people want their bike lanes on fell and oak. the second point is from may to october, a full five months, the only thing that was happening on this project was the planning department was addressing this very issue of the environmental impact report and if we're now going to go back and look over their work and double back i think maybe we should just consider firing the entire planning department, mak maybe e can solve some of our budgetary issues this evening. the third issue is -- i'm sure the members of the board are well aware that in 1973 your predecessors passed a law that made san francisco a transit first city. here we are 40 years later talking about removing a bike lane because there are too many private automobiles that will be going around looking for parking. we're not talking about doing initiatives to improve car share or the hundreds of people who will not have to use a car because of these bike lanes. we're talking about removing a bike lane for private automobiles which is so profoundly idiotic. i think it rea

i am the project manager on the oak and fell pedestrian bicycle and safety projects. i wanted to give you background about why it's so important that we do it but i also wanted to respond to the matter at hand which is the ceqa appeal and some of the specific concerns that were raised by the appellants. as you know, this project has been on the front lines of this neighborhood for decades. ever since we've been talking about how to improve the bike network in san francisco and ever since we've been talking about how to increase pedestrian safety, oak street and fell street are three lanes in each direction, four lanes in some places, they carry 30,000-plus cars each day on each street. and people in this neighborhood and people who just move throughout the city have said that these streets don't feel safe, they don't feel comfortable, please do something about it. and it took a while and it took some momentum to get us going but we finally did it. we finally brought the community together and we worked over nine months with a variety of stakeholders, local stakeholder

major is a bike lane running through masonic going through fell. have you seen the amount of cars there? do you see the amount of cars backing in to get on to the bay bridge? do you see the amount of airport shuttles, amount of taxis that are using that route? as i said i'm not here to argue the merits of the route but the city owes it so itself to be a complete impact of the entire plan and all plans in the area. thank you. >> president chiu: next speaker. >> good evening, board members. this is off the bike path real quick because i've been here all day as well and i want to make this comment before it gets too late. i don't know if you all know in your districts, my office down at transport workers union is in receipt of a letter from the agency, the sf mt agency that they're going to cut office over the holiday weekend, not knowing -- i'm pretty sure you don't know about this. >> president chiu: is this comment relevant to this appeal? >> yes. >> president chiu: okay. thank you. next speaker. and if i could ask folks again, your comments during

many motorists basically, and pedestrians, turn north on masonic from fell and oak. many who are proceeding southbound on masonic turn left on oak. so the masonic project will have environmental impact on the same neighborhood which will be compounded by this particular project. because of that there's no categorical exemption. >> supervisor wiener: do you think that if the masonic project didn't exist, would this project be categorically exempt? >> the answer is no, it would not. it would still not be categorically exempt because the two exemptions they rely on really don't apply. one is existing facilities, which is minor alteration of existing facilities involving negative liberal or no -- use. and one of the examples is cited of an existing facility can be a bicycle trail. well there is no bike lane existing on oak so the exemption doesn't even arguably apply to oak. there are no buffer strips on either street nor are there raised plantares. so it wouldn't apply to that piece of it. and i guess getting out to the idea of raised plantares this is also a unique cir

>> i don't remember. >> have you fell like this before?> no. >> do you have a medical condition that would make you fall? >> no. >> you just trip over something? >> i don't remember. >> you don't remember? did somebody help you fall? >> no. >> no? is it safe to assume that probably something more than you falling happened that you just don't want to talk about? >> i don't -- >> who do you live with? >> woods. >> woods? >> yeah. >> what's his first name? >> i don't know? >> how long have you guys lived together? >> probably eight months. >> eight months. and you think you're safe going back to the same cell you was in? >> yeah. >> you don't think you'll fall again? >> no. >> you think for whatever reason you fell for this time is over with and you won't fall more? >> should be. >> you understand where i'm coming from. we've got to protect you. >> yeah, i understand. >> you don't want to talk about what happened? >> trying to get medical attention. >> i will get you nixed up. they have done x-raies right? >> he reported he fell in his cell,

