francis medical center for partner with us every year.e that they have for each and every patient walking through the door is amazing. the burn center does great work for people who are burned, either through fire or scald injuries. it is the holiday season and we want to ensure a happy holiday season, so we have this demonstration for you. we want to make sure during the holidays you do not leave those candles unattended. certainly, you want to keep those trees hydrated, as they can cause great damage. i want to thank engine company 38 for coming out to provide the vigil. we have the fire chief battalion here with us. once again, have a healthy and happy christmas, holiday season, and 2011. thank you very much. >> next from st. francis memorial hospital burns center, we have our medical doctor. >> thank you everyone for coming here this morning. i also want to thank assemblywoman mauck for being here this morning. i also want to thank the wonderful firefighters that keep our city safe. as we celebrate this holiday season come as a remind

where is francis? claudine? is she coming? is francis here? yes, well, you can help me thank them. >> we want to say a special thanks to the shaft -- chef. francis was going to make this presentation, but it is on behalf of the chef, the owner and executive chef and also peter wong. here we are. come on, everybody. they did a great job. >> the chef will be the incoming chair person of the chef association. it will be with us every year catering and contributing to our community. we want to express our appreciation, and thank you so much. [applause] >> we are all about good food and pictures, of course. we would love for you to say a few words. >> good evening. it is such an honor for us to be here tonight. in the partner of the asian chef association , and in the founder of -- i am the founder of chefs without borders. for us to be year to stand in front of you, it is an honor to be here to be part out the asian pacific americans five years in a row, and we are honored to do everything to serve the food, and we try the best we can, so tonight,

francis yacht club and the st. francis -- san francisco yacht club. i have been part of five america's cups, and in the mid- 1980's, i was the general manager of the first challenge for the america's cup. this is a very historic and exciting opportunity. set aside what you know about the grand 159-year history of the america's cup because its san francisco gets to host the america's cup, in our city, we can transfer the america's cup on the most exciting, popular, financially viable america's cup ever. there are three reasons why this is the case -- our natural a minute, our reliable wins, and a spectator-friendly, spectator- oriented race course -- our natural arena, our reliable winds. this is a great contrast to the offshore races, which have been characteristic of the america's cup until now. the races are all 20 miles offshore. a spectator could ever see them. secondly, reliable wins. in newport, about 40% of all the races were canceled. in valencia, half of all the races were canceled. by contrast, the reliable wins in san francisco, averaging 2

francis memorial hospital. note welcome -- welcome to the fifth annual tree lighting. we are recognizing the role that the burn center played to us in the community of st. francis and the whole region and wished to demonstrate for you today the risk of christmas trees

monte francis is in san francisco with a look at the problems throughout the bay area but first we want to check in with here in theologist with a look at totals so far. hello, nick. >> hello, diane. much of the bay area getting much relief from that heavier, steadier rainfall but not all of us. hd doppler radar. we're still dealing with some strong cells. one moving south of san jose and across that highway re17 corrid. also, you're probably getting rumble of thunder around san jose and. petaluma this hour as we have another strong cell moving onshore. decreasing in coverage. but increing inteinintensity. we've had reports of very gusty winds. gusts to 45 miles per hour and also some small hail coming down with heavy rain as well. that's going to be the story here forns about the next 24 hos bere, yet, another very wet weather system moves back into the bay. of course, i'll have all of those details here in just a few minutes. >> you got it, all right, thanks, nick. >>> b.a.r.t. trains are delayed throughout transbay tube. an electrical problem forced b.a.r.t. to shut down one of the t

francis of acissi school to talk about it. people will show support for the dream act. students from san jose state. santa clara university and san jose city college are expected to attend. there's also a canned food drive in san francisco at 4:15 this afternoon at st. johns church on 15th street. the house is expected to vote on the dream act this week. if it passes it grants permanent res. >> dan:cy to immigrants or who served in the military. >> more local news coming up in half an hour, and "today" show returns in just a

i'm john francis, i'm a goodwill ambassador for the un, and i'm walking around the world." which is very unlike me. and, you know, he didn't shoot me, and i walked on into the forest. and it took me 100 miles to figure out what it was that was going through my mind to do that. and it was that the walking had become a prison. i had never expected to become a un goodwill ambassador or a ph.d., and i never expected i'd have these responsbilities that i owed to the people who helped me get all that education, and for the un who had appointed me this. and so i decided that when i got to brazil, which was several hundred miles away, i would... >> hinojosa: when you talk about several hundred miles away, we're talking what, weeks? >> yeah. >> hinojosa: okay. >> weeks. and what i was going to do was i was going to use motorized vehicles to come back home, visit my parents, who thought they would never see me again. and that was another reason. >> hinojosa: right, because actually, i mean, to see your parents would mean maybe two years of travel or walk. >> yeah, even longer. and i

