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there is a lot of that on the second car, the n-judah. there is not always the second car open, particularly in bound on the n judah, sent to the extent that john and his folks and reggie and his folks can reinforce good operating practices, supervision, passenger behavior where appropriate, i think that would be good. i do not know how better to communicate that, but i wanted to bring that to your attention. >> thank you for your service on the cac. >> good afternoon. i have some of your emails, and i can send it to you. pulling up in front, on the other side of van ness, and that is just one incident. i know you see this all of the time. another time, i was in the valleyç on halloween, and there was one at 24th and castro, and there was 824 does a derryl -- a division derryl -- divisadero. one supervisor of was there. there was a 71 in back of it, and the other bus, i cannot remember the number, whether it was six or 43, probably another six, but there were two buses waiting for the tour bus to pull out of the stock, and i think you sh

the in judah line closed starting tonight at 8:00 from ocean beach to church street bus shuttles in placeue to major construction near that safeway area near church and dubose this will continue until monday this goes on for six weekends keep that in mind if you are taking n judah line this weekend. even though we've had a few problems it is friday light and i wanted to say good morning to some of our traffic spotters. we have mighty mo getting ready to start her compute heading towards 101, i really love these names. good morning to b roberts. no problems now in the north bay. of course you can become a traffic spotter join our community by going to abc7news.com/waze. >>> 4:55 this morning, seven are in custody charged with trafficking rhinoceros horns. the horns are used by some cultures as good luck charms or for medicinal purposes. rhinos are an endangered protected unu.s. and international law. the raid turned up cash, gold and diamonds. >>> governor brown on the verge of cutting funding to animal shelters. nearly 50,000 signatures could change his mind. a petition carrying those sig

supervisor mar: outlands is on judah and 40 it? >> 45th avenue and judah. it was really wonderful for us to be able to walk that festival and enjoy a lovely night. supervisor mar: thank you. mr. paulson, i did not call your name. you will have to wait. next speaker? miss debbie joseph? >> thank you for this opportunity. a gentleman that spoke earlier mentioned a parking exclusion zone. what a great idea. if you would like to know how to accomplish this, ask the organizers of this also be dealt festival. the issue placards to the residents who put them in their cars. anyone who is not a resident is towed. this is the problem. it would go easier for the residents it when they got home from work, all of the parking was not done. the other really egregious issue is a lot of people in residents had to park in their driveways because there was no parking on the street during an then the mta ticketed them if they were just a few inches past their parking spot. many of the houses are not big enough with their driveways. why this has to be done on the backs of the r

i want to give everyone a big heads-up for mooney the n judah line will be closed for -- six tpwbgs - six weekends. there will be bus shuttles once you are on church you can hop back on to the underground six weekends starting february he tourth. that could cause a major --. february 24th. looking good for those of you heading out of 580 through the altamont pass this is a traffic spotter on basco road even on basco road moving with well over 40 miles an hour. you can download this free traffic app by going to abc7news.com/waze and be part of the traffic spotter community. >>> the growing traffic spotter community. >>> next, new report reveals just how much the america's cup race may cost san francisco. >>> app icers beware. why you want to check our -- app users beware why you want to check your statement if you hey guys, breakfast! ♪ [ female announcer ] if whole grain isn't the first ingredient in your breakfast cereal, what is? now, in every box of general mills big g cereal, there's more whole grain than any other ingredient. that's why it's listed first on the side. from honey n

bus shuttles will be there to replace the n-judah between ocean beach and church street and riders will have to work to the church station on market street to continue downtown and to cal train. >>> san francisco city officials are encouraging congress to restore pretax benefits to commuters. the benefits allow employee to deduct money. now at the end of last year the pretax amount was reduced by more than $100 per month while pretax parking benefits rose. earlier this week a senate committee approved legislation that would reverse the transit benefit cuts. it requires congressional approval to go into effect. >> sal is going to help you get where you need to go. i know you are still following that crash in richmond. is that right? >> that is right. we are looking at this crash it happened last night in the east bay. chp is investigating whether alcohol played a role in the crash in richmond last night. a man was driving on richmond parkway near par boulevardaround 11:30 last night when he over corrected and went off the roadway. before the map crashed, other drivers had called 911 to r

congress -- incongruent is that we and actually increase servant -- service on several lines, the n judah, the 14. there may be others. it seems inconsistent to me on the one hand to say the we need more revenue to continue our baseline when we are adding service that furthers that deficit, so i am not going to talk about the youth pass issued today, but i think we need to reconcile eight the story if we need more revenue, but at the same time, we are taking this policy actions that tend to make things worse. chairman nolan: thank you. next speaker. secretary boomer: [reading names] >> barry. blondest hardest -- good afternoon. not a happy valentine's day. it was not a love affair on valentine's day with the taxi industry. we get this proposal. the town hall meetings went well, but the attendance was horrible, which segues into another issue. first, chris hayashi did a great report on the busting of the illegal taxicabs and limousines, and i think you should look at the video that was on the television station channel 5. i can send you the link if you give me your email address. it is a g

