this renaissance design for an ideal city uses classical architecture to create a perfect environmentased upon reason and order. and in perhaps the most famous image of man by a renaissance artist, leonardo da vinci is illustrating the roman author vitruvius. man, in his ideal proportions, is the measure of all things. out of their preoccupation with classical harmony and proportion, renaissance artists created these new images of man and woman. [bells ringing] inside the palazzo vecchio, the 5,000 or so florentines who had the right to vote would meet, summoned by the bell in times of crisis. they were the members of the influential guilds and represented craftsmen and the most economically important activities... sculptors and stoneworkers... textiles... metalworkers... masons and builders... lawyers and solicitors. the engine driving the art of florence at the beginning of the 15th century was competition between the guilds and competition between the artists commissioned by them. the armorers guild paid for this powerful, alert image of their patron saint, saint george, by donatel

we spoke with two people who say their idealic city lost something today the two police officers were killed. >> innocence, definitely. we lost that. and it's kind of been coming for a few year, we've seen it, we've been watching it and it's sad. >> i think the community is quite shocked that something this horrible could happen here. >> reporter: officers butler and baker are the first police officers killed in the line of duty in the history of the santa cruz police department. there is a lot more on the fallen officers on ktv you can. -- ktvu.com. we have a slide show of today's service as well as more on the lives of officers butler and baker. >>> authoritys in capitola say three departments picked today, a day when many officers were at that memorial to rob a bank. police say three armed men wearing masks robbed the bank of the west branch at about 11:30 this morning. a catipola police officer said while they are operating with a smaller staff today, they had enough officers to respond to the needs of the community. >> i think they took advantage of the law enforcement community

one woman said her idealic city lost something beyond the officers. >> innocence, we've seen it happeningw just feeling it all in my heart. my emotions they're coming out. we've done a lot of flowers for the police department and we want to show our support for our community. >> reporter: a downtown theater aired the emotional service. >> something to bring the community together it's a difficult time for everybody and i wanted to show my support. >> reporter: there were few dry eyes which continued as people left. >> i wanted to be here because this is my community and this is my home. >> we have to support the people who try to protect us and this is a show of support for them and for their families. , sorry. >> reporter: with all city police officers attending the memorial near by agencies stepped in to help. >> we have 35 officers from our department that went to the funeral and i was planning to go to that and when this opportunity came out to help out, i think that helped myself and my partners to be able to come up and do something for this city. >> reporter: both along the process

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so, ideally, the city would be able to know where all these neighborhood centers are and help delivere of these supplies. >> they could come from a neighbor, maybe not. thank you so much for allowing us to come in and share this wonderful exhibit. and thank you for >> hi. i am cory with san francisco and we're doing stay safe and we're going to talk about what shelter in place or safe enough to stay in your home means. we're here at the urban center on mission street in san francisco and joined by carla, the deputy director of spur and one of the persons who pushed this shelter in place and safe enough to stay concept and we want to talk about what it means and why it's important to san francisco. >> as you know the bay area as 63% chance of having a major earthquake and it's serious and going to impact a lot of people and particularly people in san francisco because we live on a major fault so what does this mean for us? part of what it means is that potentially 25% of san francisco's building stock will be uninhibit tabl and people can't stay in their homes after an earthquake. they

daniere: it's a wonderfully located city in terms of export potential. it's ideallyated to ship things in and out. narrator: vietnam has successfully transformed its rice industry by establishing clear rights of control over land, by making effective use of irrigation and by ensuring ready access to world markets. anrhaps stmporntly, it's due to e rts of farming families like le vathan's they are chaing a long history of rice farming in the mekong delta. now they are not only feeding vietnam, but helping build a major sustainable export industry. vietnam has been one of the most rapidly growing countries of the last decade. we see this in the booming urban center of ho chi minh city. one key to this development has been vietnam's physicaleography, along with a shift from collective to commercial agriculture. for now, there is no reason toxpec that vietnam's growt should not continue captioned by media access group at wgbh we io e saccess.wgbh.org

