here is what the back of the mural looks like. >> talks are underway to move the mural, the place thatould house it has yet to be built. this is the site behind me, a parking lot here at city college. this is what the building would look like. >> bergman reached out to somebody else. they put together a committee the friends of diego rivera murals. we want to make sure that it will not interfere with other programs or education. this is outside money that we wanted to provide the college to be able to do. >> they will have to rely on deep pockets and donations from the public. there are three other murals in the bay area, one at san francisco's city club, a second at the art institute and another at u.c. berkeley. many believe the mural at city college should have a home ncisco, lyannestature. melendez, "abc 7 news." >>> up next, struggling with hitting the fastball? mike shumann has the solution in the pro batter. stay with us. >>> have you ever wondered could i get a hit off tim lincecum or matt cain. maybe not, there is technology to test your skills. >> hidden away in redwood city

i love the mural on the corner of francis and michigan's street. i just noticed it for the first time -- at the corner of one street. thank you for that. it is really a wonderful testament to what our neighborhood is about. eric, who i do not seen here with us, who has done an amazing work over the years across san francisco. he is a native of this area and has been a resident for many years. he highlights people's struggles and raising awareness for social consciousness. daron, thanks for being here. he has roots in social activism. he is a muralist and teacher, currently a lead instructor at a youth based arts program in the mission. he has nearly all of the way throughout california and down into mexico. also, folks we may not have won four. dan, he woworked on another project. nico, your children? great. he has merrill's all over the world, including in gonna and west africa. there is an avid skateboarder and designer. thank you for your work in our district, and ethan is also a contributor to the project. i just want to say thank you so much f

. >> let's look at the beautiful mural. have never seen a mural created on asphalt. >> the heat of the asphalt, a new layer of asphalt. then, these wire rope templates that were fabricated for the line work get laid down and literally stamped into the asphalt, and then everything was hand-painted. >> maybe you could talk about some of the symbolism, maybe starting in the middle and working out. >> [inaudible] the flower of industry. >> it is like a compass. there's an arrow pointing north. >> within the great bear consolation, there are two pointed stars here. they typically lead one to the northstar, otherwise known as polaris. so i thought it has a layer of theme. >> let's talk about some of the other elements in the peace. we are walking along, and there is aeather vane. there's a sweet little bird hanging on the side. what kind of bird is that? >> [inaudible] the smallest of the gulf species, and it lives around the bay area. >> you want to talk about the types of flour patterns that you send? >> [inaudible] around 1926

all of that is going to be wiped out in the mural that is planned as a replacement. someone close to the original mural which was a community process that was contributed to by lots of people over a two-year period called it a sanitized gentrified version of the mural. in all of the meetings that i have attended at the library commission particularly recently and at the art commission, there has been no discussion of the specifics of what the images were in the existing mural and what they respect nor what specifically images are going to be in this sanitized replacement. who was victor hara, a voice filled in the "new york times" december 2002. general augustus were so intent on eliminating all traces of the leftist singer victor hara that torching and executing him was not enough when they seized power in 1973. they also had master tapes of his recordings and concert appearances destroyed. i'll read near the end. i guess it shows that you can kill the singer but not his song. well, in san francisco, the library plans to do just that and that is to kill off the imag

some of the murals suffered wear damage. we really began to organize getting funding through the arts commission and various other sources to restore the murals. they don't have that connection or thread or maintain that connection to your history and your past, what do you have? that's one of the major elements of what makes quality of life in san francisco so incredible. when people ask me, and they ask me all the time, how do you get to coit tower, i say you walk. that's the best way to experience the gradual elevation coming up above the hustle and bustle of the city and finding this sort of

to get rid of, to snuff out all of the murals that exist on the vermont heights branch library is moving ahead with the cooperation of the unseeing, and knowing, apparently, arts commission. at a library commission meeting of july 21, the presenter of the so-called project manager for this project of replacements said we are not going to the art commission with this until september, when i called the art commission late in august. it turned out the visual arts committee had already heard the whole thing, and this person also said it would not be on the consent calendar, but they approved the plans for the demolition of that historic mural, which includes victor, holly, and others, and it did so without having a single presentation from the library, from the artists, or any documentation whatever of the new or old mural. most recently, on august 12, in response to an information request from us, the library commission secretary sent what was sent to the art commission, and it says a member of the community in one of these memos wanted to make sure the members of the visual arts committee

