i felt like at meridian, it could do some good. we did not even talk about price until the day before the show. of course, meridian needs to support itself and support the community. but that was not the first consideration, so that made me very happy. >> his work is printed porcelain. he transfers images onto and spoils the surface a fragile shes of clay. each one, only one-tenth of an inch thick. >> it took about two years to get it down. i would say i lose 30% of the pieces that i made. something happens to them. they cracked, the break during the process. it is very complex. they fall apart. but it is worth it to me. there are photographs i took 1 hours 99 the former soviet union. these are blown up to a gigantic images. they lose resolution. i do not mind that, because my images are about the images, but they're also about the idea, which is why there is text all over the entire surface. >> marie in moved into the mansion on powell street just five years ago. its galleries are housed in one of the very rare single family resid

for the 100th anniversary of the mansion, meridian hosted a series of special events, including a world premiere reading by lawrence ferlinghetti. >> the birth of an american corporate fascism, the next to last free states radio, the next-to-last independent newspaper raising hell, the next-to-last independent bookstore with a mind of its own, the next to last leftie looking for obama nirvana. [laughter] the first day of the wall street occupation set forth upon this continent a new revolutionary nation. [applause] >> in addition to its own programming as -- of artist talks, meridian has been a downtown host for san francisco states well-known port trees center. recent luminaries have included david meltzer, steve dixon, and jack hirsch man. >> you can black as out of the press, blog and arrest us, tear gas, mace, and shoot us, as we know very well, you will, but this time we're not turning back. we know you are finished. desperate, near the end. hysterical in your flabbergastlyness. amen. >> after the readings, the crowd headed to a reception upstairs by wandering through the other gal

i felt like at meridian, it could do some good.we did not even talk about price until the day before the show. of course, meridian needs to support itself and support the community. but that was not the first consideration, so that made me very happy. >> his work is printed porcelain. he transfers images onto and spoils the surface a fragile shes of clay. each one, only one-tenth of an inch thick. >> it took about two years to get it down. i would say i lose 30% of

few steps away from union square is a quiet corner stone of san francisco's our community to the meridian gallery has a 20-year history of supporting visual arts. experimental music concert, and also readings. >> give us this day our daily bread at least three times a day. and lead us not into temptation to often on weekdays. [laughter] >> meridians' stands apart from the commercial galleries around union square, and it is because of their core mission, to increase social, philosophical, and spiritual change my isolated individuals and communities. >> it gives a statement, the idea that a significant art of any kind, in any discipline, creates change. >> it is philosophy that attracted david linger to mount a show at meridian. >> you want to feel like your work this summer that it can do work this summer that it can do some good.

s meridian hill park is drained regularly. in the past, it was not a problem.but this year, the finish are living in the pool. >> we're originally hearing about it through a blog and one of our officers said no, we can't let this happen. >> reporter: that officer was michael treeblosser. he usually investigates animal cruelty. >> the dog in someone's backyard with food, water, and shelter. >> he's a fish and if no one helped him, they would have suffered and died. >> we talk about helping, being the voice for the voiceless and this is -- a perfect example. >> reporter: may be you're wondering how the fish got here in the first place. meridian hill is run by the national park service and they didn't stock the pool. in fact, a neighbor put the fish in here. >> while his intentions may have been good and he wanted to bring bouty to the park, which it did, it was not in the best interest of the fish. >> reporter: volunteer daniel is searching for the tiniest creatures. >> and has some layers to keep track of what you're doing and where, you know, the fish might be

. ♪ under the guidance of musical curators, these three, meridian has maintained a strong commitmento new music, compositions that are innovative, experimental, and sometimes challenging. sound art is an artistic and event that usually receives short shrift from most galleries because san francisco is musicians have responded by showing strong support for the programming. ♪ looking into meridian's future, she says she wants to keep doing the same thing that she has been doing since 1989. to enlighten and disturbed. >> i really believe that all the arts have a serious function and that it helps us find out who we are in a much wider sense than we were before we experienced that work of art. ♪ commissioner moran: good afternoon. i would like to call the december meeting of the public utilities commission to order. mr. secretary, could you call the roll? >> [roll call] i might note that commissioner courtney's arrival is delayed, but he is expected, and commissioner caen is excused from this afternoon's meeting. commissioner moran: thank you, and apologies to folks, we needed to meet ea

