o'connell street, leading from o'connell bridge through the heart of north dublin, is lined by statues celebrating great figures in ireland's fight for independence. while it's been dublin's grandest street for 200 years, it was renamed after this man, daniel o'connell, only after the irish won their independence in the 1920s. daniel o'connell, known as the liberator, was that strong voice for irish catholics in the british parliament back in the 1800s. dublin's general post office is not just a place to buy stamps. it's a kind of irish alamo, still pockmarked with bullet holes. murals inside tell its story. it was from here that patrick pearse read the proclamation of irish independence in 1916, the one we saw earlier. this kicked off the easter rising, which ultimately led to ireland's independence from british rule. this was the rebel headquarters and scene of a 5-day bloody siege that followed that proclamation. after 300 were killed and the rebel leaders realized that no national uprising would follow theirs, they surrendered. while they had little public support at first, after t

katz and jean o'connell and others worked very hard on this. i ask how much it would cost, and they said that it was about -- and i asked what it was about. the estimates? we realized we needed to slow down because you only have one chance to make this task of the people in san francisco, and we made a tough decision, and people were none too pleased when i said i cannot support going forward in november 2004 with a bond until we do our due diligence, until we know how much this thinks cost and we can make a compelling case to the people of san francisco, one that would not meet with the critique and opposition of so many of our bonds are afforded in this city. we spent the last number of years, and we put up general fund money -- we have never done this in san francisco. we said we were going to do a lot of the pre development work. we would do our general funds to make sure we get this right, to figure out the medications, the traffic issues, to figure out exactly the design needs and actually make sure that we are providing the kind of insti

this is mostly in districts one and four going to the schools in gal lay owe, balboa, o'connell, and mission. we are working as you know from our meeting yesterday, we are in very good dialogue with muni. we have a good relationship. and one request has come to us to make sure they have a kep of all -- copy of all of our melt schedules. those have not been produced yet. we'll be continuing this dialogue throughout the year. supervisor dufty: great, thank you. i do want to note that i think some of the discussion that took place at the committee today with the youth commissioner, also with muni, i think that there's going to be a fair amount of follow-up work that we'll do outside of the committee and then hopefully come back with these issues again as we get to the beginning of the school year and hopefully update on some things and have some news to report back. so with that, colleagues, i know there are some quorum issues that we're going to have if we go much longer. so with that, i would ask that we continue this item to the call of the chair so that we can reschedule it without

jim o'connell says the police department needs more cash to continue to operate these programs. >> wereeful will find funding somewhere if to say the program for the time is up. we've been able to find funding to save one of the canine jobs pure were not going through private donors were going through a budget with the find to is: try to find some way to save money. >> if enough money is raised this what in canine units could be eliminated altogether. swat officers could also lose their job. and vallejo kron 4 news. >> foggy mornings and cool afternoon naps will continue to the weekend. dense fog and drizzle out there 8:00 tomorrow morning your thats really close to the closely the fog was killed back to this point. by the fog is to the coastline will of mostly sunny skies elsewhere if the temperatures will warm all that much. upper 50s and the coast just 86 degrees our warmest in the spots. i will look at fog tracker for tomorrow morning there is the fog stretching a little further reaching toward inland valley carried now watch this the fog starts to scale back to the bay shore its co

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jim o'connell says the police department >> hopeful we'll find funding support to save the program beforethat time is up. we've been able to find funding to save one of the canine jobs. were going for budget to find some way to save some money. >> if enough money is raised this what can and it's could be eliminated altogether since what officers could also lose their jobs. in vallejo kron 4 news. >> foggy mornings and sunday afternoons will be the story over the next several days. dense fog and drizzle expected close to the coastline to warm morning. what patchy fog in our inland spots by the fog will push back to the coastline will see sunny skies throughout the bay area off the temperatures will warm up all that much will still be below average for this time of year. temperatures and a one is in the spots only reaching 86 degrees. here's a look at fog tracker for tomorrow morning it's reaching for their inland kantor inland valleys the delta. patchy down in the south bay but scaling back later on in the morning. notice that the day and the falling rain over the north bay this will cause

state superintendent jack o'connell says a shorter school year, combined with other cutbacks, will erode recent academic gains and put california at a competitive disadvantage with other states and countries. >>> freedom high school in oakley will be featured on the first episode of a new documentary series that airs on tv tomorrow. the show is called if you really knew me. it follows several students from different clicks that take part in awe an emotional grown exercise to breakdown social barriers. >> coming up on 7:00. let's check back in with sal for traffic. >> right now we are going to san jose. northbound 101 slow traffic seems to be clearing out. chp is not reporting anything. at the toll plaza there is a small delay, backed up for five minutes here. here is mark. >> good morning to you. we have been watching the fog coast side and patches into the bay. today will be cooler than yesterday. here is a live look outside. haze in the south bay. for the most part still sunshine across a good portion of the bay area, your five-day- forecast a bit cooler for today, still talking about

state superintendent jack o'connell says a shorter school year combined with other cutbacks will erodeic gains and put california at a competitive disadvantage with other states and countries. >>> oakland's freedom high school will be featured on the first episode of a new documentary series which airs tomorrow. it is called if you really knew me and follows several students from different clicks who take part in an emotional group exercise to break down social barriers, the opening episode airs tomorrow night on mtv. >> crews building the 4th bore of the caldecott tunnel have tapped into the past. in a few weeks they have been on the job they unearthed what scientists would consider the equivalent of a gold mine. they include remnants of both plants and animals from prehistoric times. >> we have actually found 500 specimens from over 100 different locations. we have founds foril fish,es foril leaves -- >> the upper jaw of -- [overlapping speakers] [ inaudible ] >> -- turn out to be an ancient relative of the camel. california law requires that pally on tooling gists be on handat at an

now, state superintendent jack o'connell says a shorter school year combined with other cutbacks willnt academic gains and he says it will also put california at a competitive disadvantage. >>> 8:19. the son of a bay area sports legend finds himself in big trouble. we'll tell how it is and where it -- who it is and where it allegedly happened. >>> and how the home les are causing -- homeless are causing a big problem for a bay area construction project. details are coming up. >>> westbound 237 traffic is slow as you cross 8 80. we'll tell you more about the morning commute, including a bridge check coming up. >>> the contra costa county sheriff's department is investigating the shooting of three people at a party in discovery bay yesterday. a neighbor says two teenagers whose parents were out of town threw a party at their home on worthing court. the neighbor said around 2:00 a.m. he heard gunshots and a couple of minutes later, sheriff deputies and paramedics arrived. investigators have not released any information about the victim's conditions or a possible motive. >>> the son of fo