our halt is off to lily hitchcock coit. i stand here today with ian, a descendant of lily hitchcock coit. i must say even though i don't smoke cigars or gamble, my hat is off to lily hitchcock coit. she was a visionary person. . maybe a little ahead of her time. i know if might have been an active member of the fighter department. . but she's near and dear to the heart of everybody in the 2ke789 thank you for the generosity and thank you for coming out and celebrating with us. >> we are very, very honored to have members of lily's family with us here today. down below, barbara. right there, barbara coit is sitting right there. and i'd like to introduce barbara's son, mr. michael coit. >> hello. what a remarkable day. what a grand place. coit tower and telegraph hill never disappoint as a tranquil outlook over a bustling city and busy world. i never tire of treking up here with family and friends. but there is not doctor an extra attraction today -- preferred parking. a first for this coit and i'm a native. the coit family o

i'm sorry, madame speaker,, but lily coit is the original queen of san francisco values.ent a little bit of love from the california state assembly. one of the last times i'll be able to do this from the asemplifment i'm about to be turned out. recounting the wonderful history of coit tower. i'll spare you the witty and wonderful whereases but the resolved clause, thanks the pioneer park project, all the leader of the telegraph hill community, vetica and all your leadership and hard work. it really does a -- take a lot of commitment and effort and tenacity to do all that you do to make coit tower that which it is. congratulations on your 75th. >> ok. we also have with us today the district supervisor for this supervisorial district, number three. who is also the president of the san francisco board of supervisors, mr. aaron peskin. >> thank you, rose. madame speaker, mr. mayor, assemblyman leno, our fire and police chiefs to the commissioners from the recreation and parks commission, visitors and residents alike, i'm here to say words of profound thanks. thanks to the sta

lily hitchcock coit died without leaving a specific use for her bequest. she left a third of her estate for the beautify indication of the city. arthur brown, noted architect in the city, wanted for a while to build a tower. he had become very interested in persian towers. it was the 1930's. it was all about machinery and sort of this amazing architecture, very powerful architecture. he convinced the rec park commission that building a tower in her memory would be the thing to do with her money. >> it was going to be a wonderful observation place because it was one of the highest hills in the city anywhere and that that was the whole reason why it was built that high and had the elevator access immediately from the beginning as part of its features. >> my fear's studio was just down the street steps. we were in a very small apartment and that was our backyard. when they were preparing the site for the coit tower, there was always a lot of harping and griping about how awful progress was and why they would choose this beautiful pristine area to do them in w

. >>> major funding for "religion & ethics weekly" is provided by the lily indownment, an indianapolis based private family foundation dedicated to its founders efforts in religion, community development and education. additional funding by mutual of america, designing customized individual and group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company.com. also by the henry luce foundation and the corporation for public broadcasting. >>> welcome. i'm kim lawton, sitting in for bob abber thety. thank you for joining us. as arizona's new immigration law renewed the call for comprehensive immigration reform. faith-based groups protests around the country as the new law went into effect. even as some of the most contentious provisions were blocked by a federal judge, several activist groups held rallies including phoenix and a lot. they called on president obama to push for reform. many in the faith community are particularly concerned about current immigration policies that break up families. >> the faith community has no other response, but to declare this immoral enemy. >>>er

. >>> major funding for "religion & ethics news weekly" is provided by the lily endowment, an indianapolis based private family foundation, dedicated to its founders interest in religion, community development and education. additional funding by mutual of america, designing customized individual group retirement products. that's why we're your retirement company.com. also by the henry luce foundation and the corporation for public broadcasting. >>> welcome, i'm deborah potter sitting in for bob abernathy. thank you for joining us. pakistan is grappling with one of the worst natural disasters seen in decades. monsoon floods have already killed more than 1,500 people and more than 14 million lack housing, food, drinking water or medical care. the united nations has launched an emergency appeal for international assistance. religious groups working in the country say they need additional fus to help victims of the disaster. the christian aid group international assistance mission says it will stay in afghanistan despite the murder of ten of its staff members, the taliban claims responsibilit

