we will be stronger, a better city, a bitter town. >> and then his brother spoke about the city's efforts to help. -a better tone. >> the city is doing a tremendous amount. we are not a big community. however, for what they are going for us and we understand that this is some anger. some people of lost, family members. we are just basically, now just getting our bearing. and trying to understand what happened. >> and the san bruno, dave we're learning more about the victim's including this mother and daughter. jaqueling greig and janessa are chronically, she was part of the survey team for pg&e. and st. cecilia school student body president is which jevessia also, jessica morales was getting ready to watch a football game on television. this is a photo of both of them, and also he survived but badly burned. and he tried desperately to save jessica but could not. he is 19 year-old joe gomez, a student as skyline college and is in a hospital. critical condition. the fourth has yet to be identified. stay with kron 4 for continuing coverage. you can also go to our website. www.kron.com whip s

make it a better city. don't you worry about a city thing don't you worry about a thing i will be at your side all of the time >> thank-you, singing man. next speaker, please. >> i would like to show a picture. a month ago, the systematic human rights violator and illegitimate president of iran organized a trip for people to come to the country which ignores the truth. while the conference was taking place, thousands of political prisoners were in iran. many were on the verge starvation. many were also on the verge of execution. this was organized by its ruthless murderer mahmoud ahmadinejad and this is against the city and county of san francisco bonds. the city government must hold as members accountable and must do actions that strengthen the cost of human-rights which are badly needed. the city government mackay's the urgency of the u.n. secretary- general and the city of san francisco must advocate the cause of human rights, not have as public servants go to propaganda conferences. there are more pictu

i tried to pick up from where he was and make it a better downtown and better city.f him and because of a lot of people all around it is. >> reporter: you know what, you go up and down. there's no "for rent." it's all filled. you've got restaurants and dinings outside on main street. >> ten years ago when i was elected, we had 26 open spaces down here, 50 fronts. because of ed and a lot of people that worked hard on it, you know, we have some that are open today but they are turning over. that's good to see. >> reporter: look at this. i want to show you. what's this restaurant in the corner? >> it's called the prime meridian sushi bar. people ask me where's a good place to eat? i say every place. >> reporter: you can't beat it. >> there's outdoor dining. people enjoy the whole feeling of downtown. this is everybody's living room. come experience it. >> reporter: ed grew up here and you went to lasalle high school. >> lasalle high school a few years ago. >> reporter: and the mayor worked at kelly springfield. you were the boss? >> yes. i came here in '92. i retired in

night you put a lot better it's a big city again but you know here's your game you played well and. it's good we got two wins to start. something for us to go get it going to get you can still be better but it's a good start or else why you haven't got on cut a four three when i just thought that mosque i made it to ensure a with victory of a mental illness because next service style will come cool when is it in the stock price or needed time to be bitter rivals mention the. current anonymous call healthy when. there's a tasty finally in prospect a basketball school championships favorite the usa will take on the haste to for the title this evening the americans beat with any eighty nine point seven four in the semifinals taking the bull by the horns from the very beginning as they won the equal to twenty changed by the right that he had increased to a comfortable for. the point is now that they just keep their advantage and they did just that and once again kevin drum was instrumental for them with an impressive. points. but face a hostile atmosphere in a stamboul tonight they have

for a lot of great people in the city working together to make this possible and are working with community members and folk to bring together ideas that will make better streets possible throughout the city. congratulations to everyone and i look forward to enjoying valencia street and many other corridors around the city for many years to come. [applause] >> thanks to all much the organizations working with the city to make san francisco a better place. a few more acknowledgments. i did mention the deputy general manager is here for a significant part of the process and more significant part when we get to caesar chavez. we had a support from the better streets, league of conservation voters, state department of transportation, cal tran and many others and the merchants around here were wonderful to work with. i also want to acknowledge i mentioned our director of cultural affais

