--asi lo propondÁ el supervisor "john avalos" en una sesion a realizarse el proximo lunes en la que seista de omisiones sancionables del codigo de salud publica local.--el numero de casos aumenÓ un 78 por ciento entre el 2006 y el 2009. --este aÑo ya van mas de 400 reportes.--los expertos advierten que si no se actua pronto, la plaga se saldra de control en cualquier momento. ---mas adelante en noticias univision 14... si tiene un aparato electroÓmestico antiguo en casa y quiere comprarse uno nuevo, ahora tiene un buen motivo para hacerlo:.....aÍ es, se le esÁ acabando el plazo para solicitar cientos de Ólares en reembolsos del gobierno para hacer su hogar Ás ecoÓgico. ---los gigantes de (locutor) las drogas o el alcohol pueden hacer que te olvides de tus problemas por un momento, pero no será lo único que olvides. (adolescente) mi mamá se sacrificó mucho para recuperarse. y la amo por eso. (locutor) si alguien que amas tiene problemas con las drogas o el alcohol llama al 1-800-487-4889 (tdd). presentado por el departamento de salud y servicios humanos de los estados unidos. san franci

present our david chiu, commissioner john avalos should be here shortly. bevan dufty is in route. covering the meeting for sfgtv are derek fernandez. do we have any announcements? >> no. >> please call item 2. >> approve the minutes of the september 21, 2010 meeting. this is an action item. supervisor campos: is there any member of the public debt would like to speak on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. second by david chiu. without objection. item three. >> citizens advisory committee report. this is an information item. >> good morning, members of the commission. i am the chair of the citizens advisory committee. we only have one item on our agenda which is also on your agenda, your item 5, allocation of prop k funds for traffic calming, traffic signals, and amending the five-year plan. there were a few questions from cac members, particularly about traffic calming adjacent to the visitation green way valley. there was a difference between the overhead multiplier for muni and d p t, and questions about whether there was a national standard for traffic signals des

all the supervisors except john avalos and one other approved the plan. >>> abel maldonado comes to newsom's backyard to campaign. >>> and it's happened again, another whale beach wash up to the coast. what scientists learned from it. that and more coming up on the news at 5:00. thanks for watching. have a great day.

--el supervisor "john avalos" propondrá incluir esta norma en el codigo de salud publica local.# y [ niegan el vÍnculo de algunas vacunas y el autismo. >> un paciente sufriÓ daÑos en la mÉdula espinal, lo que consiste en que se utilizÓ por primera vez la medicina con seres humanos. sin embargo, la medicina tendrÁ que enfrentar varios aÑos de pruebas y estudios antes de salir al mercado. >> durante un experimento entre 24 mil mujeres post menopausicas, demostraron tener mayor riesgo de sufrir... >> los cientÍficos daneses que practicaron el estudio dicen que hay que tomar con precauciÓn, y serÍa muy pronto para relacionar que hay una causa y efecto entre la icsterisia y el autismo. >> los gobiernos deberÍan hacer mÁs para que la gente lo sepa. el grupo tambiÉn dijo que ciertos reportes de adn pueden ser falsos resultados o poco confiables o imprecisas. >> la feria de texas ofrece masa de galleta, mantequilla, incluso caviar frito pero el alimento que bloquea las arterias son la cerveza que tiene pezadas porciones de galleta frita. cerveza frita! puede conectarse a: (en pantalla) >> y

supervisor john avalos introduced a measure today that would require construction project leaders hire 50% of their workforce from san francisco a new report shows that just one in five work hours are done by local. some say it impossible to enforce because many workers train in the city and move to other bay area neighborhoods where it is cheaper to live. >>> just ahead of the winter hunting season, one of the most popular rifles in the world is under fire. nearly four of every ten bolt action rifles sold are remingtons. now, 75 lawsuits link the 700 firing mechanism to at least two dozen deaths and more than 100 serious injuries. they allege the guns went off before the triggers were ever pulled. police snipers in maine videotaped the rifle firing when the officer simply touched the bolt. >> go ahead. >> a gun should not fire without a trigger being pulled. >> remington atributes the accidents to poor maintenance and improper handling by the users. the company says if proper firearm safety rules are followed, no accidental injuries or deaths would ever occur. >>> a brand new wind tun

san francisco supervisor john everybody have lows -- avalos is introducing legislation to hire all city residents for contracted projects. right now, he says they should make a good-faith effort to hire those who live in the city for at least half of those construction jobs. but a recent survey says only 20% are hired. >>> a new study suggests california's community colleges are preparing to -- are failing to prepare the work force. a study at cal state sacramento shows 70% seeking degrees at california's community college either did not finish or did not transfer to a four-year university within six years. research says it points to a troubled system that needs constant revamping. >>> in some cases, parent volunteers are in positions previously held by employees the union says the school board can't do that and the president said both sides need to sit down and work out a solution. >>> a northern california college student is behind bars and a warning is going out to other students on campus. >>> and the reason some people are not happy about santa clara's tough, new crackdown on smoki