. >>> lily endowment, dedicated to its founders interest in religion, community development and education. additional funding by mutual of america, designed and cuss tommized individual and group retirement products, that's why we're your retirement company.com. also by the henry luce foundation and the corporation for public broadcasting. >>> welcome, i'm fred de sam lazaro, sitting in for bob abernethy. thanks for joining us. >>> a federal judge this week dealt a setback to president obama's policy on embryonic stem cell research. the judge said that the current policy violates a law prohibiting federal money for research in which human embryos are destroyed. several conservative evangelicals applauded the decision, and a representative for the u.s. catholic bishops called it a victory for common sense and sound medical ethics. some liberal religious groups argue the latest ruling will hinder what scientists call one of the most promising areas of medical research. >>> the proposed islamic center twolocks from ground zero continueto sr emotionsnd generate headlines. declaring their supp

. >>> major funding for "religion & ethics news weekly" is provided by the lily endowment, an indianapolis based private family foundation dedicated to its founders' interest in religion, community development and education. additional funding by mutual of america, designing customized, individual and group retirement products, that's why we'reour retirement company.com. also by the henry luce oundion, and the corporation for public broadcasting. >>> welcome, i'm tim o'brien, sitting in for bob abernathy. thank you for joining us, a new poll this week by the ppw research center finds that the majority of americans believe that president obama is a muslim. most of them saying they got that information from the media. meanwhile, the number of people who say they know he is christian has fallen to only 34%. the laest percentage of those polled, 43% say they didn't know the president's religion, a number which has also risen from last year, researchers say these changes can be traced to attacks by opponents and on the fact that obama is not as visibly religious as his predecessors, the white h

we have a saying, lilies are lethal. the easter lilies and the lilies outside. causes kidney failure. don't have them around if you have kids. >> lilies are lethal. easy enough. next up, what do you have? >> it looks like i've taken the contents out of my aunt theresa's purse. she loves sugar-free gum. xylitol is lethal. one stick of gum for a cat or dog is lethal. it causes a drop in blood sugar. dogs like this can smell out termites and mold and bugs. they have a great sniffer. don't have anything with xylitol around pets. >> and lastly? >> lastly, flea and tick control products. the number two category after human medications for animal poison control, these are safe as directed. people will take a dog product and use it on a cat. they'll take a large dog product and split it up. talk to your veterinarian about what product is best for your pet and you will be fine. >> all right. and the real stars of the segment, romeo and pringle. they're both up for adoption. we want to thank the humane society of new york for bringing them both. and romeo won't get much b

thank you, lily chan. she will be serving on the golden gate park concourse authority, which is interesting for so many reasons. i'm grateful that you are willing to continue your service here and the city as well. human rights commission, reappointing cecilia, michael, and julius. you have done a great job. i appreciate your support of our director, into the good work, the human rights commission continues to do. where is sam? there you are. thank you, sam. thank you for your willingness to continue to serve on the immigrant rights commission, and your good stewardship and leadership in the committee. michael nguyen. we technically swore in michael, but it was private. i appreciate your willingness to come here are any more public setting and have the honor to swear you in. carol kingsley, who was supported unanimously, which is pretty impressive, on the police commission. she will be serving as the newest police commissioner. i'm very enthusiastic. the board of supervisors seems to share that. well, air

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it was lily hitchcock coit to give money to the city to beautify the city she loved of the park project worked to develop this south side and still that's the basis of our future project to address the north side. >> thank you, everybody, for joining us tonight in this historic event. i'm an intern with the mayor's office of neighborhood services, and i have been fortunate enough to work with many of you -- not all of you -- so let's get this started. i have not slept in 48 hours, so please excuse me if i'm a little out of it. the director of the mayor's office of naval good services. thank you. [applause] -- mayors office of neighborhood services. he'll be directing the event tonight. as you just heard from the beautiful music on some, gives them an round of applause, please. [applause] they are actually a part of a larger organization, which is the san francisco's premier arabic musical ensemble. i'm really glad we had them here tonight to perform. thank you. a lot of people have been asking, and we have been getting a lot of questions on how this came forward. it did not really need

