for the use of harding park golf course for certain professional golf tournaments. upervisor chu: thank you. we have, and philip ginsburg with recreation and parks. >> good morning, supervisors. in april 2002, the city entered into a master tournament everett with the pga tour to bring high- profile golf tournaments to harding park. the agreement has been previously amended twice, first in april of 2004, and then again in may 2007. this third amendment, which is before you today, simply address is necessary scheduling changes and possibly extend the agreement by one year. the current agreement as amended states the pga tour will hold six tournaments at harding over a 15-year period beginning january 1, 2005. he proposed a third amendment increases the number of tournaments to date, with the possibility of an night tournament, if the president's cup is held again at harding in 2021. this discussion was initiated by the pga out of a request to change some of the scheduling components within the existing agreement as laid out. the result of negotiations and agreements b

overall, gulf is on the upswing at harding park. the pga tour, really, having events here at harding park has been fantastic, because it has, as phil mentioned, it is our largest international event for these four day events. as you move forward with charles schwab cup events, the champions tour that they mentioned, it will also continue with our pga tour events as well, as you can see on the proposed amendment. on behalf of the pga tour, we are looking forward to providing additional financial assistance on the first tee of san francisco, allowing us to showcase san francisco to millions of golf fans on the golf channel, nbc, and provide an impact for the city. supervisor chu: thank you. just a quick question for mr. clarke. one of the things that harvey the budget analyst mentioned would be for you to perhaps share with us some of the economic benefits to the city larger than the tax revenue that comes in directly from fees. it would be interesting to understand the economic impacts in what they might be. offline, if you could sha

and this just in, i'm very pleased and proud to announce that harding park golf course will be hosting by monday, june 4th, one of the qualifying tournament for the u.s. open two weeks later. we will have 120 qualifiers for how many spots, tom? 120 golfers, but trying to qualify for how many spots, do you know? just a few spots. the u.s. open is -- and as mr. buell knows, it allows any amateur to qualify and get in with the pros, right? >> anyone with a certain handicap that can qualify to get into that, yes. i may not know food fight, but i know the u.s. open. >> foo fighters, sir. [laughter] >> i will be ready next time. >> harding park has become known as one of the very best municipal golf courses in the world, something maintained by our own staff. we should all be proud. >> i'm keeping my fingers crossed because my niece's boyfriend is going to be one of those persons. >> how about that? gregg's yes, exactly. he goes around the country doing this and the -- >> yes exactly. he does run the country doing this and he is hoping to qualify. >> what is his name? >> kory. that is when h

harding park is one of the gems of the city. opened in the 1930's. cypress trees and rolling hills. very well designed golf course. we've had a very successful presidents cup. the amount of spectators that it drawls, everyone from around the world -- seeing the course on television and the quality of work -- it is very impressive to me that we can do that on the public level. i have an extremely dedicated crew that worked with me. there's not a moment that i'm not proud of everything i see out there and all the hard work. i am very honored to receive an award. i feel very fortunate to have people that will go above and beyond. it is due to their hard work and their efforts that they put on ain on a day-to-day basis. [applause] >> hi, everybody. i'm the general manager of san francisco's recreation and park department. it's my incredible pleasure and honor to introduce you are mfac award winner, steve, ste castil. >> i would like to thank spur and mfac. thank you for this honor. being selected to receive such a prestigious award is such a great honor, but i think even greater conside

they did a beautiful job at harding park where they cut some of the trees came down from age and weather but others were cleared out and they opened it up a lot more and have made the course much better and the same thing at olympic club, which is private, but grass is healthier, the whole area is healthier if it gets light and air so part of that i think is part of what we should be doing, plus the safety factor is chief sir came in to talk about that area where there are obviously the police force knows there's lots of activities that aren't the best that go in in those brambles around there so that's only a side benefit of clearing this up. comments were made about other uses and that the markings will only be for soccer but i think they'll be able to have markings for multiple other sports. they talked about lacrosse. i would think they'd be able to do that. perhaps gaelic football. you can have multiple markings on artificial turf field and they still work. keys has those types of -- i've seen a lot of them that are artificial turf. ignatius put in artificial turf in their football

