>> i was working on union square. on lunch hours, i would be there visiting the artist. it was interesting, exciting, and i have a creative streak in me. it ranges from t-shirts, jackets, hats. what is the day of the life of a street artist? >> they have their 2536 in the morning. by the end of the day, the last people to pack the vehicle probably get on their own at 7:30 at night. >> nice to me to condemn the -- nice to meet you. >> it was a pleasure to share this with you. i hope that the bay area will descend upon the plaza and go through these arts and crafts and by some holiday gifts. >> that would be amazing. thank you so much for the hard work that you do. >> coming up on "california country": think this sweet treat just cab't get any better? think again. >> oh, my! it's ready. >> it's ready? >> it's ready. >> then find out why this meal was 52 weeks in the making. >> i would like you to know that this morning at the farmers' market, we purchased everything that you're gonna have for dinner tonight. >> next, learn the hidden ranching roots behind hearst castle. an

>> i was working on union square. on lunch hours, i would be there visiting the artist. it was interesting, exciting, and i have a creative streak in me. it ranges from t-shirts, jackets, hats. what is the day of the life of a street artist? >> they have their 2536 in the morning. by the end of the day, the last people to pack the vehicle probably get on their own at 7:30 at night. >> nice to me to condemn the -- nice to meet you. >> it was a pleasure to share this with you. i hope that the bay area will descend upon the plaza and go through these arts and crafts and by some holiday gifts. >> that would be amazing. thank you so much for the hard work that you do. . >> good evening and welcome to the san francisco public library. i'm joan jasper and i'm with the department of exhibitions and public programs at the library and i want to welcome you it our program tonight, our incredible evening with playwright and author phillip congatongas. this program is in connection with an exhibit, two exhibits, that we have up on the 6th floor. the first one is called if they came f

>> i was working on union square. on lunch hours, i would be there visiting the artist.teresting, exciting, and i have a creative streak in me. it ranges from t-shirts, jackets, hats. what is the day of the life of a street artist? >> they have

>> i was working on union square. on lunch hours, i would be there visiting the artist. it was interesting, exciting, and i have a creative streak in me. it ranges from t-shirts, jackets, hats. what is the day of the life of a street artist? >> they have their 2536 in the morning. by the end of the day, the last people to pack the vehicle probably get on their own at 7:30 at night. >> nice to me to condemn the -- nice to meet you. >> it was a pleasure to share this with you. i hope that the bay area will descend upon the plaza and go through these arts and crafts and by some holiday gifts. >> that would be amazing. thank you so much for the hard work that you do. >> the question when i started 11 years ago when i started doing resolution work is can anything be presented on a really low resolution device where it is potentially a digital image? can anything be presented that way? or will it feel cold and electronic? >> the imagery will change. there will be four different sets. it is a two dimensional image. it is stretched out into three dimensions. the device is part o

tomorrow, on union square from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. is a game on pepperell in coming year two of the four-year initiative called ready neighborhoods. we're focusing on most vulnerable communities around the bay area and getting them repaired. chinatown and bayview hunters point have been part of this initiative. the event tomorrow will have mayors, fire, and police chiefs from around the bay area. and there will be free disaster preparedness training, and disaster starter kits will be there. anyone who wants to get prepared, be informed, make a plan, tomorrow is your opportunity to do that in union square, and you cannot miss it. it is in the clear tent. commissioner moore: i wanted to remind everybody that this weekend is the first of five or six open streets in the embarcadero. i hope the weather is good, because it will be very interesting to do that at this particular time would so many new things coming up. i wanted to put a plug in a 4 spurt. on tuesday, they held a meeting on bicycling at the peninsula. spur is livermore regional

>> i was working on union square. on lunch hours, i would be there visiting the artist.was interesting, exciting, and i have a creative streak in me. it ranges from t-shirts, jackets, hats. what is the day of the life of a street artist? >> they have their 2536 in the morning. by the end of the day, the last people to pack the vehicle probably get on their own at 7:30 at night. >> nice to me to condemn the -- nice to meet you. >> it was a pleasure to share this with you. i hope that the bay area will descend upon the plaza and go through these arts and crafts and by some holiday gifts. >> that would be amazing. thank you so much for the hard work that you do. >> i am the director of visual arts programming at intersection for the arts. intersection for the arts is based in san francisco and has always been an organization that looks at larger social political issues through the lens of practice, and we are here today at our exhibition of "chico and chang." the original inspiration was drawn from a restaurant chain in new york city. half of their menu is -- what struck me

