if one-on-one anyone wants to learn more go to sf.com and cynthia has sparked the mentor association are i want to perhaps embarrass her a moment with a blog that wrote a review and tests going to be celebrating it's fourth anniversary they asked her, her personal style but mentioned that cynthia also as he mentioned before said the approach to her business is appreciate the diversity around her to fit in and appreciate the diversity but asked her what about our personal style he said i have two businesses and two kids i'm all about xhofbt and almost also found in booties and t-shirt baggy on top or jeans and a wlarz blazer i want to honor the fashionable cynthia heating. cynthia. >> here i thought it was a little bit gary's thank you for honoring my work and for the responsibility and great effort for continually improving any community i want to thank my husband and sister for being incredible partners and especially my parents my father-in-law and aunt of supporting your businesses. supervisor mar a couple of years and i had a conversation about the toy boats it was a power conver

different i'd like to ask if the merchant association president can come forward >> (clapping) >> cynthia is the president of not only the 92 mrnlt association she runs two businesses and has children. i see her as an amazing catalyst for our neighborhood. she and i met at the toy boat a few years ago she was trying to figure out as a new business owner trying to support other businesses in the corridor but become more active she's done in a short term she's transformed an old organization that is about mature support for business owners human resources she was been a spark for lots of the greening and revitalization to bring new people and seniors into the neighborhood he's a bay area if he were educated and got her batches from san barbara and was active as a student organizer and activist. her feed store which they runs or co- owns with her sister jennifer is an amazing place, i.e., think some describe it as a merry actually store with clothing amazing stuff she has and fits nicely with what she describes as a multiple culture neighborhood her model as a business leader is looking at t

cynthia?> >>> to the crisis in ukraine and a dramatic confrontation today, one day after a history-making presidential election as prorussian militants lunched a major offense to take over one of the country's biggest airports. more from kiev. >> reporter: with firepower from above, ukraine's military went on the offensive targeting armed prorussian militants trying to take over donetsk international airport. it became a battle zone, but this time government forces prevailed. in kiev, the new president elect condemned the militants. >> they just abandons, they just killer, they just terrorist. >> reporter: the billionaire businessmen won overwhelmingly in yesterday's election promising closer ties with europe and u.s. and talks with russia and also a crack down on the militants occupying parts of eastern ukraine. some fear more violence. >> i don't think he can solve this in two days. it's a long process, like it will take i think a few years. >>> here at home, it was a day of remembrance in c

cynthia is not happy. >> my biggest problem is the parking. last year was really bad and this year they decided to just cut off the whole street, east side street of forest street. >> reporter: you can see the no parking lines everywhere you look. her neighbors are not happy either. cynthia said the festival is making life hard for her and her family. >> we can't park anywhere. i have to go to work tonight. my boy friend is coming back from school in a couple hours and he's not going to have anywhere to park. >> reporter: there were other problems last year with rowdy concertgoers. >> last year somebody got into a fight right outside someone's house. they threw up all over her house right in front of her bedroom window. last year some guy tried to pick a fight with my mom. >> reporter: cynthia acknowledges bottle rock is good for the local economy. she just wishes it wasn't so close to her house. i'm jeff bush in napa, kron 4 news. >> you can submit your own story idea on our website at www.kron4.com. >>> coming up why some students are defend

rodriguez, when you saw cynthia and your son, what were you feeling? [ speaking in spanish ] [ speaking in spanish ] >> she felt as if this time was never going to come. she felt really comfortable, and she told us that, you know, she's here now, and she's going to make sure we know she's here for us. she's going to keep giving us support and everything we missed out on the past three years. >> hold on for a moment. i want to come to you, natalia. i can see the emotion you're having in this moment. we are so thrilled for cynthia to be back, reunited in this moment with the mother. but what is going on legally in the case of this moment? when will we have final answers? >> each case is different. it has a lot to do with representation. like cynthia mentioned, they will definitely have to go back to court. a lot of cases, when they fight a detention, they have to every year show up in court and every year kind of hope that the stay in the country gets extended. and so it's a way of living that is very nerve racking. you have no security and no certainty

