. >> commissioners julie north beach resident i'm part of the super task force on the t line and one of the founder of the next stop we draw your attention to this matter today because we think the subway is important to the city and especially to the northeast neighborhood informs first subway kind of exciting this report is important before this report the expectation feel tooift was not an line item now we have our san mateo's we can apply to college specifically, we draw your attention because the report i think is a in this case opportunity paul said in a conversation it was a once in a career opportunity to really do transit planning right one of the things we like about the study it include the planning department in transit planning we think with this body and the planning department and the city that's a wonderful thing i got involved in the project initially to try to mitigate the negative impacts of the t line i believe the extension of the t line is a way to preserve the northeast neighborhoods i believe the reduction and congestion the benefits to pedestrians and the sur

after the one on the warriors because expending the central subway up to fisherman's wharf with the north beach station certainly would help a lot with getting folks down to the venue someone that works and lives in the south beach mission bay this northeast south connection is critical for bringing folks down and getting to north beach you can't even get to the alone fisherman's wharf so with that value being important and the land use contemplations i want to double down on what bruce said in supporting and asking the planning department to study a planning study focused on the station both at north beach and fisherman's wharf that will be critical figuring out where those station are and how important they are to the neighborhood and the whole eastern side of the city is an important actual realty thank you very much. >> thank you. >> commissioners julie north beach resident i'm part of the super task force on the t line and one of the founder of the next stop we draw your attention to this matter today because we think the subway is important to the city and especially to the northeast neig

and fisherman's wharf were sort of baked especially north beach this kind of change is going to have impact i'm concerned about migrating the gangs we want to have as less of damage as possible but the addition of those hubs are a benefit to the community we've seen building work with the market and van ness site and other projects the new wave urban planning you don't ask community you act open it you don't go through the motions but incorporate that thinking so that major upheaval has a benefit component involved a lot of the planning department involvement has been more about answering funding issues where can we address density no right in order to find the funding i'm interested in the duck tailing and things that surround the public helm we have plaza not sites for drug dealing and trash but rather a place for community to come together it is an asset rather than a negative i don't want my neighborhood to be destroyed mr. larkin is doing that kind of work in fisherman's wharf planning around conrad square and james weldon johnson street to improve fisherman's wharf from a

talking about changing north beach or chinatown but i think the area around fisherman's wharf is under utilized lots of low rise buildings you could upgrade that and up zone it dense, if any, is and get the revenue to complete that thing it would increase the values you should be all in favor we want they know to be worth more not less i like the reports about the there of rifrpd this will provide and the transit times you can look at the finance community as part of it but get some of our revenue from public-private sources urging the land that surround fisherman's wharf area and you are high priority for federal funding a that's on par thing between the serious you can find the money by it's important this be done as expeditiously as possible you have a subway that end in the middle of chinatown that's as far as you get to get to north beach it's an area that is dormant at night which the subway stations end this is 90 in no way subtracting from the downtown extension yeah, that's a top priority we need the funding roadway to make that a reality but if it explicit mean we can't be ex

soft sites within a quarter of a mile radius and no off-site within a quarter of a mile of the north beach station using the planning department day our statistic economic evaluated the note that takes advantage of the property increases to help pay for the project there are several tools to obtain bonds but no one are going to pay for it in full those tools require substantial improvement they found that changing things like zoning height when increase the revenue from those mechanisms so we're looking at $100 million and 2 hundred this is 5 to 20 percent of the project that brings us to the capital costs estimate our cost folks perpetrate the magnitude costs for the concepts based on the database of similar database but adjusted for the inform those are 20 to $14 usable for the concept the biggest drivers are the length of the alignment and the underground surface our costs are $440 million up to $4.4 billion for the underground expect he'll notice that the undermine concept are r's are twice as fast in the option so as an example the left columns are the civic extensions later than acci

