station. our members moved into in station and became operational march 19th. we thank you for being here today. it could not have been done without the help of many people. i want to welcome you all to this station. it's a beautiful firehouse, a new firehouse. i was 6 years old in 1st grade on moscow street. we are delighted to be here. it's also a creative and unique collaborative effort. something we have never done before. it a partnership all the way. we want to thank and acknowledge the museum of modern art. we talked about the concept of the museum of modern art which if you have not been to, it's a wonderful place to visit. their needs and desires to expand for educational programs and for more of their collection. the property at 676 howard, we identified it was a place not seismic ready for our members. it's as fire safety it's of paramount importance. when they talked to us about the ideas, they came together and decided to change properties. it's a total win win situation. we are combraet -- grateful for the efforts of the museum of modern art. we w

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take a look at the station and we will perform great work for you out of this station. thanks for your attention. 3, 2, 1. [ cheering and applauding ] [ cheering and applauding ] >>> >>> >> >> >> >> (music) >> herb theatre,open rehearsal. listen to the rehearsal. i think it is fun for them, they see our work process, our discussions, the decisions we make. it is good for us. we kind of behavior little bit when we have people in the audience. msk (music) >> we are rehearsing for our most expensive tour; plus two concerts here. we are proud that the growth of the orchestra, and how it is expanded and it is being accepted. my ambition when i came on as music director here -- it was evident we needed absolutely excellent work. also evident to me that i thought everyone should know that. this was my purpose. and after we opened, which was a spectacular opening concert about five weeks after that the economy completely crashed. my plan -- and i'm absolutely dogmatic about my plans --were delayed slightly. i would say that in this very difficult timefor the arts and everyone,

the first stations that would be affected most severely are the rural stations, the places where we go where nobody else goes, and then the problem is that because we have a system in which boston supports bozeman and nebraska supports new york because we're sharing revenues and programming ideas and programming services and so forth, when this system breaks down because the smaller stations can't operate, then the bigger stations in boston and and washington and so forth won't have the distribution system that makes their programming possible and makes the service work for all americans. and so it's really important to have this federal contribution, small as it is in the grand scheme of things, we're one-hundredth of 1% of the federal budget, and we make a lot of that $1.35. the comparison with great britain, for example, is that they spend about $83 per citizen for public broadcasting. japan spends about $64 per citizen on public broadcasting. we spend $1.35. >> host: so, mr. butler, with the threat of sequester or the new budget that's coming up for this year, how does that affect

take a look at the station and we will perform great work for you out of this station. thanks for your attention. 3, 2, 1. [ cheering and applauding ] [ cheering and applauding ] >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >>> good evening, everybody. if i can have everybody's attention for a few minutes. we would like to welcome you to the reopening of our visitor information center here in san francisco. it's a real great occasion for us. we enjoy seeing it today than the way it was before. many visitors especially international visitors get off the bus at the airport and come here as their very first stop looking for information from san francisco. we get over 400,000 people to come here to learn about what to do in san francisco. i think the changes which i'm going to talk about in san francisco. it's brought the feeling of the city in san francisco and the region into the building and it's a positive experience for us and the visitors and the volunteers who spend so much time here. so i would like to crews right now the mayor who has been a great partner with the hospital industry. in fac

station one is one of the biggest stations in the nation. running over 17,000 calls a year. on behalf of the station one, i would like to thank each one of you for your support in this project. we truly appreciate coming to work in an environment that is sporting our good health and safety. so ultimately we can support yours. we consider this community our community, our home away from home. i would like to assure you that we remain committed to continuing our primary mission. that is to protect the lives and property of the people we serve. thank you very much. >> and so you can find out a little bit more about this facility. i would now like to call up the principal architect responsible for this facility. bill letty. with stacy architect. >> thank you, chief. you know, a little known fact is that every architect wants to design a firehouse. not just because many of us wanted to be fire fighters at some point in our lives, it's because these are really iconic hybrid buildings that we feel -- embody a building that express dignity and security for our community. these are i

the larger stations need less. the cpb grant is less of a factor than it is in more rural stations. but we have a universal service requirement under the public broadcasting act, and we provide service to everybody whether they're an economic winner or not. so we serve native american reservations and more rural areas, and we go every and serve everybody for free. >> host: does the federal government have any other role in your programming decision besides the funding the corporation for public broadcasting? >> . no in. no in fact there's a fire wall established for the corporation for public broadcast, which prohibits the federal government from being involved in programming decisions. so cpb provide the grants and local stations, together with pbs, our national programming service, make all of the programming decisions independently of the government. >> host: also want to introduce kamala lane of communications daily, our guest reporter. >> the cpb allocation comes down to a dollar and some change per u.s. citizen. that's not a huge percentage of the federal budget. however why i