better. >> the city of san bruno says workers will be here picking up six days a week.s for the cpuc, they have a meeting in san francisco tomorrow on the agenda limiting pg&e's ability to raise rates to pay for all this damage. reporting live in san bruno, bay area news. >>> not far from there, a road is back open tonight after a gas leak. it was closed just before 6:00. the road was reopened two hours later. >>> it could be a long way if you take ac transit in a meeting tonight. the directors voted unanimously to cut service. weekend bus service will be cut in half. four of six late-night lines will be eliminated. in all, it will save ac transit about $11 million each year. it will also eliminate about 90 union jobs. ac transit is trying to plug a $60 million deficit. >>> while police are looking for two men who tried to lure a boy into their car, tonight the 13-year-old boy met with a cartoon artist. he was walking when two men in an suv pulled up next to him. the guy leaned out and said his mom had sent them to pick him up. the boy ran away, but he did get a descrip

city. this has been a lot about baltimore's high crime rate and which candidate will do a better job at making the city safer and keeping criminals in jail, convicted criminals from getting out. voters, again, will have the final say as they head to the polls when they open up at 7:00 this morning. live in baltimore, linda so, abc2 news. >>> 6:33. today's the last big primary day before november's mid-term elections. not just our state but six others. emily schmidt is in washington with more on the preview. >> reporter: on this primary day in seven states some candidates worry this may not be the year to be a party favorite. >> i actually have a conservative voting record as far as finances are concerned in congress. while i'm a moderate that is generally on the social issues. >> reporter: in democrat-dominated delaware gop leaders think mike castle is their only hope to win vice president biden's old senate seat. instead he's in a tight race with christine o'donnell. she's lost senate bids twice before. this time she has tea party backing. >> the republican party lots lost it's way. they get

your cigarette blows in the dark and i think it is time you clean up the city, made it better all ofay all around well i would sure like to see it that way, won't you please make it sound save? supervisor avalos: thank you very much, we will close public comment and move this forward. motion to adopt the amendment as a whole and move forward? take it without objection. mr. young, any other items? >> that completes the agenda for today. supervisor avalos: we are adjourned, thank you.

the advocacy is going to be focused for the next few weeks no city is better positioned to be an advocate-liter than san francisco because of speaker policy -- to be an advocate-city than it san francisco because of speaker nancy pelosi and other representatives. we are in a unique position. it is not good enough. everything is being played out with the midterm elections. we're playing with people's lives. we're playing with their families. you have two kids. this is serious business. this is not just about the person speaking. with an 11-month old, i get it now. 11 months ago, i would have said that i understood it but i understand it now. it is serious. it is not 3020 people. it is 3820 families. >> california is working with the small business committee in the senate on this program. mayor newsom: those are the key. >> over the last nine months, 994 families have left the welfare program in san francisco. compare that to the prior nine months before jobs now, a little over 254 families. we're more than 3.5 times the number of families leading state aid. we only have about 5000 families on we

. >> just the sight of him makes residents of glen park neighborhood feel better but city officials worrynce of these patrol specials is confusing and a liability. look at the uniform they wear next to a san francisco police officer's union form. they look very similar but a patrol special is not a police officer. glen park residents hired him to watch over their homes and businesses. >> they operate under a section of the city charter but what they are really is security guards. >> the controller's office commissioned a consultant group in boston to study control specialists. the recommendation of a lengthy report is change the city's charter and eliminate them. >> they're not police. they're not operating under our jurisdiction and control. they don't have the training. >> just like getting hit in the gut. all the people that i know, people who i take care of think it's unfair. >> both sides point to a fatal shooting at suede nightclub in february to support their argument. one man was killed, several others shot. a patrol specialist shot and apprehended the gunman before police got the