francis, we also need to do better than just someone who knows the inner workings of g. i know there's been a call for -- a call for a caretaker mayor. i think i know what that means. i think i know what is behind it. and i think i know it is -- as tim rightly pointed out, in the history of -- of the last time when there was a call, ironically from probably for more my side of the politician for potentially a caretaker mayor, why the hearst school examiner immediately dismissed that call for caretaker mayor because you would be basically putting in the most important office in the city and this is the hearst examiner from 1978. you would be putting in the most important office in local government someone who is necessarily weak and ham -hamstrung and lame duck when the which will evening, certainly coming from the crisis and the tragic events here in city hall, with the assassinations of the mayor and the supervisor, certainly those were times that called if strong leadership. while we're not coming out of that kind of tragedy, i think that -- that the crisis -- of our t

francis. i mean, after all, you might catch the spirit of st. francis. with that kind of fire burning, people may come to see us burn. and that's -- that spirit is strong in somebody's like myself. somebody who has given themselves to god as a kid. here's a song for you. little girl in the garden. she digs and she plants. and she plant a rose bush beside the garden path. snap, crack, mr. johnson's foot, he broke the rose bush, he broke it, it's a stem. oh, no. oh, no. little nelie cried. please, no. nobody listens to her. people blamed nellie. nellie belly swelly, nellie belly swelli. nellie goes to the dark. she goes and returns and takes away her toys. nellie, no more a child, nellie no more a child. no ticket parade. but in her little tiny heart -- president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> ladies and gentlemen, i'm clementinaagriev. i'm a member of de sen pofment ra guadalupe. -- de senora guadalupe. i represent thousands of latinos. we are the ones who bring food to your tables. we are the ones who do dirty jobs, who do the cleaning. we are the one

. >> when i think of ben hooks, i think first of the francis. -- of francis.his adviser, she was his sweetheart. she was his ally and his friend. we all love of francis and think so much of her today. [applause] ben was a patriot. he was a storyteller, a great storyteller. he could turn a phrase inside out and turn the audience inside out when he was turning to the phrase inside out. he was a visionary leader. a 100-year-old woman was on the board when he was elected leader. she said he lifted us up at the naacp. [applause] ben hooks was a pioneer. he was a pioneer as the first federal communications commissioner in washington and may have been more of a pioneer then you or i. in 2007, when the president gave him the medal of honor, i hosted a reception for him in the center's dining room in washington. he created quite a commotion. everyone wanted to see dr. benjamin hooks. senators came by. everyone who worked in the senate wanted a picture or an autograph. i talk to him a little bit about a conversation we had in 1978 when i was elected governor. he politel

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monty francis is in the city with that story for us. monty? >> diane, good evening, a prayer service and vigil is just getting underway here. it includes religious leaders from several different faiths. they are here to support lowell high school graduate elizabeth lee and steven lee who both face deportation to their home countries. steven is a 20-year-old nursing student who faces deportation to peru, a place where he has neither family or friends. his family left that country when he was just 11 years old. elizabeth lee was also born in peru and came to the u.s. when she was nine. the dream act would enable immigrant notice u.s. illegally to have a path to permanent residency if they enrole in college for at least two years or serve two years in the military. >> i hope it passes, because there are many students -- there are thousands of them just like me who wish to study who work hard, and who have goals and plans in life. they just want to get back to this country because it's the only country they know. >> dianne feinstein has stepped in

francis. i mean, after all, you might catch the spirit of st. francis. fire burning, people may come to see us burn. and that's -- that spirit is strong in somebody's like myself. somebody who has given themselves to god as a kid. here's a song for you. little girl in the garden. she digs and she plants. and she plant a rose bush beside the garden path. snap, crack, mr. johnson's foot, he broke the rose bush, he broke it, it's a stem. oh, no. oh, no. little nelie cried. please, no. nobody listens to her. people blamed nellie. nellie belly swelly, nellie belly swelli. nellie goes to the

francis yacht club, long time sailor, and marinas look older, married a homeowner, and san francisco concerned citizen. today's discussion concerning the financial aspect of the proposed america's cup, and that is the focus of the finance committee. clearly, you are aware of the e enormous potential of this event. the international exposure, the opportunity to fix the waterfront, the multiplier effect of the event itself can only be benefits for the city financially in terms of prestige and stature. this could be a huge windfall if we approach the hosting and selection process the right way. consider the many well-financed and capable developers whose previous attempts to fix these peers have gone awry. all have gone away. either there are use issues, construction costs, surprises, permit debates or some other defeating issue. please do not let the phantom prospect of some of the developer who might offer a better deal for the city become the issue at this stage. there is no such developer, and it is conceivable that a more fitting use will ever come to the city put the table again,

