and then, finally, the crash we had just discussed with caltrans at 36 and sloat, where caltrans the prior week had activated a new h.i.c. beacon, and the pedestrian was crossing the street. >> supervisor yee: okay. thank you very much for your presentation. by the way, i'm really happy that we have this response team that's been created so that the different departments can actually share the same information and data and do the analysis together because it seems like in the past, there's been a lack of coordination. from your presentation, i can see that you're doing a lot more what we call reactive strategies, i guess, after the fact. and one of the things from even last week that i mentioned is that we can't forget to also be proactive in trying to get this -- use the information you're getting to look at other situations to say even though it hasn't happened in the particular intersection, let's be proactive and just go ahead and do the -- whether it's engineering projects to improve the intersections or to put a signal or whatever, you know. i think those are important steps th

so caltrans, we need you to design these streets as city streets. thank you. >> supervisor yee: thank you, kathy. any other public comments on this? seeing none, public comment is now closed. [ gavel ]. >> supervisor yee: i want to thank the departments for this item and the last item, really, and the next item or so, specifically to focus on our seniors who seem to be the victims of the fatalities that's been happening in san francisco in disproportionate numbers. and it seems like we are trying to take some proactive measures. i didn't ask this other question, but i will just say it. besides having longer time to get across, i hope we can look into having more of our crosswalks or signals to give lead time to pedestrians, and that's another -- you know, another factor that we really do know that it works. and if we could do more of that, it would be safer for not only -- not only for seniors but all pedestrians, okay? so could i -- oh, i'm sorry. commissioner? >> supervisor stefani: thank you. i just want to say something really quick in response

what used to house caltrans vehicle, it is now hosting homeless people on caltrans property. >> for yearst city has been trying to get the homeless people off of its property. you remember this homeless encampment, they installed boulders to keep homeless people from coming back. now a twist. the city is building its own homeless shelters on the property. caltrans property. >> so the first homeless navigation centers opened tomorrow. >> we will talk about that tomorrow. >> i have a quick question for you, your legislation is responsible for this. the first homeless navigation centers. >> yes. >>> the assembly members didn't want to talk about it. neither would the mayors office or caltrans. but it was the legislation which made

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this is the first time the shelter is built on caltrans property. it hops to house about 125 people. from san francisco city hall, jackie korr, kpix 5. >>> as november elections draw closer, officials are working to tighten up security to prevent russian interference. the detectors of national intelligence and the fbi spoke at the white house yesterday. they say that voting freeways, sums vetting machines are not the target. instead, russian meddling appears to come from ma nip youlating social media with the goal of dividing americans on various social issues. >> we acknowledge the threat. it is real. it is continuing, and we're doing everything we can to have a legitimate election that the american people can have trust in. >> this is a threat we need to take extremely seriously, and to tackle and respond to with fierce determination and focus. >> the trump administration said it is working to prevent and stop these kinds of attacks. they also insist the president has made election security a top priority. >>> president trump attacked the media ag

three caltrans workers were hurt in a crash on i-80. investigators say a distracted driver hit them as they were doing some maintenance work. >> and this was not far from where a distracted driver hit and killed a chp officer and another man on august 10. lee an made a l lyanne melendez is live with the story. >> reporter: chp is telling me that there is nothing about that particular stretch of highway that is dangerous in any way. yet somehow both drivers became distracted. this was the scene on westbound i-80 in fairfield at 2:30 this afternoon. two lanes of traffic were still closed. the accident caused major delays in both directions. the collision occurred much earlier near manuel campus boulevard in fairfield. sky 7 shows the caltrans van on its side after the driver of the ford truck rammed into a trailer with a port-a-potty before hitting the van. five caltrans employees were picking up trash and performing maintenance work. >> while they were performing their duties, a ford pickup truck was traveling in the slow lane going west

what used to house caltrans vehicle, it is now hosting homeless people on caltrans property. >> for years, the people that city has been trying to get the homeless people off of its property. you remember this homeless encampment, they installed boulders to keep homeless people from coming back. now a twist. the city is building its own homeless shelters on the property. caltrans property. >> so the first homeless navigation centers opened tomorrow. >> we will talk about that tomorrow. >> i have a quick question for you, your legislation is responsible for this. the first homeless navigation centers. >> yes. >>> the assembly members didn't want to talk about it. neither would the mayors office or caltrans. but it was the legislation which made the shelters possible. they authorize the state to lease caltrans property to the city for one dollar per month for the purposes of an emergency shelter or feeding program. they're called navigation programs that welcome homeless people that might be turned away from otshelters dude to their partners, pets, or belongings. they offer intense counseli

