so the actual space of the castro country club is extremely small. we need to have a place to go out and get some air. the other thing is the fencing bordering the neighbors and the application includes a small fence right now. and i don't understand why that needs to happen. right now, there is a 6' fence there. and what is being proposed is a very short, low railing and that is not appropriate both for privacy and security concerns. so i think it should be approved with the condition of allowing a 6' fence minimum. thank you. >> good afternoon, my name is cory powell and thank you president and commissioners for hearing me. i volunteer at the ccc and i participate in the steering committee there as well. the ccc offered me a safe place to go when i was newly sober and needed support and could not find any other place readily available. as visible as the castro country club was to continue my journey in sobriety. and t provided me a beginning for my recovery journey and in my experience it's a relative hub for the gay community for recovery. i am amo

if ever the castro country club should leave, there is a space there with the ya

only in russia, but europe. >> the most racist club in europe? nt insists it is trying to change chance attitudes to raise including a video camera and praising the world's greatest black players. >> it is a big problem, a problem of for society. the football club is not responsible and we need everyone in russia to try to create a society which does not include racism. >> but coach insists there are no rules banning him from buying black players. in the summer, he signed a brazilian striker and a belgian midfielder. russia is hosting the world cup in five years and the country is running out of time for improving its fans behavior. the world cup is the key to this really. we have seen such amazing black fans mightars, actually boo of their own players because of the color of their skin. the world cup will be coming here and the russian football authorities, the club, and the russian gordon and know this is something they have to address. this is something they've got to try to stick when it comes to football. >> very briefly, how own far is racis

pursuant to -- i'm sorry -- the country club with the second floor outdoor activity area. and that basically the department would still maintain the original recommendation for approval. this is for a recommendation for approval for the proposed restaurant on the ground floor. it is not a formula retail use, but rather an independent, locally-owned business. it is designed to serve residents from the neighborhood, and patrons of other businesses on castro or 18th street and it's not a destination restaurant. no. 3, it contributes to the economic vitality of the neighborhood by developing an underutilized garage floor into an active commercial storefront, while not removing any existing neighborhood serving uses no. 4 it is well-served by public transit and it should have a negligible impact on the current traffic pattern on the surrounding streets. and no. 5, it will operate between 8-10 job openings for city residents. the recommendation for approval of the legalization of the costa country club on the 2nd floor activityity area. no. 1, it's a clean and safe place for lgb

but the victim, left the club, went across the street and was attacked by about 8 people. he was kicked, punched and went down to the ground and then he was stabbed three times in the chest and two times in the stomach. so when things like this happen, you are trying to think, is there anything that the club could have done differently. at this point, i don't know. if there was a small, if there is an argument, you know, who knows whether or how verbal that was or whether it ruled out i don't know yet. so i am going to reserve judgment. but i do want you to know that that did happen. we are also dealing with the parking garage and maybe improving lighting or they did not have an attendant there. >> these are the things that effect the entertainment industry on a pretty large scale but these are the issues. we are looking with the bureau and the lighting situation to see if those things can be improved. >> on february 13th, the victim was in route to center fold to meet with friends and he was robbed at samson and belao and was beaten by three to four suspects they are look

neither of the club's responded to our request for comments. in november, a federal court judge approved a class action settlement in a similar case against a chain of clubs in six states. just recently, a judge in kansas ruled dancers could collect unemployment benefits. >> i feel like i should be the voice of other dancers. greg she hopes both her lawsuits will gain class action status and the clubs will have to treat dancers as employees and pay them. >> just last year, the attorney successfully sued a washington, d.c. club. it had to pay back wages, overtime, damages, and attorney fees after federal law judge ruled that five dancers were indeed employees. >> some people just don't learn from their mishaps. prosecutors say 46-year-old andrew palmer has made a car rear and out of faking seizures to avoid paying for food he ate in restaurants. he has now been sentenced to a year behind bars. he has been convicted dozens of times. >> now, your insta-weather forecast with chief meteorologist tom tasselmyer. >> a blizzard crippling parts of the na

