they put money back into the local economy. they are buying houses, paying taxes, money is going into the school district, kids are being educated. we are raising help the community. >> thank you so much for joining us on sfgtv's "meet your supervisor." we will be back with another one of our 11 supervisors.

they put money back into the local economy. they are buying houses, paying taxes, money is going into the school district, kids are being educated. we are raising help the community. >> thank you so much for joining us on sfgtv's "meet your supervisor." we will be back with another one of our 11 supervisors. >> welcome to culture wire. we're going to take a look at one of the biggest and most significant public art projects today. ♪ on june 26, mayor newsom and other officials gathered at the hospital to cut the ribbon and welcome the public into a beautiful new state-of-the-art facility. >> 3, 2, 1. [applause] >> in has been 10 years since voters approved the measure for the new building. >> when they cast the vote, we have an exciting opportunities to rethink how art is done in a hospital setting. >> replacement program generated approximately $3.9 million in art enrichment funds for a comprehensive art program that contributes to the quality of life at the hospital by enhancing the environment and supporting the hospital's n

they put money back into the local economy. they are buying houses, paying taxes, money is going into the school district, kids are being educated. we are raising help the community. >> thank you so much for joining us on sfgtv's "meet your supervisor." we will be back with another one of our 11 supervisors. >> this lodge is home to some of the best fly casting pools in the world. these shallow concrete pools don't have fish. this is just a place where people come to practice their fly casting technique. ith was built in the 1930's and ever since, people have been coming here to get back to nature. every year, the world championship of fly casting is held in san francisco and visitors from all over the globe travel to be here. >> we are here with phil, general manage of san francisco rec and parks department at the anglers lodge. what do you think about this? >> it is spectacular, travis from oregon, taught me a snake roll and a space cast. >> there are people from all over the world come to san francisco and say this is the pl

they put money back into the local economy. they are buying houses, paying taxes, money is going into the school district, kids are being educated. we are raising help the community. >> thank you so much for joining us on sfgtv's "meet your supervisor." we will be back with another one of our 11 supervisors. >> the san francisco cons tri of flowers in golden gate park is now showing a new exhibit that changes the way we see the plants around us. amy stewart's best-selling book, "wicked plants" is the inspiration behind the new exhibit that takes us to the dark side of the plant world. >> i am amy stewart. i am the arthur of "wicked plants," the weeds that killed lincoln's mother and other botanical atrocities. with the screens fly trap, that is kind of where everybody went initially, you mean like that? i kind of thought, well, all it does is eat up bugs. that is not very wicked. so what? by wicked, what i mean is that they are poisonous, dangerous, deadly or immoral or maybe illegal or offensive or awful in some way. i am in t

they put money back into the local economy. they are buying houses, paying taxes, money is going into the school district, kids are being educated. we are raising help the community. >> thank you so much for joining us on sfgtv's "meet your supervisor." we will be back with another one of our 11 supervisors. >> san francisco is home to a renowned civic art collection that includes a comic works -- iconic works by local and national artists integrated into our public buildings and six basis. the arts commission has struggled to take care of the priceless collection because of limited resources. in an effort to gather more funding for the maintenance of the collection, the art commission has joined forces with the san francisco art dealers association to establish art care, a new initiative that provides a way for the public to get involved. the director of public affairs recently met with the founder and liquor -- local gallery owner to check out the first art care project. ♪ >> many san franciscans are not aware that there is a

once again the importance of san francisco putting local residents back to work and reviving our local economy. as some of you may recall, last september, we announced the city would have its own modified version of the federal jobsnow program. because congress failed to act, the city partnered with local businesses to keep san franciscans working, and we call it jobsnow2. as a result, we have partnered with over 100 businesses and employed over 500 local residents, with 70 of them working in the private sector. today, we are here to announce we still have a lot of financial opportunities for private citizens to participate in the jobsnow2 program and we will continue to help put san franciscans back to work. we would like to increase and focus this jobsnow2 program on local small businesses. local businesses are missing a great opportunity to use this resource to their advantage. this increase of subsidy we are seeing today could help small and medium-sized businesses expand and reduce overhead. jobsnow2 will reimburse employers for the first $5,000 of wages paid to an employee hired from the

they put money back into the local economy. they are buying houses, paying taxes, money is going into the school district, kids are being educated. we are raising help the community. >> thank you so much for joining us on sfgtv's "meet your supervisor." we will be back with another one of our 11 supervisors. >> welcome to district -- need your district supervisor. we're here with supervisor john avalos, from district 11, which includes the excelsior, and will sign, our mission, and crocker amazon neighborhoods. supervisor avalos was elected to the board in november of 2008. we are going to get to know him and talk about the toughest issues facing the city. welcome and thank you for joining us today. tell us a lot about your background, where you grew up, went to school, the job you worked. >> i was born in a town called and los angeles. it was a lot of working-class folks. my father was a shore worker, my mother was an office worker at usc. my parents were divorced when i was 10 years old, and i moved to the east coast for six

