>> i will present february complaint activity, and in february they opened 55 cases, 8% more than last year. they closed more cases than they open. as of february 9 who had 360 pending cases. today they have 373 pending cases. compare that to 400 pending cases as of february 28 last year, so we are doing much better than last year, still higher than best practices but lower than 30 cases per investigator. moving to the area of mediations, they mediated three cases in february. 5% of the cases close mediated similar to the allegations. the mediation rate and sustain radar the same -- sustained rate are the same. the monthly summaries as well as adjudication of sustained complaints, and in february, the chief adjudicated three sustained complaints. they were all neglected duty cases. the officer failed to log data, and the third when the chiefs would be filing charges. moving back to our reach, in february, we began work translating into arabic, and in completion of the translation to staff will visit the arab cultural and community center to describe our services. go we staff the table

automakers report february u.s. sales today, which are expected to keep up their recent strong gain. analysts forecast the total sales will rise 3% as consumers brought smaller and more fuel efficient vehicles to offset higher gas prices. ford says the small cars made up at least a quarter of all of its sales last month. meantime, general motors announced they are to join forceses in a global alliance which they hope will save $2 billion in and enthusiastically costs. in the deal gm will take a stake in peugeot. the two companies will combine efforts in research and development and purchasing and will begin to build cars on shared platforms to bring costs down. joining us now to talk more about the auto market is andrew jackson, head of automotive analysis at data miner. i want to start with you on some of the change in the buying pat aerns that we're seeing. the smaller cars, of course, especially here domestically in the united states seem to be more popular as the gas prices tib to rise. will we see that continue

>> the cat x accompanied this building permit and it was dated early february. under the city attorney's guidance, we are timely on the ceqa appeal because it is pending before your board. president garcia: how long into the process did you wait to file your appeal on the cat x? >> we filed it yesterday. i was brought in on this matter last week. the council that were handling it previously were from out of san francisco and not as familiar with the local procedures. the building permit was issued and the cat x was issued february 3. >> what is the basis of your appeal? >> is a home that was built at the turn of the century. the project proposes construction of a fire wall. we are uncertain what all of the structural issues are at this time. their plans indicate that several openings would have to be closed as a result of the construction on their property. the basis for the ceqa appeal is that the categorical exemption did not take any consideration to our client's home next door. we believe the environmental review is inadequate. >> is your client's building a

and the february price was an historic high for any february. there is, however, significant can't regional variation in prices as illustrated in figure one of my testimony. crude oil price increases i think have eclipsed other drivers of et motor fuel prices as shown in figure 2 and 3 of my african-american. while both gasoline and decemberel prices rose by 37 cents per gallon from february 2011 to february 2012, the cost of crude oil to refiners rose by about $20 per barrel, about 48 cents per gallon over the third period. the increases since -- demand growth in developing countries drove an 800,000 per day rise in world demand in 2011. non-opec supply, mostly from outside of the middle east, has had some recent setbacks, as described in my testimony. in addition, both the united states and the european union have acted to tighten sanctions against iran, including measures with both immediate and future effective dates. current prices reflect expectations as well as today's conditions and many analysts see continuing demand growth with possibl

tom, the february market was even better than expected. susie, it also turned out there were more jobs added in december and january that first reported. it all adds up to even more jobs for the economy. let's take a look the numbers: the nation's unemployment rate held steady in february at 8.3%. employers added 227,000 news jobs to payrolls last month and additional 61,000 in december and january. >> susie: those strong numbers pushed up stocks a bit here on wall street: the dow rose 14. the nasdaq added 18 and the s&p was up five points and that was even though greece was officially declared in default. we'll have more on that later. but first, suzanne pratt takes a closer look at the labor news that's lifting spirits from wall street to main street. >> reporter: 227,000 new jobs. that's a nice boost in hiring for an economy still riddled with question marks. it's also the third straight month of job growth over 200,000, a good sign for the fragile recovery. economist john ryding calls it extremely encouraging. >> we're hitting at an em

breaking news on the strong february auto sales. let's get to phil lebeau the details. >> we now know how big the month was for the auto industry. 15.1 million vehicles. that was the sales pace last month. to put that in some perspective, that is the strongest monthly sales pace since february of 2008. easily the highest post-recession sales month. but again,million. it was the salce last month. most in the industry were expecting it to b 14.4, 14.5. much the entire industry. thank you very much. phil lebeau with the latest there. we're days away from the super tuesday primaries, in the republican presidential race. rickantorum explains what he needs to do to catapult himself back to the top of the polls. disney, about to christen its newest crews ship the fantasy. an exclusive up-close look at cruise business. stay with the "closing bell." back in a moment. >>> a it allows underprivileged children to attend games that normally they would not have the opportunity to attend. it's really an enjoyable experience and something we've enj

