things that folks feel pretty strongly about lake merced.

your intent with this among others is to stop the park merced project. >> yes. supervisor elsbernd: thank you for getting that on the record. since that project has a development agreement and there may be a referendum, and this legislation impact a development agreement? >> of development agreements are authorized by state statute and it provides that subsequent land use controls cannot work to impair the rights and obligations of the city under a development agreement. to the extent that there are valid agreements, this ordinance would not apply. supervisor elsbernd: it looks like the authors can't draft their intent. supervisor kim: and we have john from the planning department. >> i would like to do a quick review of what we see, the mechanics of it and some of the technical issues of it. and perhaps some unintended consequences. it affects all zoning districts and i will say, one of the concerns i have is that there is inconsistency with the measure. there are some technical issues. it also affects not just a typical dwelling units, but hotels, restaurants,

things that folks feel pretty strongly about lake merced. interests are a little bit different. >> are the conversations surrounding this? >> a lot of the focus of this discussion is on agreement, but there are some overarching issues. i think we're making good progress. the amount of fishing that takes place. how it should be pushed in a certain direction. these have all been on the table. we will work to use that document for guidance, for staff bring this back in the future. it lays out a menu of possibilities, but just understanding the envelope. commissioner: thank you. president vietor: i think this is a bigger question on puc land policy stuff. we have these various parcels that we own, and this question of recreation has come up. the liberal on the parcel -- laguna honda parcel. they are habitat corridor related, whatever, and i do not think there is a way to encapsulate his policies so as we move forward, we can say about the terms of the relationship with other city departments or community groups because this really is our mission

things that folks feel pretty strongly about lake merced. everybody's interests are a little bit different. >> are the conversations surrounding this? >> a lot of the focus of this discussion is on agreement, but there are some overarching issues. i think we're making good progress. the amount of fishing that takes place. how it should be pushed in a certain direction. these have all been on the table.

>> biggest issue right now and for potentially decades to come is parker said -- park merced. the owners have proposed demolishing half of the units and building 8000 new ones over the course of the next 25 to 30 years. that is a significant change for the district and the region. it is right there on the corner of california highway one. whether or not the project moves forward and if it does, how the city and region grapple with the growth is probably the biggest challenge of the district. >> how will you balance the needs of the city against the needs of your district? >> that is the biggest challenge for any representative, whether it is a local supervisor, assemblyperson, or congressional representative. it is important that i keep in the back of my head that i sit on the city and county board of supervisors. there is a responsibility to the city as a whole. there is no easy way to balance it. you deal with those issued by issue. >> the city is faced with tough budget decisions, including where to make cuts and whether to raise taxes and fees. how will you approach the di

three routes under consideration are san jose to bakersfield, merced to palmdale, merced to san fernando valley, those last two routes would be taking the train closer to the l.a. basin. if they choose the san jose route getting to san jose from bakersfield five stops. and then bakersfield, that would be a trip that would take under two hours top speeds of 220 miles an hour. high speed rail would not only connect to silicon valley but to san francisco and sacramento. don't forget you have caltrain which travels to the city and amtrak's capital corridor which ends in sacramento. a decision on which route won't be made until next year. the board needs to consider which segment would give them the most bang for their buck. the overall plan for high speed rail in california is 800-mile route, a system that would connect northern california to southern california, san francisco to l.a., top speeds 220 miles an hour. very expensive right now, estimated to cost in the neighborhood of $43 billion. only a fraction of that money is secured. reporting live in san jose, bob redell, today in the bay.

there were 14 rescued on the merced river in the last 24 hours. the high temperatures are melting this year's snowpack making the rivers fast, swollen and dangerous. >> and impressive and encouraging finishes on wall street. stocks had their biggest weekly gain in two years. the dow jones soared 168 points finishing the day and week at 12,582. for the week, the dow gained 648 points. that's nearly a five and a half percent jump. the nasdaq also saw a big gain of 42 points and the s&p 500 rose 19. stocks were up, and so could be tuition at the uc system. more painful tuition hikes could be coming. university of california officials are preparing to recommend a nearly 10% tuition increase to the board of regents. it would make up for a lofs $150 million due to steep cuts in state funding. the san francisco chronicle is reporting that if the increase is approved, the annual in state tuition would rise my bye more than $1,000 to $12,200 a year. >>> the former head of the ims is free on bail tonight. dom niece strauss-kahn was released from house arres

it could take a month to find the bodies because the current could be carrying them far down the merced river. two men and a woman fell after crossing a barricade to pose for photos near the top of the 317 foot vernal falls. >> they were on the other side of the railing. just standing in the water and playing around in the water. and unfortunately they slipped and all three of them went into the water and over the water fall. witness reports say one of them slipped, and next one tried to rescue the first one z then, third one tried to rescue the second and first one. >> all three ended up going over vernal falls. a few minutes ago there were pictures of two of the victims, a 27-year-old and 21-year-old. she is a nursing student at usf. the third victim is a 22-year-old from modesto and turlock. >> the federal reserve crack down hard on san francisco