they are offsetting the modest recovery that we are seeing in our economy and local tax revenues. so the mayor had asked, in the winter of this year, in preparation of the budget department, to propose to increase in reductions to general fund support, and an additional 10% contingency. and those are significant targets that we issue. just in terms of the very highest level of how we balanced, this pie chart shows you the balance between revenues and expenditures and the solutions that were used to close the $306 million budget deficit. a significant portion of the budget was closed with revenues. some of that is due to new initiatives. a significant amount of it is due to improving conditions in the economy. both in the current year and in -- projected for next year's budget, and about 56% of the solutions are on the expenditure side. just to walk you through some of the high level summary of how we balanced -- these numbers are compared to the joint report, and they represent the total incremental general fund that we used to balance the budget, compared to the joint report. the

the system without being a burden upon the system but these individuals could stimulate their local economies additionally without the fear of taxation and such these young men and women who are graduating school or perhaps did not take the college or graduate path can go out and start businesses and really make their own communities blossom and so it's an ideal situation because they've got a tax. well when you endeavor to start a business you have a great deal of taxation there's a payment actually if you know i've started having a business as david and every single time you you lose money for the first year or two you pay no taxes. well that's something else entirely like oh that's how you started this whole withholdings are those aware of how you start a business but there are expenses immediately additionally if we were not to put the income tax burden on these young men and women they could repay their student loans faster the default rate of this payment would drop percipient asli. additionally these same individuals would be exempt from this they would have to be not allowed to partic

we need to create a better economy for our local artists.his is a city that has many thousands of small businesses. as someone who used to run a small business, the city can do a much better job of nurturing that sector. that is part of the life blood of who we are as san franciscans. >> we could do better. are we on the right track? >> i think we are in a transition right now. we have an interim mayor and a new board of supervisors. i do think we have a new tone at city hall to move things forward. we have a lot of challenges we are facing. i am doing everything i can to put us back on track. >> let's talk about the role of sports in the city's economic future. are you happy with the plans for the america's cup? >> i have been a huge fan of the america's cup. i am proud of this board came together unanimously after a fairly contentious debate to support bringing the america's cup to san francisco in 2013. it is estimated it will not only be an incredible sporting event, not only showcase our city and the natural amphitheater of the bay, but

. >> with reservoirs now full of water and fish, the local economy has received another boost this is a success story. after 10 years here, they are finally pulling out and leaving the things in the hands of the local community. they have decided to copy what has happened here and replicate it over a much larger area. no shortage of money here. india has more millionaires than the u.k. and its own large foreign aid budget. so is this really a country that need help? they have enough resources in the country and do not need the foreign aid. the real challenge in india is not the quantity of resources, but the efficiency of the use of these resources. >> with cutbacks at home, criticism of foreign aid is bound to continue >> you have been watching newsday from bbc. >> the united nations says tens of thousands of people. thank you for watching. we will see you again soon. >> makes sense of international news @ bbc.com/news. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vt., and honolulu. andan's own foundation union bank. >> union bank has put its global fina

a billion dollar forecast for the local economy. >> locall christian college that is closing its door after 92 years and the missionaries it trained are the one in need. >> relief from the heat. a cooling trend starts tomorrow. @ñ >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. c>> this is what tied up the traffic on the san mateo bridge this morning. that is a flat bed truck that is burning after hitting the wall with a lot of plastic oxygen tankos board. no one was hurt and no other cars were involved. two of the three eastbound liance were blocked and traffic backed nupt other direction as well >> look at this video. you can see a white van chased by the police. the driver loses control of the van and ends up here in the field. they tried to steal a backpack before taking off. warmest temperatures in the snow are causing flooding in yosemite national park it shut down 20 cabins. a flood warning is in effect until further notice. temperatures in the valley reached quen degrees . combined that with a snow pack and you have one messy melt. >> when we pulled in it was late a

