rather than all of us giving up hope because of what has happened in the past, let us work together to expose the beautiful genre of electronic dance music. >> good evening. i am from students for sensible drug policy from the state university. the electronic dance music scene has experienced bad press as light. although there has been much controversy, with overdoses and deaths, that will not be resolved by shutting down these venues. banning these events will drive them underground and unregulated venue, which will cause more death amongst our generation. i have been to these events since 2003. what we need is harm reduction. we need to require promoters to provide air conditioned and news and free water to prevent heat stroke overdoses. at times, they charge $5 a water bottle. i do not endorse the use of illicit mind-altering substances. however, we cannot turn away from these issues and ignore them. i am concerned for my generation. i am concerned for the safety of the generation to come. it is impossible to completely stop the legitimate drug use. but we can decrease the amount an

let us not jump to conclusions. let's work together to make america's energy as clean as we can without raising prices and

work, and the problem goes away. that's what we keep saying. help us, let's work together to create jobs so that all of us can benefit. whether you are union or nonunion, whatever the color of your skin, you ought to have the chance to have a good decent paying job and be part of the middle class. >> tomorrow we're going to hear from paul ryan the chairman of the house budget committee aes's going to put out a budget plan that we are here hearing will cut as much as $4 trillion over the long-term deficit. we're hearing some, what it is going to do about medicare, maybe a bloc grant for medicaid. any reactions from what you are hearing on that program? >> look, i'm going to wait and look at the program. but that jeopardizes, that magnitude of those cuts, especially if it is in a short period of time jeopardizes the progress we're making in the committee. i mean they're not losing their job. they don't care. we do care. those kind of cuts would be staggering and bad for this country. bad for the economy, and would put us back to where we see more unemployment r

let us work together so we can remain as we have always been, the hope of the earth. thank you so much. [applause] >> thank you. thanks, scott. thank you. [applause] i see a hand up already. >> would you mind introducing -- >> let me tell you a bit about this young lady. i recognized almost everybody in the audience who was important, except for my dear wife and. -- wife anne. [applause] she is quite a champion. she was diagnosed in 1998 with multiple sclerosis and has gone to work to overcome that and be able to be fully physically able to do whatever is required in her life. a couple of years ago, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. she is a fighter. she is a hero. mother of our five sons. [applause] >> my heart really warms to recognize some many people in this audience that love and have been good friends of ours, and also to recognize what a wonderful thing is to belong and to feel as though your identity, you're jewish identity, is something you work for and love and cherish. we can appreciate that, having come from another religious heritage, because that giv

this is an opportunity we have to put carpenters to work and local 22 would ask that you approve this e.i.r. and let us go to work. thank you. >> good afternoon, commissioners. my name is sue vaughn and i'm here speaking on behalf of the sierra club. the sierra club urges the san francisco planning commission to recirculate the treasure island -- the e.i.r. for the following reasons -- the project has changed substantially since it was initially approved by the treasure island development authority and the san francisco board of supervisors in 2006 and then updated in 2010, and then changed also earlier this year. to the sierra club finds that the amount of allowable parking is far too high. residential parking should be no more than one space for every two units. and in fact, caltrans wrote a letter to the planning department yesterday noting that the san francisco-oakland bay bridge is already at capacity and no funds have been identified to undertake the multi-use project that would say lao people coming and going from the -- allow people coming and going to and from the island. the transit agency t

and sat me down and said son, you need to do one thing, you need to sit down and be quiet and let us do the work and he took my receipts and records and locked them in an earthen locker and he came back with his british musket gun, when you fire it it blasts in your face and he came back and said everything will be fine. a l.a. willing. six weeks later the school got built. it was an important lesson to let go and let the communities be empowered and let them do they're work in entirety. it came time to open the school and kids came from all around and julia came all the way here from america. you could see this colorful lapel around they're neck that means bam! of courage. it's put around a newborn when they're first born to ward away evil spirits, so the kids put that around they're neck. julie you want to model this? this is a, tomar. it means badge of courage. look at this gentlemen on the right. he has orange haier. not because he died it but because he has a disease where he's starving from protein deficiency. see the joy despite the lack of these things. it came in 96 i decided to dedicat

