it has had a very structural change and quite frankly t vacancy rate at union square is the lowest that i have seen in 25 -- excuse me t highest in 25 years of business in union square. this -- there is, as we all know, a lot of vacancies that are happening. barney's is going to close, forever 21 is closing, williams sonoma and the multi-floor retailers are going out of business and those are the only ones that can occupy the upper floors. they are just not there. we have been marketing 146 geary for four years and talking to tenants initially to take the entire building because that works the best for us. that is what was there. we said somebody take three floors, two floors, one floor, and we haven't found a single tenant that we can get to take that building. so we're concerned, as i said before, about that space remaining vacant on the upper floors because we want to activate maiden lane and provide more shoppers for the existing retailers and more security and bodies on the street to encourage more customers to come to union square. i would answer any other questions you might have

the union will capture the sunken road, or the bloody lane at antietam. the union captures burn side bridge, do the final attack, but just the confederates are pushed to the limit, their last reinforcement shows up, pushes the union soldiers back and robert e. lee can just claim to a slight tactical victory, okay. he's not the big victor here. the big victor is not even just the union army, but rather abraham lincoln who sees this as enough of a victory to forecast his emancipation proclamation. both freeing the slaves and areas they didn't control, and keeping effectively keeping england and france owl of the civil war. who fights against a nation trying to free the slaves, that's how he calculated it. it will work pretty well as a result. the union has been in control, the confederates try to take it back with no success. they fail here. the union holds on to that important rail area. the confederates move to kentucky under two separate armies. can never quite join together. but they do get the union capital up at frankfurt. install their own governor. e

my role at union station is to assure compliance with all products and daily operations. so some of the rules and regulations have been a little tough to navigate with all the changes and with the changing constantly, but we plan to run a tight ship. so everything should be good there. we'll try to have a live menu with affordable products, senior discounts, veteran discounts, type of thing, and we'll make point to hire locally and purchase products that are ecofriendly, women-owned companies and equity companies whenever possible. so i encourage you to approve this permit and allow a locally-owned dispensary to uplift and improve the neighborhood we come from. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> sorry. anyway, thank you commissioners for the opportunity to voice my full support for this proposed cannabis dispensary. my name is eric, i'm going to speak primarily on the rationalization for why we should allow cannabis consumption lounges. they are some of the few legal spots where people can consume cannabis outside their homes. those who consume cannabis wil

at the screen here. robbed the telco credit union on golf course drive to stop our 10:00. he approached one of the tellers with a note demanding cash. but did not mention having a weapon. the teller gave him the money and he was last seen working around the parking lot. if you have information, give police a call. >>> coming up, san francisco police should a burglary suspect. that tend to see, learning about what led up to the shooting. >>> fobaed before the committee to their pick later in sports. >>> we hear from fire vic times after page and a minimal $2 billion settlement related to the recent northern california wildfire. >>> news of the 13 and a half $1 billion for the fire victims bring some relief to those who lost everything. but as the reporter said that many now have a lot of questions. specifically, how the money will be divided. >> reporter: late yesterday, raped announced a 31 $5 billion settlement to resolve complaints from the 2017 will country fires and last year's campfire. the grade two sell them on account of the fires. >> i am glad. those people have b

hoffenheim were 2—0 winners away at union berlin, while philip max scored twice as augsburg beat fortunak their place in the semi—finals of the english league cup with a 5—0 win over liverpool, who fielded their youngest team in their 127 year history. the first team are, of course, away in doha at the club world cup. conmebal‘s ten national sides now know the path they‘ll have to take to qualify for the 2022 world cup finals in qatar. the preliminary draw for the south american qualifiers took place in paraguay earlier and these are the fixtures. the qualifiers will get under way in march next year and end in november 2021. to italy now, and serie a have apologised after imagery of monkeys was used in artwork for an anti—racism campaign. you may remember we talked about this story on monday. the organisation approved an artist who has used pictures of painted monkeys to highlight the problem of racism in italian football. several clubs have condemned the move, including roma and ac milan who said they hadn‘t been consulted. britain also has serious problems with racism in football. one

