the tiny town of brisbane finds itself at the center of the controversy. it's because of this 660 acres. the property owner is a developer that is housing is not in the general plan and it's planning commission has okayed an alternative that doesn't include housing for the thousands of workers anticipated. critics are outraged. >> where are they going to live? i don't know. >> community development director says it's up to the local government to determine the regional on bli investigation. >> a legitimate regional issue and it's undertaking a thorough and deliberative hearing process. >> fewer than 5,000 people live in brisbane and 43% supported no new housing just 2% agreed to what the developer wants. the bay area council representing nearly 300 of the largest employers is threatening to take brisbane to court. >> brisbane is happy to accept office commercial development which is great. they have to accept a portion of the housing responsibility. >> the mayor says his city has a responsibility for the site. >>> developing news now in san jose. police ju

the tiny town of brisbane finds itself at the center of the controversy. it's because of this 660 acres. the property owner is a developer that is housing is not in the general plan and it's planning commission has okayed an alternative that doesn't include housing for the thousands of workers anticipated. critics are outraged. >> where are they going to live? i don't know. >> community development director says it's up to the local government to determine the regional on bli investigation. >> a legitimate regional issue and it's undertaking a thorough and deliberative hearing process. >> fewer than 5,000 people live in brisbane and 43% supported no new housing just 2% agreed to what the developer wants. the bay area council representing nearly 300 of the largest employers is threatening to take brisbane to court. >> brisbane is happy to accept office commercial development which is great. they have to accept a portion of the housing responsibility. >> the mayor says his city has a responsibility for the site. >>> developing news now in san jose. police ju

it's a huge plot of land on the edges of brisbane. the property owners are developers who are building retail offices and more than 4,000 homes. but housing is not in brisbane's general plan and its planning commission has instead okayed an alternative that calls for zero housing for the thousands of workers anticipated. >> it's impossible to realistically just say, well, we're going to work on our own little problem. how it affects the rest of the bay area is not our issue. that's wrong. >> reporter: the san francisco housing action coalition is among the critics who say brisbane's plan is irresponsible, given the bay area's housing crisis. >> it's absolutely a legitimate regional issue and i'm confident the city council are undertaking a very thorough and deliberate hearing process. >> reporter: fewer than 5,000 people live in brisbane and in a survey, 43% supported no new housing. just 2% agreed to what the developer wants. the bay area council representing nearly 300 of the region's largest employers is threatening to take brisban

outside of this building on that proposal there's a lot of regional concern about the decision it brisbane made to not include housing on that site i'll say that is my perspective disappointing given other communities are stepping up and there has been a lot of discussion about both within the city and outside of the city on this issue right now i'll keep you informed whether those discussions are further but certainly there's a lot of people that share all the concerns about having the site of that size without housing we'll keep you informed. >> again, thank you. >> commissioner moore. >> director rahaim can you expand that discussion a few weeks ago you talked about the city's governance do people have to conform to regional government i'm asking a question about you, fully address at some other point but. >> again not the planned bay area their priority areas part of planned area ass priority areas deal with happen an transit corridors it is because regional governance does not have a legal responsibilities per say no requirement for cities to meet those tarts but i think what we'll do

at the same time period in the last two years brisbane has only approved three units of housing in theame time that we have approved 22 units of housing brisbane has only approved three units of housing. we ask that they correctly monitor development or alternatively prevent development at the brisbane site and also affordable housing i also want to comment on my colleague supervisor david campos. this is happening over a decade. we handed down 16 out of the 40 total we have not been able to utilize this in our justice system far beyond the death penalty being utilized for the same crimes in different counties. in the 50 states, only 14 have been down the death penalty in our country. not only can this be cruel and unusual punishment at this point but also abolishing he capital punishment here in california along with the other states will greatly abolish the capital punishment here. >>thank you supervisor kim. supervisor mar. >>thank you and just picking up on supervisor kim and supervisor campos' points here yes there are decades of work by many organizations that hopefully will be s

