i like dog parks. i like the social activities for dogs and of humans, but there's a problem here that seems that needs to be addressed that's structural. it's more or less dealing with what can be done to this given area. there are a lot of flaws of the area. people going up along the side, there's a slope down, the dog can slip down and break their limbs. that's what dr. michael had talked about before. and he was a chair of the dog committee at the time, so there's been a lot of hashing back and forth. so i would recommend seriously have a look at that hole that some people talk about, the grass is not mowed down, and we heard from dan mower about the artificial turf. i'm usually against artificial turf, but in this case, the possibility, as other facilities, i think we can do it. so the hours themselves, i would say until 8:00. thank you. >> thank you. >> next speaker. >> good afternoon, thank you. i'm a home owner, taxpayer, muni-bart rider, and i work for the state. by the time i get home and get

i've gone to this park with my dog. i have two dogs before that. since 2000, both on leash and off leash. i have difficulty getting around. and this park gives me the opportunity to go there with my dog, let the dog play, and gives me an opportunity to meet new people. i could say something, but i have a lot of issues and people already talked about that. one thing i would say is, i would ask you to question the winter closure, because i look and they don't do very much during the winter. the park is actually pretty good now. we've got involved many times, weeding, and raising monies for the landscaping, the resurfacing of the park. thank you. >> thank you. >> next speaker. >> my name is b.j. wilkinson. i live three blocks from douglass park, and i have lived there since 1980. before that, i was in noe valley, but three blocks from this park. when it was available, i always had dogs since i got my dogs in 1980 and needed a place to walk them off leash and a place for them to play. year 2000 i was forced to retire because of a diagnosis with a life-t

park in neighborhoods nearby. and the peak times for usage on the weekend are noon to 4:00 and on the weekday t most dogs from 10:00 to 1:00 in the park. the conversations continued in may with meetings and additional online surveys from the advocates and the petition as well. and so there were three additional meetings in may and obviously june 6 of this year, the operations committee took public comment and heard the proposal. so, now to the proposal which came from theed a voe t kas for up -- from the advocates for upper douglas which was to originally change the hours which are 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. the original proposal was from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. at the time that they serviced that proposal, the steering committee of friends of upper douglas said to them, we understand that you are interested in some hours changed. we actually think 7:30 to dark is reasonable. would you consider that? as you see in the staff report, there was back and forth about whether or not how enforceable a sunset end time is. i should note we have many parks where the hours are sunrise to sunset, but a back and forth conversation

fireworks go off and there is concerns that pets are going to run away from we have been at this dog park in dublin and it has been busy. people we have been speaking to are worried about their pets becoming the next patients. running and playing. dogs enjoy a sunny summer day at this dublin dog park, but their owners -- >> i'm concerned. >> concerned about a dog flu outbreak in the east bay. alex wants to make sure her beagle stays healthy. >> i will be keeping an eye on him. this can spread. >> canine influ eanz is highly contagious. it started in oakland. the director of animal services said 70 of the 110 dogs they had in the shelter have tested positive. the illness spread to the east bay spca. about 20 dogs have been exposed. the shelters are working to stop it. >> we wanted to create a facility to take all currently sick or exposed dogs and start them over and treat them. >> by the end of the week, roughly 150 dogs will be moved into a warehouse to be quarantined. the number could rise because of the upcoming holiday. >> on the fourth of july particularly in oakland, there is a lot

park. the folks in dog patch, they will have additional open spaces, but they don't have the capacity or spacelities. they're going to need that park. it's not only the residents that need the park. we have office buildings coming in, a lot of mixed use coming in, the workers, a lot of them bring their dogs, they need that park as well. so, what are we going to do to fix that? well, the community has been engaged with rec park to devise a plan for community needs. we need unprogrammed open space, we need additional community programming facilities, so we done that work. now we need to figure out how we move forward. frankly the way we can do it is to be a name project on the parks bond. the rational is that we need this in a single phase. the current users are already there and the future users will be there before we know it. if we stretch this out, they will have no park. that's not going to work for us. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> next speaker please. >> good morning, my name is catherine. i lived in dog patch for 20 years. i'm here today to request the park be identified as a pri

we have a dog park. i think it's crazy that people think they need a dog park to pay thousands of dollars to use. lastly, i'm very respectful of rules and process. as mentioned, the owners of this business are completely disregarding the process entirely. they're already in operation and they've already held a number of social events involving owners and their dogs in the back yard. they've expressed to us and others that they plan to use the model of uber, which is to build it first and violate all the rules and then ask for permission later when they're successful. with all that in mind, i ask that you consider carefully the feelings of the 100-plus people who have signed that letter in the neighborhood when you take into account the things asked for by these owners. >> president melgar: thank you. next speaker. >> hi, good afternoon. georgia shudish. i want to talk about kitchens today, if i may. may i have the overhead. this is from mary brown's study and those are three samples of the type of housin