in a way i think what caltrans is doing will backfire on the opponents. >> caltrans it said they have been using signs like these since the 1920s and say the signs alert drivers of oncoming roadwork and let them know how their tax dollars are being spent. >>> there is a lot of roadwork going on this time of year. i guess summer. >> you don't say? >> there are more new cones every morning. wel when it delays you you don't like it, but you do need the roadwork. >> when you drive on a nice new paved road it's like wow, that is nice . >> exactly. >> she is right. we do have a lot of roadwork out there. we can go to the maps and i can show you that there is a lot of the yellow icons, more than i ever remember all over the maps. it is not causing any major backups. gilroy to san jose, driving to send martin and morgan hill, all the way into san jose looks pretty good. there have been no major issues at night. this is highway four westbound with traffic moving along relatively well. this is a construction zone. i see a couple of construction vehicl illustrating what we are talking abou these

i do know it's highway 1, so it's up to caltrans, if we can pull a bulb-out there. i just wanted to answer the question about whether or not it's a planning code or zoning map amendment. when you have a zoning map, it's a planning code amendment. to answer the question from the person in the audience, so that's that. but you are not considering the project at this point. so when the project comes forward, there may be requirements to add bulb-outs. we require that sometimes. again, our understanding is that caltran usually doesn't allow that kind of thing. >> thank you. commissioner fong? >> commissioner fong: i'm not supportive or necessarily opposed to it, but i see staff shaking their heads quite a bit and i think we need more time to clarify this. and maybe when the project makes it back to us that it's a piece of the approval or secondary piece to the approvapproval. >> vice president melgar: commissioner moore. >> commissioner moore: i'm interested in seeing the zoning to rm-2. i think it's a great idea. i think it would probably be in the best interest for us

the first time a shelter will be open on caltrans property.kie ward is live with more on the push to get homeless people off the streets. >> reporter: kenny, this may be a sign of what we'll see more of in the near future, the state and city working more closely together to get more people off the street. for the first time ever, this will be a permanent housing facility and shelter that calltrans will let on their property. it was his legislation that made it possible for state toless the caltrans property on south vaness to san francisco for a dollar a month for the pu other shelters, allowing people to bring their belongings, partners, and pets with them. counseling is also offered there. the city says, so far, they're working. since 2015, more than 1150 people have been served. and 72% of those people have left the shelters for permanent housing. mayor london reed wants to see more of this process. >> i want people in san francisco, when they walk out the door to feel the difference when they step outside. this will take a focused, sustain

so sfmta has been working with caltrans and public works on that project overall. so that is indeed happening. >> vice president melgar: thank you. director? >> that's helpful information. we've didn't know that. i was going to say, if the commission is supportive of the rezoning, you could move that part of it forward. because i think what i hear is broad support for the rezoning itself, which would give them assurances about that. and then if you wanted to separate it or given the new information, may want to move forward with both pieces, but you could separate the two items. >> vice president melgar: i had a question about that. if there is going to be a bulb-out, please correct me, but you would want -- the necessity for that 9-foot setback is less, not more. >> right. we agree with that. >> vice president melgar: so i would be -- i would be open to approving that today, both things, but i don't know how the rest of the commission would feel about that. >> commissioner richards: can we conditional our approval and if there's a bulb-out we could not need the 9-

caltrans, i just learned this.ning up their own property along the freeways for transitional housing. these are like halfway houses. they're going to try a bunch of different things. they're going to have counseling services. these are tough times and they have to try new things. they're going to open up the transitional housing this friday and will fan it out to other locations across the bay area and the state in the months to come. to delay its opening just weeks before class starts. kpix 5's len rami >>> a last-minute change is forcing a new charter school to delay its opening weeks before classes start. why some parents see this as part of a larger plot against charter schools. >> reporter: just two weeks before classes were supposed to start, 5th grader gomez and his mom found out they're not going to open this year. >> it got changed, so i'm stressed out i'm going to a new school. >> reporter: he doesn't even know where. >> i actually had to fill out registration forms for three different schools because we

would it be caltran or m.t.a. or who would it be? because i'm not hearing any concrete plan right now. >> let me have jeff... >> i'm jeff weiss, the public office manager for caltrans in san francisco county. we're undertaking and we have undertook somewhat of a public outreach campaign. we had lights installed like sean said earlier and we hadn't gotten any feed back about, you know, complications on how they were used. but we are getting that now. so what we're doing right now is that we've made outreach to the pine lake neighborhood associations who lives in that area and vince made a video which we're putting on our website which shows -- it's much easier to show with pictures than words on how they operate. and then we'll make those videos available to everyone at sfmta and they can use that for public outreach. and anyone from a senior center can make the video available. and available to all high schools. and anyone that wants to meet in the neighborhood we'll make ourselves available to talk about how to operate the lights. >

