgrades that can support future service. this is an implementation schedule, part of the environmental review process. we are also going to be working hard to move other key elements of forward. for example, we would be working on public outreach and design relat

level and the most important is it for a paradigm shift where we try to think of ourselves as part of the network that includes all public radio stations and a network that reaches from the local assets can be shared freely throughout that system. that means stations sharing stories with us and other stations. every level you think of we try to get our people to think about their world in that way. the other driving principle is reporting. it is very simple. the decision that npr has made flies in the face of all commercial broadcast journalism which is to maximize boots on the ground. maximize reporting, not commentary or arguing or aggregation. every spare shekel we have we went to put in service of reporting and help stations do that too because we think and they think that is the way to become important to their communities. guiding some of those reporting decisions we look very hard at areas where commercial media has retreated. where they are not investing. where they are pooling their resources and where we believe there's a strong information demand like the news consuming public. the final thing we try to inculcate into our conversation is the national and local level

the practice" and "boston legal." next to him we have jamie floyd. broadcast anger for network news. many of you know her from her daily live broadcast "the best defense. next is a localattorney who has handled a number of high-profile cases including a nationally publicized acquittals of actor robert blake and civil rights lawyer stephen bingham. to his left is a career public defender from washington state. she is a blunder and has her own -- blogger and has her own blog. so'. does the media contributes to a negative misconception of public defenders, and more broadly, criminal defense attorneys? >> no, thank you. [laughter] >> absolutely yes. i think for the most part, there is the lack of understanding on the part of the american public on more critical role of the public defender. it is laid down in our sixth amendment. we do not teach it properly in primary school education. the public learned of it through the news media and come to some extent, through the entertainment media. most of my colleagues, and it with a bias that is predisposed against the criminal defendant and criminal defense attorney there for. i do not think there are aware of this bias for the

networking sites. find our content any time through c-span video library. we take c-span on the road with our digital bus and local content vehicle bringing resources to your community. it is washington your way, the c-span networks now available in american 100 million homes created by cable, provided as a public service. year's student kacam competition ask students to consider washington, d.c. through their lens. today's third prize winner addressed a topic that better helped them understand the role of the federal government. >> when we ask a service member go to a fortune count -- a forn country to defend the freedoms we don't ask what the cost is to them. we don't ask are they ready to go. they pick up that pride of service and go without question. we as a nation shouldn't question the cost that it will take us to provide for them when they return from combat. >> due to personal involvement of my father and issues related to service and war i chose that. >> i talked to him about his aspect of what congress should do with legislation. you think that congress should provide minister services to returning veter

networking sites. find the content any time through c-span library. we take c-span on the road with digital bus of local vehicle. the c-span networks, now available in more than 100 million homes. created by cable, provided as a public service. host: president obama task a group of bipartisan folks to come together and look at the debt and deficit problems. that was been -- that was called the simpson bowl condition. guest today we looked up proposals to cut and cut discretionary spending. today we will take a look at medicare and medicaid. tomorrow an examination of the proposals relating to defense and security spending. on thursday the decks -- the guest will be one of the commission members. we will talk about proposals to overhaul the tax cut. on friday we will take a look at social security solvency. our guest for that will be another member, and the stern. joining us now is marilyn serafini here to talk about restructuring medicare and medicaid. the report stated federal health-care spending represents our single largest fiscal challenge over the long run. why? guest: this is one of the stranger

c-span video library and we take c-span on the road with our local content vehicle bringing resources to your community. it is watching to your way. the c-span network available in 1 hundred million homes created by cable provided as a public service. >> after 27 years of operation the well-known washington d.c. independent bookstore politics and prose has been sold and we are taking this opportunity on booktv to talk with the new co owner. bradley graham formerly of the washington post. congratulations to you. what made you by an independent bookstore in 2011? >> guest: thanks very much. very excited about taking over politics and prose. as journalist and author, former senior government staff, we have been very involved in and contributing in various ways to the washington community and we see this move to politics and prose as part of the same sort of thing. did is another way to continue to contributes to the community. we really believe in the mission. much more than a book store. the community institution. a forum for debate and discussion and believe in the need for such forums. >> mr. graham is referring to his wife who is the new co owner o

