hillie! [applause] >> ok, good morning. thank you for the introduction and -- i'll be leading this think bike workshop and for all of you to get an understanding of cycling in the nether land i've prepared a presentation for you all and then we work things out in detail in the three groups i'll introduce to you later. cycling in the nether land, that's what this is all about and i'm not here to you -- we netherlands you need to do in the u.s. and in san francisco specific, but just pick out the things that are useful for you and translate them into u.s. opportunities in san francisco, new opportunities. it's not my task to say you must do it like we do in the netherlands. i'll just show you what we do in the netherlands. and about myself, my name is hillie talens, as you were already told. i work for krowell, which is an n.g.o. and not for profit company, and i work as a bicycle ambassador for the dutch cycling council. on this slide you can see are my hobbies. my greatest passion are turtles. i've checked them since i was

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this is the flattest way to get across our hilly town. there could be things to increase the safety. i was riding there in this would happen. i hope i can assure you this. -- show you this. here is the cop hanging out on pierce. i was riding with my bicycle and the cop was that the stop sign. he did not have as blinker on to turn right. i was coming around the corner, i do what i always do. i assess the situation, not pedestrians, no other cars. instead of making a full and complete stop, it is rather tricky if you are on a bicycle. it is a momentum issue. you want to slow down. making a full and complete stop at every stop sign, it is not what people do when they ride bikes. it is an issue we need to look at. i slowed down to near stop and turn right. the cop came around and parked himself over here, he did not use his blinker but i am not going to fault him for that. the situation -- i was coming up here and i knew he wanted me to make a full and complete stop. he was parked there to see if i would. i got to the intersection, not pedest

i note in san francisco there is such hilly terrain. i would get out at 7:00 a.m. and cycle down to the building and take the boat across town. it was one of the best times in my life. it was fun coming back. it was not to bet on the way down. on the way back it was hectic. there is a lot of work building up momentum. you have to come to this job. and there is all that energy. you have to generate it again. do not jump across -- just stop and work up the energy. it is more of a comment. i'm all for it. >> you can look on our website. that is the idea. tickets to your point of everyone looking at the other. it is our responsibility. >> is there any public comment on this issue? >> hello again. i want to preface what i am going a 90-year-old member of or church was knocked over by a bicyclist near church and market. she had the right of way. the bicyclist -- there were witnesses to this. the bicyclist did not have any brakes. just go speeding through the red light. our friend was hospitalized. she has lost independence. she had to move in with relatives. there is a r

as far as these guys not being familiar with the twists and turns and the hilly streets of san francisco, they have been told to drive slowly and drive together. the best guesstimate as to how many of these out of town firefighters, somewhere in the neighborhood of several hundred. back to you. >> amazing. kiet do live in san francisco, and he is going to stay out there as well for us this afternoon. bill, you were referring to earlier some of the traditions, some of the protocol and we're seeing that right now. thousands attending today's funeral. you have the two engines there. the cast sets are loaded aboard and they are preparing i guess the honor guard to take into st. mary's cathedral. >> the paul bearers will come up to the engine and they will gracefully pull the two caskets off the engines and go through all the firefighters are going to be -- lined on each entryway of the church at full attention and saluting as the caskets go by. request you look at something like that, that could be somebody you -- >> when you look at something like that that could be somebody you know or per

and hilly -- ed healy had a blog busting limos and investigating limos. i feel taxi services needs to be a division to counter the power plays in our industry. i thank you for what you are doing for the city will love. >> thank you. >> our next speakers. >> good afternoon. thank you for the cost of living increase. let me express the next hope is recommended in tears, not in a and there will be no more politicization. many problems, balance and functionality would be resolved if the taxi division would be restored to the blanket enjoyed. finance and kept driving are organizations of two different functions. it is thought of as explicative and unfair. right now would be an opportune moment to make the change. there have to be some immediate effects and many of the most thoughtful people in the industry feel this structural change would be most beneficial. please promote the director and her division back to tk. please invest in open taxi access and make san francisco the first city in the world was transparent have ability. it is accept -- no increase has

