special express buses will transport vans directly to candlestick from balboa park to the nineteenth avenue corridor. route 86, nonstop to the park and the light rail station. regular muni fares are accepted. special express bus fares are $12 for adults at $10 for seniors, youth, and disabled customers. i particularly want to draw your attention to sunday, september 11. they will play host to several games and the ceremonies. at this juncture, it is a pleasure to report that the pilot program to relieve overcrowding has exceeded expectations. i would ask john to step up to inform you about this program. >> i want to briefly walk through the first 6 1/7 weeks of the service. i have had the upper to the key to be involved with a lot of startup services. this is the first one that has had no learning curve. this is something that has worked very well in the first six weeks from day one. you may remember back when we talked about doing this, the principal reason we wanted to do a was to provide a predictable and alternative routes to the subway line. we have gotten one of the things that

. >> this occurred at the balboa park bart station right around 6:00 a.m. and that appears to have come out of the blue. >> the victim and suspect arrived on a bus together. and upon approaching the agent booth, the suspect stabbed a victim once in the neck, then fled from this scene. >> the 35-year-old was arrested following a brief search of the area and had a knife, two knifes on him, one had blood on it. the victim is only described as a male in his 60s, he will will be soon released from san francisco general hospital oo. and an unusual ground breaking in san francisco. to mark the beginning of a new public safety building. the mayor actually got behind controls of a back hoe to make this dig. >> other local dignitaries joined in for the shoveling of dirt. the new building is scheduled for completion in 2014 and will house command center, a police station as well as fire station at a projected cost of $243 million. >> and in emeryville, the police department unveiled a new state of the art emergency response vehicle. and the vehicle will alout departme

board by it -- about the status of the real-estate analysis, particularly as it responds to the balboa park of bernard -- upper yard. there's still a lot of talk, a lot of hope from the community. in the stand there was an event that took place near the upper yard, and i understand there was a memo that discusses the future needs of the upper yard, including future redevelopment of the yard across the street and also needing that in the future for anticipated growth. nevertheless, there has been a community plan that was formally adopted, developed and adopted by the city. it seems there was a conflict between uses. i think that it merits at least a report on the status to make sure that the analysis that is happening really includes and gets to the heart of the issue in terms of restricting space. >> members of the board? as the director to come up with a report. >> i just want to say congratulations and thank you to you for being sworn in on the peninsula corridor board. you're so sure we all appreciate how busy all of the board members are, so to give up your time for yet another meeting

a man was stabbed as he was nearly the turn style at the balboa park station around 6:00 a.m. the map was taken to san francisco general hospital. there is no report on his condition. >>> the woman accused of murdering nursing student michele le is scheduled to appear in court this afternoon in hayward. police arrested le's childhood friend, 26-year-oldgiselle estaban at her home today. she is due for arraignment at 2:00. evidence leads police to believe that le is dead. >> we hope that she has empathy to bring her back. she has been going on three months ago, living. our family's life stopped three months ago. >> reporter: the search search will resume in a rural area and september 16th and 17th >>> and a man opened fire on three victims standing outside an amount. building. the victims drove themselves to the hospital in one car. investigators don't believe this was a random shooting but don't think it's a gang. >>> police are warning cabs about a thief who has been robbing taxis. there have been seven robis since july 14th. in three of them, the robber asked the cab to drop

along balboa park station, geneva, san jose, pushing hard to get a ramp for pedestrians. right now, it is dangerous to cross the street, especially if you are pushing a stroller or are in a wheelchair. you have to go further than you but typically have to. there is so much more to do. we have to figure out how to calm the traffic. a lot of cars, speeding through and make it unsafe for pedestrians. sidewalks are not very convenient for people. it takes a lot of money to do that, but it is really about being vigilant and looking at the fund the come through the transportation authority. we have been extending sidewalks in some places to help with pedestrians, trying to put in islands, plantings to slow down traffic. bike lanes have helped. a bit controversial where i live is a bike lane. people do not see as many bikes, but we are seeing more and more common now that the bike lanes are coming in. that makes it safer for pedestrians. we have a bike way on a major street. you do not have as much time to cross, and you cut down one lane for the cars and a pedestrian can then w