i want to invite all of you to let us know how it is working for years to come. if there are changes, let's keep up the dialogue. and if there are similar things we should be doing, let us know. finally, the moment we have been waiting for. mr. mayor, i would like to invite you to come to the signing table and for all of us together around. >> come on, everybody. with this and mature, we signify that the urban farmers' movement in san francisco is alive and well. [applause] >> what is today because the date? >> 420. >> that is different legislation. >> with this, who gets this? we keep it? there is the signature. that is real. thank you, alliance. thank you, everybody. and then divide more areas in use that vacant space. >> i'm your host of "culturewire," and today, here at electric works in san francisco. nice to see you today. thanks for inviting us in and showing us your amazing facility today. >> my pleasure. >> how long has electric works been around? >> electric works has been in san francisco since the beginning of 2007. we moved here from brisbane from our

i want to invite all of you to let us know how it is working for years to come. if there are changes, let's keep up the dialogue. and if there are similar things we should be doing, let us know. finally, the moment we have been waiting for. mr. mayor, i would like to invite you to come to the signing table and for all of us together around. >> come on, everybody. with this and mature, we signify that the urban farmers' movement in san francisco is alive and well. [applause] >> what is today because the date? >> 420. >> that is different legislation. >> with this, who gets this? we keep it? there is the signature. that is real. thank you, alliance. thank you, everybody. and then divide more areas in use that vacant space.

i want to mention that -- and his staff have been great in working with us. i wanted to let you know. we are working together and this will be an item that we will put together. included in your packets are two resolution passed by the commission which provides the framework for the department of health position on the brief. those are resolutions number 1009 and this resolution generally supported the facilities. one of the recommendations was to create a health commission and to their loved out details. the task force met 8 times. the work resulted in this second help commission that is in your packet. this was passed in march 16th of 2010. what we wanted to do is to submit to the full report to not only here the comments. that report will be released. >> i am the ceo at california pacific medical center and i am delighted to address you and present the plan for rebuilding. accompanying me is the project staff but also the cheek administrative officers. they will be around to make comments. many of you know that we have been in san francisco for many years, and fact more t

i want to invite all of you to let us know how it is working for years to come. if there are

that's what my amendment would do, give a two-year time-out to let us work the technology, try to be convincing to wall street and then we could be on our way to have not only natural gas every single alternative energy i can possibly think of, perhaps minus ethanol, but that's a different story and we'd be on our way. in any event, it's -- it's a clear choice. clean coal has to play a role in meeting our energy needs. it's abundant. it can be clean. the technology is there. more is on the way and so i hope that people will vote for my amendment and i hope very strongly that they will vote against the mcconnell amendment. in the final analysis, i guess, if they -- if they don't and they vote for the mcconnell amendment they're going to lose anyway because it's never going to get anywhere. it's a guaranteed loser in the legislative process. mine, i think, could be helpful. i thank the presiding officer and yield the floor. the presiding officer: the senator from south dakota. mr. thune: mr. president, in a couple of hours now the senate will vote on the inhofe-mcconnell amendment whic

if you're concerned about this, if you want to spell that, let us work together because i've got to save face and trevor knows this and he makes the point he's both a minority witness in the maturity witness. in this days we have so much rancor. i would hope we would come together around a very simple idea that if there's something really troubling new or bothering you and you want to work with us in a positive way, that would be fine. we want to get this out. we want to show america were not happy to see karen popovich was a private -- you're an attorney now, yes? you never did do that? she's an attorney by esme says. and that the best and an advocate for community. people are calling him because they are frustrated with their response. i would also make knowledge meant. the california epa express the u.s. epa for providing consultation as they look at causes of purtzer faxon cattleman. now the jury is out. we don't know whether this is a cancer cluster i think the epa can be very effect did and it's nice to get this comment from my state, selected the type and the record. so i guess --

