he was an architect based out of san francisco, although he worked in a number of states. he was a longtime former board member, and still to the day he died on the advisory board. and 1970, he was one of the founding members of the planning association for the richmond. he appeared before this body many times. president fong: commissioner more. commissioner moore: i wrote an article today in the san francisco business times, which i find a little bit amazing. there were 68 walgreen's in the 49 square miles of this city. i would like to see what the stats are. i figured out that for every three-quarters square-mile there is one walgreen's. and that does not speak very well to the walkable, help the city at all. i think it means that everybody literally is within 500 ft. on average of a walgreen's. in looking at other similar types of businesses moving in, we might want to take a closer look with our planning department where the deficiencies are. i do eight -- i do see an increased number of businesses taking a space in the business district and i find a very dull and bori

san francisco-based dolby labs known for high quality audio products the theater used to be kodak then kodak filed for bankruptcy. >>> impact of friends yesterday you saw mark zuckerberg unveil a new tool that allows people to sign up to become organ donors on the site and show their status. this morning we have numbers showing it is an instant success. in california alone facebook reports 1300% jump in online donor registrations. as a result of the new feature the company is on track to have more than 100,000 users declare they are registered organ donors in the state. >> mr. zuckerberg, thank your girlfriend forgiving you that idea. >> she was the inspiration, well done. >>> still ahead, the very latest on developing news in san francisco where police move in and are now arresting occupy protesters in a vacant building. >>> overnight crash creates a geyser in millbrae with >>> new push to keep san francisco clubgoers safe. how a new parking lot plan could help stem nightclub violence. >> reporter: i'm terry mcsweeney in oakland more to cleanup this morning than just the graffiti you

we have to depend upon our own, san francisco-based companies to grow our economies. the years passed, we waited for

. >>> zombies invaded san francisco today, how it is meant to get you connecting with your friends. >>> san francisco based zinga unleashed zombies to promote its new mobile app. they are doing this to promote zombie swipe out. it has players compete with friends to kill as many zombies as possible. had-- want to give back to the community. >> there was a similar invasion today in new york. they say the game will be out in a couple of weeks. >> creative. >>> mark is here now with sports. giants looking good. >> yep. they played like zombies against miami when they were here but looking better now in florida. they got a new stadium and magic city is looking good come night fall in miami on a friday night. look where this ball winds up off the bad of carlos. he knocked it out. this one into the bar out there. 1-0 lead. the giants ecome back. -- the giants come back. cabrera reads it perfectly. 1-1. big inning for the giants. bases loaded. pagan again, liner to right. two bases. the giants with two runs runs and they add two more. in the 6th they are taking care of their business to the tune of 5-1. good coup

we have to depend upon our own, san francisco-based companies to grow our economies. the years passed, we waited for state and federal funds, no longer there. president obama stated we are not into your marks anymore. he and congress are cutting a lot of that off. jerry brown, every time i see him, it is like, what else are you going to cut? if he does not get his way, there is going to be even more hurt. we are no longer dependent upon those streams of revenue. we have to create our own. i only know one way. have a solid relationship with the businesses who want to grow, employee, helped make the city successful. that is how we are going to do it. where wanted do it on your own, but we are going to do it with your innovation. i want to invite you, on a number of levels, as part of this relationship, we have problems in our city to solve. i cannot solve them with just city government employees. i think the way we are starting to think, we will get you into helpless to some hack-a-thons, think about how to get muni better operating. even the affordable housing debate w

yammer is a san francisco-based social networking platform, a twitter for businesses. the company recently raised $85 million of new funding. they will not admit to any ipo ambitions. the co-founder says it is business as usual and he still has faith in facebook >> it is obvious that they are creating a lot of long-term value and it was going to be hard to have an ipo that large without bombs. it was impossible to know what would happen but i feel there is still a good long-term investor because they're the gathering place of people around the planet >> most of the company's i talked to said the same thing, it is just too early to worry about it but they are keeping a close watch >> mark zuckerberg might be one of the richest men in the world that he had a problem with money on his italian honeymoon. a news agency shows and going to an atm but the cash did not come out and not because he did not have money but apparently because the machine was broken. the report also said that he did not leave a tip at the restaurant but to be fair, and that it is usually included at

