i remind you these are for the entire city. i ask you to pass the eir. you spoke of wanting to work with commissioners willing to change, but it seems certain supervisors have already made up their minds. you have a planning commission that has use professionals. you ask about what resources they have used, and when they tell you, the other supervisors asked the same questions over again. i do not understand. good luck. >> president chiu, members of the board. our senior pastor is out of state, and he asked me to come and encourage you to support the er, if not tonight, i hope you would support it as suggested, but i hope you support it as soon as possible. i have heard people talk about disasters. i have heard people talk about all kinds of things. earthquakes, god knows when they are going to come, but there are disasters every night. traffic, bicycle as cause disasters. the reason we support california pacific medical center is a reach out to us. they helped us to teach about prostate cancer, breast cancer, which was very high in the bayview district

there will be an entire city block that will sit still came intel another developer decides it is worth to undertake what they have done. the hotel will be a visible reminder to everyone of the failure of the city to negotiate with a company who is bringing resources to this city. i am a public-school teacher. there is a lot of talk about affordable housing. how much will the city get if the project fails? nothing. there is talk about traffic concerns. cpmc has done a tremendous job making intersection's a safe place for everyone. we will get they can sidewalks, of violence, and vandalism. what about st. luke's? it could shut down altogether. zero residents have to travel outside the city to get access to a hospital? overconfidence will cost all of us in the end and it may cost us this hospital. i urge you to approve. >> thank you for your service to the city. my name is doctor jeff gardner. i am also a pastor in san francisco. i have enjoyed listening to the voice of the people. the people, as shakespeare would say, are the city. i have the utmost respect for them as fellow citizens. i

is there a plan that we want to get to a certain year to cover most of the city or the entire city? is the overall mission, long-term plan for the city and around this? >> there is a strong desire on the part of our agency to try to fill in about 300 or so under sections in the city without pedestrians signals. we are trying to establish a goal to figure out how many of these we can install in the next 20 to 30 years. but we do try to take advantage of paving projects like this one. this is a big opportunity for us to add 21 intersections. we would take a big bite out of the 300 or so locations in the city. we do try to prioritize them based on collisions, proximity to pedestrian generators, senior centers, schools, and we do try to prioritize them. those are some of the practices that we consider. supervisor avalos: you also have to do the work below the road before you are actually able to set up the poles, and will have audible countdowns and those type of the signals. is that correct? so you can put in new signals, but they will not necessarily have the below infrastructure, that

there are 36 outreach workers and community responders for the entire city. again, they fluctuate on schedules. they have a regular schedule, but depending on the crisis, different shifts are connected. and there are at least two staff on an ongoing basis that are on a 24-hour response. for the referral directive -- this is the other layer that i mentioned earlier today are around the crn. the crn does not function alone. it relies on other agencies to do its work. the sfcrn understand they cannot do it all in terms of violence prevention. it is understood that it really targets street violence and it relies on other agencies that have case management experience and professionals on board that have that therapeutic profession to provide the case management and the referrals that the young people need. they also work closely with city partners listed above. and they work on trying to target those individuals that are either assigned under gane units, that are actually victims of street violence, or they simply try to work with different city partners that migh

is there a plan that we want to get to a certain year to cover most of the city or the entire city? the overall mission, long-term plan for the city and around this? >> there is a strong desire on the part of our agency to try to fill in about 300 or so under sections in the city without pedestrians signals. we are trying to establish a goal to figure out how many of these we can install in the

not a company, an entire city. we'll tell you where and why it happened later this hour. >>> good morning, everyone, i'm randi kaye. it is 7:00 on the east coast. 4:00 a.m. on the west. thanks for starting your morning with us. happy sunday. >>> we start in colorado where firefighter gained a little ground on a fast-moving wildfire near colorado springs. the waldo canyon fire is now 45% contained. that's up from 25% at this hour yesterday. still, the fire has destroyed nearly 350 homes. thousands of homes still being threatened. we'll take you there live in just a couple of minutes. >>> now to the strong storms that knocked out power to millions. at least 12 deaths are being blamed on the storms. those deaths caused mostly by falling trees and some power lines. athena jones is live in forecast, virginia, this morning -- in fairfax county, virginia, this morning. virginia is one of three states declaring emergency. how many people are without power there? >> reporter: good morning. well, hundreds of thousands of peo

it claiming a be a better president because he's a white guy anglo-saxon heritage all that the entire city of london is upset with in the marriage stand in front of sixty thousand people just going off on it and and he's got a public dustup with the prime minister.

