are you interested in purchasing more buss? we told them we were interested and look to get the money and need to go through an approval process and they said okay and they made us a sales pitch. we reviewed it. we felt it was in the best interest of the city. we forwarded it in july to the legal department and the city attorney's office and reviewed it and we put it into the normal process which means in july we started to prepare the documents and october 15 we took it to the sf mta board. we then brought it to the board of supervisors budget and finance committee and to the full board on the 29th of october. the notice of proceed was issued on november 6 and the first bus was accepted on december 6, so in answer to the question "why didn't we wait for the full evaluation?" . we had an opportunity to purchase buses and a window because the window was provided by somebody else and i don't know whose contract falling through, so what we ended up was 50 new buses at a price that is less than we paid for the 62. regardless whethe

boulevard, that runs north, south on different routes that are taken alternatively by some of these buss that go through the residential areas. i know the importance of the tourism industry and that the tour buses that are beneficial in some ways to our economy and the city. i think that there are limited things that we have enforced in the city and i know that we have the bus parking management plan and a number of changes and even severe restrictions and bans but in many residential areas and i think that many of my constituents feel that there is not enough enforcement that we need to see more safety, especially where a big tour bus went down in a residential street on 12th avenue and five people were injured and one person, very, very severely. my office started talking where casino buses and other types of private buses traveled frequently, right near child care and library and they line up and layover where they load the passengers similar to the tech buses that are now all over parts of the mission but also but definitely more fitting for a commercial corridor and this is an ongoi

at every stop so we're seeing the time savings in this segment of the corridor and protecting the busses from right turns we're seeing benefits to the local and brt service. there would be fewer overall stop places in richmond so the two services would be similar in this stretch. this alternative is able to preserve parking. there are no loss now we're seeing now with the alternative and the reason with if you may recall the prefer alternative the bus stop had to provide for the local stops where the local businesses would to the but not the brt so the bus lane had to be 3 lanes would i do one for each direction of the buses as well as the busses the brt to get around the local businesses that's the traffic in the area. we've heard feedback about the amount of off street parking so we think this alternative really is strong in that it laws us to use the bus you lane without 9 significant loss. this alternative builds two new medium we're ripping out the two and this provides us with the opportunity to do better landscaping and tree planting and lighting and that's pedestrian improvements

were they delivered in the same fashion as the 50 buss? >> they were driven by the plant in minnesota, yes. >> do you have a record of any of the buses broke down? >> they did -- i think four broke down. >> were they bae? allison? >> i would have to go back and check. i honestly don't remember. i have to get back to you on that one. i don't remember. >> i would certainly like to know that if you purchased 62 buses, two different types of engines and i want to know which ones broke down before i purchased anything else. >> if you will indulge me one minute i think -- this is gary chang, the project manager. do you remember? >> [inaudible] i don't remember an exact count. okay. >> hi. this is gary chang with sf mta project manager for the procurement. based on my recollection there were some coaches broken down. however the communication i have with new flyer because the vehicles are under their possession when shuttling the vehicles to muni. so far i haven't been successful in retrieving that documents but i recall there were a few that bro

and to develop the clear guidelines to allow or to restrict the buses and the private tour buss that travel down those streets and i am going to encourage the residents from not only my district but other residents to work with the mta and how we can protect the public safety and keep our residential corridors as livable as possible i want to know if jerry robins can present and i know that there is a powerpoint given from his office. >> thank you >> good morning, supervisor mar and yee, and i am jerry robins with the sustainable streets division with the sfmta i have a five-minute powerpoint with an overview of the tour bus regulation issues that we deal with. thank you. >> tour buses do have complaints about the parking and the traffic conflicts as shown in these photographs. and wide turns that can cause concerns, and some of the buses use amplified loud speakers and the buses often have loud engine noise on hills. and emissions are also an issue. and loud buses on the city streets, tourism is the number one industry and the buses are a more ifish ent way to move people than if th

