for a future caltrans station and some corresponding concerns and we are working with the department and communities on that. there are some funding issues with keeping the street open because building a bridge there is more expensive but it's the appropriate thing to do. we will have more details for you in september. the other thing that's happening in district 11 is the hunters point mobility study where we have a significant amount of activity. on august 21, the team will present at a meeting from 1:00 until 3:00 that i want to alert the community. this is at 1800's oakdale avenue and people are encouraged to attend. this would really leverage the resources that community already has in place. shared resources to really improve mobility in that area. we have a fairly extensive i am about the program allocations of proposition k. i want to point out that the board appropriated debt total of $118 million in sales tax for transportation and there is also a comparison of the% allocated versus program and in terms of programmatic categories which are not huge projects, for things like

it is regarding the taxi stand at the caltrans station. probably about two months ago i noted a u-turn sign was posted there. and apparently, we can only take passengers in down on townsend street toward at&t park. the road narrows there. i have been taking taxicab passengers up the street there every workday for the past 10 years. i would like to be able to do my job without being cited. you can see in the picture the loading area for the taxicabs. to the left of that taxicab before the bike lane, that is all loading zone. there is not a traffic light. it is pretty easy for the taxicabs to turn in the loading down and make a left-hand turn on two towns in street. [tone] here is where our -- where i had gotten cited. i wish you would take up these questions of the taxi stand. i am disappointed that your priority now -- you will not make $50 million by making this change. your priority now is money from taxicabs. i agree with the speaker that in dealing with this agency we have no say and no representation. under the taxi commission we had

because close to the caltran station. and has -- there's a lot of interesting businesses moving in there. so that's what i mean by the uses of bad neighborhoods. it's an area, not a lot of people are paying attention to in terms of -- there's some -- there's some improvements. but actually more driven by the dog patch people. but i think it's one of the more interesting areas right now. i think commissioner sugaya makes a good point. i mean, that sometimes as professionals we get carried away. and the government is really limited in what it can do. we are really very limited. and maybe in certain -- in certain respects that's a good thing. sometimes. because it's really the public that creates variety. and one of the things that really is problematic is when -- is settling for mock variety instead of real variety. the whole thing where we make a big building, look like it's divide norwood 25-foot seg -- divided into 25-foot segments. it doesn't really create real variety. and i've been spending a lot of time in mission ba

city officials say 40 to 50 people had been living on the city owned property near the caltrans stationh team said it found rooms for several of the people who were evicted. >>> four members of a graffiti crew were sentenced as part of a plea deal. the men all received a year in jail and were ordered to pay restitution. they're part of the have you seen us or hysu crew. the group is made up of taggers who did $60, $60,000 worth of damage to restaurants, cars and freeways. >>> california governor jerry brown unveiled a revised pension plan that could save the state billions of the dollars by requiring public employees to pay more toward their retirement. the governor's revamped plan implements changes that primarily apply to new workers. those changes would include a higher retirement age and would have employees paying up to half of their pension cost. labor leaders call it a violation of collective bargaining rights. but governor brown estimate that is the plan would save $30 billion over the next 30 years. >>> in news of the world tonight in south korea a powerful typhoon hit today pa

city officials say 40 to 50 people had been living on the city owned property near the caltrans stationthe homeless outreach team said it found rooms for several of the people who were evicted. >>> four members of a graffiti crew were sentenced as part of a plea deal. the men all received a year in jail and were ordered to pay restitution. they're part of the have you seen us or hysu crew. the group is made up of taggers who did $60, $60,000 worth of damage to restaurants, cars and freeways. >>> california governor jerry brown unveiled a revised pension plan that could save the state billions of the dollars by requiring public employees to pay more toward their retirement. the governor's revamped plan implements changes that primarily apply to new workers. those changes would include a higher retirement age and would have employees paying up to half of their pension cost. labor leaders call it a violation of collective bargaining rights. but governor brown estimate that is the plan would save $30 billion over the next 30 years. >>> in news of the world tonight in south korea a powerful

it is located near the caltrans station and track. he is accused of five robberies in this area. police had him under surveillance this morning starting at 8:30. a search and arrest warrant was signed by a judge at 2:00 p.m. when police arrived, they tell me the suspect came outside and quickly discovered that he was surrounded. he quickly went back inside. the s.w.a.t. team is here and a negotiations team is on site. they believe he may surrender soon. police believe he is inside the home and armed. although, they have not seen him with a weapon today. again, the negotiation team and s.w.a.t. team is here on the scene. they're hoping he'll surrender. we'll bring you an update if something happens before the end of our newscast. reporting live in redwood city, cheryl heard, nbc bay area news. >> a tense situation there. >> a big decision on the fate of the suspended sheriff. it will reveal its recommendation on whether he should be fired or not. jodie hernandez has been at the hearing all day. she joins us live in san francisco with the news details. jodie? >> just within the las

