. >> item number 4 is a resolution extending the term for the balboa park station community advisory committee to provide continued input and community efer sight to transportation and public improvements. >> okay. we have ms. daniel harris are you here? or there you are and we have staff from the san francisco transportation authority. >> good afternoon chair yee and members. i am danielle harris. sfm ta staff and i am here to seek your recommendation to continue the balboa park community advisory committee and set to sunset and we still have a lot of work to do, so we're hoping to extend them two years from their next meeting which is scheduled to 2015 meeting which is scheduled to be february 2015 so we hope to continue them to february 2017. the committee members provide a forum for coordination, information sharing and collaboration between the community and agencies. they're are a number of agencies that do projects within the area and it is. >> >> it's a big project, so they're currently overseeing over 28 projects in the area, and they all vary in timeline so it's -- they hav

even though the balboa station isn't in my district it's just close enough to the district where it has a lot of impact and i am certainly supportive of the extension. any public comments on this item? seeing none public is now closed. [gavel] supervisor campos. >> thank you. i would like to move this item forward with a positive recommendation. and by the way what an incredible voice. thank you for the presentation. >> deputy city attorney john gibner. >> just one suggestion to the committee. on page three of the resolution the resolution refers to the rules committee makes appointments to the body. i think this was probably in the original 2012 resolution also, and what has happened with this body as all advisory bodies that the board makes the appointments. the rules committee considers the applications and nominations so i would just suggest and we can work with the m ta on massaging the language and clarify it's the board making the appointments and not the rules committee and then we will submit a copy to the board. >> i make a motion to clarify that's it's the board and not the r

tracks near the balboa park station in san francisco. trees are still falling in lots of communities. check out these few in shellville in sonoma county. a large eucalyptus brought down power lines along east 7th street. nearby, a large pine tree landed on live wires causing them to spark. >> flags trees, you name it just about everything that can is swaying in the wind across san francisco. people are holding on tightly to bags and even their clothing as they brave today's really powerful gusts. it is so blustery. here's a live look from the exploratorium camera where you can see whitecaps on san francisco bay. >> we have live team coverage on today's wind storm and the damage that it caused around the bay area. >> let's begin with abc 7 news reporter vic lee live at the glen park b.a.r.t. station. several problems on b.a.r.t. right now. >> reporter: absolutely. i can attest to the fact that it is cold and windy out here. here at glen park b.a.r.t. station, service has been stopped in both directions and that's because of debris on the

station citizens advisory committee the community has been in place for too years and still has lots of development and plans around how to enhance the circulation of traffic in the area around the balboa park station it needs to get done and goals of the community of the maintenance at the facility but also the carbarn and the housing in the upper yard at the bop station the resolution extending the live it is an span of the citizens advisory committee so far two more years and like many of you colleagues, i was very struck last night the reaction of the grand jury in missouri and the reaction around the country to what appears to be police who had used explosive force in killing a young man mike brown there's many people i'm sure you're aware of that are unsettled this country is divided about that issue the result of the grand jury report i think leaves many people with the sense that justice has not been served i have a resolution i'm still drafting i've put it 0 together and resolutions can be submitted up to 12 noon tomorrow but the resolution is call on the federal government and the attorney general to do a civically lawsuit against the missouri police department i believe inte

>> not real good. >> this is the reason a large tree fell between glenn park and balboa park stations. passengers were inconvenienced. >> ruined my day. my friends came down from oregon. >> you're going to party? >> just a little bit. >> where is your friend coming from? >> germany. >> yes. he's arriving. >> passengers were told of options. >> i'm new to the area. >> gate agents were giving stickers. go to the emergency gate. >> next time show them. and you can get a freebie. >> now only major impact left on the system is in hayward. service is still closed between hayward and south hayward stations because of a tree which fell that includes glenn park here. bart had a big issue with a wind all day today. >> check this out. aviation bus witnessed jets approaching sfo on a different route. some landed at an angle. if there is weather happening where you live we want to see it. >> let's move on. jim harbaugh getting quite a reception in an arbor, michigan less than 48 hours after parting way was 49ers he was introduced as the university of michigan's new head football coach. a bank nick