. >> these buss are going through the boarder gate to pick them up on the other side, and take them on into north korea and to their loved ones. a few hours later, and decades of stored up love, loss, and grief, find release. emplacing farm, will i strangers, and a country cut in two, they are one and the same. these the first since 2010 almost didn't happen. before ditching that objection last week. the open question, whether the trust building or will eventually be written up as another full storm. 82 people will have just three days of structures meetings. they have their requested family members brought here from the south. harry, al jazeera, south korea. this time, human error is to blame. lap al jazeera america. we open up your world. >> here on america tonight, an opportunity for all of america to be heard. >> our shows explore the issues that shape our lives. >> new questions are raised about the american intervention. >> from unexpected viewpoints to live changing innovations, dollars and cents to powerful storytelling. >> we are at a tipping point in america's history! >> al

seniors and hopefully interested in more investments in service and prosperity maintenance so the busses we rely on become more reliable >> (calling names). >> good afternoon. i'm tennessee 200 in a i'm a first year constitute. i'm happy you approved the low fees in san francisco. i want to share my expense as a 18-year-old in high school we paid $0.75 and it was hard to a find $2 or anymore to get home. there's a lot of success in the program and a lot of my friends in high school love the program, however, my friends when are seniors want to know why are those fairs include for 18-years old. >> hi, everyone thank you very much for your support and the pilot program for the youth. i'm teresa and i work with the youth. it's been beautiful to be able to for youth to be able to have the opportunity to get a pass and not have to worry about getting to school. you're going you as the city built by working class families because of the dwindling families because of the planning decisions made by the city i urge you mta to have those families in mind when you're thinking about raising fees and

coming to the super bowl will have their bags checked and their tickets checked before they get on the buss and shuttles. earlier today we went to trip that many will take on sunday. coming up at 10:00 what we had to go through, and i'm glad we did a dry run. >> thank you. make sure you are following her on facebook and twitter as she documents her trip to new york and new jersey. >> stay with kt vu for super bowl sunday. kickoff is expected to be around 3: 30. >>> with just 59 days left a bay area doctor is taking matters in his own hands to get his patients enrolled in insurance california. >> the bay area service that helps former gang members get back to right path. >>> the bay area weekend is here. part could have showers, we look for rain in the long range forecast. [ sports announcer ] here's another one, alyson dudek. hales corners, wisconsin. nice pass by alyson dudek. can she hang on to that spot? and she does! [ male announcer ] with the u-verse wireless receiver, your tv goes where you take it, allowing inspiration to follow. ♪ [ dad ] looks pretty good, right? [ girl ] yeah. [

the sheriff office also has contracts with ac transit to keep the busses moving and it's possible this deputy was there for that purpose. we have to walk that fine line between our contractual obligation and things that are going on in the city. this particular incident when you look at it calls for some back up to come in and maybe that did happen but the video doesn't show it. in san leandro, charles clifford kron 4 news. it was ten years ago today. that san francisco celebrated what is called the "winter of love". the city's approval of same- sex marriages. the marriages were later annulled, and years of debate and court battles followed the action by former mayor gavin newsom. many credit newsom with paving the way for what is now legal same sex marriage in 17 -states and the district of columbia. today. an anniversary celebration marking the "winter of love" was held at san francisco city hall. mayor ed lee and newsom. joined a number of same sex couples. who were the first to tie the knot in san francisco in 20- 04. franz coaches and teammates will the candlelight memorial for a

. >> i was bussed in denver, after third grade and fourth grade, after two years of being bussed into the school district what, did my parents finally do, they made the decision to movement where did i end up going, to a suburban school that was pretty much all white, so it goes back to the point andrea made initially. are the democrats willing to do something about the fundamental problem of education? you might be for school choice but the president is not and neither is the mayor and that's why those kids are going to continue to have failing schools. >> i am for vouchers but i'm not for beating up union teachers who are the lion's share are very good. >> give the teachers better resources. >> they should get better resources, i agree with that. >> we'll continue this debate another time. but first country superstar billy ray cyrus is back and gives his daughter a run for her money in the twerking department. we'll show you the remake of the video that may make you a little achy and breaky. that's next on "the five." [ male announcer ] meet mary. she loves to shop online with her d

. >> this bussing happens everywhere so there are plenty of conditions, people who work outside of newhey'll have people who come through. they'll use the public bus stops. people say google using the public bus stops is bad. they're doing that so they're not creating traffic by creating all kinds of other stops. it sort of seems like no matter what they do they'll get picked on. >> now these protests, erin are spreading to seattle with microsoft employees. >> who also get bussed to headquarters. >> right. they employ 100,000 people, right, also billions in revenue, also good for the economy. these protesters might want to find another hobby like, i don't know, getting a job. they seem to have time on their hands and wreaking havoc all over the city. people are saying i'm working hard, earning a good paycheck. rents are going to go up, but that's capitalism. that's people succeeding. if people are going to raise rent, what do protesters want for the rents to come back down? by nobody working. i don't understand the question. >> your a raising the questions about the issue that's gather

