burke. >> pli name is michael burke. you'd think i had never done this before. my name is michael burke. i would be remiss if i didn't salute ms. alizondo and the other folks in the city attorney's office, but she's been tremendously helpful as has your entire staff, and think i appreciate it and my clients appreciate it. >> thanks very much. they said the same about you. >> now on item 19, commissioners' matters. are there any commissioners' matters? >> commissioner hairson. vice president harrison: i would like to have a future meeting for discussion, the synthetic turf for the removal and replacement costs at end of life. >> generally for synthetic turf? thank you. can we make a note of that? ok, commissioner lee. commissioner lee: first, the proclamation, which i think margaret's got, for the life guard and the second issue is with where to get an update on the progress on the contract negotiations for portsmouth square. >> do you want that to come to the commission or do you want -- if you get it personally we don't have to go into executive session. i thin

ashley burke of cbc news reports. >> reporter: a final brush of the hair, a touch of color, rebecca got married two months ago but this is her big day. >> it's taffeta, cheaper than silk. it's embellished with beading, crystals. >> get it! get it! get it! >> reporter: she's getting ready to destroy her $1300 gown. >> i promised i wouldn't get trashed on my wedding, so i think today it's a totally different head space. >> reporter: for photographers, it's all about dropping picture-perfect bridal gouns into unexpected settings all for an edgy, untraditional shot. the trend started at destination weddings. >> you just go to a lagoon or in the beach and you just jump in and trash your dress, literally, that would be it. a lot of photographers took it one edge up. burning the dress or throwing paint on your dress. any way you could destroy the dress at the end of the day. >> reporter: the trend isn't just about getting your dress dirty or trashing your dress completely, it's also about making an artistic statement and for many, taking back their wedding day. >> i had a big wedding, ten atte

richard burke has run 50 marathons but he is not ready to slow down and he decided to do the 100-mile run training for three months 12 hours a day. he would run for the daughter of a high school classmate who suffers from multiple sclerosis. >> she was reaching out. a mother's love for her daughter and concern for her daughter. >> my family can feel like they are doing something to actually help me. >> burke began his run yesterday morning at about mile 45. he tore his achilles tendon and he had to stop. but dozens of supporters who had come out to run the course with him carried on. they completed the 100 miles in about 21 hours raising $20,000. >>> well, it was named one of the bay area's trashiest beaches. the effort today to clean the shoreline of that title. >>> here is a live look outside. are we getting the warmup so many people up? let's ask lawrence. he has our pinpoint forecast next. one of the bay area's trashiest, "meg whitman says she'll run california like her company..." seen this attack on meg whitman? who are these people? they're the unions and special interests behi

than keeping nudging us and pushing us this way and pushing us that way and putting our confidence in burke rats who by the way are pretty fat themselves. if i go to you i mean is it really a personal responsibility or is it other social conditions. well i'm going to me i'm going to. go ahead and in dallas i'm concerned about. you know i'm concerned about the idea of the government should take an interest in what we eat and how much exercise we get those are very personal decisions obviously they have consequences you can try to educate people about the consequences but it's ultimately up to them i don't think that we should be trying to intervene in a way that encourages people to move one way or the other by taking away options or making options less attractive through some kind of central planning process or social engineering if you go back to the example that kelly brownell mentioned of smoking in fact what you saw is that there was a very steady decline in smoke in the smoking rates in the united states after the surgeon general's report now the government did do something it is true

are viable reasons to assume that that criminal might be back now the state is very interested in burke software and his even given him a grant of two hundred thousand dollars to mass distribute the software to parole boards across pennsylvania but i think there's a bigger issue here this computer program ultimately decide the fates of prisoners were formed or not and what are we and as a country want to leave that fate of the convicted or even the accused up to a computer program let that program predict what and when someone or when someone will commit a crime and that brings us to our next story here to. this is fifty two year old bobby stovall he is making the news because he's the first person to receive a life sentence from a judge for drunk driving a police officer said that they were called to the scene of an accident in two thousand and nine were stovl was charged with a do you why his breathalyzer shows that he was or times over the legal limit and after receiving nine drunk driving citations from the state of texas for driving under the influence the state's prosecutors felt

