i talked to someone from asl hutch and he said what do you think about the projects in marina green, don't do any more i bring my child with cerebral palsy to come down and have a nice night in the event and be on time with him and to come down now. we have to look at what we want for this city. and i am very concerned about this particular restaurant, because of what one of the partners said. and oh, we want to go down there so we can serve a lot on fleet week. i am sitting there going wait a minute, we have bars and restaurants up here that are or have been doing this for years why do we have to have the competition, number one and are we going to have another drunk situation that we had with the union street merchants? so there, not the merchants the fair. so that is it. greg, has been here for, i call it 6 weeks, even though it has been 8 or going on ten because they send him to europe in the middle of the path for it for two weeks. he has done more in the time that he has been here than we have in the previous three years and i think that we should give him a chance. [ applause

there are a lot of nerves, but mainly a lot of excitement here on the marina green this morning. i will get out of the way so you can show you the transition area. this is where the triathletes, after their swim, will get on their bikes and after their bike ride they will leave their bikes here and start their run. the first swimmers get in the frigid bay at 7:30. the best of the best professional triathletes i'm told are expected to cross the tin line in just few hours by 9:30. in between the 2,000 competitors have a mile and a half swim from alcatraz to the shore, a half-mile run to get to the transition area, and an 18-mile bike race and an 8-mile run through san francisco. we captured some of the triathletes loading up into their shuttles to be taken to their boats this morning. one competitor i spoke with came from colorado. he's done seven triathlons. he tells me he was 100 pounds heavier when he started training for those triathlons. he feels better now. he says he's 100 pounds lighter. this is his first escape from alcatraz, and he tells me how he feels going into this mo

i talked to someone from asl hutch and he said what do you think about the projects in marina green, don't do any more i bring my child with cerebral palsy to come down and have a nice night in the event and be on time with him and to come down now. we have to look at what we want for this city. and i am very concerned about this particular restaurant, because of what one of the partners said. and oh, we want to go down there so we can serve a lot

maybe be back in marina green around 9:30 and that's when people cheer you on, that's the idea? >> exactly. it takes about an hour 55 minutes for me. >> reporter: that takes me an hour and 55 minutes to have guts to jump in the water. 33rd annual escape from alcatraz taking place on sunday morning. >>> just before the launch of the latest space x rocket launch, scott mcgrew has been monitoring the latest. >> they are saying they are a go for launch after 7:00 this morning our time even if it's not all systems go. video here from the last time the private company launched its falcon rocket. space x says there's a glitch in the computer that they are ignoring it. a canadian astronaut has been practicing with the space station's robot arm and says he's ready to capture the dragon capsule. meanwhile, back on earth, ben bernanke will be in san francisco tonight. the head of the fed will be speaking and admittedly it's not as exciting as a rocket launch but it is worth launching. bernanke said he didn't expect unemployment to dip back to normal for another three years. >>> it's the fi

when we get these limos with the cars pull of people who want to drink and enjoy them up on the marina green, where are we looking for? the future? for protection? as home eners? we paid taxes and that is why we lived there. and they are not cheap. and i would like to know, you know, because my (inaudible) is back, the fact that we are playing high taxes i did not live there for free. i look in the future. you see? >> thank you. >> the next speaker? >> patricia, neighborhood merchant. we have several issues coming up, number one the homeless issue that was discussed, our dear procidio (inaudible) trusts the police officers and all of the homeless that they ran up in the morning out on the lumbar gate and not on the procidio, gate, we should be able to share the wealth. they dump all of us to here. okay? number two, and i think that we need to work on a system where (inaudible) was over at that and (inaudible) was here, and i think that it was along the (inaudible) one of those with the others, they worked out a system where they contacted (inaudible) if they saw a pattern like and they worke

reporting live from the marina green, kira klapper, abc7 news. >> cold and nervous, she says.hat is a good description. yeah, we are wishing her luck today. thank, kira. >>> this is the first sunday without a pope for the world's 1 billion catholics. the event picking the pope will begin tomorrow in vatican city with the cardinals conclave. the pope resigned, becoming the first pontiff in 600 years to step down. changes are already being seen in vatican city. the pope's apartment has been locked, his private elevator has been taped shut and a new papal ring must also be made. the ring is destroyed when the pope dies or in this case resigns. >> talk about destruction of the seal, it's simply to make some scratch marks or something to prevent the seal from being used ever again. >> a stove has yet to be installed in the sistine chapel. white smoke coming from the stove announces to the world a new pope has been elected. >>> this morning an independent living facility in bakersfield is defending actions by its employees. officials say staff acted properly in not giving cpr to a w

coming in to shore, taking a half-mile warm-up run, they need that because the water's so cold to marina greeng on their bicycles for an 18-mile ride, followed by a leisurely 8-mile run, is it really that leisurely? probably not. eric, 25th year competing in the event, matt, former winner himself, 33rd annual competition. what is the most difficult part of this competition? >> the hardest part is definitely the swim just because it's so cold. the water will be 52 degrees. it could be currents, you know, choppy, sharks, it's a big challenge. depending on the currents, it could be 22-minute swim or a 35-minute swim for me so, you know, the currents can be quite strong and, you know, once you get through the swim the rest of the race is still hard as well but it's a lot of fun. >> paul: is that one reason why this event attracts athletes from all because of the swim from alcatraz or are there other features of the event? >> because the race has been moved up to march instead of june because of america's cup we were amazed what are the numbers like this year and we've sold out with 2,000 people, a

so with that we have one announcement and that is item eight, the america's cup permit at the marina green and small craft harbor has beeny removed and not heard today. with that we are on item two, the president's report. commissioner. >> thank you very much. very briefly. complements to our general manager on taking over shawn elsbernd and a benefit the department and we are raising money every way we can to get it back in line. congratulations on a successful event. moving forward on something that is of interest to me i am determined that we get to a paperless commission so we are looking at ipads and a system that will put the agendas on the ipad. we had a run through of a system yesterday that looks promising and used by the airport commission and i want to talk with the commissioners to make sure they're happy with that system and if that is the case i'm going to move forward and find the money and make us a paperless commission so with that be warned those like me are technically challenged. we will overcome those challenges w that that concludes my report. >> okay. is there any pu

