at m.h.r., played at the rocky mountain museum and ran around there, my mom taught forever at mckinley school. i became a police officer in the city and worked in the mission, specifically working in the castro for many years walking the beat. i'm extremely familiar with this block of the area and traveling through the city forever, transferring when the trolleys were not aboveground. to speak about the benefits of this particular project, the size and scope of it, it is absolutely beautiful. when i met my wife she lived at 240 castro, right up the street, an we went out for dinner and bought each other gifts and paraded through the neighborhood for about a year and a half before we got married, spent tons of money in the neighborhood, benefited the neighborhood, which i still consider my neighborhood in my heart. it's all about fairness here. this is why i'm here today. no one is paying me to be here. i don't expect any compensation or anything other than to project this image of fairness to the commissioners here. to begin a project where you're certain what the guidelines are and you proje

. >> the franklin mckinley school district said if this continues it will bankrupt districts. >> it'sbecause it requires more personnel. >> districts admit because funds aren't there, not everyone is implementing these special ed services effectively. many parents opt for nonpublic schools, which are privately operated. the owe ryan academy is an example. most have asberger's syndrome. the cost is $30,000 a year. if a parent of public school studentent is able to demonstrate their district cannot provide adequate services for their school, a local school district must, by law pay for tuition, and transportation. and saying sometimes, parents expect too much. >> districts expected to provide the volkswagon version. which is this is what you need to be success envelope a public school setting. we have parents think that they should be getting the cadillac version. >> june is with an organization called support for families saying kids zeefsh a good education and services. >> most people think that those kids with disibilities can't. so why are we giving them money? they can't. what peop

the safety program will cover elementary and middle school kids in the franklin mckinley district. they plan to go through the street smart program. >> a bay area university will look for a new president and the public will have a say. they will form a search committee and hold the meeting this afternoon. this will be the only meeting open to the public. it begins at 1:00 at the martin luther king,jr. library. they hope to have finalists selected by early next year. >> we have a reason to be bay area proud. in petaluma, an elementary will be a 2010 blue ribbon school. the blue ribbon designates a school where students achieve at very high levels or made significant progress to close gaps in achievement, especially with disadvantage and minority schools. >> the plan for a target store in san francisco scores a bull's-eye. a box store has been approved on the first and second floors and according to the examiner, the sign is going to be replaced with the target signature bull's-eye logo. the 100,000 square foot store is expected to create about 250 local jobs and bring in nearly $2 m

tagging the mckinley monument, a small bit of justice for a president who can't steeem to catch a break. >>> thousands of dollars worth of computer equipment was swiped from a belmont high school. thieves broke into the high school sometime over the thanksgiving holiday weekend. they hit the classroom where computer equipment stored walking away with 25 apple macbooks. investigators are reviewing security video to try to identify the culprits. >>> dui arrests are up, but deaths are down. that's the word from the california highway patrol patrol after the long holiday weekend. in the bay area officers arrested 249 drunk drivers between wednesday night and sunday morning. last year the arrest total was 207. even though arrests were up, however, the chp noted there was no dui-related deaths on bay area patrolled roads. last year five died in alcohol-related crashes. statewide officers made 1400 dui arrests, that's 100 more than last year's number. >>> the dream of citizenship for undocumented students, the rallying cry today in san francisco. a group of students chanting the report for the dream act. the chance to obtain a legal immigration status if they pursue a higher degree.