brian called himself bison dele, bison for his native american roots, dele for his african ancestors. kevin became miles dabord. miles for jazz musician miles davis, dabord for a grandparent on his mother's side. to his day, his friends and family use both names interchangeably. the winding path that led the brothers toward destruction began more than three decades ago in fresno, california. >> i was 17 when i married gene. >> gene williams, a handsome man, a singer with a booming bass voice. >> gene had been a celebrity most of his adult life. ♪ old man river >> in 1970, he joined the legendary rhythm and blues group, the platters. by then, the couple had two boys, kevin, born in 1966 and brian, in '69. >> brian was a couple months premature. miles always remained right near him. >> miles was the guardian? >> always the guardian, always looking out for his little brother. >> the marriage eventually fell apart. patricia phillips became a single mom, supporting herself and the boys working as a computer systems analyst. as they grew, miles became sickly and he developed severe asthma.

we are hopeful we will be receiving seven new bison sometime this fall. usda regulations have changed over time, so before accepting the bison, we worked closely with our zoo officials. we have to make some changes to the bison had it for better nearing care. as you recall, we brought to this commission six months ago with a very generous gift from dick blum, who is helping us fund the paddock improvements. that will happen early fall, the paddock construction. late summer. then we hope to have the bison in november, after they have fully weened from their mother's -- [laughter] >> so this would be a much younger population. you still have the three that are going to be the elders. the zoo will continue to maintain the herd? >> absolutely. >> is there any public comment on this item? being none, public comment is closed. we are on item number seven. 2011-2012 deferred maintenance projects. >> good morning, commissioners. the item before you is discussion and possible action to approve the list of deferred maintenance projects to be funded by the open spac

an important institution in golden state park is the bison which has a history dating back to the turn of the last century when president teddy roosevelt launched an initiative to save the bison from extinction. during the summer myself and other members have been concerned about during our visits to the paddock that this seems to be a considerable disappointment by other park visitors in that the bison are not particularly visible. this is due to the fact that the herd has been reduced from 20 animals to only three rather gare yacht trick -- geriatric animals and they generally repose in the back of the exhibit back in the trees. i brought these concerns to the joint zoo committee last month and was happy to receive assurance from the zoo managers that planning is being done to add animals to the exhibit and to improve the handling of the animals in that exhibit. i took that -- those comments back to my meeting last week and we resolved that we commend the zoo's efforts that we really believe that the bison herd deserves better attention and support from the wreck and park department

but if you go there remember the park is also the home of the wild bison, also known as the americann rus fast as 30 miles an hour, they can have horns and recently, they have taken to charging at visitors. one woman wound up in the hospital. so enjoy the view, but watch out for the bison. >>> he's known as the map with the golden flute and she's his talonedb5é?qk<> reporter: with over 30 million records sold and a busy concert schedule, they are two million records sold and a busy concert schedule, they are two if the leading flute playersqlb( the planet. %qpne galway, their names may sound like royalty but this nighted flutist and his wife arei("r@ anything but stuffy. they were kind enough to answer your questions. >> hi, is sir james, my name's gabe, a fellow flute player. tell me how you gotxx" started playing the flute. >> well, i learned the flute as a little boy with my uncle and ondon, went to school in london to a royal college. then i went to paris conservatory, i came back and i lady jeanne, my name is favorite thing about playing the flute? >> the

these bison are descendants of a 1984 birthday present to them mayon-mayor dianne feinstein frm her husband richard blum. we will have costume bears to meet and greet zoo visitors. there will be a bear themed event and crafts at the zoo. in addition, on july 24, should you get hungry for ice-cream, the ben and jerr's scoop truck will be out there and an ice cream. why they learn how to take fish from the exhibit areas and then they wobble to penguin island to join the rest of the herd. that will happen on saturday july 30. that concludes my report. >> thank you. commissioner lee. >> are there any plans to replenish the heard you have lost? you have lost two out of the five, so you only have 3 left. i recall there was a donor who may have been interested in donating some buffalo to replenish their herd.