. >> so these buss have become a target of what critics say is the gentrification of san francisco. >rotesters have a point? >> fairly or unfairly, these commuter buss have become a symbol of inequality, a symbol of our affordability crisis and these are very real phenomenon. that many san franciscoians and many americans around the country are really experiencing >> some city leaders say the anger is misguided pointing out the buses take thousands of cars off the road every day and the tech industry's positive ripple throughout the economy. >> for every one technology and innovation job we've had, we've had three or four other jobs in other sectors whether it be hotel and staunt workers or retail that have been helping our economy. that is i an good thing. >> for those squeeze the out of housing, it's a tough sell. for them, this has become a new way to voicing ander. >> mom and pops are gone. >> dan simon, cnn, san francisco. >>> and that brings to us tonight's outtake. the google barge is in hot water. this mysterious four-story structure has run aground and afoul of officials in s

right now the busses on gary and stockton are already packed. i've rind public straight downtown and finally, just recently started driving and that particular eir didn't offer the alternatives now the public didn't know about this our neighborhoods have had three weeks since christmas to look at it. glancing at it the transportation system still stuck out but one huge alternative is housing that's a middle-class with children what almost for the record. that starter housing with a little backyard and a endanger. this housing project didn't have this there's no family housing for sale. without families this city dies or morris into a winn and diane for adults like venice italy >> thank you, sir your time is up. >> my name is a michael i'm with the park merry kidney coalition. i'm concerned this houshz element didn't taking into consideration the need for transit before development. i've been very frustrated by what is coming from park merced i understand the plans call for an increase in something like 84 units and the cumulative impact of the e

and came across an article where an independent person looked at restaurants openings where all the busses are being routed and what was the - has anybody seep this matt map it's a heat map it's called. by co- latino all those >> i know it's rents. >> rent increases how on the heat map how it co- related that the heat map if we can do that with valuable information it wouldn't take fwoong more someone not suggesting the department to do this but to inquire about this. >> one other note i heard about the system it comes with a modern payment processes so we'll be able to take credit cards on line. >> commissioner moore. >> is your system connected to open data and it say we are accomplishing things to the groups so this adds to that. >> so anyone who is text savvy can do things on their own. >> a lot of it is out there. >> the second parrot of my question i have to assume that part of the interface between the department and the public are proprietary for example, ownership names its in the data someplace or ownership in general arthritis certain things that are irrelevant but might be impo

boulevard, that runs north, south on different routes that are taken alternatively by some of these buss that go through the residential areas. i know the importance of the tourism industry and that the tour buses that are beneficial in some ways to our economy and the city. i think that there are limited things that we have enforced in the city and i know that we have the bus parking management plan and a number of changes and even severe restrictions and bans but in many residential areas and i think that many

. >> no currently operating fraflt has a clinic that large or even comes close to that bussing. there is no medical necessity for that. it's bigger than the state now requires for ambulatory surge karl centers where far more complicated procedures are performed. >> antiabortion procedures, vitamin for women's health and safety. >> they don't want to report problems in the facilities. most likely not. that's why the state's job is to make sure these vulnerable women are protected from these abortion facilities. >> but abortion,. >> we do not want abortion to be done in louisiana. that is the standing of louisiana law and the supreme court has said that a state can treat abortion differently than other health services. >> is this an effort to stop abortion clinics completely? >> definitely. it was way before this and this was just another attempt to do a back door abortion ban. >> the louisiana department of health did not respond to our requests for an interview. ben lemoine, al jazeera, nornlz. >> philip seymour hoffman struggled with drug addiction in the past, new york medical

the buss in the raleigh-durham area are also stuck in this weather.y in north carolina. we'll stay with this breaking news story. north carolina of course brought to a standstill by this deadly winter storm. hey guys! sorry we're late. did you run into traffic? no, just had to stop by the house to grab a few things. you stopped by the house? uh-huh. yea. alright, whenever you get your stuff, run upstairs, get cleaned up for dinner. you leave the house in good shape? yea. yea, of course. ♪ [ sportscaster talking on tv ] last-second field go-- yea, sure ya did. [ male announcer ] introducing at&t digital life. personalized home security and automation. get professionally monitored security for just $29.99 a month. with limited availability in select markets. ♪ [ female announcer ] most of the time it's easy to know which option is better. other times, not so much. so it's good to know that mazola corn oil has 4 times more cholesterol blocking plant sterols than olive oil. and a recent study found that it can help lower cholesterol 2 times more. take car

