director ortiz: we would love to provide accessibility. >> santa clara, san mateo. director kim: now we will open up for public comment. >> we have public speaker cards from mike brown, danny campbell. if there are other members of the public, please line up. >> good morning, directors. michael brown. senior agent. i wanted to complement again maria ayerdi-kaplan and bob, the lso wanted to remind you, local 22 has been rebuilding sanlocal francisco since the 1800's. you want to continue to do so and we're looking forward to building the project. also, on the helmets too hard at part of the program, i am a veteran. tomorrow is veterans day. i would like to see this pla past. >> i just want to take the opportunity to take you for your work and leadership. giving your upcoming retirement, making so much for all that you have done. >> manny flores. local carpenters 22. tough act to follow. on this project ever agreement, it has proven over time, this can be two things that it could bring. coming in under budget and time frame. very important. we look for your support. o

. >> when her father was injured, stephanie matea ortiz was a senior in high school. >> i thought itcollege. >> she hopes to go to college in the next few years after her mom finds work. >> i just want to tell you, thank you guys because what you do for us means a lot. and i wish everybody can say, i got educated and i can be a better help for my husband today. >> in arlington, peggy fox, 9news now. >> the maty owe, ortiz family situation turns out more complicated. the father is stationed at fort mead, that's where he gets his treatment. sot family had to move into a nearby hotel to be with him. their home, however, is still down in miami. >>> turning now to the presidential campaign trail. herman cain's poll numbers are sinking and his struggle to answer reporter's question on libya just spells more trouble for him. first, the stumble, then the efforts to brush it off. >> libya. >> it was a pause. that's all it was. good grief. >> an awful long pause, good grief. >> gingrich and other republican presidential hopefuls are in iowa. they are looking to sure up support. less than two m

. >>> number three, victor ortiz trying to apologize for a head but in the middle of their fight. after the embrace they put two cheap shots on ortiz. >>> and number two, david stearn and the players rep bill hunter haven't been able to agree on having to divide four billion. tell that to the unemployed those without insurance. can there be a bigger turkey? >> that's the best week of my life. >> yes there can. caddy steve williams dumped by tiger woods and won his first tournament with adam scott but come on after winning 13 majors, with tiger he ran his mouth, using racial comments to get his point across. the irony, it was last november just after thanksgiving that tiger had the -- that incident with his -- two years ago. >> not good. >> there is a longer list but we didn't have time. >> plenty of turkeys in the sports world and news world. >> that may weather sucker punch was bad. >> .the turkey in the oven by at least one . ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, to an early thanksgiving meal today. the zoo set up elaborate ta . >>> treated to an early thanksgiving meal today. the zoo set up t

have to answer sexual misconduct allegations which he denies and describes as politically motivated ortiz or smith was at london's high court. he said in the one step places the plane following today's proceedings of course this appeal he made to the high court was rejected at the end of the road tear at the high court and he now has to apply for permission to appeal to the supreme court and the high court that decides whether he will be granted that permission he could see in days to do that now permission would only be granted to go to the supreme court the highest court in the land if the case is deemed to be in the wider public interest and if there are precedents that could be set by this case which could apply to other people and this seems more unlikely off to today particularly as the judge here rejected full points of us on his defense which included the allegation that he wouldn't receive a fair trial in sweden and also you that the swedish prosecutor had no authority to issue they said european arrest warrants now following that we think that a judge in essence came out on the

es un arte i eso freddy ortiz espera un cambi positivo. >> es hora de cerrar el tanque y reparlo para acceso pÚblico. >> de no ser tan hipÓcri dirÍa que mantenga su palabra. muchas veces llega a retractarse de sus promesas. >> el alcalde asegurÓ que no habrÁ mÁs prÓrroga para el campamento. pueda anunciar que Élcampamento en el parque municipal estarÁ cerrado el noviembre e a las 12:01 de la maÑana. les pedimos a los del campamento que empiezan a atacar sus pertenencias y abandonen el parque. >> hoy los manifestantes del movimiento anti wall street en san francisco enviaron un mensaje a los compradores pidiendo que locomprenden este viernes negro en las grandes en los pequeÑos negocios. lo que algÚn centro comercial donde hubo enfrentamientos entre policÍas y manifestantes. no se reportaron arrestos. millones de compradores y salidas de las tiendas estÁn sunidos felices r conseguir precios. ademÁs de gangas hubo disparos, apuÑalamientos, y las bancas calientan tropezarse estos indentes la jornada no se detuvo y los centros comerciales siguieran repletos hasta altas horas de la noche.