san francisco supervisor matt heaney says there's a lack of dog parks and places to dispose of dog wastee tenderloin and south of market neighborhoods. he's secured funding for more than 100 stations, including baggies and place to dispose of the poop. >> use it. pick up bag and poop, throw it away. see someone not using it, give them side eye. this is nasty. >> says the dog waste stations have been a success in other areas. rolling out in coming months. want to hear your ideas of building a better bay area, join our group on facebook. >>> early fourth of july celebration in richmond tonight, check it out, colorful fireworks on the waterfront and oakland symphony performed a free concert. abc7 news in alameda, getting ready for the fourth of july parade. neighbors using a chair to save a spot has become a holiday tradition and big deal for alameda residents. >> everyone is either watching or in the parade. >> where's the parade? i'm ready. >> organizers say more than 60,000 people watched the parade last year. if you high pressure to appen t event or wondering what is happening where you

of office, over 6,000 square feet of neighborhood serving retail, 800 square -- 830 square foot dog park and then they would dedicate another 703 square feet for off site public open space and complete out those streetscape improvement. the project is requesting a large project authorization pursuant to planning code 329. they are permitted to seek exceptions from the planning code. the code allows additional exceptions in the case of key sights within the central soma district, dependent upon the project providing qualified amenities. in excess of what is required by code. the qualified amenities proposed for this project include the provision of p.d.r. and greater amount and lower rents then is otherwise required by code. that would be the relocation provision of the new flower mart as well as the dedication of the 14,000 square-foot parcel land for the construction of affordable housing. as such, under the large project authorization, the project and project variant are seeking the exception into the planning code requirement as detailed out for each project in the staff report the pr

bedroom homes with two car garages but including high-end amenities like a gym, common areas, a dog parkon. the rents are comparable to nearby apartments and the maintenance is o all site, lowering costs for ahv. wolf says he does not intend to sell the homes any time soon. long term ve in the cash flow game. so if you hold these properties for ten plus years or even ss,en plus ye the residual cash flow is worth more than the sale one time. >> reporter: last year about 43,000 homes wereuilt to rent according to the u.s. census, the highest in nearly 40 years. instors are pouring into the space, which i why big builders like lnnar and t brothers are building to sell to them. renting used to come with a social stigma. the average income of rentersewn thisommunity is in the six figures. many of them can afford to buy a home. they simply choose not to. >> the trend, different articles on millennials buying houses. i think the biggest thing is the hidden costs they might incur. >> the yards here are small and the houses closetogether to lower cost per ahv. >> there's a lot that goes into the

and then i would like to figure out how you would like to respond to the upper douglass dog park, and my request for some bathroom opportunities. >> noted. >> no modular. >> commissioner anderson: so when would be a good time when we could hear back about that? which meeting? >> well -- >> bathrooms -- million dollar bathrooms don't evolve out of thin air, so let us do a little bit of homework and report back. >> commissioner buell: report back to commissioner anderson. >> commissioner anderson: i'll hold it until then. >> clerk: is there any public comment on this item? that's commissioners' matters. is that a yes or a no? >> he's not getting up. >> clerk: public comment is closed. item 12, new business/agenda setting. is there any public comment? >> commissioner buell: i don't see any notes here. any public comment? >> clerk: being none, item is closed. item 13, communications. any public comment? seeing none, this is closed. item 14 is adjournment. >> commissioner buell: i would like to adjourn in the name of two individuals. as some of you may know, commissioner bonilla's father p

dog park right there, volleyball net. >> what do you think it would be like on the water? >> if there was food. >> i was near that fireworks shop over the weekend. >> funny. >> that's a suburb of charlotte in south carolina and fireworks are legal there. we were eating dinner and down the street from a fireworks. they were shooting fireworks off next to the fireworks trailer. >> this doesn't seem safe. >> it was fun. let's look at what's going on. 6:17 right now. we will look how we can see fireworks and how reggie has mentioned you may not see some or the clouds pretty colors tonight. mt. tam showing clouds that will make a return this evening. they will do away and stick to the close and that will keep us closer than average with our summer spread and sunshine. it will be warmest tomorrow and saturday. it will be warmest with cloud cover. it will take every bit of that time to get back to the coast by noon. look at this heading to 7:00, 8:00, 9:00, san francisco towards oakland. about 83 in morgan hill. 72 in santa cruz this afternoon. the peninsula and redwood city, eve