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don't go to your staging area out in the marina green. shelter in place. that may be one of your options. choose a room with no windows, as few as possible. pick a room with toilet, water, phone, have it large enough for family members. precut plastic with duct tape. there should be a law. have your disaster kit in that room, have snacks available for kids. turn off the hvac, heating, ventilation air conditioning units because you don't want to be blowing in or sucking in the vapor cloud outside. fireplace, close the dampers and seal off your shelter in place room by using duct tape and terms of the emergency alert system. listen to the radio. that's it. do not try to call the school, try to pick up your children because do you want to leave the area? no, you want to shelter in place. people own pets. do not risk your safety for pets. in summary, it is likely you are at an incident that may be involved with bnice, your safety is the most important. limit your time, get your distance away from that and some type of shielding and listen to the emergency aler

they came out to marina green park today to train one last time. >> we're out here to show everyone justecause you see a disability doesn't mean we have a disability. the real disability is having a negative attitude. >> garcia is one of the nine amputee athletes competing, inspiring people to continue their dreams. it raises funds and awareness for the challenged athletes foundation. >>> we have a live look over san francisco, and we have some clouds down low. it's clear above. rob mayeda is here to explain more. >> we have more clouds and the moisture content of the atmosphere is starting to increase. temperatures out there kind of muggy and mild. upper 50s after 11:00. 54 in oakland. dew point temperatures upper 40s and lower 50s. the air is getting closer to saturation, the rain falling higher up is mostening things. reaches the ground at times tonight. onshore winds into tomorrow will help cool down temperatures a bit. right now, around the marin headlands, you can see a few light showers showing up. as some of this movie rides up, that will provide extra lip to the moisture. again

ahead of the big race they came out to marina green park today to train one last time. >> we are out disability doesn't mean we have a disability. but the real disabilities are having a negative attitude. >> rudy garcia tullson is competing and inspiring people to continue their dreams. the triathlon raises funds and awareness for the challenges athletes foundation. >>> time to check in with ahmed fareeh with more news on sports. >> tim lincecum was supposed to pitch today for the giants, but he did not. we'll tell you why ahead in sports. >>> ahmed fareed from the giants sports desk. tim lincecum was scratched from his scheduled start against the cubs with a blister on his right middle finger. the giants did beat the cubs 9-7. sandoval homered in his final at-bat in the world baseball classic. it looks like randy moss' tie with the 49ers is over, at least that's what he thinks. he tweeted, quote, wish we could have finished the job. thanks for the opportunity and good luck in the future niners, end quote. he had 28 passes last year for the 49ers. >>> the san jose sharks back in acti

little advertisement -- we're going to be demonstrating that capability at our display at the marina green so if you'd like to come see that, that's available. >> any final questions? i'd like to thank our panelists very much. as rob mentioned earlier, the exercise series we have put on and started 3 years ago has really become, for the department of emergency management and we hope for the military, this foundational piece of the fleet week humanitarian exchange. it's been a wonderful way for us to work together on some of these common issues and figure out how our agencies are all going to integrate. i think the time and effort that has been expended by both the military planners and also the civilian planners is definitely going to be bearing fruit in years to come when something happens. i know we are quite a bit ahead of time, you are going to have a 20-minute break from now and then our next speaker will come up at that point. thank you again. he heads the baur row of medicine for the navy. i lacked at his bay oh in the program, educated in georgia and he's had a great career in the

determined that there was a prevailing wage requirement for the temporary structures that were built on marina green for the events. the lease disposition agreement contained a workforce development plan that provide, and i'll quote from the plan. when the event authority enters into these venue lease agreements, it will follow all of the standard provisions for prevailing wages that are included in the lease agreement and agrees to extend those terms to construction trade work at any stage of erection, construction, renovation, alteration, improvement, demolition, excavation, or installation including the installation or erection of temporary structures including but not limited to scaffolding, staging, or the installation of bleachers or tents. it goes on to say, the event authority contracts shall require the contractor and any subcontractors to pay prevailing wages set by the city and county of san francisco under san francisco admin code section 6.22 e3 for each of the aforementioned job classifications. compliance with prevailing wage requirements including certified payroll records shall be d

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this summer, we will be in the park in america's cup 34, as most of you saw last year in the marina green and the race will go halfway by district and halfway through the central station ael district as well. and we are also involved in data breakers and many other large events. so, okay, the last portion of this presentation, is to me what i think is the most important. and this is about the goals for 2013. let's go with the first one. i am trying to get a 5 percent reduction in crime. as you can see right now, our numbers are up. we have a long way to go. we really do. but i can tell you that i am not going to stop until we get to that level and if we don't get to that level we are going to continue to find other ways to figure out how we are going to do it. we will do it like we said through enforcement efforts, community education and hopefully, some increased staffing that we will have coming in the next 6 months to a year. let's talk a little bit about traffic collision reduction. some of you may know, what back in december, mayor lee, had an initiative talking about some of the ser

what the police are going to do if this place opens up in a homeless move from the park to the marina green and what is going to happen now.