those of you who are keen to scull mountain peaks please be careful according to the avalanche safety center a heightened alert has been declared for the next two days because of an avalanche hazard. or is a ski resort within the arctic circle originally it was meant as a place where the people of the town of killed lost could spend their vacations today tourists from across the country come to visit. we were going there for ten days but trouble struck on the second. memories of what happened then are so vivid in young's mind that it seems as though it would just yesterday but in fact several years have passed since the accident in many ways that incident changed his life. but if you look at the slope from below you will see a clearing between the trees it is there because frequent avalanches sweep away trees standing in their path i did not know at the time that the slope was avalanche prone. none of the people who came to that slope could even imagine the outcome. free riders make a special point of looking for wild slopes to ride over virgin snow. for the past ten years you have guinea cl

we don't have any data supporting differential safety outcomes for center median operations versus transit station platforms at the side. ultimately folks who are making a round trip do need to cross van ness whether the bus is on the side or in the center. we will be monitoring pedestrian situations with any of the alternatives put in. but we do think the alternatives will improve pedestrian safety. commissioner antonini: and my final question is, i see the bus areas, the zones on the side, presumably there will be other buses running on van ness in addition to the bus rapid transit. >> great question. there would not be. commissioner antonini: oh, good. >> these alternatives for van ness and i believe it is true for geary also, true for both b.r.t. projects. all of the transit would go into the b.r.t. lanes and that includes golden gate transit and will not only benefit all the transit services but will remove the conflicts between autos and transit. no one wants to drive in the right-hand lane because you will have a bus in front of you going in and out. commissioner antonini: that's ve

safety emphasis. after what happened last week, the emphasis on interstate 95 is going to be on tour buses. >> we interview the driver. >> virginia state police say this is part of an enforcement ever that centers on the safety of buses the condition of the vehicles, and the drivers after last week's crash were four women were killed and dozens of people injured. the challenge is that they are boring to be required to call in to stations. >> normally wouldn't -- we would not stop the before and inspection. >> they have depots or stations where inspections and maintenance can take place, but the involvement in last week's crash officials say that the buses and operators are difficult to crack and that has to change. >> we are seeking assistance from congress to strengthen the authority to keep bacteria from operating again. >> even though sky express' and their busters were ordered out of service the company reportedly changed the name in the book of the buses and continue to operate. >> the system has to be changed. >> frequent riders say they could be built into the travel time to keep people safe. >> saving human life is more important. >> it is those bus passengers that they are urging to be

safety. we will get a perspective from the center for science in the public interest.irst, we want to check in on the latest news. >> good morning. the report to be released today says that afghanistan is at risk of a deep financial crisis when the foreign troops leave in 2014. the senate foreign relations committee took two years to complete this report and finds u.s. stabilization programs have had limited success in afghanistan despite spending $20 billion in foreign aid over the last 10 years, more than any other country including iraq. in syria, the british prime minister speaking earlier in the house of commons said britain and france will offer a resolution at the united nations condemning the crackdown in syria, adding that it will be focused on demanding accountability and humanitarian action. he went on to say if anyone votes against it or try to veto it, that should be on their conscience. an update from germany's national disease control center, the report that another person has died from the e. coli infection, raising the death toll to 24 in germany and o

food safety director at the center for science in the public interest.ood morning and thank you for being with us. a lot of attention to what has been happening in germany. 24 deaths and hundreds hospitalized. it appears right now to be centralized in the northern parts of germany. what can you surmise the cause is? what are the lessons for the u.s.? guest: i think the most important lesson that the u.s. needs to take from this very serious outbreak is that we cannot afford to have our food policies frozen in time. the bacteria are evolving. in this case, they have gone extraordinarily their land. -- virilant. we cannot afford to have the food policy just frozen in time. we need to be moving forward with new standards, with new methods of testing and preventing these types of out bricks from occurring. host: we were talking about this issue yesterday. everyone of us either has experienced food poisoning or knows somebody who experienced it. why is it so common? guest: today, the cdc estimates that one in six americans will get sick over the course of the

their randall museum's robotics course for fifth through 12th grades students in rec center city-wide. also, safety equipment. pads, ramps, and more for the new action sports program. i think you saw some of that today. it is fun to think of all the kids at summer camp who are being protected by this. i would like to recognize bob and his staff for the great work this year. and michael taylor of san francisco parks trust, and our trusty, christine gardner, who encouraged sports basement to keep up their support. if you accept this gift, we can do even more. sports basement provided give certificates in support of a fine contest call the name your favorite rec center, going on now through june 30. these are $250 gift certificates that will go to the winners of the contest. over 125 people had voted for their favorite rec center. all you have to do is go to our website, sfpt.org, and vote for your rec center, and the winners are going to get these gift certificates. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> is there any public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioners? >>

believe community centers and libraries keeping them open even at reduced hours. it's an important part of public safety. we have 41 community centers we've had to give up operations on, cut back hours at the community centers because our people believe they have a role in public safety. it's a tough choice between libraries and police officers but it's a choice we had to make this year. unfortunately the cost in the police department are skyrocketing due to retirements. >> reporter: do you think this is it? do you think it's still going to get worse before it gets better? >> unfortunately next year we have a big budget gap with retirement costs going up again. costs have gone from $75 million two years ago to $145 million this year. that's a huge jump and taking that out of services to pay for the skyrocketing costs. >> reporter: again, difficult time this will be the last day of work for these almost 70 officers. this is the last day on the payroll. tomorrow starts a new budget. their jobs will officially be gone. live in san jose, claudine wong, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> new this morning a contra cost

