. >> moscone center is vital.t's violatesally important to the success of san francisco moving forward. >>reporter: the mayor would not say how much it would cost to expand moscone center but he said other cities are doing it or are planning to do so. we should too. in san francisco, lee ann, abc 7 news. >>> you are looking live at coyote tower landmark in san francisco north beach area since it was built in 1931. but some believe the city is trying to turn this telegraph hill beacon into a common reception hall. vote taken today could allow up to 12 parties a year to be held at the tower. carolyn has more on why that is so worrisome. >> san francisco commissione commissionerers voted today to negotiate with someone new to operate coyote tower. first change since 1992. and comes just weeks after the city voters approved prop b. measure to limit private parties like this one. but the vendor selected to eventually take over have proposed special event every month. outraging pwaeshing. >> today the of park department

so we owe moscone a great debt for standing his ground.on of -- have been a basketball star at st. ignatius and he was seen as a trader by traitor by many of the kids and the men he grew up with who later became part of the power structure in this town. [inaudible] [inaudible]áuñ?ñ?ñ >> i wanted to say one thing and it is very illustrated with the chapter i read about the good earth commune because that gentleman mccarthy was a vietnam veteran and he came to the haight and was embraced by people here. he was in pain and obviously was on the brink of a nervous breakdown or worse coming out of the experience in vietnam. he was not spent on, he was not rejected. these lies spread and became these mythologies that were spread by hypernationalistic patriotic types, the right wing. for the most part i think they are completely groundless and in the city, veterans by and large were warmly embraced and when they had drug problems, when they were in dire need and no one else was taking care of them, not their families, not the patriotic types, it w

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. >>> apple's annual conference starts tomorrow in san francisco and banners outside the moscone center where the conference gets under way tomorrow are advertising a new operating system for apple. this is video of last year's conference. this year apple's ceo tom cook is expected to take the late steve jobs' place in unveiling software and mac computer updates. many are anxious to learn about features and when it will be released. also some people are speculating that there could be some announcements with new facebook functions and perhaps new information when apple will deliver that full-blown tv set as well. the new iphone is not expected to come out until the fall. >>> the life of steve jobs is about to be recreated in the very place he created apple. the los altos garage where the company was founded. filming is due to start tomorrow in that garage and ashton kutcher landed the starring role. the film will feature jobs' life from 1971 to 2000 when jobs became ceo of apple the second time. the apple co-founder died of pan creator cancer last october and there is no word on when th

historical research to date to find out that in the mazzola case, it was prepared prior to mayor moscone bringing those charges. that is apparently what should have been done, but i do not think they need to countenance that preparation. we have already got a significant burden in front of us to prepare for the 19th. we do not need to complicate that i have a discovery, in our case. chair hur: mr. keith? >> well, i think this goes back to an issue we raised at the last hearing, which is the duty of a representative to cooperate, and these materials would have normally been provided to us. they would have been given to us by the employee, and if the employee did not want to cooperate, they would resign. this is typically the way these things go, and this one has not gone that way. we have been going to the court. from our standpoint, most significantly are the telephone records described in the criminal action. our hearing is not until june 5, so we are on a very tight timeline. what i would like to do is get discovery of this telephone records. chair hur: a stick, hold on, before he spea

make them less water intensive and that includes parks like alamo square and plaza and even parts of mosconere we have seen a lot of water loss. we plan on using these funds [unintelligible] we have been successful in the past in obtaining puc funds to address some of these most water inefficient parks. forestry. this is $4 million for the continuation of the forestry program. i want to be clear that this forestry program is about remediating has industries and pose a risk to the public. we have had injuries and fatalities in the recreation and parks system. plaza has seen unfortunate accidents due to trees that have not been adequately dealt with. an

make them less water intensive and that includes parks like alamo square and plaza and even parts of moscone where we have seen a lot of water loss. we plan on using these funds [unintelligible] we have been successful in the past in obtaining puc funds to address some of these most water inefficient parks. forestry. this is $4 million for the continuation of the forestry program. i want to be clear that this forestry program is about remediating has industries and pose a risk to the public. we have had injuries and fatalities in the recreation and parks system. plaza has seen unfortunate accidents due to trees that have not been adequately dealt with. we want to continue that program. as we look at the map of sites, the first program in 2008 is consumed by any of few specific sites because there was such overwhelming need there. all those red trees are neighborhood parks that we think will be able to get to with another $4 million to radiate -- remediate and address hazardous trees. supervisor elsbernd: we're talking about trees in neighborhood parks or trees all over rec and park? >> trace

