city officials announced on july 3rd their intention to build a facility to process nuclear fuel about 30 kilometers from the city center. they say the plant will be used to process uranium and produce nuclear fuel. >> translator: such a facility would affect not just the environment but also future generations. >> large scale protests against nuclear facilities are very rare in china. >>> a man enraged by a dispute involving taxes threw fire bombs inside a city hall in western japan. at least five people were injured. the attack occurred where the man threw two fire bombs over the counter of a taxation department. about 600 people were inside the building at the time. the 63-year-old man was arrested just after the incident. police say he was arguing with an official. city authorities had confiscated his apartment because he failed to pay his property tax. >> translator: this is very shocking. why did this happen? >> firefighters extinguished the blaze after about an hour. five people were taken to the hospital after inhaling smoke. >>> executives at a power company in western japan h

channels to be talking about the city services in the different languages and that includes local media and a also talking through organizations and also through elected officials and city agencies. i think it's important that 311 continue to do their outreach and a lot of times people think that 311 is they see that's how they get the bus schedule. so talking about the 311 and many things it involves especially, if it came from city departments and city officials and i think we maylize our quorum by noon i'm trying to be respectful to you you started up the language network but i want to make sure you understand our time constraints. and that's perfect we hope there can be a complaint process to folks can understand. the last thing i want to thank the board of supervisors and mayor's office for putting access into the budget. i see it's wonderful >> thank you, ms. young. the next speaker. thank you for being here and for the eventual network as well. i want to thank the board of supervisors and lc i threw the leadership. this is serving one of the new it groups of cabinets in san francisco we face challenges and other communities have faced in the past. as div

and at that airport we are awaiting a press conference from city officials and airline officials. it should happen at any moment now. there they are. right there. the reporters are in the room. and as soon as we get more information on that as soon as they approach those microphones we will bring you that news conference live. to washington now and cnn's rene marsh who are following the developments from the national transportation safety board as well as the faa. rene, what do you have for us? >> well, don, our transportation team just digging up some more information about this airline. asiana airlines. we can tell you that this is the fifth incident or crash involving this particular airline. the company was founded in 1988 and just forgive me, the source of this was the aviation safety network which simply compiles the information from both the ntsb and faa reports. in the case of this particular airline again five incidents in the past. four of the incidents occurred in asia and of course the one that happened today happened today in the united states. this is the first incid

we pulled out the ledger, you know, with like the official city ledgeser of moving houses. there were tons of them. i don't know, at some point it just kind of petered out and somebody moves a house like once every 15 years now. >> so we in our digital age, issue house moving permits once every couple of years. i pull out this little book. it's got a piece of carbon paper in it. you put the carbon in and you write, you know, house moving permit number, you know, 36. you say from here to there. we charge a fee. a very low fee. it's really right out of the turn of the century before. >> yeah, it has that dusty, old-school feeling. >> actually, we maintained that. i tried to maintain this little book. we still do it that way. >> would the post earthquake installation of building codes and building requirements have impacted carville to expand? and ultimately was that part of the demise as our desire and need to have structures that were earthquake safe and fire safe? did that have an impact on it, i guess? >> well it seemed more that they were health issues. they were really n

but we should not just be giving city officials, unelected city officials free license to acquire comprehensive information about us. >> we do need to have very clear policies in place to assure privacy and to set very clear and publicly accessible guidelines for when we record how long we retain that data and who that information can be given to. >> reporter: you probably hear the protests behind me. this is on another issue that will go before city council tonight. now, back to the story at hand, the second phase of the federally funded project is a long way of becoming a reality. we'll have more on what it will take coming up at 6:00. reporting live in oakland, i'm cheryl herd, nbc bay area news. >>> now to continuing coverage of the asiana flight 214. an emotional memorial in china for the three girls killed in that plane crash at sfo. friends and relatives held a memorial after family members brought home the ashes of the three teenagers. following chinese tradition, the remains of the three were wrapped in a red cloth and placed next to the girl's favorite fruits and drinks. funerals will

