we of coordination now between city departments and housing authority that has been a long time comingwe also have a donation that has come from the private sector that i think is welcome as well that is a start. we have to look at -- from how we can prevent these conditions from worsening. i want to make sure we're moving along the right track, so i think your effort from the community side has been instrumental in making that happen. also want to thinank mr. cayhan for being here. i think mr. rorar at comments he wanted to express about his comments in the paper. and i would like to give you space to do that. and i want to have follow-up as well. there are lots of people that spoke here, very personal stories. stories that are not often spoke on television. made me feel very uncomfortable. i want to acknowledge that was done in you revealed to me and to the public that it is very difficult to hear but we need to hear those things. thank you for doing that in giving us that uncomfortable must that helps us to do our work even better to acknowledge the conditions out there in the city.

. >> tonight want to drive between cities when we go on vacation. >> millions go safely to mexicoe is the deal. i haven't been to mexico in ten years. i used to go all the time. i have been to almost every part of mexico. i don't go for two rhines. i don't like the police corruption. if you drive in mexico they will pull you you over and shake you down. i don't like that. then there is the culture there that is, i don't know, it has changed. it used to be a nice place and now it is a menacing place. so you have so many nice beaches in the caribbean, you have hawaii iraq the south pacific. all right. so i say to myself, why do i want to go down to mexico with all this chaos. especially if you have ki kids. you say cancun is safe. you go to a nightclub in cancun you know what you got it there. guys are hanging around, all right. and they are not looking out for you. they are looking to rip you off. >> let me deal with that. >> bill: go ahead. >> mexico is a big country. 120 million people. one of the most populous nations in the hemisphere. 11th i think largest in the world. a lot o

the new safe haven and it just a bit because of some of the things that you mentioned just now between cities in between she is it just doesn't really seem to make a whole lot of sense let's distinguish what we know from what certain people think what we know is that there were in fact some al qaeda operatives including the what some of bin laden's family members that took shelter in iran and were allowed to shelter and built in iran after the u.s. operations in afghanistan in late two thousand and one early two thousand and two we also know that iran a lot cali and some other chaps to move from afghanistan through iranian territory into iraq so we know these things have been happening and it wouldn't surprise me if there are in fact a handful of al qaeda operatives or some affiliated act individuals currently in iran right now but the question of whether that's true or not is not so important the question is how much does it matter and at the end of the day if al qaeda is no longer the threat then ha well it is no longer that the other question is you know at the end of the day if this is in

councils that bring together these various groups to interface with city hall and city staff as a model to foster partnerships between and our neighborhoods and city government. it is a model we have been working on for a couple of years in district 3. i hope to replicate it to out san francisco fairly soon. >> we are out of time. thank you so much for joining us today on sfgtv "meet your district supervisor." we have been speaking with david chiu of district 3. ♪ >> 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 cha

well russia would say we have a legal contract if there's a conflict between city and russia there's no reason why we should not continue to supply the. because if you look at britain britain is the buying. offensive omma to the free said syrian army or the rebels if you like to call them that almost certainly kept in saudi arabia over providing. and one presumes that iran and hizbollah osu providing arms to president assad's regime so therefore you got coming in from many many sources russia stop providing arms president assad would find with some of these a very likely black market for weapons in that area and it would be very difficult to acquire more with them now i'm sorry just a correction or a clarification for something you said earlier you had said that there weren't planes and there weren't tanks that were being used by the syrian army against the resistance however there is a reuters report i'm looking at here among several others because i remember this one that there are tanks i mean opposition is saying there are tanks attacking the city of homes at least so is this jus

approving the project, waving termination rights but the city and a the compost and the new agreement, approving the development and disposition agreement between the city, through its port commission and the america's cup event authority which also amends the host agreement, approving a memorandum of agreement regarding the city and the event authorities respective obligations for certain litigation measures in the mmrp and other activities. number five, resolution of intention to establish infrastructure financing district no. 2 for the city and county of san francisco at the port. >> we continued these items. we had a long and fruitful conversation around the areas that are concerning to us. when winter the budget analyst report and their recommendations. -- we went through the budget and analysis report -- budget analyst report and their recommendations. we have the staff from the port, and we have from our city attorney. just so folks know who is here. we do have a number of supervisors who are here with us today. we have president david chiu and the supervisor from district two, supervisor mark farrell. we have a limit of five members who