. >>> well, the new report says that the military bowl pumped nearly $18 million into the local economy last year. attendance for the 2010 game was more than double that of the year before. a large number of fans came from out of town to see maryland play east carolina. organizers are hoping that the game's economic impact will lead to much needed upgrades at rfk stadium. >>> coming up ahead on 9news now at noon, another candidate has joined the crowded gop presidential field. we'll have details on that announcement. >>> plus, a deadly attack on u.s. troops in iraq. details when we come back. >>> we have breaking news concerning d.c. council member harry thomas. the d.c. attorney general is accusing thomas of taking money that was donated to a charity that he runs and spending it. the suit accuses the ward 5 council member of using that money on a luxury vehicle as well as travel expenses and a vacation home. the attorney general is seeking a judgment of over $1 million. he wants the case handed over to the u.s. attorney general. >>> today marks the deadliest day for americans in iraq s

with so many people coming to the city now, it's going to give a nice boost to the local economy. just the parade alone on sunday is said to bring in over $1 million. live in san francisco, nbc bay area news. >> the weekend, the whole weekend is sure to be filled with the activities and road closures. a full list of the activities and street closures can be found on our website, www.nbcbayarea.com search pride guide. >>> developing news in the fight over gay marriage now. what you are looking at is a live picture of the new york senate where a long anticipated vote could happen tonight. new york would become the largest state and sixth where gay and lesbian couples are allowed to marry. governor cuomo promised he will sign it. >>> speaking of gay rights, president obama is in favor of them but activists want more. they protested for the right to marry outside a pricey new york city fund-raiser last night. inside about 600 supporters listened to the president defend his record on gay rights. >> we are going to keep fighting until the law no longer -- i heard you guys. >> it's time

many arguments that people make about the impact that healthy san francisco would have on the local economy. those arguments were made repeatedly to argue against healthy san francisco. but the reality is that the parade of horribles that people anticipated did not occur. it did not occur even though there were many sacrifices that were made and continue to be made by businesses. people may want to the engage in that debate again, but that is not the point here. we have the program in place. this is about making sure that to the extent we are requiring employers to follow the rules, let us make sure the rules apply fully to everyone and there is a level playing field that protect the workers and protect other businesses who are doing what they were supposed to do. commissioner clyde: to that end, i agree with the intent absolutely. i just am very concerned about the implementation as this legislation is currently written, if it will disadvantage highroad employers who are complying and using these to comply. i would like more information about that. >> great. thank you very much. president

800 companies which brought $55 million of new activity into our local economy. we were all extremely disappointed when congress decided not to continue that program last september. but i am very happy that because of the partnership with the mayor's office and with mayor lee's commitment to jobs, with hsa, and private sector leaders, we've been able to move this forward with state and local and some federal funding. i particularly want to single out scott, who pointed out our numbers have been lagging in the private sector. he brought this to our attention. what we really ask you, our media partners, is to give the word out. there is still be potential for hundreds of jobs to qualify between now and june 30. the latest estimate is 300 new jobs that could be created if companies take advantage of what we have got here. with that, i want to thank all the partners here as well as our friends in private sector and small businesses we hope will be using this program to put our people back to work. >> good morning. i am the founder of small business california. but i

. >> tom: finally let me ask you about the impact on the economy, the local economy in these mountains during the summer tourism season. what will likely be the impact after the blaze is contained and hopefully put out? >> a big impact this area is about a five hour drive from phoenix, big area for vacation homes, recreation businesses. summer is when these places come alive. already seeing cancellations happening at cabins and resorts. for perspective the rodeo fire about nine years ago, the biggest fire in arizona history, it took five years for visitation numbers in many recreation areas to recover. so you have got the tourism industry hit. you've got the real estate market hit. arizona just now starting to come back a little bit from the housing crisis. the market for vacation homes up in the mountains just coming around. this is going to hit awfully hard. >> tom: ted, our thoughts with the firefighters and families threatened here. ted simons with us tonight with arizona's pbs 8. >> tom: we saw the biggest sell- off of the week today as all the major stock sectors saw losses. let'

we need to support each other by creating a more vibrant local economy. create networks, share best practices, and hope that the city and port create a cohesive policy is that will support their industries. i am proud that the majority of businesses are located here in district 6. when you walk around our district on any given day, you can smell the coffee that is being produced. you can walk up howard streets and visit the sisters that produced their own stationery for weddings and birthdays and other special events. there are many immigrant owned garment manufacturing businesses. many of you carry rickshaw bags. other products are produced locally in san francisco. i am proud to honor the organization. the director is here today. she will talk a little bit more about the organization. all week long, they will be hosting free tours of their member businesses. i would encourage you all to come out to their event tomorrow. thank you so much for all of your work. really excited about what is happening in san francisco. >> thank you very much. we really appr

