the newlyweds had settled into a simple life on newport's balboa island.convinced she'd found the perfect man. even when, sometimes things didn't quite make sense. like the time she picked up the mail, and saw a strange return address on a letter to her husband. >> reporter: you opened a letter to him? >> yes, i did. i was so curious. and he was irate. "that's fraud. you know, i can't believe you did that. >> reporter: but what had caught her attention was that letter was from an inmate at the orange county jail. >> did you read the letter? >> i did. >> reporter: what was in it? >> it was talking about how lucky he was that he had found love, and that his life had turned around. and i'm thinking, "life had turned around?" hmm. so i questioned him, and he said that he writes and sends care packages to people in prison. >> reporter: sounded plausible enough to debra, but not to the sisters. especially not once their private investigator began reporting his findings on john meehan. >> they learned that he was not a doctor. he was not an anesthesiologist. >> r

the newlyweds had settled into a simple life on newport's balboa island., convinced she'd found the perfect man. even when sometimes things didn't quite make sense. like the time she picked up the mail, and saw a strange return address on a letter to her husband. >> reporter: you opened a letter to him? >> yes, i did. i was so curious. and he was irate. "that's fraud." you know, "i can't believe you did that." >> reporter: but what had caught her attention was that letter was from an inmate at the orange county jail. >> did you read the letter? >> i did. >> reporter: what was in it? >> it was talking about how lucky he was that he had found love, and that his life had turned around. and i'm thinking, "life had turned around?" hmm. so i questioned him, and he said that he writes and sends care packages to people in prison. >> reporter: sounded plausible enough to debra, but not to the sisters. especially not once their private investigator began reporting his findings on john meehan. >> they learned that he was not a doctor. he was not an anesthesiologist.

the newlyweds had settled into a simple life on newport's balboa island.found the perfect man. even when, sometimes things didn't quite make sense. like the time she picked up the mail, and saw a strange return address on a letter to her husband. >> reporter: you opened a letter to him? >> yes, i did. i was so curious. and he was irate. "that's fraud. you know, i can't believe you did that. >> reporter: but what had caught her attention was that letter was from an inmate at the orange county jail. >> did you read the letter? >> i did. >> reporter: what was in it? >> it was talking about how lucky he was that he had found love, and that his life had turned around. and i'm thinking, "life had turned around?" hmm. so i questioned him, and he said that he writes and sends care packages to people in prison. >> reporter: sounded plausible enough to debra, but not to the sisters. especially not once their private investigator began reporting his findings on john meehan. >> they learned that he was not a doctor. he was not an anesthesiologist. >> reporter: john ha

we recently christened and opened the first safe parking in district 11, the balboa bart station. this is something that has been talked about in san francisco for over a decade or more. but we actually stepped up and we're very proud to be the first neighborhood in the city to do that. and so i'm not shy to have uncomfortable conversations. i think this is one that is very uncomfortable conversation. i think you can approach it from many different angles. you can say this is developer giveaway. you can say it's not sensitive to low-income communities. or where this bill is today and where it started out, it has evolved significantly. i think the things pointed out, i appreciate what supervisor preston said, i think first and foremost, there has to be strong conversation about sensitive communities. senator wiener has made amendments to say that any community working with equity, coalition, would have a five-year moratorium of having this implemented. those conversations are ongoing. i appreciate that. actually things that there should be a further conversation in particular about

. >> [speaking foreign language] there were many panamanian troops at the balboa concentration camp.not seem to know what was going on. they were sitting on the grass with their arms and feet tied with plastic bands. i along with many other people witnessed their execution right in front of us. eight of the soldiers at the entrance were executed by u.s. troops. >> there were many reports of unprovoked killings at u.s. roadblocks. one woman told investigators how her brother and friends were killed at a roadblock on december 23, three days after the initial attack. >> all five of the passengers were put facedown on the ground. they were riddled with bullets. there were simply going to visit family members when they were detained and killed in the street. >> although 19 cases of homicide and alleged execution were filed, all but two cases were reviewed and dismissed. during the invasion and throughout the days and weeks that followed, access by the news media was tightly controlled. the pentagon flew in a 16 person press pool from the major u.s. media. the pool did not reach panama unt

the incident at balboa. i had a family friend in the bathroom during the incident, anchoring to my mom when the swat team showed up to the bathroom they had guns pointed at my friend. this caused him to have performed tsd. he hasn't talked to anybody since the incident because of having the gun pointed at him. he hasn't talked at all. >> i don't believe that having police at school is a good thing. i think it is more dangerous just because of the person of color because of the history that police have with people of color. a lot of students in and out of jail can feel like i feel when i see police officer. a plaintiff. a police officer. it is important to have healing if they look like us and relate to our stories. some of the cases may be really strong. i strongly belief that we should handle the situation because it helps reduce suspension and expulsion. i can say that helped redoes the rates -- reduce the rates at my school. a lot of our schools are taking into consideration pier mediates do help and they