supervisor of district 8, scott weiner doing a great job not only representing this district but the entire city. welcome to san francisco's largest transgender pride celebration of the year. one of the largest transevents anywhere on the planet earth. let me tell you, you looking fabulous. this is a wonderful community. one of my favorite events. been here every one of the nine years. we're going to have our 109 anniversary next year. let me just -- 10th anniversary next year. it has been a real honor, privilege and pleasure working with the transcommunity going back to my days on the board of supervisors when we formed the first transgender civil rights implementation task force from which came the first of its kind local ordinance making sure that there was equal access to the county health plan for our transgender employees of san francisco. when we got to sacramento, one of our first bills was to amend the california fair employment and housing act to include gender identity. so we have had an inclusive employment and housing nondiscrimination act here in california since 2003 and i'm very

building of a competing aco's is one of the main strategies to control health-care costs for the entire city. my question is, what is your strategy for controlling these costs in light of their unwillingness to follow other nonprofit hospitals and charge the same rate for in and out of network patients? >> thank you for that question. because -- mayor lee: thank you for that question. because there is an item about that on the agenda, per board rules i am not able to speak completely to that, but however, given the importance of this matter, i wanted to provide a general response to honor the substance of the question. the city is the largest employer in the county and ranks high. because we are a combined city and county, we have more employees than other cities. meaning we are providing high- quality health care to a lot of employees. as such, the cost of this will not always be a top area of focus for meet. the health services system works with an array of partners to institute two accountable care organizations coordinated by blue shield. one by dignity health, the other with brown in co

the entire city has seen 44 and there were 50 in all of 2011. >>> a 20-year-old man was stabbed several times in his own home. the victim's mother said a friend of her son's first barged in and shot at him and missed. then he started stabbing him. >> he was stabbing the hell out of my son. >> the two of them prior to this were online playing video games against each other. >> he is expected to survive his injuries and the 17-year- old suspect was or rested and -- arrested and booked on charges of attempted murder. >>> it will take weeks to figure out what hatched on a party bus. a 20-year-old woman were reportedly fighting as they drove, both fell out the door, nobody was killed. both will be okay. investigators are still trying to figure out what happened. state regulators say they passed an inspection in march. >>> here is a look at the progress notes first reported on. they will go up simultaneously. they will begin putting in risers for the seats and they expect to have the stadium ready for the start of the 2014 season. >>> and she is making the most of her first appearance. maggie

now entire cities. the paycheck for firefighters and police in one town, now minimum wage. >> this is a catastrophic blow. i need to provide for my family. >> a legend falls. can legacy ever be restored? >> this is really his legacy now, unfortunately. >> extreme drought, half the u.s. now in a state of emergency. with crop prices already spiking, how much more will it cost on the table? >> we're not going to go the full extent of this until the cotton is picked and the kernels are counted. >>> now setting them to stun, is it going too far? >> hello, everyone. i'm poppy harlow. >>> a senior government official with 34 years of service now says he's on the side of the rebel upriding. he says he can't be part of a dictatorship any locker. you'll hear him in his own words in just a moment. >>> plus, i just spoke with the long time american ambassador to syria. his reaction, our conversation, coming up. >>> an egyptian official says two americans kidnapped in the sinai peninsula are unharmed and well fed. t

they're not only an integral part of the city of san francisco but of the entire bay area. there cut commissions -- and their contributions to city life is something they should be proud of. they truly make san francisco the special city that it is and so it is only appropriate to celebrate salvadorean day. we take this opportunity to proclaim that august 6 is salvadorean day. we want to recognize the contributions of so many families who on a daily basis are not only working hard but they're contributing, giving back to their community. it is my honor as someone who is of guatemalans dissent, central american descent, a sister country to have the honor of proclaiming the state to be s -- of this day to be salvadorean day. i turned over to the consular general -- turn it over to the consular general. >> thank you for your time, members of the board of supervisors and hon. david campos for supporting the salvadorean community. this is a very special celebration not only in the bay area but also nationwide because we are the fourth largest group of latinos in the u.s. and this

have with the san francisco police department and the great work they do every day to keep the entire city safe, including the part of the city that exists within our muni system, crime in almost every category is down. almost across the board, every category of non-violent crime is down in the transit system. the the problem is, there is one area where we are going in the wrong direction. that is larceny. it has to do largely with devices like these where people are not being attentive with devices like these and other people are taking the advantage of that. that is the one area, overall, a good story that we have to tell that is left to be addressed. that is what we are here to talk about today. we are launching an awareness campaign. you will hear from the chief and the commander, being aware of your surroundings. we want to raise awareness for the public, for all of the public in terms of being safe while you're traveling and walking in the street. it is a matter of being aware of your surroundings and trying to keep the transportation system safe and enjoyable for everyone. what you

