and lake merced. these are part of the ongoing sunset process. we have presented this slide to orient you. what is shown here is the block that tommy just referred to under the highway. a. basically drains to the ocean and it is conveyed to the oceanside plant. we have a video that basically shows how the west side system operates in dry weather and did what whether -- and in wet weather and how it occurs to the beach. we have three examples of how it charges to the ocean beach. in dry weather, you can see the daly city down to the right. you see the sunset area. as it comes closer to the great highway, they are conveyed in a great storage blocks down to the website punt station. the first little circle -- the west side pump station. the first little circle. when rain occurs, will we see is, again, this same process. the combined sewage flows the same way. an increase through the box on the west side and an increase in the tunnel prepared -- in the tunnel. when higher rains occur, the box system canno

there will be a transparent community process, and i do know that merced heights is on that list. >>e question of the general manager? how would i get a copy of that list? commissioner buell: he can communicate with you. thank you. >> is there any other public comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. we are on item 5, the consent calendar. commissioner buell: entertain a motion. moved and seconded. all those in favor? hearing no opposition. >> item 6, the san francisco zoo. >> good morning. director of the san francisco zoo. i will start with august attendance. through tuesday august 14, we have had visitors of 49,930, slightly under budget of 50,500. the difference is 570 visitors. revenue edged missions were not impacted on our august free day -- revenue admissions. some good news -- it looks like folks are spending a little bit more at the zoo. our per caps on average are $6.97, compared to last year of $6.59. we will take those pennies with us. i just wanted to show you some of the conservation programs, where we try to put this money, so folks now when we have surplus --

i would like to speak to you on behalf of my neighbors and my community, friends and neighbors of mercedunity. i work for the sanford cisco recreation and park department since march 24, 1981, and i started off in aquatics -- i worked for the san francisco recreation and park department. i got my first job speaking at a playground meeting in which they were going to close the playground clubhouse down for children who came there after school to do homework. anyway, as i came forward, i wanted to get involved with my playground. i have seen many playgrounds all over san francisco. i have worked for many playgrounds all over san francisco, and i started various groups, and i just would like to ask one question -- why is merced heights' playground being overlooked? it has been overlooked three times. we have had three meetings in our community, one of which was when it was a latchkey site. the second one in which they asked for public and resident commons, and then i started a group called friends and neighbors of merced heights playground. so my one question to the commission is -- why is

the proposed project would be designed to alleviate flooding on sfpuc owned lands within the lake merced tract by routing a portion of storm water currently flowing to the pacific ocean into lake merced, thereby providing a sustainable supply of water for the augmentation and management of lake merced water levels. g, approve modification number 1 to joc-34, general engineering, san francisco/peninsula/east bay, with power engineering construction company, to accomplish general engineering construction work for all sfpuc enterprise operations and bureaus, increasing the contract by $2,500,000 for a total contract amount of $7,500,000, and with a time extension of two years for a total contract duration of five years. h, approve the terms and conditions and authorize the general manager to execute a lease with communications & control, inc., for use of land located on mt. allison, on a portion of alameda county assessor's parcel number 96-090- 5-7, for a sfpuc radio communications services facility and for other general telecommunications uses, for a term of approximately two years and tw

>> biggest issue right now and for potentially decades to come is parker said -- park merced. the owners have proposed demolishing half of the units and building 8000 new ones over the course of the next 25 to 30 years. that is a significant change for the district and the region. it is right there on the corner of california highway one. whether or not the project moves forward and if it does, how the city and region grapple with the growth is probably the biggest challenge of the district. >> how will you balance the needs of the city against the needs of your district? >> that is the biggest challenge for any representative, whether it is a local supervisor, assemblyperson, or congressional representative. it is important that i keep in the back of my head that i sit on the city and county board of supervisors. there is a responsibility to the city as a whole. there is no easy way to balance it. you deal with those issued by issue. >> the city is faced with tough budget decisions, including where to make cuts and whether to raise taxes and fees. how will you approach the di