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moscone attracts events during the year. >>> another big event is the al media county fair.dance records is already broken. 30,000 people attended in pleasant ton and this is the -- pleasantton. and this the fair runs through july 8th. another reminder for july. right around the corner as well. catch all the action here on kron 4. you will have the best season in the house. we will show you the fireworks from pleasantville. san rafael and the big spectacular over the bay. we are the only station that brings you local live fireworks. that is kron 4 at 9:00 p.m. >>> we are following this on friday morning. crews in san francisco making repairs to the fire damage at pier 29. it went up in flames wednesday afternoon. preliminary investigation suggested construction worker he is may have been in the billing right before the fire. exact cause is not determined. >>> palo alto motors is rolling out the new sedan in fremont today. it is the model s and they are getting the first deliveries this morning. it is just under $50,000. after a tax credit with a range of close to 300 miles.

moscone attracts 50 events a year.f the project is expected to be completed by 2018. >>> another event, alameda county fair. attendance records are he broken. >> 70,000 people attending in pleasanton. it runs all the way through july 8th. >>> bay area sports and the as seem to work wonder it is defense the best teams in baseball. >> after sweeping the first place los angeles dodgers in early play. >> it is a 3-run jack in the 9th inning for the first career game ending shot. and before the -- the 4-1 win was the last in the nine games. now, the giants will see if they can cool off the as. they have struggling san francisco pitcher tim lincecum facing against the other pitcher. >>> he has mandatory signs in the drive up vehicle. >> what is up. >> why are you on the street when it says. no private vehicles on the road. >> reporter: this driver ignored all the signs and then she rolls down the window after she gathers her thoughts. >> i have to get to work. and there are bicycles in the middle of the road. i don't like yo

at moscone i center, abc 7 news. >>> twitter opened the new san francisco headquarters today. muni launched new express route to help those employees goat work. offices are on market street between 9th and tenth. the company tweeted this photo of the new roof top at lunch time. muni new 83 express bus runs between the cal train station to twitter offices. 7 news spoke to achieve on her way to serve twitter employees the first male at the new space. >> today we are opening the twitter headquarters. and many so about so we are putting out our first menu at 11:30, 12:00 o'clock and just on my way to prepare for that. food it's pretty exciting. brand new kitchen. it's gone. >>reporter: in case you are wondering what they feasted on. barbecue pork spare rib. corn on the cobb and sweet potato o. city officials hope the company move bus line will help revitalize mid market area. sounds a little better than our vending machine doesn't it. >> we have roof top, too. tl tar and gravel. >> wait a minute. what is going on here. >> if let's get a petition. >> we have more nice warm temperat

the moscone center getting a make over. expanding thener yesterday with the first to be finished in 2018. mayor lee says the center needs to grow if it wants to keep attracting new events. >> a celebration of san francisco's gays and lesbians, hosting prit this weekend. >> thousands of people expected to flock to the city including david copay. >> this weekend will be start at the foot of san francisco haul where javy milk was more than 30 years ago. the parade is mark and trial and end at market and eighth street. >> a busy day there. meteorologist christina loren, how is the forecast going to look. thousands of people headed into san francisco. into the weekend and we're not going to have spectacular conditions. won't be bad if you are out and about. cool conditions. we're starting out again with a full gek of clouds. a little bit of drizzle is likely up the peninsula to san francisco with that marine layer at the coast. it has pushed parse the mountains, prettying out krizly. showers, to our north as i keep monitoring th

the mayor saying today a 25-year master plan for expanding moscone center with the first segment completed in 2013. >>> more bad news for our economy this afternoon. let's check in with our business and tech reporter scott budman. >> it's not enough we're worried about europe and housing. moody's downgraded the credit rating of bank america, and they say they have lots of exposures to and risk from volatile world financial markets. the cuts came towards the end of trading today and led to a late sell-off during an already rough session. a triple-digit loss for the dow. a drop of more than 2% for the nasdaq. as if that wasn't enough, twitter went down several times today. for a while none of us knew what any of us were doing, or listening to, or eating. twitter says it was a failure in their own system, one that was eventually fixed. twitter seems like a cool place to work. speaking of cool places to work, the best places to work in the bay area, voted on by you, bay area employees. here are some of the best. and they're hiring. tivo isn't just a box, it's a nice place to work, with cool pe