. >> beautiful montclair new jersey the all american town is an idealic suburb less than 18 miles from new york cityjersey on marquette road. we live at 37. >> allen has lived in this town for more than 40 years. >> it's a wonderful town because of the surrounding cul-de-sac. it is especially great place to bring up kids. >> in 2008 allen's neighbors who live at 31 marquette road were moving. >> we had a going away party for the neighbors that lived there seniors. they said to all of us you would love to meet the people that bought the house hopefully you will get to know them. great family. >> the family was this counsel richard and cynthia murphy along with their two children. >> seemed to be a nice family. she was working in a high powered job in the financial peeled in the city. i am not sure he err had a job per se. you could tell in her speaking voice it sounded some what foreign, maybe eastern european. >> that was because the murphies were actually vladimir and lydia goria two deep cover spies in the u.s. for almost 15 years. >> it really shows you how farther willing to go to fit in and bec

transactions, creating a platform for people to actually interact with the city on a level that hasn't been done before. so, ideally, using the san francisco rec and park, the future san francisco arts app, using our mobile commerce to manage that is creating jobs, revenue, and efficiency for the public and tourists to be able to navigate san francisco in a way that hasn't been done before. thank you. >> all right. (applause) >> so, we're going to show another application from motion launch, the founder and ceo, john, will be sharing some of the work that they're doing. they're based here out of san francisco and they've got a great announcement to make. >> i am jon mills. i'm ceo of motion loft. we started about three years ago developing sensors that we could place around cities that would give us some analytics on how people move around cities and how vehicles drive around cities. so, currently we have 16 neighborhoods -- 18 neighborhoods covered in san francisco, and we get real-time data back that shows exactly how many people go by some of the busiest areas in san francisco. so, you can see here san francisco

ideal place to walk around with your loved one. the palace of fine arts is the most popular location in the city arts system. reservations for weddings and other events a> >> hey san franciscans, get ready to have fun. this thursday march 14 celebrate pie day puzzle party in so many a come have fun and test math skills and party competition. play solo or play with others. bring your scratch paper and pencils. if math isn't your best subject, maybe the free urban tasting game of events. come this thursday and enjoy a variety of bourbons collections. this is great if fun for all of you bourbon consores. while having a great time. the colorful festivities will celebrate arts and crafts and many others. come see the parade down market street and enjoy the festival from 10:00-5:00. as the irish saying goesaccess gov tv san francisco government television. >> good evening. the regular meeting for the board of education for tuesday march 12, 2013 is now called to order. roll call please. thank you. >> thank you. /phaoez join me in the pledge of allegiance. can i hear second? thank you. this is for january 22, 2013.

ideal place to walk around with your loved one. the palace of fine arts is the most popular location in the city arts system. reservations for weddings and other events ar >> i have been a cable car grip for 21 years. i am a third generation. my grand farther and my dad worked over in green division for 27. i guess you could say it's blood. >> come on in. have a seat. hold on. i like it because i am standing up. i am outside without a roof over my head and i see all kinds of people. >> you catch up to people you know from the past. you know. went to school with. people that you work with at other jobs. military or something. kind of weird. it's a small word, you be. like i said, what do people do when they come to san francisco? they ride a cable car. >> california line starts in the financial district. people are coming down knobbhill. the cable car picks people up. takes them to work. >> there still is no other device to conquer these hills better than a cable car. nobody wanted to live up here because you had to climb up here. with the invention of the cable car, these hills became accessible. he watched

ideal place to walk around with your loved ones. the palace is the most popular wedding location in the city park system. reservations for weddings and other events are available at strecpark.org. shakespeares' guard and refers -- has plants referred to in shakespeare's plays and poems. located near the museum and the california academy of sciences, shakespeares garden was designed in 1928 by the california spring blossom association. flowers and plants played an important part in shakespeares literary masterpieces. here is an enchanting and tranquil garden tucked away along a path behind a charming gate. this garden is the spot to woo your date. appreciate the beauty of its unique setting. the cherry tree, the brick walkways, the enchanting stones, the rustic sundial. chaired the bards'w ro -- share the bard's words. the garden is a gem to share with someone special. pack a picnic, find a bench, enjoy the sunshine and let the whimsical words of william shakespeare float you and your loved one away. this is one of the most popular wedding locations and is available for reservations. shakespeares garden i

