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so, bauer's transportation has been in business since 1999. they have transformed into quite a company now, and they do specialize primarily in corporate events, special events, working with the public agencies, and they are in many ways interested in getting cars off the street, reducing greenhouse gases. there is a lot of public benefits they provide. bair very committed to assisting ability. they have invested quite a bit in technology. they've come up with interesting new technology, a solar system on their boss that allows them to power the airbus -- on their bus that allows them to power their bus. they are a leader in grain transportation. they have won several awards. they are an entrepreneurial success story. they started here at the ports with just a limousine service. have grown into a full-service transportation company with 75 vehicles. u.s. seen them probably oliver tom -- you have seen and probably all over town. that is really what we're here to talk about. how they grow in the next 10 years. pier 27 is a very restricted site.

bauer's is anxious to get into the new facilities. that is why we have the law license agreements. they will be able to assist us in our needs. so, i will walk you through. i will take you through the lease agreement, and then i can summarize the likeness agreements. in your staff report, there's a pretty comprehensive detailed proposal sheet that we put together, and outlines the term, the square footage, and the use. to use is going to be for the storage, for the maintenance, and for the dispatch to corporate headquarters. this is their site. they will have, in order to get in discussions with bauer's, one of the key things we have tried to do is ramp up to this threat level. they have 36,000 square feet of shed space. there is no way to approximately double that. they have some yard space. they have 1500 square feet of office space. to go from that level to what we would call our parameter rent levels would be financially not sustainable for the organization. so, to a lot of listening in structuring, we have several proposals for you today. as you can see, it is a blended rent,

we look forward to the mayor joining us. >> use gary bauer's transit and come to teatro.

we look forward to the mayor joining us. >> use gary bauer's transit and come to teatro.plause] thank you. >> hello. 9 judge terri l. jackson. the court is now recruiting prospective civil grand jurors. our goal is to develop a pool of candidates that is inclusive of all segments of our city's population. >> the jury conducts investigations and publishes findings and recommendations. these reports them become a key part of the civic dialog on how we can make san francisco a better place to live and work. >> i want to encourage anyone that is on the fence, is considering participating as a grand jury member, to do so. >> so if you are interested in our local city government and would like to work with 18 other enthusiastic citizens committed to improving its operations, i encourage you to consider applying for service on the civil grand jury. >> for more information, visit the civil grand jury website at sfgov.org/courts or call >> the public wants to access particular information about your house or neighborhood we point them to gis. gis is a combination of maps and data.

we look forward to the mayor joining us. >> use gary bauer's transit and come to teatro.about seven years ago. i was trained as a carpenter. i got sick of the cold weather and the hot weather. i wanted to pursue art. i thought i really be here for about three years. here i am, 7 years later. ♪ i have problems sleepwalking at night. i wanted to create a show about sleep. a mostly due painting kind of story telling. these are isolated subject matters, smaller studies for the larger paintings. i fell in love with it and wanted to create more of them. it is all charcoal on mylar. it is plastic. i was experimenting and discovered the charcoal moves smoothly. it is like painting, building up layers of charcoal. it is very unforgiving. you have to be very precise with the mark-making. a mark dents the paper and leaves the material embedded. you have to go slowly. the drawings are really fragile. one wipe and they are gone completely. it is kind of like they're locked inside. all of the animals i am showing are dead. i wanted them to be taking -- taken as though they are sleeping

we look forward to the mayor joining us. >> use gary bauer's transit and come to teatro. [applause] thank you. >> just a few steps away from union square is a quiet corner stone of san francisco's our community to the meridian gallery has a 20-year history of supporting visual arts. experimental music concert, and also readings. >> give us this day our daily bread at least three times a day. and lead us not into temptation to often on weekdays. [laughter] >> meridians' stands apart from the commercial galleries around union square, and it is because of their core mission, to increase social, philosophical, and spiritual change my isolated individuals and communities. >> it gives a statement, the idea that a significant art of any kind, in any discipline, creates change. >> it is philosophy that attracted david linger to mount a show at meridian. >> you want to feel like your work this summer that it can do work this summer that it can do some good.