it is enclosed now for the third day in a row and it is supposed to reach mid-90s and that has city officials concerned. city officials do not want people inside the park because of the dry conditions and it can be a hazard with the humidity and they want to eliminate any fire emergencies. as we approach the 4th, we want to remind people fireworks are illegal in all of santa clara county except gilroy where they are ought possessing up to 100,000 dollars they have prompted them to open up community centers from 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. so people can stay cool and hydrated. in gilroy and morgan hill it is supposed to reach over 100 and try to stay out of the direct sunlight, rest often in shady areas, drink lots of water and another tid bit, if you have elderly and dash and this fur prone to this access sufficient -- if they are prone to the excessive heath, keep an eye on them and keep them out of direct sunlight. >>> we have more near the dump and a couple of cars got into a crash. news chopper 2 is overhead and this is one of the vehicles and one is still flipped avenue on vast dough road 58

police say he was arguing with an official. cityuthorities had confiscated his apartment because he failed to pay his property tax. >> translator: this is very shocking. why did this happen? >> firefighters extinguished the blaze after about one hour. five people were taken to the hospital after inhaling smoke. >>> executives at a power company in western japan have filed applications to restart their reactors. the units must pass stricter safety checks put in place in response to the 2011 accident at the fukushima nuclear plant. officials at kyushu nuclear power company applied to restart two reactors. the officials have raised their estimation of the highest possible tsunami to hit the area around the plant from two to three meters. they say no new levee is needed because the facilities are 11 meters above sea level. the step brought the number of reactors under nra review to 12 at six plants across japan. nra experts are screening the applications to determine if the utilities have taken all necessary steps to ensure the safety o

public view, and various media advertising or whatever to try to get them to contact the elected officials or city officials regarding pending decisions. when we moved the lobbyists' program on-line, we changed the focus from entities to individuals. and as part that have discussion, the capturing of expenditure lobbyists was essentially deleted from our process. and it is not the action in the course of the year, there were a total of eight in the last four years. nonetheless, this is people spending the money to influence the governmental decisions so we don't have legislation drafted yet, but we have a basis for what we think the commission might like to do, and after this sort of reporting. and so this recommendation is because that they do not really shoot well into the existing lobbyist reporting program and we will create a new program outside of the electronic system and basic simple reporting and they are reported to us and reported on-line. and but we wanted to make sure that this is the direction that is acceptable to the commission before we drafted the legislation that has to go throu

. >> berkeley city officials are trying to put a stop to a trend. they're called miney dorms. news blog reports president dents are complaining it causes parking, trash and noise problems. >> a bay area university beat out those ivy league schools nabbing the nation's top college for the very first time to nonivy leelg schools topt list. stanford university comes in number one followed by pomono college with princeton and yale following. best public university, uc berkeley. forbes magazine says it reflects a shift to stem majors stem signs for science, technology, engineering and math. >> listen to this. san francisco and google teeming up to provide free wi-fi at dozens of locations throughout the city. official as announced they received a gift to put transmitters in 31 parks and recreation centers. >> a lot of the prior debate that never moved forward was because of questions over business models this is a free gift of financial benefits to the city of san francisco. with no string as tached. >> very nice. so some areas which will have free wi-fi include city center plaza,

city officials point out that san francisco is very behind on this front saying that cities like new york and paris already have wi-fi in their parks. they say this will make it easier for people to spend more time in san francisco's parks and enjoy them. >> it will further up our parks and city to innovation, education, and inclusiveness for all residents but also as i mentioned it is a significant step toward bridging our digital divide in our city. it provides local community groups and residents access to the internet they may not have had before. >> he points out that some park offices use dialup connection so when you register your family with the department, for instance, you will appreciate the new efficiency. installation begins in december and they expect it to be complete by the spring. >> breaking news, prince george of cambridge is the name of the future king. prince william and the duchess announced the name 40 minutes ago. today, the duke and duchess let their home at kensington palace. this morning, with their newborn son, you can just catch a look of kate and the bab

we can have both, but we should not be just giving city officials, unelected city officials, free license to acquire comprehensive information about us. >> reporter: right now they are authorized to monitor property in and around the government facility. if approved, the second phasex would kent four street cameras and the project could adlai sense plate readers and 700 cameras at oakland school sites, but it hasn't happened yet. >> we do need to have very clear policies in mace to assure privacy and to set very clear and publicly accessible guide lines for when we record, how long we retain that data and who that information can be given to. >> reporter: london has a very sophisticated surveillance program which we saw first hand, and it's controversial. the aclu is asking about that. >> what we are wanting to do is balance safety and privacy. we need to ask the right questions and not issue any blank checks. >> reporter: this item is very low on the agenda tonight. a vote may not take place until midnight. reporting live in oakland, cheryl hurd, nbc bay area news. >> also being consider