i believe that in the pay area we really are the center focus and public safety response is so important. if you think about a major emergency occurring, be it a natural or man-made, in san francisco, we want to make sure that we can talk to our regional partners who come in to support us. we want to make sure that we have that capability. and through this j.p.a., it sets up the governance structure so that we will be able to do that. commissioner mirkarimi: it's not a question of if but when? >> that's correct. commissioner mirkarimi: we want to prepare accordingly. >> the other thing, i'm sorry i failed to mention, is that there is also a second component of this which not just public safety users but also there will be a dedicated broadband network for the -- what they are calling underserved areas, anchor institutions like libraries, churches, schools. we'll be able to have access to the internet as well. that's the second component of this. commissioner mirkarimi: what do we expect after this? once the creation s. there any other kind of process -- creation, is there any other kind

safety. it recommends a set of improvement that include new crosswalks and street lights. >>> a bicyclist who crashed into a center median in san francisco one week ago has died. police said they don't know

fedor alliance for safe homes, institute for business and home safety, bay area research institute, pacific earthquake engineering research center, and so many others of you, including our departments working together. i know our dbi director is here. fire, police. our dem as well have all been a part of looking at so many programs that we have been able to put together for the effort to make ourselves resilience and to pay attention to the newer area of science beyond response, and that is to help our city and region recover quickly. we know what our role is in terms of the u.s. economy and world economy. as all of you know, we take seismic safety seriously in san francisco. we have been working on so many different programs. our office of emergency management, fire department, first responders all have been preparing for the big one for so long. and we know that the big one is about to come. the percentages increase, as you have informed us. many of you, in your expertise, a 65% chance that in the next 25 years, is what is being predicted. working closely with the fire department, certainly, we have a close relationship with c

. >> on the german side, will do our best to ensure a very high safety standards maintained at nuclear power plants. >> but at the center of the talks was trade. the exchange between india and germany is already between 15 and 16 billion year as. >> syria oppose the president has declared amnesty for political prisoners serve -- political prisoners. they show the latest demonstrations. activists have dismissed it as too little too late. it is a major legal setback for the russian oil tycoon. it is an unexpected victory. he was jailed back in 2005 on tax evasion. >> he is behind bars. in 2003, the zero oil billionaire was arrested and went on trial and was found guilty. many of observed the the kremlin not targeted him because of his political activities. they believe they wanted to neutralize a potential presidential rival. his company was broken up have sold off by the state. it is a symbol of the ruthless hold on power. and i see him as the most famous victim of the authoritarian regime. he refuses to maintain his innocence. they say he violent -- he violated his rights. >> russian police have accused a man. the suspe

doing volunteer work in san francisco with very heavy emphasis on public safety and on hospitals, including ucsf, the cancer center on sutter street, the retention of ucsf, which involved about five or six years of work and a committee at san francisco general when rich cordova was there. so i have truly a great concern about the health and welfare of people in san francisco. and i have been on the cpmc board the last 10 years. when that board -- and i'm speaking frankly my own opinion. i don't know if the rest of the board will or won't agree with me. but when we were asked to approve the blue ribbon recommendations, that was $270 million commitment. in addition to $20 million to $30 million deficit, which we've already absorbed about $100 million at st. luke's, and if you multiply the next four years at another $400 million, i just think that that is an enormous commitment that nobody else -- no other organization in the city would be asked. what was overlooked by the transport people is that cpmc does have an internal transit system of buses that mitigates a great deal of the traffic to the hospitals, including

safety barry serious. -- very serious. the secretary has possibly reminded us that we have responsibilities to accomplish the mission and take care of the people. much of the secretary's agenda has centered around the safety of those veterans. one of the first things he did was to stand up the office of the security and procurement under the assistant secretary, which includes operational lysing the integrated -- operationalizing the integrated system. it provides the secretary frequent briefings on what is going on. we have taken these allegations very seriously. we investigate them very seriously. we are in the process of reviewing the gao's recommendations, particularly where they have identified critical errors where they point out we may have issues for improvement. we also have in march of 2010 issued a va directive, which is -- which assesses the responsibility of the emergency department for the appropriate management of veterans to have undergone sexual assault to ensure they get treatment, including treatment that meet all the standards. we think that was a very important component of bringing this in place. we will take steps to expand our reporting of allegations. we have two

there will be another project for the safety director, posting speed limit signs around schools and city centers. intersection improvements, reopening a crosswalk, and the enterprise asset management system project. but one piece of good news we have been seeing in the construction changes that resulted in significant savings, the 19th avenue signal upgrade project, phases one and two, it was done at the 5050 arrangement. the bottom line is that the city has been returned $3.2 million. those funds will come back and some of the projects that i mentioned will benefit from those cost savings. >> thank you. commissioner? >> if you could briefly show us the mission details in geneva? i think that that one is in desperate need of care and want to work together on it. >> this came out of a committee transportation plan authority meeting. supervisor avalos: plans were in place by the excelsior action group a couple of years ago to do some improvements, switching the bus stop from one side to the other, but nothing has happened since then. i thought that something was in place. >> i am not prepared to t