park merced wants to do a drastic rebuilding. they want to get the population up from 6,000, 7,000 people up to 25,000 to 30,000 people stuffed in a small area. since then 19th avenue has been declared a double ticket area because of traffic difficulties already. there is increased population pressure on it if they do in fact tear park merced apart and get rid of the garden apartments and build the towers. there are a lot of problems with this. there are material changes in condition and no matter how you want to put it when people knew it the changes that have occurred are drastic and will change more. this whole thing needs to be looked at along with park merced because you will have much heavily stress on 19th avenue. you will have a higher accident rate. you will have more people getting in accidents and ending up in the hospital. god forbid maybe a couple of people killed. this whole thing is a big problem. it's been sketchily handled and park merced was chopped up and pieces were sold off and different developments were app

that's merc. if you see merc right there and you don't know what it said but you can see the first two letters, m.e., you can go up here in the search area and just start typing. m-e and try to figure out, oh, you can look at some of these pictures. there's -- there's a mercs, too, mers. sometimes people get that confused with a k or an s. you can look at the pictures or try to match them up to the graffiti you have currently. the other thing about this, it's not just taggers, it's also gangses. we have gangs over here. we have like what's a big gang member, smily. there's always going to be a smily, right? the great thing is when you do do it, it pulls up. if i pull up like merc, i see that merc tags with five different other people. so, how can i get hold of merc? start finding out what the other guys are doing. it's a big, big thing for you to use. and this is how we put our big cases together. this is our hotline program and it's, like i said, the hotline program is similar to silent witness p

, was that the park will not get around to looking at lake merced until sometime in august of this year eight months from now question for mr. kelly this is on the advance coco calendar you indicated that a commission workshop on lake merced would be held in about two months and didn't see any mention yet on the events calendar and so we hope that you will be taking that up higher courtly so that we can get our calendars sing criterion niced with your calendar because we want we would not want to miss that. >> thank you very much. >>> well we are working on that schedule madame attorney do you shave a response to that question. >> i do not want to get into a legal analysis. and the votessers authorized the bond fund the money is clearly eligible to be used at lake merced there is nothing in the bond ordinance about the administration because that is within the per view of the mayor who's the achieve executive officer of the city. before any of those funds can be spent, they will have to be sequel analysis an action by the board that would be mayor through the controllers office for appr

treasure island, kron 4. >> this muni bus on lake merced boulevard.he outbound 18 struck a pedestrian at lake merced boulevard and john muir drive near daly city. the pedestrian was seriously injured and taken to the hospital. the cause of the accident remains under investigation. as part of the investigation the driver will undergo a drug and alcohol test. an antioch man is suffering from a major head injury tonight after driving his brand new 2013 harley davidson through a wall. it was shortly before 6:30 this evening when he lost control of his motorcycle and crashed through the wall of his neighbors garage. he was attempting to pull into his own garage when he lost control. no one was home at theim of the accident. the victim was not wearing a helmet and was transported to a nearby hospital. >> a bit of a change. with the fog pushing into the city. and a cool, all as vehicle for the north bay valleys. given way to sunshine. and for the afternoon look for sunny skies. with low mid 60s. 40's all of the bay. and upper 30's and low 40's by the bay. as

reserving park merced for future generations. we support quentin kopp proposal of due process that the president of the board was not present at the last hearing. we also want to say although this is a very narrow question this is much bigger than this narrow legal question. i attended every hearing over the park merced project for the last two years. 800 brotherhood way was never mentioned. i don't know if was in the eir but it was never mentioned. it would be egregious to allow this to go forward because no eir's have been done with the project. together these projects are devastating to the environment and the school across the street. the planning comgz authorized increased air pollutants and toxins and add this project to that what are the school going to have? toxic air quality. are you going to have your children continue to attend the school? i ask you to stop this project now. thank you. >> thank you. >> any other public comment? seeing none commissioners the matter is submitted. >> well, i'm happy to begin, and i was pr