san francisco and manila, developing a system that promote closer ties between the cities. this year, the san francisco manila sister city committee represents -- celebrates its 50 year, marking five decades of service to our people. the san francisco bay area filipino american community salutes this milestone, a legacy of goodwill and true filipino american pride. >> representing the san francisco manila sister city committee, are defective chairman -- our de facto chairman. [applause] >> if i may, i'd like to call up some very key members of the committee. i cannot call all 100-plus people up here, but some very key members. first filipino elected in san francisco, who has been with the sister city committee from day one, and partners in making sure that the cultural links have to do with education. nancy and dan harrington, please join us here. they have sent 13 million books to impoverished children over the years. we thank you all for this honor. we have enjoyed tremendously the ability to link with the philippines. we have generated thousands of jobs, both in the phi

city's small business revolving loan fund. we are recapitalizing this bond with $1.5 million, thanks to a partnership between the city and wells fargo, and working with working solutions as our community lender. without further ado, will introduce the merit to describe these resources available for small businesses. >> thank you, jennifer. thank you for all your hard work. welcome to brenda's. i want to thank and knowledge board president and district supervisor david chiu for joining us this morning. scott wiener, of course, as well. for some time now, as mayor of the city, interim and elected, these two supervisors have been talking to me about the support we need to give to our small businesses. i know much of my leadership so far has been around our technology companies, and that is great. as you know, we were down even further on the unemployment rate, due in large part, to the hiring that our technology companies are giving us. we are at 7.6% unemployment, and that is fantastic, but we have always made a strong support to our local small businesses. that is why i have been working closely with the small business commissi

normal travel times between fredericksburg and dale city between dale city and the beltway. also good on the maryland side. the beltway at new hampshire avenue in this picture, moving at speed. newschopper 7 in a little while. now to news. >> a busy night for an investigation in prince george's county. try to piece together the events leading to a deadly crash at kfc restaurant. >> it happens in landover on martin luther king highway. witnesses had to say about this terrific crash. >> it knocked down air pumpsi and everythingairt took up the bushes and went all way over to the restaurant and turned into a ball of metal. >> it started 6:30 monday night? . >> when he did occur, he went immediately airborne, flip over and slid and tires and axles and everything. the crashed all the windows out of the restaurant. >> the damage, unimaginable. >> i had never seen anything like that before. >> unfortunate results. >> someone trapped under the car. >> the driver of a bmw lost control while speeding down if martin luther king jr. highway in landover. authorities say the vehicle plowe

there is the creation of a pilot program that would be a partnership between the city, the court system, b and systemar. -- and the bar. it would be on a basis of by the private legal community. a quick amendment to my colleagues to insure that as we move forward with a one-year pilot program, we have a plan to evaluate the impact of this program so we can think about if this program has the impact we hope it will have. i will read some amendments i would like the committee to consider adopting after public comment. after commencement, a work plan for evaluation shall be developed and all parties involved in the program will be required to participate in the evaluation. i want to thank the folks

travel times are typical for this time of morning. 95 between fredericksburg and dale city adding some between dale city and baltimore. 270 building in volume southbound outer frederick into montgomery county. here we are with the pace of traffic at shady grove road. headlights are southbound. back to you. >> thank you. we can see that the sun is getting ready to rise. let's check in with doug hill. >> it's going to be nice. we are 20 minutes from sunrise. this is i'm still in frederick county, the time lapse. moon will be full this afternoon. right now it is a snow moon. our story today is the sunshine. mild temperatures looking out from the rooftop camera. sunrise at 7:08. a couple of low 40's across the region due to some cloud cover over night. 41 in arlington now, 27 k in shepherdstown, in the 30's in leesburg, 40 degrees in chevy chase. some clouds will move in later this evening and a little colder air. that will creep in overnight. at the same time we will keep our eyes on a disturbance off to the west. this will move from west to east. as it does, not only will we have cloudy

situation, but the finances have to do a lot better for the city, and i am hoping we can see what we can get in further negotiations between the port and the city and the event of 40, because i think we can get there. what we have in terms of a race that can be enjoyed by not just the bay area but the world is something that we should seek to employment here in san francisco, and i hope we can get there. chair chu: thank you, supervisor avalos. supervisor chiu? supervisor chiu: thank you. i want to thank you for all of your hard work. i was one of the initial sponsors of the initial legislative proposal that we put forth that we voted on on december 14, 2010. i have been a big supporter of the america's cup, but i think as folks understand, my support is not unconditional. this has to be good for our city, and recent reports say it has not gotten better but has got worse for the city. since december 14, we know first and foremost the deal changed, but i think just importantly, the cost for the infrastructure fixes as well as the cost to the city for the event have skyrocketed. fundraising, unfortunately, is not where we ha

