and this is crocker amazon as basketball and open play and le grande half-court. the reason i bring this up, i don't think $250,000 for a one-time expenditure will be enough. this is just one district and there are several districts throughout the city, and i think this is probably a need for annual expenditures which is what i am suggesting for my supervisor and i hope that is also amended when this goes forward as well. also, on the second item, which is the lower crocker area converting the dirt lot: this has been a problematic areas since the soccer fields have gone in. there are cars parking on the right. we would like to see landscaping rather than extended parking, which has been suggested, paving. because there -- mclarens is right on the edge, but if you add more parking there will just be more problems, damaging the sprinklers and the grounds and that is a drain that has been destroyed. so i would prefer whatever the details are, that they include landscaping. thank you. >> thank you. >> catherine. >> now it's afternoon, commissioners. the five-year plan

than trying it out in a place that we think will have high usage, for example as beach chalet or crocker amazon. so we're starting with the earlier-made fields to find a product that works for us and find ways to adopt and expand that. this includes a request for silver terrace. in 2017. which as per the renewal cycle that we outlined. with that i would be happy to take questions. >> we have public comment. >> let's take public comment. >> linda and katherine. >> good afternoon commissioners and general manager. i'm here today to speak on behalf of the friends of camp mather and we're delighted to see that camp mather is among the list of proposed additions to the budget request and should this come to fruition and get through all the hurdles and actually become funded, we would like on behalf of friends of camp mather to invite the capital division to work with us on this planning process. we have an excellent relationship with the operations departmenting and they attend regular meetings and friends of camp mather, as you may know, have quite a large outreach. so we are in contact thor

by the way i know of no man more respected than ambassador ryan crocker. if we've learned anything from iraq, it should be that wars do not end just because politicians say so. we cannot let the taliban al qaeda and isis conquer afghanistan. failure in this manner would destabilize the region especially by undermining the security of a nuclear-armed pakistan. i want to thank general campbell for testifying today. i thank him for his leadership. i look forward to hearing his assessment of conditions on the ground, development of afghan forces and the plan for the way forward. senator reid. >> thank you very much mr. chairman. let me join you in welcoming general campbell. thank you, general, for your service to the nation. beginning in the 504 and continuing today. since you took command of the u.s. forces in afghanistan last august, afghanistan has entered what ambassador cunningham yesterday called a pivotal period. the emergence of a national unity government under the leaders has had an immediate impact on security in afghanistan, with the signing of th

by the way, i know of no man more respected than ambassador ryan crocker. if we've learned anything from iraq, it should be that wars do not end just because politicians say so. we cannot let the taliban, al qaeda and isis conquer afghanistan. failure in this manner would destabilize the region especially by undermining the security of a nuclear-armed pakistan. i want to thank general campbell for testifying today. i thank him for his leadership. i look forward to hearing his assessment of conditions on the ground, development of afghan forces and the plan for the way forward. senator reid. >> thank you very much, mr. chairman. let me join you in welcoming general campbell. thank you, general, for your service to the nation. beginning in the 504 and continuing today. since you took command of the u.s. forces in afghanistan last august, afghanistan has entered what ambassador cunningham yesterday called a pivotal period. the emergence of a national unity government under the leaders has had an immediate impact on security in afghanistan, with the signing of

>> one night i was writing the part about the real creation you no were steve crocker and others were doing requests for comment. the original the foundation for what becomes the internet, internet and it was they're so that researchers could collaborate. they could put stuff up and get comments from everybody else. and. and well, hey why don't i try to see how that worked? obviously i have been involved or just natural citizen of the web. what what if you tried it with the book. and so i was looking for places seven or eight places the without blowing smoke when, when i put it on medium it has a collaborative tool so that people can just put in-line comment. suddenly some people from the old days were saying no, we didn't drop acid on the 1st of these. it was actually later that night. let me get that one right. an old friend of yours said here is how we did. creating applications. so i started incorporating that in. in the where imagery stages i would love it for those who read books in the future to be able to say that crowd source have them curated so that i can decide that was ki

