a 350-year-old rembrandt swiped from a ritz-carlton. the unlikely place where the pricy artwork was found. >> how about watching tv the same as smoking cigarettes? why it could be just as bad. >>> and we have all done it when things get crazy for us. the top tips to deal with stress eating before it sabotages you. ,, australia say he kid t a >>> a man is accused of a bizarre extortion plot. now, police in australia are saying that this man actually terrorized an 18-year-old girl putting a fake bomb around her neck. manuel gallegus on how they finally tracked the guy down half a world away. >> reporter: an fbi s.w.a.t. team moved in on this home outside louisville and arrested 50-year-old paul peters. he is accused of breaking into a sydney, australia mansion and chaining a fake bomb around the neck of 18-year-old madeline pulver as part of an extortion plot. >> the middle of last week the investigation team in sydney identified a suspect for this offense who we had reason to believe had traveled to the united states. >> reporter: peters

carlton is a transit operator at a 29-year veteran of the agency. this is accomplished through his professional demeanor and the disposition. he has become a go to operator as well as operators transferring to the division. the reason he is known as the operator is drawing on his vast experience in san francisco. they often comment -- in the hope that one day they will achieve the same standard of success. again, how they will present the award. >> i should point out that he is the root 23 operator. they surround him with a lot of people standing close to him. and they run the a bus operating facility. with that, congratulations. >> by award is waking up every day at coming to work. i am not one to get up and say, i have to go there? once again, thank you. i love cherishes. chairman nolan: on behalf of the board, thank you. [applause] >> i am pleased to report that the capital investment program continues to advance. i want to provide updates in a state of good repair for decades to come. a major undertaking has been the rehabilitation in various ar

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carlton b. goodlett place, san francisco, california 94102. call us at: 415-554-4375. visit our web site at: >> hello. welcome to "culturewire." we are here today with bay area artist jody chanel, and we are here to see the plaza where your piece has just been installed. >> i have been doing large-scale paintings in the galleries and museums, and the idea that in the future, i could do something that would hang out a little bit longer than the duration of the installation the kind of appeal to me. i quickly found out about the san francisco arts commission school and realized there was a pre-qualified school you had to apply to, so i applied to the. >> how long did it take you to develop this work for the plaza? >> this was a fast track project. design development was about a month. >> let's look at the beautiful mural. i have never seen a mural created on asphalt. >> the heat of the asphalt, a new layer of asphalt. then, these wire rope templates that were fabricated for the line work get laid down and literally stamped into the asphalt, and then everything was hand-p

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carlton be good lit place, sentences go, california, 94102. or 415-554-4375.isit our website, www.sfelections.org. >> hello. welcome to "culturewire." we are here today with bay area artist jody chanel, and we are here to see the plaza where your piece has just been installed. >> i have been doing large-scale paintings in the galleries and museums, and the idea that in the future, i could do something that would hang out a little bit longer than the duration of the installation the kind of appeal to me. i quickly found out about the san francisco arts commission school and realized there was a pre-qualified school you had to pre-qualified school you had to apply to, so i applied to the.

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carlton b. goodlett place, san francisco, california 94102. call us at: 415-554-4375. visit our web site at: www.w. supervisor wiener: what we have here is a very important project and a very important mission and a completely reasonable objection of neighbors who are concerned about a five-story building going in on their block, which is something we see in san francisco all the time, and there is nothing exceptional or inappropriate about people taking issue with the size of a building. i grow up in the philadelphia area, in new jersey, went to school up and down the east coast. i went to undergrad at duke university and law school at harvard. after clerking for a judge, i came out here and have been in here for the last 14 years. i always assumed i would go back to the philadelphia area because that is where my family is, but i was always interested in sanford cisco in terms of the city, culture, the amazing lgbt community -- i was always interested in san francisco. i am an attorney. i started off in private practice, doing complex litigation. in 2002, i moved to t

carlton b. goodlett place, san francisco, california 94102. call us at: 415-554-4375. visit our web site at: wwww supervisor kim: good afternoon, and welcome to the special rules committee. i am joined today by a committee member elsbernd. supervisor farrell is excused today. the committee with like to of knowledge of the staff at sfgovtv for whom i knock the gavel loudly. are there any announcements? >> the items are recommended unless otherwise indicated. the first item, appointing a member to the eastern neighbor the citizen advisory committee. the one to take a couple of moments and talk a little bit about your experience and the reason why you want to join? >> i served on a taskforce for about 10 years. very focused on power plants in the eastern neighborhood. high attendance was probably 95%. at the beginning of that, i helped put together a group of about 25 architects, land use attorneys, and so forth working with the office creating veteran neighborhoods, it never passed, but it served as a framework for the eastern neighborhood planning process. i have attend