in an article, she said she thanked them so her fiance and shane bauer could be released. she said she was concerned about her comments being misinterpreted but instead received lots of support from iranians around the world and grateful her imprisonment brought international attention to the alleged human rights abuses in iran. fattal and bauer were both released after two years. >>> the california dream act is going to cost five times more than expected giving more fuel to participants tryiopponents t enough signatures to stop it. the legislative analyst office puts the cost of the dream act at $65 million a year, much higher than earlier estimates. opponents have until the first week of january to get 500,000 signatures to get a repeal put on the november ballot. former assembly speaker fabio nunez says it is still necessar necessary. >> they overcome obstacles, overcome adversity, straight a students, do extremely well in college and then realize some don't even know they're undocumented until they apply for college financial aid. >> the aol estimates about 6,000 stude

we look forward to the mayor joining us. >> use gary bauer's transit and come to teatro. [applause] thank you. >> please join me in welcoming our mayor, ed lee. [applause] >> good afternoon, everyone. i am very happy to join all of you here today. it is an exciting day to join our high school kids, our high school, here at john o'connor. principal gomez, our deputy superintendent, our school board president, and our building trade, thank you for being here. the director of the joint power trended authority. we have the sfpuc, the school alliance, school district personnel. we are all here because we are excited about this wonderful announcement. we are here in a very green, multipurpose use building that has just been opened. this is going to be representing something that i am quite familiar with. i know mike and others closer to my age, we had a wood shop. we had metal shop in middle school. we had exposure to how to deal with graphs. more importantly, you are talking to somebody who used to spend five years at the department of public works, as the director. we're havi

we are all going to cave. >> even joy bauer does on occasion. >> i totally do.at the mall, shopping, we get the urge to snack. are you going to go for the large pretzel with the cheese dip or the frosted cinnamon bun? which has the least amount of calories? >> i think it would be that. >> i like that better. >> it's counterintuitive. >> the winner is the pretzel with the cheese dip. >> which is what i would have picked any way. >> this is 490 calories versus 880 calories. >> you don't need that much. >> that is not worth it. that scares me. that is almost a full day's food. >> you eat it today, you'll wear it tomorrow. >> now you're at a friend's or relative's. for breakfast they serve donuts or bagels with cream cheese. what are you picking? >> i'm picking donut. no question, 100% right. >> winner is the donut. you know what the give-away is? it's lighter. this is about 260 calories. this is more than 500. >> if it's cheese and spreadable and edible. if it's soft cheese -- >> the majority of calories really comes from the bagel because it's so dense. it's four

that looks like a salad. >> i don't know if he's a fat trap but joy bauer has some healthy and filling snack options if you're always on the go or traveling. all that coming up in our diet sos. >> and how would you like some luxury items at 80% off? >> who wouldn't? >> here you go, i've got them in my jacket. jill is back with her popular steals and deals. today she's got some great gift ideas. everything from cute leather clutches, some luxury spa packages and even a deluxe knife set. all discounted. i have the knives in my pocket. no, i'm threatening him, not you. >> i'd like to thank everyone for being here. you are the truly committed, i mean truly committed. it has been raining off and on all this morning. so thank you so much for being here. hope all your people see you at home. >> now the rain is picking up. let's go inside. savannah is at the news desk in for natalie. >> hi, guys. in the news today a rare outbreak of sectarian violence this morning in afghanistan. a coordinated stripping of bombings has killed at least 58 people there. twin bombings in kabul ripped through a cr

