beacon street is a very short street and no crossing. the only place to cross is billy goat park, an undevelopmented park at the close of the end of the beacon street and this illegal that crosses there. should want be there. >> thank you. >> we have jack and jane, and i think that is going to be it for this item once you two are done. >> good morning. i would like to talk about the money, the money the department doesn't seem to have. money to launch unneeded uncalled for projects like a trail that no one needs on beacon street that goes up to the play ground. it should be clear from all of the people here the overwhelming opinion on this trail is rather negative. i should point out that as the play ground was built provides adequate entrances accessible to the public. clearly never designed with the potential cliff side entrance down to beacon street. there is no need to spend money on a study or planning or developing such an access. further there should be no need for public meetings, consensus gathering from a few hikers lost and wa

i am jean calling and a member of beacon street for 30 years or more. i oppose -- i am on the record of opposing any development of that unauthorized trail in the area at issue, and the reasons why i oppose is that as a volunteer in the natural areas program and a hiker and open space surveys i have seen a lot of erosion and damage when trails are not properly implemented. there are ways -- very simple ways that you can discourage people from using the trails, and i would like to see some more creative efforts made in discouraging any further development of a trail on an extremely steep area that has a beautiful forested canopy that would have to be completely destroyed in order to do a proper developed trail, so i'm not completely opposed to that. that's my main input. thank you. >> thank you. >> greetings commissioners. i am a native of san francisco and proud resident of beacon street for the past 42 years, and this issue a tronnishing enough has come back to haunt us. it has actually been resolved some years ago and now since we're revisiting it i s

this is in fact a beacon for our arts community, for a world class city and it has the ability to attract some $50 million of contributions to our economic vitality a huge base of fans that will visit our city. there is going to be 150 million visitors, i think it's going to be $97 million contribution to our committee already scaled by our travel association. so part of it is economics, but i actual, without even having those numbers in front of me knew that this was going to excite us. i actually know that when we unveil this tonight, the feeling that i'm going to be having, is we just won another world series because it's going to bring that kind of excitement into city. and to have this timed in a way in which we have just finished the 75th anniversary of the celebration of the bay bridge, we have opened the auditorium and on our bay for the first time we have just finished the world series and the 55 sealing on our bay is a celebration for san francisco and this incredible rebounds that this city is experiencing can really only be complimented by the arts, because allows the arts to

yeah i would like -- because i think we have some questions that were raised on beacon at halter house park because there are questions raised about transparency and i am dumbfounded on who really supports the creation of this . i have not seen any supporters in previous meetings or in previous years in terms of the creation of this , and because i have questions about where the resources would come for the creation of that i think this item needs to see a lot more sunshine and i think that we need to consider putting it on the agenda for future discussion. >> commissioner, if i could respond to that and we are happy to handle it however you want to handle it but i think there is confusion about the process -- >> [inaudible] >> okay. the answer is this will -- as a factual answer this will come before the commission before a trail is built. we go through a approval process and it ends back with you. >> right. but my understanding is the decision is made to do this trail and we're only looking at is the design elements, not for this , and not whether to do this or not to do this so i wo

leadership, preservation of america's only indigenous form jazz had made the city of san francisco a beacon for higher aesthetics around the world. i'm a jazz musician. as jazz indicator and club owner and i'm here on behalf of the jazz musicians, club owners who could not be here to say thank you. from the artist ry to king oliver to armstrong from the magic of duke elg ton, the elegance of nat king coal to the prestige of lady day this is formed from the african american communities to the south literally lifted this nation to the status of a super power. [ applause ] >> mr. mayor brown, your commitment to the preservation of our american art form resulted in the creation of hundreds of jobs and thousands and thousands of nights of employment for jazz musicians in the city of san francisco and all over the united states. jazz musicians and college students from europe to asia, australia to africa come to perform and visit the san francisco jazz venues that were created under your leadership of the jazz preservation district. and to the man who dresses like the duke elg ton and was visiona

summer there is no, a beacon glow, a window like to little spark that calls us home tonight to the world away to return someday to be a part of christmas. one and i tell people you can cry in this book he should read the front in the back and read a poem called "taps on the walls" i wrote it for you and me and all of us you can laugh in here. in fact, like al gore invented the internet. [laughter] i invented rap just down south with the. pair there were tubers' looking for something to some by no woodpecker's pecking on california red words -- redwood's it has the same syncopation and rhyme scheme he war fighter pilot boots he was liquor and weathered and outbound and dollars gauges queen -- green talking however thing happens to the airplane he keeps promising the board he would give up things like smoking, drinking, gambling, living primate -- loving it eat pie and that is the vernacular but then he hits the brakes it is wonderful weather on the way to the moon and says it canceled a clearance i think we're downwind of the remarks i wanted to make. the book is a piece of my soul imperf

. >> you hear someone yelling, get your beacon, brent is under there. >> he reveals what he was thinking as he was buried alive. >> does anyone know i'm here? please come back for me. >> the remarkable story of two friends. hear the twist that revealed they were so much more than friends. they both take a shark fishing trip and that is their bait. see who got caught on candid camera. >>> and let the pope parodies begin as francis meets francis. francis has new ideas. >> no more fish on friday. that's a bunch of bull [ bleep ]. how he plans to shake things up, coming up. >> "right this minute." >>> whato we kn about soft snow? >> avalanches. >> avalanches. as the guy was out snowmobiling with a group, they pulled up to the scene of an avalanche. someone was caught in the snow and everybody, as you can see is trying to dig this rider out. they continue their snowmobiling and a second avalanche is triggered and aaron caught that on video, too. aaron immediately turns around and drives back up. >> is brent down there? >> you can hear him calling and asking his friend ifs they know where bren

there was a place sacred beaconed by time. i remember. the new born grass trampled beneath the earth. no one else should die here. there was a flash, no, 2 secrets locked in a fire ball. the shift of wind the sudden weight of blue heat formless days worn past, changed since the coming of endless night. >> and my last poem -- speaks to world events. and now i'm also thinking about the atrocities in berma. called the world i leave you. once there were 2 towers then there were none. i searched among the rubble for bones of men. what kind of world i leave you, what's human left of race? what more can i give you to resurrect your faith? smiles, i give and laughter like rain, flakes of snow that gently splay against the window pain. light transformed to rainbow, sweat from a dancer's brow. giggles of rivers running down mountains, flowers unfolding to face the sky. pain from sclap nal's path. blood from solders punctured hearts still borns pushed from aching wombs this belongs to you. dirt and miracles reborn. sweetness made sweeter by bitter s

there was a place sacred beaconed by time. i remember. the new born grass trampled beneath the earth. no one else should die here. there was a flash, no, 2 secrets locked in a fire ball. the shift of wind the sudden weight of blue heat formless days worn past,

she's since become a beacon of strength for survivors. we spoke with her at her home in kyoto. >> reporter: dukto sadochi is 90 years old. since the disaster, she's been visiting tokyo to see what she can do and to give encouragement and support to the people there. before becoming a nun, dukto was known as the best-selling novelist. she has written 400 books over a career that has spanned more than 60 years. because of her strong connection with the region, she's visited many areas, giving people an opportunity to share their problems with her. >> translator: when i visit the region, the only way i can help is by preaching. actually, my sermons are not so much me speaking as listening to other people talk about their problems and difficulties. i tell them not to hold back. by sharing their feelings, they won't feel so weighed down. they will find it easier to breathe and will feel more relaxed. i told them, if you've hit rock bottom now, that means there is nowhere lower to sink, right? there is nowhere to go but up. so we shouldn't lose