he met a woman there who is creel, african-american, french, and chinese. they married, and they had family, and i am the product of that. growing up here in the bay area, we have some influences because it is the gateway for emigration. from many countries. you walk down the street, you are participating in that mix. in my music, i really want to express and represent that kind of topic that goes on in the streets. it is the most exciting part of being here. >> francis, thank you very much for being part of "culture wire" and thank you for being one of the great artists of san francisco. >> thank you so much. >> welcome to "culture wire." today we are visiting southern exposure in san francisco alison prepares to launch a fantastic new project called beautiful possibilities. we will send them on a two-year adventure crisscrossing the united states to investigate american history and contemporary culture. it is using a traveling road show as inspiration. she will sit down and talk with residents in search of stories and experiences that reveals exactly what

he met a woman there who is creel, african-american, french, and chinese. they married, and they had family, and i am the product of that. growing up here in the bay area, we have some influences because it is the gateway for emigration. from many countries. you walk down the street, you are participating in that mix. in my music, i really want to express and represent that kind of topic that goes on in the streets. it is the most exciting part of being here. >> francis, thank you very much for being part of "culture wire" and thank you for being one of the great artists of san francisco. >> thank you so much. >> welcome to culturewater. in 2001, the san francisco arts commission and tampa does go public library established an arts master plan for the city soon to be renovated branch library. almost 10 years later, the san francisco arts commission has integrated a collection of vibrant new artworks by bay area artists into five new libraries, and there is more on the way. here is a closer look at some of the projects. >> the branch library improvement prog

he met a woman there who is creel, african-american, french, and chinese.hey married, and they had family, and i am the product of that. growing up here in the bay area, we have some influences because it is the gateway for emigration. from many countries. you walk down the street, you are participating in that mix. in my music, i really want to express and represent that kind of topic that goes on in the streets. it is the most exciting part of being here. >> francis, thank you very much for being part of "culture wire" and thank you for being one of the great artists of san francisco. >> thank you so much.

he met a woman there who is creel, african-american, french, and chinese. they married, and they had family, and i am the product of that. growing up here in the bay area, we have some influences because it is the gateway for emigration. from many countries. you walk down the street, you are participating in that mix. in my music, i really want to express and represent that kind of topic that goes on in the streets. it is the most exciting part of being here. >> francis, thank you very much for being part of "culture wire" and thank you for being one of the great artists of san francisco. >> thank you so much. >> park commission. >> commissioner harrison, commissioner lee, commissioner martin. >> let me make a couple of announcements. item #2 and #three are going to be put on the agenda after item 14, to try to move the agenda items and have a vote. there are commissioners here who are under restricted time schedules. we're going to try to move as quickly as we can to respect those limitations. the use of cellular phones and other devices have been prohibit

he met a woman there who is creel, african-american, french, and chinese. they married, and they had family, and i am the product of that. growing up here in the bay area, we have some influences because it is the gateway for emigration. from many countries. you walk down the street, you are participating in that mix. in my music, i really want to express and represent that kind of topic that goes on in the streets. it is the most exciting part of being here. >> francis, thank you very much for being part of "culture wire" and thank you for being one of the great artists of san francisco. >> thank you so much. >> welcome to "culture wire." i'm your host meg. for years, free jazz concerts have been providing entertainment in downtown san francisco. people pay local musicians to perform for lunchtime crowds. the goal is not just entertainth. people in plazas are trying to create neighborhoods. what began as a forum for performers who were paid by passing the hat has become a program that provides wide exposure and more than 500 paid gigs annually for local mu