having been in business since 1908, john's grill at union the >> reporter: extra staff will t from a special menu. >> we do have prime rib. >> reporter: the mtells me the restaurant doubles the amount of food and alcohol it normally stocks. walk-ins are welcome but can't say how long the wait will be. >> it's pretty much somewhere where people can come in, have comfort food but at the same time have that history. >> reporter: from historic to the new. the restaurant supper club serves up mediterranean cuisine with live entertainment. >> it's very unique. we have belly dancers, we have contortionists. >> reporter: admission to the new year's eve celebration here starts at $35 a person. $95 for dinner only. supper with various types of live performances range show i almost sold out. the first dinner show, we still have a few seats available. >> reporter: people are encouraged to take public transit. intart not free but has extended its services to gam on new year's day. some train lines will not be stopping at the embarcadero station. those lines will stop at the montgomery station. >>

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. >> reporter: at union square that staff at hotel emblem tells me it has a lot to celebrate. the boutique hotel on sutter street on powell opened its doors early this year. the public is welcome, and there will be no cover charge. >> brand-new property, so we are excited to get folks to the door, and kind of get the word out about hotel emblem. this in many limited availability. they tell me it is the their tradition to check in on the eve of year's eve. >> went under the city a little bit. we went looked at all the christmas lights and christmas trees. >> reporter: back here along the waterfront, they started setting up the fireworks show monday morning. the producer says he is excited but on the show. >> i also get to see the faces of the people. there is no better vocation, or thing that you can do in the world, then something that makes thousands of people happy simultaneously. >> reporter: the producer tells me the show will last for about 15 1/2 minutes. san francisco police are advising people to avoid watching the fireworks from treasure island. they say construction

the jewish community gathered in downtown san francisco to celebrate lighting up the menorah at unionoing on since 1975 and since it was started by concert promoter bill graham, no surprise there was live music. >>> the first time in more than two centuries there will be no christmas mass at notre dame cathedral. the singers are part of the choir there. they have been rehearsing at a nearby church as notre dame was nearly destroyed in a fire in apple. they had little choice put to cancel christmas mass. >> i missed christmas at notre dame last year. and yeah, no,ing it is -- yeah, i can't believe i am not going to do christmas. >> this is like a symbol. but i think that at the same time people are trying to reconstruct and give everything to rebuild it. and it is maybe the opportunity to go to other church and to rebuild your faith. >> the government says normal services at notre dame will resume in 2025. >>> a crowd of people gathered at stonehenge this morning. the earth's access is tilted at its furthest point from the sun. this cycle is what inspired them to construct stonehenge a

. >>> let's look at san francisco with the third night of hanukkah . that is celebrated in union square. you can see as they light another candle on the 25 foot menorah in the center of the square. is local tradition was started and 1975 by concert promoter bill graham. >>> we will stay here for a minute and see as they light one of the candles. again union square this is been a lifelong tradition. this started and obviously they have concert music as well. this started by a concert promoter. >>> we will move on. we will check in later. with temperatures plunging for christmas, it may seem tempting to use your leftover wrapping paper is canceling that air- quality officials are warning not to do it. burning wrapping paper is actually illegal. it is often made using synthetic inks and plastic film and metallic finishes that release toxic compounds when burned. that doesn't mean you should use would either. the advise people from reef rain using wood serves stoves to keep the air quality in check. >>> since where talk about the atmosphere, let's look at the snowpack and squaw valle

drag queens on ice skated and sang and danced at union square.>> to combine the holidayit drag and ice skating, i mean what more is there to life, really? >> really, what more is there? tenth year of the event, fun night for everyone involved. boy they can skate. >> even the grinch is out there. >> great doing it tonight, not tomorrow. >> drag grinch. >> exactly. rain would have been not good. >> makeup would have come off. >> and lashes. >> oh, man. all right. as we hit friday, storm gets here. 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. in north bay first, heaviest rain over the north bay by saturday. chance of scattered thunderstorms and small hail. noon sunday we'll begin to dry out. so far no big storms in next week. >> next skating day is monday? >> looks that way. >> thanks jeff. that's it for us. be safe tomorrow in the commute. have a good night. [ cheers and applause ♪ >> steve: from studio 6b in rockefeller center in the heart of new york city, it's "the tonight show starring jimmy fallon." tonight, join jimmy and his guests - jennifer lopez

