the business is a restaurant -- balboa cafe. the business is a restaurant that opened in 1913 despite a sign above the door that says 193. originally a working man's saloon with a saw defendant floor serving sandwiches in the corner. it's been operating continuously for 105 years in the cow hollow neighborhood. the business has become more sophisticated over the years. in 1980, famous chef dangjerem tower came on for years helping to establish a proper bar menu. in 1986, gavin newsom's group being required the calf eye. the menuwas overhauled but still features the balboa burger. behind the mahogany bar, the bartenders still mix the featured like manhattans and martinis but still feature classic cocktails. the second is hayes street grill. it was established in 1979 in hayes valley whi hayes valley while davies hall was under construction. the restaurant was successful from the beginning, serving both lunch and dinner to the performing arts and civic center communities. the business was founded on the principle of supporting loc

i'm also here to support balboa families and our community at large. the way it was handled, quite frankly, was a hot mess, right? and there are no good guys in this situation. i don't want to pass off blame. i can just tell you that nothing about it set right. it criminalized communities. it criminalized students. it made us feel unease as a whole as a community, and we really need to address that, because for one pistol in a backpack, we got a school full of police in s.w.a.t.-style uniforms coming in over our kids. i have a problem with that. one trigger-happy cop could mean a whole bunch of kids die. so my thing is, we need to address how we respond to crises. how we allow people to interact with our students and our kids, so i say this to you guys again, please, please, please, remove the m.o.u. and make them adhere to that. it never should be a time and place where a parent should have to worry about their child being questioned by the police without them being present. we know that's illegal. it never should be a time when a child -- [ bell ring

he graduated from balboa high school. after high school, joe spent many years working at the san francisco furniture mart and other odd jobs before he found his calling as a community advocate and most importantly as a community peacemaker. after years of witnessing violence in the bayview community, joe, who is also known as jungle, became inspired to work with the neighborhood youth to help them make a change. he became an outreach worker for the crisis response network and later served this city as a street violence intervention program, also known as svip. here is where he used his ties to the community to deescalate violence and help with programs through safe haven and transportation as well as recreation programs. he was known for his level head. he was known for his friendly approach in his position in the community, and most importantly, and i want to recognize this, that he was on the front line for reducing street violence in our city. the street violence intervention program is a tool that we as a city continu

the balboa thing was very awful, and my heart goes out to the family of the student who was wrongfully criminalized, and i hope to make -- commissioner walton, thank you for your response. but i'm here on a completely different matter. you know, we need to have more vetting of those who are appointed to serve on the school district's advisory and oversight committees, and, yes, i believe in general each board member should defer to each other's judgment when they make appointments. however, i was disheartened. no, make that enraged, when a

. >> well, students are trying to return to normal as classes resume at balboa high school followingng us. i'm kristen sze in for ama daetz. >> and i'm dan ashley. san francisco's balboa high received national attention after police received reports of a gun on campus that. >> gun did go off in a classroom, but the bullet only struck a chair. still, four students were detained and one now faces felony charges. >> abc 7 news reporter katie it utehs is live on campus. >> the 14-year-old freshman is a minor so, we're not naming him. but he is facing eight felony charges, and now police are working with atf to determine where the teen obtained the gun. as classes resume at balboa high school, mixed reactions from students. >> i'm still kind of nervous what happened today. i feel like everyone's still got to talk about it. >> others seemed unfazed after their classmate brought a gun to class and it discharged, sending a shot through a chair on thursday. >> i'm fine. pretty used to it. so it's just like whatever. >> parents, who were panicked during the lockdown, remain nervous. >> it's on

