the late miss jane harris. for the late mr. eric swanson and robert pender. the late mr. freddy roberto. president chiu: is there any more business in front of this board? at this time, we are adjourned.

the late miss jane harris. for the late mr. eric swanson and robert pender. the late mr. freddy roberto. president chiu: is there any more business in front of this board? at this time, we are adjourned. i'm the president of friends of mclaren park. it is one of the oldest neighborhood community park groups in san francisco. i give a lot of tours through the park. during those tours, a lot of the folks in the group will think of the park as very scary. it has a lot of hills, there's a lot of dense groves. once you get towards the center of the park you really lose your orientation. you are very much in a remote area. there are a lot of trees that shield your view from the urban setting. you would simply see different groves that gives you a sense of freedom, of being outdoors, not being burdened by the worries of city life. john mclaren had said that golden gate park was too far away. he proposed that we have a park in the south end of the city. the campaign slogan was, people need this open space. one of the things that had to open is there were a lot of people who did a

the late miss jane harris. for the late mr. eric swanson and robert pender. the late mr. freddy roberto. president chiu: is there any more business in front of this board? at this time, we are adjourned. >> 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 ac

the late miss jane harris. for the late mr. eric swanson and robert pender. the late mr. freddy roberto. president chiu: is there any more business in front of this board? at this time, we are adjourned. >> the san francisco cons tri of flowers in golden gate park is now showing a new exhibit that changes the way we see the plants around us. amy stewart's best-selling book, "wicked plants" is the inspiration behind the new exhibit that takes us to the dark side of the plant world. >> i am amy stewart. i am the arthur of "wicked plants," the weeds that killed lincoln's mother and other botanical atrocities. with the screens fly trap, that is kind of where everybody went initially, you mean like that? i kind of thought, well, all it does is eat up bugs. that is not very wicked. so what? by wicked, what i mean is that they are poisonous, dangerous, deadly or immoral or maybe illegal or offensive or awful in some way. i am in the profession of going around and interviewing botanists, horticulturalists and plant scientists. they all seem to have some little plant tucked away i

the late miss jane harris. for the late mr. eric swanson and robert pender. the late mr. freddy roberto. president chiu: is there any more business in front of this board? at this time, we are adjourned. >> thank you very much for coming this morning and welcome to the rededication of the reservoir. we are happy to be here today. this represents one of the milestones in our project. we are happy to share this with you. this reservoir has been empty the last two years and today, you will hear the sound of water rushing to fill it again. it makes the city safer, provides water for customers, for firefighters, for after an earthquake. we will be updating our systems. this was originally built in 1885. 125 years old. it takes care of a good part of san francisco, places lower than this. it is an incredibly important part of our system in san francisco. it was a $39 million project and it came in under budget. we are doing it effectively and efficiently. we do appreciate the folks who worked on it. it is part of the $4.6 billion water system improvement program. this is about

. >> mike is excited about this one, harry potter bringing a new dimension, 3-d release. >> here is jane king with bloomberg business report. >> we could be looking at second best box office results, harry potter to take down $163 million first film to be shown completely in 3-d helping set the stage for higher ticket prices. dark knight hold the best open every. moody's threatened to cut the rate on the u.s. debt and to put new ratings on review for cuts. it's been rated triple 1678 since 1917 and it could be a sharp rise in interest rates. u.s. moved closer to default. netflex companies gives got an earful. complaining a price hike. making taking out films from the library more attractive. at the new york stock exchange, with the bloomberg business report. >> the number of adults that smoke in california is down to a record low. smoking rate for adults has dropped to 11.9%, that is 50% decline when the tobacco tax initiative went in. it put a tax on every pack of cigarettes in the united states. smoking rates have gone down for men and women. >> one of san francisco's most crowded stre

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jane king reporting for wbal-tv 11 news. back to you. >> the latest release of the harry potter franchise film and not expected to next week. i understand the media has begun in the london. >> lots of harry potter and fans. the series is coming to a close. pre orders of tickets on the u.s. are on fire. the books were big sellers. the final chapter of the film series expected to rake in big bucks. >> thank you. 5:23. six to nine degrees on tv hill. find out what movies are out this weekend. >> don't forget to e-mail us your response to our water cooler question of the day. with the loss of the shuttle program, do you think the government should continue to invest in manned space flight, or allow it to be privatized? you can share your response at wbaltv.com and on our facebook page, or send us an e-mail to watercooler@wbaltv.com. >> some major movie releases. >> the main characters work with the grind in different ways. >> our lives would be easier if for bosses were not alive. >> going around in a special secret chair. >> trying to sting of their superiors in "horrible bosses." they can stand there were placed managers. the

jane austen. but fan fiction exploded with the internet. one web site has two million stories posted, more than 500,000 of them based on "harry potter." >> it's >> reporter: emerson spartz launched the fan web site mugglenet when he was just 12 years old. >> "harry potter" was the gateway drug for books for a generation. with the power of the internet combined with the intricate and detailed world j.k. rowling created, it's helped to catalyze a generation of writers. >> reporter: author j.k. rowling doesn't seem to mind. this fall she'll launch her own web site, pottermore, which may offer even more fan fiction fodder well after the last credit rolls on the big screen. michelle miller, cbs news, new york. >> pelley: that's the "cbs evening news" for tonight. for all of us at cbs news all around the world, good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org for many commuters. the protest, shutting down a san francisco bart station. "...it's scary it makes you wonder how safe is it?" a popular spot for joggers turns into a crime scene: 2 shootings in less than a week. what the victims have in common.