you honor jen harris, another academy graduate. you honored ronnie winchester when you make the story. let's find your voice. we wrote this book to give a podium to people who are too humble to speak about service, who do their job day in and day out nobly and don't have a bestseller and don't go out into "the new york times" and write their stories. they are too proud and too prideful. so i cajoled rocky as i had this vision of leading the stories together. i knew what i wanted. what i wanted battlefield bullets, feeling the pressure of combat and they're in this book that i also wanted to have universal attributes of partnership and diplomacy that we saw from 9/11 and till now in 2012. here's something from rockies story. i experienced several close calls while flying during my first appointment in iraq. we receive multiple rpg attacks, small arms fire but when we were flying our final approach on departure with a mass casualty call for combat house call -- oh ramadi. the first rpg was shot in front of us and our final approach t

i did not realize how beautiful the cal academy looks than that. what other events take place here? do corporate events that night on a regular basis. but nightlife is your best bet to come in as a regular person pharmacy the academy at night, and visit with friends. calacademy.org/nightlife. we have details for the next few weeks. you can get tickets online in advance or at the door. >> thank you so much. thank you for watching culturewire on sf gov tv.

the academy sits on a plateau overlook being the hudson river.orge washington built his first colonial camp on the west point of the hudson river. this is the oldest continuously operated post in the u.s. military. >> general washington stopped the advancement in the war. legislation signed by thomas jefferson in 1882 a khepbl college was established devoted to producing professional leaders in warfare. >> tradition is everything here. it permeates through everything that we do, our uniforms are the same as they wore in 1802 when the school opened. it gives us a background and something to draw from in our lives and our experiences as cadets. >> since day one everyone has their heart set on serving their country. it's not something you ever regret, it's something you get hyped about, reinspired and motivated. you want to serve your country. >> it starts with our mission, our mission to ed indicate to to ed indicate, train and inspire the core of cadets, so they are committed to the values of duty, honor and country and prepared for a selfless car

i did not realize how beautiful the cal academy looks than that. what other events take place here?rporate events that night on a regular basis. but nightlife is your best bet to come in as a regular person pharmacy the academy at night, and visit with friends. calacademy.org/nightlife. we have details for the next few weeks. you can get tickets online in advance or at the door. >> thank you so much. thank you for watching culturewire on sf gov tv. >> we came to seven straight about 10 years ago. -- 7th street about 10 years ago. the environment is huge. it is stronger than willpower. surrounding yourself with artists, being in a culture where artists are driving, and where a huge amount of them is a healthy environment. >> you are making it safer. push, push. that is better. when i start thinking, i see it actually -- sometimes, i do not see it, but when i do, it is usually from the inside out. it is like watching something being spawned. you go in, and you begin to work, excavate, play with the dancers, and then things began to emerge. you may have a plan that this is what i want

i did not realize how beautiful the cal academy looks than that. what other events take place here?corporate events that night on a regular basis. but nightlife is your best bet to come in as a regular person pharmacy the academy at night, and visit with friends. calacademy.org/nightlife

i did not realize how beautiful the cal academy looks than that. what other events take place here?e events that night on a regular basis. but nightlife is your best bet to come in as a regular person pharmacy the academy at night, and visit with friends. calacademy.org/nightlife. we have details for the next few weeks. you can get tickets online in advance or at the door. >> thank you so much. thank you for watching culturewire on sf gov tv. >> welcome to the beautiful historic tea gardens, the oldest in the united states. this provides visitors from around the world to enjoy the natural beauty, harmony and tranquility of the park in the heart of golden gate park. >> as you can see the garden has a wide variety of plants here, almost a hundred species from japan and china and bamboo and native plants. >> they're trimmed to a human scale so you relate to them on a human level. >> this is one of my favorite sections and you can see the goarnlrous maples by the bamboo back drop and especially beautiful in the fall when the leaves start changing colors. just around the corner from mapl