. >>> deborah sharpe author behind the "mace bauer" mysteries.h mysteries and laughs, too. >>> the self-proclaimed sugar mamas. everybody should have a sugar mamas. they're in the house to share some of their favorite dessert recipes, unapologetic sweet stuff. >> i love it, two former lawyers i believe. >> and rock stars. >> two sugar mamas, not just one sugar mama. you got two. >> let's get a check of the weather. stephanie abrams is here. >> new year's eve is right around the corner. here we go your midnight forecast, it is really looking phenomenal across the country, a little bit cold in the northern tier but nothing that you can't handle and as we take you into times square, look at this, partly cloudy, i don't know that you can call 36 to 40 degrees cold, right, guys? >> who writes that? >> i think it's cold. >> not for new york city. >> there you go. >> true, on new year's eve. what is your forecast >> good morning. the skies are clearing but the wind is picking up. high tempera >> are you guys the new year's resolution types? >> no, why b

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. >> use gary bauer's transit and come to teatro. [applause] thank you. supervisor mar: everyone is so quiet. [laughter] good afternoon, everyone. the meeting will come to order. [gavel] this is the land use and economic development committee of the board of supervisors. my name is eric mar, and we also have scott wiener and malia cohen, and we also have with us today supervisor chiu. hopefully we can finish this first item within the hour. if not, we will have the -- before we start on the first item, supervisor wiener had some comments. supervisor wiener: as the chairman indicated, we will be starting at 2:00. if you are here for that, you could come back. supervisor mar: so ms. miller, item number one, and president chiu is the chair. supervisor chiu: thank you. as i think many of you know, are waterfront holds a special place in the city. from the 1960's to the embarcadero freeway, we have had many battles. early next year, we will vote on another controversial project. this entails 145 luxury condominiums, which can only be built if the board decides

[applause] >> we would like to invite gary bauer to say a few words. >> i appreciate the kind words.he rest of the port. we have been a tenant here for over 14 years. we have over 200 employees. if we were to move, we would be putting those people out of work. we just finished a few weeks ago in san diego. this is a great thing for the city. it is a great opportunity. we think it is a great opportunity with the cruise ships coming in. we're looking forward to our new location at pier 50. thank you so much. [applause] >> now i would like to invite norm to say a few words. >> i would like to thank mayor lee, the former mayor, and others for all the hard work they have done in the city. it cannot happen, these kinds of activities, unless we have help from downtown. we really appreciate that a lot. we're really excited about the new location. [applause] it is terrific for us. this was the city gate to san francisco. you are standing on what was called the clark. point pier, it was the beginning of the barbary coast. teatro zinzanni is proud to carry on the prague tradition of music in th

she thanked the regime toe her friend josh fattal and fiance shane bauer could also be released. she was concerned about her comments being misinterpd. shourd says she is also grateful that her imprisonment brought international attention to the alleged human rights abuses in iran. fattal and bauer were released this year after more than two years of imprisonment. >> still ahead at 6:00. the end of an era. >> you know, it's a landmark. sears is sort of an american brand. >> it's a sipe of the times. the stores of our childhood getting harder and harder to find. >> more time to keep the south bay safe. why a group is asking police to back off a policy set to go into effect. >> also ahead technology to the rescue. how one gadget led police to a serial christmas thief. jooirks something we see more and more these days, stores at which we grew up shopping closing. just as the holidays are nearing the end so are some sears and kmart stores. more live from mountainview. >> reporter: the sears here in mountainview was shut down and demolished over the summer to make room for a brand new