[laughter] >>> commissioners, dick allen, lake merced. i pulled off the internet this morning that there is an item under water enterprises, new projects, new projects totaling $39.4 million. and i read pacific garden gun club 12.4 million includes planning environmental review, excavation, loading examine off-site disposal of about 34,000 cubic soils from across the club site. * a couple questions. who is going to pay for this? is this coming from puc rate payers, or is rec and park going to share it with the tax payers' money because they were the lessee? also, what's the start date for removing the soil and what would be the completion date? one last question. during the clean up, will the pacific [speaker not understood] gun club vacate the site? and then, of course, the big question is, after the clean up, what happens to the 10 acres? will we be able to get the -- implement the recommendation and the watershed report by expanding the art boat storage at lake merced? thank you, commissioners. >> have somebody respond. >> steve richie

one of these women was my grandmother, merced moynihan. in la dominica, one of the best cafes in the world, located on oreilly street, where my grandparents met. ticket to ride, i talk about my family history but after they marry -- i am reading a little from the book -- my grandparents were at the center of many fascinating things. i found myself at el centro, the literary and musical gatherings. their house on calle mercades became a cultural cross roads with the traffic of foreigners created a new inspired geography. they travel everywhere. my grandmother, merced, nina played the piano and read poems, while edward read the poems besides playing the fiddle and violin, behaved like an avant garde composer, moving around furniture. according to the journalist were a dynamic duo that rescued the famous hotel sevilla from dereliction in 1919. they also constructed the biltmore neighborhood where many irish american families have homes. when i said irish americans, i go back to the americas, irish-spanish americans and french-irish, et cetera

if you are traveling by lake merced at lake merced road and clear field drive in san francisco therean injury accident car took out a power pole and the power pole landed on the car. we are told there are injuries involved. head up there. we are getting news information now from the scene but sounds like lanes are blocked there. here's a live look at the bay bridge toll plaza. looks like the delays are building. they turn on the metering lights a little while ago and so we were seeing delays in the cash lanes. that changed. now we are seeing delays in the cash and fastrak lanes beyond the overcrossing. no problems at the san mateo bridge the commute direction toward the high-rise. looks good 15 minutes in both directions. no problems in the eastbound lanes of 92, as well. on the maps, this is one of our slow he was drive times so far this morning the westbound 580 commute through the altamont pass and livermore and you will see just one continuous line of brake lights now all the way towards the dublin interchange. that is a check of your "timesaver traffic." i know lawrence, we're a

. >> a muni bus collided with a person near the southern end of lake merced this afternoon. it was just before 4:30 when one boulevard and john muir drive near daly city. the pedestrian was seriously hospital. the cause of the accident remains under investigation.as part of the investigation the driver will undergo a drug and alcohol test. muni service is not being effected. >> consumer alert. auto experts warning buyers coming from the east coast. kron four's philippe djegal explains why auction cars could be a bad buy. and, what steps you should purchase. >> reporter: we are seeing a lot of cars from the east coast primarily the cars that seemed $3,000, $4,000, $5,000, under the price. even some are $10,000. >> reporter: motors in san francisco are all certified. meaning the manufacturer has inspected them, they'reand, they come with an extended warranty. general sales manager chris schniegenberg says 98- percent of his cars are also from the west coast. he warns buyers to always purchase certified used cars. and, stay away from cars coming from the east coast. which are o

. >>> no creo que sea justo, él se merce estar en la prisión. >>> en esta declaracion escrita el cardenalama la revolución ciudadana, dice que en esa revolución mandan los ciudadanos, guillermo lazas dio gracias y felicitó al presidente de ecuador, rafael correa. >>>e sta gratitud al pueblo ,y también a los millones de hombres y mujeres que confiaron en nosotros, somos el gobierno de todos y de todas, vamos a servirles a fin todos con cariño y compromiso. >>> correa dedicó su victoria al presidente de venezuela, hugo chávez. >>> yoani sánchez llegó a brasil en la primera de 10 viajes, a su llegada en recife fue recibida por amigos y familiares y también por opositores a su causa, yoani sánchez dijo que de eso se trata la democracia. >>> varias personas fueron detenidos después que la policía se enfrentó a manifestantes de iberia, en medio de la huelga que afectó a 70 mil viajeros. >>>e n sudáfrica preparan los funerale se la novia de Óscar pistorius, mientras que el atleta dice que cuestiona las evidencias que muestran que él la mató. >>> científicos de la universidad de los urales, en ru