let's watch and see if the february 10th planting takes root.ur playing along at home and looking for national debt, unemployment, and the price of gas. [ laughter ] >> the debt is the issue. >> why isn't the national debt the main issue? >> rising unemployment. the country is deeper in debt. >> 15% u6 unemployment. >> 8.5 unemployment and four bucks for gas. >> nobody is talking about gas prices ynch is nobody talking about this. >> $3.57 and you might be asking the question why is nobody talking aboutÑi this? [ laughter ] >> jon: bingo! i have my whole -- why is nobody talking about this? oh, my god gretchen is unable to hear her own voice. [ laughter ] that is so tragic. for her. [ laughter ] so a lot of pundits -- a lot of pundits and news shows on fox seem to have consolidated their negative economic spin around the same three distinct data points provided by the republican national committee pundit prep note. that's not proosm you don't have oneç of fox's talking heads, i don't know reading the memo aloud much to the cha grin of one of th

as of the first of february and a court decision by the supreme court of february -- of california in late december, all of the redevelopment agencies were resolved as of february 1. they no longer had any assets or reset -- resources under their control. providing for cities, counties, or perhaps a state appointed body to step in as their successor-appointed agency to wind down their activities. the contracts and obligations that were in place, in many cases in san francisco their obligations for major improvement projects that have come before you. the hunters shipyard, phase one, for which you have agreements already, candlestick point, phase two, and to some extent trans day, portions of that state owned parcel, mission bay, others. these were all considered important obligations. so, what did the city do as a result of february 1? we moved quickly. our board of supervisors and the mayor, there was unanimous approval and we passed a resolution that provided for the transfer of these assets of the redevelopment agency. the transfer of the redevelopment agency's affordable housing a

9 and february 16. i have no speaker cards but following any public comment on these items, any modifications and/or corrections you may have, these matters are before you for your consideration. president fong: is there any public comment? seeing none, commission miguel? commissioner miguel: i move adoption of the draft minutes of january 26, february 2, 9 and 16th. >> second. secretary: thank you, commissioners. on the motion for approval of the draft minutes of january 26, february 2, 9 and 16 -- [roll call vote was taken] [motion was passed unanimously] secretary: draft minutes have been approved. you're on item no. 5, an informational presentation on the eastern neighborhoods transportation implementation planning study, en trip. >> good afternoon, commissioners, i'm john sway, staffed with the department's plan implementation group and i'm going to be joined shortly by timothy papdrao to provide a short update on the eastern neighborhoods transportation implementation planning study work going on.

economy: the services sector grew better than expected in february. today's data is one of a recent batch of improving signals about the u.s. economy. suzanne pratt reports. >> reporter: what's up or down with the economy? a few months ago, it was widely believed the u.s. would hit a speed bump in the first half of this year. but, lately there are fresh signs of life. we learned just today the service sector expanded in february at its fastest pace in years. on top of that, stocks are on firmer footing with the s&p 500 up nearly 9% this year. most importantly, the unemployment rate has fallen for five straight months, dropping to 8.3% in january from 9.1% in august. and, experts predict friday we'll get more good job market data, when the government releases its latest monthly snapshot. so, while the economy isn't great, it could certainly be a lot worse. >> relative to what consumers had feared, things are definitely a lot better. so they feel much better. even though on balance we're still dealing with a pretty bad labor market. >> reporter: when am

on february 25. the sidewalk is blocked, patrons yelling and a patron was urinating on the front of a van when we came up. those of the big ones. we have been out every weekend. i think it is helpful when we go to the clubs and we explain what we expect from them. the also lettis what -- know what their concerns are. i have seen improvements on broadway as well as other clubs in the central. we are still working on it. it is a work in progress. >> in the case of the parlor. you say you constantly see over service. you contact the abc to back you up? >> we are working with the alu and they forward the information to the abc. i just got an e-mail from the owner of the parlor. we're going to have a set down this week or early next week to go over ways they can reduce that. we're working with them. >> thank you. commissioner hyde: now is the parlor again. i believe he did not have to drink the whole bottle. they have a place where you can store your bottle. is that correct? >> they might have a storage a