it was identified for affordable housing as part of the balboa park station area plan. also a prolonged planning process similar to the eastern neighborhoods planning process. as a community-based developer, we know the best projects come with a lot of community support. this is a great example. you are hearing the message loud and clear from the community. someone mentioned, which is true that the mission has an extreme density of children. highest in the city. while that is true, they are not necessarily house in appropriate and family-sized units. matching a dedicated portion of this for families is a great next step. there are next steps to make this happen. i encourage you to continue to support the process as it moves toward, thank you. supervisor wiener: i do not know if moh is here. from what i have seen in terms of what future affordable housing will be, it is sort of indeterminate at this point. >> yes, and i do not want to be speaking out of turn. i just know that in a long-term plan, this parcel is being looked at for affordable housing to appear before you

we are moving forward on balboa park, as part of this initiative. we're making a lot of progress and i think that we have a lot to celebrate. and this is all the work that has been done in golden gate park over the last few years and this is just the proposition for the funding for this program. this does not include the museums or the major investments that have been made, that delivered a number of projects to the music concourse fountain, the botanical gardens improvements, and repaving in partnership with the nonprofits and the other funding sources. these are the remaining projects that we are working on right now. we're almost there. the goal is, because we receive funding from the state that we have to deliver, those projects by the end of the calendar year to meet the funding constraints -- we are moving forward with those. and so, the 2008 clean and safe neighborhood parks find, before we go into the implementation, i would like to refresh everyone's memory -- memory about what it took to develop this bond, and the accountability measures th

our facebook fan page and i may read your comments on >> the > > there has been a stabbing at the balboa parktion will a person was so badly shut data goethe that hospital there are no delays associated with the stabbing ritual keep our eyes and ears on this story >> 6:36 a.m. and all check of the commute with. >> there are no reports of delays no problems for train service, we're not tracking any hotspots we are starting to receive about this is a normal ride was a quick check of whether >> as the sun start to rise a beautiful shot from mt. tam camera we're still dealing with local a cover newborns in the afternoon we will have to cool down. this is a look of your seven day forecasting to what you can expect as we head into the weekend with we will continue with a gold tumbled >> keeping our eyes on wall street the dow is down 24 right now with we will have more when the kron 4 news continues. so...what do you think? i'm not crazy about these light fixtures. kitchen's too small. what's next? 607 franklin st. ♪ sea bass... ♪ ooohhh! ♪ i like it. yeah, i love the kitchen. [ male announcer ] th

they both got off at the balboa park bart station after 6 a.m. then the suspect stabbed the other man in the neck. the 60-year-old victim will survive. witness helped identify and locate the attacker. officers arrested 35-year-old wilfred brown. >>> in other bay area headlines, ware learning about a man who was beaten unconscious in the parking lot of candlestick park. it happened saturday right before the cal-fresno state football game. when police arrived they found the man badly beaten and bloodied. witnesses say two groups of fans from opposing teams were yelling back and forth at each other before a fight broke out. the attack comes just two weeks after violence broke out at the 49ers-raiders preseason game at the stadium in which two people were shot and another man was beaten unconscious in the bathroom. >>> a woman arrested is accused of vandalizing dozens of cars in south berkeley and oakland. a total of 74 cars and trucks were damaged on august 31st. most had their tires slashed others spray-painted. berkeley police arrested the woman n