network ahead. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> live, local, latebreaking. this is wbal-tv 11 news at noon. >> good afternoon. i am mindy basara. a 66-year-old woman remains in critical condition after police say she was attacked by her teenage grandson with a hammer. 14-year-old hassanhii garrett admitted to police that he attacked his grandmother in their home yesterday morning. he reportedly told police he was angry about the way she had been treating him but he is charged as an adult with attempted murder, assault, and use of a deadly weapon. we will have the latest at 5:00 and 6:00. baseball hall of famer and orioles great brooks robinson is recovering after he was admitted for an emergency procedure. he was rushed by ambulance to the hospital yesterday suffering from a fever and infection. he is scheduled to undergo a routine procedure that same date. he says he remains cancer free up a successful treatment for prostate cancer in 2009. he thanked his fans for support and prayers and ask for privacy as he recuperates. all the more city po

able to give advice, but at the end of the day, the local players determine the outcome of the situation, and that's why it's so important to bring the networks together. >> that's what we discovered at agc that we are most successful in our offices. >> not surprising. >> as you can imagine the audience here locally and in washington have a great many questions. the first comes from an audience member as follows, and i'm going to focus this question on you, gidi. why is the focus always on what israel should do? shouldn't we demand that europe and the u.s. do what they can to make the flotilla from departing? >> sure. the way we should understand the first flotilla is a strategic strike against the political position of the state of israel. it was orchestrated, some of you may not be aware of this, for 14 months in the open, in the internet, in places friendly to the state of israel at the time turkey, but also london, the bay area, and so on, it was organized by a hamas activist. the majority of the people were not necessarily delegitimizers, but people concerned about the policy and it may or may not did legitimate in the eyes of the people

television, radio, online and on social media networking's sites and find content any time on c-span's video library and we take c-span on the road with local content vehicles bringing our resources to your community. it is washington your way. the c-span networks now available in 1 hundred million homes created by cable. provided as a public service. >> the head of the military's africa command and head of the transportation demand appeared to data hearing of the house armed services committee. the hearing covered military operations in libya and logistical needs of troops in afghanistan among other topics. this is 1 hour and 45 minutes. >> come to order. apologize for the tardiness. we had a vote and that a suspicious package. that didn't think they were ever going to let us back. the house armed services committee meets today to receive testimony from commanders of the united states transportation command and united states africa command on the posture of their respective commands. all those these are two, that there is that sometimes fly beneath the rate our this hearing could not be more relevant than it is today. the responsibility of

the switch to tv and land at nbc news, the network. tell me that experience, the first month there at nbc news. >> guest: at nbc, i had been nine years in local news before i hit the networks, and they wanted reporters. now they don't care, but they wanted you to be solid and have had a lot of experience before you went to the network so i had a name in chicago, and they thought i did a good job, and they wanted to hire me and move me to washington, d.c. which was my dream because now i wouldn't be reporting on things just involving chicago and the region, but national things, and worldwide things and so i had always wanted to be a cor spot in washington -- correspondent in washington, and that's what they offered me, but i get to washington, my dream job, and i'm not getting any assignments. i was assigned to cover atw which is the former name of hhs, the department of human -- health and human resources. hhs, health and human services, and so i was coming up with story ideas and suggesting all of these things. nobodimented them. the networks, the nightly news didn't want them. the today show didn't want them. i was like what is going on? i

networking sites. and find our content anytime through c-span's video library. and we take c-span on the road with our digital bus and local content vehicle bringing our resources to your community. it's washington your way, the c-span networks. now available in more than 100 million homes. created by cable, provided as a public service. >>> fbi director robert mueller appeared recently for what's likely to be his last oversight hearing before the senate judiciary committee. he took his position on december 4 -- september 4, 2001. senators asked him about issues that stemmed from the september 11th attacks almost ten years later including policies of reading terror suspects their miranda rights and the reauthorization of the u.s. repatriation act. this is about two hours. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> today the judiciary committee will hear from director robert mueller. this fall the director will complete his ten-year term overseeing the fbi. he and i were talking out back earlier, and i don't know when i've seen ten years go by so quickly, and i'm sure the director feels