this saturday september 29 from noon to 5, please join us at the city's knew skaip park at balboa park, it will feature skate exhibitions, live bands, the new skate park is part of our partnership for the trust for public land which has renovated their land in balboa park. also on september 29, a very busy day is national public lands day, so get your kicks out at our national lands day event and community kick ball tournament on saturday the 29th from noon to 2 p.m. it's at young blood coleman playground, the mayor's office and neighborhood services and other community organization, then please join me in our community kick ball tournament that weekend, and just a reminder that as we head into fall, scare groves are just around the corner, our annual scare grove is coming up featuring carnal rides, haunted houses, food for sale, presale tickets will be available on monday october 15th, it can be boukt at the mcklairn lodge up until the day of the event and we encourage everybody to log on the website for more information i believe the commissioner was out there, it allows more people

balboa park station is a place that needs enormous investment just to make it functional. and it's really not, although people use it every day, thousands of people. i'm looking at the map on page 4. it has the areas of expected growth and new housing units. 1800 planned around balboa park. i would expect that's not just in that little box area that's there, but surrounding area. in the past 10 years in district 11 we have had 6,000 new residents come in. so, there's growth that's happening. that isn't measured here in what we're projecting for the next, you know, 20 years. that i think is really something we have to take in consideration as we're planning. now, these numbers come from the regional level. we have to look at the reality of the local level as well. what does that mean in terms of our transportation plan? we have to make sure our transportation plan is actually put in place, the need to really up lift neighborhoods that don't have the infrastructure that we need. when you have fewer choices and you have to get somewhere and you have a car, you're going to get

similarly, we have a balboa park station area circulation study that's looking at the conflict between the on and off of ramps in that area and pedestrian activity related to the balboa park muni and bart station. and we are looking to conduct outreach with the support of the commissioner's office in the winter of 2012-13 and we'll enter into detailed evaluation phase to have results in the summer of 2013. there's more information available on this online at our website, www.sfcta.org. the market street project is coming up with some interesting events. we call them pop-up events. the first one of them is happening this friday at the food lab [speaker not understood] at the hotel on market street at seventh, friday from 2:00 p.m. -- from noon until 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. until 9:00. this is an opportunity for people who use market street, the corridor on a regular basis to be engaged and get a sense of what some of the concepts are being considered for the street in advance of the next phase of our analysis. that also is available -- information is available online at the project's ow

balboa park station is a place that needs enormous investment just to make it functional.nd it's really not, although people use it every day, thousands of people. i'm looking at the map on page 4. it has the areas of expected growth and new housing units. 1800 planned around balboa park. i would expect that's not just in that little box area that's there, but surrounding area. in the past 10 years in district 11 we have had 6,000 new residents come in. so, there's growth that's happening. that isn't measured here in what we're projecting for the next, you know, 20 years.

. >> the renovation of balboa park, the oldest in the city of san francisco, and now it is the newest part in the city of san francisco. through our partnership, and because of public investment from the two thousand eight fund, we are celebrating a renewal and an awakening of this park. we have it safer, happier, more joyous.

this saturday at 11:00 in the morning, our department invites all of you and the public to balboa park trust for public land has proven to be an incredible partner of ours, helping to renovate and revitalize three parks in our city. the next big milestone will be both decker playground in the tenderloin -- bo decker playground. i invite everyone out this saturday to cut a ribbon and help celebrate. sunday, august 26, ping-pong -- as part of sunday street in chinatown, the city and chinatown community will host the second annual chinatown ping-pong tournament. those of you who consider yourselves experts or those of you whoar

. >> the renovation of balboa park, the oldest in the city of san francisco, and now it is the newest part in the city of san francisco. through our partnership, and because of public investment from the two thousand eight fund, we are celebrating a renewal and an awakening of this park. we have it safer, happier, more joyous. >> 3, 2, 1, [laughter] =--[applause] >> it is a great resource for families, to have fun in the city, recreation. >> this is an amazing park. we have

[gavel] >> the renovation of balboa park, the oldest in the city of san francisco, and now it is the newest part in the city of san francisco. through our partnership, and because of public investment from the two thousand eight fund, we are celebrating a renewal and an awakening of this park. we have it safer, happier, more joyous. >> 3, 2, 1, [laughter] =--[applause] >> it is a great resource for families, to have fun in the city, recreation. >> this is an amazing park. we have not revitalized it without public and private investment. the critical piece of the process of this renovation was that it was all about the community. we reached out to everyone in this community. we love this park dearly and they all had thoughts and ideas and they wanted to bring their own creativity and their personality to bear on the design. what you see is what the community wanted. these ideas all came from the residents of this community. as a result, there is a sense of ownership, pride and responsibility that goes along with what is going to be an exciting park. i'm derek, i'm hyungry, and ready t