the resort and spa the ritz carlton hotel grounds many articles of which have full seasons hotel the sultan who turns. welcome back you're watching r t live from moscow these are the top stories heavy clashes between rebels and government forces have reportedly resumed in tripoli with the sound of nato planes and explosions heard around the city all these are the very latest pictures from there it follows a night of confusion when one of khadafi sons claimed to have been arrested by the rebels it a surprise appearance in front of supporters this has added to questions over just who's in control the capital as both government and insurgent forces insisting have the upper hand. also downs or cast or whether the rebel victory would actually leave the leaving people in control their destiny as experts point to were those who fought for the revolution added up with a government they didn't choose. and. the fighting in libya still rages on a western oil companies have already started circling around a violent storm country it once again sparks concern the so-called battle for democracy was

carlton b. goodlett place, san francisco, california 94102. call us at: 415-554-4375. visit our web site at: ww >> i think if you're going to continue with your intellectual honesty, i hope you vote against every project from here on out that includes below market rate units. because the same legal argument you're making to argue that this development agreement is invalid is the same one you should be making to the ordinance. >> next is the senior member of the board of supervisors, not so much in terms of age but in terms of terms of service, and a man who nominated the mayor who is about to be sworn in. sean elsbernd. >> i was born and raised in district 7, montessori school right up the block. a grade school right down the street. my mom owned a children's clothing store right down the block, and i am lived here all my life, 30 years, and i have every intention of raising my family here. went down to a small school in los angeles, claremont mckenna, and came back here for law school and graduated. went to work here in city hall immediately upon passing the bar on th

carlton b. goodlett place, san francisco, california 94102. call us at: 415-554-4375. visit our web site at: ww >> in this fabulously beautiful persidio national park and near golden gate and running like a scar is this ugly highway. that was built in 1936 at the same time as the bridge and at that time the presidio was an army and they didn't want civilians on their turf. and the road was built high. >> we need access and you have a 70 year-old facility that's inadequate for today's transportation needs. and in addition to that, you have the problem that it wasn't for site extenders. >> the rating for the high viaduct is a higher rating than that collapsed. and it was sapped quite a while before used and it was rusty before installed. >> a state highway through a federal national park connecting an independently managed bridge to city streets. this is a prescription for complication. >> it became clear unless there was one catalyst organization that took it on as a challenge, it wouldn't happen and we did that and for people to advocate. and the project has a structur

it is not always within the ritz carlton itself. it can be relocated or paid into a fund and used another way. >> we will walk a block down this way down commission street. we are down here at the corner of third street and mission street. there is lots of construction going on. some old buildings. this is not necessarily a historic walking tour. this is to talk about buildings and earthquake issues. let me mention something more modern about earthquakes. i have been at this earthquake conference for a whole week. one of the big issues is what is the public expectation of the performance of a building. this is a good time to point out to you, the buildings only have to be built as well as the code that was in effect when they were built. if somebody said is my building up to code, i will say yes it is up to code. it is up to the 1909 code. in 1909 there was no requirement for earthquake design. >> until 1933 when the reilly act went into effect after the disastrous

carlton b. goodlett place, san francisco, california 94102. call us at: 415-554-4375. visit our web site at: ww >> the san francisco cons tri of flowers in golden gate park is now showing a new exhibit that changes the way we see the plants around us. amy stewart's best-selling book, "wicked plants" is the inspiration behind the new exhibit that takes us to the dark side of the plant world. >> i am amy stewart. i am the arthur of "wicked plants," the weeds that killed lincoln's mother and other botanical atrocities. with the screens fly trap, that is kind of where everybody went initially, you mean like that? i kind of thought, well, all it does is eat up bugs. that is not very wicked. so what? by wicked, what i mean is that they are poisonous, dangerous, deadly or immoral or maybe illegal or offensive or awful in some way. i am in the profession of going around and interviewing botanists, horticulturalists and plant scientists. they all seem to have some little plant tucked away in the corner of a greenhouse that maybe they weren't supposed to have. i got interested i

it is not always within the ritz carlton itself. it can be relocated or paid into a fund and used another way. >> we will walk a block down this way down commission street. we are down here at the corner of third street and mission street. there is lots of construction

has fueled intense public debate in the case against carlton. the judge today will hear pretrial motions including several from the news media before jury selection commences. the panel of 12 jurors will be chosen including juror number 1 which is part of our panel today. the court is now in session. the court has before it a motion to permit the prosecutor and the defense counsel to use the internet during the questioning of potential jurors. let me turn to the defense counsel first. let me ask you, why would the internet help you? why do you want this motion granted? >> well, it's critical from my perspective that the defense counsel in the case because question that can be asked to the jurors are limited. and limited in time and the amount of questioning and if there was a survey passed out and in this case, there was a survey passed out given how high profile this case was, there's a limited set of questions and so from my perspective, it's really important for me to be able to search the internet to see if i can find additional information