. >> when you say it's in stages the busses didn't arrive until 240. >> that's the late bus. >> i think the last bus was around 1:30 but the plan was for the late bus to be leaving at 140. if we could have had the 2 hundred people out of the area, you know, the violence reduction team can deal with the other issues >> i'm just saying there's a separate area a little bit further away like a designated area. >> you have drunk girls in high heels walking down the street. >> but if they're going to do it alleviates the problem. >> so we are going to do any comment. >> yeah. i want to reapply to committee i know busy businesses don't want party buses dropping people off to use their restrooms so i'm not sure that's going to help anyone or anything dropping off in another location. >> thank you. is there any public comment on the police report? all right. i don't see any public comment is closed >> item 5 is the informational presentation by the office of economic and workforce development staff open the proposed project program. >> i'm kern rich with the office of economic and workforce deve

and also the transit partners that pitched in with their buss and made themselves available was kindd we are happy to have service going again. >> the cause of friday's derailment remains under investigation. crews still have repairs to do on the maintenance track burks that will be done during overnight hours. >>> abc7 news has obtained the emergency call made from the bart train operator to his dispatcher moments after the train jumped the tracks. abc7 news reporter cornell bernard has more. >> emergency! emergency! >> please. >> 331, derail. concord. >> a breathless call made by that bart train operator friday night to his dispatcher confirming his train was off the rails. >> how do you know you derailed? >> how do you know i derailed? or -- i am almost looking over the edge. >> looking over the edge to the pavement below. the operator, known only as cartwright, sounds panicked when he described events leading up to the derailment. >> crossing over to concord one and it was making weird noises and derailed. >> cartwright needed help. the quick thinking dispatcher is tries to coupl

a buss full of afghan soldiers was attacked last week, killing several.s diplomatic differences continue, the taliban will keep up its fight against both sides. >>> u.s. military investigators now looking into allegations that hundreds of army national guard recruiters took kickbacks while signing up recruits. more than a thousand people suspected of collecting the payouts. john terrett is in washington. john, how severe seriously. [ technical difficulties ] >> reporter: tens of millions of dollars. now claire mckas kel is hopping mad about this. in the past few minutes she has said this whole scandal involving the army is discouraging and depressing. take a look. >> even one case of fraud would have been too many. instead we now know that thousands of service members, their families and friends may have participated in schemes to defraud the government they served, and the taxpayers. >> reporter: well the scheme actually ended in in 2005, but as you can see there's a lot of anger in that room as a result of what is coming to light. >> john, do we know wh

is not my normal stop so i'm confused about where to go. >> they began lining up 23 local transit buss to get the rest of the passengers home. >> i don't know what i'm doing. >> a lot of passengers were unfamiliar with the layout of this station, as they tried to figure out which bus to get them to the right station. >> got a cab to concord? >> right here. >> what about bart? >> this bus will take you the rest of the way to concord. >> they are doing third best under difficult circumstances. trains don't fall off the tracks too often thankfully. >> allen wong abc7 news. >> it's not the first time the bart train derailed in the same part. three years ago a ten-car sfo track came off the track. about 65 passengers were on board at the time and there were minor injuries and it took nearly a full day to hoist the train back on to the track. >>> someone may b. trying to poison dogs again in san francisco twin peaks and diamond heights neighborhoods. this sign warns of a familiar station. last july several dogs were sickened by eating cooked meatballs containing rat poison. now there's repor

we had bussed 200 kids from milwaukee.bussed 200 kids from the inner city area of milwaukee up to madison. this one kid from milwaukee tomas me on the shoulder and i turn around. i'm standing on the 50 yard line and he says russ russ, can i talk to you for a second. we go over to the side and he starts talking to me. he says i just wanted to let you know, you've changed my life. i had only been with this kid for a few minutes or several hours throughout the day. but he said you changed my life. you've inspired me. my mom and dad beat me up at home and they're not really there, my dad's always out and my mom's doing drugs and all this kind of stuff. they tell me i won't ever go to school or college if i graduate high school. this is a 15 year old kid, african american kid. he's telling me all these things and getting emotional to be honest with you. i'm getting emotional sitting here talking to you. but he told me if i can tell you one thing russ i just want to say thank you. i thank you for giving me this opportunity to co