cynthia fighting back tears during the service as did many of brittney's classmates and teachers. more then 150 showing up at san leandro high school wednesday night to remember the teen who was preparing for prom and college. sot- "she like everyday just brought life into our theater class and its, i still cant really get over it." sot- "she can be in tears blubbering and she'd still have a smile on her face." most mourners wearing purple to the memorial -- brittney's favorite color. silva's sister melody, singing a song to honor brittney, surrounded by lit candles. brittney's step-sister courtney crist is struggling with that happened. sot- "it's hard cuz she was such an amazing person and she was always happy and she was just perfect." sot- "just finished paying for her cap and her gown but instead of her walking the stage they're allowing me to walk the stage for her and get her diploma because she would have wanted that." cynthia silva says the funeral is tentatively scheduled to take place about two weeks from now in union city. she also says she's spoken with a representati

we're in good shape of winning these two states. >> to cynthia.ue that jack would be a moderate republican to win to go into a senate battle if he gets through the primary and the run-off, if that ever happens? >> well, kingston is a very conservative republican, but he is the establishment choice. he has the backing of the chamber of commerce. he's been in congress for several years. he's a mainstream republican. it would be a mistake to call him a moderate. but if he's the one who ends up in the primary against david perdue, he's going to try to prove how right wing he can be. he's going to try to beat up on david perdue, a businessman who has never held office, as not being republican enough. and so jack kingston -- you'll see kingston moving as far to the right as he possibly can. >> ed rendell, thank you. how does the governor's race look to you? do you have any insight about how the numbers are going? >> i think tom wolf will win by a 20-point margin. a smashing victory for someone who nobody had heard of in january. a great campaign by wolf

. >> good afternoon cynthia this item starts on page 57 in your pathways this guess your second looking at the 2014-2015 annual budget and work plan it was presented last week with a full presentation we would make one presentation change to attachment b an page 73 we're separating the treasure island mobility management agency program since the board of supervisors has recently designated the authority to handle the transportation plan for treasure island we have now separated that from the management go agency program and separated that to show revenues and expenditures on its own revenues to two hundred and 74 thousand as do expenditures. in addition since is last time we presented the last budget the personnel committee amazing recommended the proposed restructuring to go before the board on may 27th. in addition, we're continuing to work on the with the project sponsor with the prop k strategic plan and the prioritization program updates in early summer. the sfmta in particular are preparing significant changes to the proposed california improvement plan and anticipate revenues fro

transportation authority is involved in, and i think we're now relooking at our staffing plan, and cynthia fung is here to present. >> i am deputy director for finance and administration. i will walk you through the slides. this is the strategic vision and work and staffing plan. on page two you have our vision and mission statement. we are guided by the principles of accountability and transparency and the goal is provide fnlt strategy and project expertise and oversight and for a better city and through innovation and collaboration and catalyst in delivery and a leader in the transportation feed. the agency has five core functions in one agency. we have our prop k local transportation sales tax administrator program. we have our county congestion management agency that we were designated in 1990. we have the transportation fund for clean air administration designated by the board of supervisors in 1992 when we have our prop aa vehicle registration fee administrator responsibility approved in 2010 by the recent sf voters on april 1 the board of supervisors designated us a authority to han

as well as you have been hearing from cynthia fung talking about the enterprise resource planning systemodernizing our software systems and allowing for better integration across our systems which will benefit our operations but also our partners both on the agency side when we pay the invoices more timely as well as our vendors. so moving toward the strategic view going forward again started with the goals that you all help us set. we looked at internal operations where we might be more effective and these new directions i hope reflect your guidance for us as well as we're excited to work on each of them. the neighborhood transportation improvement program is the first role going forward that we see as a main stay of the next five years. this is the idea to ensure planning and studies and activities in each district over the five years supported by our staff and consultants but also with the direct involvement of other agencies as well as two neighborhood scale projects in each district. this would ensure there would be a pipeline of capital projects in every part of the city and ready

just minutes ago britney silva's mother, family and other friends walked out here, you can see cynthia silva is hugging someone there at the scene. there is a memorial that spring up. about this time last night apparently britney wasn't looking for listening to her surroundings. >> music isn't worth their lives. >> cynthia silva says she doesn't want other parents to go through what she is going through 28 hours after her daughter was struck and killed by an amtrak train while texting and listening to music. . >> i preached take one out. take one out. so you can hear what is going on around you. >> she was set to graduate in june. >> she's a student that should have been a success story. >> britney was active in the drama department. >> all year, she was so into it she did every score spot on. >> there are grief counselors on hand. >> just so nice, and come mrechlting people all the time. no outgoing, loving. it's just such a tragic thing >> she was getting ready to be -- accepted to two universities. getting ready to go to college for prenursing. she wanted to be an obgyn to bring bab