the donated cart helps her get around the hilly streets calling on the sick, homebound and hungry. she says the wheels make her memorable, even to people she hasn't met, but to those who do know her, it's her friendship that makes her unforgettable. >>> i'm lynn berry and this is "early today," your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. >>> a fresh start for a couple of baby squirrels. they're getting adjusted to their new home in england after hurricane katia tossed them from their nest and left them homeless. without their mom, the babies were lucky to be discovered and nursed back to health by a vet. staff at a care center will watch over the group until they're old enough to be let back into the wild. >>> parents joke about walking barefoot uphill to school. but students in china have them beat. it's a two-day journey to school from the remote area where they live. the eye-popping trek along a nearly 1,000 feet high cliff is dangerous, as you can imagine for the 6 to 16-year-olds. so parents accompany them. in july construction began on a government-fund road. but on

you have a lot of heat, wind, it is a very hilly location, but firefighters have access to the water around this area. >>> all right, thank you, bill, we'll watch this. as we get new information we'll let you know. >>> until today, investigators would only say that michelle le's former friend was a person of interest in their death. now that woman is accused of michelle le's murder. patty hayward has more on the small hope that the family is holding onto. >> reporter: well, michelle's family spoke out here at the police department late this afternoon. they were insisting that the arrest today didn't bring closure, and that they would continue to organize searches to find michelle's body. >> we feel bad. >> reporter: michelle le's brother choked back tears, saying that today's arrest may be progress in the case but it won't bring back his sister. >> tomorrow is actually my 24th birthday, and she would always call me and tell me happy birthday. and to tell me that she loved me. and that -- i just want to hear her voice. >> esteban was arrested this morning, about 10:00 as she was leavi

heat, wind, dry grass, hilly conditions. even though the fire did destroy this property it was stopped before it destroyed an entire neighborhood. it started at 4:40 this afternoon and quickly turned into several fires. >> we had a grass fire on the easement from the embers as well. we had our hands full. >> reporter: quinonez called 911 as the fire reached her neighbor's home and the embers reached her. >> it was burning my hair and burning through my father's shirt and mother's shirt. >> reporter: the father tried to keep the flames in check with a garden hose. >> the grass was catching fire. if i wouldn't have stopped it then, it would have burned. >> reporter: neighbors say the homeowner is out of town and may not find out about his property until he returns. another neighbor says he watered his lawn to keep the fire from taking his home and says he learned something about his neighbors. >> i was watering my home with neighbors i did not even know. >> reporter: so you learned something about your neighbors. >> right. >>>

heat, wind, dry grass, hilly conditions. even though the fire did destroy this property it was stopped before it destroyed an entire neighborhood. it started at 4:40 this afternoon and quickly turned into several fires. >> we had a grass fire on the easement from the embers as well. we had our hands full. >> reporter: quinonez called 911 as the fire reached her neighbor's home and the embers reached her. >> it was burning my hair and burning through my father's shirt and mother's shirt. >> reporter: the father tried to keep the flames in check with a garden hose. >> the grass was catching fire. if i wouldn't have stopped it then, it would have burned. >> reporter: neighbors say the homeowner is out of town and may not find out about his property until he returns. another neighbor says he watered his lawn to keep the fire from taking his home and says he learned something about his neighbors. >> i was watering my home with neighbors i did not even know. >> reporter: so you learned something about your neighbors. >> right. >>>

flames eating up dry brush in this hilly terrain. hot, windy weather making it difficult for firefighters to keep it contained. about 500 acres burning now. homes are being threatened and only a volume teary order has been issued. investigators believe this fire began in a barn on an old movie set. and in kern county another brush fire burned more than 4700 acres and firefighters near the town are getting a break with calmer winds and cooler temperatures. residents of 650 homes and three small communities have been evacuated. and the fire is just 5% contained and broke out following a plane crash on sunday, two people died. >> and firefighters made quick work of a grass fire this morning outside moraga. the fire broke out just before 8:00 a.m. z burned 15 acres before firefighters were able to contain it. officials say downed power lines may have started this blaze. and residents did report brief power outages when the fire started and no homes were threatened and there were no injuries, glad to say. >> we're seeing warmer conditions