i did not realize how beautiful the cal academy looks than that. what other events take place here?ents that night on a regular basis. but nightlife is your best bet to come in as a regular person pharmacy the academy at night, and visit with friends. calacademy.org/nightlife. we have details for the next few weeks. you can get tickets online in advance or at the door. >> thank you so much. thank you for watching culturewire on sf gov tv. >> my name is phil ginsburg and the general manager of the san francisco parks and rec department and i want to welcome everybody to the 83rd annual holiday tree lighting. happy holidays to you all. this is san francisco's official holiday tree right behind us, uncle john's tree and over 100 years old, and tonight it sports over 550 christmas holiday lights. >> five, four, three, two, one! >> yay! today is wednesday, november 21st. this is a meeting of the abatement appeals board. i would like to remind everyone to please turn off all electronic devices. the first item on the agenda is roll call. president clinch? >> here. >> vice president melgar

part of the cal academies' astronomical success is the weekly nightlife party. >> i am joined by helen, who is here to school me on all the nocturnal activities that are getting ready to take place here. tell us a little about what we can expect to see at nightlife. >> we open up the doors every thursday night at the california academy of sciences. there are certain things you can see every week you can go to the museum, visit the planetarium, and we bring in bars and a deejay or band. it is a different feel from during the day, something different every week. tonight , we have beer and music. -- tonight we have great beer and music. it is beer week. we have a dozen local brewers in african hall. we have a deejays to set up throughout the museum and a live performance at 9:00 p.m. tonight. >> what has been your favorite part as a participant or as an observer? >> my favorite part is to walk around the aquarium in to see people with a drink in their hands, getting to know maybe somebody new, may be looking for a day, or chatting with friends. there jellyfish. i mean, they are beautiful.

so is the c khan academy. thanks for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> read more about the khan academy in sal khan's new book "the one world schoolhouse." i want to thank all of our guests for being here tonight. visit kqed.org/thisweek for archives of the show. to subscribe to the newsletter and pod cast and share your thoughts and story ideas. >>> and in closing tonight we'd like to take just a moment to remember concord born jazz legend dave brubeck. he died wednesday morning one day before his 92nd birthday. in this documentary, brubeck plays a song he dead kadicated s wife, iola. ♪ >> dave brubeck, a legend who always proudly calls the bay area home. that does it for us. thank you for watching. have a good night and a great weekend. ♪ ♪

i'm jon scott here on the grounds of military academy at west point to bring you the amazing sound ofteau overlooking hudson river and the location was chosen in 1778. >> george washington buy his first camp on the west point on the river. >> jon: general washington chose this location to stop british advancement during the war. with legislation signed by thomas jefferson, the college was established devoted to training professional leaders in warfare. now, more than 200 years later, today's cadets are well wear of legacy. >> tradition is everything here. it permeates through everything we do. our uniforms are the same as the same as when the school opened. it gives background and draw from. >> day one, everybody has their hearts to serve the country and to be inspired and motivated to serve the country. >> it starts with a mission to educate, train and inspire the corps of cadets so each graduate is commissioned leader of character for duty, honor and country and prepared for a self-career of service as an officer in the united states army. >> jon: as long as there have been soldiers

one but stay tuned for part two where the kids off to war might as we visit a brand new football academy talk to russia's first female grandson went out and show you the high school that's a huge shock to see you after the break. well into the. science technology innovation hall the latest m l a men's from around russia we've dumped those huge earth covered. eaves. to meet. to speak or language. food programs and documentaries in arabic it's all here on all t.v. reporting from the world talks about seventy odd p. interviews intriguing stories to tell you. been trying. to find out more visit our big teeth. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm tom harpur welcome to the big picture. well. the british style. but i'm tired i don't. like the. markets why not. come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike's culture there are no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in