. >> well, joy bauer is here, have no fear. "diet s.o.s."covering that. >> and how do you survive the holidays and keep your budget intact? jill martin is here with "steals and deals." great deals for our "today" show viewers. dressy ties. [ everyone talking at once ] >> that's for fun. i don't think that's for sale. the backpack -- >> she's been showing up -- >> difference places, exactly. let's go inside. natalie's at the news desk. hi, natalie. >> good morning once again. good morning, everyone. >>> we begin with the breaking news they just mentioned. former penn state assistant football coach jerry sandusky waiving his right to a preliminary hearing. it now clears the way for him to go to trial on charges of him sexually abusing young boys. sandusky spoke briefly outside of the courthouse after the decision. >> to stay the course to fight. we await the opportunity to present our side, and we couldn't do that today. >> for more on this story, i want to turn to nbc's national investigative correspondent michael isikoff, who was in the cour

bauer's transit and come to teatro. [applause] thank you. >> this is a real big honor tonight to present the significant --certificates of honor. your celebrating 75 years in the same neighborhood, the same family running the business. and you don't see that anymore. it is very unique. i think you have become an institution, not only in our neighborhood, but in the city. janet and i each have our own little stories, i had this 1951 the oyster blunder. it was my grandmother's. you guys had the little piece that goes and then that twirls it around. i got this three years ago. i don't think you ever claim the basement out. >> i would really like to thank you. you have been on the short list of being honored by this commission for quite some time. on behalf of all the families, i raised my child in san francisco, and i think we hear a lot about how san francisco isn't family friendly. i challenge them to go to cliffs. we regularly shop there for birthdays, parties, leading gifts, housewares. you have everything and it is re

sean bauer and josh fattal were freed after iran was paid what it called a million dollars bail thought looked more like ransom. the two reunited with sarah shourd who had been freed earlier for another half million. bauer and fattal were found guilty in iranian trial which makes the idea of bail not ring particularly true, trace? >> trace: wendell goler live in d.c. tonight. thank you. activists report that syrians army has now halted its bloody assault on protesters in one central city. but the timing could be suspect. arab league monitors just got there today. chanting] >> this amateur video said to show a huge crowd in the city of hams still calling bashar al assad to resign. this amateur video shows tanks on the way out of city. you can see them on the left-hand side of the screen. activists say a few military vehicles have stuck around and, of course, we cannot confirm any of this because syria won't let journalists in to the country. syria signed off last week on an arab league deal to send in those observers to see if assad's regime really would end the violence which the u.n.

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formed many in russia waiting for the privatisation programme to get back on the priority list bruce bauer from verna capital says the government has a good job has done a good job so far encouraging investors to inject some cash into state owned companies the government for several years has been making an effort to improve transparency to improve governance companies but now you're actually seeing the fruits of that effort so last last week when gazprom announced its dividends were higher than expected in almost two billion rubles gas from as dividend yield of almost five percent. exxon time chevron and opec petro price and cetera so the government is actually taking you know very dramatic steps to pay you to be a minority shareholder and then you see increasing transparency in dividend payouts from a host of other state and companies so you know the general story is that the government's efforts to improve corporate governance among state owned companies are now rewarding you substantially as a minority shareholder so that's you know that we keep an eye on. and let's now see how the mar

said she thanked iran after her release in order to secure the eventual freedom of her fiance, shane bauer, and friend josh fattal. shourd said she knew she would be criticized for thanking te. the two men finally came home to the united states in september after two years in custody. >>> it seems like not everybody is a fan of lady gaga. she's being sued by her assistant. the woman says she worked with gaga during her last world hour and -- tower and is owed $308,000 for not getting paid for 7700 hours. a representative for gaga says the lawsuit has no merit. >>> and rosemary will have our forecast coming up. >>> one reindeer found his way into a home on new year's -- christmas eve. >>> and traffic is looking good. we'll fauck about the fog and how -- talk about the fog and how it's affecting your traffic. >>> honda says it's destroying more than 1,000 vehicles. two months ago those vehicles were damaged by floodwater in the thailand plant. honda is just now restoring their factory to resume operations. they say no parts in those flooded cars will be reused. >>> a new study shows the last