and winds and a hilly terrain are making it tough. >> and hopefully, he'll be okay. >> families are stuck wondering what is next. >> my kids don't need this stress. i can't handle stress but my babies don't need to. >> so far, 5,000 people in the area have been forced to evacuate homes, many now are staying in emergency shelters getting help with basic needs. >> did you thank you. >> and texas governor took an aerial tour today and says he expects assistance and that he's frustrating that equipment at fort hood isn't already in use, he's asking rez don'ts use caution. >> this point we're urging people to avoid any outdoor activities which could start a fire. >> he interrupted his campaign yesterday return to texas but a spokesman said today that he will take part in the debate tomorrow at the reagan library in southern california. >> and parts of the east coast still drying out from hurricane irene being soaked again, today from leftovers of tropical storm lee. and there is flood watches and warnings from alabama to upstate new york. there are isolated down pours of up to so inches. four

the red flag warning has been extended for basically the -- all the hilly locations of the bay area,y through sunday, they have it through saturday but i bet they up it through sunday because the models kind of keep it going. what is your weekend going to be like? it'll we mostly to partly sunny, in the afternoon a stray chance for a thunderstorm and then again on sunday. don't go right out and change the plans, just be prepared for a little bit of what we saw tonight. we had heavy rain as well. this low pressure, you say how come we don't hear about this? we have been talking about them all week but this low pressure is about seven hours early and doing what it did. we expected it more tomorrow. what happened was it formed quickly and pulled that moisture right into up from the south and in our direction in a rapid fashion. this is the pattern that continues through the weekend. forecast for -- dry lightning, chance of thunderstorms in the weekend president that's why there is a red flag warning for the bay area through tomorrow. and most likely see it again on sunday. am i -- reall

the red flag warning has been extended for basically the -- all the hilly locations of the bay area,eally through sunday, they have it through saturday but i bet they up it through sunday because the models kind of keep it going. what is your weekend going to be like? it'll we mostly to partly sunny, in the afternoon a stray chance for a thunderstorm and then again on sunday. don't go right out and change the plans, just be prepared for a little bit of what we saw tonight. we had heavy rain as well. this low pressure, you say how come we don't hear about this? we have been talking about them all week but this low pressure is about seven hours early and doing what it did. we expected it more tomorrow. what happened was it formed quickly and pulled that moisture right into up from the south and in our direction in a rapid fashion. this is the pattern that continues through the weekend. forecast for -- dry lightning, chance of thunderstorms in the weekend president that's why there is a red flag warning for the bay area through tomorrow. and most likely see it again on sunday. am i -- r

i thought of bill hilly and the comet. >> people saw was a rock outer space rock coming through the earth they come in at tens of thousands of miles per hour. they come in so fast they heat up a lot and they heat it up so much they start to flow. what they saw was glowing space rock. >>reporter: that glowing space rock they saw yesterday was larger than a baseball but smaller apparently than a basketball. still big enough to create all the fuss. >> nasa reless the facts today that sound like fiction. existence of world with a double sunset. keepler space telescope fund a planet orbi orbiting 2 stavrments we explore the new dimension. >>reporter: until today the was science fiction. existence of planet orbiting 2 suns. george lucas created such a place as luke sky walker home in "star wars". now we may wonder if he had app inside ti tip. how did he know about this before nasa? >> i don't think he did. >>reporter: yet nasa had oscar winning john knoll in the house did as it announced a major discovery. first confirmation of real planet orbiting 2 suns. >> indication of what is possible. som

flames are eating up very dry brush in the hilly terrain here. fire has charred more than 500 acres to this point. homes threatened. only voluntary evacuation order issued. investigators believe this fire began in a barn on an old movie set. >> victims of last year san bruno pipeline blast will join assemblyman hill tomorrow in support of his bill that would strengthen safety standards for goods paper line in california. now this comes amid more cushion of showed r safety practices by pg&e. the company says old plastic pipe already suspected of causing gas explosion will be relisted at cupertino condominium complex after paper line explosion there last week. david lou has the story. >>reporter: plastic pipe involved in the explosion and fire last week is known as el delay made by dupont 1970 to 1995 and the subject of a recommendation in 1998 by the national transportation safety board to step up inspections after a series of explosions. pg&e says it will replace all 6000 feet of the pipe that fee feeds gas to the 400 yawnts at northwest square.