to be tried for allegedly selling weapons to colombian rebels fighting american soldiers ortiz merida portnoy is in new york and joins me live with details so what exactly happened in court today. well just one day after deliberations began a jury of twelve handed down that verdict and the verdict is that they found a russian businessman businessman victor boot guilty on all the charges that were leveraged against him by the united states and those charges include conspiring to kill americans and inspiring to kill u.s. officials trafficking rockets and also he was charged with supplying arms to the revolutionary armed forces of colombia an organization the united states deems as terrorists now this this trial of victor boot went on for about three weeks but his presence here in the united states has garnered a lot of attention as we've been reporting the u.s. fought very hard to get fixed or extradited from thailand to the u.s. over a year ago but that fight was taking place since mr bruce was arrested during a sting operation in thailand in march two thousand and eight. as guilty did

levantÓ, estÁ de pie y listo para seguir noqueando las adversidades de la vida, en los Ángeles, magaly ortÍz es de jalisco. >>> luego de haber arrasado en el latin grammy, fÍjate que pamela, calle 13 se fue a salvador y se robÓ el corazon del pÚblico porque lo hizo a cambio de a wros arroz rroz y h >>> calle 13 provocaron una euforia colectiva en el estadio mÁgico gonzalez. ( ♪ mÚsica♪) >>> no dieron conferencia de prensa para los medios de comunicaciÓn. y el pÚblico tuvo que esperar por muchas horas. pero cuando pusieron un pie en el escenario. se robaron el corazÓn. de todo un paÍs. ( ♪ mÚsica ♪ ) >>> sin duda que calle 13 canta en otra frecuencia en argentina cancelÓ su concierto simple y sencillamente porque los boletos estaban muy caros. aquÍ en el salvador, no cantÓ por dinero. lo hizo por una noble causa, y los boletos se compraron con arroz y con frjoles. quÉ moneda estÁ utilizando? >>> frijoles y arroz >>> y usted cuÁl compra >>> el general >>> cuÁnto vale >>> dos libras de arroz y frijoles >>> y usted? >>> una vip con 5 kilos de arroz y frijoles, algunos les costÓ trabajo creer que

. >> y no solo del canto y la actuaciÓn quiere vivir anahÍ, se estrenÓ como empresaria, magaly ortizuevo tÍtulo, es que de ahora en adelante darÁ consejos de belleza por internet. >> yo querÍa estar involucrada en algo que pudiera ayudar a da mi gente, a mi pÚblico en general. todas estas marcas y todas estas cosas que siempre vemos y decimo wow! qÉ increÍble se visiten y todo esto, pero a precios acsibles porqu es difÍcil poderlotener. >> esto romienda para lucir regia en lalfombra del latin grammy >> lo que siempre es buÁsico el mes es mÁs, porqu de repente tenemos un evento importante y das queremos ponernos hastal perico en la cabeza, tampoco chicas no hay que abusar, pero hay que estar en las Últimas ndencias y sacarnosl mejor partido que podamos. >> dice estar involucrada en cada aspecto de estaueva faceta como empresario, pero no tengan miedo que n abandonarÁ el cto o la actuaciÓn. >> ha brillado e su papel protagÓnicon la telenovela "dos hogares". >> junto a carlosonce y sergio g, a quien supuestamente no querÍa besaror su supuesto bite. >> cuando dijeron esa cosa tan tonta,

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. >> gracias toni, esperamos que ortiz hurtado y con la mejor de la mÚsica latina terminamos por hoy,

. >> en los Ángeles, magali ortÍz, univisiÓn.stamos a una semana, pendiente porque se transmitirÁ en vivo en las vegas por aquÍ por univisiÓn. >> bueno, ya se acerca el fin de semana y para saber cuÁles son las pelÍculas que se estrenan en la pantalla grande pasamos con daniela y nos presenta el acostumbrado listado. ¿quÉ tal? >> hola ¿quÉ tal? muy buenas tardes, tenemos dos estrenandose, aunque no es un gÉnero que se necesita de cosas visuales, sÍ muy buenos actores, vamos a verlo. >> es una divertida comedia con un elenco de primero, esa. >> el administrador y vigilante de lujoso edificio en manhattan sdu abri s descubrÍra que como conocen el dificultades a la palma de su mano pondrÁn en acciÓn un plan en conjunto con un ladrÓn profesional para kencontrar tod el dinero del criminal antes que escape con el millonario botÍn. >> era muy, muy divertido si algo era muy gracioso tenÍamos que parar y reÍrnos si no se perdÍa la toma. >> fue bien divertido y un reto algunas veces porque habÍan cosas que tenÍamos que hacer que eran difÍc