we had two shootings and a stabbing but the clubs were relatively safe. i went around, vaj as well as the officer from the southern station and i was impressed at how the clubs were handling the crowds. i have been working with vaj which is 561 geary street and we have been getting noise xlaents and so we are trying to narrow it down and it is regarding swig and jones and i have asked vaj to do the sound checks with the neighbors and so the neighbors were appreciative that that was something that we could do so we are dealing with that. >> as far as it has been relatively calm in the clubs lately. i am going to go over three incidents over the last month because we have not had a commission hearing. vesel on december 16th. there was a fight between the staff at a club and the patron, and they were trying to get the drink away from them it led into a good fight and one of the things that the patron was saying that he did not know that the staff was part of security. and so i think that i am going to talk with them as far as sometimes when your staff or you

i think we averted a problem inside the club or inside the hall. the shots, the casings were found right outside the club on the sidewalk and on the property. but one of the things in here, sergeant gains went out there and was trying to get information from the security and from the promoter and the long shore man hall. sergeant gains said i attempted to speak to an older black man who refused to identify himself. [speaker not understood] saidway representing the [speaker not understood] at the event. the older male would only give me the telephone number for the hall. i know that we're asking for a lot of conditions. this came through in 1991 where conditions weren't a part of it. i'm kind of looking for a new beginning. i think it's a good chance for us to have -- bring this into kind of modern times and to make it safe. so, a lot of the things we're looking for both in the safety plan and also how they're going to do things i think will make it much safer. long shore man hall wants to safe, the police department wants it safe. anybody with thei

the patio area, i mean, it is a beautiful restaurant and club. part of the thing that makes it so beautiful is that it has a real open look to it and all of that noise travels up and to be able to contain the noise. when i think of the llp, i think of a nice background music but also, the permit allows for corporate events to have other things as well. i brought in the photos from or that we brought up to the commission during the summer time, i don't know if you want to see those again, you are welcome to if you like. >> i have a question, when you said the noise travels up. are you talking about amplified noise or people's voices? >> actually both. and if the entertainment was all the way inside and the windows were closed that would be one thing, but even that would be having a problem with outside noise. >> but this permit is an inside permit. that is my point. >> correct. and so was the one-day entertainment permit that was from last summer time. and we have these photos and you can see... >> are you saying there is a trust issue here? >> no,

i continue to support the original hawaiian themed restaurant dinner club in payment. i am impressed with the effort that they have made but the citations concern me. -- 00 it would appear to me that there will be continued negative impact on the theater patrons. thank you for your consideration. i hope that you will require adequate conditions and parameters to make sure this business would not be a nuisance to surrounding neighbors. thank you >>: president fong, numbers of the commission. my name is sandy morray (sounds like) -- i'm here to ask you to deny this conditional use. originally many of us in the community were very supportive of the restaurant with hawaiian music as entertainment on the side. we felt this was very appropriate for the neighborhood. since then we have had all the things that already; frankly we are concerned that if you grant this cu the bad behavior will continue. the impact of the next-door, the sundance kabuki theatre will be tremendous. we have work with whoever is in the kabuki area since the redevelopment days whether national breymar w

i received a bunch of documents from the common wealth club. and then i did a sunshine request to olive gong and asked her in the same documents, she said, those documents don't exist. and i had them. so i requested to her process, she would go through these and let me know what each department said and if they had any of these e-mails and she went back and he said, no, we don't have any of these e-mails. so, it came down to, we were basically although i had all of the records and i had the letters, and the recreation park was telling me that they had nothing. so, i want to go to where basically what was going on here. the rpd wanted to protect the city field foundation, a private enterprise that installs artificial chair upon the city's playing fields and did not want conflicting points to be made. the response of the city's field foundation are working with the rpd to pave over the beach soccer fields and i replaced in the natural grass with synthetic grass. and fearful that it will upset, them, buel and ballard and hersh who runs the city fie

she hit a metal fence and she starts bleeding as she's leaving the club. ly people in london hate chris brown enough to chunk bottles. >> but he wasn't there? >> he wasn't there. >> she's got nice legs. >> she's gotten considerably better looking in the last couple of years. >> i think that's just called healing. >> alec, did you call this photographer a [beep]? >> that's alec baldwin in new york responding to allegations of racism with a smile. what allegations of racism you ask? >> alec baldwin had another run in with the paparazzi. >> this time it involved a black photog from the "new york post. >> they asked him about a recent lawsuit with his wife. not only did alec grab her by the arm and say i want to choke you to death. >> he allegedly called a black photog a [beep], a crack head and a drug dealer. >> but alec denies any of this happened. >> he claims he didn't threaten her. he said i hope you choke to death. >> guess that's cool as long as he's not the one that does it. >> he's amused by this. >> did you call this photographer a [beep]? >> isn't it