pilpel: i would add lake merced. mr. mcdonnell: jamie? if jamie says it is recognized, we will list. >> it is based on the department of elections definition. mr. mcdonnell: thank you. mr. alonso: did we add clinton heights -- clarington heights? not the whole thing? park merced? mr. mcdonnell: ok. we are not attempting to create an exhaustive list. this is one that does not need as a vacation. district 8. -- need justification. district 8. >> i would combine diamond heights. mr. mcdonnell: you would combine? >> just diamond heights. mr. mcdonnell: ok. mr. leigh: i would strike open house and lgbt community center. mr. mcdonnell: removing them from this list. any additions? mr. pilpel: i am looking at it. it is changing. >> i withdraw the comment. mr. mcdonnell: ok. so, we have -- can -- >> can i suggest eureka valley? ms. tidwell: i just deleted eureka valley. some of those are encompassed with what the other neighborhoods are. mr. pilpel: i don't think i agree with that. i think eureka valley is in district 8. >> adding eureka valley. m

the family was cooling off in the merced river near the foot bridge yesterday afternoon. the two boys were swept away by the current. and abc 7 news joins us live with more. >> this is a tragic accident out here. about the same area where three young adults together lost their lives last year. this time a 10-year-old boy has died. members of the search from anaheim here on a day trip took a break at the foot bridge below vernal fall around pk, went into the merced river to cool off wex did have a mild winter. you'd think currents won't that be bad but in spots they are. and particularly where boulders come together, water is swift. both boys and their mom were swept out. the mom got out safely with help. but about 150 yards downstream, someone grabbed the 10-year-old but efforts revive him failed. >> a visitor was able to pull the 10-year-old from the river and started cpr on him. he kept doing cpr on the so-year-old until our search and rescue crews were able to show up to take over. and unfortunately after a very long time of doing cpr the 10-year-old was pronounced dea

and the water from the falls flows down the merced river. the boys were swept down this river. meanwhile, are the other big yosemite story, an alameda man die, and a woman is recovering after contracting hantha virus. they were say staying at a popular place to stay. it is a relatively new disease and almost impossible to know you've been exposed to it. it is spread by breathing dust from rodent droppings, most commonly the deer mouse. in human, it causes fever, helpful pain, and difficulty breathing. 1-3 patients dies. the disease was first identified 21 years ago among the navaho indians in the southwest. since then, 60 cases have been reported in california, more than 10% of all the cases nationwide. the 2 cases in yosemite this week bring to 4 the number of virus cases in california so far this year. health authorities have not identified the yosemite victim except to say heffs 37 years -- he was 37 years old and a resident of alameda. if you are camping, stay out of abandoned buildings. if you are staying in a tent cabin, you can reduce the risk of infection by airing it o

it was found on south lake merced hills. other s found over the last 4 months. warnings go out to 200 nearby homeowner urging them not to touch dead bat or let pet anywhere near them. >> all right now to can i have kind of bat. kind that hit home runs and boy did they ever tonight at little league world series. boy from his petaluma heading to the u.s. championship game after huge win tonight. amma is live in petaluma tonight where they must be beside themselves? >>reporter: oh, yes. petaluma national on fire. they are having a great run right now. at the previous games everybody here the fans came to local movie theater to check out the home team and root them on from the big screen. now that's how you start a baseball game. with one run already scored a hans smith hit a grand slam in the very first inning putting petaluma way ahead of the team from texas. hits kept coming. in the bottom of the fifth we go with the hit that would end the game. thanks to the 10 run rule which automatically ends the game when such a big lead. >> that was a close game not really b

contains hidden dangers. >> a search for a young boy is still going on right now in and around the merced river in and around yosemite park. the six-year-old boy as well as a ten-year-old boy were swept into the river yesterday while their family was hiking. the ten-year-old was pulled out of the water downstream but friends of the rescuers say the effort didn't help. >> he wasn't able to bring him back. apparently for excite awhile until he got some help from other bystanders but it was too late at that time. >> six-year-old of that group has not been accounted for. we have full-skael search and are continuing the full-scale search today and unfortunately have not found him. >> rescue teams say they don't plan to give up. >> we are still look. we will continue to look throughout the day. if we don't find anything we'll be back out there tomorrow morning. >> feel sorry that anybody has to go through something tragic like that but this reminds parents they need to watch their children when they get near the edge of the water. >> rangers say they will continue the sernl for another hour or