and not approved a starbucks on judah many years ago.roved, if there is overwhelming neighborhood opposition, we have in the past not approved. i am impressed with the attempts for security, particularly with the treemed dispensary. i am concerned not only the closeness to the san mateo line, but to balboa high school. this location is right at the center of mission and geneva. huge numbers of young people in their teenage years. while everything may be done completely well at the dispensaries, anyone patient but felt they might want to sell -- any one patient that might want toq i think it is more possible for that to happen and further north on mission street, which is a little more isolated from secondary and middle schools, i think, even though they are technically beyond 1,000 feet. that is my problem with these two. zvçñr>> i will move to -- i wie to take d.r. and çdisapprove both. çpresident miguel: is there a second? xdcommissionerçç sugaya: the difficulty i have with the nile is coming up with findings. -- denainial is comi

i just want to give you a heads up for muni commuters special on the n judah line it going to be closedeekends starting february 24th, they will have bus shuttles and then you can get to the underground muni for the rest of the line no problems from muni right now. now abc 's exclusive waze traffic map. you canjgu download this free ap everything is fine now heading towards the bay bridge a little slowing on the lower deck roadwork scheduled fine across the san mateo bridge. this is a great tool to have to you especially for in weekend's bay bridge closure westbound starting friday night. >> go to abc7news.com/waze you can put it on your iphone or smartphone and be a traffic spotter. >> you can't remind us enough of that bay7t bridge closure, thank you. 4:42. >>> it could save california 23 million dollars. but put the lives of thousands of pets at risk. >>> critical vote this week that clears one of the last hurdles facing the new 49er stadium in santa clara. >>> good morning. tomorrow santa clara city officials are expected to approve an 878 million dollar contract to build the new 4

in the blood of six hundred fifty young serf women every day the fifteenth century french marshall judah here does numbered more than eight hundred peasant children at a laboratory news council to avoid aging. as it turns out the twentieth century dictator joseph stalin was also anxious about his mortality he had five cottages built our cars here in the vicinity of the locality and habited by generations of old ages. the legend has it the during a stroll in his dutch or stalin met a one hundred twenty year old local man he asked him whether it was true that the magic rivers a cause here could prevent aging. yes the old man said there were no magic reverse but there was a want a full repeal in powers. that. each morning he washed their and drank some water. among them causing methods of fighting old age had been handed down from generation to generation this is one of the oldest pagan rituals during festivities people boil the hearts of wild beasts and big tubs placed outdoors in the hearts of put on a boiling rock it is believed that he has tasted the heart of a wild beast strengthens hi

judah ben-hur is this energetic charismatic young nobleman. it's not grant who ruined his career but it is gratus. lou wallace is on -- he misses the road but ben-hur hits a roof tile and his rival it is probably henry hallek tries to destroy lou wallace-ben-hur. and only through perseverance and religion lou wallace found his god. he becomes rich and powerful and the funny thing about ben-hur was the zeal about shiloh not only made him write the novel to get even but gave him this idea that he needed to promote it. lou wallace spoke everywhere. there were 20,000 productions of ben-hur on the stage. later there would be four movies after his death. ben-hur sold 750 a week a thousand a week. in two years it was selling a million copies a year. nobody had seen anything like it. it outpaced "uncle tom's cabin." it was the best-selling fiction book in american history until "gone with the wind." it created a nexus between the drama, the novel, the movie and popular advertising. there were towns and books with advertisements for ben-hur. if you fol

big heads-up for muni riders on the n judah line it will be closed for six weekends from ocean beachhurch street by that safeway area where it goes into the tunnel this will continue until 5:00 monday morning they will have bus s in place for the weekend. you might need to -- bus shuttles in place for the weekend. everywhere else friday live shot of the incline traffic flowing well in and out of san francisco. >>> 5:20 right now. >>> getting choked up over the traffic. >> i'm excited >> this is cool hundreds of danville school students will try to break a guinness world record today. the big role sunglasses will play. >>> a piece of san francisco history about to get new life. >>> last minute preparations for oscar sunday. everybody. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ don't stop doing what you do ♪ ♪ have i paid my dues just to be with you... ♪ >>> good morning it is friday 5:23. let's take a look at traffic. >> he his brights on if you happen to be watching tv in the car please turn those brights off. >> no hiding on 680 walnut creek fine traffic-wise there's some problems we'll check in with frances dingla