these busses are going through the south korean border gate to pick them up and take them into northea and to their loved ones. a few hours later, and decades of stored up love, loss, and grief, find relief. [ sobbing ] >> reporter: embracing family, strangers, in a country cut in two by war and ideology. they are one in the same. these reunions, the first since 2010 almost didn't happen. north korea threatened to pull out last week. the open question, whether this harolds the start of trust building, or will eventually be written up as another false dawn. the 83 people will have just three days of structured meetings, then it's the turn of 88 north koreans to have their family members brought here. the final good-byes have been at least emotionally charged as the first encounters. ♪ >>> i'm meteorologist dave warren. big changes expected here across the east. as the storm develops it tracks up over chicago, and brings a lot of warm air up, plus the potential for severe storms. in iowa a storm moving off to the east at about 65 miles an hour. just a short distance west we have a bliz

it subsidizes the golden gate buss and ferries which he says need a facelift. capital improvement costs such as a seismic retrofit, new fastrak system, have balloons to $1.4 billion in the next decade. >> the largest group of comment were in favor of raising tolls. i don't know if that's from customers that ride our buses and ferries or from motorists who appreciate the congestion relief associated with them. the largest group of comments we had were to raise tolls. >> gm dennis mulligan says the tolls keep cars out of san francisco clogging up city streets and keep people using alternative modes of transportation like the ferry and the bus. the transportation's finance committee and full board will weigh in on this possible toll hike later this week. back to you. >>> adding to the anger in the ukraine, what protesters found near kiev that's linked to the now missing president. >> cracking down on cybercrime, how the u.s. attorney general wants to protect u.s. consumers from hackers. >> time to soak up the sunshine as much as you can. we'll see some soaking rai

protesters have rallied against google and other technical companies using shuttle buss which have become a growing symbol of economic inequality in san francisco. cornell bernard is at the harbor bay terminal with a report in the next half hour. >>> a sea of celebration in seattle after the seahawks crushed the broncos in the super bowl so lopsided it will go in the record books. this is how it happened. >> seahawks took the lead and never looked back scoring quick of the points in super bowl history. >> we played football and what happened was supposed to happen. >> bronco nation was shocked. >> we needed to play well in order to win and we...we didn't come anywhere close to that. >> broncos apologized to the let down by text and his son's reply, it is okay, daddy, you are still my hero. >> in seattle, fans will celebrate with a parade on wednesday, thousands taking to the street last night. >> no better feeling in the world. >> the stars had a night to shine. after the game, a rough ride home as 30,000 fans poured out of metlife stadium crunching into a mass transit system. >> you knew

most stations out of action commuters had to stay at home or face massive queues for busses and over ground trains. you used to clear the strike over plans to close the good offices and cut jobs warehouse fire in argentina has killed nine firefighters and civil defence workers when a seven meter wall collapse into them as the battle the flames seven others were injured in the incident at a storage facility for banking documents and data in buenos aires. the cause of the fire is being investigated by authorities say that our son might have taken place. when just a day away from non seen the atlantic flame herald the launch of the winter games. tune in the room recently an online poll but the little gauche tv channel that training bush has caused quite a storm of rage across the country. stupid on line poll cause russia white anger for the pose the question was defending leningrad from the nazis worth it because retreat in their opinion could save hundreds of thousands of lights was offensive and culture to culture differs a lot from a russian perspective fighting to the bitter end to

. >> seems like instead of 40 bucks i'm putting double people are going to use bikes and buss and other transportation. >> oil exporting countries are expected to boost to about one un a barrel. >> governor jerry brown attended the ag expo in tulare. republicans proposed a bill relocating water to central valley warmers. governor brown says his job is to get both sides to work together. >> my issue is can i get people to be as cooperative? >> mr. obama will visit the area this friday. >> we have more still to come tonight. the weather that is hitting the south tonight. bad already, just getting started. >> is your pet's flea collar putting your children at risk? efforts to get brands off the market. >> and remembering sid ceasar. a king of od is in a good that comes in 25 flavors. from whole natural to wasabi and soy sauce. and once good gets going, there's no stopping it. get your good going. blue diamond. snack nut of the u.s. ski team. one of the besis that millions a is that millions of people will qualify for financial assistance. it's important to remember that the lower your annu