she worked tirelessly to connected community with the city to better help families that used in dental services. before she joined the board, she worked as a youth counselor for six years and was a valued member of the use of thing -- youth housing authority. she showed her devotion to people she was working with and exhibited excellent leadership skills. i would like to commend her to her service to the community and the people of san francisco. thank you very much for being here. [applause] >> i would like to say thank-you to the supervisor alioto-pier. and also to sophie maxwell. i am a little nervous. i want to thank my family for being with me. and the executive director of the mental health board. [applause] i want to thank all of you. i continue to serve. people ask, why are they doing this? >> they are being kind to people. when should we stop being kind? never. [applause] >> thank you. thank you, supervisor alioto- pier. this is followed by a supervisor chu. >> can i ask dave to come up? if you could come up with him. today, it is my honor to recognize dave, who has dedicated

implementing those plans we have done many things to improve our public spaces, including better plans for the city and any number of streetscape project that demonstrate what can be done when we just take action and monitor those projects and how they work out without necessarily taking long before initiating action. issues that we expect we will need to address with full analysis, we still have work to do to improve how we travel and give people better options. what you see here is how it breaks down in terms of where they're coming from. light blue demonstrates 20% of the trips coming from within the northeast quadrant of the city. this is not a new finding, 70% are coming from seven cisco to make transit more attractive and reliable to give more bicycling options as well. management also needs to be part of that equation. stable sources of funding? why are we not able to meet the needs of the city? it has to do with many things. the amount of funding available and how we use it and how it performs. the four large bowls -- -goals -- supervisor avalos: how do you think about the goals? >> a good

our job is to legislate and work with the city departments and city agencies to run the city better. to be an effective voice for you have basically in city hall. so what i like to say to you is you use us to leverage your goals and objectives as it relates to the city. some of the things that we have done to build the comprehensive view is that working with the neighborhood organizations as they talked about the pta. the supervisors on the pta as well. connecting the dots between the community based organizations that are running the programs that are for the youth, for the adults and taking a look at the goal and the vision of what the neighborhood wants to creates. so instead of being reactive, how do we build what we want to create together and using the tools of connecting the piece. the lower haight and hayes valley and the western addition and the north the panhandle neighborhood, people are working together to do events. working with the cbo. volunteer i volunteering their time in activities that are not just in their block. or just within you know perhaps within their sort of

not people with particular self- interest, but people that want to make our city a better place.hank you for your inspiration. i am encouraged by the fact you have taken enough time to pay attention to this. i am hopeful that you participate in this process, which i assure you will have great meaning in your life. >> i am grateful for having had the experience of being on a civil grand jury, for the difference it has made for the city and in my own life, just being able to share the experiences i have had, to feel good about myself and what i have done for the citizens of this city. >> i found the grand jury rewarding because of the seriousness of the work and the prestige it gave me, the prestige of thing many of our elected officials, department heads, and many government employees work very -- were very kind in extending to us. it was very exciting. >> what i found most gratifying was, first of all, being part of a group of 19 incredibly different san franciscans, with a different backgrounds, different amounts of education, all kinds of professions -- stay at home spouses --

there are other hospitals campuses throughout the city better meeting an important need. the rationale that i have been given for this project is a need to consolidate cpmc campuses, and i am not sure if you think is that rises to the level of something that cannot be reasonably met elsewhere, if you understand where i am going. >> a couple of thoughts on that. this is certainly been the trend of the consolidated services, primarily because of the cost of technology i say that is that seems to be a national trend. of course, other hospitals that are being built that are not in the van ness corridor do not have this housing requirements. clearly, they chose it well after the requirements korean, just as mr. nelson note suggested. i just throw this out there for your consideration. supervisor chiu: other jurisdictions consolidating, that is partially dictated by health care economics, and the think from a san francisco perspective, something my colleagues have expressed an interest in is thinking about the right distribution of health care and health care access the rock th

