and so sometimes we say -- we call it sue beerman park formerly known as ferry park. the more important news is there's important renovation going on in sue beerman park. we hope to be complete and have a great ribbon cutting in june with new irrigation, pathways, improved accessibility, better landscaping and better drainage. ernestine, i hope we can to prove some of your concerns wrong and you come to the ribbon-cutting in june. >> don't tell me that -- >> thank you, ernestine. [speaking foreign language] [speaking foreign language] [speaking foreign language] >> thank you. as is our practice at the board of supervisors, we'll provide everyone 90 seconds for the question, then as much time for the translation. are you prepared to translate? >> the first issue ms. lee is that, first of all, she's an advocate for the community for many years. first problem is regarding of the layoff in the housing authority. a lot of the workers in the housing authority, for example, the plumber, janitor, has been laid off. due to that, there's a lot of services that have been cut in t

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ferry service. they will get parking revenue from the island. meter revenue as well as parking revenue to subsidize the service, as well as the $30 million subsidy from the developer to subsidize weta and ac transit to provide transit service, so we are confident we will have robust transit service on the island. supervisor mirkarimi: be i hope that is the case, but in a case that is not, i'd like to move forward with a contingency potentially so that we all rise to the standard of what it means to be a transit first city, especially in a population that is isolated, for lack of a better characterization, in that we were trying to make sure that the principles of transit first our extended into a population that will be challenged in their own mobility and ability, so that it is not always defaulting back to private automobiles. i do not know if the project team sponsors would like to come up, but based on language that i have vetted with you all, under the section of existing development fees or exactions, adding line d is an amendment that i a

park. witnesses say she was riding this, a giant ferris wheel. an investigation into exactly what happened yesterday is now under way. police say right now the indications are this may have just been an unfortunate accident. >> all i saw was people rushing towards the ferris wheel. i was, like, what's going on? and i ran over, and all of a sudden i see like this towel. i was alarmed. >> they said she was looking over to see over the ledge and as she fainted, fell over. >> again, an 11-year-old girl falling from the ferris wheel. this tragedy closed the park for the rest of the day but it's set to open next. >>> actor james arness, know the show, know the face, know it all. he has died. a lot of you may not recall that nail. your parents certainly will, however. arness played marshal matt dillon in "gunsmoke" from 1955 to 1975. he worked with hundreds of actors, some of whom you certainly recognize, harrison ford, charles bronson. he died of natural causes. arness was 88 years old. >>> say good morning to my man reynolds wolf. good morning. i was

. >>> a new jersey amusement park is expected to ropelewski after an 11-year-old girl fell to her death from a ferris yesterday in wildwood. the girl plunged more than 100 feet. an ambulance rushed the girl to the hospital but she died 45 minutes later. one person at the park when the accident happened described the scene as chaotic. >> people rushing towards the ferris wheel, and i'm like, what's going on? i ran over, and all of a sudden i see like this towel and alarm. >> it passed an inspection in march, and police say there's no sign that any horseplay on the ferris wheel led to her fall. they're calling the girl's death a freak accident. >>> a 10-year-old boy in texas will be starting his vacation inside a courtroom. on tuesday afternoon marshall may was picked up from school by a relative. that's when the two were pulled over by an officer and marshall received his first ticket. he says she was wearing his seat belt behind his back instead of across his shoulder. the police officer said marshall was breaking the law but defense attorneys are not so sure. >> the law allows a 10-year-old to recei

parking fees for caltrain. fares for golden gate transit buses and ferries as well and fares on san francisco's muni system are going up. so get ready to pay the piper. >> that's right. we only had one day of rain. but i noticed yesterday, so many people out and about enjoying the sun. >> i bet you got a little more today we still had a little bit of clouds situation going on. it's supposed to be gorgeous. >> it's going to be absolutely beautiful and going to get a lot warmer. in the meantime, we can see that we have a marine layer working its way over the forecast region. we just have some cold air that's saturated and due to the high pressure system, it's actually keeping this marine layer a lot thinner so it will mix out and evaporate early this morning after the sun rises at 5:50 a.m. our current temperature is mild. we have santa rosa at 53 along with fremont and livermore. pacifica 52. things will warm up nicely. we'll see fairfield at 83, livermore at 80, pacifica 62, san francisco's expected high 68 degrees with clear sky conditions. here's a good look at your extended forecast. 90s in the forecast by