i have answered your questions about balboa park, the neighborhood improvement and graffiti and litter in your district. by the way, i feel really good when i go by that station because that makes me smile because we have done something concrete to show the public we care in your district. i think these are very substantive and dynamic exchanges, discussing issues i know are very important to you as district supervisor, and they are very important to me as the mayor, making sure our city is clean and beautiful. that is a very high priority for me. that is why we just rolled off the jobs now three program to put 200 low-income san franciscans back to work in public service of current ship programs, cleaning up our streets and parks -- public service apprenticeships. i believe in sustained attention to real day-to-day challenges people see on the streets. i believe in focusing 100% of our energy on solving these problems and improving the quality of life for san franciscans in all neighborhoods. supervisor, if that is not enough, i will invite you this sunday to play ping-pong in chinato

plans that we have completed for the four neighborhoods, the eastern neighborhoods, market octavia, balboa park, visitation valley, and other areas representing almost 7000 units, and we have no plans under way for other areas that will complete that cycle. -- we have new plans under way. sentences could pose a growth will happen on about 15% of the land area of the city. that 15% is actually where we have concentrated our planning efforts over the past decade. i can sit here and promise you all that, having these plans approved means that the land use wars and fights in the planning commission will go away, and we all know that that will happen, of course, in the coming year. this will not and land-use lawyers. this will not in fights. it will not and appeals. but it does give us a level of certainty about where we're headed but at the community level and at the city level, and i think we should be proud of that. i would like to spend a little bit of time talking about the transit center plan, partly because i think it is an incredibly exciting project and partly because we are about to releas

police activity continues at the balboa park station as they do an investigation of an earlier stabbing let's go to steve. >> we have sun courtesy of david. san jose is overcast, so a different pattern today. some locations getting the sun. others have the low clouds and fog. so it will be cooler. we'll -- it will be warm temperatures. >> 40s, 50s and 60s. a low up into northern california,ed it will dep towards the four corners. that may produce a lot of high and mid-level clouds tas wraps around from beg thunderstorms. but that will be on the weekend. low 90s you more 80s around the bay. 50s and 60s by the coast. cooler on friday. with your weekend always in view some sun but a lot of high and mid-level clouds will be filtering in. >>> a construction crane crashes done at washington's national cathedral. how this will affect a 9/11 memorial this weekend. >> we're live in emeryville getting ready to talk to michelle le's family. >> and gumby in a crime. hey guys, what can i get for you? i'd like a decaf 360 calories please. and for you? i'll have a triple iced 410 calories please. you

. >> and one person is in critical condition after a breeze in shooting at the balboa park bart station driving on the geneva when the suspects got out and opened fire. investigators say that at least 10, 20 shots were fired. the victims' vehicle crashed into a crosswalk injuring a muni worker. we are told that she is fine but experiencing some pain they have not release a -description they believe the this is gang- related. >> latest on this michelle le arrest. esteban, her friend was arrested a... first, haazig madyun we spoke to the brother of michele le. >> reporter: at the hayward courthouse with the arraignment the judges is postponing mess with medical reasons. >> if obviously, we want this to be as swift as possible but i just spoke with the team of the district attorney and realistically could could take a while. that is difficult for us. that is all i really have to say >> reporter: fact reporting come off haazig madyun >> is going to be difficult without a body. for the prosecution. >> term the court a judge concerned and confirmed that esteban is pregnant that is one thing t

parking. like noriega, judah, balboa. all of them are mixed use. maybe we can work together to find out how we can make it more safe for people with disabilities. it is not just people with disabilities, it is everybody. everybody has to go out on the street level to board. everyone has to stand on that and hopefully you guys can support it. thank you. >> next speaker. >> robert boden, jim frank, mario tenev. >> i am here to represent the members of the san francisco wrote transit riders union -- san francisco transit riders union. we are in full support. our membership supports this and we're pleased that the sfmta is considering it. you have a win-win-win. it is not just good for riders, it is good for the agency. we have done it on the rap on -- on the system already. it is an example of how things can work. i had some quick points here. we can shorten the troubled times. i read an article that 20% of the time, muni spends time boarding people. it is poor service for customers. it is amazing when you can speed up service and have quicker trips a