malice towards none, with charity for all with firmness in right as god give us the right let us finish the work we're in. now, you may think what does this have to do with me. you're a college student, an intern you're a business here what does that have to do with me? i often say the same things myself. i'm a writer, i'm mother. i do a lot of laundry. eight loads this weekend and you wonder what does it have to do with us. i think it has a lot to do with us. first of all, we're a nation moving forward and looking forward. that we're a nation that wants to reach out to others and include others and we have to depend on truth. we don't want to lean on judgment. because in the end this doesn't get to us where we need to go. and i think we also have to understand if we really want to dream big and think about where we want our nation to be, at least when my children are older, i do have my little ones, is that we have to think about a nation that can be focused on truth for creative solutions because part of saying what's truthful without judgment -- the truth is still the truth. it doesn't make t

us recommit ourselves to this work. let us make the most of the opportunities now before us and let us distinguish this era of the department's history as another great feige of accomplishment and progress. think you all for your contributions to what we have and what we will accomplish. i am grateful to each of you and i am proud to each and every one of you and like our fellow americans i am counting on each and every one of you as well. let us leave the great hall today committed every day to making the nation a place that is both more secure and just. our judges are significant and our tasks are numerous, but our capacity to do great things is evident. we can do these things. we can do these things if we make this moment and this future our own. so let us begin. thank you. [applause] [applause] [inaudible conversations] .. >> now, south dakota senator, john thunu with relations in israel. he spoke in las vegas for an hour and 15 minutes. >> thank you, dan, thank you for your gracious hospitality and for the opportunity

us recommit ourselves to this work. let us make the most of the opportunities now before us. and let us distinguish this era of the department's history as yet another great age of accomplishment and progress. thank you all for your contributions to what we have -- and what we will -- accomplish. i am grateful to each of you. i am proud of each of you. and, like our fellow americans, i am counting on each and every one of you. let us leave this great hall today committed -- every day -- to making our nation a place that is both more secure and more just. our challenges are significant, and our tasks numerous, but our capacity to do great things is evident. we can do these things if we make this moment -- and this future -- our own. so let us begin. thank you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011]

by nature their forces they are spread out so he's using guerrilla against the guerrilla ok let me say it's working ok let me get in your pappy do you think that nato is realizing that if i were thinking some diplomatic efforts why worthing us former congressman bidding khadafi to speak with him and you western allies and u.s. envoys going to meet with the rebels and end directly talking with gadhafi what the saying is that you know the cleverest pensacola in general strong to start the new this will be a stalemate and this explains why the u.s. itself the obama administration itself has realized that there's got to be some sort of negotiation this thing is which positional force your goods and negotiate from as it stands. the rebels they don't have anything apart from these few of the eastern cedars in syria and iraq so the british for instance they have been cause for forty eight hours now sending a yes trained specialists to train these forces in the east this could take months to sleep possible people are already talking about a cease fire next week like a measure of you know soundness you know

let us strive to finish the work reran. now, you may think what does this have to do with me? a college student, in turn, work in an office, and business. what does that have to do with me? i am a writer, mother, i do a lot of laundry, it was this weekend. you wonder what that has to do with us. it has a lot. first of all we need to understand that we are in mission about moving toward an before. we are a nation that wants to reach out to others and include others. .. the truth is told the truth. it doesn't make the truth away. it makes it -- creative solutions. vs looking at the past and figuring out how to fix the past. let me tell you you can try all you want but you can't fix the past. doesn't change. there's nothing there for a test. and solve problems for the future, and make it attractive, and the majority of the country with it. it is about absorption instead. how do we do that. we can talk about abraham lincoln and why ronald reagan -- what words are important to talk about jfk. has -- ask not what your country can do for you. but what you can do for your country. are

service russian made helicopters if we afghan army is using in this helicopter of course we'll start well commence at work in the near future so actually let them get used as we can go over the city oh look at all the countries of the russian nato council you have got to see what was said fourth the figures of hard core hollywood isn't much they're willing to contribute to that fantasy for us see i was discussed the battle of terrorism our potential for a cup regime this is very serious and we're trying to use it to be obviously were as efficiently as we can those are the results of today's meetings but also that i consider them good results which we will continue to russia believe in this a smart move for along the path that our leaders have set out at the sun to lisp on questions plates these with public radio mr minister love of russia seems to play the watchdog referring to real usually ninety seven point three m. measuring what goes too far what goes ok so what is your judgment so far do some countries engage people engaged in libya go beyond that revolution or not. i was there to see you here but the c.e.o. of russia's narco trying a

understand. >> james, thank you for spending time with us, and congratulations on the exhibition and letting san francisco see this big body of work of yours. >> thanks.