live in san francisco, monte francis, nbc bay area news. >> thank you. >>> a former navy captain faced off against an army general today in the u.s. senate. as senator john mccain disagreed with the pentagon's top brass over repealing the don't ask, don't tell policy. >>> a new pentagon study says it can be done with minimal disruption. the report's co-author, a commander himself, says it's time. >> after nine months of study, i am convinced that if the law changes, the united states military can do this, even in a time of war. >> it's not can our armed forces implement a repeal of this law, but whether the law should be repealed. unfortunately, that key issue was not the focus of this study. >> there is new urgency to end don't ask, don't tell with just a few weeks left for the current lame duck congress. >>> new signs emerge today that the tight job market may be easing at last. november marked a two-year low in the number of people applying for initial unemployment benefits. the slowing of layoffs and a solid month for retailers are the latest evidence of a strengthening economy in

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her determination won a state championship for her team, and is nbc bay area's monte francis reports, the victory was also a life lesson for her terminally ill coach. >> reporter: for most of the three-mile race, 16-year-old holland reynolds leads the pack. but with less than a mile to go, the junior at san francisco's university high school can feel something is wrong. >> my leg started to feel really heavy. my breathing got faster and faster. and i just started slowing down. >> reporter: with the end of the race in sight, reynolds stumbles, then eventually collapses just a few feet from the finish line. negative, one can touch you or else you're disqualified. so the official hen he came over to me, i remember him telling me that i just had to pick myself up and crawl through if i wanted to finish. >> reporter: suffering from dehydration and slight hypothermia from the cold, rainy weather, reynolds crawls across the finish line, securing her team's eighth cross-country championship, more than any other team in the state has won. >> we just really wanted to win for jim. our team we ha

francis circle of 19th avenue. one significant concern in the morning is the amount of children commuting to school. i drive new kid of we will preschools, five elementary schools, and one high school and two universities. hundreds of our children in countering hundreds of cars, buses, and trains daily. his fortunes a big safety concern to so many people who travel through the west side of the everyday to get to work or school or conduct their daily business. i wholeheartedly embrace any program, development, or initiative that develops -- addresses the ever-increasing problems of transportation, traffic, and public safety. due to the city fuzzy budget problems, they singularly are unable to deal with this monumental task. the proposal by the developer to operate road and highway intersections, extend streetcar lines and provide car and 5- sharing options would collectively go a long ways towards relieving the pressure on the currently overburdened commute options. i trust staff to oversee the developer agreement,

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i also want to thank francis, who did monumental work to make sure this legislation came to us today. >> if we could take a roll call vote on this item. [calling votes] >> this ordinance is fast -- is passed. >> item 57 of aids the community fee and the fund -- item 57 is the community and find. -- fund. >> this is passed on the first reading. we now go to roll call. >> today i have an in memorium for jonathan simmons. jonathan was an artist whose personal story can inspire all san franciscans to become their best when making the most of their individual talents. jonathan was told he would not make enough money to support himself. he traveled to new york and learned the skills of photography, painting, and eventually engineering. this man became a technical illustrator who worked to design the lunar module, designed in ejection seats from fighter planes and solved numerous problems. all the while his sensational -- insatiable quest made him a collector of rare items from stamps and coins to pocket knives. jonathan moved to san francisco asking the children to search for the perfect pl

francis yacht club does not have anything for parking. why is this unusual for the export-oriented, by the way, they will not have any parking by the embarcadero. why can't they just do what the rest of us do? we can eliminate the idea of 18 spaces on our block that will affect our people. >> thank you. >> what i am here to ask is to recognize that we have passed on to you our concerns and think that maybe now. all right to build this park, but you are not there yet improving this. i am here to ask you to postpone the decision at this time and give us a chance to work with your people. i have a whole ton of questions. we have not had an opportunity to ask. my request is that you just postpone this decision until the next bead -- the next meeting. thank you. but but, but >> good afternoon, commissioners. i've submitted a statement in writing and copies for all of you. basically, my comments pertaining specifically to the fact that you have two community outreach sessions and you asked for the neighbors suggestions. the neighbors unanimousl

i also want to thank francis, who did monumental work to make sure this legislation came to us today.could take a roll call vote on this item. [calling votes] >> this ordinance is fast -- is passed. >> item 57 of aids the community fee and the fund -- item 57 is the community and find. -- fund. >> this is passed on the first reading. we now go to roll call. >> today i have an in memorium