shares fell 2.6% on heavy volume. the company is increasing production of the dreamliner, aiming to boost its delivery of the planes. almost 800 of them have been ordered by air carriers around the world. videogame retailer game stop may want a reset for the past holiday season. the company warned sales at stores open for at least a year fell, forcing the company to cut the top end of its financial forecast for the quarter. traders and investors hit the sell button. shares fell 6.3% on heavy volume. sales dropped for both new and used video games. we have more analysis of game stop's stock chart on our web site, www.nbr.com. under the "blogs" tab is where you will find michael kahn's technical analysis blog. game stop wasn't alone in warning about its quarterly financial report card. yum brands, the company behind k.f.c., now expects same-store sales in china to fall more than anticipated. it blames a chinese government review of its chicken supplies. shares dropped 4.2%. two companies missing their earnings estimates

shares fell 3.2%.ig stock drop in october was after the company paid a special five dollar per share dividend. four of the five most actively traded exchange traded products were lower. the lone gainer was the japan index fund up 0.3% and that's tonight's market focus. >> tom: a year ago i described tonight's market monitor as quote, "a bull. plain and simple." and even as the stock market trades near five year highs, she is even more optimistic about higher stock prices today.ç elaine garzarelli is president of garzarelli capital. >> nice to see you. >> tom: a bull playing simple a year ago, and more optimistic today. are you more optimistic than a year ago, and why? >> well, i have 13 indicators in the stock market, and they're at 82%. anything below 30% would be a major sell signal or bear market signal, and below 42% would be a correction of 10 to 15%. so that's a very, very high level, and the indicators include monetary policy, economic cycles, sentiment and valuation. the valuation indicator is

shares fell 13%, dropping to a 10 month low. teen apparel store hot topic jumped 11.1% to a new 52 week high. hott topic predicted its earnings growth this year to be twice what wall street analysts had expected. just what spiced ham needs, peanut butter. spam maker hormel foods is buying the skippy peanut butter business from unilever. hormel is paying $700 million for skippy. the deal continues hormel's expansion beyond its meat business, which includes spam, and the jennie-o turkey store brands. investors like the recipe, hormel shares rallied 3.7%. volume more than tripled with shares breaking out to an all- time high. the deal will add to earnings this year. hormel also gets faster international growth. skippy is the top selling peanut butter in china. unilever shares fell modestly, down 0.8%, but it remains less than a dollar off its most recent high. all of the five most actively traded exchange traded products were lower. the emerging markets fund led the losers, down 0.7%. and that's tonight's "market focus." >> susie:

qualcomm stock fell 1%. but apple competitor research in motion continued its rally, moving up 10.2%, on very heavy volume. the newest blackberry is due to be launched in two weeks. just two days before it releases fourth quarter earnings, j.p. morgan was hit for the first time by regulatory actions related to last year's multi- billion dollar derivatives trading loss. the bank agreed to fix its risk management program, and step up anti-money laundering procedures, as directed by the comptroller of the currency and the federal reserve. neither action included any financial penalty. shares fell 0.6%. it recently traded at a nine month high. u.p.s. won't deliver on it's plan to buy dutch package delivery company t.n.t. express, ending its $7 billion bid over regulatory objections in europe. shares rallied 1.7%. it would have been u.p.s.' biggest acquisition ever. swiss watch maker swatch group is buying the harry winston jewelry brand. it's best known for draping its diamonds on movie celebrities. swatch will

her boots fell off. and i've picked up both of my children and ran inside and called police. >> it is not clear if the suspect was targeting or if this was random >> let us show you exactly where this happened. this was an east san jose east of salt white road. let me show you this fazan dayo dayo road. grant lodes, kron 4 and a funeral services were held in tonight for the second of them killed on that new year's mission district of killinggoing through the pain . 26-year-old francisco gutierrez was walking to a san francisco liquor store when he was struck and killed by a car. his mother speaking through a translator. is now left with the task of burying her son. she cannot believe that your son is dead. after the when states funeral issue want to take the body back to honduras. however, she cannot afford it on her own and need the public financial help. the victim's mother spoke to a translator. she wants the suspect, david morales to pay. >> he should brought to justice. this time i am not upset but

