i have many, many times gone the wrong way trying to go to payless, mervyn's. i am the one waitperson. i have been in many many lots. i do applaud the open discussion on let's get the one-way traffic blowing and make -- flowing and make office depot accessible. she was talking about integration in the community. they do not want to shake hands with us on the subway. they are not opening their doors to give our teachers gift cards are any thought of appreciation. please honor the high school students beating they are part of the neighborhood. they want to come shopping. please open their doors to us. i hope payless or mervyn's or anyone else in the neighborhood would shake hands with the students at our school. thank you. president olague: thank you. is there any additional public comment on this item? >> my name is jim wilter. i am directly opposite the parking lot entrance, and for many years, i watched the old sears sign -- not a very attractive sign, but it did not bother me. you have got to have the height, because i know i do not want to have to dodge a si

the three alarm fire in newark sparked at what used to be the mervyn's. it was probably started by homeless people camped inside. fire crews searched for victims but did not find any. no one was hurt. >>> apple is gearing up for the debut of the iphone 5 and the new ceo will el introduce it close to home. the unveiling will happen at a cupertino campus. the much anticipated i phone 5 will be the first product bought out under the supervision of the new ceo tom cook. apple store employees have been told they can forget about vacations during the first week the iphone 5 is on sale. some customers waited more than 10 hours to enter the four story building. the store can recordedly accommodate 40,000 customers a day. >>> gte riders packed a community meeting to speak about riders. four bpa board members attended and some seemed open to the idea. however they said finding money for the initiative. >>> diana nayad said it was a great disappoint she had to give up her third attempt swimming from cuba to the united states. before giving up her quest this morning,

it is the site of the old toys r us, sears row buck and mervyns. supervisor chiu: without objection this ordinance is passed. ilet 24? >> item 24, ordinance amending the administrative code, decreasing film fees for smaller budget productions pertaining to the film rebate program. supervisor chiu: supervisor farrell? supervisor farrell: thank you. colleagues, this legislation is going to bolster our current film rebate program by including documentaries and reality programs to the program. in the past, reality shows used to be fairly low budget productions. now we are seeing many more of these shows with more substantial budgets to work with,, and we would like to attract them here to have them spend their production dollars here in san francisco and hire local crews. this is going to apply to documentary films as well. since introducing this legislation over a month ago, my office, the film office and the staff of the film commission has received numerous inquiries from different reality shows and documentaries that want to take advantage of this

flames broke out this afternoon in empty retail space and the former mervyns and circuit city stores there on mowry avenue. the fire punched holes in the roofs sending smoke into the sky. firefighters put it out in 45 minutes. crews searched for a homeless person thought to be inside but did not find anyone. >>> sunnyvale authorities have arrested a woman accused of killing a young boy and new information tonight says the boy was her son. the toddler was found dead inside an apartment on san aliso avenue yesterday afternoon. tonight the "mercury news" reports his mother, 27-year-old latisha certain in a was taken into custody. deputies found her on a mathilda avenue overpass above highway 101 yesterday shortly after the boy's body was found. >>> richmond police are looking for a hit-and-run driver who struck and killed a disabled man in his wheelchair. debora villavon spoke with the man's family ainge wind about how someone could drive away. >> reporter: you can see a sad shrine marks the spot. 52-year-old dave cox was well known and liked in this neighborhood. he had been in a wheel