at the same time period in the last two years brisbane has only approved three units of housing in theame time that we have approved 22 units of housing brisbane has only approved three units of housing. we ask that they correctly monitor development or alternatively prevent development at the brisbane site and also affordable housing i also want to comment on my colleague supervisor david campos. this is happening over a decade. we handed down 16 out of the 40 total we have not been able to utilize this in our justice system far beyond the death penalty being utilized for the same crimes in different counties. in the 50 states, only 14 have been down the death penalty in our country. not only can this be cruel and unusual punishment at this point but also abolishing he capital punishment here in california along with the other states will greatly abolish the capital punishment here. >>thank you supervisor kim. supervisor mar. >>thank you and just picking up on supervisor kim and supervisor campos' points here yes there are decades of work by many organizations that hopefully will be s

opponents say all of that housing would ruin brisbane's small-town charm.hey say it could be dangerous for residents because the baylands is contaminated. a final decision is expected in the spring. >>> we move now to a story made in the silicon valley, we're calling it high-tech pizza. >> zoom pizza says it's the only restaurant in the world having robots to make the pizzas, they're used for squirting and spreading the marinara sauce. >> the robots enable people to do what people do best, create fast, problem solving collaboration. >> zoom restaurant still has actual people tossing the dough and adding the special toppings for you. >> i was going to say the robot is not going to make the pizza like uncle sal used to. 5:39. heading into the weekend. big changes in the forecast. anthony slaughter tracking some rain this weekend. >> only humans can toss that dough. to see a robot, i don't know how that would go. work on it. we've got 50s across the bay this morning. not that bad. the winds will start to pick up as we head towards the afternoon. you may need t

it is time, frankly, for all of you to come with us down to brisbane.nd so, we are organizing transportation and i would love it if some of our supervisors would come down and rain hellfire down upon them. we need you guys to be leading the front and saying that no longer can san francisco be the only voice saying that we need more housing in the bay area. all of our suburbs need to be contributing. the westside of san francisco also needs to be contributing and the south side needs to be contributing and our suburbs need to step up. we need to embrace infill development and we need your help to do that. frankly, we are out there in the suburbs and they do not care about us. you know, we are a little upstart and we need your help to bring that message home that the bay area operates as one. we are economically integrated throughout the bay area and you will need to be the voice of that reason. so, please come down with us and advocate for housing in our misbehaving suburbs. thank you. >>thank you very much. next speaker please. >>our housing policy move

we have more from brisbane. >> you do support housing on the site please raise your hand. >> are you going to live there. >> housing advocates from san francisco show up at a city council meeting urging approval of the proposal bay area development to add more than 4,000 units of housing and 7 million square feet of office space along highway 101. >> my brother is there and my uncle there. >> it would double the population of the city south of san francisco that feels like a small touchb. >> five minutes away from the city but in order to escape the city right next door, beautiful trees. great streets. great neighbor. >> the brisbane planning commission is recommending they say no to housing. >> our general plan prohints housing because the site is contaminated. one side is a san francisco former dump. the other side is a former rail yard. >> but housing advocates and groups like the san francisco chamber of commerce are applying pressure urging to be part of the housing solution. opposing the plan is concerned about risk. >> to me this is about three things, one, safety, two, safety

brisbane veterinary services posted these photos of the procedure to facebook. the cost to save "conquer"... 500 bucks./// ((denise valdez)) >>> "conquer's" story of survival has gone viral... and is getting mixed reactions on social media. charmaine says... "i've buried or flushed enough goldfish to not give it a second thought. i definitely would not pay $500 to save one!" mary agrees... "i would of just bought another gold fish. $500?" but ruby sees it differently... "unless she asked you to pay for it, i don't know why anyone else would care. i find it crazy that 8-year-olds have iphones, but i didn't pay for it, so let it be." and christine writes... "i wish all people had hearts like hers. this world would be a much better place."/// ((dave courvoisier)) >>> still ahead... letting go of the wheel. ((denise valdez)) >> uber has finally u cars... but what does it mean for the thousands driving for the company right now? ((dave courvoisier)) >> plus... quick action helped save a family pet today. the video showing henderson firefighters rescuing a dog from a