afectaria a 70-mil niÑos de bajos recursos...este empresario dice que estamos a la merced del congresoque trabajen para el contribuyente, no que trabajen para las empresas a las que ellos realmente estan acostumbrados a trabajar con todos los lobbys que tienen" el vaticano brindo acceso a un pequeno grupo de periodistas a un antiguo monasterio sobre las colinas que rodean a la santa sede en donde estara ubicada la futura residencia de benedicto xvi... jose alfonso almora con la informacion... la tegnologia moderna a traves del mapa satelital nos permite atravesar el atlantico en minutos y ya sobre la ciudad de vaticano enfocarnos sobre esta colina y en ella el monasterio mater eclessia donde el rpoximo 28 pasara a retiro hasta sus ultimos dias el actual papa benedicto 16 es un antiguo convento de 4 pisos en reconstruccion junto al centro televisivo vaticano , el cardenal ratiznger sear an tendio por religiosas y vivira en una de las celdas de clausura dedicado a la oracion en el tras patio un huerto donde las religiosas cosecharan gran parte de los alimentos naturales que consumira el

there is a big sequence of merced formation. this is a base in deposit that was formed by the interaction at the end of the continental margin. >> this is just on top. this is the same material that we were looking at at the last site. you can see it is on our way to the last side. it is deposited here by wind. it is 40-50 feet thick. this acts as a big sponge. the water flows through and it gets in a lower formation and then the water level starts to rise and it becomes a reservoir for water. this is dissipated during the more dry months of the year. >> this forms a big long skinny basin and runs into san francisco. it is the coastal bluffs areas that are subject to erosion from the waves and the ground water that comes out and you start to lose this. this is the largest example of failure for a long part of the coast. it has been moving continuously for a long time. >> the ocean was at the same level as we are standing. in 1982, and massive slide occurred further to the north of and one day it moves 5 feet and by the second da

afectaria a 70-mil niÑos de bajos recursos...este empresario dice que estamos a la merced del congreso "realmente que trabajen para el contribuyente, no que trabajen para las empresas a las que ellos realmente estan acostumbrados a trabajar con todos los lobbys que tienen" y segun el departamento de vivienda, los recortes al presupuesto federal tambien afectarian a fondos destinados a la construccion y reparacion de mas de 10-mil casas y comercios afectados por el huracan sandy.. ... aumenta la presion en el congreso para que avance en el tema de la reforma migratoria... varias organizaciones le establecier on al senado la fecha limite del 21 de marzo para que presente un proyecto de ley entegral, que conduzca la ciudadania... fernando pizarro, con mas detalles de la informacional grupo bipartid senadores que propusieron principios 1 reforma migratoria le exigen 1 plazo del 21 de marzo para presentar 1 proyecto redactado con detalles. asi lo exigen organizaciones del movimiento por 1 reforma migratoria justa. el 21 de marzo, nuestra fecha limite. el 10 de abril; va a haber 1 marcha nac

but just to ease the blo so you say that lucy merce was his mistress for life. from 1916 or thereabouts in warm springs from a >> yes. hemorrhage. >> and point of fact, she married ruth ford who was a bachelor in washington and quite well-to-do. believe that the mistress status was continue us because ruth ford died and she was a free agent fo about 3-4 years before roosevelt died am i correct? >> you are correct about that. >> what's to make you thin she was continuously serving as a mess tress to him? >> their relationshi several different phase that he did have polio and that was disabling in som sfloopts they kept in touch. >> absolutely. >> that's a strong -- >> that's a friendship. >> at least a friendship. bearing in mind this was an era when one could not easily have a relationshi especially in politics. everything had to be kept subterranean there is a lot of hidde history. wasn't at his side and the time of his death? >> i have no reason to doubt she loved him sin skerly. i have no reason to doubt that at all but i do think they were two people who wer

merced -- at the mercedes superdome and it breathes new life in the 49ers scoring 17 quickly and you think what's going on. it comes down to a 4th and goal stand by the ravens and the defense held strong once again. kaepernick overthrowed crabtree. the lombardi troughy is coming back to baltimore. after the game the man never lost for words terrell suggs. >> we lost three. >> a row and you counted us out. out them picked broncos, patrons, texans. none of you all had ravens in this game let alone winning it. baltimore city, charm city, world champions baby. >> that's all that needs to be said. flacco was named mvp and he threw for 3 touchdowns, 287 yards and baltimore is the first team to beat san francisco on a superbowl. baltimore has 3 super bowls to the title as a city. the first with the colts that was back during superbowl 5. >>> and there were 34 minutes when you weren't watching any action on the field because you couldn't. the power outage at the super dome had us wondering when will the lights come back on. they did and luckily it didn't stop the ravens from winning. now the