in moscone we have the worldwide developer's conference, wig announcements inside and traffic, will haver you as well. the u.s. opensh that's at the olympic club, skyline that will affect north of john daly boulevard and south of the zoo, also affect 19 getting off at 280, likely a lot will use that to the east. here is the south bay. bottom of the screen, the 50s show up for 87 heading fort up toward kirkner. we've seen that the last 15 to 20 minutes. i'll follow this and let you know if there are changes for the south bay. >> all right. even though we're talking a lot of golf it is game day for 49er season ticket holders who want seats at the new stadium. starting today, current season ticket holders can start making their selections. but first things first, they must buy a stadium's builder's license to reserve their spot. it's a one-time fee ranking from $2 thousz to $20,000. 49ers stadium is set to open in 2014. so you got to be a fan with some deep pockets. >> i was going to say. you really have to be a dedicated -- >> not only that but it is expensive for a lot of people, long tim

the bust of former mayor george moscone sparked a great deal of discovery when it was first unveiled the sculpture of the politician who was shot and killed at city hall features bloody bullet holes and other details of his life and death. >> the work was rejected by the san francisco arts commission, 1981. this is a work of art that i've lu lusted after for many, many years. i've always felt this piece had to come to sfmoma at some point. >> the portrait of george is part of a gallery devoted to the artist's work. >>> thousands decked in their finest are in san francisco for the symphony's black and white ball. a fund-raiser for the symphony's music education programs and nbc bay area's kimberly terry has more for us. >> reporter: starting at 9:00 tonight, these streets will be filled with people and the air with music. the black and white ball, a biennial ant, expected to draw 5,000 to 6,000 people tonight. there will be ten bands on five stages, paul simon, cyndi lauper, the wallflowers and the drifters. proceeds tonight go toward maintaining the san francisco symphony's education

. >>> san francisco's mayor says the moscone center will get bigger and bet he. mayor ed lee took a tour of the 30-year-old convention center in reas and upgrades. >>> hundred -- in remodeling and upgrades. >>> a san francisco restaurant served up some unusual deals to help teenagers from some of the toughest neighborhoods. former may poor willie brun headed up an auction at john's grill. some of them included replicas andp the columnist contained and the. money will go to -- and the columnist contained and the money will go to the program for those who graduated. >> the auction, by the way, in testal raised $81,000. >> way to go. really proud. >> yes. >>> have you looked -- have you looked outside? it's cloudy out there. should you take an umbrella with you? steve's coming back. >>> right now, northbound 80 traffic looks good but there is a brand-new crash just reported in the east bay. we'll update coming up. >>> the effort to clean up the homeless camp is proving to be a big success. the city launched a test program to pick up trash and other items that have c

be people have been lined up along the moscone center. >> reporter: everyone you see here is a for theerence but some people got here as early as 10:00 last night and spend the night out here. why? because they wanted to be here for the keynote speaker of tim cook. earlier this morning about an hour ago, the line wraps completely around the west center. this is the first time tim cook will give this speech. they talk about what's next for the company. >> i want the new mac. they haven't updated it for two years. >> i have no expectations. i want to be surprised. i have no expectations at all. >> reporter: now, apple is not releasing details about what their ceo will talk about. along with new rumors about a pro there's talk about a new operating system and apps to compete with google. back out here live, the people you see, all them have registered but then they -- they had to get back in line again. live in san francisco, allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. >>> we have new picks of apple's proposed campus and he submit -- the company wants to start construction on the spa

mayor george moscone, whose narrow election was due in no small part to peoples temple support, repaidthe housing commission. >> whenever jones would say the slightest thing, a short speech, a quick answer to a question, they would clap in a deafening way. just the whole meeting was stopped. i was trying to get some story of jones published. a story -- if only about his image and his kind of unusual style. it was hard to get anyone to go on the record and say, i got questions about jones because jones was so routinely useful. and because he had so many, in a way, bills that he had accumulated. >> he had a lot to hide. he was faking the healings, you know. he had millions of dollars. secreted away in various accounts throughout the world. i mean, it's not a very pretty picture of jim jones. >> and then finally some ex-members said i hear you're trying to write about the church. i hear you have a lot of questions. here's what we think you should know. >> you better get your mouth talking. slide under the table, slide under the table. get to her. >> what he began finding out stood in star

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