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>> i have a question under the students who received the rapid hiv test at balboa in the health fair and there were 19 behavioral health referrals and nine medical referrals. do we know if the referrals, especially the behavioral health referrals, if they, in fact, received services or do we know any followup from those referrals? i'm concerned referrals were made versus were they able to access services. >> an important question and i don't know if dr. hammer is here. (inaudible) >> could you just come to the podium so we can get it on tape? thank you. >> hi, i'm the director of the ambulatory care and i don't have the exact answer but i will get that to you. i think, for the most part, they were referred to behavioral health services in balboa so in all likelihood, they didn't have to wait or go to another place, but i can find out and get gag tbackto you. >> i don't mean to be a pain, but in their wellness center, i know that a lot of times, they are somewhat overwhelmed for behavioral health services and so, i am concerned if, in fact, the kids did reach out and say i wanted a be

mayor breed announced the program called the vehicle triage center located in a parking lot near the balboawill give people a safe place to park. 30 parking spaces will be provided. there will be security around the clock along with lighting and electricity and showers. >>> 4:50 right now. california is moving forward with calling marijuana smoke and thc a risk for expectant mothers. requiring warnings for pot products but it won't take effect for a year and it remains to be seen what impact on the marijuana industry. officials say too little sound research is available and they fear a flood of lawsuits. today a vote is expected on the future of firefighting in menlo park. it costs about $1.2 million. it is made by an austrian company. the fire chief says it would save taxpayers money on gas and repairs and is petitions the city. >> as much as you want right now. it makes a lot of sense. >> crucial. >> every second counts. >> if approved the first truck should be in service by late 2021. >>> 4:51. coming up on "today in the bay" the latest signs suggesting colin kaepernick's public workout

. >>> today mayor breed announcing a new pilot program named a vehicle triage center near the balboa park station. it gives people living in rvs and cars a place to park. there will be security around the clock along with lighting, electricity and showers. mayor breed admits she's not sure if the project will work but believes it's worth a shot. skblo i want to be clear. because the first thing you hear from folks, it's not enough, it's not enough. well, it's better than what it was. there was nothing in the past. >> rvs and cars are a problem around bay area. an application process will ultimately determine who gets those 30 spaces. >>> glass door put out its list of the best places to work for 2020. facebook took a big hit. the company ranked number one two years ago, but this year it's number 23. glass door says it could be because the company is under fire for day tta breaches and i creating stress. hub spot came in at number one. number two was bain and company. companies on the list prioritize workers and company culture. >>> the first edition of shakespeare's plays was publish

mayor london breed and other city leaders will be at the site today near the balboa park b.a.r.t. station. the lot will open by next week. it will hold 30 vehicles for a 90-day period. the site will also have case managers, portable toilets and a portable shower available three times a week. >> the time is 4:30. good morning. we'll start with a quick update of weather and traffic where you live with mike. >> let's look at the fog. it's thicker and more widespread than yesterday. a few showers out there, that will make things interesting and challenging for the morning commute. here is walnut creek. looking down 680, looking down towards 24, there's some fog waiting for you. here's a look at our roof camera, the embarcadero wet, a few puddles out there from the showers that hit us during the overnight hours. when you step out, day planner shows some showers around, 52 to 54 at 7:00. showers become more scattered to random as we head throughout the day. you may need the umenyiora from time to time. then the showers will pick up in intensity and also in coverage heading towards 7:00.