he joins us live from the dog park. hi, pat. >> how are you doing?been working with th guy allis afternoon without much luck. i'm going to try again. okay,aksit. spe come on, leave me alone. >> did you hear that. that's a trick. >> reporter: do that again. do it ain. it's a challenge. it's a real challenge, and we better get on with t. ♪ ♪ it's pat's prize pets. > reporter: it's come to my attention that there's about a gazillion pets in and around the washington area, not counting >these guys. oh. >> reporter: we're looking the pet with that special talent, that special trick, something at gives you goosebumps, so let's get on with it! >> pat's prized pets. >> reporter: so you have three dogs. >> mm-hmm. >> reporter: and they sleep with you. >>mm-hmm. >> reporter: and your wife sleeps? >> she moved out to the next bedr >> reporter: you're okay with that? >> well, yeah, i am. look at these beautiful babies. >> reporter: pet lovers and their pets have a special relationship. >> when they are sad i'm sad, yes. >> reporter: when they are happy. >> could

. >> miley the dog's parking awaited rescue workers to their location.ut two and a half miles from where they had disappeared in the remote sierra nevada mountains. she was found near big pine in california, that the town about 250 miles northeast of los angeles. the woman's daughter rode on her facebook page yesterday, "she's alive! this is the happiest day of our lives. we can't thank everyone enough." the county sheriff posted on its facebook page that it's "actively investigating the circumstances surrounding sheryl powell's disappearance." officials describing powell as resilient but exhausted as she was in the hospital last night for observation, harris. back to you. >> harris: a true survivalist in every sense of the word. great to see you, robert. thank you. iran's foreign minister is suggesting for the first time, the country's ballistic missile program could be on the table. as part of future negotiations with the u.s. but he says the u.s. would have to ease sanctions on iran. this, amid lingering tensions over present trips decision last year

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where police have a man in custody for the sexual assault of a woman as she was walking her dog near peoples park this morning. police say the suspect approached the woman at dwight way and hilegass avenue at 7:30. he said he had a gun and forced the woman to a secluded area where he assaulted her and stole her cellphone. 36-year-old demetrius johnson was taken into custody as he was running away. >>> the city of hayward has named their next police chief. san francisco assistant chief tony chaplin will take over the job in september. in 29 years he rose from a patrol officer to a lieutenant to a watch commander and he served as interim chief in 2016 after the resignation of greg serr. chaplin, his wife, and daughter have lived in hayward since 2006. he says the city has an outstanding department and he hopes to help make it one of the best in the country. >>> coming up, a call to action on the steps of san francisco city hall. the demands being made by pedestrian advocates of a string of deadly accidents. >>> also, robert mueller's much anticipated testimony before congress. what we in a little m

this school we've never kid you are is that for pussy thanks but african wild dogs are still exposed to danger even inside the park as we discover the next day 2 dogs got caught in a snatch trap jessica water mine is at the scene when the ranger arrives. so we rest just soon as possible within 20 minutes of the report but on 40 bucks on the gotcha the dogs had already strangled themselves and suffocated. it's a senseless killing the dogs won't even the poachers target. the traps were set to catch antelopes. the dogs had tried to free themselves by biting through the wire but the copper was too tough we're still it's the alpha male that's been killed along with another adult dog the best hunters of the pack. why a snap traps are almost invisible in the dense bush and the area is vast but the rangers have still managed to find or around 50 of them. as conservationist working in africa we have a duty to to protect them to make sure they stay for future generations and they are completely genetically distinct species and once they've gone they're gone the rest of the pack will stick together until the juveniles are fu

but african wild dogs are still exposed to danger even inside the park as we discovered the next day 2 dogs got caught in a snatch trap jesica water my is at the scene when the ranger arrives. so we rest just soon as possible and dr within 20 minutes of the report but unfortunately some gotcha the dogs had already struggled themselves and suffocated. it's a senseless killing the dogs won't even the poachers target the traps were set to catch antelopes. the dogs had tried to free themselves by biting through the wire but the copper was too tough still it's the alpha male that's been killed along with another adult dog.

. >> once a week, elisha meets up with his coworkers from the good dog program in a park in jerusalemhe is the only one from the group who has agreed to be filmed. the others are worried that people would find out about the world they're coming from. >> it could be manic depression, it could be traumas. our service users, most of them came out of mental hospitals and they never worked a day in their life. and we are bringing them back to the workforce, to be part of the workforce e through the dog walking. >> good dog is a program run by shekulo tov, a social enterprise that irad eichler set up in 2005. it's no coincidence that he now lives with his family in a kibbutz. israel's kibbutz movement stands for an alternative way of people living together. the fofocus is on community ratr than isolation, and not just here in the refectory. everyone looks out for everyone else. for irad eichler, it's an ideal model for coexistence. >> i wanna feel closose to peoe , and that's a great way to feel close to people. the coection that t i see betwn the kikibbutz and shekulo tov and other things