. >>> america's motor city has gone from boom to bust. thursday, detroit officials confirmed the city has filed for chapter 9 bankruptcy protection laying the groundwork for what will be a historic effort to bail out a once booming metropolis sinking under billions of debt. the filing amounts to the largest municipal bankruptcy effort in american history. >> this was a very difficult and painful decision, but if you look at it, there's no other option. many people may see this is the lowest point in detroit's history but if we weren't to do this it, the way i view it, detroit would continue going downhill. >> not everyone agrees how much the city owes. kevin orr has said the debt is likely between $18 billion and $20 billion. >>> texas, sweeping abortion restrictions have been signed into law and more restrictive measures already on the table. the new law takes effect in october banning abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy and restricting the procedure to surgical centers. >> it is our responsibility and duty to give voice to the unborn, the individuals whose survi

remember, we even heard from county officials, city officials just the other day saying here in sanford, the mood remains peaceful, remains calm. there are people who are showing, you know, protests for either sized on the case. there have been no real problems as of this point. >> looking ahead just a bit, because obviously we are waiting and watching like everyone else for the jury's verdict, they are now hours into deliberations. we've been talking about -- chris laid out the possible options that are on the table. we're talking second degree murder, manslaughter and not guilty of course is an option as well. what kind of sentences are we looking at in each case though to remind viewers, that is not a question that is on the shoulders of the jury. they don't know what kind of sentence, that's up to the judge. what could george zimmerman be looking at depending on what, if he is, convicted with? >> reporter: absolutely, kate. let's talk about first the lesser charge of manslaughter. a jury may hear that and say, hey, that's a slap on the wrist. in the state of florida, not necessarily

i would say a few times a month we get a call from a grad student or city official that wants to start a program and to research the spaces. in san francisco where other cities have pilots up and running and even new york and l.a. and up for a while and there are 40 on the ground in san francisco. we have 15 or so that are pretty close and we are moving another 35 or so parklets forward. some won't make it forward and will filter out of the process but we are seeing tremendous demand and why are the spaces successful? so basically just -- i am assuming everyone knows what we're talking about but if you're not familiar it's a little open space that a business or organization or similar entity could convert a couple of spaces in front of their building into a publicly accessible open space. there are different scales and types. some fit in one parking space, some in two or three spaces and we have seen a block long intervention on powell street. the pavement to parks program was started with this idea that 25% the city is public right-of-way and despite years -- almost 30 years of some o

18 is a resolution designating the examiner and the san francisco chronicle to be the official newspapers of the city and county of san francisco for aloe official advertising for fiscal year 2013 through '14. item 19 is a resolution designating the following newspapers to be the outreach newspapers for the following respective communities for san francisco, the small business exchange for the african-american chinese and hispanic communities, the bay area reporter for the lesbian gay bisexual and transgender communities, central city extra for the central city neighborhood north side publications, marina times for the northern san francisco neighborhood and the west portal monthly for the west portal neighborhood to provide outreach advertising for fiscal year 13-14. >> supervisor avalos. >> thank you, president chiu. colleagues, i wanted to single out item number 19. it seems like every year in budget committee we always have a little bit of a pile up about what we're going to do around outreach advertising in more of our neighborhood and ethnic media. i actually asked the clerk of the board to tel