que las llamadas realizadas desde el celular de las vÍctimas fueron claves para arrestar a roberto ortize mandaba ttos inapropiados pidiÉndole que abandone a su pareja. >> es una buena persona,1 buena hermana,1 buena madre. nos querÍa mucho, nos cocinaba, ella era la Única. >> el cuerpo de siria serÁ repatriada a ecuador donde sus paes se vieron por Última vez hace 20 aÑos. cuando ella fue en busca de un paÍs. >> de momento sospechoso permanece detenido con una fianza fijada en un millÓn de dÓlares. >> recordaran Éstos dondeel juez castigaba a su hija. la orden agrega que el ju de familia william adams no poÁ consumir lic 24 horas ante de ver a su hija. leija volverÁ e pÚblico del vÍdeo en internet ahora tiene que tres aÑos. >> hacemos una pausa cuando regresemos de comerciales le tiremos porque la nominaciÓn presidencial estÁ de nuevo a la defensiva. miles de veteranos de guerra no consiguen empl y dicen que se sienten abandonados. alolver tendremos mÁs detalles. ♪ >> ahÍ estÁ mi cuenta de twitter, para que podamos intercambiar informaciÓn y discutir lo que estÁ pasandon el mundo. famos

this is emanuel ortiz. you doing good in here? >> yes. >> are you getting used to this cell block, and it being -- >> well, these cells are larger than the ones we used to have over there. >> so you liking it better? >> it's better. much better. >> it is better? >> yes. >> different. >> manuel ortiz, convicted of murdering his wife and her friend, has been on the row since 1996. >> if you don't exercise your mind or your body, you know, it starts to deteriorate. we try to use push-ups, you know, squats, things of that nature. because imagine 40 years in a cage, you know. it takes a toll on the body and on the mind. >> all right. there's my frenchman. you still seeing that french woman? she still writing you? >> men have spent up to two decades here and while some pursue their cases until the last breath, others would just as soon give up. >> there are a lot of guys here, you know, i can't mention no names, you know, but they also would like to get it over. you wake up with a -- with this, i call it a gorilla, you know, a 2,000-pou

gustarÍa enfrentar a una de sus artistas favoritas en un juzgado, es todo por mi parte soy magaly ortizen chile fue comprado, serÁ destinado el dinero a la fundaciÓn da cantante que ayuda a jÓvenes de drogadicciÓn. >> el galardonado lee manuel miranda se une aa. >> compartiÓ con ellos un dÍa de filmaciÓn en puerto rico. >> veamos. >> la bella isla de puerto rico sirve de paisaje para el rodaje de la nueva comedia 200 cartas donde participan los actores, jaime camil, lee manuel miranda y la ex miss universo dayanara torres. >> hÁblanos un poquito de lo que pasa tras bastidores. >> no se puede comentar eso. >> (risas). >> me imagino. >> es mÁs que evidente la quÍmica entre ellos y entre escena y escena. >> compartiÓ su gusto musical con sus nuevos compaÑeros. >> un dÍa nos puso mÚsica de fondo de pelÍculas porno, fue un poco oh!. >> pero sÍ. >> yo me imagino que dayanara te sentiste bien cÓmoda. >> sÍ, claro, claro, claro. >> (gritos). >> (risas). >> se la pasaron bromeando, pero esto no descon centra a dayanara, quien tras 17 aÑos alejada de la pantalla grande ha tomado en serio su papel

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second by director ortiz. all in favor? any opposed? this motion passes. >> item 10 is approving the minutes of the october 13 meeting. supervisor kim: any amendments needed for the minutes? >> motion to approve. supervisor kim: all in favor? the motion passes. and any other announcements? >> that does conclude your agenda for the day. supervisor kim: any other announcements? seeing none, we are adjourned. >> 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 was the graphic pictures and a man in a hat on a rig truck carrying take that time is containers and in the black sea to representation of a mexican guy wearing a sombrero and caring a somali horn. it struck me that these

director ortiz: could you refresh my memory on the cdsm. >> cement deep shoring wall. we use that to create the perimeter around the project. zone 4. we continue to buttress work. that has made good progress. we are just over 2.5 shafts per week, which is the goal to get to to complete our work on project. this week, having to report we will complete three full shafts. on the screen now you can see we have completed the sea dsm -- cdsm on the west end of the project. we mobilized to the south side and will complete that were before the end of the month. east end of the project from freemont through beale street has been completed. all that will be left on the shore wall will be the street crossings after the next phase of utility. to give you an idea between the sides, the photo on the left is the end of september, on the right, the end of october. that is where the buttress work continues. it is hard to see a lot of change there but we have been very successful with the buttress work. the rest of the site, you can see how the area, their rigs that do the cdsm work, sh