let us drive the centers to work we are in. now you may think what is this have to do with me? you are a college student, an and in turn any work in an office. what does that have to do with me. i am a writer and a mother and do a lot of laundry, ate loads this weekend and you wonder what does it have to do with this? i think it has a lot to do with us. first of all we need to understand that we are a nation about moving forward, we are a nation that wants to reach out to others and include others and we don't want to lean on judgment. we know them and that doesn't get us where we need to go. but i think we also have to understand if we really want to think about where we want our nation to be, my children are older than i do have my two little ones is we have to think about a nation that can be focused on the truth as well as creative solutions. part of saying what is truthful without judgment is the truth is still the truth. doesn't make the truth go away. it just makes us focus on the truth and create a creative solution versus looking at a path. let me tell you what, you ca

multiple countries getting involved in libya's civil war absolutely including us let's start with what's happening today and then work back in time we have right now or uprisings in yemen bahrain and libya among others but the u.s. chose to go to the u.n. and push for military operations exclusively against libya why in your. well i think that in part moammar gadhafi was sort of low hanging fruit and was a pariah that was despised by much of the world and is someone that the united states i think felt going to war against would be easier to get international coalition together on and to sell to the american public particularly and we've seen this come out as one of the narratives as to why the united states is bombing libya although this was not one of the stated reasons when the u.s. went to the u.n. but the bombing of pan am flight one hundred three you heard everyone from john mccain to progressive t.v. host ed schultz using that as an excuse to justify this u.s. bombing the fact is though that. the u.n. security council resolution one thousand nine hundred three that was passed was very narrowly passed because fi

work and how real it would be. so i would like -- i do move to continue this matter for four weeks and the clerk can let us know when that date is and if it's a bad date, so that we can give ourselves time to work with at&t, to work with others who are interested, the appellates, anyone else, to make sure that the protocols around these installations and the locations would actually be strong enough so that we don't just have to rely on at&t's word that communities would be respected and so that would be my motion. i don't know if the four weeks is a good -- if that's a good -- president chiu: four weeks would be the day that park merced lands back here so we could do it that day or five weeks to june 7. commissioner wiener: why don't we say june 7. president chiu: that's also treasure island? i thought treasure island hits. commissioner wiener: three weeks might be sufficient. president chiu: i got to tell you, every week is looking super busy. there are four special orders on may 17. we don't have any good dates. i would suggest may 24, four weeks, unless people think we can get it done earlier. commissioner wiene

working on women's issues in the palestinian area. tom, go ahead. are you with us? you are both back here in washington now. let'sk about what you're doing. guest: i worked for fox news at the pentagon. i was in afghanistan if you weeks back. that is what we're doing. one thing we don't have a chance to talk about, the book talks about our personal life. working for two different news organizations in a tense time and also raising two small children. i gave birth to two daughters while we were living in israel. there were certain times when i would go to work with a flak jacket and a breast pump because i was nursing at the time. our girls were born in jerusalem. our second daughter was born on the eve of the iraq invasion. i checked into the hospital and they give us a certificate for a gas mask tent the babies. adults are caring around gas masks for fear that saddam hussein would fire chemical weapons. that says so much about the psychology of the conflict. we say it is no exaggeration to say on the day they are born, israelis begin preparing for war. host: you are at npr. guest: i worked on the "addition" -- m

