. >> the second issue the requests on both sides of geary so those maps reflect that change. >> both sides of geary we can map it but you don't know what gets which side until you look at the order that consideration is written and the e m when they reprogram the map those locations get recoded to the district that you assign a district to take both sides of the street that is behind the scenes the map shows it on geary street but the instructions to the officers and within the e m that dictates how it goes into the future no distinction on the map. >> the original map didn't have it on both sides of geary that map reflect that. >> what she's saying the border line is the border line regardless it is blew it ultimate is described when we sigh who handles was there will be a writing in the general order and approved by this commission. >> to the general odor is fine. >> the third issue is the west field mall the chief and i had conversation with the tenderloin community that have concerns around the draw did mall will take away my concerns with the excites has been withdrawn and the o

both sides of geary was to be patrolled by the tenderloin? >> no our recommendation is that it remains patrolled by who is now central. >> thank you. i wanted to clarify that matter other than we have no matters with the redistributing of the map as it stands. >> thank you very much >> next speaker. >> welcome mr. elliott. >> dave elliott lewis in addition to the collaborative i'm a 31 year resident of san francisco so over half my life 9 years in the tenderloin 9 years living by the corner of larkin and feel street it is a ground zero for the community problems we've talking about with the map and for me the issue of coping that boundary on larkin versus moving it to polk or van ness it is an issue of laekt we'll have 3 homicides related to the hondurans that sell crack cocaine and herein they dropped a body i had to step in front of you took a photo i regret taking that the fact i had to see that both captains in the northern and tenderloin are aware of the going on problem it is true the dealers play cat and mouse with the boundary and mov

both sides of geary was to be patrolled by the tenderloin? >> no our recommendation is that it remains patrolled by who is now central. >> thank you. i wanted to clarify that matter other than we have no matters with the redistributing of the map as it stands. >> thank you very much >> next speaker. >> welcome mr. elliott. >> dave elliott lewis in addition to the collaborative i'm a 31 year resident of san francisco so over half my life 9 years in the tenderloin 9 years living

areas i as geary rapid transit moves forwarded how to implement the vision zero longer than geary boulevard i as a superintendant for the richmond i urge the mayor and director reiskin to move as quickly as possible to prevent the death in the corridors reducing the slightly and thirty mile-per-hour in many ways is not that much of a reduction but as asz our distributing that slowing down saves lives we'll see that on fulsome we need more help i want to say that the vision zero committee the board of supervisors are meeting i'm going to do my best to look at it becomes by the sfmta to move as rapidly not only in the richmond but citywide i know that safety should be first as the mar said i'm here to say for the richmond district after the two tragedy deaths i'll do everything i can to prevent death for the future thank you very much for being here. >> thank you supervisor mar mar i'll say did supervisor has been one of the be strornth advocates longer than fulsome and geary but we are i will assure you working with the partners in the city to make sure that the transit improvements only gea

the bids for the general contractor method that they are use to deliver the van ness project and on geary i have good and bad news, unfortunately, the review cycle has taken longer and they would like to have a couple of more rounds of review, and we are trying to work through the comments efficiently and with the hope that we will be able to accelerate the review cycle and we are looking to a delay to the summer and there after, and early next year, for the final document, the sfmta is coming in, so we can keep the designs moving forward, not just for the transit but also for the pedestrian and bicycle safety because geary is a high injury network, and they also will be coming in for design funds for the main project and the good news is that we move in parallel with the sfmta and even though the process is taking longer than we would hope, and we have worked through the comments and the speed back from the committee and we anticipate going back to the community to up date them for the design options to take through to the next phase and we will be coordinating with the offices, and all

the 72-hour closure is between geary and post and from ellis to pine. muni and golden gate transit will still run through the area. crews are building an underground walkway to sutter health's california pacific medical center's campus. >>> saying good-bye to your pet can be heartbreaking. coming up, how to know when it's time to let go. >> can't wait for the new apple watch? neither could they. the first customers to get their hands on the newest gadgets. >> from the kpix 5 weather center, good afternoon. we have all heard by now that it's going to rain. but i'll tell you just how much and the effects on your weekend. the news >>> it is friday and we are's answering your questions with our pet expert dr. jill. while it's not the happiest of subs, it's part of having a pet knowing when to say good-bye. it's an emotional personal decision. my brother is going through this right now with his cat amber which has cancer, overweight, going to cost a lot of money to keep it alive for how long? >> i like to tell owners it's all about quality of life. so it dep

do you have details on the geary scope and time line? >> the time line here is this money will be spent in fiscal year 16 so the pedestrian improvements you will see in 2016 and likewise the signals will begin in 2016 >> hopefully we can get specifics on timing of when things begin. i haet to sound like a broken record, but last month a 8 e7 year old guy, senior, very helthsy senior killed in the cross walk. i'll be there with inmayor today. broken record, [inaudible] and 20 percent of the population are seniors and people with disabilities but around half of the pudustren fatalities are seniors with disabilities. i know you integrated safe routes for senior jz want to reiterate at looking how critical that is. looking at your model and what other cities are doing. -that is critical. i'm advocateing for this as a explicit strategy learning from other model programs in other areas. i'm appreciative there is more within the proposal, but quaknow some is unfunded. i'm strongly supportive of the 30 plus member vision zero coalition suggestio