. >>> america's motor city has officially gone bust. thursday, detroit officials confirming the city has filed for chapter 9 bankruptcy protection. it lays the grownwork for what will be a historic effort to bail out a once booming metropolis now sinking under billions of dollars in debt. it's the largest municipal bankruptcy effort in american history. >> this was a very difficult and painful decision. many may say this is the lowest point in detroit's history. but if we weren't to do this, the way i view it, detroit would continue going downhill. >> not everyone agrees on exactly how much the city owes. emergency manager kevin orr has said the debt is likely between $18 billion and $20 billion. >>> take you to texas. sweep abortion restrictions have been signed into law there. and more restrictive measures are already on the table. the new law takes effect in october and as one of the nation's toughest. it banns abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. and restricts the procedure to surgical centers. >> it is our responsibility and duty

city officials held a private session for the family to hear the tapes. city officials, not law enfo enforcement officials. why? >>> and later, for the first time three women allegedly held captive for a decade speak out and they do it on camera. you'll hear what they have to say, and you're going to see for yourself how they're doing and what they're like. >>> and then we're going to go inside the cockpit of that 777 that crashed in san francisco. so who was actually making the decisions in those final crucial second in could cultural protocol have delayed emergency procedures? it's a tough question to ask, but we're not afraid to ask it and we have an "out front" investigation. is this sports, sex, or just silly? ♪ norfolk southern what's your function? ♪ ♪ hooking up the country helping business run ♪ ♪ trains! they haul everything, safely and on time. ♪ tracks! they connect the factories built along the lines. and that means jobs, lots of people, making lots and lots of things. let's get your business rolling now, everybody sing. ♪ norfolk southern wha

responsible city official shall provide the required bicycle parking within one year of the issuancesuch exemption or shall obtain a new exemption for each year until each bicycle parking is required. and then under that is new language where it describes a temporary exemption for class 2 bicycle parking shall be granted as allowed in subsection 1b above under the jurisdiction of the zoning administrator. i do believe as a member of the mta here who might know about these requested amendments. no? ~ and the rationale behind them, plea. >> good afternoon, supervisors. rob malone with the off-street parking group at sfmta. thank you, supervisor avalos. nice reading of those. be happy to answer any questions you have. >> could you just explain the concern that the mta had about current spaces and genesis of -- >> absolutely. so, for the item 1 request about the class 1 space, at the moment the language reads no class 1 spaces are required. however, the mta and my group that oversees the garages as well as folks who work as bicycle planers in the planning section of mta have been working

and the city officials, and the city officers are enjoying some certain kinds of contacts and activities with the city for a year after they leave. so, when waiver request generally come to this, someone wants to demonstrate that they want to participate in a prohibited activity, and then say, what, but there is not a conflict of interest and so i should be allowed to do it. some have been denied and most of them have been approved. >> we seldom get requests and within this particular type of waiver and we never have had this request and will people want to remain as part of the city board commission staff, whatever? and conduct what would normally be considered a conflict of interest activity? >> i have no further comments except to say that my position on this and decision on this will be without regard to the accusations that have been involved against mr. smith which i do not think are appropriately rephrased. but i have got to sa

so, please, again, feel comfortable in talking with your elected representatives, your city wide officials as well as your department heads. this is all for you to get us the feedback in a direction for what we prioritize in the budget. i've heard a lot of things today. we're definitely taking them to heart. i want to note that one of our summer youth job seekers who was very successful in real estate. i'm going to assign him to work with your senior centers rent reduction issue so we have that instantaneous service right there. (applause) >> but i also want to say that with the question that was directed at me for the undocumented youth, first of all, what came to my mind immediately is we have a municipal id card to make sure that those who are undocumented get an official card from city hall. so, please make sure you're aware of that because something that i had worked on with a number of supervisors throughout so many years as our city administrator, and i want to make sure that works for everybody. having said that, we also fund a lot of community-based nonprofits to help us with the

in a city overseas, government officials are using the power of gold to get people to lose weight. city officials in dubai are payng people in grams of gold to get them to slim down. ironically, fast food chains such as mcdonalds, subway and kfc are thriving in the arab emirates... we're just sayin'! coming up, is apple set to take a fall on earnings? what the charts have to say. first, though - they're watching you... the extent retailers will go to to track your every move. bill moller steps in, next. we've certainly learned just how much a fact of modern life it is to have so many of our habits tracked by the government, but also the private sector. and on the private side, data help retailers sell more by better understanding our individual behaviors that get us to buy things. this happens, we know, with every online purchase, but also,more and more, with every in-store purchase as well. one of the companies that provide brick & mortar stores with shopping analytics is retail next. let's talk with tim callan. he's the chief marketing officer there. all right, tim, how do your se

