. >> my name is chris walker and i am an employee of vip grooming and i am not being paid to be hear today. they say they will provide different types of grooms and techniques such as japanese style haircuts but these are common practices that our groomers already incorporate. vip grooming one of the city's legacy businesses employs a groomer certified with the national dog groomer's association of america and specialty is breed show cuts and hand clipping. these services are more rare. they site dog dental clinics and vip also serves this. they will not provide day care at this facility and if they offered dog handling classes there are plenty of trainers in the neighborhood that already have workshops. there will be no net gain for noe valley. despite their claps healthy spa would not provide products or services unique to the neighborhood and would not create new market demand and provide no net gain for noe valley. >> steve pressman nearly 30 year resident of noe valley. my number one issue has to do with the law on the books that was adopted for a very good reason, which was to

my name is chris walker. i'm a manager at v.i.p. grooming. it was about 2007 when i answered an ad on craig's list for a job i didn't know existed let alone qualify for. a day or two later, standing on eye tree lined noe valley sidewalk, my face-to-face interview with owner lancy wu felt anything but odd. for the next ten years, i would have the honor of contributing my service to a business that established itself not only as the center piece of a thriving san francisco pet community, but as a bastion of compation and integrity in the service of animals. the personal touch that lancy has always provided to her clientele and her compassion to educating not only her staff by all things pet care have cemented them as a legacy business in their own right, my day consists of addressing families and dogs by name, and hearing about their upcoming plans. so much more than just a job, our lives are interwoven with the stories of our neighborhood, through generations as we navigate the ever changing landscape of our shared landscape and our home. this

the two pastry chefs who started it, chris hoover and walker who is sam's wife, supplied all the pastries and bakeries for the market. they found a space on the block to do that and the ice cream kind of came as an afterthought. they realized the desire for ice cream and we now have lines around the corner. so, that's been a huge success. >>> in 2008, sam started 18 reasons, which is our community and event space where we do five events a week all around the idea of bringling people closer to where the food comes from and closer to each other in that process. >> 18 reasons was started almost four years ago as an educational arm of their work. and we would have dinners and a few classes and we understood there what momentum that people wanted this type of engagement and education in a way that allowed for a more in-depth conversation. we grew and now we offer -- i think we had nine, we have a series where adults learned home cooking and we did a teacher training workshop where san francisco unified public school teachers came and learned to use cooking for the core standards. we range all

now to chris murphy and panetta back in scoring position. walker from the stretch.e's the 1-2 off speed swing by murphy and pops it up. brady under it at second base, makes the catch for the second out of the inning. >> went chasing a little bit there, but you will see these guys swing out of the strike zone. >> let's check in with our facebook live audience. :: >> able to make a play and participate in the way he wanted to. >> and for the first time we facebook live audience. keep your comments coming. we will try to get to them throughout the game. this is a first. our first ever broadcast of the congressional baseball game on facebook live as we go to the bottom of the third inning. democrats in control. richmond back to the hill. paul, his first at-bat sends the ball down the line. it is just inside the line. makes a turn at first. over to pick it up and go back in. >> i will give you credit. you did not jinx it. offhat is the first hit cedric richmond. anyone wondered how rand paul was physically after that altercation about a year ago, where he suffered broken

now to chris murphy and panetta back in scoring position. walker from the stretch.e's the 1-2 off speed swing by murphy and pops it up. brady under it at second base, makes the catch for the second out of the inning. >> went chasing a little bit there, but you will see these guys swing out of the strike zone. >> let's check in with our facebook live audience. :: >> one of the better players in this game do not have a hit last year you have to make that catch. will thermal's experience in the game. they wanted to gets by murphy. >> the runner is in scoring position, the first time all night. >> i believe that is correct. >> they had a walk in a stolen base in the first. kelly was stranded at second. >> here comes the 2 - 2. he's not to cause trouble just yet. he's trying to get brady to chase something. this is probably the best picture, hitter matchup. >> the runner comes down and the ball bounces all the way out to the third-base dugout. that's before murphy can pick it up. two men on, nobody out. >> to out pitches. they're having a little meeting at the mount. we