the remaining solids are trucked to a waste facility located in merced california. the digesters have an old out dated and environmental unjust design. one reason for this is the floating unsealed top which allows the smell of the sewage to emanate throughout the neighborhood. what is more there is history of the sewage leaking out during the rainy seasons. they have received complaipts about this and they are chemicals used in the process and according to the usda these are the nitrogen oxides at 1.5 9 tons per year. this nitrogen oxide exposure causes respiratory exposure and harmful to the vegetation and human beings. this is just a few blocks down from third. anyone who have knowledge of bay view hunter's point know this is a very toxic -- >> ma'am, your time is up. >> i also want to say the water flows. >> thank you. >> and it is contaminated. >> everyone gets three minutes. thank you very much. your time is up. >> [inaudible] >> thank you very much. to keep this fair everyone gets three minutes. i'm going to keep talking while you keep talking. thank you very

cooler in fresno and merced. 56 for the gulf tournament taking place in pebble beach. going up ever so gently. each though a couple of degrees warmer tomorrow, we'll hang on to that weather pattern. we see seasonal highs here in the bay area. a sweet forecast on valentine's day on thursday. >> aw. >> one computer model wants to bring a chance of rain into the forecast by friday, but, you know the other one says no. >> okay. >> we will keep you posted. >> thank you much. >>> it does not matter if you are rooting for mumford and sun, carly rae jepsen. it promises to be an entertaining one. we take you behind the scenes. >> the luminaires had a chance to rehears on the stage before doing good. >> up for best new artist and was excited to be rubbing elbows with the biggest stars. >> i saw justin tame betterlick, jessica biel, jaycee and beyonci. >> beyonci, taylor swift. many of the celebrities have had their seats picked out for days. crews are racing to finish preps for the big night which will include artists from different categories performing together. executive prod

chris in merced heights said it's all gone now. still 30s inland. but 50s oakland and also san francisco. it won't take to warm up. we're under a mountain of high pressure. kaud it peaks out. sunny and warmer, only patchy fog, blue skies. windy in some of the east bay hills. 60s 70s. a lot of 70s. i think santa cruz really warms up today. 76 degrees. saturday will be pretty good. i think it will be with your weekend in view, it looks pretty good. increasing clouds monday and tori look at that. rain on tuesday. about time. we need it. we sure do. >>> 7:25. an incredible yet terrifying site over the sky in eastern europe. [ sirens ] >> the destruction caused by a ten-ton meteor hurdling into earth at 33,000 and hour. >> reporter: scientists are setting up a huge telescope this morning to check out an asteroid buzzing by earth. we'll tell you the difference between this asteroid and the meet meteor -- and the meteor in russia. >>> passengers get back on land from the carnival cruise. we'll hear more in a live report from mobile, alabama -- next. >>> 7:

. >> reporter: matthew works as a school police officer in merced county. >> ultimately the goal of this program is to minimize if not completely eliminate any type of injuries or fatalities. that's the whole goal and that's what i am trying to express to my staff. >> it ends with an intruder using an air gun and rubber pellets. the people inside this room are ready to counter or confront the second gunman. for this scenario, tennis balls are used instead of books, lap p toes or chairs. but in most cases, running may be the only option. >> we know what the consequence is of responding passively, and far too often it is death. >> san jose city college and evergreen community college have trained their nine officers. students and teachers will soon undergo the same active shooter training. >> have i to know how to lead -- i have to know how to lead and protect my students. but it is a combination of both. the students need to be prepared and train. >> it is a reality of today's world. getting schools to prepare in order to increase their chances of surviving the unthinkable. >> open the do

. >> reporter: matthew works as a school police officer in merced county. >> ultimately the goal of thisam is to minimize if not completely eliminate any type of injuries or fatalities. that's the whole goal and that's what i am trying to express to my staff. >> it ends with an intruder using an air gun and rubber pellets. the people inside this room are ready to counter or confront the second gunman. for this scenario, tennis balls are used instead of books, lap p toes or chairs. but in most cases, running may be the only option. >> we know what the consequence is of responding passively, and far too often it is death. >> san jose city college and evergreen community college have trained their nine officers. students and teachers will soon undergo the same active shooter training. >> have i to know how to lead -- i have to know how to lead and protect my students. but it is a combination of both. the students need to be prepared and train. >> it is a reality of today's world. getting schools to prepare in order to increase their chances of surviving the unthinkable. >> open the door. >>