. >> james, thank you for spending time with us, and congratulations on the exhibition and letting san francisco see this big body of work of yours. >> thanks. >> i work with the department of environment and we are recycling oil. thank you. we can go into a refinery and we can use it again. they do oil changes and sell it anyway, so now they know when a ticket to a. hal>> to you have something you want to get rid of? >> why throw it away when you can reuse it? >> it can be filtered out and used for other products. >> [speaking spanish] >> it is going to be a good thing for us to take used motor oil from customers. we have a 75-gallon tank that we used and we have someone take it from here to recycle. >> so far, we have 35 people. we have collected 78 gallons, if not more. these are other locations that you can go. it is absolutely free. you just need to have the location open. you are set to go. you are set to go. oh, my! haa ha ha! ha hha ha! [snortg]

sal, maybe people will tweet us let us know if they're liking it and how it's working. >> yes. you can tweet us and find us on twitter. but don't do it while driving. >> no. please don't. no. no. >> when you get to work or before that. i have a twitter account. so does mark. this morning on westbound 80 as you head to the macarthur maze the traffic is moving along pretty well. no major issues driving out to the bay bridge toll plaza. we always check this here about this time just to see how it's going. it looks pretty good getting into san francisco. the south bay commute looks good northbound 280 traffic moving very nicely getting up to highway 17. mark. >>> sal. >> good morning. >> good morning to you. there's always so much to talk about in traffic and weather. you can talk hours and hours and hours. happens in the twitter world as well. check it out. we have some clouds out there and lingering rain showers to talk about right now mainly focused in the south bay and also parts of the east bay as you can see. this is not a big deal but enough to wet the bay area roadways here

work for all of us. thank you very much. [applause] let me make sure that i read that correctly. maria elena, roberta turmah, rosita rojada, dorian webb. those are the first four names. [inaudible] >> i am melena herrerra. i am part of the bernal heights program. i am here to tell you about the after-school program and what it does for the youth. we go to school. what do we have to do after? we can go walk around. we have after-school programs with things we enjoy. they have activities. we are building our knowledge outside of school. it also ties in with violence. that is something we do not want to have a lot of in the city. this is our community. after-school programs kind of cuts it down. think about it, if we do not have after-school programs, where are we going to go? we need things that make us happy. we go to school. we work hard. we want fun things to do after. how about if we need help after? it is a place we feel safe at. why would we get rid of something that helps and builds our community? thank you. [applause] >> that is an excellent question. one of the agencies th

understand. >> james, thank you for spending time with us, and congratulations on the exhibition and letting san francisco see this big body of work of yours. >> thanks. >> welcome to "culturewire." since december 2005, the museum of the african diaspora, known locally,moad, has presented programs that celebrate and explore the culture, history, and art of people with african descent throughout the and added states and throughout the world. the director of cultural affairs recently met with the museum director. to learn more about the current expedition, textural rhythms, constructing the jazz tradition, contemporary african american quilts. >> welcome to "culturewire." today, we are at the museum of the african diaspora, which is celebrating its fifth anniversary occupying one of the premier cultural district in the world, the yerba buena cultural arts center in san francisco. joining me is the cultural art director. tell us what moad's mission is. what does it do? >> the museum of the african diaspora showcases the history, art, and cultural richness that resulted from the dispersal of africans throughout the world. we do that t

understand. >> james, thank you for spending time with us, and congratulations on the exhibition and letting san francisco see this big body of work of yours. >> thanks. >> around me what you see is an exhibition bien asian american women artist association. one of my favorites is cheers to muses which is a variety of sculpture, paintings and photographs in which the artists not only show their own work but talk about the muses who inspired them. coming up we have a variety of exhibitions celebrating diversity and performances and every first thursday we have an opening in our main gallery. >> what kinds of organizations utilize your affordable space progr program? >> there's a huge range. last week des president clinton divas had a drag fashion show. the united states of asian american festival has events here every career as does the national career arts festival. in recent years homies organizing the empower youth had one of their first large scale neighborhood events. >> i think of it as multi-generational i see artists who are emerging and young and community members that may be from in college to, you know, some of the old-t

understand. >> james, thank you for spending time with us, and congratulations on the exhibition and letting san francisco see this big body of work of yours. >> thanks. >> welcome to "culturewire." for the past year, the arts commission has been participating in the city's effort to revitalize the central market street corridor. in addition to the thursday arts market and are in store front, the art commission recently launched the artery project. for the next year, the artery project will bring energy and excitement to market street, recalling the st.'s heyday as san francisco's vibrant and bustling theater district. >> un.n plaza during business hours seize hundreds of passing office workers and students, but the activity winds down at 5:00 every day. theater productions bring some but traffic, but central market is more of a thoroughfare than a destination after the sun goes down. on december 9, the artery project's launch brought a party atmosphere to market street, led by mayor gavin newsom, city officials flipped the switch on three new art installations that light up the st.'s architecture. a looping a video at 1119 market