this is to deal of good living and your located in balboa park bobble a terse >>> thank you for being here. at are the 10th san francisco and south asian film festival opens up on september 19th. take a look. at are at south bay it would discriminate in a city sacred and from >>> festival founder and director welcome and good to have you here again as usual and it's been tenures congratulations >>> we get an award and human frontier. >>> some of your films are turning on public television in various places to be seen again answer is nice. because sometimes the fossils of great things and for somebody who's never done this festival and the film festival walk us through it for the potential first-time are out there that are we've rated films from classic to contemporary and have a lot of movies from south africa and also have from people in the bay area with a film >>> i thought it was in that clip. that man looks familiar to read and to some consider the thought about that. i'm not as yet. and you say that it is beyond. the is the cast of thousands and almost a musical on film. is that

this saturday at 11:00 in the morning, our department invites all of you and the public to balboa park for a celebration event marking the completion of a $3.5 million renovation. the trust for public land has proven to be an incredible partner of ours, helping to renovate and revitalize three parks in our city. the next big milestone will be both decker playground in the tenderloin -- bo decker playground. i invite everyone out this saturday to cut a ribbon and help celebrate. sunday, august 26, ping-pong -- as part of sunday street in chinatown, the city and chinatown community will host the second annual chinatown ping-pong tournament. those of you who consider yourselves experts or those of you who are, like me -- can put your skills to the test. i am a very mediocre ping-pong player. on september 21, we invite everyone to join the san francisco parks alliance and san francisco recreation and park department for a city fund- raiser for our incredible open spaces. guest will enjoy food and drink and the sound of bluegrass. visit partyfortheparks.org for more information. two weeks a

the last study i'll talk about that we're heavily involved in in this area is the balboa park station area recreation study that came up before. i think it's on people's minds. understandably, the station is one of the busiest stations in san francisco. it's often the busiest bart station outside of downtown san francisco. it's got three light rail lanes, notable bus lines. and there are currently some issues with pedestrian access and transit op -- operations at the station. there have been previous efforts to look at improving the station and there are improvements that are on the way. some improvements that have already been done, such as the west side walkway project. and more that are on the way. but there is still room for improvement. this study, the circulation study that we are managing, is looking at ways to improve the overall circulation of the area. we think that one issue that hasn't been looked at in detail before is the issue of can we rearrange some of the circulation in the area relating specifically to how the vehicles access to and from i-2 80 at ocean and [speaker

many of them flocked to the corner of san jose and ocean avenues for the grand opening in balboa parkterday. the park is the end result of $400,000 project funded by a fund raiser and tax dollars. there are more parks on the way. a great time-out there yesterday. the weather just perfect, lisa. >> yeah, a little warmer today and that's due to the shrinking marine layer and less of an on shore push. today numbers of coming up a couple degrees at our coast, anywhere from five to seven degrees warmer in our inland valleys of the east bay. that brings more upper 90s from livermore to concord. i will say 75 today in the city with numbers climbing to the 80 eats in east bay. >> looks good. that's going to do it for us. thank you for joining us on the abc7 sunday morning news. i'm carolyn tyler along with lisa argen. abc7 news continues at 9:00 this morning. we want to remind you about our exclusive alarm phone app for the i-phone. download it free and wake up t

many flock to san jose and ocean avenue for the grand opening in balboa park. it is the result of a $400,000 bond measure and taxpayer dollars. san francisco has at least four skateboard parks, and there are more on the way. >>> shu is here and you will never guess who the best college football team is in the bay area. >> i think a lot of people will be surprised. san jose state is the best football team in the bay area. they won their fourth straight beating navy in a defensive battle. >>> who has the best record in bay area college football right now? that would be san jose state. who would be the best quarterback? san jose state. it was hosted by navy. travis johnson and tre miller. spartans recover. not a lot of offense in the first quarter. he tosses it up and watch this catch. one hand. 3-0 at the half. late third quarter and navy with the play action. picks off miller and they lead 6-0. fourth and 7 for navy. not fooled on the pitch. san jose state holds the midshipmen of 44 total offense. they i'm -- they improve to 12 and 1. spartan quarterback came out

many flock to san jose and ocean avenue for the grand opening in balboa park. lt of a $400,000 bond measure and taxpayer dollars. san francisco has at least four skateboard parks, and there are more on the way. >>> shu is here and you will never guess who the best college football team is in the bay area. >> i think a lot of people will be surprised. san jose state is the best football team in the bay area. they won their fourth straight beating navy in a defensive battle. >>> who has the best record in bay area college football right now? that would be san jose state. who would be the best quarterback? san jose state. it was hosted by navy. travis johnson and tre miller. spartans recover. not a lot of offense in the first quarter. he tosses it up and watch this catch. one hand. 3-0 at the half. late third quarter and navy with the play action. picks off miller and they lead 6-0. fourth and 7 for navy. not fooled on the pitch. san jose state holds the midshipmen of 44 total offense. they i'm -- they improve to 12 and 1. spartan quarterback came out of no where t

park. a great way to get out and play. >> for more information, >> the renovation of balboa