. >> new city playgrounds. our second presentation is on policy initiative that the mayor's office on disability is developing in conjunction with the department of public works, and the recreation and parks department, as well as the landscape department that is in dpw. under the 2010 ada standard, a lot of recreation elements were added into the civil rights law, the access board had been working on these things since 1994 and it took all the way to 2010 to make it happen. at the same time, the core philosophy behind this was that place should be inclusive and should be available to everybody. and one of the things that we needed to do in order to make ourselves successful as a city, and as a recreation provider was to develop planning tools to teach the staff how to do it right. it's rocket science. play isn't rocket science although we're going to build one of the it was education and consistency will get us a good project, simple as that. the playground that you see in the photograph by the way is brand-ne

lopez indicated to educate a gem be relationship with the playground. so this is a section soot u cut through from yerba buena gardens to the playground on the right you see did famous low exhibition hall so much of this building remains underground, however, we're coming vertically and in program areas you see in yellow the exhibition space now connected and above that and importantly is this the importance of allowing north and south to operate together as well as independently so from the north side of the exhibition hall it comes up without enkufrm the left side this bridge is something obviously i don't take bridges lightly in the city and as well as with the community on those pieces of we've worked we're treating that as a box eyewitness kite we've placed the structure stop the top to allow or suspend this dedicate walkway it's an extremely transparent and suspended piece this is our arts administration staff called this the mission of light because it is now a designated as a place for significant work by an artist to make this piece as it occup

this unique playground is a labor of love. how a bay area mother is working to make sure every kid gets to play. >> and we want to invite all of you pet lovers, send us your questions about the health and well-being of your pet. just email pets@kpix.com or on our facebook page, and we'll have our expert give you an answer every friday. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> under the americans with disabilities act most playgrounds today are wheelchair accessible but for many children with special needs that's not enough. as kate kelly reports, this week's jefferson award goes to a peninsula mom who spent years making playgrounds truly inclusive. place. 56 clip/ 45:34 quickly found was >> reporter: when olenka villarreal would take her two daughters to the park in palo alto, it used to be an exercise in frustration. daughter ava has special needs and parks were not a welcoming place. >> what i quickly found was that the playgrounds didn't have a swing where she could actually be supported. >> reporter: even climbing structures had dangerous

you can see how excited people are for this playground. in the brand- new helen diller playground at north park, children can be seen swinging, gliding, swinging, exploring, digging, hanging, jumping, and even making drumming sounds. this major renovation was possible with the generous donation of more than $1.5 million from the mercer fund in honor of san francisco bay area philanthropist helen diller. together with the clean and safe neighborhood parks fund and the city's general fund. >> 4. 3. 2. 1. [applause] >> the playground is broken into three general areas. one for the preschool set, another for older children, and a sand area designed for kids of all ages. unlike the old playground, the new one is accessible to people with disabilities. this brand-new playground has several unique and exciting features. two slides, including one 45- foot super slide with an elevation change of nearly 30 feet. climbing ropes and walls, including one made of granite. 88 suspension bridge. recycling, traditional swing, plus a therapeutics win for ch

had 30 people on the playground. and there were adults playing basketball and young, tender age children with young parents on the playground. >> i got a phone call saying come pick your kid up, they are shooting at the rec center. it's a shame that the kids can't play safely. >> become here live at the scene, investigators are gathering evidence on the playground and fortunately no children were injured but an 18-year-old shot in the groin and doing critical and a 19-year-old shot in the my reported to be in stable at einstein. dann cuellar, channel 6 "action news." >> there is a major development tonig tonight, philadelphia police have arrested jeremiah jackson for the blunt force death of laura araujo. david henry is live with that story. >> they lived in the same boarding house sharing a common kitchen. she was in the process of moving out because he made her uncomfortable, her instincts were right, police say he killed her while trying to rob her sunday night. her body was found in a vacant lot early monday morn