un wraptd triangle it shows a preliminary analysis which what is in the ground from chinatown in north beach areas and the agreement with or initial finding by the consultant we'll look for deeper ground in the north area next slide a number of issues we found no flaws in faxtion yes the area where the whole project could be is an area that could be that and the sea level around the station potential site it will impact the area by not thoughts couldn't be designed in a manner to take care of that the timeline estimates the phase two data and our existing sfals run time data for a those estimates and the best we can see from going from chinatown north to the i said of the line one station one dwell and under a little over 3 minutes and 3 and a half minutes to go up columbus and the surface links are a little bit longer roughly a 2 to 3 split the ron runway loop is 8 minutes and those are permeate stechlts a quick time comparison the purport box if those alignments were built from chinatown under the construction phase two project that is roughly 14 to 20 miles an hour and the loop will rough

>> briefly, having a large open site anywhere near a major construction site, and since north beach is a dense neighborhood, if either, the met and which is actually less disruptive is used you will have a place to stage, somewhere in the area and having that piece of property, when someone makes the staging east and her might actually have the consultants group that makes you having a less amount of grout on the columbus and powell streets to build the actual infrastructure underground and not having another location in that area that is opened to allowing the staging will cause a disruption and will have more impact on cost. >> and the project over all? >> you can compare this to the emphasis between the china town construction site today verses the union square, construction site today, and china town is mostly off street and the road remains open, where the union street requires the road to be closed for a extensive period of time. >> and i just thank you for the thoroughness of the study, and i will have to look at the cost benefit and it seems like it is providing benefits but wh

it connects the loop together all alignments assume the existing tunnels between chinatown and north beach will be used for some sort of service okay. next slide so the 14 alignments are many the 4 colors columbus and the loop is in light green all of them have a two or three stations not a requirement but that's how this plan was laid out and they looked at subway and surface this large number of alignments some under the subway and the subway in the first part and surfaced in the latter part excuse me. on this slide the initial analysis we found that two of the alignments were not feasible for construction purchasing purposes because of grade issues we're brent having to do with getting the subway alignment around an existing very last year sewer that runs from the north point street a cross section of the entire area if you look at the upper right hand corner the triangle unfolded you see the different grounds types of that are out under that is based existing information and older information that came from the construction of sewer project i was talking about it is shown the circles t

a shooting in san francisco's crowded north beach neighborhood left one man injured. san francisco police are still looking for the suspect. kron four's dan rubin reports from north beach where a lot of people know the man who was shot. >>dan rubin around 2:30 on a sunday afternoon in north beach. business at busters is brisk. a single gunshot was the result of an argument in the crosswalk at columbus and vallejo. people who live and work nearby didn't recognize the suspect. but they're well-acquainted with the victim. >>he is a little bit crazy and schizophrenic with, we have a lot of in this neighborhood. >>he did not like how close the guy got him in the crosswalks are restarted yelling at him. then he took his came out and walked the guys car. the guy gets out of his car and pops a cap on them. he was shot in this shoulder and the bullet ricocheted out of it shoulder. he was conscious but the guy took off and they got his license number. >>dan rubin san francisco police also appeared to get a shell casing from a storm drain next to where roy was shot. just two blo

only a few soft sites in the quarter mile and really none of any size within a quarter mile to north beach, and using this analysis, our strategic economics recommended the dropt value increases. and they found several tools to be used to obtain the bonds for the project but none are going to pay for it in full and also found that with the limited number of sites, and changing the designing height limits will increase the revenue. and you can see that these tools could contribute from $10 million to $200 million from 5 to 20 percent of a project. that brings us to the capitol cost. (inaudible) who did a feasible and constructionbility repaired and each of the concepts based on a national data base but adjusted for san francisco and these are not inflation adjusted. but these drivers of the cost of these, are the number of stations and the amount of underground verses surface construction and in the cost ranges from 400 million from the shortest route to the longest underground concept and you will also notice that they are twicing of the costs and but may notice that they are twice as fast