the student who brought a gun to balboa high school yesterday is now facing eight felony charges. >> it went off in a classroom leading to a lockdown. we're glad to say no one was hurt. >> we have more from where police are outside. what are they saying about the investigation? >> reporter: detectives are getting help from federal investigators. the atf trying to determine how the 14-year-old freshman obtained the gun and where it came from. the student is a mariner so we're not naming him, but he's facing a long list of charges. >> hopefully things go normal. >> reporter: students at balboa high school looking for normal the day after their classmate brought a gun to class, and it discharged sending a shot through a chair. >> i'm still nervous as to what happened -- i feel like everyone's going to talk about it. >> it's only the second week. i feel so bad because i don't want her to come here. shein? stoifts come. >> reporter: counselors were available. the staff played an early role in trying to find the 14-year-old freshman involved. this e-mail sent to abc7 news shows classrooms

i read a post on facebook from the mission police collaborative about the incident at balboa last week. i am concerned about it. i under, a friend of mine's son was the victim of what i feel was the victim of police -- bad policy. basically what i heard is that police -- there's classrooms pointing guns at student witnesses. i know that students were questioned about their parents and in this carrying i know that an isn't person who was not even a witness just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time was taken out at gunpoint. apparently his image has been in the media. i thought youth were protected from being revealed. so again, i know police are in a difficult situation and we want to keep everybody safe but i want that balboa incident to be looked into because i'm not happy as a parent. i'm here because that incident on muni the other day. i'm very troubled by it. i watched something very, very violent and i understand that the victim will not press charges. if he won't i'll press charges, just like there's a citizen arrest. i would stand up as a mother. if that was my s

police searched the campus at balboa for nearly two hours. they say they found the gun and a bullet casing. four students were arrested. three of them were released to their parents. one student has been booked into juvenile hall on several gun, charges. today extra counselors were on hand for student and staff shaken up by the incidents. >>> bart police have arrested a man accused of stabbing a rider at the macarthur station in oakland. it happened saturday night after an argument on board a train. officers say surveillance video shows 59-year-old jamar coleman pulling out a small knife and cutting a man on the thumb. the victim had a minor wound. nobody else was hurt. >>> after weeks of mandatory overtime for all police officers and other staff members bart is changing to a different staffing plan to ensure rider safety. ktvu's paul chambers is live at the lake merritt bart station where he talked to bart leaders about this new plan. paul. >> reporter: bart police cannot maintain that emergency staffing for a long period of time so they sca

time in the future bringing the transportation area, which primarily includes the bart station at balboa the c.b.d., but we are not looking at that until we re-authorize the c.b.d. in the future. but nor now, we are trying to establish a contract to provide services to maintain their outside areas around the station. so, that's an additional part of the c.b.d. that we are trying to develop. we have 2 active committees, street life committee, business committee. street life committee focusses on the activation, particularly of the commercial corridor, and the business committee focusses on developing business growth and retention. some of our partner organizations that we have worked with over the past few years. and these are city agencies that we have worked with since we were established in 2010, december of 2010. this is a break down of the grant income we had for 2016-2017 fiscal year. cleanscapes sf provides us with daily or six days a week maintenance and cleaning service on the entire corridor primarily focussing on the retail district which has more of that to contribute, more tr

there was an incident last week at balboa high school that i would like to report.s a shot that was fired inside the school. our officers responded and worked in conjunction with the school district personnel. we did make an arrest on that particular case. fortunately, no one was injured. it did cause a lockdown of the high school as well as the middle school. the response and coordination was good on that case and it was -- there was an arrest made on a juvenile. in that case, the high school -- there was a high school student. the investigation is still ongoing. luckily no one got hurt. in terms of our staffing, we had a lateral graduation class that the commission attended last week. we welcomed six lateral officers to the san francisco police department and to these officers have prior experience. a variety of police departments in the bay area. we are very happy to have them here. it is a first class in a number of years. because of their prior experience, we hope that they can hit the ground running. thank you commissioners for being there. just a little bit o