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at the confluence of the shenandoah and potomac rivers. there was a large union garrison there. with harpers ferry at the northern end of the shenandoah valley, lee could not have a confederate army operating north in maryland with the union force sitting right behind him. that was kind of a problem. so lee decided he would divvy up his forces, split them across maryland to try to get rid of the union garrison there and he did that with what is known as special orders 191. union forces arrived in frederick september 12, september 14. the come across a copy of the orders on september 13. how many people have heard about these before? the lost orders. a great many of you have. typically this is described as the intelligence coup of the war and mcclellan has this high definition picture of where the confederate forces are and knows exactly how to smash the confederate army. one of the reasons it is known as that is if you read mcclellan's own writings, he says, aha, i have the rebel plans. i can beat them in detail. orders has with special 191, the claim that this is the intelligenc

in judaism, we say happiness breaks through all boundaries. >> today's event kicks off at 5:00 at unionsquare. hanukkah is an eight-day celebration that will end december 30th. >>> the first candle in the world's largest menorah was lit last night, thousands attending that ceremony. the u.s. marine band performed at this event. >>> several are giving back to the community today in the toys for joy christmas giveaway starting at noontime. people will gather at 45th and market street in oakland, and we have more coming up in the 9:00 hour. >>> santa delivered early christmas presents to deserving kids in oakland. there he is, the oak love foundation collecting 3,000 toys to hand out to kids. yesterday they threw a block party in west oakland. >> it's a good thing, especially families with low income, like me a single mother who struggles also. >> i think it's great. i think it's really wonderful. >> the foundation helps santa deliver gifts for the past 11 seasons. >>> this was created by an immigrant from india to bring joy to families in the community. he died in 2002 and started by putt

to leave the european union at the end of january now that is one so if the u.k. leaves the european union at the end of january which is quite certain at this point then face to will start which is being negotiated on future trade relations and security relations and all those kinds of issues and that will be a lot more complicated than what we've seen so far so boris johnson really has a challenge there ahead of him and it's a simple message let's get bricks it will not be as simple in the in the end the reality is much more complicated so busy 2020 head but he also has of course other priorities and those domestic on the domestic agenda he has said goodbye of the conservative governments of the pasta he wants to invest into the communities that have been deprived off investment and money and and invest money into public services such as the national health service right let's talk a little bit about this has been such a divisive campaign charlotte the country is without question divided i mean we've heard his acceptance speech he wants to bring the country back

. >> reporter: many shoppers at union square are not just here to shop but for the experience, too. the music, ice skating, picture taking and sparkling tree. >> i lived in the bay area all my life. i love seeing the tree. >> reporter: she is not planning spend too much money this year. honing in on what christmas is all about. >> for me it is family. it is being with the ones you love. it is celebrating any religion affiliation that you are with and what it means to you spiritually but mostly being with the ones you love. >> reporter: some stores are open on christmas eve but will close early. a few shoppers i spoke to say they will be back out here tomorrow. >> in union square, thank you. >>> a viewer in the east bay shared this video of someone stealing packages from her porch this afternoon. it happened off of center avenue in martinez near the movie theater. one of the items taken was a gift for her mother. it was a photo album with hundreds of pictures of her 10- year-old dog who just passed away. her facebook post shows the suspect on that video and it has been shared more th

dressing up and santa costumes walking through the streets spreading good cheer for santacon beginning at unionare. or had the fort mason for the christmas market to shop for italian food, wine, italian fashion and accessories, arts and crafts, demonstrations, and more. the south bay holiday lights begins this weekend and drive through a mile and a half of colorful lights and displays with the fantasy of lights at loss galas. there's a massive slide, santana full day of live entertainment and music at the mill valley winter fast. there's food, tree and menorah lighting ceremony. the raiders played home and the sharks are on the road. i am rosemary orozco and that is your weekend watch. >>> this is nice. >> 'tis the season of giving and he is excited about this surveillance video that catches the moment that the delivery driver receives a pearlescent pleasant surprise. they invited the driver to take over late from work and get a drink and snack. the driver was so excited he did a little happy dance. that is very nice. >>> this san francisco author naming the 39-year-old south korean conductor a