it's like bisons going across the mid west. there are so many dogs they are covering the ground cht it's a get together. all the dog walkers know each other. if you go to pine lake day camp now, you will see 50 kids there. the r directors are wonder. >> the pine lake is natural. they take of the area around the lake. they plant natives that are drought tolerant. one that stands the dry summers here. the whole park is under going quite a bit of reconstruction. they will renovate the trails around the lake. and the big project is the capital project for pine lake meadow. they are going to returf the dog run and the meadow by the day camp. we are looking for a very busy fall. by the spring of next year should have major renovations to the mark thal make it an outstanding park. i don't ever refer to it as my park. all the parks belong to all the people. this park belongs just as much to the families in the bay view sdrishth as it does to the gentlemen that lives across the street. i'm happy and proud to be the caretaker for them. i

it's like bisons going across the mid west. there are so many dogs they are covering the ground cht it's a get together. all the dog walkers know each other. if you go to pine lake day camp now, you will see 50 kids there. the r directors are wonder. >> the pine lake is natural. they take of the area around the lake. they plant natives that are drought tolerant. one that stands the dry summers here. the whole park is under going quite a bit of reconstruction. they will renovate the trails around the lake. and the big project is the capital project for pine lake meadow. they are going to returf the dog run and the meadow by the day camp. we are looking for a very busy fall.

he was chasingÑi bison, looking for honey trees.they thought he was dead he finally got down there and said i would really like this land and he said you can have it but you need to sign up for our militia. these textans were revolting against their own country. they were in mexico. they were immigrants that came into old mexico, into the state of tejas but they still kept coming. hence they were illegal immigrants. >> oh my gosh. if only santa anna had been able to build that dang fence. >> well, slavery was abolished in mexico. so that's-- and they were largely slaves. >> jon: we were hoping in some ways to preserve slavery. >> we wanted a plantation system in texas, of course. so crockett, you know, unbenoens to him, signed up for the militia. they sent him to the bat erred mission in san antonio and at 49 years of age the curtain fell on crockett and nimrod. >> jon: it's a a magnificent story and his three is so much more beautiful than any fiction could be. >> it's the best. >> jon: i love it. david crock set on the book shelve

he hired a guy, spent three weeks riding around hunting for bison. he developed an infatuation for the badlands, the weird formations there, the remoteness of the area appealed to him. it was a rich grassland so you could raise cattle in the area, and also there's the hunting. dakotas were one of the last places to find most of america's big game animals and shoot them. before returning home, roosevelt wrote a check for $14,000 and turned it over to two men he met up there and told them to buy cattle for them and put them loose on the land they claimed on their own and would manage the cattle for him and take a share of his profits. he was trusting in this. he told the man, if i didn't trust you, i would not give you the money. they asked, how do you know you can trust us? he said, i just do. at that time, a lot of wealthy easterners were investing in cattle. roosevelt thought he found a way to make money quickly without any risks, so now his uncle james roosevelt, his financial adviser said cattle were a shaky deal to avoid. he forge the ahead anywa

it's like bisons going across the mid west. there are so many dogs they are covering the ground cht it's a get together. all the dog walkers know each other. if you go to pine lake day camp now, you will see 50 kids there. the rec

. >>> the cause of a seven alarm fire in the north bisons still under investigation this morning. that fire burned about 60 acres near 80 and 680 near fairfield. the first flames were reported about 4:00 yesterday afternoon. that fire was out a little before midnight. there were no injuries and no buildings were burned. >>> a mild start. i don't know if you felt it outside. >> feels muggy in here. >> i don't do the forecast for inside the building. [ laughter ] >> but outside grace is right, you know, it is mild outside. in the 50s for the most part. kind of the same story as yesterday. clouds at the coast filling in along the bay shores and partly cloudy conditions inland right now. those temperatures like said pretty consistent, 58 in oakland, 55 in concord. 60 in san jose. it's warmer there. 51 in santa rosa and 50 for san rafael. good news for those who like warmer weather. we are going to warm up by a few degrees especially inland today hitting 90 for livermore, same for fairfield, 88 concord, 71 oakland, 78 fremont today. pacifica 63 and san rafael topping out at 79 today. s

working cooperatively with the rec and park department, we have had to euthanize two of our five female bison in golden gate park. this is an aging herd of animals -- from 20 to 28 years old. the symptoms in the two animals were similar. they voluntarily separated themselves from the rest of the herd, laid down, very hard to get back out. little or no interest in eating or drinking. the entire herd is quite elderly with captive life expectancy of 20 to 30 years. one animal was 20, the other was y

foreign secretary was keen to stress the bison kit that they've been supplying to the rebels has been not on lethal things like night vision goggles body armor and telecommunications equipment and but it did emerge last night that they did also have a big hand in coordinating this assault on tripoli that's been in the pipeline for some months now apparently with weapons fighters and communications equipment being smuggled to secret weapons dumps around tripoli then when the air force pave the way over the weekend bombing strategic communications. belonging to gadhafi that paved the way the signal was given and then the assault on tripoli began to surprise good that these forces and what the british government knew it was going to happen to it seems with surprise that all the events happened so quickly. and i or what about elsewhere in the e.u. to what extent are other countries involved in what's going on in libya at the moment. well the reaction across europe has been the same amount is that what happens next has to be in the hands of the libyan people so they're in charge of their o

