. >> i am from balboa high school. i am planning to go to city college this year. >> good morning, everyone. i came to america two years ago, i am planning to go to city college first and then transferred to ucla -- transferred to ucla. thank you. >> i am a graduate of balboa high school, and i am a student here at city college. >> ok, well, welcome, everybody. we thought what would be helpful for this -- those of us on this side of the park would be to hear from each of you one of two things. if you are in high school, tell us when you knew you were going to be a college student and what we either did to help or did not do to help to get you to that point. if you are in city college, it would be helpful to hear a similar thing -- what got you into city college, and what made it possible for you to stay? anyone who wants to start is welcome. >> ok, so, when i entered into the united states i did not speak english at all. my first language is russian, and my second is hebrew. i entered into balboa high school, and i had

the program is currently being hosted at balboa high school.oday, we did our first orientation with about 50youth and the principal and responsible open it up for us to do another presentation tomorrow and one on monday. the schedule fluctuates, but the program is set up to serve 100, and they have an opportunity to receive up to at $590 that it, so it is a $50 gift card, depending on attendance, depending on summer school attendance, and we developed a rubric to determine how that they scale would work in terms of their seven. first orientation was today. that went over very well. we had about 50 something youth. they have all been given intake forms for the program. we will probably have a more finalist as of monday. part of our strategy as well is possibly working with bringing some of the youth over from philip burton. they have a credit recovery program being operated, as well as lowell high school. we working up some transportation issues because we want to try to get as close to 100 as possible. so there are already enrolled in summer sc

that is what the pc used to use of the balboa reservoir? >> yes. can we put this back up here? it is in the middle. right now, we have a new building that is currently on city college property, but this is puc property where the performing arts center would go, and this is an shovel ready project. the drawings have been approved by the department of state architecture, so we could possibly start this project by the end of the year, which is a very exciting prospect. supervisor mar: thank you so much. colleagues, let's open this up for public comment? are there any members of the public who would like to speak? but i have several speaker cards first. [reading names] >> share of the music department at city college. yes, it is a project that we have been waiting for as long as i have been at the college, which is 1965. the students of city college, we wanted an auditorium. we are the only institution i know what that does not have this kind of facility. we are in incomplete campus, listed that way in the state community college system. we have over 5000 head can students in the p

francis circle to balboa, you would not be able to make an adjustment in the train service to put it on time. that is significant, especially when you look at the bottleneck in the travel, the stock plans -- the stop signs and lights along ocean avenue, that has a significant impact on the on- time performance of the whole line. i think part of the other bottleneck for congestion on on- time performance is the area around fourth and king, not just because of the ballpark, but because we are occasionally impacted by the bridge going up, and some of the congestion that occurs around caltrain and off the freeway. in terms of operating challenges, there are some bottlenecks on that the system from traffic and congestion. there is some flexibility that exists on the third street site, but not on the k-t side in terms of our ability to adjust the service. the biggest operating challenge we have right now, not just on this line but the whole subway system, is the age and condition of our fleet. i wanted to show you this. this is the last five months of delays. the total delays greater than

at balboa working over the summer. and so we're going to offer filipino i and ii and we are working with city college to do filipino iii and iv. so thank you, united way. we have -- thank you for during that period any more announcements? the report on a closed session actions. this is the closed session from june 28, 2011. the board vote dd and maufas approved. item -- other items in the agend a are the following staff reports. acceptance of gifts for the month of may, 2011. our adjournment is in memory of a couple of folks that have been part of san francisco unified high school district. in memory of korea gonzales -- gloria gonzales. she was buried at sea. she was a mother, grandmother, and friend. working 26 years in various roles. as a homebound teacher with a special ed services department. the principal at the center. she was born during the depression as one of 12 children to mexican laborers and farmers. she spent her life working toward achieving a better education and educating the next generation. she was

. -- certain areas might be more dangerous than in balboa park. i want to make sure we target certain areas with domestic incidents, some people feel safe, even beyond that 10:00 p.m. time that the tfi's are there. >> the tfi's are just a uniformed presence. they are there, but they're not the crime fighters. they're not crime stoppers. if they see an incident, they will notify our control center, to look at sfpd out there. these folks are just there for inspection. supervisor cohen: the tfi, transit fare inspectors. their sole purpose is to deter fare evasion. then we have the muni transit assistance. they reduce the violence and crime. >> right, there were closely with the schools in the bay view area. supervisor cohen: thank you. explain to me how the ambassadors factor in. >> that might be john. supervisor cohen: when john comes back, i will ask him then. adrianne pond -- supervisor mar: now it is more immigration and engagement. >> means the transit -- muni transit assistance, they were closely with the program. with the need transit assistan

this documentary of the balboa theater the owner of the balboa dinner is here.ar friend so much history. gary meyer. hello. the code best director of the telluride film festival. and a big shot. >> tell us what is happening of the bubble a theater. neighborhood theater. >> off cents in 1926. sadly decided that the need to move on. >> similar time for my family and i decided that i'm going to move on because they're changing everything to digital. the cameraman, a great cinematographer. with a matter of how life and death, >> it does not get any better than that. >> the studio has decided that everything is going to go digital. by the end of next year. they're going to close the theater. >> unbelievable. >> 821 a thousand dollar commitment. >> we love neighborhood theaters. cinema. these so that is very sad. >> we're looking for somebody to take over. half we have a lot of excitement going on. a movie called " make believe ". >> teenagers competing. they are wonderful. officials in the theater performing live tonight, tomorrow and on thursday. >> when a positive