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out to dun the scotland and those responsible for the expansion are using the guggenheim museum in balboa spain as an example now that museum turned a struggling industrial town into a thriving cultural metropolis and the people who've done d.c. are hoping for the same type of economic effect from this new cultural attraction long before opening day the spectacular building of the victoria and albert museum is designed to vision in done started to inspire the imagination of its observers is it a paramedic turned upside down a stack of shipping pallets or a ship japanese star architect can go cooma was commissioned to capture the spirit of done d. which is a unesco city of design. my favorite part is this cave is working as a magnet to draw people through the building to flaunt. that that kind of gate is necessary for the city the port city has undertaken to revamp the entire area along the river take but in a way that recalls its glorious industrial history the first branch of the revered london museum is to serve as the cultural flagship. at one time done t. was a hub of jute and tweed p

san francisco's balboa high school had a student with a gun go off last week, causing an hours long lockdown. >> we went provide best practices and alternatives to those who say we should arm teachers. >> reporter: oakland as a layman tony thurman is a democrat in a runoff with democrat marshall tuck for state superintendent of public instruction in november. thurman peggs peddled a discussion on the notion federal education dollars might be shifted to arming teachers. >> it did take an affluent mostly white school for everybody to start paying attention. >> reporter: students have other concerns around race and equity. >> the sad fact is that when black people are dying people tend to care less. >>> when referring to parkland florida and february's mass shooting that killed 17 high school students. after walkouts the next month for safe schools and gun reform many students continue their activism. some say -- is back on the same day they are taught how to deal with an earthquake or natural disaster it is so appalling and so disgusting to think about. >> reporter: looking back at the sandy h

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(vicki) students are returning to balboa high school in san francisco today-- just one day after officer swarmed their campus... because a gun went off in a classroom. kron 4's will tran has reaction from students as they returned to school. what was going through your mind when you heard the shot?i said god, forgive mewhy would you say god forgive me?because i thought it was the end imagine having those thoughts still in your head as you or your child returns to school. on thursday the students ducked under tables pressed themselves against the walls and turned off their classroom lights after a shot was fired on campus.we heard the system, the pa sytem that we were under lockdown. everybody was scared and everyone was asking questionsparents dropping off their kids today before telling them goodbye made sure to remind their kids to text them immediately if anything should happen again cheryl anderson/mom-it was very terrifying when she texted me telling me they were under lockdown. it was very frighteningnia anderson/daughte r-kind of scary but it's ok. did your mom say text me if anyt

improvements, particularly elevator improvements at embarcadero, montgomery, powell, civic center, and balboa park. caltrain, state of good repair categories. the sales tax has been funding the sf -- has been alleviating sfmta of providing the capital member share of caltran's annual capital budget for the last -- since 2003. the funds are predicted to run out in this five-year period, most notably around fiscal year 2021, so we'll need to be having some additional conversations going forward about -- about that. muni vehicles, facilities, and guide ways, several place holders that you'll see in these categories, these are the biggest cash flow drivers for prop k, and the base drivers of our financing program. you can see the highlights in front of you, muni guide ways includes the quint street-jerrold avenue connector road, which the board approved several years ago to mitigate the impact of the closure of clint street. on the major capital side, each -- [inaudible] >> -- b.a.r.t., caltrain, and muni all have their own set aside, but there is also a discretionary fund and set aside funds, in

>>> we are learning new information about an incident when a gun was fired inside san francisco's balboaigh school. the father of a 16-year-old boy who was detained and questioned by police that he was not notified by administrators that his son was in police custody. the sun was later released about being charged in a 14- year-old student turned himself in. the chronicle said san francisco supervisor, hillary plans to have a hearing with the police to come in and school district leaders to discuss policies for questioning minors.>>> new at noon, bart said they had no choice but to approve advertisements for distract from a group that has holocaust denials. this is from the historical review and features the words history matters. the group was founded by a holocaust denier. we spoke with the spokesperson and they state while bart does not endorse the ad, it is a free speech issue and they have no reason to deny them. the ads will be up for a month at a cost of $6400. >>> a major upgrade is in the works. according to the press democrat, the metropolitan commission is considering a $195 m