>> i was working on union square. on lunch hours, i would be there visiting the artist. it was interesting, exciting, and i have a creative streak in me. it ranges from t-shirts, jackets, hats. what is the day of the life of a street artist? >> they have their 2536 in the morning. by the end of the day, the last people to pack the vehicle probably get on their own at 7:30 at night. >> nice to me to condemn

new york police have moved in on union square to clear the park of occupy wall street activists thereare reports of some arrests protesters have been at the new location since saturday when a police raid forced them from zuccotti park hardcore activists have been calling for more people to swell the ranks also demanding the resignation of the city's police commissioner over what they call his use of brutal tactics against the movement. a seven point four magnitude quake has hit southern mexico at least eleven people injured and hundreds of buildings damaged or destroyed in mexico city a pedestrian bridge collapsed crushing ameba us and downing telephone and power lines quakes hit makes it mexico every few years the strongest back in one thousand nine hundred five which killed at least ten thousand people. it's been more than a year since the beginning of uprisings across the middle east and while protesters and initially rallied under banners of democracy many now find the arab spring has curtailed rather than broaden civil liberties or he's on a boy who reports from beirut. no shortc

new york police have mooted on union square and are clearing the park of occupy wall street activists this is live streaming video you're looking at the scene at union square park there are reports that some people have been arrested protesters have been at the new location since saturday when a police raid forced them out of zuccotti park hardcore activists have been calling for more people to swell the ranks but also demanding the resignation of new york's police commissioner over what they call his use of brutal tactics against their movement and you were. a seven point four magnitude earthquake has hit southern mexico at least eleven people were injured and hundreds of buildings damaged or destroyed in mexico city a pedestrian bridge collapsed crushing a new bus and down in telephone and how low volume quakes hit mexico every few years the strongest in one hundred eighty five that killed at least ten thousand people. delarue says come under sharp criticism for executing two men found guilty of a deadly terror attack in the capital minsk he was ready to adopt new sanctions and issu

headlines for you start with the big apple new york police have carried out an overnight raid on union square park avenue in camp and the occupy wall street protesters reports say at least four people have been arrested the demonstrators have been at the location since saturday when a police raid forced them from zuccotti park hardcore activists have been calling for more people to swell their ranks but also been demanding the resignation of the city's police commissioner what they call his use of brutal tactics against their ongoing movement. a seven point four magnitude earthquake has hit southern mexico at least eleven people have been injured and hundreds of buildings damaged or destroyed in the mexico city a pedestrian bridge collapsed crushing many bass and downing telephone and power lines. mexico every few years or the strongest was back in one thousand nine hundred eighty five i killed at least ten thousand. al-qaeda has claimed responsibility for tuesday's series of deadly blasts all across iraq a terrorist group claims it proves how weak government security is just ahead of next we

feel police have carried out an overnight raid on union square park and of occupy wall street protesters reports say at least four people have been arrested the demonstrators have been at the location since saturday when a police raid forced them from zuccotti park hard core activists have been calling for more people to swell their ranks they've also been demanding the resignation of the city's police commissioner over what they call his use of brutal tactics against them with. a seven point four magnitude earthquake has hit southern mexico at least eleven people have been injured and hundreds of buildings damaged or destroyed in mexico city a pedestrian bridge collapsed crushing a minibus in the downing telephone and power lines quakes to hit mexico every few years back nine hundred eighty five that was the strongest one killed at least ten thousand. but i won't cite r.t. dot com is a great source of news blogs and videos are some of the stories we've got lined up for you there today for example you paid student to stand trial for posting what's being called a grossly offensive message

police officers union was able to temporarily suppress parts of the report including some names and testimony. the charges -- judge will rule in two weeks time. >> one of union square's most-famous bars isn't famous enough to be considered a city landmark that. is the conclusion of a report from san francisco historic preservation commission. supporters asking for the landmark status to keep the owner from evicting the fwois make way for a retail store. the restaurant has operated at that site since 1918. the commission will make it's final decision next week. >> and we want to go back to talk about the forecast. and we're getting pounded with a lot of rain around the bay area but good us? is that there are no major problem autos let's hope it stay that's way. >> not yet. and we're starting now to see lightning strikes in the east bay. and let's go to live plopler 7 in just a moment. there is a live picture from heavenly. they're getting several feet of snow. there is a winter storm warning in affect. another live picture now from our mount tamalpais camera in high definition, you can see rain coming down. it's heavy now but we're starting to see pockets of heavy rai

