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,

here. >> francis, thank you very much for being part of "culture wire" and thank you for being one of the great artists of san francisco. >> thank you so much. the biggest issue in america today? segregation still exists... racism... the repression and oppression of women the educational system stem cell research homeless people cloning government health care taxation announcer: so, is there anything you're doing to help make a change? i'm not really doin' anything. ummmm [sighs] got me on that one... >> thank you for coming today. we are here to celebrate the passage of the first phase of the mayor's development stimulus legislation, and with that, i would like to just introduce the mayor. mayor newsom: thank you all very much for being here. in particular, i thank the representatives of labor. we simply would not be here had it not been for our friends in the building construction trade off that believe in this cause, the lead in this effort and took it upon themselves not just to identify it as an issue, but to actually go out there and knock on doors at the board of supervisors, make

here. >> francis, thank you very much for being part of "culture wire" and thank you for being one of the great artists of san francisco. >> thank you so much.

here. >> francis, thank you very much for being part of "culture wire" and thank you for being one of the great artists of san francisco. >> thank you so much. >> the san francisco ethnic dance festival is one of the jewels on san francisco sculptural crowns. this is in its 32nd year of showcasing the celebrated dance troupes. this year will be one of the past with four new works representing kondo, afghanistan, china, mexico. -- congo, afghanistan, china, mexico. more than a hundred 30 ensembles and soloists auditioned in january for a slot in the ethnic dance festival. in the end, 37 companies were selected to perform. 26 of those performances are world premieres. >> each year, we assembled a panel of dance experts that is made up of academics, scholars, researchers. people have been working for decades in the field. many of them came to this country in the seventies and have trained the next generation of dancers. they are proud to see many of these students at the these masterful levels. this was one of the best panel'' we have ever had, extraordinary people. at the end of the process

here. >> francis, thank you very much for being part of "culture wire" and thank you for being one of the great artists of san francisco. >> thank you so much. >> welcome to culturewater. in 2001, the san francisco arts commission and tampa does go public library established an arts master plan for the city soon to be renovated branch library. almost 10 years later, the san francisco arts commission has integrated a collection of vibrant new artworks by bay area artists into five new libraries, and there is more on the way. here is a closer look at some of the projects. >> the branch library improvement program is a bond funded program undertaken by the san francisco public library to upgrade each of the branch libraries throughout the neighborhoods. one of the great benefits of this opportunity is that each of these branches has a unique artwork that has been created specifically for that branch, based on input from people who live near that branch, in the surrounding neighborhood. >> trur- minded. there was a lot of community support for the project. i try to make it about the true hill

here. >> francis, thank you very much for being part of "culture wire" and thank you for being one of the great artists of san francisco. >> thank you so much. there is really, only one boy... one girl... one tree... one forest... one deep, dancing ocean... one mountain calling... one handful of sand through our fingers... one endless sky overhead... and one simple way to care for it all. please visit earthshare.org and learn how the world's leading environmental groups are working together under one name. earth share. one environment...

here. >> francis, thank you very much for being part of "culture wire" and thank you for being one of the great artists of san francisco. >> thank you so much. >> in district 10 is very much of a family city and neighborhood. >> welcome to district sf, featureless enigmatic district 10. this district has great weather, a football stadium, beautiful views of the bay, colorful history, and a community of outspoken activist, but the area is struggling over how to deal with environmental health problems, crime, poverty, and concerns about a i have one great grandchild.

here. >> francis, thank you very much for being part of "culture wire" and thank you for being one of the great artists of san francisco. >> thank you so much. >> welcome to "culture wire." today we are visiting southern exposure in san francisco alison prepares to launch a fantastic new project called beautiful possibilities. we will send them on a two-year adventure crisscrossing the united states to investigate american history and contemporary culture. it is using a traveling road show as inspiration. she will sit down and talk with residents in search of stories and experiences that reveals exactly what makes us americans. >> beautiful possibility is a traveling research project that i will take on a five-month journey across the united states and lower canada. i document this tore on a map that i painted for the project and also from previous projects called the road map to lost america. on the map i have taken all of the contemporary borders off the map and replaced them with native territories, and then overlaid it with contemporary highways. i have scheduled venue stops at differ