the vehicle triage center open today near the balboa-bart station. that center includes 30 parking spots, 24/7 security, electricity, bathrooms, and access to shower facilities. they hope to grow the program another part of san francisco. >>> a solution to the housing crisis that is working. tonight in our original series project home san francisco success story. corey is a black, female, business owner and she's everything that san francisco tries to push out. earlier this year her landlord tried to sell her building and raise the rent. chloe pushed back. >> it feels like we won. that is a really, really good feeling. >> tonight at 11, long learn about the program fighting to the keep tenants in the city. >>> 16-year-old environmentalists greta thunberg has become time magazine's youngest person of the year. as emily turner reports, the magazine credits her for becoming the biggest voice on the biggest issue facing the planet. >> reporter: climate activist greta thunberg is time magazine's person of the year. the magazine says that this was the year

. >> they were bored with the rocky balboa superimposition of the president. the game. >> just triggering people left and right to see if they can get a rise at this point >>> this was a year full of interesting and sometimes hard to pronounce words that left us pretty kong tied at times. and less than a year before we are done with this year and this decade, babbel, the language learning app, has released the list of the most mispronounced words of 2019. the most mispronounced word of the year, chernobyl. det deter. followed by activist greta thunberg i've got a fpronouncer here. i'm not sure i said that right >> we've also said thunberg. >> i couldn't get that right notre dame a lot of fighting irish fans probably disagree with that. but through go you see all the others pete meg i want to say rapinoe. >> it's rapinoe 37 we' we'll get it right one of these days >> still ahead bill is tracking a winter blast >> and no jelly of the month club membership. the unbelievable holiday bonus for workers at one real estate company. because you didn't have another hear

mayor london breed and other city leaders will be at the site today near the balboa park b.a.r.t.by next week. it will hold 30 vehicles for a 90-day period. the site will also have case managers, portable toilets and a portable shower available three times a week. >> the time is 4:30. good morning. we'll start with a quick update of weather and traffic where you live with mike. >> let's look at the fog. it's thicker and more widespread than yesterday.

it's just off 280 near the balboa park bart station.site in the east bay. >> leslie brinkley has the story. >> reporter: the latest count in san francisco shows there are over 700 occupied vehicles parked on city streets. way up from the tally the year before when there were 432 inhabited vehicles. this parking lot on san jose avenue will start tonight providing a new home for 30 rvs. plugged showers, water, office services all on-site with security 24/7 provided by urban alchemy. >> i want to make it clear, this is not an open invitation to people in other counties to come to san francisco. because the fact is, we have a long waiting list of people who we have identified. >> reporter: people lik

and, you know, chief, you and i have spoken about the youth issues and incidences that happened at balboa and how important it is to get something in place. that is my first question. my second question is whether or not the police department and d.p.a. have reached out to the community, including people like patty lee from the public defender's office who has received national awards on her work in juvenile issues, juvenile detention, and miranda warnings. i think has also helped, you know, the legislation that was crafted by the board of supervisors. those are my two issues. then i have an issue with fdrb after that. >> chief, january 8th, will that be enough time? >> i think it should be. >> do we have room on the january 8th calendar? >> we do. >> we will move line item two to the january 8th agenda. >> my other thing with the fdrb report, we did not receive that until yesterday and i have been noticing instances where the department has things put on the agenda on the calendar and it will hit friday when we have to post it online, but we as commissioners do not receive the material u

my comments on the balboa park renovations. the landscapes is a jewel. then to mr.insburg i am writing as an homeowner the house bordering john mic chairren park. in support of the gardner. she talks about the observations about kaetlyn. she said i am greatly impressed with her work and dedication from the park i regularly see her out and about taking care of our vast park here. with that, that concludes the president's report. >> any public comment? public comment is closed. item 3. general manager's report. >> good morning, commissioners. on behalf of the department i want to express how thankful we are to all of you for your continued leadership and support over the past year. whether it is increasing park access or approving permits for improved park am menties and community events, your vision and commitment are a blessing to our department and staff. in the spirit of the holiday season we want to say thank you. i want to take a moment to acknowledge a couple recent incidents involving the front line staff. an incident on november 9th involving a gardiner and p

a group of high schoolers run into rocky balboa to see the iconic rocky statue. ♪ not ♪ rob: such a goodwfs the students where he filmed that famous scene. he was there to work on a secret project. jillian: i have never seen it: police in oklahoma accusing eddie elf of a crime spree allegedly turning radios into a nursing home to grandma got run over by a reindeer. his bail 300 candy canes. >> today is national regifting day. >> i think this is the same one i gave him. he recycled this gift. he is a regifter. rob: research shows about 40% of office party gifts are regifted without ever being used. jillian: oh, manual. really? that's my claim to fame. i'm from phillys. any of the rockies. everyone in philly is about to disown me. rob the president has been impeached and pelosi doesn't want to send it to the senate. pete: we begin with a fox news alert. 2020 vision. president trump rallying thousands of supporters in michigan as the house votes to impeach him. steve: i think we saw that coming. but it appears speaker pelosi is pumping the brakes, perhaps on sending the articles to the sena