>> not real good. >> this is the reason a large tree fell between glenn park and balboa park stations. passengers were inconvenienced. >> ruined my day. my friends came down from oregon. >> you're going to party? >> just a little bit. >> where is your friend coming from? >> germany. >> yes. he's arriving. >> passengers were told of options. >> i'm new to the area. >> gate agents were giving stickers. go to the emergency gate. >> next time show them. and you can get a freebie. >> now only major impact left on the system is in hayward. service is still closed between hayward and south hayward stations because of a tree which fell that includes glenn park here. bart had a big issue with a wind all day today. >> check this out. aviation bus witnessed jets approaching sfo on a different route. some landed at an angle. if there is weather happening where you live we want to see it. >> let's move on. jim harbaugh getting quite a reception in an arbor, michigan less than 48 hours after parting way was 49ers he was introduced as the university of michigan's new head football coach. a bank nick

a similar problem near balboa park station. stopped trains for hours from san francisco to daly city and sfo. on the water? yeah. look at that. it was hardly smooth sailing. blue and gold fleets completely canceled its day cruises because of the choppy bay water. this is what it looked like in chrisy fields tonight. >>> let's get a closer look at the power outages. we are getting new numbers. more than 17,000 pg&e customers are still in the dark. half of those in the south bay. pg&e has 1500 worker out trying to fix the problems. and many of you have sent these storm damage photos. this tree so big you can barely see the car it fell on. this is grove avenue in concord. this one toppled into a mobile home community. nobody was hurt. the napa fire department tweeted out this photo of a giant redwood that came crashing down onto a home. >>> a nightmare, some are calling this hellawind. that hash tag is trending. helen tweeted saying i will be commuting for three plus hours. thanks a lot. these people posed with a tree in san franc

and the community, from the ongoing improvements and new generations of vehicles at the balboa park bart station, and the plan studies and the capital improvements that emerge from them. we also celebrate, 25 years of community safety and safe routes to transit and kaoul and significant problem kay support of any transit program. and i know that our executive director has some special come menive activities, planned. and the colleagues on the board in the coming months to review the many accomplishments of the transportation authority. we will highlight the tradition of accountability and transparency and community, involvement here at the da and celebrate improvements in all san franciscans have benefited from, and look ahead to shaping our long range transportation vision, for the city and delivering the next century of transportation improvements and for now, let me wish the transportation authority, a happy 25th birthday, and to each of you and for for our public, watching from home, have a safe and happy thanksgiving holiday. thank you, very much and that concludes my remarks. >> and if we

stopped service after a fallen tree blocked the tracks near the balboa park station. the hayward fire department shared this picture showing a large tree that toppled on to b.a.r.t.'s tracks there. that stopped trains between hayward and south hayward. service has been restored between pleasant hill and concord after debris was cleared from the tracks. oakland airport connector service is also stopped because of a power outage. >>> the weather is causing delays on muni. downed trees are said to be causing problems for several lines. ferry service was available this morning but not this evening. high winds forced the cancellation of all ferry service across the bay. water's just too rough. buses will be provided instead. >>> two people were killed by fallen trees in separate incidents, following winds above 60 miles an hour that also toppled power lines. this happened in the butte county town of paradise. at least 7,000 people are without power in that small town which is about 14 miles outside of checo. >> let's get to abc 7 meteorologist sandhya patel for the latest.

elsewhere bart says a 30-foot log fell on to the tracks between the glen park and balboa park stations in san francisco. service just started up again between 24th and mission in daly city. and for part of the afternoon at least trains were not running between concord and pleasant hill because of wind blown debris on the tracks. >>> and incredible pictures of damage coming into the newsroom tonight. this giant redwood tree came crashing down on to a home in north napa. and this photo from san jose, this tree toppled on to the moss creek mobile home community. the tree by the parking lot fell on to a building. no reports of any injuries. >>> kpix 5's ann notarangelo joins us live from the berkeley hills. now, she has been tracking wind damage all over the bay area. ann. >> reporter: yeah. and elizabeth, we came up to skyline boulevard because we had an idea we would probably feel the full effect of the wind and we certainly have been disappointed. we are up here with mobile weather which is telling us that it feels like it's 38 degrees because of the wind even though it's about 44 degre

. >> item 35 a resolution to extend the term for the balboa park community station advisory committee without objection this resolution is adopted. >> item 36 motion to appoint joshua marker and kenneth olsen to the advisory committee terms ending december 16, 2016. without objection this motion is approved. >> and now madam clerk if you could read our first special 3:00 p.m. order. >> items 37 through 40 the special order for a public hearing for persons interested in the project located at broderick street is exempt from the review items 38 through 40 are the motions affirming or reversing the department's exemption and preparation of findings. >> colleagues, we have the appeal for environmental review for this hearing we'll consider the consider and colleagues unless there's an objection. given that we do have multiple appellates in this case -- next the members of the public supporting the appeal shall have up to 2 minutes each followed by that the planning department shall have up to to 10 minutes to describe the grounds for for for for for for for for for the exempt ion so with