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can you imagine police officers arriving at the ritz carlton, informing the front desk they would like a key that opens all the hotel rooms, and no, they do not need an escort. they just will be doing what they would like. there would be public outcry. and the only reason that there is a public outcry about the use of master keys, and we have brought forth stories -- "the new york times" published a story with first hand witnesses from single occupancy hotels. this is someone's home. there is no different constitution for people living in sro's. they say the officers come in and intimidate physically or verbally into handing over the passkey. if this were happening anywhere , but sro's, there would be outcry. [applause] >> and our one last question will be open for anyone who wishes to answer it. do you think it is fair that police who kill citizens are put on administrative leave while the citizens to do the same thing are immediately arrested and imprisoned it? >> [yelling] >> anyone want to grab that one? [laughter] >> i believe the question is whether or not if a police officer kil

carlton b. goodlett place, san francisco, california 94102. call us at: 415-554-4375. visit our web site at: ww >> happy arbor day, everyone. we have a lot of volunteers from the richmond district center. i grew up in the california area, ended up at uc-davis. i made my way out to san francisco in 1984 when i was a college student. i remember growing up on clement street. i have always lived around in richmond area, just being around a unique area of the richmond, discovering san francisco in the 1980's. >> i am hoping we can not support small businesses like this because they are the unique character that makes neighborhoods like this so rich and lively to live in. >> i have also been active as a community organizer. i worked at the chinese progressive association. i also worked at the mental health center in the richmond district. i have always been passionate about civil rights, equality for everyone. i have a 10-year-old daughter, so having a girl has made me much more sensitive to gender equality issues. i guess i have always been vocal about my politics, but as a

carlton b. goodlett place, san francisco, california 94102. call us at: 415-554-4375. visit our web site at: wwww >> ♪ lift every voice and sing 'til earth and heaven ring ring with a harmony of liberty let our rejoicing rise ♪ our ancestors are to be honored as the roots of the treat, and the greatness and health of the tree depends on the death and health of its routes. when we do not honor our ancestors, we become like trees without roots. there is an unbroken continuing between the realm of the living in the realm of the dead in african culture -- an unbroken continuum. the spirit pervades the everyday world of the living. in a community such as this one, we begin by honoring the ancestors, and we pour libations to honor them, and that is what rashid is going to do. we pur water -- pour water, the primary ancestral offering, the source of life in the universe. it is associated with the womb of creation and with the fountain of life. in the spirit of honoring the ancestors, we say, praises to the ancestors of this land, the keepers of this land. praise be. praises t

carlton b. goodlett place, san francisco, california 94102. call us at: 415-554-4375. visit our web site at: ww >> here we are at the embarcadero. we are standing at one of locations for the street artists. can you tell me about this particular location, the program? >> this location is very significant. this was the very first and only location granted by the board of supervisors for the street artist when the program began in 1972. how does a person become a street artist? there are two major tenants. you must make the work yourself and you must sell the work yourself. a street artist, the license, then submitting the work to a committee of artists. this committee actually watches them make the work in front of them so that we can verify that it is all their own work. >> what happened during the holiday to make this an exciting location? >> this would be a magic time of year. you would probably see this place is jammed with street artists. as the no, there is a lottery held at 6 in the morning. that is how sought after the spaces are. you might get as many as 150 str

carlton b. goodlett place, san francisco, california 94102. call us at: 415-554-4375. visit our web site at: ww governor welcome to culturewire. on march 18 the san francisco arts commission hosted the 2010 mayor's artwork. the mayor's arts award was established to honor an individual artist with a lifetime of outstanding achievement in the art and civic life. this year's award is to none other than carlos santana. before the award ceremony, the director of cultural affairs had a chance to sit down with carlos to ask him a few questions. >> once a year, mayor gavin newsom gets to select one distinguished individual to receive the mayor's arts award. in 2010,á(át that distinguished individual was none other than the legendary musician carlos santana. carlos, it is so great for the city to be able to recognize you. given all of your accomplishments already, from the awards, all of the other distinctions you have received, what does it mean for you to get the mayor's part award? >> i am very grateful, moved. i always want to be in the company of illuminaries like cesar c

carlton b. goodlett place, san francisco, california 94102. call us at: 415-554-4375. visit our web site at: wwww>> thank you, everyone, for being here this morning. i have indicated to our new chief and i will be an active participant in comstat. of course, this is only one of many ways that we measure our effectiveness in the community policing in the city. i have been fond of looking at data and making sure we compare ourselves to previous years, look at trends and specific categories, crime to property, homicides, violent crime to aurora's, and other areas. various local captains of all the stations know that the chief and i, command staff, and police commission, are working together to make sure that we work our best and keep our positive trends going. we are now enjoying, year to date, a 6% improvement over last year on all categories of violent crimes. we are still down in homicides since 1960, continuing a trend that was very strong last year and continues to this year. all of this as a result of the men and women of the police department working closely with c