. >> the mural's a great place. it's the friendly place that everyone goes to when they have an inspirational feeling, and everyone's just so nice, and work gets done here. they actually get, boom, boom, boom, work. >> here is where students at william mckinley junior high school go to learn on their own time. >> we mostly come at 7:00 in the morning, and sometimes we stay after school. we've even spent our lunch periods in mr. buxton's class, trying to get in as much work as we can. >> no extra credit. all they get is a cup of hot chocolate. >> language-arts teacher tom buxton dreamed up the project -- a giant mural that stretches half the length of a football field. it started when a student approached mr. buxton with an unusual piece of art. >> a young lady handed me a refrigerator magnet that had an image of rosie the riveter on it. >> rosie the riveter is a popular image from world war ii, created by american artist norman rockwell. >> and when i thought about it, it resembled an image on the sistine chapel cei

most of the work starts in this classroom on the second floor teacher runs the mural club. >> my goalool mural club it out with painted the classroom itself each student taking a block on the wall and paint what ever they want >> artistic talents quickly spread mural club painted the entire cafeteria at one wall represented the neighborhood >> wanted to paint this at to make it look like not so bad >> another project recreated one of most famous works >> a painting of the story tonight when we were all finished wanted to do more >> flourishing in large part because of the vision of the school principal reflecting a vibrant community on the southwest side where the students live some paintings hang in her office >> color needed to bring the culture and life into the building and the best way to do that putting it on the walls to display >> students do everything themselves come up with the ideas and doing all of the painting >> we like to give them ideas and they take it and run with that and everything they have done has been at their idea to get excited about painting this they make

as to your ideas on the alley wall, the mural in the orthodox church is common. there are nearly required at times, both on the interior and the exterior. with that, i would like to move for approval. >> this is seconded. >> i think that this is a beautiful building. i look forward to the murals, and this is a wonderful addition. >> the motion on the floor is for approval. on that motion? >> thank you, commissioners. you are now on item 17, a and b. this is for 2011 for harrison street, request for conditional use. and case 2011, 2495 harrison for parking variances. we consider the conditional use request for the zoning administrator. and the all street parking there. >> we are going to propose to convert the retail space of 2000 square feet for a nonprofit community facility, with a new construction of a single-family residence. the sponsor is here today as well and can go into detail about the operations there is the applicable requirements of the planning code, and this will create a productive community service. we see this with landscaping and private, open

the grandeur of these murals is fantastic. many of the students who have come here have come here and are very proud of these murals. they're so happy that they're still here and are being preserved. >> to learn more about the civic art collection, visit >> hello, i'm meg, welcome to "culture wire." for this episode, the director of cultural affairs, luis, will take you on a journey through presidio has been tet. -- presidio habitat. >> welcome to "culture wire." today i'm at the presidio trust, a treasure within san francisco, because the presidio trust is really a national park in the center of an urban setting. it dates to the very founding of the city. national park. toting me today to talk about this amazing exhibition at presidio habitat is cheryl hanes. can you tell me a little bit about the idea of the presidio habitat? >> succinctly, i have been long involved in the presidio. i was here when it was still a military base in the 1980's. i remember driving down walmart to the golden gate bridge and seeing the military gu

i drive by cobb a lot and one day i nearly crashed the car when i saw the mural. i'm just wondering if it's possible to put a copy of the presentation on the district website because i just would love for more people to see these pictures close up and if you would email me a copy for my own website i would love that. >> it was my intent to do that, which is why i didn't bring copies. it's an enormous file. these are verying very high resolution photographs, a lot of them taken by professional photographers, i can't email it to you but i can burn you a c.d. or load it on a u.s.b. key. commissioner wynns: i heard the buzz about cobb and made a trip out there for the purpose of seeing it. i have seen some of these others. i want to sewallenberg, haven't seen that, since we built the spaceship, i want to see it. i want to ask about the principal center, about the brickwork. i have heard the story -- story of of the presentation of the brickwork at roosevelt through one of our previous, even before my time, field act programs and i am really fascinated by seeing this s