and then finally the last fatality was at 36th and slope which is also a caltrans facility. this location that had a major project that is just wrapping up which activated a number of new pedestrian beacons, they're called hawks, which help the vehicles stop when a pedestrian is present. i attended a meeting yesterday at oakland caltrans headquarters with high level manager there is and we talk -- managers there and we talked about doing additional outreach and making sure that the project wraps up which i think that the last two hawks have been turned on i was told yesterday by the project manager. and making sure that we follow-up as we learn more information about it. so the state and the city are working in partnership to make sure that we follow-up on, and this was a project that the state sponsored and followed up on in terms of providing all of these different crosswalks on slope with additional traffic signal devices to make sure that the incidents like this don't repeat themselves. if there's -- if there's no further questions i want to introduce megan weir with the

caltrans is wrapping the. the ride continues to look good heading toward 85, but on 85 southbound we are tracking overnight road work. caltrans is in the southbound, that connector ramp to 101 still closed till about 5:00 a.m. keep that in mind if you're heading out in the next few minutes. 880 right at -- excuse me, 280. you can see traffic is almost nonexistent, not many cars out there at this hour, with the exception of those heading to the bay bridge toll plaza. no metering lights but we have a few cars starts to stack up in the cash lanes. back to you. >>> a san francisco-based tech company is expanding. splunk is adding a second office. the company produces software for searching, monitoring and analyzing machine generated data. they will move into the new building next year. >>> the new hollywood film that's generating oscar buzz this morning, coming up. comedian who dared to be weird. danielle nottingham has those stories and more in today's eye on entertainment. punny-man weird al yankovic was >>> asi

a caltrans worker was hurt.here chp officer and another driver were killed earlier this month. >>> the alameda county public defender says the sheriff's office illegally recorded privileged conversations between an attorney and a juvenile suspect. officials believe the practice was routine. katie utehs has the story at 5:00. >>> former trump campaign chairman paul manafort was found guilty today on eight counts in his tax fraud trial. and michael cohen reached a plea deal involving charges of campaign finance violations, bank fraud and tax evasion. emi emily rau has the latest. >> reporter: president trump's long time personal attorney michael cohen left federal court after pleading guilty and taking a plea deal on bank fraud, tax evasion and campaign finance violations. in court he said he was acting under the direction of a candidate for federal office when he arranged the payment of hush money to stormy daniels and karen mcdougal. >> he worked to pay money to silence two women who had information that he beli

this is a short highway that is on the caltrans restriction though it's a city street. this is the site of the crash. the monday after the fatality happened, an uncontrolled crosswalk, marked, but not having anything in terms of requiring vehicles to stop. so the plan right now at this intersection thanks to a caltrans project is to have a beacon to require the vehicles to stop and this will be done on the rest of the corridor here. there's a number of other locations that are uncontrolled. in that project it was on design when this fatality happened, unfortunately, but it will soon be under construction. and here's the actual diagram of the infrastructure that will be added to this corridor. and another fatality was at ocean and victoria and on chester and santam. vulnerable population and bicyclers and a petty cabdrivers, unfortunately, was killed by a motorist that was traveling in the area. for ocean avenue, sometimes just looking at one intersection in isolation is not the right approach so what our staff did at m.t.a. in the case of ocean avenue is that because of

. >>> three workers with caltrans were hit by a truck as they were working on the side of the road. it happened in the same area where a chp officer and a driver were killed during the traffic stop earlier this month. >>> there is a little bit of fog out there right now. wow, what temperatures dropping. better air >>> three caltrans workers were injured today when their vehicle was struck by a pickup truck on the side of west bound i-80 in fairfield. it happened this morning in the same area where a chp officer and a driver were killed earlier this month during a traffic stop. today, another driver lost control, veered off the freeway toward the soldier, shoulder and ran into the parked caltrans vehicle. the van flipped over. that worker had to be extricated. two other workers picking up track were also hurt. >> this is yet another example of how we have to have our work sewn alert program. we have to remind people constantly that there are people who work on the side of the roads. and, besides of roads are dangerous places. especially when people are not and a truck driver suffered