before we ask her to come out, we'll talk to joy bauer who will tell us more about her eating habits.is is another beauty. she is radiant. what i love most, after she accomplished this huge feat, she now believes the impossible is possible. she challenges herself at work, in her personal life. she is a go-getter. she did this nine years ago. >> and you said she is a fitness blogger. i'm sure that has come as a result? >> yes. this is about nine years ago. it was the beginning of the summer. she made one change. she decided to walk. she gave up the bus and she would walk 2 1/2 miles to work then 2 1/2 miles home five days a week. at the end of the summer, just two months, she covered 190 miles. that's about the equivalent, i love to do these calculations of walking from washington, d.c. to pittsburgh, pennsylvania. >> and lost how much weight that first summer? >> in the couple of months she was already down well over 20 pounds. she burned 34,000 calories in those two months. i have to show what you that translates to. 230 frosted holiday cookies, she walked this off. >> that is unbeli

bauer says he had hundreds of hours of access to cowell. he spoke to the judges friends and foes.ican idol" before leaving to host "the x-factor." >>> imagine opening your mailbox to find a letter lost for 33 years. >> through a series of coincidences, she was able to find the intended recipients. the letter was sent in 1978 to a mr. and mrs. wilson. no one has a clue where it's been for the past three decades. the envelope appeared monday on the doorstep of the woman who loves in their house. the amazing part is the woman met the wilson's 40 years ago before they moved thousands of miles away to arkansas. she tracked them down with the news. >> i kind of hated to open this because i wanted you to get it intact. here we go. >> it's meaning more than anything else. all the coincidences. >> the letter contained old photos and details about the family from nine years ago. the letter will be hand delivered to the family for christmas. >>> a cable tv repairman found something scary. he saw a 500 pound bear sleeping on the floor. the incident happened on wednesday in new jersey. neighbo

shourd now says she did that out off fear for bauer and fatal's treatment. she feels the u.s.ent or lesson their -- or lessen their imprisonment. >>> the republican presidential hopefuls are fanning out across iowa today, six days before the first important nominating test. the gloves are off as campaign stops are filled with snackdowns. tahmon bradley has the latest. >> reporter: with just six days before the iowa causes it is getting nasty hammering away at each other with so-called super pacs financing some of dirty work. >> the fact that gingrich was fined $300,000 for it -- ethics violations. >> reporter: gingrich is trying to fend off a barrage of negative ads bay the romney campaign and outside -- by the romney campaign and outside groups. >> if you want to run a negative campaign attack people be man enough to own it that is your staff, your organization, your millionaire friends paying for. >> reporter: gingrich is referring to adds -- to ads being run by super pacs that can raise unlimited amount from donors and forbidden by law -- romney slamming the former house sp

. >> before we ask derek to come out, here with us is joy bauer, leaders of the joy fit club. >> dereks one of our very biggest losers. his transformation is going to take your breath away. i love his mom is so proud of his accomplishments. she is dragging him all over town to show off his look. >> i loved how he turned down surgery. decided he wanted to do it the old fashioned way. >> yes. he lost in just the first four months, 100 pounds. then of course continued on and lost 344 pounds. i wanted to talk about how many calories he was taking in. people don't realize as you lose weight, you have to lessen and decrease the calorie load because as you get smaller, your body requires fewer calories. if you don't do that, you'll hit a plateau. when he first started the four months that enabled him to lose 100 pounds, he was eating this, about 3,000 calories per day. >> all of this? >> everything on the table. the weight was coming off. >> because he was probably eating 10,000 before. >> exactly. he lessened and now today, to sustain the 344 pounds that he's lost, he eats about 1,600 calori

website she thanked iran after her release last year in order to secure the release of her fiance shane bauer and josh fattal. she knew she would be criticized for thanking the iranians. they finally came meant to september after two years in custody. >>> we are now learning more about a house fire in connection kate that killed five members of a family on -- that in connection kate that killed five -- contra connecticut that killed five people. they took down what was left of the burned down home and the cause of the fire is still being investigated. >>> a man is accused for posing as a doctor. he is accused of running a phony dermatology clinic in the mission district. guzman has no license to practice medicine and gave at least one woman an infection after a botched liposuction procedure. if convicted he faces up to 12 years in prison. >>> they are warning drivers to stay off the roads if they are drinking. highway patrol just wrapped up highway enforcement and now they are getting ready for the christmas crackdown. new checkpoints are getting ready and officers will be on the roads. >>> s