applause] >> our next award is a business award, and we would like to invite supervisor john after loss, who will be -- avalos, who will be presenting the business award tonight. [applause] >> our next honoree is ruben santana. he is the founder and president of rubecon builders, incorporated. founded in 1993 and based in san francisco, rubecon is a leader in health care, pharmaceutical and biomedical construction. they also perform commercial and industrial work in both the public and private sectors. mr. santana and his company are committed to giving back to the community in which they serve. please join us in welcoming mr. ruben santana. [applause] >> our next awardees for business is a son and mother duo, who are extraordinarily well recognized for their achievements with mama art cafe. mr. paulo cabezas opened mama art cafe in 2004. he's cure rated over 70 art exhibitions. it's been dedicated to the international and local artists. in addition to the promotion of high quality organic and fair trade coffee under the brand "mama," which i'm sure his mother enjoyed, they've received numerous awards and rec

supervisor john avalos on tuesday introduced legislation that would require half the hires on local publicr current city law, contractors only have to show they've made a good-faith effort to meet the city's nonbinding goal that 50 percent of the workers live in san francisco. >> afghanistan has released full preliminary results from last month's parliamentary election, throwing out more than 20 of fraud. election commission chairman fazel ahmad manawi says about 1.3 million votes were disqualified out of 5.6 million. that means about 23 percent of ballots were discarded because of ballot- box stuffing or re-jiggered totals. election officials called the vote a success because they were able to catch the fraud, but the number of fraudulent ballots was pervasive in a vote that many hoped would show the reform. it was not immediately clear what the results released wednesday would mean for the makeup of the 249-member parliament. >> it appears protesters are upset about the president's plan to raise the retirement age rainout is 16 now the water is it to 62. they will make other changes to t

supervisor avalos: thank you very much. if we could now hear from john eric sanchez? is mr. sanchez here? ok. peter glikhstern? thanks for waiting. welcome to the rules committee. >> thank you so much. good morning, afternoon at this point. it is nice to see it again. my name is peter, and i'm here to ask you to appoint me to the entertainment commission. i hope you have had an opportunity to review my resume and application. i have made san francisco my home the past 30 years. i have opened six different bars and clubs over the past 15 years and have also been active in organizing the entertainment community for over a decade now. i was one of the founding members of the san francisco night coalition, which brought about the formation of the entertainment commission. i am also active in the small business committee and currently serving my third term as president of the merchants association. i have a great deal of experience and my background that will help me be an effective commissioner. i have worked and continue to work with at least half the city's different police di

as john said, the first man, 31-year-old florence yeo avalos made the 2-000-foot 15-foot journey through the tube called the fenix capsule to freedom. let's take a look. [ applause ] >> he got a big bear hug by the president of chile. he was the man behind the camera underground. he was wearing sunglasses to protect his eyes from the glare of the bright lights. after spending the 69 days underground, they had light down there, but it was so dim. the second miner, mario sepulveda came up. he burst out of the capsule, brought some souvenirs with him. he had a yellow bag with rocks that he handed out and got lots of laugh from the crew. let's take a look at this moment. there you see those moments of jubilation after he came out. he was the spokesman and video narrater for a lot of the camera and video shooting that happened down there. he -- he was shooting and sort of narrating these videos brought up to the surface so that loved ones who had been waiting for word about their loved ones were actually able to see them and know that they were doing okay down there. meanwhile this is a live

avalos: thank you. >> good morning, members of the committee. it is a pleasure to come to you with an item like this which is related to savings of rentals. john updike, assistant director of real-estate. we have four items before you. i will give you a brief terms and conditions, outline of these four amendments. this is the result of a query we made in concert with the city's overall efforts to reduce contract costs wherever possible, to 94 different landlords where we had these commitments of at least $1,000 per month, seeking for some consideration a reduction in rentals. not exactly a robust response to that request. our financial times are the same as many of the landlords, but we managed to secure these four. out of those 94, we have five, and these four before you today are first 729 filbert st., a dph location. a rent reduction of 5%. the consideration the city is giving in exchange for this is an extension of a lease of five years. 655 fifth street, dph location, that is a rent reduction, also an approximate 5%. here, we are extending the lease for one year. for the department of child services, 109 new montgomery, 617 mission, looki

avalos belongs to. because the 33 families camped out here at camp hope have over two and more months become a single family. son 22 of one single family is back to the surface, johnwell put, carl penhaul. there are 11 more men down in the mine. orlando unanimous men. plus the rescuers down there. we're going to talk about people heading up that operation coming up shortly here. we're going to talk about the man who could be credited with saving all of their lives. and that's their shift supervisor. the name is luis urzua. 54. he's the one that put them all together, brought them to safety, made them ration out food and everything that they had until the last drop, until they could get food and rations and medication all down in that cavern. and then we're going to talk to a man who knows all about that. he's a psychologist that can take us through a little bit more of what's happening with these men mentally. that's all coming up. and while we wait for this next rescue, there are 11 more, some of the days' other big stories going on. and here is one. did some of the country's biggest banks commit foreclosure fraud? fraud? did they kick out homeowners who didn't d