tonight at union square amid the christmas cheer it wasn't hard to see signs of retail doom. barney's which filed for bankruptcy over the summer plans to close its san francisco store. just a few steps away forever 21 will also close its flagship store on stockton street after filing for bankruptcy. three bay area sears will close and cost more than 300 people their jobs. year to date u.s. retailers announced more than 9,000 store closures, a nearly 60% jump from 2018 according to core site research. >> we did go to the mall this christmas, but i do amazon. i work and i get home late and amazon makes it very convenient to just go online and order and return what i need. >> reporter: this year shoppers spent more online during the holiday shopping season with e-commerce sales hitting a record high. >> people don't want to leave the house. they want to order online. >> i like in person because when we go to the store and we can touch the material and the quality and how we can see it. >> reporter: department stores and clothing brands are getting hit the hardest despite a stron

nationalists pulled at the union's threat. brexit party scooped up votes. >> i do feel i have to create what happened last night to somt ex we are going to leave the european union at the end of january. >> politics is a tough business. >> nor did any of those who switched allegiance in the last few years. alese falling pieces created one clear picture, one man securely in charge. ev though his journey gave discomfort to many voters. isbut with this victory, b johnson has secured at least a major chapter in the kind of history books he likes to write. he won't be a footnote now. his first task, to finish what they started. butit an appeal to the 48. us or for me and who wanted andr perhaps still want to remain in the eu, i want you to know that we in this conservative government will never ignore your good and positive feelings of warmth and sympathy towards thother nations of europe. >> then, an unlikely claim, a postelection promise of peace and good tll. s country deserves a break from wrangling, a break from politics, and

there would be people shot at union events.rganized crime, the predatory business, and hoffa through his toughness and intelligence was able to rise to the top. eric: during the 1930s and 40s, hoffa came up through the ranges. >> he arguably built the teamsters into a potent labor force. but he also had fatal flaws. he's the guy who let the mob into the union. eric: to the men and women he represented he was a hero fighting for the little guys. for the leaders of the mob he was a potential partner. >> where were you when you met jimmy hoffa for the first time. >> in detroit. >> what was the nature of our business in detroit. >> another wedding. >> russell bufalino mentioned jimmy hoffa. he developed his own connections with the detroit family which bufalino was close to, too. eric: hoffa with us elected president of the international union of teamsters. >> he used the influence of his union to throw favors to gangsters to in turn solved problems for him. eric: it turns out working with gangsters was profitable. >> all of his de

is finally on a definite course to leaving the european union at the end of next month. after winning his historic election victory last week boris johnson said he wanted to heal the nation and in the house of commons he presented his bracks it bill as a step towards that was a time that together as one reinvigorated nation one united kingdom filled with a renewed confidence in our national destiny and determined at last to take advantage of the opportunities but not before us but despite the sweet talking johnson had stripped away many of the sweetness trees a may had added to help them piece support it before the election that raised passions from the opposition. this things of on issues not only workers' rights that are being downgraded it is commentary and rights because the ability of the legislature to scrutinize executive has been taking a hit is bad for democracy 2. outgoing labor leader jeremy corbyn still licking his wounds after humiliating defeat drew attention instead to what he saw as bricks it's damaging implications for ordinary people will sell out on th

with a lot of sounds from the european union at the peak of its euphoria and extension well we still are hearing accusations that it's russia that is ultimately on demining be sure. to hear it from the european union. likewise from the united states but the main thing which all of us here in russia understand because we have same experience it's very tempting to blame anybody else your own fault. and in this concert in the rush to do it but we see exactly the phenomenon in the west especially in the european union but i think it's it if it's a new stage because. for quite a long time the european x. was in the in the state of denial they tried to say that everything is ok there are there are some problems but mainly those are produced by outside forces now they finally concluded that shot something should be done in fact heard you make a very interesting point to add that for the 1st time since the collapse of the soviet union the countries between russia and the e.u. seizing to be the. prime geo political real estate sometimes inflated values that they're finally alive to that own de