. >> james, thank you for spending time with us, and congratulations on the exhibition and letting san francisco see this big body of work of yours. >> thanks. >> welcome to the 2011 spj town hall. i'm here with my co-host to welcome you to what promises to be a fascinating discussion about the changes taking place in journalism today. tonight's program is presented by the society of professional journalists in collaboration with the san francisco public library and san francisco bay area journalists. after several years of difficulty, we are seeing a lot of activity, particularly involving new media organizations. we have seen patch.com open hundreds of bureaus across the country. yahoo! is expanding its staff across the country. aol bought the huffington opposed. in the middle east, we saw how citizen journalists are reporting on the uprisings, and in papers like the "san francisco chronicle" are finding ways to collaborate with groups like spj's journalist of the year in northern california. his last three of this year's winners were new or nonprofit media, a ratio that would have been unthinkable just a decade ago wh

use issues is to now start a commitment for jobs, housing. supervisor cohen: sharon -- >> lets make sure the twitter people are connected to creating affordable housing so people can afford to live and work here and give us their taxes. i want to thank you for tolerating the. because i have to get back to the union. my organization has not been funded in one year. so, i know what it means to live in these times. we all have to get used to that. our focus should be revenue generation. we should put more pressure on the fed's. let's create a model and think about the long-term strategy. supervisor cohen: thank you. >> respectfully, thank you. and thank you to this city. and i would like to state thank you to god. we have an opportunity. [applause] supervisor cohen: all right. still ginzberg, i have -- phil ginsberg, a question for you. this is an anonymous question. >> which is that are really passionate speech about revenue and tradeoffs. i would rather charge to see an area brother then shutter its. the botanical garden is one small strategy among many a times to replace the money we need to cut would revenue, so we can provide services to our community. we did note joy out of charging -

let's get back to work and make another run at it. [applause] >> this is unbelievable, guys. first of all, i want to thank god for putting us in this situation and blessed us the way he has. i want to thank my family, my wife and my boys. my teammates. i tell you what. when i got traded over here, it was a tough long road, but our trading staff was unbelievable. kept us all on the field. a quick story -- when i was down earlier this year, sabs came in and said what are you doing, why are you upset? the season is not over yet. we traded for you for a reason. that picked me up. all the coaching staff, everybody, we made it happen. as you know, i grew up a dodger fan, but right now and forever it is all about the san francisco giants and our world series, baby. [applause] >> san francisco giants are world champions. i am a part of it. i cannot believe it. nine years of my life. dead last our fourth place, this organization has the hard to bring me here and give me a chance. here i am in front of you beautiful people. you deserve it just as much as i do, trust me. i have a present for you all in san francisco. i am sure all of

let us know. >>nicole: and attempt to prevent these incidents muni is working with their safety division employees to find out just how this train door came open on both occasions. >>pam: paramedics rescue the three-year-old from a locked car in the parking lot of a casino on saratoga avenue thursday evening in san jose. it was kron 4 reports now police have arrested the child's mother. >>rob: 25 year-old maria of santa clara is in the county jail charged with felony child endangerment. she is arrested at the garden city casino and restaurant. san jose police say the child was locked in a car with the window shut tight for as long as an hour. casino made its worker jason's witness to rescue by police and paramedics. >> at a shop, stunned i was disgusted with it because of anybody could've come around and taken this girl. that's disturbing. for an extra $20 they could of had a baby sitter. police found the girl's mother inside the casino undetermined if she intentionally block the child in the car and headed off to gamble. fortunately they say the weather was cooler thursday evening. is it the chil