shares fell hard, dou 17.4%. it's buyout of the joint venture would double its revenues, something at risk now. a%. traded today after last night's earnings results. but after an early sell-off, the stock was able to erase most of today's losses ow end dn 0.8%. at least four analysts downgraded the sto aheftnd ter company reported a big jump in txpenses, pinching its pfi margins. research in motion also saw big volume, as shares sank 5.8%. it was the second session in a row of selling as the company unveiled its delayed blackberry 10, it's newest smartphone device. there was disappointment though the product won't be available of the u.s. until the mide march. speaking of smart-phones, wireless semic cdu orctompaor qualcomm rallied 3.9% ateom ar strong earnings report, and a a better than expected outlook. qualcomm has benefited from demand for fourth generation wireless technolgyal caled ae.t.fte. initially having trouble meeting demand for chips, it said that's behind it. shipping giant united parcel service fa

shares fell 21.5% to a new 52- week low. after falling to 11 month lows last week, apple shares have seen some buying interest return with the company announcing a new product in understated style. the stock was up 1.9%. next week, it will unveil a 128 gigabyte ipad, doubling the storage of its latest model, going after corporate customers. all five of the most actively traded exchange-traded products were up. the strongest gain was in the japan fund, up 1.3%. and that's tonight's "market focus." >> susie: a federal judge in new orleans today signed off on an agreement for b.p. to plead guilty to manslaughter charges and pay $4 billion in criminal penalties for the oil disaster in the gulf of mexico. b.p.'s "deep water horizon" rig exploded, killing 11 workers and eventually dumping more than 200 million gallons of oil into the gulf of mexico back in 2010. the deal to settle with the feds was reached back in november. however, it does not resolve individual damage cases against b.p. >> tom: this weekend marks super bowl sund

this plan will cause significant direct secondary and cumulative impacts, increase delays on oak, fell, and intersecting streets due to direct and secondary parking impacts, signal timing changes amounted cumulative impact on traffic and public safety due to removal of parking, embedments to turning, access to and from the 31 curb cuts that will be affected and reduced visibility on such busy corridors. the masonic avenue bicycle project is only three blocks away yet the city claims they do not overlap so this should not be studied. the masonic plan will remove 167 parking spaces and all commute lanes. there is a target store planned on masonic and geary which will add to the traffic in the area. removing the commuter lane, adding raised plantares throughout the buffer strip and removing over 90 parking spaces constitutes an unusual circumstance of the project. proposed parking mitigation peat adequate. this is a highly dense touristy area and a main east-west corridor. there's no one else -- impact on neighboring streets such as hayes paige and haight street. part six -- is a priority

. >> reporter: last quarter, defense spending fell off the fiscal cliff. as lawmakers bickered, manufacturers who make things for the pentagon cut back production sharply-- defense spending fell 22% in the latest g.d.p. report, tipping the economy into the red. >> certainly manufacturers are pulling back and i think this is a bit of a wake up call that these cuts are real and that they have real effects on the economy. >> reporter: economists and markets did not panic over the drop into the red, because the economy is still showing signs of solid growth. businesses are still buying equipment and software. housing continues to bounce back. and consumer spending held up well, expanding at an annual rate of 2.2%. >> so if you look through some of the volatile components, demand underneath was solid and it doesn't suggest the economy is losing momentum. so a scary headline number isn't as bad as it seems when you look underneath. >> reporter: and that's what economists say federal reserve policy makers did. after studying the economy for two days, chairman ben