just minutes ago britney silva's mother, family and other friends walked out here, you can see cynthia silva is hugging someone there at the scene. there is a memorial that spring up. about this time last night apparently britney wasn't looking for listening to her surroundings. >> music isn't worth their lives. >> cynthia silva says she doesn't want other parents to go through what she is going through 28 hours after her daughter was struck and killed by an amtrak train while texting and listening to music. . >> i preached take one out. take one out. so you can hear what is going on around you. >> she was set to graduate in june. >> she's a student that should have been a success story. >> britney was active in the drama department. >> all year, she was so into it she did every score spot on. >> there are grief counselors on hand. >> just so nice, and come mrechlting people all the time. no outgoing, loving. it's just such a tragic thing >> she was getting ready to be -- accepted to two universities. getting ready to go to college for prenursing. she wanted to be an obgyn to bring bab

cynthia silva says the funeral is tentaively being scheduled to take place at a church in union city in about two weeks. >> reporter:she also says a representative from amtrak has called her and believes that the company will assist with the funeral costs. live in san leandro, philippe djegal, kron four news. >> pam: muni service on the n-judah line is restored tonight. after a pedestrian was hit and injured earlier today. police say, a muni-light rail hit a 29 -year-old man. a little after two o'clock this afternoon. it happened at 16th avenue and judah street. police say, the pedestrian was seen standing on the in- bound judah line platform. he then walked out and came into contact with the rear of the second car. and fell down. they say, the pedestrian was taken to s-f general hospital with life- threatening injuries. regular muni service was restored just before five o'clock. a worker fell three stories to his death at a construction site this afternoon in san jose. police say, the accident happened shortly after noon. at the intersection of sierra road and north capital avenue.

. >> cynthia ruple was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life without parole.rior to killing her husband, she worked as a prison corrections officer. >> a lot of people will look at a woman in prison. they want to find an excuse. they want to say there's got to have been some provocation, there has to be some reason why she did such a terrible thing. but i will say right out, in my case, that is not the case. my husband did not abuse me. he did not deserve what i did to him. we had been married 22 1/2 years, and he was a good man. but my husband was clinically depressed. he was not an easy man to live with at that time. he was hard to please. >> when cynthia became involved with another man, she shot her husband and made it look like suicide. >> wish i could go back. there's no way you can say sorry for something like that, no matter how sorry you are, you can't say i'm sorry because it's just so -- so insufficient. there's just -- there's nothing that can ever fix it or make it right again. >> despite the fact that cynthia will probably never leave this prison

commissioner honda and to my left is deputy city attorney ryan he'll provide the legal advice i'm cynthiaartment that have cases before the bystander board and we have a representative of the planning board and the

cynthia fong in her area, finance and administration heavily rely on temps for accounting. we're always in an audit or some accounting activity, so fewer temporary staff and more staff -- there is one new staff accountant proposed to balance out expenditures as well. finally we have some opportunities to reduce our reliance on contract project managers in the planning division as well. so certainly a cost saving rational in that but also the idea you're getting much more value than the dollars from each year's out lay on consultants. you're det getting a staff member that can be flexible and from a cultural standpoint and investment in the organization it's a more unified and cohesive staff especially when you can communicate regularly externally and internally across the organization. >> commissioner mar. >> i was going to add for the communication position i think the increase in the neighborhood transportation project and vision zero and there are many things that a regular communication person should get the framing from the ta out to the communities to and i think it's

commissioner honda and to my left is deputy city attorney ryan he'll provide the legal advice i'm cynthia and we're joined by the department that have cases before the bystander board and we have a representative of the planning board and the bureau managed 40 forty cents for the department of public works and representing the building inspection. two houses keeping items item 7 which the the appeal number a surveillance protest the parties have joinl requested this be rescheduled for july 2014 in order to allow the settlement term we need a vote to move it >> so moved. >> okay. thank you commissioner fung mr. packing check call the roll. on that motion to reschedule item 7 to july 16th. commissioner hwang. commissioner hurtado. commissioner president lazarus. commissioner honda thank you. the vote it 5 to zero it is rescheduled to july 16th interest similarly this item protesting the building permitted on ethel streets the parties have reached a settlement scoring for a new reschedule. we need another motion and vote that i public comment on this item seeing none. >> on that motion from

