let's bring up gilberto gad oy with the hand-crafted bell. and the winner is -- >> mr.tulations. >> leonard oates. he retains the crown. [applause] that concludes the 47th annual cable car bell ringing contest. thank you, everybody, for coming. don't forget next year the 48th annual cable car ringing contest. stay tuned for details. >> welcome to "culture wire." i'm your host meg. for years, free jazz concerts have been providing entertainment in downtown san francisco. people pay local musicians to perform for lunchtime crowds. the goal is not just entertainth. people in plazas are trying to create neighborhoods. what began as a forum for performers who were paid by passing the hat has become a program that provides wide exposure and more than 500 paid gigs annually for local musicians. from july through september, people in plazas produces almost 300 free performances in the lunchtime hour. the mission of people in plazas generates social congregation. and by having these events, we encourage people to make these plazas everybody's neighborhood. >> recently, the san f

let's bring up gilberto gad oy with the hand-crafted bell. and the winner is -- >> mr.tulations. >> leonard oates. he retains the crown. [applause] that concludes the 47th annual cable car bell ringing contest. thank you, everybody, for coming. don't forget next year the 48th annual cable car ringing contest. stay tuned for details. >> thank you for joining us on the ribbon cutting 4 car 15. this car, the design, the poor plan, is from over 100 years ago. if -- the blueprint is from over 100 years ago. if you think about it, cable cars are the longest serving transportation can say is that we have in this city. they build these by hand using the original blueprint and the original dies, two tons of steel, over three types of wood. we are so proud of the work they are doing. this car will have its inaugural run today but i imagine 100 years from now, think of the people who will run this car. people come from all of the world to visit the city. i would like to turn it over to our mayor, someone who has a vision that is built into our transit first policy. we have the gre

let's bring up gilberto gad oy with the hand-crafted bell. and the winner is -- >> mr.tulations. >> leonard oates. he retains the crown. [applause] that concludes the 47th annual cable car bell ringing contest. thank you, everybody, for coming. don't forget next year the 48th annual cable car ringing contest. stay tuned for details.