take a look at the station and we will perform great work for you out of this station. thanks for your attention. 3, 2, 1. [ cheering and applauding ] [ cheering and applauding ] >>> >>> >> >> >> >> hey, guys. i'm with the weekly buzz. have no fear because i'm here to break down the top places to be this week. this tuesday come to the french film and wide conversation class to help non-french speakers to discover french cinema. san francisco is offering weekly class. the class will take place in the theatre with refreshments and popcorn for a $5 donation at the door. the carnival maybe more up your alley. the annual fundraiser for mckinley elementary school. watch dogs compete for best tricks at the biggest dog event in san francisco. don't miss this from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.. this sunday april 14th, the block party is on in full effect when this neighborhood celebrates in street parties so pedestrians and roller skaters can take over. valencia street is a place for people to party. c'mon in and join us. that's the weekend fun. for more information click >> 7 and a half mil

take a look at the station and we will perform great work for you out of this station. thanks for your attention. 3, 2, 1. [ cheering and applauding ] [ cheering and applauding ] >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> i tried to think about this room as the dream room, where we dream and bring some of those dreams to life. i feel very blessed that i have been able to spend the last 31 years of my life doing it my way, thinking about things better interesting to me, and then pursuing them. there are a lot of different artists that come here to work, mostly doing aerial work. kindred spirits, so to speak. there is a circus company that i have been fortunate enough to work with the last couple of years. i use elements of dance and choreography and combine that with theater techniques. a lot of the work is content- based, has a strong narrative. the dancers have more of a theatrical feel. i think we are best known for our specific work. in the last 15 years, spending a lot of time focusing on issues that affect us and are related to the african-american experience, here in the united state

take a look at the station and we will perform great work for you out of this station. thanks for your attention. 3, 2, 1. [ cheering and applauding ] [ cheering and applauding ] >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> this lodge is home to some of the best fly casting pools in the world. these shallow concrete pools don't have fish. this is just a place where people come to practice their fly casting technique. ith was built in the 1930's and ever since, people have been coming here to get back to nature. every year, the world championship of fly casting is held in san francisco and visitors from all over the globe travel to be here. >> we are here with phil, general manage of san francisco rec and parks department at the anglers lodge. what do you think about this? >> it is spectacular, travis from oregon, taught me a snake roll and a space cast. >> there are people from all over the world come to san francisco and say this is the place to be. >> yeah. it's amazing, we have teams from all over the world here today and they are thrilled. >> i flew from ireland to be here. and been prac

take a look at the station and we will perform great work for you out of this station. thanks for your attention. 3, 2, 1. [ cheering and applauding ] [ cheering and applauding ] >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >>> >>> okay. everyone ready to get started? first i would like to thank everyone for coming today. it's an important day. before we get started i would like to bring the mayor up and talk about the importance of this contract and these hotel members, the team and the city of san francisco. it's a very positive day. so mayor, c'mon up. >> thank you, michael. first, i want to thank all the work force that are standing behind me, the men and women who make this hotel a success for the city and i would like to thank you for your leadership and last time i was in the same room with mike casey we were announcing the warriors deal. a lot of good paying jobs. today is about our no. 1 industry? san francisco which is tourism and the hotels and their conclusion with the labor union to come to an agreement that extends perhaps 5-and-a-half years of agreeing to a labor contract for all

and this wasn't from the department necessarily it was between reopening station 35 and open station 35 and there was in favor of the opening the station. >> because obls we basically restaffed the beer continuing to work with the mayor's budget office their fully aware we're understaffed and we're doing the best we can. to me the mandatory staffing requirement with our salaries and the higher amount of overtime it worked well, for awhile but now we're feeling the pain. >> another question i had in the budget analysis report is part of the budget expenses are coming for the airport. my understanding is the airport sooshdz all of the expenses of that department i'm confused of all the allocation of the airport for the budget >> you're right we have if you happened from the port and the airport and it pays for the stations. and they also pay for the overtime? correct >> but it doesn't read that why harry rose? >> there's general fund portion and it's clearly stated on page 3 of our report if you take a look at on table 3 for the source of fund we say that the airport would be fully pay