van ness is closed in both directions between post and geary for construction at the upmc. workers are constructing a new pedestrian ton tunnel. it will connect the construction site to an office building across the street. >> we're closing just one block on van ness between geary and post and all of the traffic that would normally be on van ness will be rerouted either to franklin or geary. >> shutdowns are also scheduled for the weekend of april 24th through the 26th and during labor day weekend in september. you can go to nbcbayarea.com for more information on detours around that closure. there you can also find the latest on traffic conditions around the bay area. just click on the traffic tab. >>> and traffic is back to normal on 580 in san rafael near the richmond-san rafael bridge. a big rig crash early yesterday morning shut down lanes in both directions for much of the day. things weren't fully back to normal until around 7:00 last night. look at that. the mess began around 5:30 yesterday morning when a u.p.s. truck crashed near san quentin. one of the big rig's tw

january 1st of this year the last of which was painted by the mayor this morning at the corner of geary boulevard and thank you supervisor mar for joining us out there today. so that effort is moving quickly likewise we actually lowered the speed limit on fulton street between arguillo and the great highway and that's just gone into effect where that tragedy crash involving the motorcyclist took place today and we're looking to construct at least 11 miles of new bike treatments whether they be upgrades to bike lanes or new bike lanes or improvements like cycle tracks and the separation, a physical separation of cyclists and traffic has been going on for the last few weeks and many of those cycling corridors are also high crash corridors and also effort to improve reliability and travel time on the busiest muni routes and whenever we build out these corridors we improve sight lines and rearrange the parking on these streets and we were able to create bulb on some of the trickier scene of intersections and will be constructing other pedestrian safety features on streets like mission and s

you can see the intersection here at geary and van ness and it's a little bit tricky for cars to navigate the turn on to van ness, however traffic appears to be flowing as good as can be expected and that's because of the 70 or so people who are directing drivers around the closure. buses, ped yaps and first responders are allowed through the blockade but a drivers have go toe go around the closure from post street to geary. in order to bore a thumb the crews closed vans me. the first of the schedule closures to construct a pedestrian access and connecting the medical center with medical offices. the goal is installing treasure structural walls. >> those walls will be part of the temporary structure that will allow to us continue work all summer long underneath van ness and install a permanent tunnel structure. >> reporter: a block of one of the busiest stretches of roadway seems like a lot of space to work but it's not for the construction crews, who could only bring in two drilling machines for the work. it's tight quarters but the construction is on schedule. businesses in the area are

van ness avenue between geary and post is closed again this weekend. it's for the second phase of a construction project. the road will be open in time for the monday morning commute. >>> muni about to make some major upgrades to speed up commutes and make passengers a little more comfortable. kpix 5's ryan takeo on what you can expect and how soon. >> reporter: the 38 geary takes the term morning crush to a whole new level. >> it's pretty crowded. >> reporter: that annoys this rider. she fully admits muni is something she loves to hate. >> kind of crappy at times. >> reporter: but today the sfmta announced help will be on the way. it will add service to muni's workhorse routes including the 38 geary which will run more buses along the route. muni says it's increasing service for 30% of its ride years particularly focusing on the routes and the corridors such as the 38 and geary boulevard that are going to have the biggest impact. >> reporter: the changes have been on tap for years. but the economic decline and budget issues delayed the plan. muni says

you can see the intersection here at geary and van ness and it's a little bit tricky for cars to navigate the turn on to van ness, however traffic appears to be flowing as good as can be expected and that's because of the 70 or so people who are directing drivers around the closure. buses, ped yaps and first responders are allowed through the blockade but a drivers have go toe go around the closure from post street to geary. in order to bore a thumb the crews closed vans me. the first of the schedule closures to construct a pedestrian access and connecting the medical center with medical offices. the goal is installing treasure structural walls. >> those walls will be part of the temporary structure that will allow to us continue work all summer long underneath van ness and install a permanent tunnel structure. >> reporter: a block of one of the busiest stretches of roadway seems like a lot of space to work but it's not for the construction crews, who could only bring in two drilling machines for the work. it's tight quarters but the construction is on schedule. businesses in the area are

the closure is between geary and post street. traffic will be reroute and that could create delays on franklin, goff and poke streets. muni and golden gate buses will be allowed to pass through. the closure will allow crews to dig a pedestrian tunnel under van ness avenue. tunnel will connect the new hospital still under construction with medical offices across the street. van ness will reopen sunday night. this is the first of three planned weekend closures planned for this year. >>> a former deputy police chief in fresno is indicted on drug charges. 51-year-old keith foster conspired with others to distribute oxycodone, heroin and marijuana. he and five other defendants are set to be arraigned today in fresno. foster, a 30-year veteran of the force, resigned last week. he could face at least 25 years in prison if convicted. >>> hundreds of students at a marin county high school are planning to stay completely silent today. this is to raise awareness of those students bullied. this is being held at terra linda high school. teach