eric burks representing the green party and our city. as written we are opposed to this project. sorry, i left my muzzle at home. just start with transit and parking. one-to-one parking is a 20th century dinosaur. it shouldn't be part of the project. the transit aspects of the project should be more robust. the m line to daly city should be guaranteed and not a possibility. i want to strongly agree with all the museum that spoke on the rent control issue. that's huge. we're not going to be able to guarantee that these units stay rent controled, and once the current 10 apts leave it will be -- once the current tenants leave it will be impossible. to dovetail on to that, something i haven't heard in response to e.i.r. or on this yet the carbon emigs factor needs to be -- emissions factor needs to be understood in all this demolition and reconstruction. you may have over time a carbon neutral project over several decades or over more than a century, but right now, as you know, i follow global warming very closely and the planet is already reaching tipping points where we could get m

unlike oakley and union burk, counterfeiters don't pay corporate taxes and legitimate wages. they don't fund healthcare. >> reporter: now, authorities say the 11 people listed in this federal indictment all knew each other. in some cases they were family members and worked together and they all decide -- reside in san francisco and they are facing stiff penalties. the penalty for smuggle illegal goods in the u.s., can you face up to 20 years in prison and pay $250,000 fine. allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. >> indeed a very serious crime. thank you. >>> we're getting more information about the number of people killed this morning during a horrific workplace shooting in connecticut. authorities now say nine people were killed at a beer distribution company in manchester, including the gunman omar thornton. company officials say torn ton worked there as a driver and was being -- thornton worked there as a driver and was being resigned there. >>> full senate hearings are underway for supreme court nominee elena kagan. cities are gearing up for the national crimeout prevention n

. >> melanie williams, michael lynn, holly burke. >> good morning. my name is melanie williams. live at 1215 bayside drives. i have been living here since 1995. i really appreciate everything you are doing. when we first came out here, i was pregnant with my son, and i really want to see something nice. i want to see the bridge. i have been there for a long time. i really >> we have community meetings. the programs is out there. and where i come from is a better place for me to be. so i just am glad you-all can get together. put the work together. and make it happy home for the families. thank you so much.

she was able to fight him burke he did get away. >> and two men are dead following a predawn shooting in the east bay. the victims' bodies found inside of an apartment in the sycamore bay complex. san jose police arrested this man, steven ray coolly is a registered sex offender and police say he confronted the woman, who worked as a janitor who worked in a medical office building. they say the victim was cleaning when coolly exposed himself and attempted to assault her. the woman screamed and then, the suspect ran away. >> california's department of corrections set up a web site that alerts the public every time a sex offender illegally removes his ankle blais let, removing three sex offenders from the bay area that are considered to be at large. and two are both from san francisco. if you would like to sign up to get alerts you can go to abc 7 news.com and stick on see it on tv. >>> a historic ground breaking this morning. house speaker nancy pelosi and ray lahood helped kick off construction. when completed in 2017 it will serve as city's transportation hub for bus service, cal trai

eric burks representing the green party and our city. as written we are opposed to this project. sorry, i left my muzzle at home. just start with transit and parking. one-to-one parking is a 20th century dinosaur. it shouldn't be part of the project. the transit aspects

there is a pickle bergen and an apple strudel -- a pickled burk igherkin and an apple strudel. the pickled gherkin? >> i would say because in vienna, austria, we grew up with because, with this kind of food. it is an in-between dish. that is the main reason why. >> the artist says people are free to make of their own mind about the meaning of the peacpi. >> i like the small ones. the small ones, their interest in me. the big ones are too big. >> i got a big smile on my face when i was walking. >> the show begs the rather unsettling question. if the artist can see himself as a pickle, what does he think of the rest of us? >> i think it is a cultural thing. much more pickles, gherkins, and all the international news online anytime you wanted at bbc.com/news. you can get in touch with me and all of the crew on twitter. you can also see what is coming up on facebook. thanks for watching. >> hello and welcome. >> see the news unfold. get the top stories from around the globe and click to play video reports. go to bbc.com/news to experience the in-depth, expert reporting of "bbc worl