. >>> new at 6:00, berkeley police told us a woman was raped as she walked her dog near people's park this morning. it happened a dwight way. police say a man went up to a dog walker around 7:30 claimed he had a gun, forced her into a secluded area and took her cell phone and that's when the sexual assault happened. police have arrested a suspect, his name is demetrious johnson 36 years old. investigators say the victim did not know the suspect. he was a stranger. >>> new at 6:00 a san jose man is charged with the murder of his mother. police say 35-year-old ryan gar garner assaulted his 57-year-old mother at their home last thursday and dropped her off at regional medical center and left. the woman's enjuinjuries were n survivable and died after being on life support for four days. >> new at 6:00 a long-time member of the san francisco police department is moving across the bay and will be hayward's next police chief. tony toney chaplin will start in september. chaplain tells abc 7 news quote it's a great opportunity but leaving is bittersweet to me because i've worked with great peo

dogs to thank for his question is. >>> the heat wave, bye-bye. it's ov so we are taking you to the ballpark and show you the changes made to nats park this w k. >>> is care bear only a year old so if you're looking for energy to put in your home this is a fine person -- fine person? i think of dogs, people. dogs are a lot nicer than people! in the 60s with drops here this morning. nice and cool but a little on the showery side so the walks might have be shortened up because of the rain chance. himore talk about the sunsne returning coming up. locally-owned novec has the most reliable power in the region. and we all know how important being reliable is. novec provides electricity from multiple renewable sources. groovy man! and will soon include even more solar. yeah! and novec offers convenient 24/7 online services. i just paid my electric bill. novec. power you can trust. z35whz z16fz y35why y16fy >>> it is just about 4:30 here on your tuesday. we are following breaking news impacting your commute this in morn >>> take a look at this photo. a crash on the inner loop of 495 st connecticut avenue and one of several serious crashes we are following

hydrate and make sure you get water for your pets, that why they have the water fountain for dogs at the parkif you see someone who is in heat distress in the city, call 311. they'll send vans, they have water or this can take them to a shelter. back to you. >>> thanks, mark. >> a tragic situation after a 10-month-old dies after reportedly being leftn a hot car. susan hogan reports on what's being done so happen again. >>> the emotional testimony on capitol hill, as families of those killed in crashes involving 'sboeing max 8 jet get their say. >> today i speak not only with my voice, but the voices of my departed family. my mom in law >>> you've been on it, you know, traffic on i-95 can get bad but a new study found the worst bottleneck spot on the entire interstate -- and yes, it's in virginia. the traffic jams over the auk occoquan river are the worst. people spent 1.2 million year on delays on that stretch over the occoquan river. to make matters worse, weekend traffic is just as bad as weekday back-ups. e i-95 improvement project will hold a public meeting this weekend. adding weekend vr

and a coyote enter his house, you know how it got and the doggie it attacked his 2 dogs friday his home is in park that dog lived, but you can see the little on the left-hand side there there was a little womb and to see you know it was seriously injured. >>and right there. >>look at that from a coyote coming into the house. but look at this there been spotted around other neighbors houses too in this case watch it goes back and forth but it leaves that cap alone. but the man and you'll see his other dog little white dog died in the attack that dog. >>lucky to be alive. i mean with dog survives to cover the attacks over the past year they've really increased in numbers and especially become more brazen. >>and hold. >>so the neighborhood wants the city to do something about it. i don't know what they're supposed to do about it. but yeah, there's lots of coyotes spotted in that neighborhood happen more often our time now is 8.41 will take a quick. >>and we're going to hear from the usgs on what we can expect this week after yesterday's slight shaking in the east bay did you feel the earthquake. we'

says a coyote he came into his home through his doggie door and attacked his dog murphy's last friday night and when a park. it's the second time scott says his dog murphy has been attacked by a coyote murphy has stitches everywhere, he's lucky to be alive. i mean with dog survives to cover your tax 10 year-old multi pu named sally is missing and he suspects a coyote took her. last friday night just 2 years old on. a neighbor's security video caught up coyotes in the neighborhood around the same time scott stocks were attacked the neighbor told us his cat seen here was killed by a coyote over the past year they've really increased in numbers and especially become more brazen. >>and hold. >>that was crystal cruise reporting the neighborhood now on city leaders to do something about those coyotes. >>that's the debate on capitol hill today. i'm bree jackson in washington dc and i have that story coming up. >>well up next after sweeping the rockies yesterday the red hot giants back in action tonight, mile high ci >>google execs grilled on capitol hill today at issue censorship republicans say google facebook a