opponents say all the housing would ruin brisbane's small town charm.ey also say the baylands is contaminated. a final decision is expected in the spring. >>> it is 4:41. happening today, contra costa county workers locked in a bitter contract dispute will begin a three-day strike today. it affects 1100 county service workers. the last contract expired in june. in a statement earlier this week the union says workers will walk off the job on friday if a deal can't be reached. >>> up next, the presidential campaign making some history, and it's not actually even from the campaign trail. an unprecedented opinion from a major daily newspaper just coming out this morning. the arizona republic -- one of the most popular >>> shockwaves from a traditionally red state. the arizona republic, one of the most popular conservative newspapers in arizona is endorsing hillary clinton. that paper hasn't endorsed a democrat for president in 126 years. >> and another one of the nation's most red newspapers choosing sides in the presidential race. for the first time in its

so wet for brisbane and through melbourne. looking for wet weather through the weekend. wrapping things up with a look at north america. tropical storm julia continues to stall over the coast or southeast of the carolinas. then a cold front through the central plain wills bring some thunderstorms. some may be strong. so be on the lookout for that. hope you have a good day wherever you are. here's your extended outlook. >>> be sure to watch "newsroom tokyo" at the top of the hour. for all of us here on nhk "newsline," thanks for watchin >> you are watching "france 24." time for 60 minutes live around the world. here are the headlines. convoys ofwo much-needed aid are still waiting to get into a level -- into aleppo. the extent of the cease-fire for days to make sure civilians get the supplies. strike season starts again in france. people are back in the streets again today to protest labor reforms that have already been pushed through the parliament.

sky 7 was over brisbane as firefighters doused a brush fire. the fire broke out on the slope between u.s. highway 101 and bayshore boulevard about 3:15 this afternoon. crews raced to the scene from across northern estimate county. they haven't said how many acres burned. still trying to assess that. the biggerimity pact has been on commuters heading south from the city. >>> a san jose police officer appeared in court to answer accusations that he leaked information to vietnamese gang members. derek antonio faces six charges including unauthorized access to police data bases and being an accessory to a crime. antonio was arrested with 22 other people in a case linked to two homicides. antonio remains free on bail. >>> symbols of hate on campus. two san jose state university students are waiting to find out their punishment after they confessed to being responsible for two separate swastika displays. abc 7 has more live from the campus. chris? >> reporter: and sadly, allegations of racism aren't anything new on this campus. you might recall the c

brisbane veterinary services posted these pictures of the procedure to facebook. in the end, conquer lived up to its name... and got through the surgery. the cost to save the goldfish was 500- bucks! /// ((demetria obilor)) >>> now we posted this story on our 8 new now facebook page... and hundreds of you thought it was ridiculous.... or reasonable with that 500- dollar price- tag. comfortable for now...but the mornings will get milder as the week finishes warmer and the weekend heats up. ................ temps will get closer to normal today... and then we'll get to those mid 90s by the weekend. ............... it's good to keep sprinklers late we can still get some extra warm afternoons. .................. the showers and snow are lifting into the northern rockies today.... and tropical depression julia is bringing more rain to east coast. ...... leaving the southwest dry and warmer. ((brian loftus)) >>> tonight, the huntridge shopping center in downtown las vegas.. will light up its brand new sign.. to celebrate the major changes its undergone. and joining us t

well, macarthur has been criticized for not being there in brisbane to welcome george marshall, his boss, as chief of staff. macarthur is out on good enough island, and jim's going to show you a picture of this. he's planning the invasion of new britain and the gloucester landings in december of 1943. now again, it just shows that those people who are on the side being absolute, no holds barred macarthur critics will go to any extreme to put the worst possible light on something. and in this case, the story isn't, well, macarthur just absolutely shunned marshall, and you know, he went to hide out on goodenough island, didn't want to invite -- well, marshall didn't feel that way, okay? and i suggest to you, and i write in the book, that i think marshall gets a lot better idea of what's going on in the southwest pacific by flying to goodenough island, by meeting with macarthur and his combined operations staff there than he would have been by being in brisbane for a day or two in some hotel room. so, from marshall's standpoint, and many, many times i would think that george marshall is sor