y ya tiene su estrella en hollywood la cantante shakira, y fue hace unos horas y allÍ estÁ magali ortizero hoy develÓ su vefrl. >>> hall el agudo suena a columbia, porque shakira develÓ la estrella 2454 en el paseo de la fama. >>> ¿cÓmo estÁn?. >>> la artista llegÓ acompaÑada de su familia, para hacer realidad uno de sus grandes anhelos que por cierto se lo dedicÓ a la comunidad latina. >>> quiero dedicar este momento a mi comunidad latina dentro de los estados unidos. >>> una comunidad que sueÑa y trabaja y trabaja y sueÑa cada dÍa para hacer de este un mejor paÍs. >>> el gran ausente fue piquÉ y sus fanÁticos dijeron presente en este gran dÍa. >>> la prensa quiere hacer un breve pero muy gran homenaje a shakira, en su dÍa porque es grande oso para colombia, y creo que es algo maravilloso y ver tanta gente que realmente la apoya. >>>. >>> la interpreta te del waka waka que es un estrella internacional es la colombiana con mÁs discos vendidos, pero ella tambiÉn con su fundaciÓn que le ha dado satisfacciÓn ayudando a niÑos de escasos recursos. >>>. >>> si alguna vez pasen por el paseo de

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ortiz turns 36 years old this week. but is coming off a season with a batting average off of 300. 96 runs driven in. his age would indicate a one- year contract. he earned $12 million with boston last season. and within the o's, tampa bays, joe madden, named manager of the year. lauded for the race for the play-offs, despite having the second major payroll. it's the second time madden has been honored as the manager of the year. arizona's kirk gibson is the national game winner. more coming up tonight at 11:00. >> i'll bet. thank you, mark. we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> don't miss the cbs primetime lineup tonight at 10:00. >> well, it's a side of william and kate you may not have pictured. the british royals are the subject of series of pop art paintings. the newlyweds are featured in a series of portraits that show off their colorful sides, i guess you could say. the artist also has a collection of portraits of william's grandmother. queen of england. pictures will be sold in london. >>> and finally ton

por el contrario, mayweather, que noqueÓ a vÍctor ortiz el 17 de septiembre, harÁ un pronto regreso alm grand de las vegas, el oponente de mayweather no ha sido determinado, pero estan buscando hacer la mayor pelea posible y todo el mundo sabe que pelea es, manny pacquiao. el filipino enfrenta a juan manuel mÁrquez por tercera vez el 12 de noviembre en el mgm grand y es el gran favorito por la copa sudamericana, anoche universitario de deportes derroto 2-0 a vasco da gama de brasil, para hoy se juegan dos partidos, arsenal sarandi recibe a la universidad de chile y en ecuador, la liga universitaria a libertad. hasta aqui los deportes, tendremos mas esta noche solo a las once.

juan ortiz/abogado de inmigracion iiba 4:42 si por ejemplo yo estuve trabajando en la oficina de oaklandsi estabamos viendo que bastante de la gente que estabamos recibiendo en oakland, venia de aqui de este condado, de contra costa, de antioch, oakley o brentwood 4:56 la atencion sera en espanol, lo que es buena noticia para sandra que sufre porque ademas tiene que ir hasta san francisco para estos servicios. sandra cazares/residente del este de la bahia 26:09 si por el tiempo porque esta lejos, por el ingles porque necesito un traductor para que me intereprete mejor y si es en mi idioma yo voy a poder expresarme como debe de ser 26:19 el instituto podra responder preguntas generales sobre inmigracion y la oficina procesara casos de ciudadania, peticiones familiares y visas u para victimas de violencia domestica.... 9:46 la consulta es 20 dolares y si nosotros no lo podemos ayudar nosotros siempre podemos referir a las personas con las organizaciones que si los pueden ayudar 9:54 casos de asilo y de deportacion seran referidos a otras agencias. pilar nino 22:02 como la oficina es nueva

tokyo investors began selling sale ortiz after the opening bell. stock trading on scandal hit olympus was skauld due to massive share orders. the share fell to the daily max limit down two straight days. currently trading 484 yen. the euro is down sharply against concerns about the euro zone debt problems, selling pressure on the euro is growing. this is after italy's benchmark government bonds fell pushing the yield up to over 7%. market sources say investors are skeptical whether italy can carry out financial reconstruction. >>> the euro loss more than 1 yen wednesday. the dollar moving in a narrow range. green back against the yen up 77.78-82. >>> let's look at the long term interest rates. yield on the ten year japanese government bond down over one basis point. >>> and we have a japanese cater released earlier this morning on thursday. machinery orders fell sharply in september. >>> the cabinet also said on thursday that major machinery makers received more than 738 billion yen worth of domestic orders in september, about $9.5 billion. it mark