work on this story and will bring you the latest developments on this he said/she said story between the city of san bruno and pg&e coming up at 5:00 and 6:00 tonight. back to you. >> thank you. >>> investigators in the san joaquin valley have found about 1,000 bone frag meants for their search for victims. and they offered an update. they've been following maps drawn by death row inmate, wesley shermantine, on where the bodies are bur rid. they are also eska vateing a well outside the town of lyndon with plans to move to a second -- eska vateing a well -- eska vateing a well -- escavating a well outside the town of lin don, with plans to move to a second one as well -- lyndon, with plans to move to a second one as well. >> they are so committed. we have to tell the officials to go home and get rest. >> shermantine and his partner works committed suicide last month -- partner, who committed suicide last month -- >> we're people, too, we have loved ones. as a father, i just can't imagine. you want to do everything possible to help bring closure to these families. >> officials have positively i

city and se water and sr department. >> think you. meanwhile, it is a go for a five-year contract between the city into promoter for the baltimore grand prix. this after the city approved the deal with downpours racing. joan kraft and the city council president both voted against the deal. the city terminated the contract after the group failed to pay millions of to the city and its vendors. many protested here in baltimore against the secure communities program, which was expanded today in the city and montgomery county. under this program referred to as ice, fingerprints will be reviewed by the department of homeland security and databases. this is already done by the fbi. a protest was also held in rock hill earlier today. -- in rockville. >> in session 2012, texas hold them could soon become a to a parlor near you. it will pave the way for las vegas entertainment games and making their way through the general assembly. one of them is a possible deal killer. david collins is following the money and joins us live with that story. >> momentum is growing for table games, but also now wildcard in the mix, one that could cost baltimore

proved new funding for if faa as well as rules that would allow pilots to fly more direct flights between cities, that should cut down on flight time. many of the ideas were developed in mountain view. one of the big changes is instead of stair stepping down to the destination, pilots will be able to make a much more sudden decent. the lower you go the more fuel you burn. >> does that mean they drop our prices? >> we'll see. they'll save money. pass it on to you? >> 5:26 now. still to come on "today in the bay," the man known as the chrome resolver bandit heads to court. >> and a big decision out of san francisco today on the state gay marriage ban. we'll talk about the possible outcomes, coming up. >> christie smith has her umbrella read the go. make sure you do as well. we've got heavy rain moving through parts of the bay area. we'll pinpoint the showers and what you can expect for the rest of the week. >> her report, mine. we talked about rain. a smooth drive but as the commu incidents. never in my lifetime did i think i could walk 60 miles in 3 days. 60 miles in 3 days is-- is huge. if my mo

. >> looks ok on 95 in virginia between fredericksburg and dale city. add extra travel time between dale city and the beltway because of a broken-down car in springfield gone. 95 between washington and baltimore still moving pretty well. looked at this picture of springfield. trying to recover from earlier issues that have been resolved. nothing additional to your time on the greenway, the toll road. normal on 66 between centreville and the beltway. 270 sac town from father hurley boulevard to the beltway, the normal pace of traffic. here's a live picture of the outer loop at new hampshire avenue to get around to georgia avenue. metro wirail, everything on normal service on this special valentine's day. >> love is in the air today. >> you might meet that special someone. >> let's check in with doug hill. >> happy valentine's day. pleasant, cloudy. in good shape starting out on this tuesday. about 12 minutes from sunrise. you can see there is quite a bit of clout. we were not dealing with this yesterday. this will be around for most of the day. very littl

chapter 6 of the administrative code for a conditional land disposition and acquisition agreement between the city the san francisco museum of modern art for the design and construction of the new fire station to be located at 935 folsom street, san francisco, california. supervisor chu: thank you very much. for this item, we have 10 and chief." -- ken and the chief. >> good afternoon. you have a small amendment approving additional land disagreements and acquisitions. as you remember, this document established a transfer agreement in which the city agreed to transfer the fire station number one property on howard street to the museum in return for the agreement to build a new fire station and transfer that facility to the city. the documents included the exact specifications of the facility, which sf moma would be obliged to grant to the city. there was all for all -- also a waiver, as it would be determined by a private entity and turned over to the city. over the last year, discussions have brought a few components of the facility as identified and left out of the agreement. after discussion, i