in creel, mexico, a police security camera revealed the brazenness of drug traffickers who shut down a highway, threatened drivers and killed nine people here. many villages near the border have become ghost towns after the traffickers threatened or killed the residents to clear the way for drug loads bound for u.s. cities. >> we, too, have to look at it seriously in our country. it is our country's number one organized crime threat. >> reporter: a hard-fought war by the mexican government, supported by the u.s. but still far from being won. mark potter, nbc news, juarez, mexico. >> by the way, there's more of mark's reporting on this topic. it's on our website, nightly.msnbc.com. >>> when our broadcast continues in just a moment, this tuesday night, the concern over kids and a certain treatment at the dentist's office. what the experts are saying about it tonight. >>> and later, helping make painful separations easier for military families and making a difference in the process. >>> back now with a health story that may be another example of the cost of good intentions. there's a ne

a two-sided inflated creel to reduce noise as well as a double laminated glazing for the windows facing in that direction. and always have -- also have sound ash soshing treatments on the interior of the -- absorbing on the interior of the space, to reduce the noise in the space. once the project is built, there will be a sound limiter in the surround system this any user would plug into. that would be set and cal operated upon installation. with all of these accuse tall installation devices implemented, our estimate of the worst kiss, we calculated that the noise level at the property line would be 55 to 60 decibel range which meets the criteria and is less than the existing ambient controlled by maximum noise levels from traffic passing by. the goal of the project was first and foremost meet the ordinance as well as not increase the existing noise level. we feel we have -- with the proposed design accomplished that. i'm here to take any other questions that you might have. thanks a lot. >> thank you. >> my name is gack. i'm an architect on the project. i want to discuss the parking di

he met a woman there who is creel, african-american, french, and chinese.y married, and they had family, and i am the product of that. growing up here in the bay area, we have some influences because it is the gateway for emigration. from many countries. you walk down the street, you are participating in that mix.

he met a woman there who is creel, african-american, french, and chinese. they married, and they had family, and i am the product of that. growing up here in the bay area, we have some influences because it is the gateway for emigration. from many countries. you walk down the street, you are participating in that mix. in my music, i really want to express and represent that kind of topic that goes on in the streets. it is the most exciting part of being here. >> francis, thank you very much for being part of "culture wire" and thank you for being one of the great artists of san francisco. >> thank you so much. >> small business commission meeting, the meeting is called to order. item no. 1 is roll call. commission clyde? >> here. >> commissioner dooley. >> here. >> commissioner o'connor. >> here. >> commissioner kasselman? >> here. >> commissioner o'brien is absent. you're on no. 2, certificates of honor recognizing a local small business as part of the small business recognition program. >> good afternoon, today we're honoring steve black, owner of lush lo

>> the comedy creel neither new york city and the comic strip. come out and check me out. >> any particular days or do they just show up? >> no, any particular day. i will be at the bar. i won't be performing. >> all right. >> see you there. >> that will work out perfectly. >> monica, any big plans for this weekend? >> yes, as pinch mentioned at the beginning of the show, sunday is my birthday. i am turning 25. >> why don't we make the opposite joke? i am 73. >> monica, are you turning it around? >> um, so what i am doing is i am actually going to the jets-patriots game and siting on the 45 yard line. how awesome is that? >> they will run all over you if you are siting on the yard line. sit in the stands. >> you don't know anything about football. >> if it is tom brady, i don't mind. >> is he on your lesbian list? >> totally. >> back to you, greg.

gardener, that if you knew the judge was hitting up bob creel -- owe. >> i didn't know that. for the second or third time, i didn't know the judge was hitting up bob creely. oh for the gift for his son, i knew that. i knew that everybody in the judge's circle had been asked to participate in a gift for timmy porteous so that he could extern. i knew that. >> so mr. gardener, you have got a multi-multimillion dollar case. and you get hit up by the judge in that case -- >> sorry, sir. that is -- don't say hit up. you can characterize it how you like. >> i will. >> you get asked for money by the judge while that case is under submission. you know that a counsel -- from the firm on the other side is also getting hit up by that rotten bastard for money. >> wrong. >> you think you have no disclosure duty? >> wrong. timmy porteous' ex turnship is in '94. i join in '97. the case is tried in '97. the extern occurred before the case even went before the judge. >> so you knew when you got -- >> do you know those dates, though? >> mr. gardener, according to your recollection, then, u knew