. >> organizers say selling those homes is good for the local economy. >>> carnival rides, livestock competitions and lots of deep fried food. it is county fair season in california. anne makovec on how the decades-old tradition could become another victim though of current budget cuts. >> reporter: there are plenty of reasons to go to a county fair. >> the rides are fun. >> and the food is great. >> i really like to see animals. you will, too. especially this guy right here. >> curly fries. >> curly fries. >> reporter: it is the opening weekend at the san mateo county fair. and people are enjoying all of the spoils. but there may be fewer fun fairs in the future. as california's budget mess continues to spin out of control, state leaders are now talking about cutting $32 million in subsidies, for county fairs. >> that's not right. i mean the fair is part of the state of california. >> it is a huge hit to the fair industry. >> organizers here in san mateo county take $150,000 from the state each year, but they are one of the few self supporting organizations in the fair circuit. they

what we tell students is, you see the things that are happening to you and your family in the local economy right now. that's the same thing that's occurring to the school district and that's why we are in this situation. >> reporter: teaching a lesson in patience and economics. tom llamas, nbc news, riverside, california. >>> we have an update now on prom night in shelton, connecticut. when all was said and done, james tate got to attend the prom last night with his date, sonali rodriguez. you'll recall the school barred him from the prom after he placed his invitation in big letters on the school wall. after widespread attention, the headmaster reversed that decision. in fact, tate and his date were prom king and queen. >>> up next, 30 years ago today the start of an epidemic. >>> it was on this day 30 years ago that the centers for disease control reported on five otherwise healthy gay men who had developed a rare form of pneumonia. two of them had already died. it was the beginning of the aids crisis. today in this country alone, 56,000 people contract hiv each year. nbc's chief science

helping expand and start hundreds of businesses and feeding the local economies and all the cities of our beautiful san francisco. nearly 1,000 of these jobs are located in san francisco. on average, our clients increase their household income by 60% just one year after graduating from our program. our return on investment is 30-1 which means that for every dollar invested in our program,

a new report shows it pumped nearly $18 million into the local economy. all that spending came in large part from the 26,000 out of town attendees. more attendees out of town than the total output of attendees the year before. it's exploding in popularity. >> that's excellent. >>> the other thing what's good for us, isn't good for wall street when it comes to oil. >> isn't that interesting? >> jessica, thank you. >>> a man diagnosed with h ivaids says he is cure. >>> the head of apple makes a brief return today. we'll be back. >>> it's time for united airlines travel cast on this monday morning, temperatures in the mid-60s at dulles, visibility 4 miles. fairly comfortable taking off out of here today. if you're going toward chicago, there could be thunderstorms a little later on. temperatures around 90. so it's going to be hot there. middle of the country 90s, mid-90s kansas city, denver 92, could see storms. in the southwest heat is building, phoenix 101, la sunny and comfortable, 65. san francisco sunny and 65. seattle a few clouds, low 70s. 70s.) piano

after a recession has brought the local economy to its knees, puerto rico seems to be showing an uglier side. protests like this one against the economic response and spending cuts have become frequent and given way to violent clashes between demonstrators and police. the images of this teacher and her daughter being beaten and pepper sprayed at a demonstration last year were beamed around the world and have become an icon of what many think is the excessive use of force by police. >> this is the most cruel thing. it undermines puerto rican democracy. happened to us, but it is not something isolated. happened to many people. this is an attempt by the government to deprive us of our most fundamental rights. >> students received a tuition fee hike at the largest university at the island have been the loudest voices protesting against the government. >> many of our protests have to do with an increase in tuition. that is how it was, i guess, more concrete. what was behind it is a lack of real democracy. >> the protests in puerto rico over the last few months and the response by the police

. >> organizers say it's good for the local economy by turning distressed properties into homes for familiesmontana wants to help build a luxury hotel near the proposed 49ers stadium in santa clara. he will go before the cupertino city council on tuesday asking for approval for the project. so far, city leaders seem excited about the projects and the prospects of meeting montana. >>> erica martin joins us now with a warm weather forecast for us. >> finally, starting to feel like late spring here, early summer. conditions are warming up nicely folks. now tonight breezy conditions, and some clouds working their way over the region. but by tomorrow, it's going to clear it and we're going to see partly cloudy sky conditions for tomorrow and as we take a look outside, we can see lovely shot of the bridge and we can see, well, we've got clouds working they way over. some low, mid and high level clouds, but no worries, move tot east and then we're going to enjoy the ridge that's belting nicely off the coast here. that's going push in and keep conditions warmer just like we like them and then we hav

we have served over 24,000 women, helping start up and expand thousands of businesses beating local economies in every one of our districts. you may recognize some of our graduates. the popular front porch restaurant in battle heights, urban bazaars, richie indiana foot in south of market, and ran box preschool -- the front porch restaurant in burn all heights -- arnold -- bernal heights. our recent graduates created 157 jobs. our clients increase household income by 60% just one year after graduating on average. now, to the unfortunate news. women's initiative has received $100,000 each year from san francisco cdbg funds. we have consistently surpass the majority of our goals. despite the results and its incredible economic impact, we have been recommended for a bit the thousand dollars cut to our funding. this means we will not be able to hold two of our projected 12 classes in 2011 and 2012, and it just $4,000 per job created, our program is one of the most proven, economical, and effective ways to create jobs and spur economic activity in our city. i urge you to reconsider the recommendat