s meridian hill park is drained regularly. in the past, it wasn't a problem but this year, fish are living in the pool. >> we originally heard about it through a blog and one of our officers said no, we can't let this happen. >> that officer was michael treeblosser. he usually investigates animal cruelty. >> a dog that is out in man's backyard without any food, water or shelter. these are fish. if no one helped them, they would die. >> reporter: maybe you are wondering how fish got here in the first place. meridian hill is run by the nationals park service but they didn't stock this pool. in fact, a neighbor put the fish in here. >> while his intentions might have been good and he wanted to bridge beauty to the park, which it did, it wasn't in the best interest of the fish. >> reporter: so volunteers are searching for even the tiniest creatures. >> just got some layers so you can kind of keep track of what you're doing without like squishing them. >> you might walk into a building on k street and see a building on k street wit

looking into meridian's future, she says she wants to keep doing the same thing that she has been doing since 1989. to enlighten and disturbed. >> i really believe that all the arts have a serious function and that it helps us find out who we are in a much wider sense than we were before we experienced that work of art. ♪ [music] >> good afternoon i'd like to begin. thank you and welcome to todays performance of dacugo in english. as most of you know is a comical one man story telling that uses very limited stage set and instruments and thus it's a japanese tradition performing arts that requires special and traditional and highly trained skills. >> today's story. the hunter. 300 decadesing an in japan there was a man who liked hunting. he told a lie to a bird. or a small light. small harrons make good friends or not. you might find the answer in my story. >> good afternoon. what are you up to these days anything exciting? yes, i have an idea. >> are you going to be the hunter in >> you told on me you're going to be unicorn hunter. it's a kind of snake kind of hunt er japan. you ever se

at least twice a day she would drive down meridian ave and go past a strange looking building that defined itself as indian health center. she would think to yourself, i should see if that place needs volunteers. one day she called, and of -- beloved physician we had identified a project for lisa and actor -- ask her to consider joining the board of directors. with leases unique legal and medical backgrounds, benefits from having both in a single board member we save some times. thank you. and her commitment and leadership have helped guide through more than a decade of growth and the challenges that come with it. her quick, usually irreverent and sometimes wacky, actually always wacky sense of humor enlivens the board meetings, and may leave her in the future to the stage at one of my agencies comedy jam event. lisa looks forward to reading and continuing efforts to improve the health of the indians come to advocate for health care for the underserved, and to innovate in the prevention and chronic illness. and lease that is part miami -- lisa is part miami on her mother's side. and part c

s meridian pool park is drained regularly.n't a probable in the past, but this year fish are -- problem in the past, but this year fish are living in the pool. >> we originally heard about it in a blog and one of our officers said no, we can't let this happen. reporter: that officer was michael treeblosser and usually investigates animal cruelty. >> these are fish and if no one helped them they would have just suffered and died. >> we always talk about being the voice for the voiceless and this is a perfect example. reporter: maybe you're wondering how the fish got here. meridian hill is run by the national park service, but they didn't stock this pool. in fact, a neighbor put the fish in here. >> while his intentions might have been good and he wanted to bring beauty to the park, which it did, it wasn't in the best interest of the fish. reporter: so volunteer danielle bays is searching for even the tiniest creatures. >> it's got some layers so you can keep track what you're doing and where the fish might be without like squis

august 19th, 1981, i ran away from the meridian home for girls just outside philadelphia to the streets of the fort lauderdale strip. i was 14. june 11th, 2011, 30 years later with 5 years sober, i started walking home. with my walk, walking up the east coast, i would walk about 10 miles in the morning, and then in the afternoons i would visit homeless shelters, treatment centers, battered women shelters. i'd go back into the alleys, under the bridges and tell my story and share hope. i started sandraswalk.org to spread little mustard seeds of hope in places that there were none. and there's a lot of fantastic things going on in the recovery community, and i think the stigma of-of coming into recovery and the fellowships, and you can't do this and you can't do that, kind of wards people off. it scares people off from coming into recovery, because they think they're going to be sentenced to a church basement and a coffee pot. (music) we have recovery concerts. we have sober comedy events. we have the 12 step music fest in the keys. and there's a lot of fantastic things going on in the re

have hntb doing the work, and then another company with the construction, the design build, we have meridian, and the entire group is golden gate link, which is a consortium of all the outfits. flat iron are the ones you want to be watching and connecting to. those are the ones that will be doing the construction. so any support that you can provide to them, they are the ones that you really want to be watching for. we are going to be closing financials for that in about the march timeline of 2012 and getting to construction shortly after that. those two will complete the entire drive. we wanted to focus on this because we do not build a lot of highways in the city and county of san francisco. we have been turning them down. but the major one we are doing, we wanted to make sure we get the participation of small businesses. again in conclusion i want to thank the commission, the human rights commission, for putting this together, the supervisor for invites us. for finding me again and our team. thank you again. this concludes my report and presentation. i will be available later on for any q