if you go a couple streets over, it may be two-hour parking, the it is very hard to get. you have to go two streets over to get four-hour parking. but it is a hike. >> ok. i am holding, and we're working hard on this. i am hoping that there is some technological solution to this. because, as you know, we're changing out all these meters into meters that can not only use your credit card, but you can pay with your cell phone. you would register in and literally almost tapped it or some mid end in a so that the meter tells her cell phone when your time is up, so you get a buzz. we are getting there. there are experience -- experiments going on as we speak. hopefully that technology convenience will prevent people from getting ticketed inappropriately when they're trying to do the right thing and have that notice and cannot run back out. but they will get the notice like five minutes before the thing happens. we're going for that. because we believe that that better technology with the areas we have experimented in, we did have less to get. we had more people paying the meter

parking will likely be hard to come by . no parking at christie field or at the marina green . . . there will be a vote for it at the st. francis yacht club from ®1:00 a.m. - ½:00 p.m. -3:00 p. also a car show and art show . >>vicki: the golden gate bridge is shutting down briefly on sunday night for the celebration . the bridge sidewalks will be closed to pedestrians started at ¢:00 p.m. ¢:00 p.m. and the be close at 9:00 p.m. . cut bridge official told a safety inspection before reopening . stay with kron4 as we continue our coverage of the £5th anniversary . sunday night's fireworks show aired bridge closure will have a major impact from the bay area . do not forget ,, if you would like to avoid the crowds but with is a celebration ,, we wil be streaming the fireworks show on our web site starting at p.m. on sunday . . >>grant: the meeting set down goes through 5:00 a.m. on monday ,, june 4th . that is almost ®0 days . during that time ,, the jade church will be partially shut down and the and digital will be completely shut down . lines will be rerouted . that is because they

with rec -- rec and park we have worked hard to complete renovations in seven other parks all across san francisco. each of these parks have been enormously popular with players and moat of the parks' neighbors. the proposed beach chalet is the first to undergo an e.i.r. and with rec and park we willingly requested additional review leading to an e.i.r. which confirmed that this project is safe for people, the environment, the park and for kids and that's exactly what the e.i.r. found. this project will have practically no environmental impacts. the e.i.r. thoroughly examined many of the issues you will hear abouted tooze -- today. it's very comprehensive and very data-driven. this renovation has been studied extensively the past two years and we've had an abundance of participation. this is a good project for our kids and for our city. you've heard a lot today about families with kids leaving the city. i raised two here and it's not always as you -- easily -- easy but the city haze lot to offer. let's give them one more reason to stay, the safe, high quality fields. thank you very m

park. even there, it's hard to escape the reality of what's "ñfÑ >> it may be the biggest bout of alvarez's opponent, the arena atmosphere will hardly be anything new. >> been on the stage so many times, it helps my mind and my confidence. thea experience and everything that comes along with it. crowds are cheering, all that stuff. it pumps you up a little bit. >> mosley has fought a long list of every weight. including both of the fighters following him in the ring on saturday night. now facing an opponent who is just 2 years old when mosley began his pro career, the former champion's confidence is as high as ever. >> it's proving the nay sayers wrong and letting people know, yeah, i'm still here. i'm here. i'm not going nowhere yet. so stop saying i want you to retire. or it's going to be your last fight. i don't want to hear that. i thank you for it. i don't need more of it. i'm done. i'm not going anywhere until i'm ready to go. >> he is fighting not for the first time in his long career to push the clock backwards. in stark contrast to an opponen firmly fixated on becoming a force of t