see the defining light edge it this is an important architecture piece and stepping down to the playground this is the test stepping down and making that side of the building a crafting to howard street to make that part of the park setting it has extremely high metrics is it will have is the lowest carbon in the united states and it will safe 15 million 0 of gallons of waters and this is to the treatment plant and into the bay this will be used not only for flushing toilets in our building but watering ybdz and the street trees around the site and providing water for the cleaning of trucks for this neighborhood. we take very, very seriously the architecture of that building it's important to our civic realm and we've taken pains sorry about that this stressed proportion but to make that a building of upper engagement and looking at from third street roughly from the corner of third and slightly above howard street there's a vertical light you see in the details. through this way we call a light cloud the cornice the drastic cornice line that stretches from howard street and capping it. un

it's the playground in the labor of love. how a bay area mom is working to make sure every kid gets to play. >> the gift of life returned a decade after one family's tragedy gave another new hope. they are being repaid. a remarkable story coming up after the break. we'll be right back. ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, playgrounds today are wheelr accessib kids with special >>> under the americans with disabilities act, most playgrounds today are wheelchair accessible. but for many children with special needs, that's not enough. as kate kelly reports, this week's jefferson award goes to a peninsula mom who spent years making playgrounds truly inclusive. >> reporter: when olenka villarreal would take her two daughters to the park in palo alto, it used to be an exercise in frustration. daughter ava has special needs, and parks were not a welcoming place. >> what i quickly found was that the playgrounds didn't have a swing where she could actually be supported. >> reporter: even climbing structures had dangerously wide openings, staircase

itself so this is at the level of the playground as opposed to back up this is intuitively clear with an open access finally to conclude we have this on the south side.org a smaller episodes here's a view where we have this exit ramp for a transacts and this is a service by the cafe on the corner for sale we're working on a rain cover to make this usable throughout the year and rain as well as the summer so in concluding that here's views of the sale we're happy we'll be adding over 10 thousand square feet and working with the playground and finally the south side is a very important garden wail thanks to our community involvement to make this a great space we're delighted to have a place to work with this with our colleagues in the city and with the san franciscans thank you. >> thank you. we'll take public comment first. andrew robinson and other >> thank you, commissioners. director ram. i'm andrew rob robinson from the yerba buena district i'm here to speak in support we see a vital moscone project to bring activation it supports the culture institutions and we think the project t

designer, and i am not a playground expert.e help of so many in the community, we had an idea, we took it to the great city. they listened, they supported us and we made it happen. >> reporter: so for citing a truly inclusive -- so for creating a truly inclusive park for children of all ages in the bay area, this week's jefferson award goes t olenka villarreal villarreal. >> olenka still needs to raise 300 thousand dollars to complete the project by the fall. if you would like to contribute, find a link to magical bridge on kpix.com/hero. there's also a nomination form so you can nominate your own local hero for a jefferson award. the selection committee is meeting again next week. >> in the bay area you can't say it's sunny and make it a blanket statement. >> where are you standing? >> this time of year there are no blanket statements. it's sunny inland. it's cloudy at the coast. if you are watching us anywhere in the area, this is completely not your weather. look if he golden gate, look at san francisco, look at marin, anywh

and in the station, valley, actually on a playground and a playground that we had schedule to start taking as we have, at garfield playground, in ashley, and modeled on jj who is going to speak shortly in being in the willie maze clubhouse and we are going for go forward with that and obviously there were children present when this shooting occurred, and this city is putting a ton of resources in there through the department of public health. and to see if we can't get the kids to a better place and certainly any playground in any community will be a safe haven and so we will work with the mayor's office and other folks to make sure that we climb that playground for the kids. the officers were doing the best that they could and this is over the whole weekend, 70 intoxication arrests and another 75 went to centers and felony arrests and assaults and violations and we did have a shooting at one of the venues of one of the out lying stages and that, young person was hit in the hand, and that suspect is in custody, and there were 11 misdemeanor arrests and we recovered three firearms. and so,

the area where the present playground and center is today was purchased by the city for $27,000.e 1950s, the sen consider was expanded by then mayor robinson and the old gym was built. thanks to the passage of the 2008 clean and safe neighborhood parks bond, the sunset playground has undergone extensive renovation to its four acres of fields, courts, play grounds, community rooms, and historic gymnasium. >> here we are. 60 years and $14 million later, and we have got this beautiful, brand-new rec center completely accessible to the entire neighborhood. >> the new rec center houses multi-purpose rooms for all kinds of activities including basketball, line dancing, playing ping-pong and arts can crafts. >> you can use it for whatever you want to do, you can do it here. >> on friday, november 16, the dedication and ribbon cutting took place at the sunset playground and recreation center, celebrating its renovation. it was raining, but the rain clearly did not dampen the spirits of the dignitaries, community members and children in attendance. [cheering and applauding] ♪ ♪ . >> good