. >>> a man shot in the north beach yesterday in san francisco is out of the hospital and the search the gunman. police have found the suspect's car but not the suspect. witnesses say the man was shot after he pounded on a car with his cane and called the people inside the "n" word. >> president obama will hold high level meetings about the ferguson crisis with protests continues in several cities a week after a grand jury decision to not indict a white police officer in the shooting of an unarmed black teen. >>> family and friends and students remember a missing ohio state football player who appears to have shot himself to death. his body was found sunday in dump step. >> black friday deals could be over but the biggest days to shop online, cyber monday, is just getting started. experts say disaster early and have a plan. many call it cyber week. look all week long for deals. >> seven, your track right now at golden gate bridge looking fine as far as the commute and you can see it is just a legal wet and a little foggy but inland, that is where you will inland, that is where you wi

. >>> san francisco police want to find the man who shot another man in north beach this afternoon.tnesses say the shooter and the victim got into an argument at columbus avenue around 2:30 p.m. that's when one man pulled out a gun and shot the other man in the upper body. the victim is expected to survive. the shooter then escaped in a gray suv. right now, abc 7 news reporter is gathering information at the scene. he'll have a live report on abc 7 news at 6:00. >>> a standoff ended in san jose about two hours ago after a suspected burglar spent more than 12 hours on a roof. he refused to vender. officers believe the same man broke into an apartment around 2:00 this morning then climbed on the roof of the house next door while trying to escape. >> he dismantled the entire chimney of the residents. he's been throwing bricks all night. he's damaged numerous vehicles parked on the street. >> police did evacuate some residents as a precaution. >>> the police officer who shot michael brown to death is a civilian tonight. darren wilson handed in his resignation because according to his at

not forget your mature neighborhood none of us would support suburban sprawl but we expand and north beach intellect 3 is the cradle of san francisco our city began in those are neighborhoods we're choked unless the congestion can be removed from the streets with thirdly, let's plan the planning department is looking at the con radicals where the mta's mta we've got a 10 foot square feet place in north beach regardless of where in the cue it the cheaper and easier down the line help us take our right fill place and support in project in a fair position among the other projects and second help us to encourage the land use decisions to make that more feasible and economical in the future it's easy to explain why to build the subway and hard to explain it not to be built. >> members of the board have questions or comments. >> thank you all very much and congratulations on an informative for the and looking forward to seeing this process unfold it is good to see you all coming together from the different agencies i appreciate that that's the kind of collaborative effort we need to see more of

umbrellas came out when the rain started falling in san francisco's north beach. despite the rain, many people were out and about. the weather is also causing big problems for travelers coming home from the holiday week. this is a live look at traffic on the bay bridge and the golden gate bridge. you can see cars getting along just fine, but it was a rough day for travelers at sfo where flights were delayed or canceled. lilian kim is there live with the details. lilian? >> most flights have been delayed almost two hours. they caused a ripple affect that many can't fly out until tomorrow. >> i have to miss classes tomorrow. this is my finals week so it is tough. >> pacific university students michael and de way go -- diego spent the day at sfo. their flight was canceled. they tried to be on stand by, but to no avail. diego's next flight is 10:00 p.m. on monday. >> i will waste another day here. at this point i hope to get up there. tuesday is my 21st birthday and i hope not to spend it in an airport to -- trying to get a flight. >> it is affecting arriving and depa

and came crashing down on columbus avenue here in north beach. crews cleared the side of the treat but top heavy trees continue to be a problem. the city has it's hands full trying to clear the 40 to 50- year-old trees more in the weeks and months ahead. the city is scrambling but it doesn't have the resources. it costs from a few hundred to over $1,000 to clear a tree and the city has to replace it with another tree. it all comes as the bay area is bracing for another big round of rain tomorrow. joe's taco lounge is ready. joe's manager tells us he's stock piled towels. back here live as this huge pile of tree limbs and branches is still waiting for the other truck. expect it to take once they get that truck maybe another 30 minutes or so. they've been hard at work at this since 5 this morning. the call became came in a little bit before that. ryan. >>> we are watching a traffic alert this morning. if there's one bridge you want to avoid it's the dunbar bridge. there's been an over turn accident and it's taking awhile for them to clear it there.