>> well, some of my colleagues ryan crocker and a couple of other colleagues who did most of the work on this but, you know, secretary powell at the time, like the rest of us, was quite concerned about what the possible consequences could be. in diplomacy and state craft you have to think of second and third order consequences. so he asked us to write this about 8:00 one evening and we were on page 14 of single-spaced paper and he said time's up and he conveyed it to the white house as an expression of concern about all the different kinds of things that could go wrong. if anything it was an argument for trying to make sure we had a lot of company on the takeoff of -- >> charlie: here's my question -- does that mean there was a serious debate about the wisdom of invading iraq? the fact he had you and ryan crocker, two of our best diplomats, do a hard-headed analysis of the risk of the advisability of invading iraq, seems to me somebody was making the arguments that this was the wrong policy and these are the risks but what you hear of conventional wisdom in some quarters is that never

hosting spring trainouts for girls ages 11 to 13 this saturday, february 21st at crocker amazon park from 10:00 a.m. to noon. they will be on diamond 3. baseball instruction and practices will be held two days per week and every weekend from march to may, culminating in your participation in the first girl's baseball national tournament in orlando florida, this summer. the team will be coached by our very own rocky henley, who was a member of colorado rockies women's baseball team and they had a couple of try-outs already. i went to one and it's so inspiring and there are some really good baseball players out there. we invite everyone to join the recreation and park department in celebrating reboots national day of unplugging. in march, it's on march 7th, reboot national day of un[phr-ulg/]ing unplugging is only once a year to draw attention to the world around us and reconnect with family, friends and most importantly for our purposes, nature. it is true that our kids today are spending over 7 hours a day behind a screen of one form or another and less than 30 minutes a day outside.

have determined at this point it's not feasible to activate for food growing purposes and with the crocker amazon site we're moving forward with the analysis this spring doing a new biological survey and then after that we intend to partner with podare to continue that site design and refinement and ultimately have them be the operator of that site on behalf of of the puc and with that that i'd be happy to answer any questions. >> well, it sounds very exciting. >> thank you. >> and i just have one question on the bayview site. i thought i heard you say that you were considering using that as a way of distributing mulch and other soil did i get that right? >> on a temporary basis. we developed a series of pop ups 1 day where the community can pickup those resources and yes, along the fell side where there's a trellised area a beautiful space not often used in march one of these days where folks can pickup soil and mulch. >> no long-term? >> no not at this time correct. >> thank you very much. i do have some speakers on this item. keith tanner? >> >> thank you. i'm keith tanner from the san

and at the intersection of mission street and crocker avenue. police say walking on the red light or not using the crosswalk at all is both illegal and dangerous. we talked with one man who got a ticket for jaywalking this morning. >> it has to be done, i guess, you know, yeah. it's fair. i get it. i know what i'm doing. i didn't think anything of it but they are doing it for safety reasons. >> police say they conducted the sting because over the past three years, the department has investigated 173 fatal or injury collisions involving pedestrians. later today, officers plan to crack down on motorists who are driving too fast. >>> a small nonprofit service that works with cancer patients in san francisco's mission district is being forced to move after losing its lease. they've been in the same mission street office building for ten years. now the is being taken over by the neighbor. double dutch which is expanding. the landlord told the nonprofit its lease is not being renewed and they have to be out by march 31st. they've not been able to find

it fell on power lines. 2:30 today, next to crocker amazon playground. it's not the only tree causing problems. we have team coverage, live from the richmond police station. >> reporter: hey dan. it was business as usual at the richmond district police department until that big tree landed against the building. those inside the police department said it felt like an earthquake or possibly lightning. i tell you, today, we have seen a lot of saws. some residents on crescent avenue were without power after this tree knocked out several power lines. pg & e crews responded. no one was hurt. crews began cutting the tree once they were sure there were no live wires. the heavy winds caused a branch from a eucalyptus tree to fall. not far away this fallen tree stopped traffic. as of late afternoon, up to a dozen trees and large limbs that have come down. there have been no injuries reported so far. some vehicles have been damaged. there's a tree that came down on the cable car tracks on high street. we sent crews out there right away. >> reporter: after 1:45 one