and the honor academy seemed like that fit the bill.ou know, i was going to go work at this christian ministry, worshipping god, doing all of these things that counted for eternity. that's why i went there. and, of course, it didn't end up being anything that i was expecting. >> he talked me into it and made me feel guilty. bye dad. drive safe. k. love you. [ chirping, buzzing continues ] [ horn honks ] [ buzzing continues ] [ male announcer ] the sprint drive first app. blocks and replies to texts while you drive. we can live without the &. visit sprint.com/drive. >>> why are you crying? what are you scared of? are you the standard? >> it's pretty small. >> you want a ring? >> sir, no, sir. >> you want to use the wimp-out card? as of now you are wimping out. go ahead and climb back up. you wimped out. esoal, which stands for the emotionally stretching opportunity of a lifetime, is a life-transforming event. >> for me, the beginning of the end was esoal. everything about esoal was really bad. i guess i was able to take the abuse myself,

>>> fire academy. >> oh, the academy, we know about those guys. the fire academy, let's hear it guys and gals. (applause) >> very good. okay. one big applause for all of those folks, please. [cheering and applauding] >> and now i'd like to invite the mayor himself who promises me he has taken some turkey carving courses this last year, please welcome the mayor of the city and county of san francisco, the honorable ed m. lee. >> thank you, terry. (applause) >> thank you very much, terry for the introduction again. thank you to salvation army and harbor light center. to know that over 5100 family will receive a great thanksgiving dinner because of your efforts here is remarkable. and i want to thank all the volunteers here from the chief of the fire and police departments to our men and women in the armed services, to our commissioners who are here today. all the volunteers from salvation army and their friends. it's a wonderful time of the year. it's one of my favorite times. as we kicked off the season of giving yesterday, as i call it the season

a famous architect has designed the california academy of sciences, the wonderful building in golden gate park. he has also designed similar museum in italy in my city and the museum is almost finished there, and our ambition is to have him come over and celebrate at the academy, and also talk to young architects about the most sustainable ways to build this century. other questions? if there is no other question i thank you so much. thank our distinguished guest for being here with us and i hope to have a good time with you guys at the italian cultural institute. thank you. [applause] >> what if you could make a memorial that is more about information and you are never fixed and it can go wherever it wants to go? everyone who has donated to it could use it, host it, share it. >> for quite a great deal of team she was hired in 2005, she struggled with finding the correct and appropriate visual expression. >> it was a bench at one point. it was a darkened room at another point. but the theme always was a theme of how do we call people's attention to the issue of speci species extincti

football that in the famed i actually use academy will hold a training camp for russian kids in the moscow region this summer with the prospect of making this a permanent fixture because of their top off has more. established at the beginning of the twentieth century i exist one of the world's most successful. one of the biggest brands in the world the amsterdam side has won thirty one domestic championships and the european cup four times including three consecutive years from nine hundred seventy one and as the now champions league in one thousand nine hundred five yet the club is a renowned not only for these impressive record but also their tech minded philosophy they apply our fans like attractive football let's check the football to us is playing the side of the of the other one and have a lot of ball position be creative and do attacking that's our philosophy because we think that's what kids like for winning is not the most important this style of football is the most important trick the beautiful football one of the clubs the recipe for success has always been the i x youth academ

won but stay tuned for part two where the kids on a warm night as we visit our brand new football academy talk to russia's first female grand slam winner and show you the iceberg that's a pretty good song change saved up in the great. world of the. science technology innovation all the moves developments around russia we've got this huge earth covered. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm sorry welcome to the big picture. it's ok to. leave. welcome back to fought and on to tennis the sport has been getting progressively foster a more powerful according to former russian style anesthetic and he's going to intelligence and tactics will still give players the edge in deciding the grand slams rather thought on reports. russia can be proud of its record in. the start which is not. enjoying a great start. to see a miscue nor was the first russian to join the sports equipment at the two thousand and four at the french o