new york city will include 300 stations and 5500 bikes. chicago will have 400 bikes and 400 bikes and portland a city with two thirds of our population will have 75 stations and 7500 bikes. i don't want to see san francisco fall behind and we know this type of program requires a certain size in order to ensure its success, so it's important that we establish this pilot, and in my view that we quickly build on it, so with that i want to welcome the mta. , staff from mta who have been spear heading this pilot and talk to what we're doing and what we can expect in the future and colleagues we have a resolution before us that encourages the mta to move quickly and expeditiously to expand on the pilot so if there are no introductory comments colleagues we will turn it over to mr. mod ox from the mta. >> thank you supervisors. thank you for the opportunity to give a presentation on our efforts on bike sharing program so far. let's see if i can get this open . so again good afternoon. i am heath mat ox with the mta and i have been leading my agen

gerstenmaier, space station, it's doing well. with a crew up there working on science, how about telling us is, do y'all have any feeling about since we extended in law its life to 2020, what about extending it beyond 2020? >> you know, our discussions with some of the commercial groups, and you could probably talk to the center for advancement of science in space, the casis organization, their feeling was if they knew station was going to be around beyond 2020, there might be a different market on the commercial side that would be interested in using station. so i think we're starting to hear kind of the groundswell from outside users and other folks that station is proving to be a very vital asset. it's things that -- they like to do research there. we're starting to see a lot of earth observation payholds go to station in the next couping years -- couple years, and i think if the market was extended, the market might get larger. if they saw a bigger market if station got extended and moved forward, but i'm starting to hear gen

he was the one who envisioned in station. he was head of the penn station river at the time. what's interesting come to come is penn station never have the same impact on me down that grand central did. me, with the post office, macy's, one or two other things, a couple of hotels, the pennsylvania, "the new yorker." but none of that's sweeping reconstruction revival renaissance of midtown that grand central triggered. >> i'm sure you know but grand central is the best reading place in the city. [inaudible] >> absolutely. meeting under the clock. i had to meet more people that were in gaming, i said meet me at the clock and everyone who where it was good but the funny thing was when i met people at the clock, i would invariably meet someone else who i hadn't planned to meet. it's like being in the town square of new york. you were standing in the terminal and everyone goes by. by. by. something like an out of out after this really is, but something like 750,000 people passed through the terminal every day. every weekday. and when grand central opened, "the new york times" said

out of this station. and that's something that we're continuing to discuss with mayor's budget office to bring on additional staffing for that station. we talked a little about the eoa exclusive operating area and the rights. as you stated back in 2008, the state of california made a decision to remove the eoa rights to the 911 ambulance transports here in the city. this basically threw everything into a period of uncertainty, including our budgets and how we staffed. as there were no formal guidelines or procedures for the system as a whole and no provider agreements in between the providers. ~ we found ourselves in the ems division in a bit of a holding pattern during this time, unsure of what the future held for the system. we saw our market share of transports go from about 90% down to 70% and the private increased to that amount. and again, that's one of our main -- one of two ways the department earns revenue. so, fiscally as well as operationally, it was difficult for us. so, we were very delighted

and so they will be the neighboring station to our new station here. and we are also joined by our ambulance unit, medic 77, thank you for being here. and i am very proud of the men and women, all of you standing behind me but i want to acknowledge the command staff as well as the commission representative steven, and commissioner since 1996, so thank you for being here. [ applause ] >> we are very excited about this project behind us and we will have a brand new fire station in the mission bay neighborhood and it is very much needed as evidenced by what supervisor kim told you a growth of 25,000 residents in ten years. and we have seen tremendous growth both commercially and residentially and it is fitting that we will be able to proside a neighborhood fire house for this growing neighborhood and so we are grateful for that and i should also point out that it is the first of its kind where we get along very well in this town as police and fire departments, but this is the first time that we will be sharing space together and i am looking forward to th