i live in the crocker amazon district. i have known ike for several years and as i was thinking of what i wanted to say on his behalf i noted a thread running through some of the questions you were asking. it was obviously the intent of those what you were looking for, what your concerns are, and so the one thing i want to talk about ike is both his character and integrity. and i think more than anything else that will determine whether or not he's a person who is going to cave to particular interests or pursue his own self-interest in a public role such as this one. my experience with ike has been in something relatively thankless. we have served together for several years in our church in what is called a parking and traffic team which means that every sunday in the mission district we've been out there in all weathers, in multiple locations, dealing with whatever comes our way. it's not a role that a man in his position with his professional expertise would naturally gravitate to, but one of the things i see we're looki

. >> reporter: and this one near crock crocker amazon playground laid down on the power lines. >> it pulled everything down. >> reporter: the fire crews stayed there until pg&e arrived. and commuters stayed busy trying to avoid the raindrops at the bus stop. >> i forgot the umbrella. >> and even those who remembered got wet. all four of the gentlemen have umbrellas and not out right now, but i am hoping for their sake the umbrellas make it through the night. they are in for a long night, and fan fest begins at 10:00 a.m. reporting live in san francisco, jeanne ellie. >> thank you. not for the faint of heart. trees down all over the bay area. the crews are clearing the debris at a home in alamo after a tree came crashing down. this happened not far prfrom the alamo shopping plaza, and luckily nobody was hurt. >>> and another sight in all of the rain, standing water. and drivers caught off guard in coleman and san jose. the water the was nearly two feet deep. we can handle the rain but not sure that the parking lots and trees can. nbc bay area peggy bunker is in los alamos and it has b

bill: ryan crocker and a couple of other colleagues did most of the work on this.ut secretary powell at the time was quite concerned about the possible consequences. and diplomacy or statecraft, you have to think about the consequences. i remember it was 8:00 one evening page 14 of a single spaced paper and he said time is up. i think he conveyed it to the white house an expression of concern about all the different kinds of things that could go wrong. if anything, it was an argument to make sure we have company on the take off. charlie: does that mean there was a serious debate about the wisdom of invading iraq? that he had two of our best diplomats do a hardheaded analysis of the risk or the advisability? are these all the risks with this policy? what you hear, conventional wisdom in some corners, that it never took place. the idea of the debate in the bush administration never took place. bill: i can only speak to my experience and there was debate about how to go about this kind of a challenge and think through carefully the different consequences. i reread tha

they have another stick at mission and crocker. police say pedestrian-related deaths are on the rise. over the past three years, the department has investigated 173 fatal and injury collisions involving pedestrians. we talked to one man who got a ticket for zwra walking this morning -- for jaywalking this morning. >> it has to be done. i know what i'm doing. i didn't think anything of it. they are doing it for safety reasons. i guess so. >> reporter: last time daly city police conducted a similar sting they issued dozens of citations. >> within the first hour and a half, i issued 15. by the end of the die day, i -- day i had issued 25, 14 warnings and arrested somebody for running from me. >> reporter: a national study revealed that both pedestrians and drivers don't obey the laws and signals and often use cell phones, text or listen to music. only 60% of pedestrians expected drivers to stop when they were in crosswalks. kind of scary. this sting is gonna last throughout the day. looks like another person got another citation. we'r

