the president of jordan park could not attend today. i would like to extend my thanks to supervisor farrell for working with supervisor mar and planners. we came to some discussions on this area i want to give you a little bit of background. on how i finally came to a conclusion that -- originally, my conclusion was from palm to emerson, there is a special enclave that is below laurel heights and there is a long history that i discussed with supervisor mar. there was a history that goes all the way back to the spanish-american war and the cemetery history. people do not like to talk about that, but it was there. i wanted to have all the way of to emerson, to help -- to have the single-family homes protected there. when supervisor mar took out the scott st. to masonic, i was looking at the height in both districts and how it could be contiguous. if it is split up from masonic and suddenly jordan part is not allowed, i do not know how that is contiguous, but i will take whatever i can. that is what i have come up with. jordan part, the bo

i understand the jordan park. i am familiar with the district. it was built after words because it had another usage. it is almost exclusively single- family homes that is not as high. i can understand their interest in keeping the buildings on the front of geary to a certain height. one of the provisions of this allows a five-foot bonus at the top. it has more of an impact on them. it also keeps the buildings to be sort of what they are now. it does not change the distribution of those particular buildings. i can understand that. this sounds like we could compromise. i think the other parts that are included will work. commissioner moore: very much in support of the ordnance and i'm very happy that, from working with some of the neighborhood input, and those sensitivities were reflected in the way this is in front of us. whenever we were talking about ground floor-, it has all the positive attributes of pedestrian activity and retail which is street-friendly. but i ask that the buildings are also buildings that are some of the laudable -- subdiv

the president of jordan park could not attend today. i would like to extend my thanks to supervisor farrell for working with supervisor mar and planners

the president of jordan park could not attend today. i would like to extend t

planning commission -- the subject is -- the jordan park improvement association requested proposed resolutionl was a bit -- reported -- propose legislation remove the lines on page 168 of the april 282011 ordinary -- confederation of the ordinance. this was not removed because of the implications to the residential district with nonconforming use and density considerations. there will be an adverse impact on the small neighborhood of jordan part. thank you for your attention to this matter. thank you very much. çpresident miguel: [reading names] >> i'm be here on behalf of the housing coalition. last year, tom was generous enough to come before us twice to make a presentation on this. he deserves an awful lot of credit for the work he has put into it and he might never forgive me for saying that the reaction we had is this is a moderate idea. it moves land-use ford in a way the housing coalition supports. it is wonderful and increases density and reduces the influence of private automobile use. it has an awful lot to say in favor of it. we understand it is moving quickly and there are change

michael jordan is selling his home in highland park for a whopping $29 million ...has nine bedrooms, 15 full bathrooms, and five fireplaces. it also has an outdoor tennis court, a putting green, and a pool area and of course a basketball complex the court is fullsize regulation and has cushioned hardwood floors the complex also has a sound system. the home was built between 1993 and 1995 and extensively renovated in 2009 it will be the most expensive publicly listed home in sale in the chicago area in the medical watch british investigators warned that hundreds of thousands of people have been fitted with replacement hips which may be exposing them to toxic metal and investigation by the bbc and the british medical journal found at implants prove deucedproduced by de puy orthopedics a subsidiary of johnson and johnson have metal on metal joints that grind against each other of a grinding causes are risk of leaking kobold and chromium into the body the investigators allege the company continued selling the implants even after it knew of the risk so far no response fr

parks department, and more specifically phil ginsberg. we have been blessed here in this space over the years to welcome such mayors as art, who broke ground 20 years ago, willie brown, frank jordan, gavin newsom. and today we are again blessed to welcome to the stage a true leader in social activism and support, who has always looked out for those in need of the marginalized community, the mayor of the city of san francisco, mayor ed lee. [applause] >> thank you, john. thank you very much, and thank you to all of you who are here today. i wanted to personally be here to join in this national recognition for several reasons . one, you must know that art agnos was the first mayor who enticed me to stop throwing stones at city hall and come and work from within. he tricked me. [laughter] 22 years later, though, i know this is one of the greatest cities in the world. and your presence here continues to reaffirm how strong our city is with all of its residents and supporters. the public-private partnership, relationship with institutions like wells fargo, and they are dedication to this memorial to people who died and were victims of the zoo disease, and to people who still live with

and all park users are being urged to never hiked alone. >>reporter: here in oakland chief howard jordanthe decision by occupy oakland to break into city hall and burn the american flag is incomprehensible. he said that it is embarrassing for protesters. he said that he is received calls from our rage from across the nation. nevertheless he says complaint by occupy oakland against his office have not ceased. >>reporter: some supporters of susan g. coleman for the cure in the bay area are changing the way phil about the organization after plans were announced to slash funding for planned parenthood. a spokesperson for planned parenthood told me that they started to stop receiving funding 15 years ago because they no longer needed it. >>reporter: here in santa clara the final financial piece of the 49ers stadium puzzle has fallen into place. the nfl has approved it $200 million loan to help pay for the stadium building here. they say that this loan along with the $850 million the city has already secured clears the way for the product to move ahead. if all goes according to plan constructi

. >> they went to the park service and said if you don't pull this down -- >> shannon: jordan, hold one give annie to answer uninterrupted. then we'll give you a chance. annie, go ahead. >> the jesus shrine now on federal land, owned by the knights of columbus, it is identical to hundreds, if not thousands, of rather crudely made cement jesus shrines that are on knights of columbus property all around the country. that is where it belongs. in fact, history shows this was never intended to be a memorial to any veterans of world war ii. if it were, that would be improper, because there were many veterans in world war ii who were atheists, in foxholes, who were jews, who were not christians. >> we have crosses, we have this all over facilities. arlington national cemetery, there are crosses because it represents specific veterans. that's what knights of columbus are doing there. the national historic register says it's fine because it's been there since 1953. you picked the battle, you went to the parks service to try to get them to do it without going to court, then the american people s

parking lot. they all want to get their hands on the newest limited production shoe the foamposite galaxy, to hundred $20. going for as high as $2,400 on craigslist and ebay. the nike air jordansg the past christmas holiday sparked riots across the country including violence at some of our area malls. if one man at wheaton mall was stamped because of issuethe shoes. police are telling the folks they will have to reschedule tomorrow telling them to go home. john gonzalez, abc 7 news. >> outside a store on minnesota avenue in northeast washington, they are selling the tennis shoes. the crowd is said to be under control. only one police cars there while the crowd waited for the store to open. less than one pe100 people lined up there. >> unbelievable. it is 6:48. let's look at traffic and weather every ten minutes. >> good morning, lisa baden. >> interesting morning. accident southbound 270 delays leading shady grove road to get to the lane divide for the beltway. it was a fabulous friday until the crash. let's look at its live on the shoulder before you get to the lane divide toward democracy boulevard. we will take you to virginia. no accidents but plenty of volume. northbound