ideal place to walk around with your loved one. the palace of fine arts is the most popular location in the city arts system. reservations for weddings and other events a >> the weekly buzz, it is the last week of march mark your calendars because there is much to see this week in san francisco. this friday, march 29th comes to the museum for the season opening of friday night's young, each evening takes a unique scene tied in with the special exist and permanent collections, this week after hours art event changed every weeks and includes a mix of dance performance and lecture and more, walk in and experience all of the public programs for free. and after art night, come dance yourself into shape with a free outdoors zunba class, get a great work out at the sunset rec center and enjoy the great outdoors, the class begins at 11 and rsvp is required. also this sunday is a 72nd annual spring celebration and easter parade. this is not your average street far. this is fabulous with everything from roller blading, and slopes, come and join in on the fun from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and that is the weekly buzz. for more

cities which make them ideal representative for today. in embracing the urban has been they is our destiny. we can begin to suspend the cynicism and pessimism about politics. we are liberated to build a -- on the approachial foundation of the ancient city. guided by the blueprint implicit in the mega size modern successors. eurozone is likely to fall apart. the cities are coming together. the united states and china may be paralyzed by the competing sovereignty and the rival abstract ed what american and chinese cities can pursue pragmatism with a support of realism. gallop ceo jim clifton indulging in a certain high person -- in fact in a fiscal and jurisdictional news held by powerful nations, cities are not free to ab nor the nations i believe they exist and operate. they have to do what they do with and not against the state. they will be there. but the world imagined here -- when sovereign stub stubbornness threatens not their right to reaction but the survival of common planet. embracing the independent logic of the city brings us f

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ideal place to walk around with your loved one. the palace of fine arts is the most popular location in the city arts system. reservations for weddings and other events a> >>> >> the meeting will come to order. good morning everyone. this is tuesday march 19, of the plans and programs committee of transportation authority. to my right is the supervisor jim kim and supervisor and commissioner. our clerk is miss erica chang. can you give us announcements? >> there are no announcements. >> thank you, seeing no comments, let's open this up for comment. is there anyone from public who would like to speak? seeing none, let's close. can we prove the minutes without objection. >> this is an information item. >> looks like we have brian from the advisory committee. >> yes. i apologize commissioners that our chair, our vice-chair couldn't make it. so you got me instead. we on our agenda have three of your action items all of this pass unanimously. we had no. 4 support our approval by county transportation study final report. we probably would have had more discussion on that had friend, still a member of our committee

ideal place to walk around with your loved one. the palace of fine arts is the most popular location in the city arts system. reservations for weddings and other events a >> as you all know, the german marshall fund vehicle very kind to provide us with this -- has been very kind to provided us with this opportunity to have four of their european experts in bicycle planning, bicycle implementation and bicycle programs and they are experts on all aspects of the bicycle. and here in san francisco, you know, we are at this point trying to after a hiatus of three years because of court-ordered injunctions trying to implement our bike plan. so we all a collective goal, i believe, to increase the environmental and nick sustainability of the world around us that we participate in and especially in san francisco, but we do have a special responsibility because this place provides us with the opportunity that most other places don't. the geometry and geography of san francisco is up that it is easier for us being in a city of short trips to veil ourselves to other alternatives to the car. so when we want to reclaim th

idealized in those neighborhoods, no race involved in the neighborhoods? >> here are the facts. over the last decade per the u.s. census, we have lost 181,000 african-american residents to our cityand that impact has had a 65% on school use. and they are under resourced. i would argue that many of those buildings have not made warm, safe and dry for our children. to rel agate, those students in those schools, it's not something that we want to happen. we want to make sure that our children move to a higher performing school with the resources that teachers need and the tools they need to be successful. >> if you don't enough students to fill the schools, and that means it will affect staff and teachers, and are you letting the teachers go or keeping the teachers employed? >> when we look at the employment in the schools identified, it's about 1,100 teachers. and the agreement with ctu, our teachers who are rated excellent and profishenatpeurfish -- prof. >> teachers will lose their jobs? >> they may not follow their students to the welcoming schools. there could be falloff. can't predict that right now. but really this is -- i feel for people with their jobs, obviously, but it's