>>lily ledbetter says she learned she was earning less than men. supreme court threw out her lawsuit, saying she waited too long after her first paycheck to file it. at that point she was shorted hundreds of thousands of dollars. >> goodyear will never have to pay me what it cheated me out of and, in fact, i will never see a cent out of my case, but with the passage of the president's sight, i have a richer reward. >> reporter: michelle boom, threw a white house reception, honoring the name gauntt she saw unfairness when she saw it and was willing to do something about, because it was right thing to do, plain and simple. >> under the new law, workers can file discrimination suits six months after their paychecks, but critics say it will be a boom for lawyers. >> it eliminates the incentive to move quickly and stop discrimination. >> this law just doesn't apply to gender discrimination, but race, religion and disable. it's actually an amend to the 1964 civil right act. >> men and women shall have equal rights throughout the united states and every p

. >>> eli lily plans to appeal a court ruling.t generated $445 million in sales for the drugmaker last year. so as a result of the ruling eli lily is reducing its forecast this year. this is the second patent case they have lost in the last month. >> employees staged a rally outside a company store in oakland protesting cutbacks. the workers claim they told them it is cutting all full timeworkers to part-time shifts and eliminating all health and retirement benefits. the bev mo, based in concord, says it has cut some employees hours but it says those workers will continue to get health benefits through january. >> some information is now being collected for cal's incoming freshman class put the sampling has been scaled down because of privacy concerns. we will tell you about the changes. >> also ahead why a group of kids from oakland are heading to cos rica for a working vacation. >> good morning, san mateo bridge traffic looks good all the way out to 101. we will tell you about the morning commute already very busy coming up. sin

it was lily hitchcock coit to give money to the city to beautify the city she loved of the park project worked to develop this south side and still that's the basis of our future project to address the north side. >> good morning. to date is july 21, 2010. this is a meeting of the abatement appeals board. first item on the agenda is roll call. [roll call] we have a quorum. the next item on the agenda is the oath. anyone giving testimony today, please rise and raise your right hand. do you swear the testimony you are about to give it is the truth to the best of your knowledge? thank you. new appeal order of abatement case. the owner of record is karen. action requested this be abatement be ordered and the cost assessment fee be waived. >> good morning, commissioners. i am a senior housing inspector. let me give you the time line of the case. this is a single-family property. basically, our division responded to a complaint in august 2002, an anonymous complaint that a deck had been built without the proper planning department approvals. inspections confirmed this in 2002, and a check on

lili says she will make it work but it won't be easy. >> it's like 20 minutes from my house. it's a good school. i like it but i like this one better. >> the official school district response to the possibility of volunteers taking over is that should not happen because of liability issues and a number of other things. but parents are telling me they have approval of the school district. monday we'll fd out. live in oakland, terry mcsweeney, abc 7 news. >> terry, thanks a lot. the union for san francisco firefighters is holdina news conference this very moment warn being recent layoffs have proven dangous for the community. four major fires broke out yesterda the biggest this house fire on del monte place. theresa garcia is live at the holiday inn in san jose. theresa, this morning comes as firefighters vote on taking pay cuts. >> that is rig. about 250 firefights will be voting whether to give up to 9 understands reductis in pay and benefits, hoping to pay more into their pensions. and that could get all 49 firefighters rehired. but that doesn'telp the situation right now. t

it was lily hitchcock coit to give money to the city to beautify the city she loved of the park project worked to develop this south side and still that's the basis of our future project to address the north side. >> please note the presence of the commissioners, and the superintendent. this is an evening that a l many people vn waiting for for a long time. we have been working and the staff and consultants have been working really hard and really long to get us to this point, which is not the end. but the beginning of the next stage. we are here this evening. i presume you all have the agenda. they added transportation policy, and to talk about how they're going to proceed from there. >> i have with me tonight gene from demographic research, he has been helping us with the work, we're very grateful for her assistance. the three of us will be sharing information. i wanted to go over some of the information that's available for the public, and then i was going to start going through the power point presentation. so one thing that hopefully everybody in the audience has an opportunity to

it was lily hitchcock coit to give money to the city to beautify the city she loved of the park project worked to develop this south side and still that's the basis of our future project to address the north side. all cell phones, pagers, or other devices. their signals interfere with the sound system in the room. please refrain from flash photography during the course of the meeting. please stand to join the commission in the pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. >> do you have another marijuana packet? >> i am sorry? >> ladies and gentlemen, please direct your attention to the roll call of commissioners. president marshall: present. vice president mazzucco: present. commissioner dejesus: present. commissioner hammer: present. >> you have a quorum. president marshall: this is the regular meeting of the sentences, police commission, august 4, 2010. before we move the agenda, we must introduce our new commissioners, commissioner c