a tree blew down onto the track near the balboa park bart station and service was stopped for most of the afternoon. it started around 1:00 and carried on until just recently. as you can imagine passengers very frustrated. >> they didn't tell us much just that the trains weren't working at all. >> there's no trains moving. >> i'm going back to atlanta. >> struggling. they've got limited equipment. looks lying lightweight chain saws and into heavy moving equipment. so they have a challenge. >> they finally did get it clear and that line in san francisco is now completely open. but it wasn't just san francisco. at one point three of the five bart lines were down between castro valley and dublin pleasanton line is now open. between pleasant hill and concord stations we understand that is open. the only difficulty is on the freemont line that's a big recovery for bart. we're going to be back at 6:00 to let you know about what pg & e is doing, there are big power out ages almost everywhere in the bay area except san francisco. we will fill you in on the details at six. >> thanks a lot. >>>

large tree fell on the northbound track between the glen park balboa park stations. crews were chopping off the limb and attempting to get the large trunk off the rail. but the tremendous collapsed stopped bart traffic in both directions because of the danger to the crews. passengers at glen park station were to say the least inconvenienced. but the chaos was orderly. >> i'm not sure what is going on with the track going toward daly city. >> ruined my day. all my friends came down from oregon so it's like. >> were you going to party. >> a little bit. >> these folk are en route to the airport to pick up their friends. coming from. >> germany. >> you are to pick them up. >> yes he's waiting. >>reporter: meantime passengers were told of their options. fight i'm new to the area i'm not sure what bus station what bus i got hit to get to the bus i do know. >>reporter: gate agent giving riders stickers. >> go out to the emergency gate >> go out to the emergency gate. give that to the agent before you come n.go out the emergency gate. >> show them and i can get. >>reporter:

balboa and glen park. creating a problem for commuters this afternoon. service was disrupted between the "24th street mission station" in san francisco. and daly city. crews worked all day to clean up fallen trees.which seemed to be all over the place. we have new pictures tonight -- of a huge tree down in a golf course in san ramon. it happened near broadmoor and belle meade drive. in castro valley - a man is lucky to be alive tonight. a viewer who sent us these photos says that a tree fell on the man you see wearing a raiders jacket. the viewer says it's a amazing that he's alive. the tree toppled over at the willow park golf club in castro valley around 11-30 this morning. one tree tipped over and fell against an apartment building in san francisco. another viewer sent us these photos. roads going up to coit tower were blocked for a time. the north bay bay got some of the worst damage -- in napa - several homes were red-tagged after a 100-foot redwood came crashing down onto a house kron4's j-r stone reports. j.r. stone>>: in napa, there is a redwood she'd lain in the middle of the house. the one man was not hurt

station in san francisco. and daly city was closed. a fallen trees between balboa and glen park blocked the tracks.and created a problem for commuters. >> i am going to take the bus. >> what am i going to do? i have called everyone in the whole wide world and everyone is out of town. >> may have to sleep on this bench. >> catherine:crews had to chop up the tree to get it out of the way. service was restored about an hour ago. >> catherine:frosty conditions high winds, chilly temperatures - it was quite a day in the north bay. this is what greeted most people this morning frost. >> catherine:cars were covere.so were lawns and roof-tops. ane as the day unfolded -- the winds really started to kick up. >> catherine:this power line was snapped. >> catherine:p-g-and-e crews are all over the place. >> catherine:and there will be 'extra' crews since the wind problems are expected >> catherine: the wage war to get your business on new year's eve. (vo) at jennie-o, we heard of a place in iowa where every thursday people ride ten miles for tacos. we thought we'd show up and surprise them with a better kind of

station in san francisco and daly city were clothes for a while. falling trees between double what and glenn park had created a big problem for commuters. >> catherine:closed for awhile. >> catherine:fallen trees between balboa tracks. and created a problem for commuters. crews had to chop up the tree to get it out of the >> catherine:julie craig of alameda sent these photos. >> catherine:she writes "in front of our house on holly street, alameda. at least six of these are down on our block. one car was hit by a fallen large eucalyptus tree." >> catherine:we have a crew on the way to check that out. viewer kristen corkill sent us a photo of her backyard in moraga --- a huge tree >> catherine:was blown down -- but no one was hurt. and this photo was sent in by fred and edna martin - they call it "high wind." >> catherine:you can share your photos - at "breaking news at kron dot com." >> catherine: problem for viewing fireworks over the bay. this new years eve - the biting wind could be a deterrent. >> catherine:but not for our vicki embarcadero for a sneak peak. >> reporter:that's if you can stand the elements. earlier today, you could see the water lapping up onto the sidewalk. >> reporter:these metal fences