a gun went off in a classroom at balboa high school. police charged a 14-year-old boy in the case. they investigated three other students before releasing them. the father of one of those students being investigated told the chronicle his son was in troe appropriately detained and questioned him without him there. >>> sheriffs is deputy say a man attacked a candidate running for congress. fazeli tried to stab rudy peters during a festival in castro valley on sunday. peters claimed fazeli first screamed profantities about president trump. he then threw a coffee mug at him. a scuffle broke out. peters believed the switch blade knife malfunctioned. >> i could see his thumb strike it to get the blade to come out. and he is circling me. >> what an ordeal. he is running against eric swalwell. he said it's never okay to use violence to settle political disagreements. >>> the coast guard rescued a boater whose boat capsize indeed alameda. he sent a may day call at 4:00 p.m. that's all rescue crews could understand. he had a high frequently handheld radio called a vhf radio. they quickly fo

san francisco's balboa high school had a student's gun go off last week, causing an hours-long lockdown to provide best practices and alternatives to those who say we should arm teachers. >> reporter: oakland assemblyman tony thurmond is a democrat in a runoff with democrat marshall tuck for state superintendent of public instruction in november. thurman pegged this panel discussion on the notion federal education dollars might be shifted to arming teachers. >> it did take an affplunt mostly white school for everybody to start paying attention >> when black people are dying, people tend to care less. >> after walkouts, the next month for safe schools and gun reform, many students continue their activism. some decry how schools are accepting massacres by preparing students with drills. >> on the same day that they're taught what they would do if there was an earthquake, a natural disaster, or a fire, it's so appalling and so disgusting to think about. >> looking back at the sandy hook tragedy in 2012, the panel said the best prevention is making sure everyone at school knows the signs so

a gun went off in a classroom at balboa high school. police charged a 14-year-old boy in the case. they investigated three other students before releasing them. the father of one of those students being investigated told the chronicle his son was inappropriately detained and questioned him without him there. >>> sheriffs deputy say a man attacked a candidate running for congress. fazeli tried to stab rudy peters during a festival in castro valley on sunday. peters claimed fazeli first screamed profanities about president trump. he then threw a coffee mug at him. a scuffle broke out. peters believed the switch blade knife malfunctioned. a >> i could see his thumb strike it to get the blade to come out. and he is circling me. >>> meters is running as a republican against democrat incumbent eric swalwell. swalwell tweeted it is never okay to use violence to settle political disagreements. >>> the coast guard rescued a boater whose boat capsize indeed alameda. he sent a may day call at 4:00 p.m. that's all rescue crews could understand. he had a high frequently handheld radio called a

i live with my son in an alleyway near balboa bart station. he is handicapped. [speaking foreign language] >> interpretor: i am 67 years old. please do not take me away. i live with my son. my son is handicapped, because he received a fatal blow in his neck in his earlier years handling trailers. please do not move me. [speaking foreign language] >> interpretor: i beg you, please do not have me moved. [speaking foreign language] >> interpretor: thank you very much for hearing me out. >> chairman brinkman: thank you very much, ms. ortiz. >> clerk: kelly cutler. >> hi. i'm kelly cutler, human rights organizer, coalition on homelessness. i've been worthing on this issue specifically since 2012. i've been here many, many times. two years ago when the oversized vehicle restriction came up the board said that you did not want to see this anymore until there are alternatives presented. there are still no alternatives yet. that's a mouthful for me today. but we've been meeting with many departments. we've had a working group. we met with mr. reiskin. we met with the hom

i am roberto process and the mother of the child that was incorrectly criminalized in the balboa gun incident by the media due to the improper handling of the incident at both sfusd and sfpd. upon meeting with the administrators, we requested a letter of apology so that my son 's name could be cleared. the document we received from the superintendent adds insult to injury and did -- and is disrespectful at best. we request that this letter during our mediation in which we asked for an apology for what my child was put through and allowed to have done to him. he had it pointed to his head. instead, we got an ambiguous response with no inkling of an apology but an acknowledgement of an unfortunate experience, which is lacking responsibility and accountability. in addition, the document assigned me homework for me to provide the district with the information of the media outlets that showed his image so the district can send communications to them. there's a department that can handle that on its own. what i request from you are two things. assistance in enforcing already existing polic