all spaniards gathered in city hall, many from catalonia, and from other regions in my country. many of you here represent the foundation for the better relations between the united states and spain. the signing of this memorandum of understanding between the city of barcelona and san francisco marks the establishing of a new city partnership that aims to create new links between 10 francisco and the barcelona. and the path ahead that will allow us to widen our economic and trade relations. scientific and technical knowledge. better understanding for the mutual interest, not only of these two cities, but of our country. the date is the right time to recognize and honor the effort this project. the mayor of the city of san francisco gavin newsom and his team, the mayor of barcelona and his team and all institutions and private citizens who helped make possible this relationship between san francisco and barcelona. thank you very much. [applause] >> thank you, mr. council in general. next to let me introduce someone who is very important. that is not just about establishing the sister city relationship, but making sure it is a meaningfu

your cigarette blows in the dark and i think it is time you clean up the city, made it better all ofay all around well i would sure like to see it that way, won't you please make it sound save? supervisor avalos: thank you very much, we will close public comment and move this forward. motion to adopt the amendment as a whole and move forward? take it without objection. mr. young, any other items? >> that completes the agenda for today. supervisor avalos: we are adjourned, thank you. i feel like all of us are starng to see what the problems in this country are. i think plenty of people are opinionated. i don't think there's many forums where you can really express yourself or try to make a difference or anything. i mean...wha'...whatdo... what do i do, ya' know? the only people that i'm able to affect are the people who care about what i have to say. there is something you can do, but i'm sure it wouldn't be, uh...easy. different man: i get angry about it, but it's like... ya' know, in my own apartment. [laughs] >> here we are at the embarcadero. we are standing at one of locations fo

and i think it would be better if the cities didn't weigh in on it. >> reporter: a public hearing will be held here at city hall this afternoon. jade hernandez, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> they are still figuring out how much trash was picked up saturday during the coastal cleanup day. more than 73,000 volunteers headed to beaches, lakes and rivers to take part. reports now in from 70% of the cleanup sites say volunteers picked up more than 8 41 tons of litter. in richmond, volunteers collected 3700 pounds of trash from the water's edge. but the strangest discovery reported anywhere in the state was in yolo county. that's where one volunteer found a dead cow in a bag. >>> steve's finding some tang temperatures right now, especially -- strange temperatures right now, especially in southern california. >> no kidding, tori. they had one of the coolest summers in the decade and the noon observation for today, downtown l.a. says 111, usc is 106 and long beach is 108. they go from cool to all-time record highs. for us we're in the 80s and a few ninth -- 90s. san francisco, not bad. near record

your cigarette blows in the dark and i think it is time you clean up the city, made it better all ofay all around well i would sure like to see it that way, won't you please make it sound save? supervisor avalos: thank you very much, we will close public comment and move this forward. motion to adopt the amendment as a whole and move forward? take it without objection. mr. young, any other items? >> that completes the agenda for today. supervisor avalos: we are adjourned, thank you. >> what if you could make a memorial that is more about information and you are never fixed and it can go wherever it wants to go? everyone who has donated to it could use it, host it, share it. >> for quite a great deal of team she was hired in 2005, she struggled with finding the correct and appropriate visual expression. >> it was a bench at one point. it was a darkened room at another point. but the theme always was a theme of how do we call people's attention to the issue of speci species extinction. >> many exhibits do make long detailed explanations about species decline and biology of birds and th

city our roads are not safe for bicyclives or pedestrians. we need to work on the potholes. continue to build bike lanes. we are doing better at building bike lanes, certainly, i think where we fall short in part is we don't educate the drivers within the city. i continualy hear from people who don't understand how bike lanes work. bicyclists are always on the defensive. i wish i could say i felt like it was a safe city for bicyclists. which could say go to work on your bicycle and you will be fine. i don't think i know one bicyclist who has not been hit by a car door. >> a large number of san francisco homes don't own vehicles. i think that's a good thing. people don't need cars in the city. a lot of people don't need cars in the city. >> i think to a certain extent the saying is true, if you build it they will come. the more parking spaces you build the more cars you attract. i would like to see district 8 particularly along the transit corridors and on market and where muni is effective i would like to see less parking. >> i felt like mun muni was getting better. now we have gone the other direction. the daily muni rider