. >> the planning has historic files similar to what was said about the inner office between various city departments and ours have not been micro films. they're still in paper files so we have the originals. they're from about the mid 30s, um... forward. so if like the planning department approached the owners concerned something at that site, we would have our copy of that up there. >> here you go. block book has a notice in it. >> down on the bottom floor of the planning floor at 1660, we have block books that are another source of research. >> this is book number ten. volume ten and right down on the first floor you can see them. there's a huge selection. must be 75 or a hundred for covering the whole city. >> we've got them from 1935, 46, 54 and current ones that are up to 2004. i think they've been updated. in the older sets in the 1935. with a lot the owner of record. also in a color wash is the zoning that existed for that time. pasted in are zoning changes that happened various lots during the 30s and the 1940s when the next set was issued and there are little pencilled in notes,

a fair and balanced look between city workers and volunteers coming up.e mfd blast major baseball's drug testing procedures the day after reversed suspension over a drug test. ryan braun reacts ahead on "the fox report." >> there is a new kind of bailout helping keep cash trapped cities afloat. it's not costing taxpayers a dime. instead taxpayers themselves are doing city jobs that budget cuts eliminated. they are doing it for free. according to a volunteering in america study. 63 million people stepped up last year and worked more than 8 billion hours without the promise of a paycheck. ultimately that happened local governments save more than $170 billion. this volunteer initiative appears to be gaining popularity. dan springer is live in seattle. dan, how do these cities get so many people to go to work for nothing? >> yeah, john, it seems simple blue they ask and people are generous here in this country willing to step in when there is a need and yackima fixing up low income homes and painting over gravity. they come from churches, work training progra

following tense negotiations between city and organizers the plans have changed. >> i want to get everybody back to the very good time frame. san francisco mayor ed lee, talked about how the yacht race would revitalize the piers, the event was scuttled so lee could make this announcement. >> we have agreed that the piers 30, 32, will no longer be leased for this event. >> reporter: instead city and race organizers will now relocate the racing team headquarters south to the industrial pier 80. site of oracle racing team's current headquarters. >> i believe it helps with going forward with consolidating everybody here and making sure the race is the primary focus. >> reporter: plans are moving forward to turn pier 27 to 29 with a cruise ship terminal and headquarters. >> money will be spent on the port. america's cup authorities say the changes will reduce the $80 million it was to spend on waterfront in exchange for long term real estate develop. rights. le says the change will result in fewer construction jobs. and it sxs suspected the city w over its head. >> there was concenter city was g

city at the crossroads of two continents. the galata bridge stretches 500 meters between the city's historic center and the modern karakÖy district it's used both by drivers and pedestrians. inside the gold-painted boats docked at the foot of the bridge, the local snack vendors have set up shop. here you can get a favorite local dish. it's called balik ekmek, a grilled fish sandwich. the fish sandwiches in istanbul are an absolute must. with a view of bosphorus and the mosques, you can enjoy the ideal meal here. the fish goes well with karisik tursu, a mix of pickled vegetables, that you can buy on the neighboring stall. it's traditional to drink the vinegar, too. >> it's filling, and it's fish. and we're turkish -- we love fish. >> murat kahraman mans the grill on the asik family's boat. >> the fish is fried in its own fat, as you can see. what else do you add? well, a bit of onion and lettuce. that's the whole secret. >> i took over the shop from my father. i've been working here for the past 37 years, just like my forefathers. we love it. >> but the asik family shop doesn't sell the fish that's caught just off the galata bridg

police say the suspect entered through a hallway between city hall and the courthouse this morning. he then took aim at two court officers, hitting one in the arm before the other officer shot back. some workers dove under their desk, says the shots rang out. the gunman died later at a hospital. >>> two former massachusetts employees are sentenced to probation for a pool death that went unnoticed for two days. the two men were charged with recklessness for allowing the kids to swim in pools, even though the water was cloudy, turns out there was a 36-year- old woman at the bottom of the pool. >>> after an 11-day shutdown, a pennsylvania dairy is allowed to reopen, after raw milk it sold sickened 43 people, four here in maryland. alex demetrick reports, the risk of becoming sick is whyed why maryland bans the sale of raw milk. >> i would be fine with raw milk, if someone could make it as safe as my pastirized milk is. the dilemmy a is no -- dilemma is no one ca -- can. >> 43 cases have been traced back to this raw milk dairy. it produced fever and diarrhea in four. those cases. >> wha

pg&e is suggesting a real breakdown in negotiations between the city of san bruno and pg&e.ap $170 million to the trust fund. san bruno's mayor is saying not so fast, that the utility is no longer acting in good faith with these negotiations. the natural gas explosion and fire in september of 2010 killed eight people and destroyed 38 homes. the mayor will speak on the restitution issue later this morning and a formal action between the city and the california public utilities commission. he's scheduled a press conference at city hall at 11:00 this morning. reporting live in san bruno, christie smith, "today in the bay." >>> san francisco is filing suit over gas pipeline safety standards. the city attorney says the u.s. pipeline and hazardous material safety administration failed to oversee a pipeline safety program for at least a decade. the suit cites three gas line explosions in california. san francisco wants the federal agency to better oversee the california public utilities commission. >>> this is not a pretty picture. the number of human bones found in a property in s