them sawing down those limbs and trying to make sure it's out of the roadway so over here in north beach that is where these crews are working to clear this tree that came crashing down about an hour ago. these continue to be a problem and the city has it's hands full trying to clear these streets so expect to see more of these falling in the weeks and months ahead. the entire area is breaking for rain tomorrow. joe's taco lounge is ready for the rain. they showed us hoses a pump and sand bags and the manager has also stock piled shop sacks and a huge pile of towels. >> there's problems with the storm drain so pretty much every year when it rains these two businesses here flood. >> roberta tells me it's likely we'll see more scenes like this with trees here tomorrow. no one injured or any property damage or damage we are seeing over here and a city crew is working on. it normally takes them about an hour or so to get this cleared up so we expect this area to be cleared in the next 45 minutes to an hour. we'll continue to check in with this. >> by the way it costs from a few hundred to ov

this tree fell overnight here in north beach. and now, the tree is all gone. now the worry is that toppling trees like this one will be a common sight the next couple of days. >> it sounded like a car crashing. >> frederick strong got the overnight wakeup call. the 40-footer fell just feet away from the north beach apartment. >> and then i saw sparks. and then i look out the window and saw a tree was like laying halfway, almost across the whole entire road. >> reporter: after the branches broke, san francisco city crews worked on cutting and clearing the tree on columbus avenue. and it is likely something they will have to do a lot of in the coming days with another round of rain on the rain. >> he had are getting taller and older fand that happens we are starting to see more failures with the ficus trees. >> the city public works department has its handses full with the top-heavy trees and public works is cutting red tape that could lead to cutting down troubled trees, unless it is a dire situation, the process takes time and a certified arborist has to look

this north beach shop is packed with unopened boxes. he says a shimming container sat at the port for weeks. his merchandise didn't arrive until monday. >> sit a problem. >> truck drivers say containers are stacking up while they wait for hours to pick up a load. >> the port of oakland says off scheduled ship arrivals is snarling cargo movements. michael says the slow down means he is missing out on pay. he gets paid by the load. >> we can't give the merchandise unless the port gives it to us. >> he hopes he can make up for lost sales. >> if the economy, this is a gift. a wonderful christmas. i promise you i will try to get it. >> the association and long sherm sherman's union has been negotiating for several months. reporting live in san francisco, nbc bay area news. >> dozens of people will be waking up christmas morning without electricity. the road is still closed as crews work to remove the tree and restore power. christmas will be cold and windy. the golden gate bridge on the right. >> good evening. >> 15 wind speeds out 49 in san

north beach, sunset, communities that are a little bit more organized have defeated them. i know a lot of you probably voted on that or knew that, but there is precedent to reject this. i implore you to do so this evening. thank you. >> public speaker: hi. thank you for your time and service here. my name is brian webster, chief of staff for united social worker and national cannabis campaign and organize cannabis workers at cannabis retail shops. i can tell you that i have seen many professional well run cannabis places in the country. cannabis workers are generally happy with their jobs, but we've gotten a dozen calls from sparks workers that are unhappy. we have asked sparks to sign a neutral agreement to speak to them and we have been denied. i'm here to say that spark is non-union and not even union friendly. the employees are not allowed to speak for themselves. >> thank you, sir, your time is up. >> public speaker: hello commissioners, my name is joel a. thank you for listening to us. the bottom line is enough is enough. i was here 3 years ago when you approved the