. >> decenas de inmigrantes se congregaron en el parque balboa para pedir una reforma migratoria integralués de los despidos que se han realizado. >> pero ahora las leyes ponen entre la espada y la pared a muchos de los inmigrantes ilegales ya que los oficiales pueden pedir el estatus. >> es una redada, el que queda afectado es el trabajador y su familia. >> los participantes caminaron hasta la oficina de la senadora para pedirle la anhelada reforma migratoria integral,. >> estamos afectados, más de 800 personas salieron sin trabajar, es injusto, todos necesitamos trabajar. >> mientras se define una reforma migratoria integral, se formo una reunión para eventos para familias afectadas por los despidos . >> gracias . >> buscando castigar con más severidad se presentó una iniciativa de ley para los delitos federales, también los fraudes en los procedimientos migratorios, aún no hay ley para prevenir los engaños. >> es una noticia que nunca penso que escucharia, el número de mexicanos que considera venir sin papeles a estados unidos es mucho menor, no tiene relación por las leyes antiinmigra

>>reporter: 2 males to the west balboa theater been around since 19 26.it play first run and repertoire program. gary myers running balboa since 2001 but he says economic are make it tough to keep it going. >> i'm worried that neighborhood theater, second run theater, small town theater are all going to have very difficult time surviving. >>reporter: he's also co-director of the telluride film festival that takes most of his time. he's looking at 200,000 dollar if conversion to digital because film is going away. >> i need to rethink. >>reporter: he plans to exit balboa next month but says it's important that someone can keep this neighborhood theater goin going. unlike this where the final curtain is dropping with harold and maud. traditional birthday film. screen goes cashing here still will be people in the lobby. restaurant next door is taking it over but the red vick will be just a memory. >> i have to say there's a lot of sad necessity. a lot of sadness. >>reporter: in san francisco, abc 7 news. >> when we continue tonight. hotel made at the center

the first project is the balboa park station east side connection project, a request for approximately $270,000 in prop k funds to leverage a $1.1 million lifeline transportation program grant, which was also programmed by the authority in july 2010. this is a joint effort between bart and mta for station accessibility improvements. this would fund the mta's version of the project. the scope of work includes a new boarding area, accessible key stop on san jose between geneva and ocean. it is the circle on the far right. it also has associated 8 curb ramps with that element of work. there is also utility pole relocation and demolishing of an existing key stop, which is the center most circle. that work will be done once bart has completed its portion of work and constructed a new platform. the larger east side connection project is a joint effort, as i said. bart's improvements include its ability to the west side station will quite entrance project. this is recently completed scope of work. this will also include a new canopy over the bridge walkway, as well as a new bridge path to a n

we started at my school and it's moveed to balboa. to help a lot of kids who are victims themselves of the system. we have kids now who used to hate to come to school and now they are there everyday. they are getting what they need done and moving on. that's a good program. and secondly, the beacon program which, we have 8? >> yes >> we have 8 beacons around the city. they are really wonderful and lead the way to helping us with all of our kids. and i commend the mayor and margaret for help us out with those. >> mr. garcia? >> also, i need to add the wellness centers. >> around thing we need to build on is restored advocacy. we are pilots jane kimberly. she educated me. and then we are starting to get

ron erickson graduated from balboa high school in 1960. ed lim credit from galileo academy of science and technology in 1966. he was smart enough to marry a wonderful woman named and that who served for many years as a principal of our school district. one of the important jobs i had this year was launching a new scholarship program. thank you so much. the nations of california grant about $1.30 million in scholarships every year. we were caused to stop and think about what we are doing and to make a more profound district. we were able to carve off this year $157,000 for a new program called investment success. no longer was it just about gpa and financial need. it was about understanding students and their circumstances and who could use a hand up. the students we recognize tonight were referred by guidance counselors and principles. we interviewed each of them to understand them. they have shown character and a willingness to support our community that is exemplary. i am reminded of a "buy my angelou -- of a quote by maya angelou. "if y

balboa pool. the planning is complete. that work will start in september of this year when the poll closes for its annual maintenance. mayor llama clubhouse, the roofing is almost complete. a bit of a cost increase out of the contingency for hazmat and asbestos removal. union square. the replacement of the failed light fixtures in the pavement has been planned out. the department has, at the request of commissioner harrison, identified an alternative funding source. the downtown park fund can fund this work, rather than having it come up for a meet its budget. work will proceed from the downtown park fund, so that money will fall to the available balance as well. terderloin recreation center is open to the public. that is the update on the projects you had authorized for us in the past year. we are close to completion on all of those, with the two editions of the new square project and the park. the available contingency budget is about $213,000. if you add the drop in vero funding to that, union square funding, that will

nearly all of the neighborhood theaters have closed and the owner of the balboa say they may be next. >> a lot of chinese collectibles an oklahoma man hit the jackpot. his tusk turned out to be worth as much as $1.5 million a road show record. previous record was set in 2009 when a collection of chinese jade bulls turned out to be worth $1 million. >> a new study finds that cranberries may be used for urinary tract infection. half of women report it at least once in their lives. cranberries and low dose antibiotics have been used as measures. antibiotics actually increase the rate of resistance but cranberries don't do that. >>> and it's pandamonium. one of them gave birth to a female cub. lelai is 19 years old. after becoming a mom for the first time at 19 years old. the newborn weighs 5.6 ounces. usually the panda baby cubs will develop their black and white later on. both mom and baby are doing very well. you can see that mom apparently lost all the baby weight. >> it happens. >> next on "abc 7 news" at 5:00 a.m., the arrest made in a bay area murder that may be tied to violence in