when we talk about wine, we're really talking about the entire city because of those relationships. in this past year, with the assistance of sharon hewitt, we held a hearing early on on the impact of violence, the impact of young people growing up around violence. we had a steady to draw a nexus between performance in school ability to succeed as adults in life and the impact of living in these dramatic environments have on children. there's a lot of pst that occurs as a result of being surrounded by these traumas. also, we had a hearing recently on survivors and just the impact of living with this brief and we're learning a lot more about these issues from -- living with this brief and we're learning a lot more about these issues from the survivors on a daily basis. i'm hoping that we can definitely talk about it. there's always a need to talk about the criminal-justice peace, but -- criminal justice piece, but i think we can also include some measure of prevention. eventually, looking at the school district mental health resources been provided on site to the housing authority, r

so that we can have a good deal for the entire city and county of san francisco. not being naive in that we are not operating in a vacuum and it will have a residual impact on some of the surrounding counties and other towns as they continue to negotiate and figure out what they will be doing as other hospitals will become seismically safe. i want to say that i look forward to continuing this conversation. thank you, mr. chair. >> thank you very much, mr. president. i know it is late and i do not want to belabor the point. from what we have heard today and comments from the members of the board, it is fair to say that bank a vote were taken today on this eir, you would have more than the majority of this board of supervisors willing to uphold this appeal and vote against certification of the eir. it is pretty clear that that is where we are. we have heard the comments from so many people about the importance of this project. it is necessary. i hope we can get to a point where we can find a resolution that makes sense. based on what we have heard, i am willing to t

city of new york. >> reporter: from the hiegeightf new york's hotels to the far reaches of the african bush. he's spreading his love of these remarkable creatures to people throughout the entire world. he's a man with a mission. and, today, he's taking us along for the ride. >> i have my hands in my hives. i help run the new york city beekeeper's association. i help run bees without borders. i am a paid consultant by restaurants and hotels. i have my own private hives from which i extract and bottle honey. and i sell it at union square. i sleep sometimes with hives. >>> my name is andrew cote and i'm a beekeeper. >>> many, many businesses have approached me to put these on their roovs. but i only work with those who i feel truly embrace the concept of wanting to be greener, wanting to hen the environment, wanting to raise awareness of the environment and bees seem a really way to do that. today is the first day and we're installing six beehives today. a lot of people really do wrongly assume cities are places with no flowers and no trees. and here we are in manhattan and you see what's around me now. central park is right over there. it's almost a thousand acres of green. we

the project needs to come in in a way that enhances the entire city. chairperson kim: thank you very much. at this time, i am going to open up for public comment. if you would like to speak on item one, please do lineup. -- line up. seeing no public comment, public comment is -- i know the room is very crowded. if you could line up on this side of the room, so i know there are people speaking on this item -- otherwise, i will close public comment. thank you. >> my name is frank. i have had occasion to listen to the planning commission, and what the planning commission over the last few years, on behalf of the neighborhood association of golden gate heights, and the sunset heights association, as well as professionally, as a small- business person. i want to say that i think all three of these people should be reappointed. that are well deserving. with regard to ms. wu, her experience with low income housing is crucial. also, she brings a perspective from a community that is definitely needed for the planning commission. with regard to commissioner anth

on behalf of the board of directors, the agency, and the entire city, congratulations. i did not know that was you sitting there. my apologies. i did not mean to come down and ignore you. would either of you like to say a few words? >> thank you very much. i would like to thank my lord and savior, jesus christ. i would like to thank the superintendent for nominating me for this award. i am very grateful and humble and thank you to everyone. thank you. >> thank you very much. >> first of all, i would like to think the board. also, my co-workers, i did not know that he was back here. anyway, i would like to thank the mta as a whole. i enjoy my job. i take pride in providing service for us. regardless of age, race, creed, i'm here to do a job and i do it to the best of my ability. if i get recognition for it, it is fine. if i don't, that is fine, too. i'm having fun and i will continue to have fun. >> do you drive the 21 route by chance? >> no, i do motor coaches. >> when my father was in town he was raving about the drivers and i thought maybe one of them with you. thank

what you're seeing here is the outline of an entire city. >> this reminds me, to put it in medical termsultrasound of a baby. >> we're not only going to be able to see these more clearly, but we're going to be able to see what's underneath them. it is like an ultrasound. we can dive in to the surface of the earth, which is really exciting. >>> i like drones and washes and anti-musical things. i love the sound of the refrigerator, you know. i love the sound of lights when they buzz. i love the sound of machines as they break down. you know, as far as i can remember, i would mow the lawn for four times longer than i actually had to because i loved the sound of the lawn mower. just that weird kind of almost didgeridoo-ish drone. like, i grew up in tennessee. both of my parents were scientists. this lebanese kid in tennessee. so i spent my time in the practice rooms just playing piano. that was the thing that made sense to me as a kid. i had pretty much figured out i was going to be a film scorer. i didn't know what that meant exactly, but that was the thing that i decided. four, five years