. >> terminal 3 boarding area between -- the city and county of santa it is acting by and through the airport commission. >> good afternoon, chair. cathy widener with san francisco airport. we are seeking a seven-year lease for a 1062 square feet of retail terminal for a news and store in terminal 3. the proposed lease is for a competitive proposal process and has a 7 per posers. the process resulted in paradies with the highest ranking responsible proposal. this lease carries an annual rent either the greater of the percentage of gross sales that you see, or a minimum guarantee of approximately $400,000. the budget analyst austin -- office estimates they will pay -- the report also points out that we have an existing tenant that runs a similar sized news in store in terminal 3 that carries a much higher minimum annual guarantee of $577,000 a year, $177,000 less than the proposed haul before you today. they have advised that market conditions have changed since the current higher bid was eightt years ago. it is also worth noting that the higher mag newsstand was the last bid at the ai

arrived yet but -- >> he's on his way back and for at least 24 hours we thought peace broke out between manchester city but when he was leaving argentina. well, he's been in self-imposed bannishment. he said the club treated him like a dog. this all referred back to the champions league match when with two goals down, he warmed up and sat back down and refused to do that. own though he went on to say he would play. mangini said you will never play for the club again but moved and said maybe if he apologizes we can move on but he sort of apologized. he said if i do not think i was wrong be if they, the club think i was, then i'm sorry. >> so it was sort of an apology. >> but he is being paid? >> yes. there was some dispute about how much money he's going to be docked for the amount of time he's been away. >> it's all being sorted out. >> yes. and the transfer whether they wanted to sell him or loan him but the deal didn't get done. >> the sparks will be flying. >> they will be. >> you're watching "bbc world news." coming up, frightening. parents. they huff and puff over classic bedtime tales. >> now, in

public transportation is not such that you can easily go back and forth between the city and the peninsula as it stands. there are concerns around inadequate parking. and the necessity for a continued police presence in the substation or the equivalent. we continue to be concerned about crime across the board. i would also like to say that many of my neighbors are concerned, still, about density. many of us are pleased with the direction that things have gone, but in terms of height and density, we would like to see something that is less dense. finally, i would like to put in a plug, as a professor of social work in urban planning, for more housing for aging. if there is some way to include additional units across all income levels before senior citizens, this is a critical need. thank you for giving me this opportunity. five >> good afternoon, supervisors. i lived in a dog patch. once upon a time, there was a project called park view heights. there was a huge outcry, that it was too dense. that it was going to invite low- income people. there was another group, which included me and my f

santa clara leaders expected to approve a ground lease between the city and the 49ers.he 40-year lease is expected to pour more than $40 million into the city's general budget. santa clara will get half of all profits from non-football events such as concerts. the 49ers have 120 days after it passes to start construction on the new stadium. >> santa clara county looking at ways to regulate payday loan businesses. the board of supervisors meeting to discuss new rules for payday lenders and check cashing businesses in the county. one idea is to declare a temporary moratorium on any new or relocating businesses within the county. the county leaders say these businesses tend to have a negative impact on low income families by charging exorbitant fees for check cashing and loans. >> if you are looking for a good reason to go out to breakfast or lunch, you're in luck. national pancake day at ihop. we have a live look in santa clara. we're waiting for it to open. not too many there yet but no doubt it will be crowded later. it's the seventh year in a row that ihop restaurants

three hundred fifty people has sunk off the coast of papua new guinea the boat was travelling between the cities of cambodian law and when it went missing ships operators said it lost contact with the vessel on thursday after it sent a distress call search and rescue helicopters are heading to the area. american advance secretary leon panetta says the u.s. will seek to end its combat operations in afghanistan next year speaking at a nato summit he said the country wants to switch to a role of supporting and training afghan forces the decade long presence of u.s. troops there has cost us around six billion dollars a year around seventeen hundred u.s. troops have died since the two thousand and one invasion. and deep freeze and have the snow have led to at least eighty deaths across eastern europe forty three people have died in ukraine alone temperatures have plummeted to minus thirty degrees celsius in bosnia a rescue helicopter airlifted emergency food and evacuated dozens from snow blocked villages weather forecasters say the subzero temperatures are expected to last until friday. now the u.n.