. >> i had a real privilege of helping honor the dedication and hard work of park police officers andpolice and civilian awards ceremony. the ceremony honored officers and volunteers for their actions that save lives and make the community safer. the area that the surface, crime has gone down 32% in the last year. they had a lot to celebrate and happy to be there. >> coming up next, just how do guns and of getting inside a child's stuffed animal at the airport. >> one woman could not get a refund from her plumber. >> a family came asking for help about getting thousands of dollars back from a plumber after deciding not to have the work done. >> kris van cleave got on the case and seven on your side got results. >> we called -- he had been previous work for us and we were pleased. he looked at it. he said, i can fix this. >> they settled on $6,000. he wanted a down payment of $3,500. they agreed, but days later canceled the contract. >> he said i do not have your refund now. i will bring an endit. >> four months later, they still do not have it. >> you are not bringing the money today

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humberto romero says what happened at roosevelt park is hard to talk about. police believe gang members brutally beat up a 14-year-old boy. he died on monday. >> that's pretty sad. we come to play and do some good things for us. and fighting and trying to beat somebody, it's pretty sad. >> reporter: san jose investigators are looking at this as a gang-motivated killing. they consider roosevelt park gang territory. what sparked the fight remains unknown. >> perhaps this individual, you know, was just in the wrong place at the wrong time. we're not going to know until we get more information. >> reporter: students and teachers are dealing with his loss. >> anytime you have a young person who is killed in this kind of manner, it's just a real tragedy for the whole community. and our condolences go out to the family and friends of this young man. >> reporter: detectives are trying to determine how many people were involved in the fight and why the 14-year-old was targeted. >> some of the children are teenagers. a lot of people in the community have 14-year-olds.

brian stow, father and paramedic, was punched so hard in the parking lot that he fell and his head slammedagainst the pavement. as you know he's been in the hospital with a traumatic brain injury ever since, which is more than a year. norwood and sanchez face charges of mayhem, assault and battery and inflicting great bodily injury. the judge will decide if the case goes to trial, the hearing is expected to last four days. >>> protesters cleared from a 10 acre plot of uc owned land in albany vowed to be in court this morning when university officials argue for a lawsuit banning them from occupying that land again 100 uc police officers moved in and cleared the in albany more than two weeks ago. some of the protesters had been living and planting crops on the property since mid april. uc uses the land for research. protesters want the land uses for sustainable agriculture. >>> new poll finds state voters are in favor of a proposed one dollar a pack tax increase on cigarettes. prop 29 is on next tuesday's ballot. the poll shows 62% of voters are in favor of the tobacco tax with 33% opposed.

parking problem. we have a housing problem in district 11. it is hard for a city like san francisco to deal with, but we have to figure out how we can improve the housing situation for these people living in the sub standard situations. >> what about the issue of homelessness? what are your ideas on dealing with this? >> we have a long-term plan to combat homelessness through a continual of care. it looks at economics, housing stock, health care support, and all those pieces need to be part of our deal with homelessness in san francisco. on the public health side, we need to make sure we have services that are going to help people stabilize their lives, how they can access mental health services, substance abuse services. a lot of people on the street are suffering from a disease of alcoholism, drug dependency. a lot of them are there because they have lost their jobs, housing. some of them are there because of hiv. that is one cause -- one part of the homeless population, but also, being homeless makes you more susceptible to contract in hiv. so we nee

the area called rock city in mantodea an look state park has been hit hard by vandals who are either carving or spray painting the rocks. because of state budget cuts only five rangers now patrol the entire park. that's half the number that used to work there. rangers and most park goers hope through education people will decide to leave the rocks alone and let mother nature take care of her creations. >>> one of california's top legislators is pushing president obama to commit more federal money to build the state's high speed rail system. senate president pro tem darrell stainberg is trying to get skeptical lawmakers to okay $2.7 billion in initial spending by july 1st. steinberg told reporter today it would help in the federal government committed to even more than $3.5 billion it's promised so far. >>> google announced today a new feature the company says will enable its search engine anticipate what the useres looking for. the search tool is called knowledge grandfather and google started rolling it out today. here's how it works if you google a historical figure for example a bo

