good laura thomas is the regional director, and i just got a e-mailed today. she is very nice. good >price if you can forward e e-mail, we will agendize at the time we are ready. >> item #7, new business request superios. i think we squeeze that in, so if there is nothing further, i will officially terminate the june 26 meeting of the entertainment commission for san francisco. thank you all for coming. commissioner campos: good morning, everyone. well,. my name is david campos, and in the chair of the transportation authority committee. i want to thank sfgtv for there service. madam clerk, could you call the roll? >> [roll call] we have a quorum. commissioner campos: thank you. if you could call item two. >> this is an action item. commissioner campos: at this point, i would like to open up for public comment. seeing none, public comment is closed. can we take that without objection? madam clerk, can you please call item three? colleagues, i have a very brief report today. i would like to begin by welcoming back our executive director. glad to see you are recovering, and we ce

good laura thomas is the regional director, and i just got a e-mailed today. she is very nice. good >price if you can forward e e-mail, we will agendize at the time we are ready. >> item #7, new business request superios. i think we squeeze that in, so if there is nothing further, i will officially terminate the june 26 meeting of the entertainment commission for san francisco. thank you all for coming. on may 12, sf posted a benefit for project insight. canadians supported the recreation programs are too sick children. >> learn more >> i tried to think about this room as the dream room, where we dream and bring some of those dreams to life. i feel very blessed that i have been able to spend the last 31 years of my life doing it my way, thinking about things better interesting to me, and then pursuing them. there are a lot of different artists that come here to work, mostly doing aerial work. kindred spirits, so to speak. there is a circus company that i have been fortunate enough to work with the last couple of years. i use elements of dance and choreography and combine that w

good laura thomas is the regional director, and i just got a e-mailed today. she is very nice. good >price if you can forward e e-mail, we will agendize at the time we are ready. >> item #7, new business request superios. i think we squeeze that in, so if there is nothing further, i will officially terminate the june 26 meeting of the entertainment commission for san francisco. thank you all for coming. >> we came to seven straight about 10 years ago. -- 7th street about 10 years ago. the environment is huge. it is stronger than willpower. surrounding yourself with artists, being in a culture where artists are driving, and where a huge amount of them is a healthy environment. >> you are making it safer. push, push. that is better. when i start thinking, i see it actually -- sometimes, i do not see it, but when i do, it is usually from the inside out. it is like watching something being spawned. you go in, and you begin to work, excavate, play with the dancers, and then things began to emerge. you may have a plan that this is what i want to create. here are the ideas i want to p

thomas. back to you. >>> another consequence of the storm nobody could have predicted, it's tough to find an open gas station. laura evans now with more. >> there are a lot of gas stations closed because they have no power and others are shut down because they were the only ones that were open and got a run of customers and now they have no gas. that means long lines at the places that are open. some people reported concerns that prices jumped at the stations serving customers. there are laws against that in d.c. and virginia if there is a state of emergency, but there is no law against that in maryland. >> we have heard of spikes of 50 cents above the average in a geographical location. so we know that's an example of price gowning and in some cases -- gouging and in some cases 25- cent increase and those kinds of increases are unconscionable and they are telltale signs that something is amiss and it smells and reeks of price gouging. >> drivers need to also watch out for road closures. about 50 roads were closed this afternoon in northern virginia. officials are lifting the h.o.v. restrictions on the i-66 inside

laura anthony is here and has been talking to the head of the jockey's guild. she will have more on his reaction what happened later on. eric thomas, abc7 news. >>> attorneys for the city of stockton appeared in federal bankruptcy court this morning the first court hearing for the city since they filed chapter 9 last week. stockton officials want the judge to approve a 2013 budget that allows the city to default on bond payments, cut employee wages and stop paying for retiree health insurance. one creditor says it will fight the bankrupt. >>> new national unemployment figures out this morning show the u.s. economy is still struggling three years after the recession. the june jobs report shows employers added 80,000 jobs last month, leaving unemployment rate unchanged at 8.2%. the third straight month of weak hiring. on the campaign trail president obama called the numbers tough but a step in the right direction. mitt romney pointed the finger at the obama administration an using the president of not doing enough to stimulate grab growth. >> the president's policies have not -- have not gotten america working again. >> the presiden

laura anthony is here and has been talking to the head of the jockey's guild. she will have more on his reaction what happened later on. eric thomasabc7 news. >>> attorneys for the city of stockton appeared in federal bankruptcy court this morning the first court hearing for the city since they filed chapter 9 last week. stockton officials want the judge to approve a 2013 budget that allows the city to default on bond payments, cut employee wages and stop paying for retiree health insurance. one creditor says it will fight the bankrupt. >>> new national unemployment figures out this morning show the u.s. economy is still struggling three years after the recession. the june jobs report shows employers added 80,000 jobs last month, leaving unemployment rate unchanged at 8.2%. the third straight month of weak hiring. on the campaign trail president obama called the numbers tough but a step in the right direction. mitt romney pointed the finger at the obama administration an using the president of not doing enough to stimulate grab growth. >> the president's policies have not -- have not gotten america working again. >> the president:

laura evans. investigators say a woman was just in the wrong place at the wrong time when a tree came crashing down on to georgetown pike. fox 5's will thomas is on the scene. what do you know at this point? >> good evening, we are in the heart of great falls village, shortly before 7:00, witnesses say a four-door black mercedes was traveling along this road. i'm standing in the middle of. georgetown pike. as it crossed walker road, witnesses say the driver must have heard a cracking sound, perhaps saw that giant tree starting to fall. it was along the sidewalk. roll the video and you'll see what happened next. that giant tree estimated to be between 7 and 8 feet in diameter. possibly 12-tons. according to one law enforcement official out here. came crashing down on the car. the tree crushed the driver, killed the man driving the car. the only person in the car. the two men in the truck directly behind the crushed mercedes witnessed it all. turns out, they are out of state tree contractors working for verison, removing trees. both men, a bit shaken, spoke with us here on the scene. let's roll that. >> i slammed on my brakes and jumped out a