their 11-year-old daughter obiah jones came to this park on a school trip. she got on that ferris, all by herself. and sadly, plunged to her death. no one knows why. but this morning an investigation is under way. the state of new jersey is already taking action. it is one of the tallest ferris wheels on the east coast. 156 feet high with sweeping views of the ocean. 11-year-old obiah jones got on alone. she was here at morey's piers amusement park with her classmates. the trip, reward for making the honor roll. the next thing anyone knew obiah tumbled out of the gondola to her death. >> she was my everything. >> i love you, obiah. >> reporter: obiah's heartbroken parents still don't believe it. >> most beautiful person you would ever want to meet. >> i was blessed to be her mother. she was a blessing. >> reporter: according to the manufacturer, the ferris wheel has an age requirement to ride alone. 10 years old. obiah met that, she's 11. she also met a height requirement imposed by morey's piers. it's a mystery why obiah fell. but her parents say whatever happens there were no se

ferris wheel actually break caleb's fall and now thankfully help is on the way. >> because his care taker held on so long and screamed so loud that i think just about everybody in the parkwas wrong, there were a sea of carnival workers positioned underneath that ferris wheel. some of them were on the ground. some of them were on the platform. one or two guys were actually climbing up the frame. it looked like he was about to fall again but the first guy up the ferris wheel was in the right spot to grab hold of him. and he wasn't going to fall any more. >> at that point the carnival workers resemble firefighters as they each hand off hill to one another. >> the first man who was holding him at the axle of the ferris wheel was holding on to him but then he lowered him to the next pair of waiting hands who lowered him to the next pair of waiting hands and eventually they got him off of the ferris wheel and down to the paramedics and some fire department people who are already there waiting for them. >> as maitland wraps up his newscast from the fair he gives the audience an update. >> now taking him back off the ride. i imagine he would be very bumped and bruised. >> he wa

ferry terminal. they hope to break ground sometime next year. >>> and baseball fans going to the bay bridge series of the oakland coliseum will see parking changes. a staff will direct the parking lot traffic during the games. they will lead vehicles into specific rows in the parking lot. and once the rows are filled, they can start to tailgate. the goal is to remove the on- site parking. they face off friday, saturday and sunday. >>> and owners say a plan to ban the sale of tropical fish such as these is all wet, that is ahead. >>> and if you're trying to hail a taxi in san francisco next week? why you could get stuck without a ride. >>> and very warm today. temperatures in the mid-90s in the hot spots. not as warm tomorrow. i'll show you which cities cool down the most . >>> sailors on board the uss carlson are responsible for the incident with usama bin laden. they returned home today. a crowd of family members lined the shore there, waving welcome home signs. the carl vincent was there last month when the navy seal team boarded, carrying the body of the master mind of the september 11 attacks. >>> and school board voted to extend the practic

inadequate and the parking on the island will induce everyone to want to drive, and we will have bottlenecks and gridlocks. in their appeal, they talk about how they see that the ferry and bus service has been reduced overtime and that there is a capacity limit for how many ferries can cross the bay. my experience with this project so far has been that the transportation is extremely robust. kahane -- but i would appreciate further elucidation on that particular issue. >> of victoria wise, planning department. there is in addition measure that provides an enhanced transit scenario for which there would be a muni bus 108, free ferry service, transit service to the east bay. there is sufficient transit provided under that mitigation measures to accommodate the projected transit rider ships -- writer -- ridership for the project. there would be sufficient capacity to accommodate all the writers -- riders and even additional riders that would want to ride transit. supervisor weiner: thank you. one other question. i of course did not serve on the board from january 2005 until january 2009, when one of the appellants was president of the board of supervisors. but i unders

. >>> and a new jersey amusement park will reopen today, a day after an 11-year-old girl died when she fell from a ferris. the ferris wheel will remain closed until the cause of her fall is determined. >>> the nfl and the players were back in court friday. the players urged a federal appeals court to declare the league's three-month lockout illegal. >>> and a principal in houston had to eat earthworms after losing a bet with her students. the preschool through third graders read more than 28,000 books this year. that was inspired by the book "how to eat fried worms." i hope she got some salt and pepper there. >> an episode of "survivor." >> this was not my school in houston. >> i would have read a lot of books to get my teacher to do that. >>> now, let's talk about the weather and jackie meretsky. >> we have the threat of aggressive storms later this afternoon, once the heat starts cooking everything up. really, from des moines, iowa, into western pennsylvania. again, this will be an afternoon and evening event. some big cities in the mix there, including chicago and detroit. now, let's take a look at th