lili says she will make it work but it won't be easy. >> it's like 20 minutes from my house.t's a good school. i like it but i like this one better. >> the official school district response to the possibility of volunteers taking over is that should not happen because of liability issues and a number of other things. but parents are telling me they have approval of the school district. monday we'll find out. live in oakland, terry mcsweeney, abc 7 news. >> terry, thanks a lot. the union for san francisco firefighters is holding a news conference this very moment warn being recent layoffs have proven dangerous for the community. four major fires broke out yesterday, the biggest this house fire on del monte place. theresa garcia is live at the holiday inn in san jose. theresa, this morning comes as firefighters vote on taking pay cuts. >> that is right. about 250 firefighters will be voting whether to give up to 9 understands reductions in pay and benefits, hoping to pay more into their pensions. and that could get all 49 firefighters rehired. but that doesn't help the situatio

it was lily hitchcock coit to give money to the city to beautify the city she loved of the park project worked to develop this south side and still that's the basis of our future project to address the north side. supervisor maxwell: i am chair, supervisor sophie maxwell, joined by david campos -- eric mar and david chiu. madam clerk, are there any comments? >> please make sure to turn off all cell phones and speakers. items acted upon today will appear on the september 7 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. supervisor maxwell: thank you. madam clerk, we can't recognize you until public comment. madam clerk, the first item -- items one through four. >> item number one, resolution authorizing the office of economic and work force document to extend a grant for $750,000 from lowe's hiw, inc.. item number 2, resolution authorizing the office of economic and work force development to retroactively to expand a grant from $400,000 from the wal-mart foundation. item three, resolution authorizing the office of economic and work force development for $100,000 for implementation o

. >> reporter: people at lily hair studio are hoping for their chance at a wave of new wedding related business. >> a hair stylist and also being gay, i wish it will change. it will change and be a big difference for the castro and the businesses here, too. >> reporter: unless the ninth u.s. circuit court of appeals extends the stay, same sex couples can start getting married at 5 p.m. wednesday. >>> merchants in oakland's china town are taking new steps to protect their businesses from crime. including private security patrols. the bay citizen newspaper reports that the oakland china town chamber of commerce plans to hire security guards to patrol that district, and some guards may be armed. many businesses are also installing surveillance cameras outside their shops. business leaders say they are concerned about street crime and the lay off of 80 oakland police officers. the private security guard could be on patrol as early as next month. the south bay easel company know hospital has announce -- camino hospital has announced 140 layoffs. officials say they will take place in october

his daughter, lily, says flying in remote regions of alaska is dangerous, but the former senator enjoyed being in the air. >> i grew up flying on small planes around the state with my dad and i've had some great memories with him in the air, and you know, sometimes i would sit in the co-pilot seat. >> reporter: of the four survivors, willie phillips is the youngest at 13. rescuers found the boy outside the fuselage under a wing, close to his father, bill phillips, who did not survive. all four survivors are expected to fully recover, and investigators need their account of the crash to help determine what went wrong. as is standard procedure, the ntsb is said to be reviewing the pilot, terry smith's background and his flying experience during his some three decades as a pilot he has had some "minor incidents." the ntsb believes weather played a factor in this crash. ann? >> that's a tragedy. miguel almaguer, thank you so much. >>> now to the gulf of mexico and the latest on bp's attempt to shut down that broken oil well once and for all. nbc's anne thompson is in venice, louisiana, with

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. >> this fire department has been all white, lily white, for almost 150 years now. i mean it has to end. >> reporter: eight years ago the fire department was 92% white and only 2.8% black. in a city that was 24% black. a disparity that remains largely unchanged. a group of african-american firefighters sued. >> the fire department in new york on the one hand is tremendously heroic and the whole world knows about its heroism. on the other hand, we have this singular embarrassment. >> reporter: last january a federal judge agreed ruling the hiring test to become one of new york's bravest was not just discriminatory but illegal. he ordered the city to fix it. >> blacks don't fare as well as whites on this test probably due to the disparity in education. >> reporter: now the judge said the city has been dragging its feet and tightened the screws appointing a special master to ensure new york does what big cities like los angeles, philadelphia, boston, and miami did long ago when they were sued. they now have much greater diversity. but fdny deputy chief paul mannix does