the lighting of the second candle to celebrate how the prayer the first candle was lit last night at union square. marking the first night of the jewish festival of lights. >> all the holidays evolver and celebration because we say in judaism, happiness breaks through all boundaries. >> today's event begins at 5 pm in union square. hanukkah is an eight day celebration that started on the sunday and ends monday, december 30. >>> the first candle on the world's largest menorah was lit last night in the nations capital. thousands of people attended the menorah lighting for the us marine band performed at the bay -- estimate. >> giving back to the committee on monday. the 15th annual toys for joy christmas give what is today kicks off at noon time. people will be gathering at 45th and market street in oakland before the annual giveaway, here at the studio where we will chat. >> cell enjoying the morning off. allie will shepherd us through the morning roads and first we will get to weather. >> yesterday was cloudy and rainy. today clear but very cold. definitely a different start to the day whe

looking at a live picture for san francisco's union square, that beautiful tree. you can see some raindrops on that camera lens. they have some rain last night we had to get through. rudolph as well. rosemary is in for steve . >> merry christmas, happy holidays. it is a wet one, even thunderstorms rolled through a little bit earlier. we're going to have scattered showers as we move through today. then it was we get to the second part of your afternoon we do begin to dry out. this morning, it is a wet one. here's a look at storm tracker two. as you look to the north bay coastline in the santa cruz mountain areas, you can see the lightning rolling through in the last few hours. perhaps saw or heard it. also notice over areas of the mount diablo range. snow levels are about 3500 feet this morning so were picking up on a mix of pink and white, let's get into the santa cruz mountains where we do have light to moderate rainfall falling here. into the east bay, there is a look at that rain and snow, wet over areas of fremont and milpitas, oakland, perhaps moderate rain f

there would be people shot at union events.rganized crime, the predatory business, and hoffa through his toughness and intelligence was able to rise to the top. eric: during the 1930s and 40s, hoffa came up through the ranges. >> he arguably built the teamsters into a potent labor force. but he also had fatal flaws. he's the guy who let the mob into the union. eric: to the men and women he represented he was a hero fighting for the little guys. for the leaders of the mob he was a potential partner. >> where were you when you met jimmy hoffa for the first time. >> in detroit. >> what was the nature of our business in detroit. >> another wedding. >> russell bufalino mentioned jimmy hoffa. he developed his own connections with the detroit family which bufalino was close to, too. eric: hoffa with us elected president of the international union of teamsters. >> he used the influence of his union to throw favors to gangsters to in turn solved problems for him. eric: it turns out working with gangsters was profitable. >> all of his de

we are going to leave the european union now at the end of january. politics is a tough business.who switched allegiances in the last few torrid years. all these falling pieces created one clear picture — one man securely in charge, even though his journey gave discomfort to many voters. but, with this victory, borisjohnson has secured at least a major chapter in the kind of history books he likes to write. he won't be a footnote now. his first task — to finish what they started, but with an appeal to the 48 and the 52. to those who did not vote for us or for me, and who wanted and perhaps still want to remain in the eu, i want you to know that we in this one—nation conservative government will never ignore your good and positive feelings of warmth and sympathy towards the other nations of europe. then an unlikely claim, perhaps — a post—election promise of peace and goodwill. this country deserves a break from wrangling, a breakfrom politics, and a permanent break from talking about brexit. thank you all very much, and happy christmas. thank you. yet this politician has been unaf

it begins at union square. her head to fort mason for the seventh annual italian christmas market where you can shop for italian food, wine, handmade italian fashion and accessories, arts and crafts, food demonstrations, but demonstrations and more. in the south bay, holiday lights begins where you can drive through 1.5 miles of colorful lights and displays during fantasy of lights. in the north bay, the mill valley winterfest is sunday in downtown plaza with highlights including a massive slide and a full day of lion air -- live entertainment and food and a menorah lighting ceremony. the raiders play at home, that is your we can watch. >>> christmas is coming early for fans of taylor swift. ♪ overnight the popstar dropped a new christmas song called christmas tree farm and the music video mixes an old hold home movies from her family. >>> this is my favorite story of the day. surveillance video catches the moment a delivery driver gets a pleasant survive surprise when homeowners left refreshments outside the n