>> item number one is a hearing regarding homicide and gun violence in the ocean view, merced heights, and ingleside, and southeast neighborhoods. item number two is a hearing on the committee response network 2012 summer coverage plan. >> thank you -- a very good. these are hearings that i have called. i have been very troubled by the high rate of homicide in san francisco. while we might say that homicide are down overall, in certain communities, homicides are up and with a incredible uptick especially in the african- american community, and the latino community, but especially the african-american community. in my neighborhood in my district, i have been very troubled by a homicide of a household of five members. in the chinese community we at had four. homicide have happened very close by that side, a couple of blocks away. and two others within a mile. it is clearly showing that we have a community in crisis. it is very easy to point fingers as to who the culprit is behind this, but what we should be doing is looking practically at how we can look at our assets in the community,

it was found on south lake merced hills. other s found over the last 4 months. warnings go out to 200 nearby homeowner urging them not to touch dead bat or let pet anywhere near them. >> all right now to can i have kind of bat. kind that hit home runs and boy did they ever tonight at little league world series. boy from his petaluma heading to the u.s. championship game after huge win tonight. amma is live in petaluma tonight where they must be beside themselves? >>reporter: oh, yes. petaluma national on fire. they are having a great run right now. at the previous games everybody here the fans came to local movie theater to check out the home team and root them on from the big screen. now that's how you start a baseball game. with one run already scored a hans smith hit a grand slam in the very first inning putting petaluma way ahead of the team from texas. hits kept coming. in the bottom of the fifth we go with the hit that would end the game. thanks to the 10 run rule which automatically ends the game when such a big lead. >> that was a close game not really b

it was found on south lake merced hills. other s found over the last 4 months.rging them not to touch dead bat or let pet anywhere near them. >> all right now to can i have kind of bat. kind that hit home runs and boy did they ever tonight at little league world series. boy from his petaluma heading to the u.s. championship game after huge win tonight. amma is live in petaluma tonight where they must be beside themselves? >>reporter: oh, yes. petaluma national on fire. they are having a great run right now. at the previous games everybody here the fans came to local movie theater to check out the home team and root them on from the big screen. now that's how you start a baseball game. with one run already scored a hans smith hit a grand slam in the very first inning putting petaluma way ahead of the team from texas. hits kept coming. in the bottom of the fifth we go with the hit that would end the game. thanks to the 10 run rule which automatically ends the game when such a big lead. >> that was a close game not really but i liked it. >>reporter: young carter is

it is probably the roughest portion of the merced river in yosemite valley. >>reporter: the brothers here with a church group from southern california were in a safe pool just above the fall foot bridge. but they slipped and were quickly swept under the bridge into an area of large rocks and swift water. visitor from maryland couldn't believe kids would think it was safe. >> kids will be kids. they are going to do crazy stuff. but wow! >>reporter: we found a young man from virginia in the exact same spot. he was told to get out. and he told us he gnaw what he was doing. >> i mean i could have fallen on the rocks but no. not any more dangerous than things i have done in the past. >>reporter: you know a couple kids lost their lives here yesterday. >> yes. >>reporter: you are that confident in your skills. >> yes i hope so. at least hoping get the best shot i can. >>reporter: fliers tell visitors there's a missing boy here so everyone is aware of the tragedy. should there be signs posted telling visitors this is potentially dangerous? the park says people need t

the elephant in the room the fact that their primary donors the bank stars have financially raped merce of merce's mercilessly the vast majority of british people for all their worth you know they don't want to talk about that they want to is the victims fault these people have their money stolen so let's put it in the workhouse we get this economy growing the productivity are they go higher productivity in the prison you know people who like those of bill maher say look here's a way to incentivize people to work harder give them an interest rate where they can make money on their savings. how about that how about if you get the quantitative easing in the bank of england out of the picture let the market set interest rates people will then get four or five or six percent on their savings and they'd be incentivized to work because they're making money on their savings that's called capitalism tori's you know without a shadow of a doubt before the end of the year they'll be involved in another major sex scandal cameron and his wife sarah will be caught in some fifty shades of scandal and