it is something that we cannot deal alone, the entire city has to do it together. >> with that, the mayor was on. >> a little bit of a longer- term. i think that this mayor, this council needs to really implement a curfew in the city so that we can save some of these young people's lives. we have to expand gang injunctions to deal with a majority of the shootings that is date related. we also have to have the anti littering order that will allow us to primarily keep people from gathering in the groups. >>catherine: oakland police say they're busy doing what they can with the recent crimes by. terisa estacio rode along with several officers today. >> right now, we are extremely busy. the weather has heated up. a lot of people on the streets and a lot of conflict going on. we are seeing an increase in shootings. this is pretty much nonstop for everyone in our unit. we are going from call to call. >> what is it like compared to last month? >> last month was a slower. this monthly picked up in are shootings and assaults. sometimes we have holes and sometimes we have peaks. right now we're in

really wonderful -- probably one of the most spectacular places to be in grand central and in the entire cityot very many people actually get to come up here. but what you can see from here that you can't see from down below -- first of all, you get a sense of the scale of the building, how large it really is. you get to experience the many different kinds of motion that occur here. kristen, behind you is the information booth, which is really at the center of the main concourse. it's probably -- we like to think of it as one of the most famous places in new york city. if you tell someone to meet you at the clock in grand central, they it's at the center of 43rd street to east-west and park avenue to north-south, and it really is right in the center of the main concncourse, and we like to think it's the center of new york city. even if another train were not to come through here, it would still be an important place in new york city for people to come and visit and to see one another and to treat it as a town hall. >> reporting from the nation's largest train terminal, i'm kristen for "teen k

october and the fall so that we controlled and to modify it hours so we do meet the needs of the entire city with regards to library hours. it will also include a survey of the community. we're working with the comptroller's office to make sure we are fully engaged in do the data analysis correctly. >supervisor chu: you talk about the hours analysis and the outreach and to make sure we're cognizant of the unique needs, but with regards to the budget, do you have the ability to start adding hours if the study would turn back? do you have the flexibility to do that within your budget at this moment? is that something we can consider? >> we would have flexibility to make modifications it adjustments based on community needs. again, cause i didn't -- to be cognizant of the fact that we need the budget to balance. the commission has always been supportive of modifying the hours to truly meet the community needs. we would have fund balance and the reserve to look at that. supervisor chu: thank you. why don't we go to the next

we have an excessive heat warning, warning, not an advisory for baltimore county, the entire city and looking at a widespread advisory. i'll have to give the national weather service a call. i'm not sure why carroll and frederick would not be included. the heat index value is as high there as anywhere. rehoboth beach, dundalk it was a hot steamy scenario here with hazy conditions. also bad air quality. sometimes we get that type of heat. that makes higher ozone levels. so outdoor exercise, ill advised because of the air quality. 97 at the airport after topping out close to 100. heat index values 105 in baltimore, 105 in east. 102 in dulles. the dew point numbers climbing. baltimore getting that enhanced warning because the heat index, heat plus humidity, reaching over 110. the actual air temperatures are excessive in their own right, 101 at the maryland science center. 91 at the naval academy. temperatures reaching into the mid-90s. is there a breeze? yes. it's a hot breeze. there's no relief. it does stir the air a little bit. we'll take whatever we can get. clear skies over central

i think my district is emblematic of the entire city. u can find every political perspective you can possibly want in district 3. oftentimes, the interests of my district and the city are aligned. i do not have to think about those differences quite as often as some of my colleagues may have to. >> let's talk about the budget situation. we have been faced with some tough budget decisions again, including where to make cuts and whether or not to increase taxes. how will you approached these hard choices? >> our budget is one of the very top challenges facing city government right now. over each of the years i have served, we have had to balance budget deficits that were around $500 million. this year, we're facing another budget deficit of almost $400 million. fortunately in recent years, we have had some ability to do some one-time budgeting tricks that allow us to balance the budget that do not exist this year. in past years, we've received federal stimulus money. we received more monies from the state government. last year our labor uni