. >>> tim lincecum at the ball park in san francisco, bases loaded, 1st inning, and before you know it, are it's 1-nothing brewers. three pitches later, lacroix for the brewers singles to center, and lincecum is having a rough go opening innings giving up runs. three tonight. only allowed two hits but walked four. brandon belt under ricky weeks' glove, in the 6th inning, the jags come back to tie the game. sergio romo gives it up to ramos ramirez, and that's it. giants tie it in the 6th, brewers come back and take control in the 7th. >>> the as coming off a couple wins in boston. taken apart tonight in tampa bay. david price doing his business here. and weeks, you know you're going to hit the ball, but you go all hit. matt joyce makes a real nice play. there we go. tyson ross, big strapping by, everybody says, hey, from cal! let's route for this guy. i don't know. gives up a 2-run homer to jose molina. hit seven runs, e.r.a. is almost 9. and price finishes, and that's it. 7-2, rays. >>> the as like the giants are under 500. >>> good nba night. lakers up 3 in denver. ty law son and the

san francisco is going to get approximately $9.5 million out of this grant based on a formula that considers a risky and threat in san francisco, based on our population and population and density and likely targets. this will fund one new civilian 1824 analyst at the police department. their responsibilities will be to purchase and maintain equipment, perform threat analysis, identify gaps in the police department did abilities, and manage various common security projects. i was asked to provide information about some of the other grants. this entire regional grant funds approximately 65 positions all over the bay area at the denver public safety agencies. slightly less than half of those are in san francisco to their positions at police, fire, sheriff, and the department of emergency management, as well as staff that to the management and administration at the bay area uasi. the balance of the positions are a public safety agencies at the places i mentioned earlier. these positions write an update emergency plans to manage regional training and exercises, and fiscal and brand management an

>> i am grace martinez, an organizer for san francisco base. i urge for you to vote no on this. i have worked closely with a lot of families losing their homes to foreclosure. they are being denied modifications because the banks will not modified based on the current market value. golden gateway has avoided paying taxes because they have been using the old property value in order to pay their property taxes, which are about $30 million. this is irresponsible to let a development like this move forward, considering we are in a budget crisis and need the revenue stream, and we have people losing their homes who cannot afford a $7.5 million condominium. even those building this would not be able to live in these luxury apartments. we should figure out of these developments are for people who are living and working in this city. >> before the next speaker, let me call up betty trainer, benedict, jazzy collins, brian bass singer -- basinger and bob iverson. the next speaker? >> i am here on behalf of the 500 seniors that reside on the north waterfront. they have been using the tenni

he's ceo of san francisco based wells fargo. >>> europe continues to worry the market. i've been talking a lot about europe. bring it home to palo alto. one-third of all of hewlett-packard's business comes from europe. guys, back to you. >> scott, thank you. concern over europe and the economy is also pushing oil prices lower. speculators betting an uncertain economy will cause less energy consumption. the price of a barrel of oil at a seven-month low down to 90. other commodities including gold plummeting. the dow has been down triple digits almost since the open. these are live pictures right now from the new york stock exchange showing the dow now down by about 126 right there. facebook is currently trading at $31. >> heading in the wrong direction. but always good news right now this time of year with the weather. christina loren here to tell us looks like a great day and a beautiful weekend. >> beautiful holiday weekend. >> yes. >> three-day weekend for many of us. good morning to you. a good-looking day shaping up starting with temperatures. take a look at some of

it will have original shops and san francisco-based cafes along the lines of the ferry building and what has been done so spectacularly there. we have the refurbish building here that we refer to as pier 48. our partner specializes in these urban, a mixed use projects. we have been working on this project for several years. we have a timeline that suggests we can begin as soon as 2015. this is a very exciting time line for us. we want to get this going as soon as possible to achieve the economic development so vital to the city and our neighborhood. to summarize the project, we have 8 acres of open space which will include a grand waterfront park and a mission rock square which will be in the middle of residences and potentially office development, similar to bryant park in new

t san francisco have nominated their favorite destinations, experiences, local businesses, and nonprofit organizations in their neighborhoods, and we will be presenting a guide to san francisco based on this. in terms of the role the city is playing, i think the biggest role in city could play would be to make compliance with existing laws and regulations more clear and more easy for local residents. london, for example, is doing a great job of this in anticipation of the olympics. they have run out of hotel rooms, and they realize that the whole purpose of the olympics was to create economic development in some of the most underserved areas of the city, and they are not getting that. we will be working collaborative lee to come up with a solution to solve that problem. they have created a wonderful website that clearly states what you need to do to be compliant. >> that is what christopher is doing in london then, right? >> yes. >> one more question for jay, and i think we should open up for questions from everyone here. tell us what existing city initiatives -- you know, this -- the schering economy working group will interface with or connect with, and how does it fit in with e

. >> reporter: san francisco-based gap is the largest buyer of garments made in cambodia. it also buys from dozens of other developing nations. spokeswoman bobbi silten says gap, which owns the old navy and banana republic chains as well, has no plans to leave cambodia. >> we have very longstanding relationships with many of the vendors in cambodia. it's been one of our top ten sourcing countries for the last ten years. so we are very committed to being there, and we think that the labor standards that they have put in place is one of the reasons why we continue to stay. >> reporter: ken loo says buyers may talk up the labor standards. but in 2008, when the global recession began, many, including gap, cut back in cambodia. at the same time, he says, bangladesh, with lower pay and labor standards, saw no drop in business. >> it just confirms our knowledge that, indeed, compliance of labor standards is the icing on the cake. price is the cake. >> it is a race to the bottom, and cambodia, to survive, we have to create something special. >> reporter: jill tucker says cambodia