here. >> francis, thank you very much for being part of "culture wire" and thank you for being one of the great artists of san francisco. >> thank you so much. supervisor maxwell: close the door please. thank you. welcome to land use. welcome, everyone. i'm joined with vice chair supervisor mar and member and president of the board, david chiu. i'd like to ask everyone to keep your voice down. we have a lot of information to cover today. i want to thank our clerk, and i want to thank the folks at channel 26 for bringing us live. ok, there is going to be a lot of that. the overflow room is in the board chambers, and we have collected cards, and those cards will continue to come in, and we will call those folks. each one will be given two minutes to speak, and we will call those cards, and folks will be allowed -- we will wait on them a bit, so if they get in line before you, please be patient. it is because their name was called. so thank you. today is an important step in what has been a very long road. after many hearings and many previous adoption actions, we made it to the candlestick

here. >> francis, thank you very much for being part of "culture wire" and thank you for being one of the great artists of san francisco. >> thank you so much. government television. >> good afternoon. everyone hear me all right? ok. i will try to talk loud, but sounds like the mikes are working. thanks for coming, everybody. welcome to the new great valencia street. i'm the director of public works in san francisco. it is a great honor to be here with you and all of the great folks we have around us. it is great to be here on a great day for the mission district, a great day for the ci city. the san francisco department of public works at the mayor's direction was able to secure $6.1 million, $5.3 million of which was federal funds, to make this project happen. i do want to acknowledge the u.s. department of transportation, the metropolitan

i hope that poor people can continue to make their way here in the city of st. francis. i'm not sure that that will be in the cards. i will see more of a paris and vienna type of situation. hopefully, this is the resolve and determination and the communities of color and low income community is to keep struggling in the making projects like this that don't really have them forced -- first and foremost. i will be casting a dissenting vote. >> thank you, mr. president. i don't want to be labor the point. i think many points have been made. >> i made it clear what my preference was as a supporter of this proposition f. i think that what we have to follow is a different analysis and this is one that hasted to first with the environmental issues that came before us and the adequacy of the -- i have yet to see a perfect project and i have yet to see a project that ad addresses all of the issues that need to be addressed, especially a project of this complexity or magnitude. let me say that i am very appreciative for all the people that have worked on this issue whether it is t

francis memorial hospital. i'm delighted to be here today to -- to answer any questions that you may have about our institutional master plan. it is very straightforward, -- i -- so i'm just here to take any questions that you might have. >> great, thank you. >> like to open it up for public comment on this -- this institutional master plan issue. >> matt? >> item 15. >> i think there was confusion because the other one also i believe is for the other item. so -- okay. thank you. any public comment on the i.m.p. at this time? seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioners. commissioner borden? >> i move to close the hearing and accept the i.m.p. >> second. >> antonini. thank you, i'm in agreement with that. i thought it was well done and i particularly liked the history of the buildings. and i thought we were -- we were fortunate to have combination of some very good newer architecture on 1199, bush and then 909 hyde which i'm hopeful -- i think has a lot of historic potential -- and it can remain as part of the plan for st. fran

i hope that poor people can continue to make their way here in the city of st. francis. i'm not sure that that will be in the cards. i will see more of a paris and vienna type of situation. hopefully, this is the resolve and determination and the communities of color and low income community is to keep struggling in the making projects like this that don't really have them forced -- first and foremost. i will be casting a dissenting vote. >> thank you, mr. president. i don't want to be labor the point. i think many points have been made. >> i made it clear what my preference was as a supporter of this proposition f. i think that what we have to follow is