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during the clean up, will the pacific [speaker not understood] gun club vacate the site? and then, of course, the big question is, after the clean up, what happens to the 10 acres? will we be able to get the -- implement the recommendation and the watershed report by expanding the art boat storage at lake merced? thank you, commissioners. >> have somebody respond. >> steve richie. >> mr. richie will respond, mr. allen. >> yes, steve richie, assistant general manager for water. in response to the questions, the amount budgeted here in the puc's budget is 12.$4 million. that would be rate payer money. as we've talked about before, * there are two issues going on there. one is we are working with the gun club to identify if we can access any of their insurance policies from an earlier time. that will take some time and a lot of legal work. so, we need to proceed regardless. that might take several years to sort out. we should go forward to the site now. secondly -- >> the insurance companies are quick to demand our premium dollars, but very slow to give the money back. >> ab

tom x stripper's here in maryland and across the country are filing lawsuits against the clubs where hey dance. they say they are not being paid. barry simms investigates. >> when the lights come on and they perform on stage, exotic dancers are paid by getting tips. some believe they should also get paychecks. >> she goes by the name jasmine when performing. she is taking her claims to a different forum, federal court. she is suing the club where she works because the owners and managers there charge her fees to dance and don't consider her an employee. that means no paycheck or other benefits that come with employment. >> is something file -- if something happened to me, i would not be able to file for unemployment or go on sick leave, nothing. >> what rights do exotic dancers have, and why there are so many across the country filing lawsuits against the clubs whe >> rain is coming our way, icy conditions in western maryland. the rain could be significant moral night. >> thanks for joining us. [captioning made possible by

first of all, we're thrilled to be here at the commonwealth club. i want to tell you a little bit about myself. i live in miami. i moved there in 1986 from the united states. [laughter] one of the things i always feel like i should do is to defend my city because it had a bad reputation, a bad image. the zogby does this organization -- and does this poll were they asked people about different cities. many respondents thought miami was a dangerous and violent place. that hurts. when we see that, we want to attract those people down and kill them. [laughter] it is a wonderful city, it really is. it is a question of learning to adapt to the local culture. for example, you would never say out loud in miami, i do not know, i think you have to admit that castro has done some good for cuba. [laughter] anyway, what ever you have heard, disregard. it is a great town. we have a new attitude out there. the tourism motto is to come back to miami, we were not shooting at you. [laughter] i want to tell you quickly about my career. i have been a humor writer most o

thirty five million euros and small of say as it's great to have such an attacking a ray of talent at the club. it's great to be able to play alongside the likes of when you. when we're training i always look at how they play and try to learn from them they're always willing to help the young players in the squad they're excellent players meanwhile she needs will play host a little poll which is arguably one of the times of the round of sides have scored spirit capable of winning the competition and roman cheryl cough is expecting a tough test against a side from the english premier league so. i never fall to liverpool when i was young but i would look for their results but it will be an interesting tie against them as they have some excellent players. two thousand and thirteen will come as a big relief is it needs much is expected from the side from some petersburg following the big money and positions of hogan axel that sell. the club was hindered by infighting which saw a key midfielder eagle denise have banished of reserves for a month and his fellow russian international shock of says the

the club owner is charged with voluntary manslaughter. r's case is dismissed and the rest is found not guilty. the owner and manager filed a lawsuit against the city of chicago for malicious prosecution. the city denied the claim, and the case was dismissed. nearly two decades earlier fear grips another crowd. and frenzied soccer fans are crushed against a concrete retaining wall. may 29th, 1985. nearly 60,000 supporters fill belgium's stadium for the european cup final, pitting england's liverpool against the italian team. emotions are running high as two of the world's most successful soccer teams face off. liverpool fan rogan taylor is watching on television from his home in england. >> i have a young family, three daughters. crazy football fans, it comes with the territory. and we are awaiting this match. we have some bubbly in the fridge. we're expecting a great game. >> at the stadium, liverpool fan chris is just arriving, but before the game even starts, the festive mood of the day begins to unravel. >> there is no crowd control at