the grandeur of these murals is fantastic. many of the students who have come here have come here and are very proud of these murals. they're so happy that they're still here and are being preserved. >> to learn more about the civic art collection, visit

i drive by cobb a lot and one day i nearly crashed the car when i saw the mural. i'm just wondering if it's possible to put a copy of the presentation on the district website because i just would love for more people to see these pictures close up and if you would email me a copy for my own website i would love that. >> it was my intent to doth

. >> back in 2008, a graffiti artist from london came and cleaned the giant mural into the gritty fit on the wall of the broadway tunnel. >> i look at it and it is just a cold realization that the world is really, really dirty. >> paul curtis goes by the name "moose." he was captured in this short film crafting the mural that was commissioned to help promote a cleaning product. >> it is what we call a larger than life product where you can really see how well it cleans. >> the sidewalk ads get covered back over in a few weeks from being walked on. people don't walk on walls. >> we are almost approaching four years. >> it is still here. >> still here. >> almost. the logo has been wiped away. though they had a permit to create a mural, he didn't have a permit for outdoor advertising. >> if there were any circumstances in which you allowed people to put ads on the public right of way. >> san francisco's department of public works is charged with keeping the city's sidewalks, streets and yes the broadway tunnel free of what it calls graffiti. >> graffiti is unsanctioned, unpermitted work

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some people wanted to preserve the mural. others wanted to get rid of the mural. and we believe in a dialogue. so we brought together in mediation everyone so we could come to an understanding of what our common ground was and to see if we could agree on certain basic things, and we were able to come up with a solution that makes sense for the entire community. in a sense, it reflected larger issues that are impacting the city as a whole. so, there are issues like that that would require a knowledge of the neighborhood, and knowledge of what is happening on the ground, and knowing the difference is of how all bernal heights may look at an issue vis a vis the mission or portola. as a supervisor, i do have to be able to balance managing citywide issues, which is very important, but at the same time, focusing on the specific needs of your neighborhood. that is really important to us. one of the things we need to prioritize is that making sure we focus on the nuts and bolts of government. a lot of the calls we get involved fixing alights, replacing a pothole. i think

the grandeur of these murals is fantastic. many of the students who have come here have come here and are very proud of these murals. they're so happy that they're still here and are being preserved. >> to learn more about the civic art collection, visit >> good evening. welcome to our mission they can on my way -- mission campus. on my way over here, i heard that steve jobs died today. he was a good friend to the region, the area. i thought it would be nice to have a moment of silence to recognize him and honor what he gave the world. on behalf of ucsf, i would like to welcome you all here. this is our mission day campus that former -- formally opened in 2003. we are proud to be co-host in tonight's forum. we want to thank the beat. i want to thank our moderator. and i want to also thank our journalists panel. [reads names] thank you for donating your time tonight. in 2014, we will celebrate 115 years in san francisco. we are the second largest employer in san francisco, with nearly 23,000 employees, nearly half of whom live

>>the students are planning a mural for the gymnasium their work out their sketches on paper first.>>the teacher said that she would not be surprised if the students go on to become successful adult artists ... >>we are booked for quite some time we have lots of murals that are planned to be done >>still with us tom skilling will be back with [ male announcer ] we asked real people if they'd help us with an experiment for febreze fabric refresher. they agreed. [ experimenter 1 ] relax, take some nice deep breaths. [ experimenter 2 ] what do you smell? lilac. clean. there's something that's really fresh. a little bit beach-y. like children's blankets. smells like home. [ experimenter 1 ] okay. take your blindfolds off. ♪ ♪ hello? [ male announcer ] and now new and improved febreze fabric refresher with up to two times the odor elimination so you can breathe happy guaranteed. accu-weather dud predicts that chicago will receive between four and 5 ft. of snow this winter saying that this snowfalls will be steady across the seas and instead of one giant snowfall like we had last season .