grandstanding is a view of the entire city of oakland's earlier today thereabout of your so people heretch the fireworks show it's died down a little bit and all these fireworks may look professional their 100% illegal. they're being shot out on city streets and in people's backyards now police say are stepping up patrols this year but the view from here says it does look like it's having a kind of impact. did waves to vaughn walker doesn't have to go far to see what he says is the best fireworks show in the bay area. film faugh you can get a very good look over this is beautiful. once the sun sets the city limits. >>> it's fun to watch the different colors of the fireworks. the waves but like most cities across the bay area fireworks are illegal in oakland. and this year law- enforcement is stepping up their patrols by using something normally used to pinpoint gunfire. the system has the ability to determine whether the shots better fired are from a gun or from fireworks. they're being used in richmond east palo alto and oakland's last night the system had more than 140 fireworks and t

up until 11:00 for the entire city limits, all the countys in maryland as we head in to tonight. any storm has potential of dumping copious amounts of rain. 70s of the eastern shore. noticer tremendous amount of activity across the area. towards the north, a nice clearing line, that's going to be with us in to the weekend. we will let you know which day is the better of the two days in a little bit. >>> we are continuing to clean up from a pair of thunderstorms that pummeled baltimore with heavy rain and flooded several streets. workers pumped water from flooded manholes in fells point and the manager of a pirate boat excursion on the inner harbor, called a close call. >> it was pandemonium. it was high winds that kicked up really fast unexpectedly. we were getting rained on and all the sudden the coast guard came over and said it's going to be severe thunderstorm warning. the lightning started crashing and we got the commerce off the boat. it was chaotic. >> the heavy rain caused a ceiling to collapse inside the hilton on pratt street and flooded the underground ambulance area b

now, entire cities. the paychecks for firefighters and police in one town, now minimum wage. >> this is a catastrophic blow. i need to provide for my family. >>> a legend falls. can legacy ever be restored? >> this is really his legacy now, unfortunately. >>> extreme drought. half the u.s. now in a state of emergency. with crop prices already spiking, how much more will it cost to put food on the table? >> we're really not going to know the full extent of all of this until the the cotton's picked and the beans and the kernels are counted. >>> smart phones make calls, send e-mails and now you can set them to stun. it is going too far? >>> hello, everyone, i'm poppy harlow in tonight for don lemon. let's get you up to speed on the day r day's biggest stories. in syria, a senior government official with 34 years of service now says he's on the side of the rebel uprising. he was syria's ambassador to iraq, and he's the highest ranking diplomat to defect. he says he can't be part of a dictatorship any longer.

well as other local dollars to make sure that we have the depth and breadth of services that our entire city needs. our violence prevention funded programs are focused on six core areas. they are alternative education, secondary prevention, diversion, detention alternative, detention base, and after care and reentry. all of these areas are evidence based and have shown to have affected outcomes on reducing violence. as you know, we want more than just the 70 programs i mentioned. we have a whole cadre of programs that we find. and -- that we fund. and together, we're able to address violence prevention and help all of our young people move toward the goals that the department has of succeeding in school and being ready to learn. today's conversation is really about violence prevention and intervention work. the team and staff who are here today leads the oversight of the services that i just mentioned. and are assured that all of our funds are targeted, particularly to the high risk and at risk and in risk used between the ages of 10-25 years old. we strongly collaborate with our juvenile ju

it takes a citywide ordinance and restricted even further, even though the entire city has adopted this, the limited live performance. even when another neighborhood close to west soma tried to stop limited live performance which only goes until 10:00 p.m., it is not amplified and has certain restrictions on it that make it compatible with a neighbor heard, there were not allowed to remove themselves. this western soma plan in the eir goes against accepting limited live performance that is extended throughout the city. also as far as we're entertainment will be permitted, we believe that in the area that the neighborhood will allow entertainment, the eir did not address areas where there are no places that are actually able to house entertainment at this time and very, very few whiteley, there are two or three spaces that what be available -- that would be available for entertainment. the estimated cost several million -- is several million. if we are trying to preserve entertainment and the culture of this neighborhood, we find those three points in the er to not agree and since i made

prioritizing people over profits, and that you are looking at long-term benefits for the entire city versus short-term gains -- gains for just eight select few. please uphold this. president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> ok, my name is zac, a resident of the cathedral hill neighborhood and a founding member of the cathedral hill association. we formed the association i think in 2005 largely to create some sort of interface with cpmc and quickly found that they marginalized the neighborhood interests. we were not able to have a conversation with them on the impact of traffic, the 24/7 nature of the operation at van ness, and as a result of the eir moving fort, through the development agreement, there really has not been much public opportunity to have that discussion either and to really reflect the neighborhood concerns. one of the issues aside from traffic which as been discussed is the traffic. effectively, we are looking not only at two buildings that they want to build but a third building that they are operating and that will be at franklin, which they say right now they hav