. >> we now know the cv at union, not content with dr.tro's oath of field, not content with the cuban independence, has decided to transform cuba into a base for communist aggressions, into a base for putting all the americans under the nuclear gun. >> john kennedy and nikita khrushchev had once met in vienna. their meeting established a hotline. now, when every minute counted over that hotline, president kennedy gave the choice. not long afterwards reconnaissance planes were able to report that ships sailing out of cuba were carrying depth cargoes of rockets being returned to the soviet union. the world balance of power that had been deliberately and dangerously tilted, was thus restored, thanks to the firmness of the american president. kennedy said that since the cuban crisis, the good citizens of the united states have read the foreign news in their newspapers with just a shade more attention? what can be said is there now -- is they are now fully aware that the emphasis has swung away from the old applicable chessboard of europe and

i think we're a place that's going to deliver on that. >> reporter: at union square, the staff at hotelmblem tells me it has a lot to celebrate. the boutique hotel on sutter street opened its doors early this year. the public is welcome and there will be no cover charge. >> we're excited to get folks through the door and get the word out about hotel emblem. >> this is inspired by the beat generation. >> reporter: the hotel says there's still limited room availability and that many guests are locals. one couple from concord tells me it's their tradition to check in on the eve of new year's eve. >> why not enjoy the city a little bit and have fun, walk around? we went and looked at all the christmas lights and christmas trees. >> reporter: back here along the waterfront, crews started setting up the fireworks show monday morning. the producer says he's excited to put on the show. >> i get to hear the oohs and ahhs. there's nothing better you can do in the world than something that makes thousands of people happy simultaneously. >> reporter: the producer tells me the show will last for abo

we are going to leave the european union now at the end of january. politics is a tough business.e who switched allegiances in the last few torrid years. all these falling pieces created one clear picture — one man securely in charge, even though his journey gave discomfort to many voters. but, with this victory, borisjohnson has secured at least a major chapter in the kind of history books he likes to write. he won't be a footnote now. his first task — to finish what they started, but with an appeal to the 48 and the 52. to those who did not vote for us or for me, and who wanted and perhaps still want to remain in the eu, i want you to know that we in this one—nation conservative government will never ignore your good and positive feelings of warmth and sympathy towards the other nations of europe. then an unlikely claim, perhaps — a post—election promise of peace and goodwill. this country deserves a break from wrangling, a breakfrom politics, and a permanent break from talking about brexit. thank you all very much, and happy christmas. thank you. yet this politician has been un

is finally on a definite course to leaving the europepean union at the end of next month.eporter: after winning his historic election victory last week, boris johnson said he wanted to heal the nation. in the house of commons he presented his brexit bill as a step toward that. >> now is the time to act together as one reinvigorated nation, one united kingdom. filled with renewed confidence in our national destiny and to -- determined that last to take advantage of the opportunities that lie before us. reporter: johnson has stripped away much of the sweetness theresa may added. that raised passions from the opposition. >> it is not only workers rights that are being downgraded, it is parliamentarians' rights. the ability of the the legislative to scrutinize the executive has been taken away. it is bad for democracy. reporter: outgoing labor leader jeremy corbyn still licking his wounds after a humiliating defeat. drew attention instead to what he saw as brackets -- brexit's damaging implications. >> this deal will be used as a battering ram to drive us down the path of yet

he was standing on the parapet hen a confederate sharpshooter at what is the old walter reed shot and wounded a union surgeon standing right next to him. there is lincoln, 6'5" in a stovepipe hat, at which point the surgeon is shot and someone urges lincoln to please get down from there, sir. you have heard it was oliver wendell holmes who said, get down, you fool. that is apocryphal, it just sounds good. it did not come out until the 1930's. holmes was there, but so were other people. someone wrote a book about just that incident. we believe this was the only time in u.s. history that a sitting u.s. president came under direct fire in a shooting war. we can argue about this later, the war of 1812, maybe president madison -- but not like this. there was more skirmishing, more artillery rounds. the next morning when the union troops woke up, early was gone. he retraced his steps. e went back up into montgomery county and he crossed the potomac river at white's ferry. anybody been on the white's ferry? what's the name of it? the ferryboat, jubal early. now you know why that is. that was july 13, 1864.