>> yes, and prior to taking role, notified that director ortiz has a conflict. [roll call] madame chair, you do have a quorum. director kim: 90. are there any communications today? >> not that i know. >> thank you. please call item four. >> item four is board of directors meeting new business. i know of none. director kim: great. please call item 5. >> item 5, executive director's report. >> good morning. add this one report that we continue our outreach efforts to the community and organizations interested in learning about our projects and interested in internships opportunities. most recently, we presented,girls, inc., an organization that works with girls and they teach them about science and technology and ask them to come in. the girls were very interested and learned a lot. we have asked our contracting team to keep my mind for future internship opportunities. we continue to pursue the sides of avarice. in addition, last night, we met with the association of women in construction, took them on an extensive tour of our construction site. tonight, we will b

second by director ortiz. all in favor? any opposed? this motion passes. >> item 10 is approving the minutes of the october 13 meeting. supervisor kim: any amendments needed for the minutes? >> motion to approve. supervisor kim: all in favor? the motion passes. and any other announcements? >> that does conclude your agenda for the day. supervisor kim: any other announcements? seeing none, we are adjourned. >> and good evening, ladies and gentlemen. open to the entertainment commission on tuesday, november 8. the first item is to call the roll. [roll call] we have a quorum. >> public comment. members of the public may address commissioners within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission. with respect to agenda items, members of the public may address the commission for up to three minutes at the time such item is called. is there anybody that would like to address the commission that is not on the night's agenda? simenon, review and approve the minutes of july 12. and july 26, august 9 and october 11. is there a motion? >> secon

second by director ortiz. all in favor? any opposed? this motion passes. >> item 10 is approving the minutes of the october 13 meeting. supervisor kim: any amendments needed for the minutes? >> motion to approve. supervisor kim: all in favor? the motion passes. and any other announcements? >> that does conclude your agenda for the day. supervisor kim: any other announcements? seeing none, we are adjourned. >> welcome to city hall. more importantly, welcome to our season of giving. i am pleased that i am joined by very important members of our great city family. i wanted to take this opportunity as we're coming closer to our first of many holidays, i wanted to send a message to all of our city and the rest of the bay area that there is easily going to be a lot of bad news in our lives. it may be economics or jobs. in san francisco, we think differently. we believe in ourselves, we believe in our faiths. we take up the challenge that in times of bad news and economic hurt that we do things differently in our city. we bring our residents a

second by director ortiz. all in favor? any opposed? this motion passes. >> item 10 is approving the minutes of the october 13 meeting. supervisor kim: any amendments needed for the minutes? >> motion to approve. supervisor kim: all in favor? the motion passes. and any other announcements? >> that does conclude your agenda for the day. supervisor kim: any other announcements? seeing none, we are adjourned. >> the san francisco ethnic dance festival is one of the jewels on san francisco sculptural crowns. this is in its 32nd year of showcasing the celebrated dance troupes. this year will be one of the past with four new works representing kondo, afghanistan, china, mexico. -- congo, afghanistan, china, mexico. more than a hundred 30 ensembles and soloists auditioned in january for a slot in the ethnic dance festival. in the end, 37 companies were selected to perform. 26 of those performances are world premieres. >> each year, we assembled a panel of dance experts that is made up of academics, scholars, researchers. people have been worki

second by director ortiz. all in favor? any opposed? this motion passes. >> item 10 is approving the minutes of the october 13 meeting. supervisor kim: any amendments needed for the minutes? >> motion to approve. supervisor kim: all in favor? the motion passes. and any other announcements? >> that does conclude your agenda for the day. supervisor kim: any other announcements? seeing none, we are adjourned. >> good evening, and welcome to the meeting of the board of appeals. chris wong will be absent this evening. to my left is the deputy city attorney. she will provide needed legal advice this evening. i am the executive director. we are joined our representatives of the planning department. we are joined by joseph dufty, the senior building inspector. at this time if you would conduct the swearing-in process. but the board requests you turn off cellphone and pagers. please carry on conversations in the hallway. representatives have seven minutes to present their cases and three minutes for rebuttals. people affiliated with these partie