. >> los menores fueron arrastrados por la corriente del río merced . >> (hablan en inglés) . >> se detuvieroncorriente es fuerte aunque el río es bajo . >> el pequeño de 10m años fue sacado de agua, se le dio resucitacion, pero los esfuerzos fueron infructuosos, jacobs adam falleció ahora se busca al menor de 6 años, una distancia que se busca del sendero, el lugar dónde el grupo de 15 personas entran al agua, es común que la gente entre, se cree que los menores son medios hermanos . >> la ciudad de okland, pide que paguen multas a los hogares que no mantienen su hogar, para calificar el propietario debe vivir en el imueble . >> (información en pantalla). visite nuestra página web para mayor información. ,. >> y el nuevo tramo del puente de la bahía, después de acusaciones que pruebas fueron falsificadas, caltran ha negado todas las acusaciones . >> la pirateria, engaña a cualquiera, zapatos de luis vuitton, fueron decomisadas en los Ángeles, por ser falsas . >> el movimiento de la caravana por la paz, realiza recorrido por 25 ciudades de estados unidos . >> esto señores es un negocio y nosot

that being said, we need a steady to know how healthy lake merced is. when we talk about our peers that have not been mentioned, we need to get empirical information to know how to fix them. i will be participating slowly and steady -- and steadily on the practical aspects. >> thank you. is there any other public comment? >> i just want to say that the mexicans were here first before lewis and clark. [laughter] >> thank you. and with that, thank you to the staff and all of the consultants that have contributed to this. this has been helpful. and we look forward to the wrapup session in five weeks. we are about to go into closed session. is there any public comment to be discussed in closed session? seeing none, if we can start that process of clearing the room. >> item 16, pursuant to code, section >> the public utilities commission is back in session. regard and abiding past -- item 16, the commission unanimously approved a list of candidates to be sent to the mayor. the commission will not release the names or the number of candidates. could i have a

officials will continue searching for a six role boy missing in the merced river. his body was found downstream from where the boy's lost their footing waiting in shallow water. >> the san francisco ethics commission will have at least one more meeting before it is finally finished with the ross mirkarimi case. four of five commissioners agreed there was a connection between his false imprisonment conviction and his duties as the sheriff. mirkarimi and his wife have claimed the charges were motivated by of politics. >> i still want to be the public service i was elected to >> this is using a ruse to destroy a political opponent >> the ethics commission will meet once more to prepare a recommendation for the board of supervisors about his future. the mayor suspended him without pay in march and praise the latest decision to uphold the charges. the mayor said members of the ethics commission has sent a powerful message for why ross mirkarimi is an unfit to serve the people of san francisco as sheriff. >> occupied protesters get arrested after taking over president ob

jacob adams and his 10-year-old brother, andrew were swept away in the merced river.rew dry dye asked l is a follow up on the search for jacob. >> our cameras thought visitors crossing a fast moving section of the merced river days after two little boys were swept away near the vernal fails bridge. other hikers say scenes like this are common. >> they say the water and they're hot. they don't realize the danger with the current. >> rangers say that was the face on wednesday. a 6-year-old and his 10-year-old brother waded foo the river and were pulled downstream. their mother was hurt trying to save them. a visitor managed to pull the 10-year-old from the water and he died at the scene. teams are still looking for jacob. >> not only searching riverbank buzz going into the river, diving and looking into some of the bigger pools to see if there are signs of him there and gegt on large boulders in the middle of the river bed allowing them to see into the river in places where they can't see from riverbank autos officials are treating this as a missing persons case and pos