god bless you. >> i am very grateful to catherine and lily who planned this service, for allowing mere my thoughts about ted and to lead you into prayer. some of you may be a bit confused if you're not an episcopalian about the word in front of by name. it is a description, not a job description. but now it is being applied to elderly clergyman, and it is a must to mean -- is supposed to mean "1 venerated." it is supposed to mean agent, but some think it means venomous. [laughter] when the plane crashed on august 9, i lost two friends. i knew won for only a few years but i greatly appreciated her friendship. i first met ted stevens when he was the district attorney in fairbanks in 1953. i was a witness at trial for which he was a prosecuting attorney. and i am glad i was a witness on his side because the defendant was found guilty. however, my friendship with ted and his wife began in 1953 and now is the director a st. matthew's episcopal church in fairbanks, and flying to village missions along the yukon river. perhaps it was our common interest in flying or that we were veterans of

. >> catherine, then, susan, bath, -- beth, walter, ted, lily, members of this magnificent stephens familythe vice-president, reverend clergy, senate colleagues, distinguished guests and friends, last week, american said goodbye to one of its great men. ted stevens was respected and revered in washington and throughout the lower 48 for his service to this country and as many legislative achievements and his legendary and gritgrit. ted colleagues in the senate lost a dear friend and yes, even sometimes feared. it is obvious to everyone that the people of alaska lost something even more. one of the things you learn when you come here for the first time is that despite its size, alaska is a very small place. people know each other. everyone, everyone knew ted stevens. he is an omnipresent reality. from the airport here in anchorage to the remotest villages, attends contribution to alaska are as fast as the state itself. it is hard to imagine that any one man ever meant more than any one state then ted stevens. of course, it did not have to be that way. once he's been the a little time in wash

lily, good morning to you. >> good morning. >> my condolences. i know you and your five siblings and senator stevens' 11 grandchildren will be in alaska soon. it will be a very difficult reunion. >> yes. we're all here now and we're spending time together. >> how did you find out about the crash, lily? >> i was with my husband and with his sister and her family and my mother called me and i took the next plane to alaska and managed to get here. >> your mother, katherine, is senator stevens' widow. i understand she was overseas when she got the news. how is she doing? >> no, i was the one who was overseas, but my mother is doing well under the circumstances and the support of all of our friends from around the state, the country and the world is really meaning everything to us right now. >> lily, i think back in 1978, your dad survived a plane crash that claimed the life of his first wife, and here this other crash. did your father ever talk to you about concerns about flying in alaska specifically? :no. >> no. i mean, as you know, he was a pilot.

his daughter lily who was married last year i remember him talking before wedding he was so blessed tohappily married. when he had the opportunity to interact with my kids as they were growing up in washington, it would be ted stevens wearing that incredible hulk tie who would come over and give them words of encouragement at 10 years of age and 12 years of age and come with your dad and with me to the next event. it was ted stevens, the genuine, compassionate, always reaching out for the underserved and the hard driver fighting for alaska and military defense of our country. >> senator nelson unlike senator frist you're a democrat so you and ted stevens struck up a friendship. why was that the case? >> well ted stevens was one of the first senators that befriended me when i arrived on the scene as a freshman senator. we grew our friendship through many things we did together, traveling together, but also fishing together. he knew that i loved the outdoors so he took every opportunity to include me in things that he sought to -- that he knew i would enjoy. ted stevens never forgot wher

we call them tar balls sometimes or lily pads that come in on the ocean.hey roll up the tide as it comes in can actually come and deposit them right on the beach and then the tide rolls out so we address them in that manner but what also happens is as the time comes in the surf comes in each day it can deposit a little layer of sand over the top of them. it's important not to just look at the surface but subsurface. it goes down and sometimes penetrate it is soil a bit. >> reporter: at the command center, coast guard and contract workers stare raptedly at computer screens tracking oil and decide tong best places to send people. coast guard commander claudia gelzer is in charge. we. >> we're style finding oil and looking hard for oil. we have reconnaissance flights that go up sometimes as many as six times a day. we have boats on the water. looking for oil before it get there is and we are working on protecting critical sensitive areas with boom and other mechanical means to bring the oil out of the water. >> reporter: gelzer says it's a far cry from the ea