i think in a way what caltrans is doing will backfire on the opponents. >> caltrans says they have usedthese since the 1920s and they alert drivers about roadwork and tell us how tax dollars are being spent. >>> voters in marin county will decide if you want to renew a half cent sales tax to help pay for transportation projects. the board of supervisors approved putting a sales tax on the november ballot. measure a was approved in 20 -- in 2004, but will expire in 2025. analyst is a measure a provides about $49 million a year for projects the range from road improvements to traffic congestion. approval of that measure will require two thirds of the voters support. >>> let's check in with sal on the commute what are you looking at? >> we do have a couple of problems. 580 westbound comes to mind if you're driving away from san ramon heading toward castro valley. there is an overturned vehicle on westbound 580 reported just after 680 near san ramon foothill exit. the fire department is on the way. so far i'm surprised i'm not seeing more slow traffic. it probably won't stay that way for lo

i think in a way what caltrans is doing will backfire on the opponents. >> caltrans say they have used signs like these since the 1920s and say they alert drivers about roadwork and tell us how our tax dollars are being spent. >>> good news for people that fly a lot. new scanners may make the security process a lot easier. tsa is rolling out new scanners at 15 airports across the country including oakland international. the technology can detect explosives and other materials by creating 3-d images that means you may not have to take your laptop or liquids out of your bags. at first airport will only have one or two of these new scanners. there is no timeline on when they could come to san jose or san francisco international. >>> for the first time in 48 years a new school is scheduled to open in milpitas. they will open next week that school is located on the campus drive in milpitas. there is room for 238 students at the new school. the school is being built in phases. the next expansion could open by 2020. ultimately, when all three phases are complete the elementary school could se

caltrans facility, in the district 11. this vehicle failed to yield to a pedestrian that was crossing, and this -- this street already has a pending project to do another set of h.i.p.s this state route, and this will probably not in project and completion in 2019, and the last crash was at broadway near rock t stockton, and that crash involved a pedestrian crossing the block being hit by a vehicle early in the morning, and that construction was under completion. [inaudible] >> -- such as the broad case, and then, projects that are pending implementation where we have projects that are coming but they didn't, unfortunately, come soon enough for the fatal that happened. this was a picture that we did on manzell, again, this is -- mansell, this is just an indication that this is not a safe place to pass other people. we are looking at more changes along the corridor, but again, this is a project that had recently been completed, so it had a lot of other projects built into it. like i said, construction can be an issue. this

. >>> a permanent homeless shelter is opened on caltrans property. the state is leasing the site for 1 dollar a month. it sits near the freeway ramps and houses up to 125 people. people will be bringing their belongings and pets inside. there will also be counseling for drug addiction and mental illness. >> i want people in san francisco when they walk out the door to feel the difference, when they step outside. this will take a focused, sustained effort is we're making investments to make this happen. >> right now, there are at least four temporary navigation centers in san francibu this is one of at least two permanent facilities that are expected to open on caltrans property this summer. >>> police say that they have identified a suspect in the murder of a 64-year-old concord man who was killed at his home one week ago. police believe 55-year-old terrence boyd dixon murdered michael downy in downy's home. there's a warrant out for dixon's arrest. police have not determined a motive but said that the two men knew each other. detectives believe, dix

. >>> three caltrans workers were hurt in fairfield when a pickup truck plowed into their vehicles on the shoulder of interstate 80. it happened at about 11:30 yesterday morning in the westbound lanes near manuel campos parkway. it happened in the same area where earlier this month a chp officer and a driver were killed during a traffic stop. in yesterday's crashed the driver lost control, veered off the freeway, and ran into the had to be extricated from the wreckage ash were also hurt. >> people around here drive so fast. they don't care. they're not looking out for us, really. i have seen people on cell phones while we are working. >> the three caltrans workers were taken to n. bay medical ctr. in fairfield with non-life- threatening injuries . the the driver of the pickup truck was taken to kaiser, but has since been discharged. no charges have been filed as yet. >>> new transit only bus lanes in san francisco will be open to private transit vehicles like shuttles and casino buses. those private buses will be allowed on the red transit only lanes that will be painted on geary boul

caltrans says it's aware of the cracks and calls them superficial .he agency does plan to monitor the situation to make sure that the road is safe. >>> still ahead, bart police increased their patrols because of violence on bart. up next we are hearing bart is now reportedly cutting back on its staffing. >>> senator john mccain returns to the nation's capital today. ivan washington and we will have more on those plans coming up. speak good morning and thank you for joining us. welcome back on this friday, august 31. i'm dave clark. >> good morning. i'm pam cook. any summer sun left before september kicks in? >> yes. it is a big weekend in millbrae. the last blast of summer. enjoy mardi gras i'll style fun in the sun at the 40th millbrae art and one festival. menlo park 51. stanford in there as well. belmont, foster city and union city and fremont are 59. mid-50s on the san mateo coast. it will rebound but temperatures in the 70s for many. low clouds, not as many as yesterday picked the higher clouds have moved us out. high pressure is building.