. >> melanie williams, michael lynn, holly burke. >> good morning. my name is melanie williams. live at 1215 bayside drives. i have been living here since 1995. i really appreciate everything you are doing. when we first came out here, i was pregnant with my son, and i really want to see something nice. i want to see the bridge. i have been there for a long time. i really >> we have community meetings. the programs is out there. and where i come from is a better place for me to be. so i just am glad you-all can get together. put the work together. and make it happy home for the families. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> hello, my name is mike from the conservation director with the golden state audio bonn society and i'm here to present oral comments on behalf of the society, written comments will follow. one of the things i want to start with. we'll hear a lot of comments about this process about overall support for the project and i would ask the commissioner and redevelopment agency to always at this point just remember that we need a good environmental impact report. and

students at tulane do research that goes and advises the portfolio managers in the hancock horizon burke &road mutual fund. over the past five years since the storm, shares of that fund are actually higher meanwhile the s&p 500 is lower. what's this tell us about gulf coast communities? >> it has a positive message. this fund is mainly made up of the companies in this area. it's telling us that this part of the world is growing faster than the rest of the economy and has a very good outlook. if you'll remember -- if you think of stocks being great leading economic indicators, i think it tells a very positive tale. >> tom: does it tell that tale especially when it comes to energy specifically? >> yes, i really do think once we get passed the moratorium issue here, we have a lot of opportunity on the energy side throughout the state but particularly in the deep water area. >> tom: peter, do you own shares in the fund? >> no, i do not. the students don't either. >> tom: peter ricchiuti along with us. thank you for the update five years on after katrina. he's the assistant business school de

sitting in for sylvia burke who is on a much deserved vacation and i have a very brief general manager's report for you this afternoon. the first item on the report is just to note that as i'm sure you all know, we've had some incidents, in particular, stabbing at adolors -- at delores park last weekend and we've been working with the san francisco police department to significantly increase the police presence in delores in particular. they will start to work with us to enforce all of the park codes, the relevant park codes for delores as well as we're looking at some increased police presence in golden gate park and one -- and buena vista as well. on a happier topic, as commissioner buell mentioned yesterday, was our playday on the green. we had over 2,000 children participate. and it was an enormous -- a smashing success. and then tomorrow is our first-ever day camp jamboree. it's going to start at 11:00 at kezar and there will be over 800 day campers who are going to participate. they will take part in a parade. they will sing camp songs. and they will also celebrate the 70th anniver

expected to make a difference to avoid the key backs common in state project businessman victor beck so burke has been put in charge the russian version of superman valley will also get special economic gain legal status. tax breaks are a key issue for businesses skolkovo residents will pay. property tax for ten years experts believe attracting foreign brains to the project is essential american by a chemist and a bell prize winner roger kornberg has already agreed to co-chair the scientific and technical council overseeing russia's new silicon valley to make it more attractive to foreign scientists amendments are being made to the russian immigration laws there are going to be around thirty thousand people even in school of all the lion's share of the sites funding will initially come from the government to private investment is being strongly encouraged corruption is a big problem for russia but i believe it. will be able to escape from the right amount the new school or centers it david is while focused on five priorities and an information technology communication via medical research and

sentiment has been broadly negative on the russian markets we've also shown some volatility so i'm in burke from consultancy invest because they wraps up the last five days trade. this week was kind of usual for august because. it's end of summer and august is a very scary months for russian traders and for russian stock markets and well it's quite volatile but for the recent three weeks we've been in a very narrow range in terms of this is we don't break that. recent economic statistics from the u.s. is not encouraging because for example on thursday you are saying this is a. big deal because of the statistics about manufacturing activity and about jobless claims commodities prices right now are not supporting. the current commodity levels are. already in the prices of the russian stocks there was a lot sort of. terms of fertilizer industry. in syria might emerge soon and the information which came in on friday about chinese company which might participate in the offer for water. so that information. is quite important for us. crude oil is not a six week low it's been struggling to break o

. >> reporter: teenagers like tyrell burks are referred to her program after sentencing for petty crimesruancy. tyrell was prosecuted for theft. >> i never had a real job before. >> reporter: with veronica's encouragement, tyrell is now focused on finishing high school. >> she made a very big difference in my life. if she didn't come into my life, i probably would be doing the same things i did before. i'm glad she came. >> reporter: hip hop car wash is a green venture. instead of wasting water, the kids use environmentally friendly cleaners to wipe down each and every car. that means no water, plus, solar panels power the vacuum. and when they aren't using their hands, they are planning their future. >> can anyone share a business plan with me today? >> reporter: at the "peoplewhoo care" office, teens learn job skills, develop business plans, and learn to embrace their own unique talents. >> i speak better and english fluently. >> ah. very good. so you guys out there. remember double language, more customers... better your business. >> reporter: verronica, a counselor for at risk childr