the richmond bart station reopened after that happened parade and caltrans but toll takers back on the rich man, a san raphael bridge. >>> if you do see smoke today in the state and in this direction of the refinery, i do not be alarmed. it is part of a controlled burn. it is to relieve the pressure and to make sure that more harmful toxins to not enter the air. officials at chevron are apologizing to the residence. she is also giving more details on the incident the refinery is right now said down until it is okay to open. because of the lead is being investigated. she noted 14 response vehicles and 80 firefighters. >>> the fiwe are now working to determine the cause so that we could avoid such incident in the future. >>> a huge plume of smoke could be seen throughout the bay area. several residents were concerned of their residensafety. three people suffered minor injuries. >>> i thought we got bombed. that is what i thought. >>> we know the cause is still under investigation. we ask what would be happening moving forward. the chevron spokesperson says they will be working with gover

the richmond bart station reopened after that happened and caltrans put toll takers back on the richmond fell bridge. chevron will keep the fire burning to prevent more serious problems. >> that is exactly right. if you do see smoke in the area, do not be alarmed. it is to relieve pressure and to make sure that no toxins are released into the atmosphere. it will be taking place in the refineries for crude unit which is where the diesel leak started. the rest of the refinery is operating as normal. the containment yesterday took the work of 20 response vehicles and 80 firefighters. >> we apologize to our neighbors and the community for the fire and the concern that we have caused them. we're now working to determine the cause so that we can prevent such incidents from occurring in the future. >> we're learning that was three employees injured, not one but they were all treated on site. the plume of smoke could be seen throughout the bay area sending hundreds of people to hospital >> i thought that we were actually bombed. >> there was a big bold mushroom cloud before it started spreading

station fire. >>> state lawmakers are considering to changing the name to cal wild. to make it more consistent with other state agencies like cal fire and caltrans. some state senators say it's a waste of taxpayers money. one report says changing the web site and designing a new logo could cost about $250,000. >>> the little league world series is getting underway in pennsylvania now. there's a huge crowd of supporters cheering on their team from the north bay. paul -- a huge crowd of supporters from the north bay. >> reporter: there are some people out here waiting to watch the team. they expect 500 people in total to watch each team for the big screen. the pride of petaluma. this team of 12 and 13-year-olds competing on the national stage in this year's little league world series. over the weekend they captured the championship with the 7-5 victory over hawaii. one boy said he was overjoyed to see his brother win. >> i wept over the pen hugging him. >> the last few years, they had a good chance. if in was ever a team to go, this would be the team to do it. >> reporter: supporters turned out from the local movie theater to watch the kids on the

station to try to disrupt communications. that stirred outrage and controversy over whether that threatened public safety. >>> today senator who chairs the senate transportation committee will hold a public hearing to address caltransesting issues. engineers have uncovered a broader range of problems with the safety testing of state roads and bridges. that comes after the sacramento bee exposed falsified data in safety tests of the new span of the bay bridge. the team found problems extended beyond a single employee who was found to be falsifying data. 23 cases identified involving testing done on the bay bridge, benicia, dumbarton and richmond bridge. >>> new safety program begins today at napa state hospital. some workers say put them at risk. they will begin wearing emergency alarm tags around their necks on lanyards some worry they could be a strangulation hazard. the straps have a safety break away features and alarms could be attached by a clasp. two years ago a psychiatric tech at hospital was strangled by a patient. employees have complained about lack of safety. >>> federal panel has given california until friday to come up with ideas to reduce the prison population, including early release. the deadline w

station in an effort to disrupt communications. some argue that threatened public safety. >>> today east bay state senator who chairs the senate transportation committee will hold public hearing to address caltrans issues. caltrans engineers uncovered broader range of problems with testing of roads and bridges. that comes after the sacramento bee exposed falsified data in safety tests of the new eastern span of the bay bridge. the team found problems extended beyond a single employee found to be falsifying data, 23 cases have been discovered. >>> new employee safety program begins today at napa state hospital. some say it could put them at risk. they will begin wearing emergency alarm tags on lanyards some worry those lanyard could be a strangulation hazard. officials say the strap has a safety break away feature and alarms can be attached by a clasp. two years ago a psychiatric tech at the hospital was strangled by a patient. employees have long complained about a lack of security and safety at the facility. >>> federal panel has given california until friday to come up with ideas to reduce the prison population, including early release. the deadline was made because the state probably won't me

station. we're peaking you -- we're taking you out there live this morning where you can see what's going on out there in the company that's -- in the camp that's set up. caltranslans to leave and plans to put a coalition says the camp shouldn't left alone. homeless advocates and city officials say up to -- the camp shouldn't be left alone. homeless advocates and city officials say some have camped there for five years. she's not seen any problems. >> i don't know anybody here who has gotten picked up on burglary charges. but they are using that as the excuse. >> shy also says that they all try to keep the area pretty clean. some people who park their cars near the camp say they feel safe with the carm there. there are reports that the camp could be evicted today. but the chronicle is reporting that the mayor's office will he would ginn -- will begin an outreach problem. i'm gonna try to tack caltrain to see if we can -- i'm gonna try to contact caltrain to see if we can get an update. >>> reportedly, the some industry analysts say the new -- automotive news saysle motors has 500 voights in sock. that's enough to supply deemers for 84 days. car dealers generall