>>holiday cheer the annual christmas tree lighting at union square.ight for the explosive interview just listen how was that really want i you know, i feel bad saying this was so excited listening to the choir. we got there around 6.10. >>they lit the tree 6.45. we got a little impatient standing there so we went inside some of the stores to go shopping. and we missed the tree lighting because we were inside the ore. heard was a great surely, and i just thought i can't be right. even need to go because we have viewers who are watching the whole thing, but it was autiful once it was lit up and that was great. press christmas tries it looks like. >>well you put your train, your. >>point somebody said if it's upside down it means you need more presence. i mean it's all for that. but mark presence outside on treated. resorts on the 10 day forecast the 10 o'clock. thank you so much for joining us tonight. the 49ers are 10-1, after dominating one of the league's best teams on sunday night football in front of a happy home crowd. "the stadiu

we are looking forward to be down at union square on the diamonds performing and bringing quite cheeryo everyone. it is good to know that the date is changed. everybody comes for friday. i hope to see you all down there. please let the officers know that we are coming down, too. thank you. >> if than thank you. >> sunshine and then albert and then matthew. >> commissioners, ladies and gentlemen of parks and rec, once again it is time for our annual visit. we bring the best of what we due to the city of san francisco just like you. once again this year we will be in union square bringing cheer and joy to everybody that comes our way. please let everybody know we will be there, you see, and happy merry holiday to everybody. >> thank you very much. same to you. >> albert. >> i am albert. i am here regarding accessibility, nonobstructed right of passage or the federal government calls it path. i got this printed off the website. see the shadows? that is a hazard. there are big old holes. people with wheelchairs can't navigate. there are poles. they have to go into -- see the wood chips. th

at union square, the staff at hotel emblem tells me it has a lot to celebrate.he boutique hotel on center street at powell opened the doors early this year. the public is welcome in emmett and there will be no cover charge. >> we are excited to get folks to the door get the word out about hotel emblem. this is one of our rooms inspired by the beat generation. >> reporter: the hotel says there is limited availability and many guess our local. one couple from concord says it is their tradition to check in on the eve of new year's eve. >> why not enjoy the city a little bit and have fun, walk around? we looked at all of the ch, back here along the waterfront, crews started setting up the fireworks show monday morning. the producer says he is excited to put on the show. >> i also get to see the faces of the people and hear the excitement. there is no better location or thing that you can do in the world than something that makes thousands of people happy simultaneously. >> reporter: the producer tells me the show will last for about 15 1/2 minutes. san francisco pol

union, australia, canada, and the u.s. for a deal -- blocking the talks. alden meyer, strategy chief at the union of concerned scientists said -- "never have i seen the almost total disconnect we've seen here at cop25 in madrid between what the science requires and what the climate negotiations are delivering in terms of meaningful action." ian fry, the climate negotiator for the pacific island nation of tuvalu, whose existence is threatened by rising sea levels , called out united states, even though president trump is withdrawing the u.s. from the paris agreement. >> this is an absolute tragedy and travesty on those affected by the impacts of climate change. there are millions of people all around the world who are already suffering from the impacts of climate change. fact could be interpreted by somome to be a crime against humanity. thank you. amy: environmentalists and indigenous leaders blasted the united nations for marginalizing civil society groups over two weeks of negotiations at the summit, while welcoming polluters. this is kera sherwood-o'regan, a maori representative from

one surface station at fourth and branno inning, one at mosconi, another at union square and and my most prized at chinatown. our timeline, substantial completion for the tail-end of june of 2020. for the rose station, the original station has the residenrendering, and i consista surface level as well as roof. we want that to be incorporated into the construction contract. as can see from the rendering below, there's another story, another level that's going to be constructed above the surface. we'll end up with the ground level, the plaza level, as well as the roof when everything is done. and the next slide, is shows the magnitude of the construction that's being performed at chinatown. there are six levels constructed underground, along stockton street and three levels that have the cavern of about 1,000 feet, where trains and pedestrians will be meeting each other. the plaza itself will be at the very top and we'll call this level two and it will be the second floor above the surface. contract modification 123, one of the main reasons is that the money, the monetary threshold to be a