displays as well our correspondent or mark or serve has met one of the leading russian paralympians judah chang. while the russians dominated the winter paralympics it's the chinese who are unquestionable leaders when it comes to the summer portion of the games however the biggest country on earth could put up a decent fight against the world's most populated nation as soon as this summer there are all these great opportunities but russia like china may look at china look at china tops the summer games table russia tops the winter well let's see what happens in london there's a big team coming from russia by two hundred eighty s. weights you know you could do very very well with the upcoming paralympics in london could become the visually impaired as a call was third successful podium attempts to study native won her maiden paralympic gold at the two thousand and four athens games but failed to repeat that feeds four years later in beijing settling for bronze but london is slowly dawning on me as she dreams of ending her career with another piece of paralympic silverware. i was thinking o

the judah is shut down for improvements at would two-locations. should mean bus is being provided from ocean beach to church street but no "n" trains will be passing through the tunnels. extra buses will run through castro station and caltrain at fourth and king. crews will be working at church and on carl street. both projects may affect cars and bicycle traffic. >> coming up next, another hurdle about to be cleared with the 49ers new stadium and the oscars now just a day away. a look at the front-runners for the major categories at the 84 annual academy awards. (phone ringing) hey college girl. hey mom. i just got your package. great. yea, mom you're the best. i thought you would like it. so, how are your classes, are you enjoying them? (announcer) it's more than just that great peanut taste, choosing jif is a simple way to show someone how much you care. we can't wait to get you home. i love you mom. i love you too. we'll see you soon. choosey moms, choose jif. >>> california policymakers are taking a closer look on online college courses. the

crews will be working on a rail replacement project along the n- j da line -- judah line. lines expected to be back in service before the monday morning commute. >>> 5:17 is the time. let's check in with sal. sal, what are you keeping an eye on right now? >> well, you guys at the moment. >> we kind of clash. >> she looks better. >> you guys look great. >> at the bay bridge toll plaza on highway 101 those are the things we've been watching closely because just to make sure everything is okay. san mateo bridge first here we go with westbound 92 and checked out the dumbarton bridge that traffic is looking good. as you get on to highway 101 it looks good. if you are driving on 101 into san francisco the morning commute looks good. and of course at the bay bridge we've had a tricky week on the bridge. yesterday it didn't look bad. this is a nice start for the morning commute on a friday. 5:18 let's go to steve. >> you made me chuckle. very clever. >>> good morning. we have clear skies. fog is down in southern california. there is a system top left of your screen inching closer.

san francisco muni riders you will have to make other plans on upcoming weekends if you use the n-judahginning february 24th muni's most used line will be shut down for six consecutive weeks. construction crews will be working on rail replacement projects. and then riders will have to walk from the church station on market street to continue down and to cal train. >>> 6:25. three bay area land investors agreed to plead guilty to real estate fraud. the charges are stemming from public foreclosure auctions in contra costa county over the past couple of years. the three men conspired to pick a winning bidder during the auctions. a judge will announce his sentencing at a later court hearing. >>> three city employee unions in san jose filed an ethic complaint against san jose mayor chuck reid. in their complaint they say mayor reid and the others knowingly misled the public for city contributions to retirement plans. the city estimate of $650 million is not accurate. >>> round two of the at & t pro am golf tournament begins. but all eyes are on tiger woods who is playing at pebble beach for

this weekend, expect delays on the n-judah line between ocean beach and church street. they are doing a rail improvement project and again, they are not doing any kind of rerouteing until later on tonight from 7 p.m. tonight you there 5 a.m. on monday morning in time for the start of the next morning commute. we'll have much more traffic coming up. in the meantime, back to the desk. >>> experts are working to identify more remains of the "speed freak" killers. they are helping searching find remains in calaveras county. it is the first please remains connected with wesley shermantine and loren herzog were found earlier this month. the bounty hunter who got information from shermantine wants authorities to call in the fbi. >> they will bring in 100 people. they will bring in -- you can't imagine the equipment they bring in. they will bring in airplanes that can go over a field and ground-penetrating radar. >> remains of two victims have already been found at the calaveras county site and have been identified. the state crime lab is working to identify remains from a well

which is wanted for a kinds of things including the murder of the father of my great friend, professor judah and also the involvement with 9/11. so in a sense, you see a product of one tradition, associating with another. were you able to make any explanation or sense of disquiet >> well, this gets in front of me and is very common in pakistan, where you see this dualism and a lot of people where people are coming out of the tradition and growing in seeking a western education. they are very westernized. they may speak english. they beat their language they speak at home. and yet, they are also drawn to this tradition and that was true of her family. her whole family, both her parents were highly educated. her father was a.her. her mother is a social worker and a preacher. they came out of this western schooling and yet there are very serious as well. i think that is a big part of pakistan story. >> you are right because there's so many ideologies and play. you must be carefully here because it is a school of thought and i must be careful as not to sit just picked it preach violence because