. >> this is the bay area's news station. kron 4 news starts now. >> new at 11:00, san francisco police released video of a shooting that happened april 10. patrons leaving yoshi's club that night might know something. the victim was at the intersection of hayes and webster when he was shot and killed. alicia reed shows us the video of a white 2010 lexus 350 the police are hunting for. >> reporter: this is surveillance video from just before gunfire erupts. a few seconds later, the suspect's car speeds by! it was a 2010-2012 lexus. >> reporter: cameras from cab also spotted the shooting from the intersection. >> we walked up to the driver's side of the vehicle and conversed with a driver or passenger on the rear side. and shot him. and he walked back to if sidewalk where he started from and collapsed right there. >> reporter: sergeant john bart is trying to find a motive for the slaying. but for now, cannot come up with an answer. >> jay was never arrested before. he was not involved in the criminal lifestyle. i interviewed a

then they need to grand central station. and after the train accident in 1902, william lopez three said it had to be torn down. they didn't need this gorgeous cantankerous tape open train shed because there was no more smoke from the electrified locomotives. you can also check over park avenue. i don't think there is much of an outcry. it was one of those things are the place had been renovated. so in 1902, 1903, they're going to tear it down and build another place at once people saw the plan for the new grand central terminal, they realized it was far superior to anything there before. [inaudible] which really change the beautiful profile of the building looking south. >> william lopez had this vision for terminal city, sort of a civic center an opera house and ultimately in the new york central building, which stands on the north end of grand central pass the panhandle was added later. it's one of the two places i can think of that provide a real vista. put down park avenue at grand central and fifth avenue at washington

what they do not know is which station will close.e board of directors is said to me to address the issue on may 7th as scheduled public hearing on a plan. >> charles clifford kron 4 news. >> for the seventh consecutive spring, a pair of falcons returned to their nests high atop a city hall in san jose. this is video from the 24/7 city of south and web camp. that is clara busy feeding a 300 chicks while her mate, for ando, keeps watch from her perch above the nesting box. he says the chicks are three healthy ba males and placed tide peny identification band on them to keep track of where predators. >> just one day after a san francisco official opened an investigation into apostle patient dumping the governor of nevada responded. patient dumping is the process of buzzing the mentally ill of state without proper food. medication, or care and affecting the cost of care and the state where the patients were sent. gov. bryan sandoval says, his state is not and have of patient dumping but is admitting to lead least one instance of it. the

as we are a major training station for the city. the next slide is a breakdown of our calls for service for last year. the top graph shows priorities and repriorities by the day of week. you can see our busiest day of the week by far is tuesday. yesterday was a tuesday and it was busy. below, the second graph is an ab and c priority call total and you will see the busiest day for all 3 categories is tuesdays. we had a total of 11,000, over a calls and b and c priority calls last year. this slide will give you an idea of a b and a b and c priority calls by the time of day you can see on the top slide that 1:00 in the morning is our top time for priority calls and b calls in the afternoon, c calls it's 10:00 in the evening. this slide will show you a priority calls broken out through the city. as you can see the mission district was no. 2 in the city with over 11,000 calls for service. we had 15 percent of a priority calls of service within san francisco. this next slide is a breakdown of a b and c priority calls in 2012 for the city.

cut, but i can't imagine in the new budget cutting two more fire stations. it would devastate this area. >> this is our fire seas ey have their own re but dert case of something that really worse, all the stations have to help. what happens to the people here if something happens? it's a concern. >> reporter: last years the board decided to close -- last year, the board decided to close four stations including six engine companies after residents failed to pass a $75 a year parcel tax. unfortunately, last year's reality is the same today. there is no money. >> it's very difficult. and we recognize that our citizenry wants fire protection services and we are going to have to figure how to do this. >> reporter: the firefighters say the other reality is these cuts could be life or death. >> our firefighter staffing went from 91 firefighters down to 72. and these cuts would bring us down to 66 firefighters on duty. in a county this size, it's unheard of. >> rert: e plan so far is to close one station july and another next year. supervisor mitchoff says she is op

take a look at the station and we will perform great work for you out of this station. thanks for your attention. 3, 2, 1. [ cheering and applauding ] [ cheering and applauding ] >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> hello, i am with the recreation and parks department. we are featuring the romantic park location in your backyard. this is your chance to find your heart in santa and cisco with someone special. -- san francisco with someone special. our first look out is here at buena vista park, a favorite with couples and dog walkers. both have a significant force. a refreshing retreat from urban life. the romantic past that meander up and down the park under pines and eucalyptus. hang out in this environment and you might see butterflies it, fennel, and then the lines. -- dandelions. is ada accessible. public transit is plentiful. we have conquered the steps, we have watched the dogs, and we have enjoyed a beautiful view. this is a place to take someone special on a romantic stroll and enjoyed a beautiful look out. welcome to corona heights located in the heart of this district. it o