, it is from a website, home remodeling magazine, there is a long list of things supposedly san francisco-based, adjusted for local conditions, and how much of the cost you can expect to recoup for the work you're doing in the building. if you're doing work because you want to live there and you want to appreciate the improvement, that is different. if you're doing work with a clear eye to how much you can get back, i am shocked to see under the column that says "cost recouped," there's not a single one of these things that says you can get back all of your cost, not one. some of them you get back a lot. most of them you do not do too well. is there anything where you recoup your full cost? golden gate bridge. >> there you go. >> in terms of immediate value, part of this is a function of our limited housing supply, really. that affects the value, of course. if you do a bathroom remodels, they are saying the job cost $18,000, you might recoup $15,000. the hard part in determining that, to compare apples and apples, is to look at a house in the sunset district with a single-family home with one b

to the wellbeing of not only north beach and china town communities but all the citizens of san francisco. based on our prior work together, i find marc tweets everyone equally and fairly and in my opinion, the director role i've seen marc facilitate proves his work experience more than exceeds the needs of what is required to sit on the sunshine ordinance task force. marc is always dedicated to managing both the needs of organizations he's worked for and also the needs of san franciscan, san francisco citizens. if are these reasons, it is my opinion that there's no better candidate than marc bruno for one of the available seats on the sunshine task force. thank you so much. chairperson kim: thank you so much. >> good afternoon, supervisors, i'm richard knee, outgoing after 10 years serving on the task force. >> thank you for your service. >> believe me, it's been my pleasure. it's a laborious but it's a labor of love. i want first to encourage the committee to reappoint all five of the incumbents. ms. manet works with the new america media which represents minority owen -- owned media, an impor

this is where seniors in san francisco live base in the 2010 census. they are really spread all over the city. particularly the chinatown area. one of the things i want to point out is this issue of isolation which is not confined to one demographic or one in income growth. off -- if this was to show the proportion of seniors, then west portal. it is not these issues of isolation. these are not just confined to low income persons, they affect all seniors in san francisco. this is the slide that addresses your concerns. you will see that san francisco has twice the number of recipients. this goes to the issue of requiring public sector support. >> in your age immigration, he spoke of the 20 years with the growth and reduction different populations have been. will we see the same growth in these areas? >> well, if your demographics are somewhat fluid. if i had put it this 2000 census up there, it would have been at the height of the dot com bauble. we typically see increases among older adults. weatherpersons are now in their 50's will continue to live h

. >> and still ahead, the coin flip led to the creation of a san francisco-based beauty brand now annational sensation. the women behind benefit. >> with gas prices the they way are, people are thinking about buying a new fuel-efficient car. dealerships aren't your only option. my tips on how to work with a broker coming up next. >> the news at 4:00 continues in just a moment. hmm, it says here that cheerios helps lower cholesterol as part of a heart healthy diet. that's true. ...but you still have to go to the gym. ♪ the one and only, cheerios >>> michael finney is here. >> answering questions. >> yes. posted to facebook and twitter accounts. we should point out 7 on your side doesn't sleep. doesn't hmd. 7 on your side is always working. >> right here. >> that is it. >> for the people. >> and sam asked when booking a ticket to canada i used the name on my frequent flyer account. not my passport. >> i think it's going to be a problem it s up until recently they'd give you a pass on that. if someone like michael, my name, mike would be okay with that. maybe not have initial and they'r

. >> that san francisco-based fashion director. she says the sites make it much easier for women to define a style. they can search by tv shows, by movies, by celebrities,. >> we can address things immediately. if somebody wears something amazing this afternoon, we can have it on the site and have it ided and have shoppable options for women and links they can click through and purchase that product directly within a matter of hours. >> hillary on the left and katherine on the right co founded who, what, where.com nearly six years ago. they know exactly what the stars are wearing and how you can get a similar look for less. >> we call it shopping the look. not only do we show you more affordable versions, but the actual products they are wearing too. so our reader really loves to mix high and low which is what we love. >> they do a great job. they do a great job. not only do they show what the celebrity is wearing and you can see oh they are watering burbur, but they show how every mass market, everyday people can apply it to their

. >> that san francisco-based fashion director.e sites make it much easier for women to define a style. they can search by tv shows, by movies, by celebrities,. >> we can address things immediately. if somebody wears something amazing this afternoon, we can have it on the site and have it ided and have shoppable options for women and links they can click through and purchase that product directly within a matter of hours. >> hillary on the left and katherine on the right co founded who, what, where.com nearly six years ago. they know exactly what the stars are wearing and how you can get a similar look for less. >> we call it shopping the look. not only do we show you more affordable versions, but the actual products they are wearing too. so our reader really loves to mix high and low which is what we love. >> they do a great job. they do a great job. not only do they show what the celebrity is wearing and you can see oh they are watering burbur, but they show how every mass market, everyday people can apply it to their life. >> so