i'm king cynthia goldstein we're joined by representatives scott sanchez is representing the particular time planning department and planning commission and the building inspector representing building inspectors the board where these requests you turn off on prvk. appellants and permit holder each have 7 minutes to present their case and 3 minutes for rebuttal people must be of must include there's comments within the period and please speak into the end of the microphone to uh-huh. >> the board buried asked but not required to present a speaker card the board welcomes our cards and suggestion there are customer satisfaction forms the boards scheduled if you need to speak to the board or call to find out the scheduled. this meeting is broadcast live observe sfgovtv cable channel 78 and rebroadcasting on xaenl 26 dvds are available for purchase we're going to a swear in or fisherman all those who wish to testify if you wish the board to give our testimony please raise your right hand and say i do after you've been sworn in any member of the public may speak without affirming in the suns

. >> la representante estatal cynthia soto presentÓ el proyecto de ley h703, para que todos los residentesolo, quiero vivir para luchar por mi hijo. >> como latina me duele mucho, me duele que haya gente sufriendo, gente usando diÁlisis se cansan, están en esa mÁquina por horas, yo lo sÉ porque mi suegro tiene diabetes, y mi esposo en mayo le dio un transplante. >> quienes critican la protesta dicen que mÁs indocumentados enfermos sean mudarÍan a illinois, ondear miles -donde hay de personas esperando transplantes. >> mi condiciÓn de enfermedad se llama amiloidosis hereditaria, se necesita un transplante de hÍgado porque no he tratamiento por el enfermedad. >> lorenzo tiene 17 aÑos, su madre y los hermanos fallecieron a causa del mismo mal, si no recibe un hÍgado pronto, su vida peligra, aÚn asÍ participÓ en una huelga de hambre durante 18 dÍas. estaba arriesgando su vida al hacer la huelga de hambre, por quÉ lo hizo? >> desesperado y angustiado, que si no lograba que me pusieran en la lista de espera, quÉ me esperaba a mi? >> por eso acudieron nuevamente a protestar frente al hospital que

san francisco board of appeals at the control is the boards legal assistant and our legal clerk i'm cynthia gold at the scene we're joined by the representatives for the board corey is the assistant zoning administer and rep the planning commission and planning department he's joined by joseph duffey representing the board of senior inspectors. at this point please go over is board meeting guidelines and conduct the swearing in process. >> the board requests you turn off all electronic devises the rules the permittees and public has 7 minutes for cases and 7 minutes for reasonable doubt. members of the public not affiliated with the parties have 3 minutes but no rubbles and to sought the board the member of the public who wish to speak on an item are asked not required to submit is a speaker card they're on the left side of the presumed there are customer satisfaction survey forms phenomenon the left side of the podium if you have questions please speak to the board staff during the break or call the board office tomorrow morning it's on mission street room three to four. this meeting is br

can you believe, two of cynthia's 3 children didn't even bother showing up at her funeral?

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the wife cynthia for those who have lost inside pity she didn't get the three hundred bc to compute just so that he can apply for jobs in the private sector. it's a nice pickup for its dissident it gets to watch it on the tube system and tenth of what you come on to his yuppie computers the foundation for growth and stay with the world's economy so closely connected having organization with a mandate to keep the international financial system and an even keel is more important than ever the international monetary fund has warned from the lessons leaders took in the great depression and a global conflict that followed membership has grown two hundred and eighty eight countries the imf is a forum for discussing policies that promote stable economic growth. it's a form of credit unions whose members contribute money can buy when they aren't. major blow for the imf has helped prevent crises and resulted when they occur. so when the global financial crisis began in two thousand and eight. the imf policy advice was to good use by countries to create ordinated global response the imf also provi

. >> cynthia says prisoner advocates had been told in 2008 that sterilizations were taking place. that confirmation came from the federal receivership - the authority in charge of prison medical care in california. >> did the receiver not know it was illegal? >> the letter didn't ask whether or not procedures were illegal or not, just asked if they were taking place. >> the law clearly states no one is to be pressured into sterilization. >> our regulations are clear. a medically unnecessary procedure, such as a tubal ligation is not to be performed. when we were made aware, we took immediate steps to ensure that these procedures needed to stop. >> oh the patients they claim to have tuba ligation. it says it right there. >> wow. >> it says you're report i think from your c-section. >> mm mmm. >> january 29th? >> uh huh. >> let's keep that aside. >> to have a baby should be a wonderful, joyous experience, something that you just cherish all your life. to me, it was a nightmare. i was humiliated, i was treated so badly i just couldn't believe that i live in a society like animals. yo