should happen is jan brewer should ignore this rule just as gavin newsome ignored the laws here in san francis francisco. i say it's good for arizona. >> reporter: now the issue really extends far beyond the arizona law. she and other opponents are worried it might extend to other states. meantime, the golden gate minute men will continue pushing for this law to take effect in its entirety. nbc bay area news. >>> the aforementioned mayor reacted to today's ruling saying the judge was right. newsome concurs that immigration is a federal and not a state issue. >>> we have a developing story to tell you about. it is out of southern california. we're following two major wildfires. the first one is near the town of tahachibi. so far the fire has burned 1400 acres, destroyed 25 structures, more than 150 homes remain threatened. hundreds of firefighters are fighting it from the air and the ground. so far this fire, 25% contained. the other fire is about 40 miles north of the sequoia national fore forest. it has grown to 15,000 acres. that is 24 square miles. that fire burned eight homes. 1200 others

the context is laid out here by an icon within the civil rights movement. mary francis berry said this. tainting the tea party movement with the charge of racism is proving to be an effective strategy for democrats. there's no evidence the tea party adherence are no more racist than any other republicans, or indeed other americans. but getting them to spend their time purging their ranks and having candidates distance themselves should help democrats win in november. having once rebut charges of racism, is better than discussing joblessness. an ally as you described, think progress, has been at the forefront of pushing out false videos, which you didn't show here. in which they take infiltrators of the tea party, who put up artificial racist signs, to taint the racist -- >> the videos? >> yes or no? >> the charge of racism. i think he knows mark williams. mark williams is a national spokesperson for the tea party, who was expelled for making racist comments. the naacp called out the tea party for racist elements. you look at the tea party media. glenn beck is saying bar

the stair climber will take more than 300 fire fighters involved here up 48 flights the event benefits both burn centers at st. franciss of unicycle is will speed through downtown san francisco tomorrow morning the race is part of a north american unicycle championships dumped the you gains it's a week-long series of events forcing gold will enthusiasts saturday morning's events will take place from 8:30 a.m. until 10:30 a.m. around a square block from that blocked will be closed to vehicle traffic during the men. for 52 we have to take another breath we have a programming change we will be carrying nbc program in the giants' game will be on nbc so we will have the movie of the week at a followed up by kron 4 evening news at 10 and of course w.w. ease back of faster online possibilities with superfast internet your whole family can use. order online now and choose your speed for just $24.95 a month with select services and a 1-year price guarantee. that's a savings of up to $180 in 12 months. stay connected with superfast internet at home. faster browsing, faster downloads, all at a great price. plus, at&t high speed

here's what we're going to do. we're going to make a deal. the deal is as follows. number one, you're going to call me francis from now on because we're friends. and number two, we're never going to disappoint each other. i'm never going to disappoint you. and you're never going to disappoint me. is that a deal? i said, yes. he said, great. we're in business. and he never disappointed me. >> larry: the first thing you did was? >> carnegie hall. >> larry: but you also did madison square garden, right? >> i did. that was later on. >> larry: and the strangest thing about that was he wouldn't rehearse? >> because i told him, no rehearsals. it was my fault. it wasn't his fault. it was my fault. i called him one day. >> larry: that was also a comeback. that was television, howard cossel, abc. >> to a man who bridged four generations and somehow never found a gap. hello everyone. i'm howard cosell. >> larry: ole blue eyes is back. >> the main event. and he was upset -- >> larry: in the ring. >> in the ring. he was in vegas. and he was upset. he called me up very early in the morning like 9:00 in the morning, which f

francis s. switzerland i think they are tied and sometimes they go back and forth at 11%. and then all the other countries i think the oecd average is below 9% at 8.8. my point here is that you look at statistics long enough even in an international perspecive you'd never see differences between number one and number to that large. it's just exceptional. so, now we take a look at what we've just done. what we have done is provide my children and grandchildren who until recently didn't have health care coverage they are going to get health care coverage of which i am very happy. but we have done is also take the 16% and moved it up. we haven't attacked the major issue is why we are at 16 a the next is at 11 and as i said i just lived in france the last five years. i kept my federal employee health benefits plan because you can't get it back. but i never used the past five years because i had a combination of employer and french state andas much better in terms of my out-of-pocket cost and the coverage wasn't bad either. so i am now able to compare first hand the two systems. i just don't see the 16%. i just don't understand it. so my comment to you with respect to