trick the beautiful football one of the clubs a recipe for success has always been the i x youth academy the breeding ground of dutch football has unearthed numerous stella talents such as the legendary york in croydon. mark of one boston. and a lot of. over the past decade or so it has become harder for i.x. to compete in the top european tournament with homegrown players being lured away by ritual leagues but the talent factory never stops producing excellent footballers and we're fairly proud when you see players from us playing all over the world and that makes it really feel good but there's always this sort of sadness and that we think that if the players would be with us one or two more years then they would even be better if they don't leave when they're seventeen eighteen but leave when they're twenty five we can develop them very good so it's good for the player and at least we have to let them go and that's no problem but we want to stay there we want them to stick along the way the club the traditions that the famed academy remained the same as they have been since the late n

one but stay tuned for part two where the kids off the lights as we visit our brand new football academytalk to russia's first female grand slam when i can show you the kind of spirit that's a peaceful change seat up to the great. world . science technology innovation all the latest developments around russia we've got the huge earth covered. it up sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize that everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm target market is a big picture. welcome back to. tennis the sport has been getting progressively far more powerful according to former russian style and he's going to intelligence and tactics will still give players the edge in deciding the grand slams thought are now on with four pts. russia can be proud of its record in the midst of the starts it is not. enjoying a great start. to see a miscue nor was the first russian to join the sports equipment at the two thousand and four of the french open she became the country's first female w

. >>> academy awards voting is online for the first time and academy members are reportedly having trouble casting their ballots. a spokesman for the 85-year-old academy say issues are coming up because members keep forgetting their passwords. >>> american soul singer fontella bass has died at the age of 82. >>> and larry hagman will appear posthumously on a show called "i get that a lot." hagman will be playing a costco worker handing out free samples. i had seen promotions for the show. i always feel, would i know if something were going phone a celebrity were serving me at costco. >> i see that, and i think, no, they can't be. >> it should be fun to watch. >>> and this comes to us from wdiv in detroit, michigan. nearby browns township, a good samaritan risks his life to save a stranded dog. the brave man leaps into action when he sees the dog stuck in lake erie. his rescue floundered when he was not able to rescue the dog. thank goodness rescuers were able to get a boat and get to the dog and the human. >> especially when a human is sitting in the frigid cold water to save the dog. >> i

the next year, turner entered the royal academy of arts school at somerset house. its president, the painter joshua reynolds, endorsed the prevailing view that ranked paintings in a clearly defined hierarchy. history painting was considered the noblest because it could portray events drawn from historical incidents, literature, the bible and mythology. genre painting, scenes from daily life, came next because they also offered examples of virtue to inspire the viewer. then came the more lowly categories of portraiture, landscape and still life, which were disdained as mere transcriptions of the natural world. throughout his career, turner struggled to elevate landscape painting and demonstrate that it could equal history painting in complexity and expressive power. in 1791, turner began a routine he continued for 40 years. after the royal academy's annual exhibitions held in the early summer he traveled in search of subjects. ♪ in his first journeys to wales, the 16 year old turner was following in the footsteps of william gilpin, who launched the vogue for picture

>> academy pledged to knock out hunger! >> ha! >> oh, yeah!e could knock out hunger that easily because that is great! very impressive! larry, we want to remind everybody at home that they can do their part with donations or gathering food at visiting us online for more information at cbssf.com/food. eyewitness news will return right after this. high yeah! ,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> so far the warriors are the biggest surprise in the nba. at 14-7, they are off to their best start in 20 years. but what better way to measure your progress than to take on the defending world champs on their home floor? king james wasn't getting the royal treatment. david lee shoves him to the floor. he would get up favoring but it just ended. here's how it ended. still just a two point gameh three to go. norris cole mi, but dwayne wade is there tot it back. he's fouled extendg the miami lead to 4... ((sce update)) >> green with nine-tenths left! >> los angeles had just one victory in the last six games and head coach mike d'antoni was not happy with reporters' lin