. >> the accident happened at lake merced boulevard and john muir at 4:30 this afternoon. the exact circumstances of the accident remain under investigation. we are told the victim's injuries are not life- threatening. the driver will have standard drug and alcohol tests. >>> a treasure island family is driving the loss of a 10-year- old girl who died in an early- morning apartment pier. cell phone video of the complex on mariner drive. the two-alarm fire broke out around midnight. firefighters say two people made it out of the apartment but the girl was on the second floor. firefighters and neighbors say they tried everything to get to her. >> i started crying because i couldn't get to the girl. i jumped down off the stairs and flames came down. right when i got to the door, the house blew up and glasses popped all over the place. >> two firefighters were treated for minor injuries at the scene. the red cross is helping more than two dozen residents burned- out of their homes. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. >>> breaking news just into the tkvu newsroo

the number 18 bus hit the woman around 4-30 yesterday at lake merced boulevard and john muir drive neare was taken to the hospital with serious injuries but is expected to recover. officials add that it appears the woman was struck by the side of the bus and not the front. the driver will undergo drug and alcohol testing. which is standard for such >> san francisco police are asking for help in finding a violent assault suspect. sketch of the suspect in two mission-district assaults. about two weeks ago, police say he punched a random woman in the face several times. police don't think sexual assault or robbery was a motive. in january, he lunged at another woman on the street. the victim says he threw her to the ground, straddled her and slammed her head into the concrete. she says he fled when she screamed. >> police have identified an 18 year old man who was shot and killed outside watsonville high school on friday. they say marco ortega was linked to a local street gang. police believe the shooting was also gang related. ortega was shot multiple times friday night when he was confro

. >>> at least one person was hurt after a car hit a power pole near lake merced this morning. it happened at the intersection of gell earth and clear feel drive. the car was towed away. the pole was down and blocked the road for a short time. >>> in upon the reyes an oyster farm will stay open for a couple of months longer. an appeals court ruled drakes bay oyster company can operate while an appeal to the federal government will decide whether to end the lease. the farm operated for decades on federal land now set to revert to the park service. >>> the catholic church may have a new leader sooner than expected. in a history making move, pope benedict xvi changed the law of conclave. it allows the college of cardinals to skip the previously required 15-day waiting period before electing his successor. >> should do it as quickly as possible. >> i'm surprised. i thought it would take longer. >> the vatican would like a new pope in place before easter week begins march 24th. kpix 5's len ramirez tells us a former bay area archbishop will help select the new holy father. len. >> r

you average generation that you wouldn't be able to sell to hunters point shipyard phase 2, or park merced, or transbay tower, or some other higher revenue paying customer that actually throws off more money that you could use for a go solar sf or delay other rate increases for the general fund. but that really is the policy trade-off. the other scenarios that we ran with the mixes of renewable, and that is one of the key drivers because depending upon whether you choose a bucket 1, which is one type of a renewable portfolio or bucket 2 that's firmly shaped or a bucket 3 which is tradable recs or tradable renewable energy credits, the price of those is dramatically different depending upon which one you choose. and, so, just to give you a rate comparison, if you buy bundled recs, that actually ties the renewable energy to a physical place where we can point to that power plant, that solar panel, that wind farm. that has in the marketplace -- that costs about 5 cents a kilowatt hour. if we buy a tradable rec, we can typically get those for less than a quarter of a penny per kilowatt hour. s

august, yesterday bringing an air cushioned vehicle ashore on the beach, landing helicopters at lake merced and working between us and the national guard, exercising the evacuation of casualties under the control and observation of the department of emergency management, and these are things that we can only really understand through exercise, through training and then figure out where the gaps are and what we need to do to smooth those out. i'll also reference lan wilder if i can. she said something that was pretty revealing. prior to yesterday and getting out on the beach and seeing us, her thinking was just to ride out the disaster. now she feels like she's in a position where she can do some strategic thinking and strategic planning, which is really an obligation for all of us in charge. as captain jones said earlier this morning, we do not know what this is going to look like and it's certainly not going to look like what we anticipate. but having us understand how to react and how to interact with each other will give us a basis upon which we can go forward and move hopefully very qui