geary, painting. all these are [inaudible] all those are high crash corridors. 15 new miles of bike upgrades. [inaudible] concrete separation is the most visible there. we are putting [inaudible] which are the simplest things we can do with traffic signal tooz protect pedestrians from drivers who fail to yuld the right of way. we have done fev 4 since beginning of 2015. a tool we just started using in mid12 has bun done 30 times around the city. the painted safety [inaudible] this is where we are not waiting for the [inaudible] we get the paint on the ground and try to get the pudustren safety benefit today while we wait for the capital projects. now weal rer see on the right hand column a lot fewer sources omoney can we used for the other e's. we have been talking about the focus on the 5 campaign [inaudible] additional enforcement resources [inaudible] these are largely funded by 2 grant sources, the state active transportation and traffic safety and from the police department operating budget. this

here we are van ness and geary. van ness is closed to post. drivers are being diverted right now. only buses are allowed through van ness because work crews are building an underground pedestrian walkway that's going to connect a new california pacific medical center campus set to open in 2019. so if you are heading to the golden gate bridge or to the marina this weekend, just stay away from this area. it's going to be like this for 55 more hours. >> it's not good. yeah. i want to just tell everyone, you know, what are you looking at, you know? [ laughter ] >> that's what gets me going. >> reporter: so van ness is going to be closed like this until sunday night. and it's going to re-open in time for the monday morning commute. and then they are going to did it all over again in two weeks. then again labor day weekend. so get used to it. live in san francisco, i'm ryan takeo, kpix 5. >>> san francisco is making improvements to pedestrian crossing outside city hall after a woman was hit and killed there last year. she was in the crosswalk outside the polk street entrance when she wa

that includes the 38 and geary which gets packed during the commute times.s also going to paint more bus lanes red and refurbish some bus stops such as the one in the marina which is just a painted pole. >> people just wandering around with their map and they ask us, is this a bus stop? >> improving the muni maps to make it easier for people to understand and to direct people to where the best rapid service will be. >> muni says the changes have been on tap for several years but the economic decline and the budget issues caused delays. >>> van ness between geary and post closed this weekend. it began after midnight. and underground tunnel for a new hospital is being built there. the second phase of the project, the road was closed earlier this month, as well. van ness will be open in time for the monday morning commute. >>> fans who wanted the apple watch caused a frenzy in southern california today. people camped outside this west hollywood boutique this morning. it it was the first brick and mortar store in the u.s. to sell the watch. a handful of boutique

a stretch of the road shut down last night between post street and geary. detour signs and flashing lights were put up. crews are preparing to build a pedestrian tunnel. the closure will last until early monday morning. >>> we are getting a look at what happened in the moments before a white police officer shot an unarmed black man in south carolina. authorities released video from the officer's dashcam yesterday. it shows officer michael slager pulling over walter scott for a broken taillight. >> let's start with your license. [ indiscernible ] brake light's out. >> oh, okay. >> a minute later scott bolted from the car and officer slager chased him out of frame. a witness cell phone video what happened next. they scuffled and slager shot him eight times in the back. slager is fired and charged with murder. >>> a security guard is dead after shooting at a census bureau in maryland. it happened for two hours. the shoot ever kidnapped a woman in washington, dc and drove her to the burr role. when a security guard spot them arguing he approached the car and wa

you can see the intersection here at geary and van ness and it's a little bit tricky for cars to navigatee turn on to van ness, however traffic appears to be flowing as good as can be expected and that's because of the 70 or so people who are directing drivers around the closure. buses, ped yaps and first responders are allowed through the blockade but a drivers have go toe go around the closure from post street to geary. in order to bore a thumb the crews closed vans me. the first of the schedule closures to construct a pedestrian access and connecting the medical center with medical offices. the goal is installing treasure structural walls. >> those walls will be part

the stretch of van ness from geary boulevard and post will remain closed all weekend. crews can work on an underground pedestrian tunnel for a new california pacific medical center hospital. the shut-down starts tonight at midnight.and will be closed all >> reporter: hi elevations will bring to the 3 in.. the breezy conditions this evening and if you head out you'll see more sure. more rain around 8:00 p.m. most of the bay area. . mostly great to start off causal pilaf. the afternoon will be allowed clerked compared to today. we expect showers late friday night and we dryout come quickly saturday afternoon. >> pam: the carcass of a dead whale is still decaying on a pacifica beach. and there are currently no plans to move it. kron 4's charles clifford has an update. >> reporter: then been trying to figure out how well died based on tissue samples. the well will most likely be left on the san. gulf &. >> pam: most noble highlights coming up next. >> reporter: it's a full half- hour of your sports needs saturday night at 9 after the news. (mom) when our little girl was bo

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