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foreign secretary was keen to stress that the bison kit that they've been supplying to the rebels has been non-lethal things like night vision goggles body armor and telecommunications equipment and put it emerged last night that they did also have a big hand in coordinating its assault on tripoli it's been in the pipeline for some months now apparently with weapons fighters and communications equipment being snarled the secret weapons dance around tripoli then when the air force pave the way over the weekend bombing strategic communications. belonging to gadhafi that paved the way the signal was given and then the assault on tripoli began to surprise the daffy's forces and also downing street last night actually refused to rule out bringing in u.k. troops as peacekeepers should be the transition that they're all talking not descend into anarchy and even got two hundred u.k. troops stationed in cyprus ready to go be deployed to libya at the drop of a hat. right there well it's a discuss the situation in libya and europe's involvement in more detail now joined live from brussels by but

politicians the maker of better than that image pollution take time out by going on official trip to the bison volgograd video and many more of our website all to. other a public about in the caucuses is gearing up for an early election following the death of its president the stakes are high for any future leader as the region still recovering from the conflict with neighboring georgia i'm next we talked to one of the presidential candidates prime minister. about the challenges his country faces. we are in the republic of a pause here where preparations are under way for the august presidential election . is the country's prime minister and also one of the candidates and he's here with us today the upcoming election is the second presidential election after. recognition what does it say about applause as a more independent state. we have been an independent state for a longer time than we've been recognized so this is in fact already our fourth election democracy is working its way into our society and so each time elections get more democratic the public gets involved more actively and so we

he hired a guy who spent three weeks writing around tracking down bison. during those weeks roosevelt developed a kind of an infatuation with the badlands, this kind of weird land formations they have their, the remoteness of the area appealed to him. it was a rich grassland so that he knew he could raise cattle in this area and also there was the hunting. the dakotas were one of the last places where you could still find most of america's big game animals and shoot them. so before returning home roosevelt wrote a check for $14,000 in turn it over to two men that he met up there, and told them to buy some cattle for him and put them on the land of a claimed as their own. they would manage these cattle for him and take a share of his profits. he was pretty trusting in this. he told the minute i didn't trust you i wouldn't give this money. they said to them -- him, how do you know i can be trusted? at that time a lot of wealthy easterners and europeans were investing in cattle because cattle in the 1880s were like tech stocks in the 1990s with much the same

he hired a guy who spent three weeks writing around tracking down bison. during those weeks roosevelt develop kind of an infatuation for the badlands. this kind of weird land formation they have their, the remoteness of the area appeal to him. it was a rich grassland so that he knew you could raise cattle in that area and also there was the hunting. the dakotas were one of the last places where he could still find most of america's big game animals and shoot them. so before returning home, roosevelt road a -- $14,000 and and turned it over to too many found up there and told him to buy cattle for him and they would manage this cattle for him and take a share of his profits. he was pretty trusting in this. he told the men, if i didn't trust you i wouldn't give his money because they said to him how do you know you can trust us? i just do. at that time, a lot of wealthy easterners and europeans were investing in cattle because cattle in the 1880s were like tech stocks in the 1990s with much of the same result for investors by the way. roosevelt thought he fo

he was chasing bison on the red river and hunting sunni trees and talking to friends and he loved to tell stories. he was having some whiskey. this spoonful is from a chapter called time of the, at. in 1836 crockett and his original three companions ran their horses to the oldest town in texas. he was reluctant to leave the good hunting grounds but he heard stories about successes of sam houston, his old friend. other impresarios established land agencies on their way to becoming wealthy men. crockett believe that last he could gain his own fortune in a place where he could hunt almost every day of the year. crockett was in a state of euphoria. for what his long ride from tennessee to texas the most famous of all the celestial nomads was clearly visible just as it is every 76 years or so. across the land people were in all when they spied the optic making its way through the night sky. for centuries people believed it appeared as a harbinger of chaos and disaster. , its were to be feared. one pope excommunicated halley's comet declaring it an instrument of the devil. the appearance o

>> dana: bison and devil's tower. >> andrea: you are a good gift-giver.: yes. >> bob: no, no, greg. she went and shopped all over the state. she looked for the best bargains and went around. >> dana: i bet someone sends you a shot glass. >> bob: send him a shot glass. i don't do them anymore but i used to have hundreds. >> andrea: we missed you and we got you a generic republican -- >> eric: fox news. >> greg: and this newspaper. >> eric: that is all we have time for. thk