that, we've been working up and working with my neighbours to see if we could build something at the balboa reservoir site which would give us more than a thousand more units, 50% affordable. and then, i'm working on other sites in the district, including laguna honda and it's ridiculous that we had no resources when we're trying to do this and what we need is not only the city, but the state to help us. in regard to giving us enough resources so we can actually come up with area plans that makes sense for our district out there. where the density is there, we'll increase and when you think about it, i mean, why do you need sb50 when in san francisco we're already the single-family homes, if anybody feels like there's an empty lot in the rh1, it becomes almost three units, basically three units right away because of what we have allowed. so these are the things that we need to take into consideration. when you look at cities like san francisco, we're actually building our share of housing, and maybe we could do better but probably doing better than most places in california and we have moti

mayor london breeze announcing a new program located in the parking lot near the balboa park stationpeople a safe place to park. 30 parking spaces will be provided. they will have security along with lighting, electricity and showers. an application process will ultimately determine who gets access to the spaces. 6:36 and today a vote is expected on the future of firefighting in menlo park. they will decide whether to put down an all electric fire truck that costs about $1.2 million. it's several hundred thousand more than the current. it would save taxpayers money on gas and repairs and will have less maintenance. >> it's got power now. as much as you want right now. >> crucial. >> every second counts. >> if approved the first trucks should be in service by late 2021. >>> it's 6:37. we've been keeping tabs on the breaking news we're following along highway 101 in mountain view. a lot better out there now? >> a lot better. the big alert has been both directions of 101 affected by the gravel spill. we're looking at the southbound side. it's had great recovery only a half hour to clear

this will be a new affordable housing development located next to balboa park station. 67% of the units will be affordable for less than 50% of san francisco a.m.i. with a balance of the units affordable to less a.m.i. no residents will be displaced. it's currently a vacant lot. 39 units will be set aside for voluntary relocates. the project also includes an early childhood education center, ground floor retail, and a family wellness community resource center. financing should close by december 2020, a construction complete by october 2020. again, we'll return to the board for the bond issuance approvals next year. i have representatives from the project sponsor here to answer any questions you may have. >> thank you very much. there is no b.l.a. report on this. any members of the public like to comment on item number 4? seeing none, public comment is closed. >> clerk: subject to the terms of this resolution; and related matters, as defined herein. resolution declaring the intent of the city and county of san francisco ("city") to reimburse certain expenditures from proceeds of future b

included works of art, like this stunning portrait of his head grafted onto the beefy bod of rocky balboatrump is just like rocky, except he can't climb steps, and he's fighting for russia. ( laughter ) >> jon: oh! ( cheers and applause ) ( piano riff ) >> stephen: he also whipped out his newest lie-splanation about what he meant during his phone call with zelensky when he said, "i would like you to do us a favor, though." "read the transcripts! also, see where i say 'us'-- our country-- as opposed to me'-- meaning me." ( laughter ) thanks for clearing that up, mr. president. (as trump) "my preferred pronouns are me, me, me, and me. because i'm all me think about." ( laughter ) ( cheers and applause ) "i may not be much, but i'm all i think about." ( laughter ) ( applause ) in the wake of saturday's north korean missile test, trump also tweeted, "kim jong un is too smart and has far too much to lose, everything actually, if he acts in a hostile way. he signed a strong denuclearization agreement with me in singapore. he does not want to void his special relationship with the president of t

opening this morning for what is called the vehicle triage center at sat san jose avenue next to the balboa bart station. it would have on the clock security portable toilets and showers and people parked there will have daily access to case managers. to help them transition into permanent housing. mayor breach said the facilities first step towards addressing vehicle or homelessness. >> what we all have to understand is that sometimes it is not a one size fits all. and trying to understand exactly the challenges that people who are homeless are dealing with. and meeting them with where they are and getting them the help and support that they need to transition. into a more permanent stable, housing situation. and something that we care about. >> the city says the vehicle triage and center is the pilot program and it will be dismantled in the fall. when work begins on turning the lot into a portable housing development. >>> wild pig seven invading a public bart and lafayette. city has decided to hire someone to try to get rid of the pigs. life from lafayette after speaking of the city about