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a project by way of tunnel leading into chinatown by way of north beach. in december the first streetcar was driven into the tunnel. just two years after its berth, muni had added two lines. and k, l and m lines that span out from westportal. in 1928, the j line opened heading west to the beach. in 1944 san francisco voters finally approved muni take-over of the market street railway. by then motor bus and trolley bus improvement had given them the ability to conquer san francisco's hills. after the war most of the street-car lines would be replaced with motor or trolley bus service. in 1947, the mayor recommended replacing two lines with motor coaches. and it appeared that san francisco's iconic cable cars had seen their final days. entered mrs. cluskin, the leader to save the cable cars. arguing that the cable cars were a symbol of the city, and she entered a charter placed on the november ballot. it passed overwhelmly. the california street cable railway was purchased by the city in 1952. there were cut backs on the cable car system and in 1957 only thr

people are coming from all over the world over the holidays as well as from chinatown, north beach, from taravel and sunset to have good reasons to be here. have a safe successful warm holidays. remember, rain is good. it's about prosperity to everyone, it's about world series too and to say again, whenever you come to this place, i just wanted you to know that the people who created this space had in mind to bring lots more people together and thank and support all of our local businesses here in union square. we meet challenges, not with sad stories. in san francisco, just as they did 100 years ago when they did the panama pacific world fair exposition. we celebrate by meeting these challenges by innovation. is this park innovation? you got to say yes, it is. this spirit which i think will dominate all of our holidays. thank you. have a great holiday. thank you, everybody, for working together. [ applause ] >> as i have often said, two eds are better than one. here is the other ed working very hard. today we were together at the new improved san francisco mta's traffic management cente

a shooting in san francisco's crowded north beach neighborhood left one man injured. san francisco police are still looking for the suspect. kron four's dan rubin is joining us live from north beach where a lot of people know the man who was shot. >> the people around here know him as roy but they say royce suffers from mental illnesses and that he in fact provoked a man to shoot him >> crazy he is schizophrenic >> he definitely has some kind of medical condition >> he did like how close the guy got to him and so there is an altercation and he took as came out and let the car and then the guy gets out of his car and shoots roy the bullet hit his shoulder and grazes head >> just two blocks from the central police station people who know right now there's only so much you can do >> he needs a lot help >> i didn't have time to run and help them >> we told roy to be careful >> roy is expected to survive his injuries and the police have not yet made an arrest >>vicki liviackis employees at a safeway store in walnut creek are a little on edge tonight -- a day after the stor

san francisco, i've seen about 17 along north beach and the embarcadero at around 24. it will be a cold day. so sunny but cold. the wind picking up here. higher elevations could be easily over 45 to 55. a blustery day. the wind advisory is out, say goodbye to all of the cloud cover. the low starts to form in southern california and the cold air comes in behind it. it will make for a raw day for many. but it will be sunny. cold and windy. a lot of sunshine. that's the positive but it's not going to be very warm. a lot of upper 40s or even a lot of low 50s especially off to the east bay. here's brian on the 880. anything better, brian? he's there. there he is. >>> can you hear me? >> yeah, we can hear i. okay. okay. good morning, everybody. there was a little bit of a problem on northbound 880. in fact, it remains a problem there. slow and go traffic past the coliseum even down to high street. that will be the case at least for the next hour or two. the reason why, as we go to video now, several cars pulled over to the side because of reports of concrete pieces. about 45

in north beach heavy rain can sometimes not was rocks on telegraph hill and hit cars and vehicles andbuildings below. in palo alto there is areas prone to flooding. in the east bay big storms cannot down trees or even trigger mudslides. this is video from back in 2011. the north they always gets hit the hardest and this is video from apple in 2006. falling big storms flooding is always prone. >>jacqueline bennett: we will certainly see flooding with this major storms starting tomorrow evening through thursday and friday. the bulk of the rain will come during the friday morning commute and it will be exceptional between 3 8 in. of rain. valley's one to 3 in. for the most part, with wind gusts picking up to 60 m.p.h. at its top. storm is becoming very well- defined off the coast you can see that is bringing in tropical moisture. here's a look 8:00 tomorrow evening with the rain edging into the far north bay and then friday early morning we will see more and then during the friday morning commute will see the most. the storm pushed down into the pulp peninsula by about 9:00 a.m.. we'll b