shane bauer and josh fattal came home after two years in custody. >>> and a significant blow to the most powerful drug cartel, they were nicknamed the engineer by a bullet-proof vest, he was paraded and the military refuses to say why it was caught in the head of the cartel suspected in the mountains and why it was a $7 million bounty. the discovery of a mass grave contained 287 bodies. >>> the iowa caucuses are one week away, allison burns tells us a major campaign push is underway this morning. >>> that is right, pam and there are a lot of editorial pages across the country today are weighing in on whether the iowa caucuses are shaping the race. and whether they want to shape the candidates first. newt gingrich and mitt romney were at the top and rand paul wore a if he is san -- a cap while polling. >> now here is a look at the latest date, rand paul 2 %, mitt romney 21% newt gingrich 14.7 and rick perry 12%. why rand paul is the favorite in iowa even though he is trailing nationally, it will be in my next update allison burns ktvu channel 2 news. >>> and we are seeing mix polls, for t

today nutritionist joy bauer is here with a list of the most effective natural health remedies. >> goodould hear people pass along great advice and they work. >> some of them do work. the ones we'll go over are natural food remedies. there is no down side. you may as well try them. you can alleviate lousy symptoms you may be having. >> what are the natural concerns we should have here? >> certainly if you have a serious medical condition like diabetes or high blood pressure, first you want to go with your doctor's advice. a lot of times that will involve prescription traditional medications. these are natural food remedies and things we'll go over are safe. but the intense concentrated herbs, supplemented herbs and things, check it out with your doctor. >> the first thing you have is vinegar for lowering blood pressure. >> blood sugar. >> i love this strategy, particularly for people with type 2 diabetes. if you take in two to four teaspoons of vinegar with the meal or before the meal it can blunt the rise in blood sugar you get from the meal. nobody wants a shot of vinegar, but mix vin

shane bauer, josh fattal, having been in an iranian jail since 2009. >> the anticipation in the streetsa people who are feeling that abbas has put them on the map. >> september 23rd, after years of failing to reach a peace deal with israel, the palestinian leader, mohamed abbas asks the u.n. to recognize palestine. >> we have just learned that an american citizen linked to al-qaeda has been killed. >> september 30th. a cia drone strike takes the life of anwar al awe locky. >> free after more than five years in captivity. >> october 18th. israel releases more than a thousand palestinian prisoners in exchange for just one. corporal shalit, held by hamas for more than five years. >> the college sports world is reeling from allegations against coach of the nittany lions football team. >> the former assistant football coach at penn state is charged with multiple counts of abusing young boys over 15 years. the scandal brought shame to the school and ended the career of legendary coach, joe paterno. >> we, the jury in the involving title action, find the defendant, conrad robert murray, guilty

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he's been dropping in the polls, here's how he responded to a question ability electability by brett bauer on fox news channel. >> i think i can debate barack obama, and i think in seven three-hour debates, barack obama will not have a leg to stand on in trying to defend a record that is terrible and an ideology that is radical. >> well, maybe because barack obama will be tired and need some water after seven-hour debates. but we know newt can talk for a long time, and so can the president. >> he can. but erin, that's never going to happen. we've seen the former speaker's numbers really start to drop, because the more people hear about him and the more the media really scrutinizes his record, people say, is this the best man to lead the country? i think the debate will never happen. people are looking now and saying, we need pragmatic republicans who can lead us forward with really responsible ideas. i don't think they think that newt gingrich is necessarily the guy. he might have the ideas, but does he have the leadership? >> david, the "national review" emblazoned on their website in red