for general petraeus and ambassador crocker, the two, three, or four of us that were out. that was the first thing we establish. are you speaking for your grand self, colonel, or have you been former center in a position? because that's what it where it lies. the playground that phillip has so rightly outlined, these guys are being manipulated from a to b. you and who do you represent? there is no weight when we were negotiating as negotiators. for general petraeus and ambassador crocker, the two, three, or four of us that were out. that was the first thing we establish. are you speaking for your grand self, colonel, or have you been former center in a position? because that's what it where it as the guys that were doing the thinking, the guys that were doing the information operations, the guys with the mouthpieces, the guys who were the whispers in the ear of sadr. because these were the good looking guys. they have the nicest clothing and a very intellectually astute -- very well studied in whatever world they came from. not my world but their world. never mind. they co

ambassador to iraq afghanistan, syria and other countries ryan crocker. good evening ambassador. >> hello greta. >> so the -- as i understand susan rice is she says what we are facing with isis is not the existential threat that we had with world war ii, for instance. how do you define existential threat. would that include the risk of a car bomb in times square? is that existential threat or not? >> greta for me, existential threat means what it says, a threat to the existence of whoever that threat is aimed at. certainly you can make the case that that's what we faced in world war ii against the axis. we don't face that against a terrorist group whether it's al qaeda and the world trade center or isis today. that said, they are a very grave threat indeed to us so what do -- is so do you endorse her view that because it's not existential threat we should all take sort of a deep breath and, i mean, these are words, not hers, and not be so alarmist? >> absolutely not. we never want to see a repeat of 9/11 or anything close to it. we have got to be all n th

joining me now, the host of the judge hatchet show and judge lesley crocker snider a former new yorkte supreme court justice. thank you for joining me this evening. a source close to bobbi kristina's family told cnn that she has injuries that still need to be explained. a different source said investigators are focusing on her boyfriend nick gordon has they investigate how she ended up face down in a tub full of water. the man who found her is asking for immunity before speaking with officers. what are investigators looking for right now? >> well they're going to see, one, if these bruises, any foul play because that's really what they're looking for, don. they're trying to determine was there foul play? how did she end up in this bathtub full of water? and did any of their actions contribute to her being in the horrible situation that she's in now? so i find it very interesting, don, that the guy who was with nick is asking for immunity before he speaks. so that may tell us volumes about the situation. >> that's what i want to ask you. why would they even be considering granting him

. >> one night, i was writing the part about the real creation of steve crocker for the ad. it was there so preachers are's -- it was there's the researchers could collaborate. i thought why don't i try to see how that works on the internet today? i had been involved in wikipedia . i was saying, what if you tried it with a book? in the early days, we had bbs and newsgroup. i said, how would those tools compare the ones we had today? put -- we put a draft of a chapter out. i did it on seven or eight places. medium has a collaborative tool. some people from the old days were saying, no, we didn't drop acid at first, it was later that night. dan bricklin said here is how we did visit count -- visivou count. it is still in the rudimentary stages. this is kind of interesting. let's find a way to you via the royalties and the payment system. have an easy payment system so that people together can create a book with the author acting as a curator instead of controlling the whole thing. then, say we've gotten this book, put up your original code for the darwin kernel that you put in

there's no way when we're even negotiating as negotiators for general petraeus and ambassador crocker, the two, three, four that are out that's the first thing we had to establish is are you speaking for your grand self, mr. colonel or have you been formally sent here in a position of x? because that's really where it lies. the playground that phillip has so rightly outlined, these guys are being manipulated from a to b. as he noted. one down they're asaab al this and the next day they're hizba that. their reasons for doing things at the end of the day are not that complicated i'd argue. maslow, whatever. but up top is where we need to be. and the one or two people i was never happy to go in with in a close the room and always, always on my game if i had a game, was the guys that were doing the thinking. the guys that were doing the information operations, the guys who were the mouthpieces, the guys who were the whisperers in the ear of sad sxr khr and khazali and x. these were the good-looking guys who had the nicest clothing and very intellectually astute, very well studied in whate