we are here at the balboa station this morning in san francisco.we can tell you that the problems are coming down to the pins that connect new train cars. that is according to the san francisco chronicle's. the pins in muni's trains only lasted three months before becoming unreliable. of to train cars became separated, the passengers would be sick because breaks would stop the cars. regardless, they are choosing not to run two-car trains. there's going to be an increase of one car trains today. they say that this will have minimal impact on capacity. they say the reason for those one car trains is due to equipment availability. it is not the first time there has been problems with pins on new cars. earlier this year, muni dealt with pensive felt at least twice, and is separated cars. we understand that muni is reportedly working on a replacement. they are working on pins to come in and making sure that those pins may have to be redesigned so that they do not have to be replaced so often. many is also apologizing this morning for any inconvenience s

it's just off 280 near the balboa park bart station. it's inspired partly by successful overnight parking site in the east bay. >> leslie brinkley has the story. >> reporter: the latest count in san francisco shows there are over 700 occupied vehicles parked on city streets. way up from the tally the year before when there were 432 inhabited vehicles. this parking lot on san jose avenue will start tonight providing a new home for 30 rvs. plugged showers, water, office services all on-site with security 24/7 provided by urban alchemy. >> i want to make it clear, this is not an open invitation to people in other counties to come to san francisco. because the fact is, we have a long waiting list of people who we have identified. >> reporter: people like sondra hughes, who grew up on the streets of bay view, has found she's no longer welcome as she lives in her van. >> and the community members yell at me not to park there, to move away. they treat me as if i'm less than human. i wish they could understand that i don't want to live in my rv

even tweeted this image you're seeing, an image of his own head superimposed on the body of rocky balboafighter apparently resonated just that much. but now that he's impeached and a trial awaits in the senate, well, the president is changing his tune from yt eye of the tiger" to helen reddy's "you and me against the world." he needs others to believe that he is a victim of impeachment and that they are victims too, that they are all in this together, that there is solidarity and strength in a collective grieve ance. all this to perhaps shield himself from the consequence of his own actions. now, he's asking them to be unwitting pawns to try to protect him in his political chess game, it seems. the president is trying to convince his most ardent supporters to ignore the facts and decide instead that impeachment is their enemy, that a vote to convict him will be a judgment against the people, not a proposed remedy against the abuse of power by one, president donald trump. president trump's supporters, they're not under attack. democracy is under attack. separation of powers is under attac

someone has taken donald trump and put it on rocky balboa's body. it's all photo shop. tweeted today. this one has trump's head on the body of thanos, the murderous genocidal villain. and trump snaps his fingers and wipes out the democrats who are impeaching him and gets re-elected. but if only it were that easy and if only they'd chosen a better scene, because that scene is actually where the bad guy met his end. >> i am inevitable. >> and i am iron man. mike bloomberg's never been afraid of tough fights, the ones that make a true difference in people's lives. and mike's won them, which is important right this minute, because if he could beat america's biggest gun lobby, helping pass background check laws and defeat nra backed politicians across this country, beat big coal, helping shut down hundreds of polluting plants and beat big tobacco, helping pass laws to save the next generation from addiction. all against big odds you can beat him. i'm mike bloomberg and i approve this message. i'm mike bloomberg and i approve this message. my body is truly powerful. i have th

john mccain has pulled the most stirring comeback since the big screen come from behinds of rocky balboadropping out of mitt romney, the senator of arizona b looms as the republican presidential nominee for 2008. the news broke last night hillary clinton is suspending her campaign and endorsing in senator barack obama this saturday. our 45th president is going to be barack obama. it has actually happened. we watched this develop like an old polaroid film for two years now. to get our heads around it and to understand why it happened, how things like this happened. this tragic shooting happened at sandy hook elementary school. the history of americans being written tonight. the supreme court of this country heard arguments on whether two people of the same sex should be allowed a public recognition of their marriage. it's happened after four campaigns of promising donald trump has made the leap at least into the first debate. donald trump will be the next president of the united states, proving nearly all the polls wrong trump racked up victories in states like pennsylvania, um wisconsin,