was anybody else -- >> actually, we are planning on turn it over to caltrans for specific questions on the hawk. >> supervisor yee: we're on item three right now. >> we're on item four. >> supervisor yee: so anybody else presenting on item three? okay. then, is there any public comments on item three. all right. item three is now closed. please call item four. >> clerk: item four, highlights from board of supervisors meeting on senior injuries and fatalities, and recommended improvements. this is information item. >> supervisor yee: come back here. >> good morning again, commissioners. my name is megan weir, and we'll just present a brief recap of our hearing on senior pedestrian safety that we had last week. thank you, again, for -- to commissioner yee for calling the hearing and bringing attention to this important issue. in the hearing, we briefly provided an overview of our multiagency -- thank you -- collaboration and approach to addressing senior injuries and deaths in san francisco, including work by the department of public health to monitor senior injuries, our outreach to sen

last night, caltrans raised the bridge to allow shipping vessels to come through. it will remain in the up position until 3:00 a.m. tomorrow morning. >>> president trump and the former director of the central intelligence agency are now openly at war and mincing no words. in a stunning attack on the president, john brennan has said trump is drunk on power, is unfit for office and conspired with the russians. the president fired back labeling brennan a political hack who cannot be trusted with the secrets of our country, after yanking his security clearance earlier this week. kelly o'donnell has the very latest. >> reporter: a new battle in a very public feud. >> i have never respected him. i have never had a lot of respect. >> he's drunk on power, he is really is. >> reporter: after president trump ripped the security clearance from former cia director, john brennan. on twitter, the president called him a loud mouth, who cannot be trusted with the secrets of our country. brennan says he has no party affiliation spent three decades at the cia, serving as director un

. >> reporter: a caltrans spokesperson said the decision to extend the closure beyond its initial 12r a meeting with the u.s. coast guard to get ships through these waters. delta farmers market said it is up and down week of his own bridge closers and simultaneous work on state route 12. >> people come in and they are glad we are open because i have to turn around. the bridge being close, the day was broken, we had a lot more business. but it has been very slow. >> reporter: john and jane did some shopping at the market. they were there bridge closure may impact the rio vista's big retirement community. >> they're all like 30 miles. with the bridge being up if you have an emergency makes it very difficult. >> reporter: caltrans contractors will manually raise the bridge to bring the ship parked in the port of west sacramento. it is supposed to set sail at 3 am tomorrow. >> is concerned citizens where hoping all the big ships get through. and they can continue their journey. because we see a lot of them come through here. >> reporter: account trend spokesperson said the gearbox that i

so i think in a way what caltrans is doing will backfire. >> caltrans says it has been using the same type of signs for decades, and not only are they used for safety purposes, they're reusable for other projects as well. >>> the state's top election leaders is urging californians to speak out about adding a question to the 2020 census. the trump administration wants to ask those participating in the census whether or not they're u.s. an online portal t collect public comments against the citizenship question. >>> some students say it adds character to the historic tower hall at san jose state, but the university says the ivy is a breeding ground for rats. as you know, rodents can carry diseases and the ivy makes it easier for them to crawl into the buildings. so before the new school year starts, crews will remove the ivy from the buildings on campus. the university wants to give the campus a cleaner look. >> pest control is the main reason. it is -- sometimes it looks good. other times when it dies it doesn't look so good up there, so we're trying to have a consistent aesthetic look

republican state senator ling ling chang once caltrans to take down those signs calling it an attempt to sway public opinion to repeal the gas tax . the taxpayer advocates agree. they want caltrans to reimburse the people of california. >> this is one thing the taxpayers look at and say instead of spending my taxpayer dollars on these fancy signs telling me how to vote why don't you build more potholes? will backfire on the opponents. >> caltrans responded, saying they view signs like these -- have used signs like these since the 20s and they alert drivers about roadwork and tell us how tax dollars are being spent. >>> let's check in with sal. what are you watching? >> we are looking at a commute from kilroy to san jose that is doing pretty well. if you're driving on northbound 101 this commute looks pretty good and there is roadwork, but it is not causing any major delays on the way to san jose. the silicon valley commute starts a little later than others. for example, the tracy commute is full strength. this commute is not just yet. you have a little bit of time. that earlier accide