. >> cynthia silva and her daughter brittany didn't hear the explosion. >> this woman has skin hangingf her and she helped me and jumped into my bathtub and turned on the water and i'm like what are you doing? >> reporter: so when the burn victims arrived at their apartment, they were shocked. >> she was like help me. that is all she was really saying. >> she said something exploded, help me. i need cold water. something exploded. >> like, she was screaming its hurts. >> reporter: the couple was trying to make hash oil inside their tent at a nearby homeless encampment when a butane tank blew up. dave barcelina lives at the camp and tried to pour water. >> it burned them more. >> reporter: another resident named frank saw that the couple was trapped inside, pulled off his knife and pulled off the canvas rescuing them. dave walked the couple a quarter of a mile to the first apartment they saw. >> her skin was hangingoff of her arms and her face. like she was like this. she couldn't touch anything. it was so horrible. it was like something out of a horror movie. >> she had third degree bu

cynthia, have you ever seen such a thing for a department head? thank you right back at you. it's also nadia's 10 year anniversary running the department of public finance, so very happy for her in that role as well. thank you. >> other commissioner's report? >> i just have one item. yesterday in the mail i received a flyer and it said more parking losses for us. our neighborhood between evans and arthur west of third street has been growing with new public and private jobs. we also have been losing parking to the bike path on cargo way and the creation of the t line on third street. now the san francisco port commission and the fine arts commission are planning to eliminate the 25 parking spaces adjacent to the pumping station at arthur and quint and third street to expand the parking to expand the gateway park project. please call or write to let them know we appreciate this but are desperate to preserve the parking we have in the area. oh, wow, i'm designated to sdig -- honored to be the designated commissioner but we need to do more outreach because i learned about this m

i do want to point out we have cynthia goldstein here representing the board of permit appeals. thank you for agreeing to work with us on these projects and for taking on that responsibility and thank you for joining us today. prrp. >> 11 a, request approval of second amendment to lease no. l-14282 with the san francisco bar pilots benevolent and protective association for space located at pier 9 located on the embarcadero at the foot of vallejo street to reduce the size of the premises. >> monique, 10 years, unbelievable and congratulations. on to mormon dane matters. this amendment in front of you would reduce the size and rent of the parking area of the san francisco bar pilots current premises specify future rent adjustments, update the security deposit requirement and add new city and port legal requirements. this past december the port commission approved a third amendment to a lease with auto desk that increased their pier 9 premises by approximately 3900 square feet. they intend to construct a robotic laboratory in the improved shed space, which is located adjacent to it

a friend cynthia vance was treated for smoke inhalation. both of them are out of the hospital this afternoon. the red cross helping residents of all four houses find a place to jimmy broom had lived in his house 35 years. >> everything in there is gone. >> reporter: we've heard all kinds of things about what started the fire. brent walker thinks it was a mattress fire caused by his roommate. his son thinks it was a discarded cigarette from the same housemate. fire investigators are looking into it. so far, no cause determined. >>> despite the baggage, the legal baggage, the 49ers are banking on aldon smith. the team is bringing back the troubled linebacker. today the 49ers elected to pick up the final year of his five-year contract. smith would have been a free agent after this season if the team didn't act by today. the 24-year-old faces felony gun charges and drunk driving charges. he was also arrested last month for making a fake bomb threat at los angeles airport. cheers and support for colin kaepernick, getting a warm welcome in his ho

. >> reporter: cynthia slater says there's no way she drove her car across the bay bridge without payinghe toll. >> i always pay my toll. >> reporter: they say someone driving her car did twice. first slater got a $25 fine and a notice of toll evasion on a day she said she was nowhere near the bridge. >> and i was perplexed, i mean, mainly because that particular monday i was home. >> reporter: and fastrak's evidence of slater's crime? well, it isn't exactly clear. >> it is quite a dark image. >> reporter: john goodwin of the metropolitan transportation commission admits the light on the toll equipment wasn't working the evening this photo was snapped but insists it's good fluff to make out her plate -- sort of. >> the k is a bit problematic. >> reporter: meanwhile, as she was fighting that violation, slater got a second one for not paying on a day she did cross the bridge but swears she paid cash. >> it felt very kafkaesque. >> reporter: she is not alone. >> there is no way i could have been on the bridge. >> reporter: lindsey says she was wrongly targeted for toll evasion when the syst