this is will a process of working with the clubs in the various city officials of what makes a holistic safety capacity for the clubs >> can you tell me what you believe the club owners responsibility is when they reach capacity and folks are outside and there's challenges there were they believe if they're not in our club they're not our responsibility. what double the club owners responsibility is also when they let everyone out of their clubs in terms of crowd control >> the entertainment commission we put forward conditions on clubs they're responsible for a certain area outside of their club and monitoring safety of that outside area. so i believe that club owners are responsible. i think that we need to work with the clubs - the entertainment commission needs to work with the clubs whether or not it's the fire department or police department on how better to address the offer selling events. as some place who loves night clubs and entertainment i won solution is to open more night clubs >> well, you know that some promoters are more effective in troifk clubs pr i'm going to go to

city officials realized there's demand for more unleashed areas for dogs in the city.they are holding a community meeting tonight to discuss the issue. sunnyvale held a survey in the spring asking residents which park should have dog parks, how they should be designed and what amenities should be included. they heard from more than 700 people. dog owners we spoke to say the one dog park in the city needs improvement. >> i just think they could do a little more with it. there's mostly dry dirt in there. i think they could have more greenery. they have the grass on the outer patches. but when it's hot in there, the dogs have nowhere to go. i think they could put a little bit more shelter in there. >>> city officials say sunnyvale has more than 30,000 dogs living within the city limits. the city is recommending that $100,000 from the city apark fund be used to create fenced- off leashed areas for dogs. that public meeting will be held at 7:00 in council chambers and the community is invited to come. reporting live from sunnyvale, janine de la vega, ktvu channel 2 news. >>

it should be on the city's official television. the examinations has to be reconsidered. now i want to introduce april from supervisor kim's office. after she addresses this commission supervisor wiener's office wants to make a few comments then and talk about the recommendation >> good afternoon, commissioners again april from supervisor kim's office. as i know and as ann march rejust said of interest to this commission is it the legislation passed yesterday gives the commission the right toe saapprovals. that kim gave the legislation to the authority to review and comment on all voip i vial documents that may have an impact on resources. it requires a hearing that involve potentially historic buildings. so before us today is a significant piece of the puzzle. as you may know in the previous hearings before the h pc alternative procedures were adapted that the public can peel a decision of 60 days. this was included because appropriations changed over the velocity of the process. while an approval may have happened in the early stages of the process there maybe another d

>>> good morning, city officials. my name is eric wu. i am a member of the san francisco youth commission. the youth commission is a body of 17 young people ages 12 to 23, that advises the mayor and the board of supervisors on issues that affect the young people in san francisco. one of our priorities is actually the summer job plus program and supporting that and expanding that. currently there's still a significant population of job-seeking young people in our city that are currently unemployed and we hope that the city will collaborate with our -- with the nonprofit organizations and the private sectors in bringing more jobs to young people this summer. last summer, s.f. summer job plus program was extremely successful. we brought over 5,000 jobs to our young population. and this summer we hope to bring 6,000 jobs to our young people. and on behalf of san francisco youth commission and the young people in san francisco, i would like to thank the mayor and all those who have worked and collaborated in bringing jobs to the young people

a person close to the matter, defending the city official, michael beaudrault, also accused of fraud.ringing this case against miami you could do it across the country because cities are, they're transferring money and commingling funds and doing financial shell games across the country. they're purply underfunding pension obligations to basically spend the money elsewhere. san jose, pension reform is in court in san jose. we should note, the sec has launched muni bond probes across the country in places like harrisburg, san bernardino, stockton, california. illinois and new jersey settled over their muni bond frauds. rhode island got roped into one. this will pick up in speed and intensify across the country. the sec says, watch out, this is no joke they're doing. tracy: i know you will be all over this, lizzie i feel like too little too late? >> maybe. tracy: too little too late? thank you, elizabeth macdonald. thank you very much. ashley: too much bonn and not enough weiner. tracy: or that. or that. ashley: last analogy i promise. >>> coming up detroit's bankruptcy on the fast trac