he is just a naive idealism even fewer than that believe he is actually guilty of high treason let us know what you think by heading to our website and casting your vote. an inner city community shows its rage at the shooting dead of a teenager at the hands of officers stay with us in r.t. as hundreds hit the streets to vent their anger against us police brutality. by some and loathed by others the oscar winning drama argo has not only drawn the admiration of the academy but now cause fury in iran the islamic republic is planning a lawsuit against hollywood accusing the movie makers of an unrealistic portrayal of the country party's. explains exactly what is angered. you won't see such at the oscars every year none other than the u.s. first lady announced the best movie award and ben affleck could not hide his delight at scooping the top statue for our goal not forgetting though to stick another boot into iran's backside right at the ceremony and we think canada like our friends in iran living in terrible circumstances right now but will affleck is probably still celebrating his triumph his movie set to be based on a real cia operation sparked fury in iran needless

same time the city could restore west sunset flay ground, only eight blocks to the south with artificial turf made of a safe material and with neighborhood-appropriate lighting this. is an ideal location, like golden gate park it's in the western part of san francisco. one of the project requirements, it already has these facilities. we just hope as the department starts these technical reports that you understand that we're hoping as always to come up with a compromise, and to have this alternative installed and please request the information, the technical reports, that is paid for by the bond to be included. thank you. >> thank you. >> is there anyone else who would like to make public comment on this item? being none, public comment is closed. >> commissioner low? >> yes, this came before the capital committee and one of the goals that we are striving to do, with the 2012 bond is to be smarter and to try to minimize the change orders and the unknown site conditions. i think this goes a long way to learning what is out at the site to try to minimize not completely eliminate change orders, but to minimize and get a better cost control. so i would like to move this item for

ideals, they were part of peace. the united states and america played its part in that area -- in that. america, in its pursuit of democracy, united us in so many ways. thatall being in this city in 1996 when the clinton administration called meetings from a business and political point of view. i remember senator george mitchell speaking about democracy. i remember him recalling his own family's involvement because of immigration from ireland in economic circumstances, that this country gave him the democratic opportunity to serve as senate leader for 20 years. he was followed at that meeting by ron brown, who tragically lost his life in a plane crash sometime later. george about democracy, mitchell pointed out he came here and his ancestors came to the country because of economic reasons. he spoke of democracy in these terms. he said, his ancestors came to america not because of economic circumstances, but because they were in chains. at the same time, democracy gave him the chance to participate in american life and serve at the highest levels of the administration. it was also evident in the work of president clinton, who refused to give up and often , peace comes dropping

cities would be burned. it was terrorism they were anticipating. for example, the opposition party, the democratic republican party was very enthusiastic about the french and some of the ideals of the french revolution. >> jefferson in particular. >> this is where they begin to go in different directions. also, some of the press is very vehement in their criticism of the administration. so they muzzled the press and said that this is probably the thing that john adams is most criticized for. abigail, i believe, supported john. abigail was even more vehement during i think she is even more conservative than john during that time. >> the upshot of this, the people who were breaking the alien and sedition acts -- >> you could be jailed . >> it was said that the press made things up. he had no standards. it was not the they were supporting the french, but they were making up stories that were not the truth europe adams was very seriously worried about this. jefferson -- that were not the truth. adams was very seriously worried about this. jefferson felt that the states should be passing the alien and sedition laws. he was very much in favor of the states. at that time, people di