>> from brisbane australia. >> are you on vacation right now? >> yes. >> jimmy: it's winter in australia, right? >> we're on the spring break now. >> jimmy: so now you've overcompensated foot wear wise, correct? >> that's right. i -- it's getting hot. >> jimmy: what are you wearing >> we call them thongs. >> jimmy: yeah, yeah. we call them that, too. what do you call those ten nubby things attached to your foot? are those toes or -- yeah, yeah. wow. i like to think of people just waking up right now. >> i'm hoping he belongs to a very understanding motorcycle gang. >> jimmy: what do you do for a living, mick? >> i'm a security officer. >> j that will be great. would you do me a favor? take those thongs off and hand them to my cousin sal for just a second. just like one second. just hand them to him for one second so we can get a great look at them. it is so hard to see them down there on the floor like that. >> do i trust him? >> jimmy: oh, yeah. don't worry. you can trust him. >> this is great fun for me. >> jimmy: how long have you had that's

. >> i'm from brisbane in australia. >> head west. >> are you sure we have enough fire power. >> i promiseecking. >> you saw the water. >> oh. >> i see it. it's looking at me. >> yeah. >> it's right there. there it goes. >> it's right here, ray. it's looking at me. >> it's an otter, two t's. >> who is that? >> that's my cell phone. that's my ring tone. >> rhonda, rhonda. >> oops. ♪ ♪ >> what are you doing? >> what kind of snake is that? >> oh relax. >> i do the chach chach like a sissy girl. >> i don't feel so good. >> we didn't see any snakes. i'm actually happy about that. >> heim glad we didn't see a snake just so we didn't have to prove to the whole world how brave you are. >> that's right. and just remember something. i'm watters and this is my world right here. >> whoa. >> watters on deck -- we sent him out to a megadeth concert. but watters isn't talking music. he's talking politics. >> what is the most important issue for you? i've been taking fish oil from nature's bounty to support my heart. i'm running, four times a week. eating better, keeping healthy. so that no matter what ha

staff recommended the removal of two trees and the retention of two trees the tristao remain the brisbane next to the turk boulevard it is the canopy to extend to turk boulevard but allow the pertaining to address the two trees that caused the greatest amount of sidewalk damage they're to be pruned that two will cause the trees to be unstable the tree on turk boulevard and the tree on kit ridge the further away from turk the tree on turk boulevard will be reformed what that a front yard instead of trying to reroute the tree broadening did sidewalk around the tree causes the pedestrian to away zone preventing the parking lot and creating a need to address a change in the slope of the property line this is not feasible nor sustainable the tree that will be removed 9 third tree in the corner and caused the severe damage to the sidewalks and radio the replacement will be shifted opposite the landscaping and a wider pedestrian through zone can be route around the tree this will allow the tree to be remembered and a request to match the brisbane box trees is a reasonable request which we'll rew

> a warning tonight about a new scam about how thieves are >>> breaking news on the peninsula in brisbane. looking live from sky 7 at a brush fire that burned near bayshore boulevard and guadalupe canyon parkway. they appear to have it out now. you see the white, puffy smoke, or you did a moment ago. the which has closed the bayshore boulevard off ramp from southbound 101 while crews finished the work. that is backing up cars on the freeway. look at that. fire crews from across northern san mateo county answered the call for the fire to make sure they got it out quickly. it has already impacted all that traffic which is backed up. >> for sure. >>> bay area astronaut kate rubeens is about a month away from returning to earth. the napa native head been on the international space station -- has been on the international space station since july. she successfully completed two space walks and became the first person to sequence dna in space. rubens says looking down at earth from space, that never gets old. so does she want to come back? >> there are of course things that draw you back to the