nasdaq on fire in february. mostly because of this stock. apple, best february ever. said poland? right? there is a bunch of other. >> shepard: do you have a joke. >> i don't have a joke. can i give how more countries. sweden, saudi arainia, belgium. all countries gdp's worth less than apple. >> shepard: when do you think we will get news again. >> enhanced? >> shepard: you are supposed to know these things. >> i have no idea, sir. i can make something up if you want. >> shepard: we don't do that on "the fox report." we had a four day winning streak on wall street and now it broke. were you responsible for that as well. >> i'm not responsible for that we point to the man named cranky bernanke. >> you are hating. >> i'm not hating. he says the economy is not growing as fast as everybody else want it to. i'm not going to give it stimulus either. that's what traders got upset about. that's why stocks went down lower. >> only 25 points and nasdaq up 20. >> waiting to hear something more positive. bernanke said rates on hold for three years. that's a long darn time. >> she

all right so is the day we got jobs numbers for the month of february and overall the news was actually pretty good. february report shows strong job growth for a third straight month but not enough to bring down the unemployment rate new numbers out today point to more solid progress in the jobs market the nation's jobless rate held steady in february and eight point three percent about two hundred twenty seven thousand jobs were created last month added two hundred twenty seven thousand jobs to the u.s. economy in the month of february it was private sector hiring companies hiring the trove the jobs numbers a lot of jobs added in the service sector which includes everything from restaurants and hotels to health care firms financial companies to players added two hundred twenty seven thousand jobs in february that's better than most economists expected were jobless rate has exceeded eight percent for thirty seven straight months that was the longest stretch on record and now we've got revisions the bigger picture is even a little bit better it got better than expected december january

up 19% versus last february and that's a significant jump considering especially last february was ad so we've seen numbers that are getting much closer to the 2007 numbers we had on the site which would have been the high point in february. >> and tell us where you're seeing the jobs particularly we see a lot of executives and a lot of other data insisting there's a tremendous jobs mismatch, that there are jobs available but not the employees with the skills for them. >> well, i think that's a real problem. i mean, the skills gap is something that is getting worse each month, not better. the jobs that we're seeing on the site are in areas that, you know, you would think in line with that skills gap. information technology jobs are up significantly. jobs in health care are up significantly especially when you get into nursing and specialized medicine. i would say higher-end sales jobs are up significantly that require experience and specific skills to perform them. and so, you know, if you look across those areas. and then finance, i'm not talking about wall street jobs, i'm talking

as a result, our utilization performance between february 2011 and february 2012 improved by 200%. in addition to ait, we're employing cat bps technology. it will eventually replace the current procedures used to detect fraudulent or altered documents. we will deploy this technology for operational testing at a few airports beginning next month. technology is only one mechanism to identify potential threats. the spot program uses behavior observation and analysis to identify potentially high-risk individuals who may pose a threat to transportation security. spot was is effectcally validated in 2011 by the dhs science and technology division representing the most thorough analysis of any behavioral screening program to date. no other counterterrorism or similar security program is known to have been subjected to such a rigorous systematic evaluation. this study revealed that spot was significantly more effective at identifying high-risk passengers than random screening protocols. that said, tsa continues working with dhs, snt, and the broader research community to increase the every

20 cathy because i was born in february, but my -- 28th because i was born in february, but my fatherd you should celebrate on march 1st because technically you weren't really born yet. >> reporter: jennings said he compromises and celebrates twice, but it's clear he relishes his wear day. >> a lot of people who know me for years and years say i have retained my youthful look and i say that's, why because i really don't age. >> you leap year babies got about an hour left. happy birthday. >>>s news keeps coming. here's brian now with the news edge at 11:00.

labor department says there were 227,000 new farm -- nonfarm jobs in february. the health care and social systems. it says unemployment rate remain unchanged at 8.3%. greece says many of its private sector investors have agreed to accept big losses on greek government bonds they hold. banks and other private creditors hold over 200 billion euros worth of greek government bonds. the greek government announced on friday that 83.5% of its bondholders have voluntarily agreed to the debt reduction deal. the government plans to use legislation to force other creditors to sign up for the deal. it says this step would bring the total amount of participation up to 95.7%. in a statement the finance minister thanked those creditors who have agreed to accept the losses in what he called a historic attempt. he said greece will carry out further measures necessary for restoring its fiscal health and sustainable economic growth. china's inflation in february showed the slowest pace of the increase in the year in eight months. the country's national bureau of statistics said on