he graduated from the naval academy in 1942. he was in that wartime class where four years were condensed to three because it was really important to get these, to get these newly-commissioned officers out into the war. he received a bronze star for bravery in the battle of leyte gulf, and it does remind me that, i believe -- that's right, there are three, actually, in the room there are two zumwalts, but the zumwalt family which is an interesting family in its own right, but there are four generations of bronze star recipients, and two of them are in the room tonight. i think that's a particularly notable recognition for a family. bud served on destroyers -- yeah. [applause] so easy to introduce them because all the zumwalt kids are either james or elmo, they have no originality. the good looking one is the younger one. [laughter] you've dealt with 'em. and he served on destroyers, he was a black shoe, a nonaviator. in 1968 he was sent to vietnam. in 1970 he was cno, appointed cno. he was deep selected -- i want to talk about a

part of the academy of construction and design.he students get to see the fruits of their labor all done. joining us is the director of the academy and joined by chester broadway. an 11th grader. good morning to both of you. >> good morning. >> this day, what a special day. tell us about it. let me start with you s helly. what went into this day? >> we're just so excited after all the hard work of our students. today is the day. we're looking forward to so many of our students coming up here. the house is staged and we're just excited. this has been a labor of love. the students have taken a long time to complete this. it's done. >> holly morris was out there on a morning show shot. and we're so happy to report the completion. chester, let me ask you what went in from the student's perspective. >> we put our blood, sweat and tears into this project. we did a lot for this project. i'm just happy to see it work. >> can we see a little bit? i know maybe the camera guy there can pan. is there anything we can see or are we stuck there?

the academy issued a statementmñ saying the academy takes a zero tolerance an rope to violence and thethreat of violence -- >> gunshots in sonoma county say sales are up following this month's massacre in connecticut. this morning reports buyers are snatching up weapons used by shooter lanza. sales have -- one store claims its sales are up, four to five times higher than usual during you won't need to dig for exact change or any change. the system is offering free rides all day on bus and capable cars. it is to celebrate muni's 100 birthday. the first line started at geary and concern any in 19 -- and kearny in 1912. the fare then was five cents oh inflation. >>> we want to check in with mike on the weather. >> high clouds increasing, saw a halo around the moon on the way in that was cool. we have a little fog around novato visibility quarter of a mile. let's break down this friday, cooler start, 30s and mid 40s, by noon in the mid to upper 40s mostly cloudy even a few sprinkles. 4:00 light rain. closer to the coast more likely you are going to get light rain most of us should have lig

the academy does not prepare you for that. i take that experience and i realized in the gang environment, most of these youths are coming from single- family households. in the area where the gang violence is most prevalent, great citizens of the community, 99% of those citizens are afraid. as a prosecutor, i take this experience and figure out how i want to enforce gang violence, especially in san francisco. i break it down into three categories. you have the individual who is not fully immersed in the gang lifestyle. he is just an associate comment just hanging out. -- associates, just hanging out. for that individual, we try to work with community-based programs. i've met with dcyf, the african- american steering committee, people haven't been in this violence and i say to them, what can -- people have been in this violence, and i say to them, what can we do to make sure if this individual does not go to prison? for that individual, we try to find a way to keep him out of the prison sentence. then you have the second indivi

so we would like to thank the california academy for putting on display the mammoth tooth.nd we will be looking for a new home in 2013. and finally on october 17th we had number one of our regularly schedule committee meetings to provide a construction update to our neighbors. so everything that moving along well. now to give our construction update with steve turner. >> good morning, directors. steve, ru, with turner construction, construction oversight. i don't know. is that up? there it is. >> another good month, of work or almost a month and a half since we filled you in on the last period. there were no recordable incidents. we did have one near miss. but, brought to light some issues with the excavation process of sight lines and so that has been dealt with successfully. and allowing the excavator to work while the folks down below were able to position themselves appropriately so they are not in the way of it. we have 550,000 craft hours now, about 60,000 since the last update. 157, chefs, and i will show you the chart for that in a little bit and the excavation cont