very refreshing. 76 in redwood city through burlingame into brisbane.wise 70s and 80s to the north. low 80s in livermore when we should be around 92 degrees. the outside number today 86 towards discovery bay similar conditions. you will barely feel the difference each day through the holiday. we have the scottish games gathering, this is so much fun in pleasanton, love to hear those bagpipes, we'll see temperatures near 80 degrees each and every day. hope you have a great thursday. >>> thank you. pet owners are told to stay away from a lake in berkeley. the health department says that they found toxic algae and it could be deadly to dogs. crews spotted the outbreak at lake anza in tilden regional park. the park will stay open but the lake will be closed to swimmers. for humans, officials say that the algae causes allergic aer willgies and rashes. >>> a simple act of kindness turned a college football player into an online sensation. the story behind the viral photo. >> reporter: brock turner will walk out a free man after three months in jail. the chaos

it is time, frankly, for all of you to come with us down to brisbane. and so, we are organizing transportation and i would love it if some of our supervisors would come down and rain hellfire down upon them. we need you guys to be leading the front and saying that no longer can san francisco be the only voice saying that we need more housing in the bay area. all of our suburbs need to be contributing. the westside of san francisco also needs to be contributing and the south side needs to be contributing and our suburbs need to step up. we need to embrace infill development and we need your help to do that. frankly, we are out there in the suburbs and they do not care about us. you know, we are a little upstart and we need your help to bring that message home that the bay area operates as one. we are economically integrated throughout the bay area and you will need to be the voice of that reason. so, please come down with us and advocate for housing in our misbehaving suburbs. thank you. >>thank you very much. next speaker please. >>our housing policy mo

it is time, frankly, for all of you to come with us down to brisbane. and so, we are organizing transportation and i would love it if some of our supervisors would come down and rain hellfire down upon them. we need you guys to be leading the front and saying that no longer can san francisco be the only voice saying that we need more housing in the bay area. all of our suburbs need to be contributing. the westside of san francisco also needs to be contributing and the south side needs to be contributing and our suburbs need to step up. we need to embrace infill development and we need your help to do that. frankly, we are out there in the suburbs and they do not care about us. you know, we are a little upstart and we need your help to bring that message home that the bay area operates as one. we are economically integrated throughout the bay area and you will need to be the voice of that reason. so, please come down with us and advocate for housing in our misbehaving suburbs. thank you. >>thank you very much. next speaker please. >>our housing policy mo

we moved here from brisbane from our old innovation. we do printmaking, gallery shows, and we have a fabulous retail store where there are lots of fun things to find. >> we will look at all of that as we walk around. it is incredible to me how many different things you do. how is it you identify that san francisco was in need of all these different services? >> it came from stepping out of graduate school in 1972. i wrote a little thing about how this is an idea, how our world should work. it should have printmaking, archiving, a gallery. it should have a retail store. in 1972, i wanted to have art sales, point-of-sale at the grocery store. >> so you go through the manifesto. with the bay area should have. you are making art incredibly accessible in so many different ways, so that is a good segue. let's take a walk around the facilities. here we are in your gallery space. can you tell me about the current show? >> the current show is jeff chadsey. he is working on mylar velum, a smooth, beautiful drawing surface. i do not know anyone th

it is time, frankly, for all of you to come with us down to brisbane. and so, we are organizing transportation and i would love it if some of our supervisors would come down and rain hellfire down upon them. we need you guys to be leading the front and saying that no longer can san francisco be the only voice saying that we need more housing in the bay area. all of our suburbs need to be contributing. the westside of san francisco also needs to be contributing and the south side needs to be contributing and our suburbs need to step up. we need to embrace infill development and we need your help to do that. frankly, we are out there in the suburbs and they do not care about us. you know, we are a little upstart and we need your help to bring that message home that the bay area operates as one. we are economically integrated throughout the bay area and you will need to be the voice of that reason. so, please come down with us and advocate for housing in our misbehaving suburbs. thank you. >>thank you very much. next speaker please. >>our housing policy mo