fell 0.8%. one bright spot in technology was dell. the computer maker is talking with two private equity firms about going private. the stock built on yesterday's gains, adding another 7.2%, climbing to its highest price since mid-may. volume was huge, with more than 150 million shares trading. talk of a possible buyout comes as the stock is down 17% in the past year even with the rally of the past two days. concerns have been building about dell's traditional computer business under pressure by competition from smartphones and tablets. as a group, retail stocks were stronger thanks to the encouraging retail sales data from last month. the s&p retail exchange traded fund rallied 2.1%, closing over $64 per share for the first time since september. among the leaders, dollar general's 3.8% rally, big lot's 3.6% increase, and j.c. penney up 3.4%. these three are among the worst performing retail stocks over the past six months. two other specialty retailers in focus today. young adult apparel store express jumped 23.8% after the company r

fell 0.8%. one bright spot in technology was dell. the computer maker is talking with two private equity firms about going private. the stock built on yesterday's gains, adding another 7.2%, climbing to its highest price since mid-may. volume was huge, with more than 150 million shares trading. talk of a possible buyout comes as the stock is down 17% in the past year even with the rally of the past two days. concerns have been building about dell's traditional computer business under pressure by competition from smartphones and tablets. as a group, retail stocks were stronger thanks tohe courang retaisales data from st mon. the s&p retail exchange traded fund rallied 2.1%, closing over $64 per share for the first time since september. among the leaders, dollar general's 3.8% rally, big lot's 3.6% increase, and j.c. penney up 3.4%. these three are among the worst performing retail stocks over the past six months. two other specialty retailers in focus today. young adult apparel store express jumped 23.8% after the company raised its fi

officer justin grizzle said, "i almost fell down because of all the blood. huge, large amounts of blood." holmes, sporting a beard and short hair, sat quietly in the courtroom as another officer recalled his arrest. he spotted holmes dressed in full body armor standing by a white car in the parking lot. "he was very relaxed like there was no emotional response. he seemed detached from it all." holmes also showed no emotion during the hearing despite the graphic testimony from the witness stand. the only time i saw him turn his head was when a photograph of the inside of the theater was displayed in the courtroom. officer grizzle was there before the ambulances and used his squad car to make four trips to the hospital with the injured. he testified "there was so much blood in the car, it was sloshing." survivors and family members lined up for the chance to face holmes in court. among them, tom tiebs, whose son alex was one of those killed. >> i think he's a highly intelligent, evil person. i think highly intelligent is the wrong way to go. anybody who's high

shares fell 21.5% to a new 52- week low. after falling to 11 month lows last week, apple shares have seen some buying interest return with the company announcing a new product in understated style. the stock was up 1.9%. next week, it will unveil a 128 gigabyte ipad, doubling the storage of its latest model, going after corporate customers. all five of the most actively traded exchange-traded products were up. the strongest gain was in the japan fund, up 1.3%. and that's tonight's "market focus." >> susie: a federal judge in new orleans today signed off on an agreement for b.p. to plead guilty to manslaughter charges and pay $4 billion in criminal penalties for the oil disaster in the gulf of mexico. b.p.'s "deep water horizon" rig exploded, killing 11 workers and eventually dumping more than 200 million gallons of oil into the gulf of mexico back in 2010. the deal to settle with the feds was reached back in november. however, it does not resolve individual damage cases against b.p. >> tom: this weekend marks super bowl sund

it happened in portland the woman fell and got trapped in a space that was only 10 inches wide.hters used concrete saws to cut a hole in a cinder block to get her out. >> we used basically soapy water to kind of lube up the sides of the walls and then between us and her, she was getting out. >> wow, rescuers used high powered air bags to spread the walls and a propane heater, with a long hose to keep her warm during the 4 hour rescue effort. witnesses say she was on the roof of a building possibly smoking when she fell. >>> surf's up for the first time in three years. >> mavericks is back. storm off japan generating swells as high as 30 feet near half moon bay. 24 of the most skilled surfers from around the world have been invited to participate. event starts 8:00 a.m. sunday morning, wraps up at sunset. conditions should be perfect to ride those around noon. >> has to be warm. >> high surf advisory in effect. surfers love the high surf advisory. temperatures trending up. as we head toward the weekend 60s not so bad but the nights will be chilly and today is no exception. concor