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

and get ready, close roads. >> this video shows the frantic moments after a merced sheriff dive team boat cap sized during a rescue overnight. three rafters and four deputies toppled out of the boat into frigid river, sending emergency crews scrambling. taking several hours and several agencies to bring them all to safety. >> what these people did, not paying attention, not understanding mother nature, put our officers in danger. that is not right. >> in response there, was an emergency proclamation to close the river late friday afternoon. before that, wash warnings did not stop them from entering the wis river in almost the same spot. this man insisted he'd be safe. a sargeant showed up, refusing to let his 14-year-old nephew to go with him. >> we had to rescue our own guys. if you get tree there's, it's dangerous. >> rodriguez took off, made it part of the way before jumping off his raft. he showed us the tree branch used. >> this is dangerous f i would have never jumped i won't be here, talking to you guy autos deputies hope the new proclamation will help anyone else from making

. >> lake merced had a high water level. since we paid over much of the city, the water levels have dropped, but at one time, the late actually trade out into the ocean approximately where the dog diner is that now. somewhere in the 1870's, they saw the damage at the water in the late so it did not exit out uncontrolled, and for 10 years, people were drinking lake merced water as drinking water. it is much bigger, too. if you go to san francisco state, the practice will appeal this part of the lake. i do daily city, that was part of the lake. it was huge. >> the southern area [inaudible] but there is a different area. >> there was a creek that came down basically through west portal and said that particular lake. >> that was filled in when they develop west portal, and they had the brilliant idea when they dug but,, they needed a place to put it, so they build the creek in with the tunnel muck. >> you can see in 1910, we are talking about after the earthquake, but outer richmond is still pretty sparsely settled. >> or anyone

her said to palmday or merced to the san fernando valley. once completed it will stretch from san francisco to los angeles and eventually link sacramento to san diego. >> still ahead -- >>> watch out pandora. a new music service that launched today wants music lovers to have the idea that you don't have to commit to just one album. >> and do you agree or disagree. the emmy nominations are out. we'll look at bay area actors in the running for the new awards. >>> and i'm your chief meteorologist, jeff raneri. sunshine across the bay bridge. the suniest day we' h ad in a while. the clouds will rebuild back here as far ban acs ajo san jos. our warming seven-day forecast and how hot it could get next week coming up. hello parents, it's going to be a big school year. your kids are going to climb rope. they're going to have a year long tug war with the ceiling. and by the time they get out of 8th grade, they're going to do it with sweat on their brow and achievement in their hearts. so, this is what they're gonna need: running shoes, t-shirts, tube

in merced county, abc 7 news. >> rushing water and dangerous condition forced fresno county sheriff'sto close the king river to recreation today. closure came a little more than an hour after the river was reopened for activity lake swim being and tubing. reservoir which feeds the river is at 95 percent of capacity and water is being released. that is driving up the river level downstream of course and so now they are keeping l people out of it to be safe. >> golden gate ferry were up an running off all today after one day strike was called off at the start of the morning commute. but what a confusing day it was for riders. amy with the mixed signal. >> the striking was announced late yesterday. so commuters like ken hartley didn't feigned out until they arrived at the ferry terminal around 4:30 this morning. >> that's bad. pl hum. i can't get home today. well i guess i better drive in then. >>reporter: just as he was driving in to the city the situation changed again. chris was listening to the news in her car she was able to adapt. >> on my way in. i heard there was going to be a st

there were 14 just on the merced river in 24 hours. high temperatures are melting the snow pack making the rivers fast and swollen and very dangerous. >> a big finish on wall street. stocks had the biggest weekly gain in two years. dow jones soared 168 points, it's going to open at 12582. the dow was up 5.5% jump for the week. nasdaq was also up and s&p 500 rose 19. >> for u.c. students economic news not so good. they are preparing to recommend a 10% tuition increase for the board of regents that would make up a loss of $150 million because of steep cuts. the tuition would rise by more than a thousand dollars to $12,200 per year. >> imagine spending only a few dollars to help a student to college. it's possible through scholar match. students post their profile hoping to get people to donate money toward their college tuition. >> reporter: college is an expensive proposition but they are helping students pay for their education. >> the idea to create scholar match begins here. many of the students are being accepted into college but di