>>reporter: those words in courtney webb poem prompted school officials at the life learning academy on treasure island to suspend the 17-year-old senior until further notice. >> while we are oppressed by dysfunctional community of haters and blamers, the meaning of the poem is talking about society and how i understand why things like that happen.so it's not like agreeing with it but that's how the school made it seam. >>reporter: courtney didn't turn the poem in as assignment instead the teacher discovered it in class and took it to the principal. courtney says she turned in dark poem about suicide sadness in the past with no problem. it's an area she likes. >> the only person i could think of would be like steven king. he writes weird stuff all the time this doesn't men he's going to go do it or act it out. >>reporter: atmosphere changed drastically since the sandy hook tragedy and now the school emphasizing the policy that life learning academy takes zero tolerance approach to veils, threat of violence and can result in dismissal from the school. >> i feel in like they overreacte

>>reporter: those words in courtney webb poem prompted school officials at the life learning academy on treasure island to suspend the 17-year-old senior until further notice. >> while we are oppressed by dysfunctional community of haters and blamers, the meaning of the poem is talking about society and how i understand why things like that happen.so it's not like agreeing with it but that's how the school made it seam. >>reporter: courtney didn't turn the poem in as assignment instead the teacher discovered it in class and took it to the principal. courtney says she turned in dark poem about suicide sadness in the past with no problem. it's an area she likes. >> the only person i could think of would be like steven king. he writes weird stuff all the time this doesn't men he's going to go do it or act it out. >>reporter: atmosphere changed drastically since the sandy hook tragedy and now the school emphasizing the policy that life learning academy takes zero tolerance approach to veils, threat of violence and can result in dismissal from the school. >> i feel in like they overreacte

company" the name of the book, thai soldiers in the vietnam war, richard ruth, professor at the naval academy and author of the book, thank you for your time. >> guest: thank you.

it is kind of like the academy awards. i have been extraordinarily fortunate in city government to have two of the best jobs anyone could ever have, the controller and the head of utilities for the city and county of san francisco. the rally has been a labor of love. i have enjoyed the substance of the job, the topics we engage in, but much more than that, the people. you have such incredibly smart, creative, wonderful, talented people that work for the city and county of san francisco who are so committed to public service and so intent on making sure we serve the people who come here and visit and the people who live here. it's a wonderful group to spend the last 28 years of my life with. i'd like to thank everybody in the room. i cannot quite do that. i do want to make sure i recognize one person 3 without him, i would not be here at all. my partner and my husband of 38 years, stan. [applause] if i could say one more thing about management. you have to have a vision to know where you want to go. you have to the goals to

>>reporter: those words in courtney webb poem prompted school officials at the life learning academysland to suspend the 17-year-old senior until further notice. >> while we are oppressed by dysfunctional community of haters and blamers, the meaning of the poem is talking about society and how i understand why things like that happen.so it's not like agreeing with it but that's how the school made it seam. >>reporter: courtney didn't turn the poem in as assignment instead the teacher discovered it in class and took it to the principal. courtney says she turned in dark poem about suicide sadness in the past with no problem. it's an area she likes. >> the only person i could think of would be like steven king. he writes weird stuff all the time this doesn't men he's going to go do it or act it out. >>reporter: atmosphere changed drastically since the sandy hook tragedy and now the school emphasizing the policy that life learning academy takes zero tolerance approach to veils, threat of violence and can result in dismissal from the school. >> i feel in like they overreacted. >>reporter:

>> i did. >> don't miss the academy awards coming up on february 24th right here on abc.ary 24th right here on abc. >> that is what's making news captioned by closed captioning services, inc. >>> good money day morning. 4:entirety thanks for joining us. what do you hear out there? -- >> i hear that we survived. >> that's right don't hear much. thanks for join us i'm kristen sze. >>> i'm eric thomas. >>