investigators say a -- san francisco investigators say a large group of teens were drinking hard liquor outside of the ball park. aside from getting in trouble with the law , they'll have some explain to do with their parents who are being called to pick them up. >> how you doing tonight, oakland? >> reporter: aside from the arrests, it was a great day at the game. giants officials say more than 41,000 people packed at&t park friday night to watch the local rivalry game. >> my heart has always been with the oakland as. and with the san francisco giants. except when they're playing each other! >> reporter: diehard fans like this man came from as far away as gone. >> my dad took me to the first game in april 1968. is this me in 1968. >> reporter: regardless of the outcome, they say they're here for the experience. after all, baseball is one of america's favorite pasttimes. >> it's always fun to go to baseball games with your family. it's american, i guess. >> it gives us bonding time. >> she loves the game, and it's special to be able to spend it with her during this time of her life. >> reporter: parents say it'

we have some who want to stay in menlo park and it is hard to get in under 2 million at this point andhen we have a couple looking at woodside and they say if they can wait until september they can look at higher prices close to six or 7 million and may be up to 10 million. >> you heard that, $10 million. most of the stock options cannot even cash in on tell the middle of next year but that is not stopping them. they know they will need tax shelters that they're already looking at a very tight market. menlo park and atherton have less than 50 homes for sale combined and the real estate agents are telling me that there are already bidding wars for those $10 million homes among these employees. >> a new study shows brain injuries on the battlefield are a lot like those on the football field. what that means t,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >> here's what we're working on for the 6:00 news. facebook goes public in just a few days but will it live up to the hype? what the historic ipo really means for you >> it is almost like a science- fiction story >> cats infected with a parasite that infects humans in

parking will likely be hard to come by. all roads will be close to those who do not live in the area. >>pam: and another of political leaders working of the golden gate bridge anniversary celebration. governor jerry brown, nancy pilosi and san francisco mayor ed lee. governor brown used the golden gate bridge as an example of how important it is to invest in infrastructure. >> yes, we have a lot of problems and we need some fiscal discipline, but you'll still have to invest. one bay area woman remembers her first walk across the majestic stand back in 1917. >> i have had a wonderful life and i am glad that part of it was that i got to walk on the golden gate bridge 75 years ago. >>pam: sunday night's fireworks show and bridge closure will have a major impact around the bay area. if you wanted to avoid the crowds we will be streaming the fireworks live on our web site at 9:00 p.m. on sunday on www.kron4.com. >>grant: people had to the bay bridge will be impacted as well. if a portion of first street has closed and will reope

stood one has changed after the reconstruction but because of support the park it has definitely changed because it is going hard. to make it bright. its very rare is that in two percent of the park can't survive since one thousand nine hundred eighty five when it was. this it percent of the flooring was it plays during restoration in one thousand sixty eight thousand nine hundred sixty nine it took. to restore. the. children's parties were moved to a new building in the early sixty's the kremlin palace of congress built on the. it's obvious that this building is from the soviet era and it stands in stark contrast with the kremlin's architectural character the palace used to be a key side for communist forums and now it's the most prestigious musical venue in this country and also a stage for the world's greatest artists show as now or staying out and john tina turner here they made they've all been here. right now underway in the state kremlin palace. for thousands of kids. inside we have an appointment with the kremlin oldtimer children's writer alexander script to the very first. party from mt fifty three wri

but leaving the vandalism seems to invite even more of it leaving park arraign between a rock and hardle the natural beauty is getting chipped away. it's. upsetting not being able to see how it was natural my. i rangers have put up signs. in mount diabolo state park, ktvu news. >>> and the bicycle race lend ended this afternoon. >> stain four began in is sornoa and inned in klovis. the race end in los angeles in and so. and peter sagan continued his streak. he finished today. b only a about a bike length os behind of heinrich and who he has being behind sagan so far. >> next a bbq grill that just rolled in putting the backyard grill shame. >> well, the fog is rolling in and cooling down but maybe not for long. our meteorologist is forecasting a change. when i take a picture of this check, it goes straight to the bank. oh. oh look the lion is out! no mommy no! don't worry honey, it only works on checks. deposit checks from your smartphone with chase quickdeposit. just snap a picture, hit send and done. take a step forward and chase what matters. >>> what's believed to be the largest our