my last recommendation has to do with item 11 on your agenda today, the park merced issue. the c.a.c. has had a presentation about the transportation plan and development agreement of at park merced, including the realignment of the m oceanview. it is our recommendation that this board adopt the transportation plan and development agreement. at least as presented to the c.a.c. on june 2. i can't comment, obviously, on any changes that might have occurred since then. it would be very easy to just look at this and say, well, we just have more people there, so we have to find a way to ship more people around and deal with increased traffic from there. but what you have instead is a really comprehensive transportation plan for that site, something that integrates a lot of principles of good planning and urbanism, and we were very impressed with that and we think that this plan represents a very positive step forward. some of the feedback we got about the m oceanview was the people in the o.m.i. very much value the trip they have to the west portal commercial district. we were p

. >> a daring rescue on the merced river. four deputies were swept downstream when they got caught in the debris. they were trying to reach three boys who were caught on a raft. >> i was on the phone with 911 and i was telling her what was happening, we were in the trees for maybe two hours. >> because of some person's ignorance about the ravaging waters here at the merced river caused our officers to get in distress. >> that wasn't the end of it. the rescue he's talking about end up taking ten hours when members of a second sheriff's department team also had to be rescued. 14 rescues on the merced river in 24 hours. high temperatures are melting this year's near-record snowpack, making the rivers fast, swollen, and as we saw, very dangerous. >> more bad news for uc students. they are recommending a rate increase. it would make up for cuts in the new budget. in state tuition could ride to $12,200 a year. >> imagine spending only a few dollars to send a student to college. it's possible through a new program called college mat

. >> reporter: the water rushes over vernal fall and down the merced river. 1,500 people a day climb to the top. yosemite's most popular hiking trail. at noon the trail was reopened. the search for the most part, halted. >> we are experiencing very high water for this time of the year. the likelihood that we will find the body will probably -- probably won't happen until later in the year when the water actually starts to recede. it's not safe for our search and rescue crews to go down there at the moment and begin diving into the water because of the sheer force and the water level that's in the merced river right now. >> reporter: from the top to the bottom of vernal fall is over 300 feet. think of a 30-story building. at the bottom is not just a pool of water, but it's the rocks below. friends and family of the hikers swept over the fall are coming to yosemite. not ready to give up. all three victims from the central valley, about 100 miles away. >> mom was out of the country. sister, everyone just praying that he's -- he gets found. >> reporter: for hikers, there's reason to be c

. >> a daring rescue on the merced river. four deputies were swept downstream when they got caught in the debris. they were trying to reach three boys who were caught on a raft. >> i was on the phone with 9 is is 911 and i was telling her what was happening, we were in the trees for maybe two hours. >> because of some person's ignorance about the ravaging waters here at the merced river caused our officers to get in distress. >> you can hear the edge in his voice. that rescue ended up taking ten hours when a member of a second sheriff's department team also had to be rescued. that were 14 rescues on the merced river alone in 24 hours. high temperatures are melting the snowpack, making the rivers fast, swollen and as we saw, very dangerous. >> a big increase in the stock market yesterday. the dow jones industrial average soared 180 points. it will open at 12,582. for the week the dow gained 648 points, that's nearly a 5 1/2% jump. the nasdaq also saw a big jump of 42 points and the s & p. 500 rose 14. >> for school the news is

he was found wednesday in a hindu temple in merced county. his disappearance launch aid wide search. los angeles police interviewed his traveling companions. he told investigators he befriended a hindu cab driver in l.a. and that man helped him buy a greyhound ticket to san francisco. the youngster got confused when the bus stopped in merced. >> he heard a person talk about san francisco, not having command of the english language end ended up getting off the bus here in merced. >> l.a. county child welfare officials are making arangements for him to return home to india. >> and new security cameras will be monitoring streets of oakland fruit veil district and there is a joint ship tomt deter crime in the neighborhood. the goal is to get police to monitor cameras in realtime to identify suspects. the first camera put into place today outside of the restaurant with popular owner was purr murdered in a for his daughter, the installation comes none too soon. >> in three months my father was murdered unjustly. the restaurant was robbed yet again,

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