her birthday is tomorrow, february 29. president yee: leap year girl there.ill change gears a little bit. in memory of suzanne sweeney, commissioner norton will speak to. vice president norton: not to return to the somber mood, but i like to close this meeting in member of my friend and neighbor, who passed away last week at the age of 85. she worked for many years as a teacher and administration in the district. she served at john chin and francis scott key elementary. by the time i met her, she had been retired for many years but i enjoy hearing about what was happening -- but she enjoyed hearing about what was happening in the schools. she grew very frail and a bit eccentric but never lost her sharp intellect and fierce independence, her love of music and npr news and her pride in her sister's in the teachers' surety. she left no close family but will be missed by her many friends and neighbors. i would like to thank the many retired administrators who shared their recollections of working with her, including jenny, phil, caroline. thank you. president yee

in february at eight point three percent about two hundred twenty seven thousand jobs were created last month added two hundred twenty seven thousand jobs to the u.s. economy in the month of february it was private sector hiring companies hiring the drove the jobs numbers a lot of jobs added in the service sector which includes everything from restaurants and hotels to healthcare firms financial companies to employers added two hundred twenty seven thousand jobs in february that's better than most economists expect is good jobless rate has exceeded eight percent for thirty seven straight months that is the longest stretch on record and now we've got revisions the bigger picture is even a little bit better it got better than expected december january and february now is about two hundred twenty seven thousand jobs created two hundred twenty seven thousand jobs created that's a little better than the wall street consensus the unemployment rate held steady point three percent. now let me just give you a few more figures to round this out six which measures the marginally attached discourag

there were 227,000 new farm -- nonfarm jobs in february. the health care and social systems. it says unemployment rate remain unchanged at 8.3%. greece says many of its private sector investors have agreed to accept big losses on greek government bonds they hold. banks and other private creditors hold over 200 billion euros worth of greek government bonds. the greek government announced on friday that 83.5% of its bondholders have voluntarily agreed to the debt reduction deal. the government plans to use legislation to force other creditors to sign up for the deal. it says this step would bring the total amount of participation up to 95.7%. in a statement the finance minister thanked those creditors who have agreed to accept the losses in what he called a historic attempt. he said greece will carry out further measures necessary for restoring its fiscal health and sustainable economic growth. china's inflation in february showed the slowest pace of the increase in the year in eight months. the country's national bureau of statistics said on friday that the consumer price inde

this poll is from february 26th.and that's before the gas prices started going up and it's now about 3.75 a gallon. am you right? that's one every big risks in this economy. >> they're not high-fiving in the white house. they realize this is a very fragile recovery. and if mitt romney wants to gain some traction on the economy, which i don't think he has, he ought to use these victory tuesday nights to deliver a compelling vision on the economy. his plan so far is less regulation, lower taxes. we basically tried that under bush. that hasn't worked. that's not enough. and so i think he really misses an opportunity here. and the president has to do a better job selling the fact that his -- the policies he put in place are beginning to pay off. and mark, a very respected spokesman, what is that -- >> i think you'll say mccain advisor next. [everyone talking at once] >> just baiting you when he laughs at you and you go right for the jugular. >> hands off my jugular! >> i'd like to resume my -- >> go ahead. >> which is ma

, january and february and we gotten extra day.f dawn thunderstorms are pushing off to the east and -- north of town thunderstorms are pushing off to the east and we may see some later tonight. temperature-wise they haven't moved much the past few hours. up to 52. that's been the high so far today. pressure falling now 29.81 inches of mercury, winds out of the south at 9 and we're looking at temperatures remaining almost steady overnight, very mild. here's a look at the radar. we'll put this into motion. these are all flood warnings. you name it, it's under a flood warning in frederick county, warren county, jefferson, everything in ww. if you look carefully, you -- in west virginia. if you look carefully you can see the slightening strikes around 270 and clarkbsurg off to the east. reports of unusually laud thunder and frequent lightning, kind of weird for february. heavy activity to the north and once you get south of fredericksburg essentially moving due east. now over to clarksville and howard county around 32, columbia big tim

after february was quite weak as well. so overall it really seems to be concerns about what this chinese slow down will mean. japan is going to be an interesting one to lack at t. keeps on testing that 10,000, a seven-month high, but couldn't hang on to it. there's a key boj meeting. there are some bets there could be another round of easing especially in terms of lending facilities is for the quake hit region. take a look at topix to the down side. the shanghai composite, really the property plays took this market down. the hang seng only managed to reverse in the end. there seems to be quite a bit of upside from china mobile. india looking interesting as well. this market had quite a lot of buying going on he especially ar that surprise 75 basis point cut in cash reserve ratio but, then again, today's industrial production number came out and makes the rbi meeting, the policy tricky moving ahead. that also cost the kospi so overall it seems to be about worries about what the chinese policy will look like. beccy? >>> the