and yesterday enduring that we had with ambassador cunningham and former ambassador crocker the indicated that i say more precisely, or ambassador cunningham indicated that ied continue to be a problem in afghanistan. in your view, do you agree with this assessment to say they are a continuing military threat to the afghanistan forces as well as our own? >> sure, thank you for the question. i think ieds have become the weapon of choice not only in afghanistan but throughout any insurgency or terrorist attack. so that's that something that started years ago as act up and continues to move. it will continue to be a threat to both coalition forces and afghan security forces. we do continue to work very hard as counter ied capability for afghan forces, and again i don't have come i can get you the statistics but the number of ids found versus number that went off continue to get better and better. again, a human in the afghan that a been trying to build to detect those gets better and better, and i think that truly noteworthy as we've gone through the last couple of years. years. >> would you

a high of 67 degrees trippet some spine especially were more than a year to a vallejo's 6627 for crocker here just seven their run the bank forecast temperatures will cool down for the seven clara valley as we headed to the weekend with a low pressure system. 11 showers by sunday. keep that in mind as the rest of west maintain dry conditions. the jet until early next week no wet weather with a forecast of the next seven days. <

. >> one night, i was writing the part about the real creation of steve crocker for the ad. it was there so preachers are's -- it was there's the researchers could collaborate. i thought why don't i try to see how that works on the internet today? i had been involved in wikipedia . i was saying, what if you tried it with a book? in the early days, we had bbs and newsgroup. i said, how would those tools compare the ones we had today? put -- we put a draft of a chapter out. i did it on seven or eight places. medium has a collaborative tool. some people from the old days were saying, no, we didn't drop acid at first, it was later that night. dan bricklin said here is how we did visit count -- visivou count. it is still in the rudimentary stages. this is kind of interesting. let's find a way to you via the royalties and the payment system. have an easy payment system so that people together can create a book with the author acting as a curator instead of controlling the whole thing. then, say we've gotten this book, put up your original code for the darwin kernel that you put in

there is no weight when we were negotiating as negotiators for general petraeus at ambassador crocker the two, three, or four of us that were out. that was the first thing we establish, are you speaking for your grand self, colonel, or have you been former center in a position? because that's what it where it lies. the playground that phillip has so rightly outlined, these guys are being manipulated from a to b. one day they will solve this, next day that. there are reasons for doing things are really at the end of the day i argued not that complicated. but up top where the real game is where we need to be. and the one or two people that i would never happy to go in with in a closed room and always, always on my game if i had a game as the guys that were doing the thinking, the guys that were doing the information operations, the guys with the mouthpieces, the guys who were the whispers in the ear of sadr and of ex. because these were the good looking guys. they have the nicest clothing and a very intellectually astute, very well studied in whatever world they came from. not my world

for crocker fairfield. the low-lying cloud cover is really expected to burn off between 1011 this morning. as the head into the afternoon a lot of sunshine and temperatures above average this time of year. the mid '60s for the livermore valley as telltale hitting a high of 67. will be pre closes' 70 galago hitting a high of 66. we still have high pressure dominance over the stable we do have minor changes to talk about into tomorrow. <>: marty: it finishes a video taken inventor this weekend w

for general petraeus and ambassador crocker, the two, three, or four of us that were out. that was the first thing we establish. are you speaking for your grand self, colonel, or have you been former center in a position? because that's what it where it at least we leave the school hospital, whatever. at least we intend to. what they're going to leave -- i don't know. but you will do what they tell you, no matter what they tell you, for the rest of your life. so this is not easy but these precepts have to be joined into. i think you sum up, i would argue, that mike has done a great job. phill has done something that very few can pull together. and all with open-source information. which is actually important to understand -- especially today in the communicative world. i would be in baghdad, inside the command center of baghdad, watching or advising the senior. one of the people of mosul, the ground forces commander. he was a great guy. he was a nice man, a decent man. he really was the -- he just wasn't a classic wartime commander. he hated the fact that divided iraqis --

on its own this morning they said they went for one last night lost the trail and spend the night crockert was robbed and also read the date shot the store clerk and armed they both fled the restaurant with cash in the clerk is going to be ok with a lot more on these stories on our web site. <