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cities would be burned. it was terrorism they were anticipating. for example, the opposition party, the democratic republican party was very enthusiastic about the french and some of the ideals of the french revolution. >> jefferson in particular. >> this is where they begin to go in different directions. also, some of the press is very vehement in their criticism of the administration. so they muzzled the press and said that this is probably the thing that john adams is most criticized for. abigail, i believe, supported john. abigail was even more vehement during i think she is even more conservative than john during that time. >> the upshot of this, the people who were breaking the alien and sedition acts -- >> you could be jailed. >> it was said that the press made things up. he had no standards. it was not the they were supporting the french, but they were making up stories that were not the truth europe adams was very seriously worried about this. jefferson -- that were not the truth. adams was very seriously worried about this. jefferson felt that the states should be passing the alien and sedition laws. he was very much in favor of the states. at that time, people did

so, ideally, the city would be able to know where all these neighborhood centers are and help deliver some of these supplies. >> they could come from a neighbor, maybe not. thank you so much for allowing us to come in and share this wonderful exhibit. and thank you for

ideal place to walk around with your loved one. the palace of fine arts is the most popular location in the city arts system. reservations for weddings and other events a >> the public wants to access particular information about your house or neighborhood we point them to gis. gis is a combination of maps and data. not a graphic you see on a screen. you get the traffic for the streets the number of crimes for a police district in a period of time. if the idea of combining the different layerce of information and stacking them on top of each other to present to the public. >> other types of gis are web based mapping systems. like google earth, yahoo maps. microsoft. those are examples of on line mapping systems that can be used to find businesses or get driving directions or check on traffic conditions. all digital maps. >> gis is used in the city of san francisco to better support what departments do. >> you imagine all the various elements of a city including parcels and the critical infrastructure where the storm drains are. the city access like the traffic lights and fire hydrants. anything you is repres

ideal place to walk around with your loved one. the palace of fine arts is the most popular location in the city arts system. reservations for weddings and other events a after school at 3. . 30 i hop on the bus and go to work with kids. i didn't realize i was going to get up that early for the rest of my life. >> it's hard to get good jobs. you can get well paid working at restaurants i was making good money that's not my 50 year goal working as a waitress. it would be better to have something to fall back on i wanted something where i would in 10 years accumulate properties. >> 3 months is a long time to be busy all day. i'm putting myself further in debt with the understanding it's worth the sacrifice. eating raman for 3 months. it's not fun but i think it will be worth it. >> we all want to graduate we are all tired of this class. been 11 weeks. one more week to go. >> i need to get these mraps out. >> my purpose is to get the recruits prepared for the construction training. >> what you do is get a 2 by 6 sitting on the saw horses. we will cut 10 feet. everybody going to get one and you measure up 6 inch

ideal place to walk around with your loved one. the palace of fine arts is the most popular location in the city arts system. reservations for weddings and other events a >> if you haven't had a chance to see the stadium and the wonderful progress so far. it's absolutely breathtaking. also as a great symbol of hope on the regionalism that we all hope that we can be engaged for event for the future. today we talk about solidarity around the super bowl. there is no greater place to have it here than in this valley. we have the very best weather and we have the very best people and company's to support the event. i know that anyone that comes to santa clara will be excited and everyone will have a wonderful time. between golden gate and silicone valley, we can't be beat. i'm thrilled to have you here today. i would like to turn it to our partner, the mayor of san francisco. >> thank you for bringing us altogether. thank you for your leadership, thank you for your leadership. i'm down here to join the other mayor's and other officials, not just our city, but all the city and officials in the peninsula and bay ar

ideal place to walk around with your loved one. the palace of fine arts is the most popular location in the city arts system. reservations for weddings and other events a >> on december 28, 1912. san francisco mayor, sonny jim rolph stared into the crowds of those who have gathered. a moment in history. the birth of a publicly own transit system. san francisco municipal railway. muni as it would become to be known. happy birthday, muni, here is to the next 100 years. the birth of muni had been a long-time coming. over the years the city was disjointed privately owned companies. horses and steam and electric-powered vehicles. creating a hodgepodge of transit options. none of them particularly satisfying to city residents. the city transit system like the city itself would have changes during the san francisco earthquake. the transition that will pursue from this aftermath would change san francisco's transportation system once again. facilitated by city boss, abe ruth, ushering in the electric city car. the writing was on the wall. the clammer had begun for the experiment including public transit people. owne