thirty five million euros and small of say as it's great to have such an attacking a ray of talent at the club. it's great to be able to play alongside the likes of when you. when we're training i always look at how they play and try to learn from them they're always willing to help the young players in the squad they're excellent players meanwhile he needs will play host a little poll which is arguably one of the times of the round of sides have scored spirit capable of winning the competition and roman sure alcove is expecting a tough test against a side from the english premier league so. i never fold liverpool when i was young but i would look for their results but it will be an interesting tie against them as they have some excellent players at the. two thousand and thirteen will come as a big relief is it needs much is expected from the side from some petersburg following the big money and positions of hold can axel that sell. the club was hindered by infighting which sulky midfield ego denise have banished of reserves for a month and his fellow russian international shock of says the cl

the white house. michael brune is executive director of this year club. his most recent book is called, "coming clean: breaking america's addiction to oil and coal." and we're joined by daryl hannah, the actress and activist who previously was arrested in texas in october for protesting the keystone xl pipeline. we welcome you both to "democracy now!" michael brune, this is historic for your organization. in his 120-year history, you are the first leader of the organization to get arrested in civil disobedience. why? >> first, thank you for having me on the show. it may be surprising that an organization like the sierra club that has been around for so long and a part of so many important fights that we have civil disobedience. but we look at the tar sands pipeline project and it is a boondoggle, such a climate disaster that we realized we have to use every single tool of democracy in order to fight this thing. we will fight it in the courts, in statehouses and here in the beltway and the streets, but we realized we have to do every single thing we can to

the owners of the strip clubs were not charged with trafficking. j says despite his client's treatment of the girls, alex maksimenko is also a victim. >> i think in some ways, in sort of a perverse way, alex is a victim. he's a victim of his upbringing. he's a victim of his father. he didn't have a father who took him, you know, and taught him how to throw a baseball or was involved in his life. his father's a criminal. he taught him how to be a criminal. >> while alex receives 14 years for the crime, trafficker michael erenhoff received a reduced sentence of seven years for testifying against his former partner. katya says neither sentence is long enough. >> i feel that when -- that she told judge that they will sit for that period of amount of time, i feel it wasn't enough for them. what they did to us, it was terrible. >> even today, with both men behind bars, katya lives in fear. her mother still lives in ukraine and the old rules still apply. >> alex's father, he was in ukraine and he knows my mom, he know where she lived and he visited her a c

she is suing the clubs where she works because the owners and managers charged her fees to dance and don't consider her an employee. >> say something happen to me. i would not be able to go on unemployment or sickly for nothing. >> tonight, what rights do exotic dancers have, and why are so many filing lawsuits against the clubs where they work? for the 11 news i-team, barry simms. >> of next, the maryland lottery numbers and another check of the insta-weather-plus forecast. >> it was a long night at the oscars, with the three big awards not come until after 11:45. first lady michelle obama read the award for best picture, which went to "argo." jennifer lawrence 14 it "silver linings playbook," and daniel day-lewis won for "lincoln." tonight at 5:00, robert gladden jr. awaits sentencing for the shooting at perry hall high school. and it is crunch time at baltimore city schools. advocates are pushing for funding that would pay for major construction costs. and coverage of how the budget cuts are getting closer and closer to home. and now your maryland lottery numbers. >> i am sarah fl

but the victim, left the club, went across the street and was attacked by about 8 people. he was kicked, punched and went down to the ground and then he was stabbed three times in the chest and two times in the stomach. so when things like this happen, you are trying to think, is there anything that the club could have done differently. at this point, i don't know. if there was a small, if there is an argument, you know, who knows whether or how verbal that was or whether it ruled out i don't know yet. so i

club than normal. just going to get the hit behind it. no way to get the club face on the ball. you'll get sand in between. kuchar next. >> this for 157. he saw that ball is most likely in a bush in that waste area. so i'm thinking front left of the green would be very effective right now. >> what a shot. >> what a shot for matt kuchar. fantastic. >> the terminator. >> that's a game over kind of shot. >> i would certainly think so. matt kuchar with a one up lead, hunter mahan in serious trouble. we'll be back to see what happens. >>> we're back at the 17th. is this as bad as it appeared? >> worse. nothing good can happen if he gets in here and slashes this that i can see. he doesn't want to take an unplayable. >> careful not move the ball there. want to be careful, too, not hurting yourself. >> i don't see the club being able to go past the ball very far without getting totally stuck in the bottom of the bush. >> kuchar's inside of five feet. >> amazing as much skills is there is, there's a little bit of luck factor. >> yeah. the one in the bunker is really bad. >> you do need f