the will searched today for a central boy who is missing in the merced river. his tenure of stepbrothers body was found downstream from the boys will stiffening what they're waiting in some shallow water. >>> to the mother on the rocks of is the injured from trying to rescue them. we cannot imagine what she's gone through >>> a lot of to parents and go back home and the home alone with their children this is very disturbing. >>> the children's mother is in the hospital for treatment of her own injuries. and also from a city, and on the county man has died after contracting the virus that it staying at a campground in june. the illness is generally spread by rodents. the park is now working to disinfect the cabins in the area of the woman who recently visited curry village says she is now recovering. and an eroded floodgate is being blamed for mosquito innovation in palo alto as a vector control says that the waterfront marshes that and try for more than a decade flooded recently and that is allowed long dormant aches to hatch and the good news is the flood wate

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how some parents beat the sys >>> search continues and yosemite for a 6 year-old boy swept away in merced river it's near the vernal falls footbridge where two boys drowned on wednesday. more than a dozen park workers watch a mile-long stretch of the river where they believe the boy's body might be stuck there on a hike with their mother when they were swept away the mother was injured trying to save her sons. >>> shoppers in san ramon c. a new and new home division open up and this morning. some slept in their cars to be among the first to qualify them as are investing in a desirable school district with new construction. >>> we're expecting houses to grow that much with this economy it will take awhile for the economy to get back and will never get back to where it was in the last decade >>> more than one dozen homes went on sale today others are still under construction ,,,,,,,,,, >>> welcome back an interesting 9 in the bay area lightning strikes and napa and sonoma and monterey county the thunderstorms have now exited they won't be a factor look at the time lapse you can see the stor

five bats found in this neighborhood in four months, the latest on south lake merced hills street. >> i'm so scared. >> over time, about 10 to 1 2% of bats found in san francisco have rabies. >> reporter: this common species, huge colonies may live under freeway overpasses. they're mainly shy. >> most of the time when people come across bats, it's because they're weak or sick. >> because the disease is universally fatal, we still recommend anyone that has exposure to bats to receive treatment. >> reporter: before he could handle this bat, he had to be immunized against rabies. after exposure, rabies symptoms can take up to a year to develop. >>> a federal appeals court today upheld the right of the government to fund embryonic stem cell research. the three-judge panel says the national institutes of health only funds projects for stem cells >>> a new report reveals older adults who took part if an eight-week stress reduction program reported a reduced sense of loneliness. blood tests indicate medications helps cut the body's inflammatory response which can trigger serious illnesses. >

this is lark merced blvd. it's all made of clay. it's going to slump. these are the roads built in the oakland hills. nate, red woods. skyline. and enabled them to go up and develop the hills. the rural roads that go through the coast range. this enabled them to get their stuff to market. this is at road built by the ccc. this is a bridge. this is highway one and you won't know, except you look at the bridge and you will see dates, 1938, 1939. the airstrips are ccc. and the one out at treasure island. long beach, burbank. this is oakland and the whole built line railroad was redone. 19 is a pwa project and our great amphitheatres are from that time. this is santa barbara bowl. this is the forest theater in carmel and these are ccc workers putting huge bolder. here's 6 thousand people getting ready to enjoy oklahoma in that theater. big basin is a ccc project and this one, on the east river, new york. a project built where people from the lower east side could see performances and still do. our parks and recreation. almost all from them. that's the conse

the search continues for a six- year-old boy lost in the merced river. he and his brother, who has been found dead were wading in the water. and officials are scrambling to sequence vackers the park is safe. two -- convince vacationers the park is safe. one of the people infected died. the victim was from alameda county. >>> da lin talked to officials who are testing for hantavirus. >> reporter: a man died in alameda county. officials want to rule out the possibility that he contracted hantavirus here. they started testing last week. and this is the type of trap they used to catch mice. they set up 40 traps. >> the first night didn't catch anything. the second night they are waiting for results. >> reporter: officials say that is a good sign. they are tight lipped about the man. they would only say he didn't live in a businessy neighborhood. >> typical -- busy neighborhood. >> typical of the area, more property and sheds -- >> reporter: open location? >> yeah. yeah, more space. >> reporter: officials interviewed the victim's family members members and th

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