for >>darya: the historic preservation commission in san francisco has delayed debut on union square's gold dust lounge. if they have yet to decide if it is a landmark. the vote is now set for april 4th. the status sought by the gold dust has been granted to city lights bookstore. caught crack with with >>mark: when we come back the latest headlines and justine have a developing story in the newsroom. here's a live look outside. story in the newsroom. here's a live look outside. [ male announcer ] the draw of the past is a powerful thing. but we couldn't simply repeat history. we had to create it. introducing the 2013 lexus gs, with leading-edge safety technology, like available blind spot monitor... [ tires screech ] ...night view... and heads-up display. [ engine revving ] the all-new 2013 lexus gs. there's no going back. declining pretty steadily since last fall. across >> my husband works for the opera. he takes muni to work for rehearsals in the daytime. it takes an hour and half to get home at night. 20 minutes driving and in our behalf of us. with a $20,000 instrument is not a g

tony painted a heart, part of the heroes with hart's program, and it is permanently on display at union squareon square, check it out. it is really quite beautiful. it is only fitting that on this 50th anniversary, we create a permanent place in honor of tony at our ball park. we are going to rename suite 1, the most majestic in the park, sweeping views of the day and the city -- it is now going to be the tony bennett suite. come by for a visit. [applause] we love you, tony. [applause] >> thank you, larry. i have to find a way to make it down to that sweet this season -- suite this season. i think we know the most popular place to watch a giant game is going to be this city. our city is blessed with many wonderful one-of-a-kind institutions that are no less part of san francisco than the golden gate bridge, such as the world's longest-running musical revue, "beach blanket babylon." yes. [applause] so we have a special treat for you today. "beach blanket babylon" together with mayor lee have created a special musical tribute to tony bennett in honor of all the things he has done to our city --

there is a good -- under 100 people here outside the store on stockton off union square. some have been here since around 9:30 last night. you've been here since midnight. why stand out in the rain on a friday morning? >> well, i heard on twitter that the orders were getting backlogged, that they weren't going to be able to be delivered on the same day. >> reporter: you've got to have it now because? >> i like to make apps for the ipad. you know, you can for $100 become a developer and maybe whatever app you want. you can i couldn't tell for yourself. >> for business. >> yeah. and pleasure. >> reporter: best of luck. stay dry. the rain's kind of let up. you've been out here since, let me guess, probably -- >> 1:30. >> why? >> the hat on my head. i'm -- the ipads i get are not for me, they are for people who hired me through the service. >> reporter: how much you making? >> enough. >> reporter: 50 buck as pop? >> it's more than that but -- we don't like to be too pub wlik the pricing on things like that. it's a market place for people to hire people for simple tasks. >> rep

you have to learn about the high spot, and we're making money on the chinatown and union square. you have a couple of bus stops and that is all. people don't mind walking three or four blocks. i want to go to sunset -- or to richmond. this is good because the kids are too fat, they gain weight in the e to good. thank you. >> david snyder? >> the is not here? >> >> good evening. >> there were no cards here. i am barry korngold. i am on the taxi advisory council. i came down here even though i know you are not talking about tax the items, but i know in the future you will talk about what to do with medallion reform, and i wanted to say that won't -- although the industry needs regulating, and you have been given the task of regulating the industry, there is a big difference between making things fair and safe, and going into the business of the taxi business, of selling or leasing the dalliance. and when you do this for every medallion that he sell out right, this is coming from some career cab driver who has sometimes waited decades, taking all the risks of being on the road, all

its galleries are housed in one of the very rare single family residences around union square. for the 100th anniversary of the mansion, meridian hosted a series of special events, including a world premiere reading by lawrence ferlinghetti. >> the birth of an american corporate fascism, the next to last free states radio, the next-to-last independent newspaper raising hell, the next-to-last independent bookstore with a mind of its own, the next to last leftie looking for obama nirvana. [laughter] the first day of the wall street occupation set forth upon this continent a new revolutionary nation. [applause] >> in addition to its own programming as -- of artist talks, meridian has been a downtown host for san francisco states well-known port trees center. recent luminaries have included david meltzer, steve dixon, and jack hirsch man. >> you can black as out of the press, blog and arrest us, tear gas, mace, and shoot us, as we know very well, you will, but this time we're not turning back. we know you are finished. desperate, near the end. hysterical in your flabbergastlyness.