large numbers and yesterday in the hearing we had with ambassador cunningham and former ambassador crocker, they indicated -- or more precisely, ambassador cunningham indicated that ied's continue to be a problem. would you agree they are a continuing military threat to the afghanistan forces as well as our own? >> thank you for the question. i would tell you that ied's have become the weapon of choice not only in afghanistan, but any insurgency or terror attack. something that started years ago has been picked up and continues to move, is not only afghanistan but will continue to be a threat to both coalition and afghan security forces. we do work very hard at the counter ied capability of our afghan forces. i can get you the statistics, but the number of ied's continues to get better and better. as they are continued to be trained, it gets better and better. that is noteworthy. >> would you agree that the primary source of those ingredients continues to be pakistan and that they have done less than they could and should to stop the flow of those bomb making ingredients across the border?

and yesterday in the hearing that we had with ambassador cunningham and former ambassador crocker they indicated that, i should say more precisely ambassador cunningham indicated that i.e.d.'s continue to be a problem in afghanistan. in your view do you agree with his assessment that they are a continuing military threat to the afghanistan forces as well as our own? >> sir, thank you for the question. i would tell you that i think i.e.d.'s have become the weapon of choice not only in afghanistan but throughout any insurgency or terrorist attack. that's something that started years ago. it's been picked up, continues to move and it's not only in afghanistan, but will continue to be a threat to both the coalition forces and the afghan security forces. we do, however, continue to work very hard at the counter-i.e.d. capability of our afghan forces. i don't -- i can get you the statistics but the number of i.e.d.'s found versus the number that went off on our afghan forces continues to get better and better. the human and the afghan that's been trained to be able to detect those gets bette

>> one night i was writing the part about the real creation of arpa where steve crocker and were doinghe request for comment, and the original that really is the foundation for what becomes the internet. it was there so that researchers could collaborate. they could put stuff up and get comments from everybody else. i said, well hey, why don't i try to see how that worked on the internet today? i had been involved with editing wikipedia, doing the things where you as a natural citizen of the web you're doing. i said what if you tried it with a book? in the early days of the internet, we had the bbs and news groups and news net and i said how would those tools compare to the tools we have today? i was looking for places where i could publish a chapter or put a draft of a chapter up and let people say no, here's something interesting. i was there. here's a photograph. or tell -- you should tell the story this way. i did it on maybe seven or eight places. i don't want to name the ones i want as good but without blowing smoke, when i put it on media, it has a collaborative tool, so people

there's no way when we were negotiating as negotiators are general petraeus and ambassador crocker, thewo, three or four of us who are out that was the first thing we had to establish, are you speaking for your grand self, colonel or have you been formally sent here in a position of tax? that's where it lies. the playground of phillip so brightly outlined these guys are being manipulated for me to become as in the. one day they will solve this and the next event but there are reasons for doing things are really at the end of the day i argue not that propagated. up top where the real game is is where we need to be. the one or two people that i was never happy to go in with in the classroom, and always, always on my game if i had a game was the guys that were doing the thinking the guys were doing the information operations, the guys with the mouthpieces, the guys who were the whispers in the ear of a nine and others. because these were the good looking guys. they have an isis clothing and they were very intellectually astute. very well studied in whatever world of they came from. not my

there is no weight when we were negotiating as negotiators for general petraeus at ambassador crockero three, or four of us that were out. that was the first thing we establish, are you speaking for your grand self, colonel or have you been former center in a position? because that's what it where it lies. the playground that phillip has so rightly outlined, these guys are being manipulated from a to b. one day they will solve this next day that. there are reasons for doing things are really at the end of the day i argued not that complicated. but up top where the real game is is where we need to be. and the one or two people that i would never happy to go in with in a closed room and always, always on my game if i had a game as the guys that were doing the thinking, the guys that were doing the information operations, the guys with the mouthpieces, the guys who were the whispers in the ear of sadr and of ex. because these were the good looking guys. they have the nicest clothing and a very intellectually astute, very well studied in whatever world they came from. not my world but the