. >> the hilly trained assistance dogs are part of a national program that begins with their breedingher wellches i'm a canine midwife. and when the puppies are in my house i monitor their weight gains and health. we do exercises to expos them to specific stimuli. >> then they are shipped to volunteers around the country, who raise them for a year and a half and give them up. they are sent back here in santa rosa to be trained to help adults or children with physical or developmental disabilities or wounded veterans, or to be used in therapy or educational training. or for the hard of hearing or deaf. the clients undergo a two-week training session with their dogs to make sure they are a good match. finally they attend an emotional graduation ceremony to formally receive their dogs. 13-year-old chandler has sear balance palsy. he spoke for the group. >> my parents toll me for a long time i have the power within me to change the world. i can't do it alone, and now i have bernice as a partner to not just open doors and pick up stuff for me, but to help me open opportunities for both of

hilly cream cheese to kraft natural shredded cheese, which adds a touch of creamy to any dish.ouch of philly. >>> don't touch her! >> the movie took in $20 million starring matt damon, kate wins let and jude law. it's about the rapid spread of a deadly virus. "the help" slipped to number two. >>> the andy wiltfield died yesterday from nonlimo fau hodgkin's -- none lin mow fau hodgeky's. >>> and cliff robertson died at 88. more recently, he played uncle ben parker in the spiderman films. his acting career spanned more than 50 years. cliff robertson wasle -- was 88 years old. >>> in a couple of hours, raw fee yale nadeau or his -- rafael na $will -- raphael nadal, will play the competitor for the win. >>> serena got into an argument with the umpire, just similar to the outburst at the same tournament a few years ago. her opponent won her first grand slam. >>> 7. 5054 -- 7:54. >>> we do have a bunch of slow traffic out there right now as we are still in the heart of this commute. we had an earlier crash on the san mateo bridge near the toll plaza. traffic is slow before and after

. >> it's interesting to hear the references to hilly, she's in it to win it, this is a marathon, notprint, it's similar to 2008 where we did see hillary push it to the end in the primary states. again, i don't think michele bachmann is fog to have those type of legs when she gets out of iowa and has to really deal with the rest of america who isn't going to be on the side of the social conservatives and you know, mostly her tea party support base. >> they're comparing her a lot to mike huckabee who went and won iowa and then sort of fizzled out after ward, but again, look at john mccain, he entered the race, his campaign impleaded and he rose again to get the nominee. so look, some of these candidates could implode, he hope -- i hope they don't, mitt romney or governor perry but look, that's how she's going to hang on and fight, she's an excellent candidate, she does well in debates so it's any man or woman's race. heather: thank you very much for joining us, again, happy labor day. anda, jamil, thank you. >>> in terms of our coverage, we are teaming up with google to host a gop pres

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for instance, one might be hilly, another has a nice natural lake.far more important to frederick olmstead than this variety of landscapes, was the fact it was in the center of the city, middle of the city, and you could have a variety of different parks, all of them serving different neighborhoods, and in those different neighborhoods, there's all kinds of different people who from all backgrounds could mix and mingle in the parks. now, this was completely drawn, so very drawn, the idea of the park system on frederick olmstead's earlier travels into the south. making that trip, one of frederick olmstead's most enduring observations was the south in this time was in the grip of a kind of cultural poverty, and frederick olmstead ascribed the poverty to the fact that people lived at such great remove one from another that no kind of cultural commerce was possible. plantation owners lived far apart, and frederick olmstead noticed they just didn't get together and share ideas and share information, and so the park system, what this was meant to do was to