. >> the playground is unique in that it serves a number of age groups, unlike many of the other properties, it serves small children with the children's play grounds and clubhouses that has basketball courts, it has an outdoor soccer field and so there were a lot of people that came to the table that had their wish list and we did our best to make sure that we kind of divided up spaces and made sure that we kept the old features of the playground but we were able to enhance all of those features. >> the playground and the soccer field and the tennis fields and it is such a key part of this neighborhood. >> we want kids to be here. we want families to be here and we want people to have athletic opportunities. >> we are given a real responsibility to insure that the public's money is used appropriately and that something really special comes of these projects. we generally have about an opportunity every 50 years to redo these spaces. and it is really, really rewarding to see children and families benefit, you know, from the change of culture, at each one of these properties >> and as a resu

so you've gotten there i can figure out how to get to the playground if you're there for the first time it's to the incident how you get to yerba buena gardens for example and everyone crows under the sort of viaduct it's not a pleasant part of the park in of the issue one and the second he in terms of absolutely. i agree the point of keeping people on the street has been an issue several times this is a unique part of the city because of the incredible amounts of crowds so the connection between the two important public spaces the playground and he did yerba buena gardens and those two businesses above are really enhanced by having a park like extension between the two spaces. so i think a that's very unusual situation in san francisco and unique in this case it's appropriate because the two gardens are elevated so to get to them you'll have to go upstairs if i have a stroller or wheelchair and other issues that new brim will provide a real important connection between the two public spaces and done in a way that continues the language of the landscape as opposed to being a sidewalk ac

but we were able to enhance all of those features. >> the playground and the soccer field and the tennis fields and it is such a key part of this neighborhood. >> we want kids to be here. we want families to be here and we want people to have athletic opportunities. >> we are given a real responsibility to insure that the public's money is used appropriately and that something really special comes of these projects. we generally have about an opportunity every 50 years to redo these spaces. and it is really, really rewarding to see children and families benefit, you know, from the change of culture, at each one of these properties >> and as a result of, what you see behind us, more kids are playing on our soccer fields than ever before. we have more girls playing sports than we have ever had before. [ applause ] fp >> and we are sending a strong message that san francisco families are welcome and we want you to stay. >> this park is open. ♪ >> welcome to culture wire. we will look at the latest and greatest public art project. recently, the airport unveiled the new state of the art termi

a playground is hit, and, indeed, on this first day of eid. that's right. the last 12 hours has been relatively calm. i say relatively because there have been some rocket incidents some rocket fires and some shelling in gaza, but it's been a quiet day. i've been out at mosque for eid players. normanormally mosques are overflowing, and this mosque was two-thirds full which shows you that many people are afraid to pray or have very little to pray for. because it was calm we believe those children were out playing because there was relative sense of security that perhaps israeli forces were not going to carry out any major attacks on this day of this eid holiday. i should point out israel denied being behind this attack whatever the case we've seen seven children and one adult lose their lives. earlier today in two separate incidents a total of four people were killed and a child was monk the dead as well. >> as you see the casualties arriving in places like shifa hospital, these medical facilities, are there enough supplies to treat them appropriately? >> rep

a camera closer to the playground that could have helped police was not working.rying to figure out why ain't nobody caught yet. >> she and her school mates march together, denouncing violence. it could have been anybody shot, but i thank the lord god above that the bullet that caught my grandbaby didn't let anything happen to her. -- withdy with news information that might help catch the suspects is offered a 10,000 dollar reward. >> a beautiful start to the weekend. will this nice weather stick around? >> we are going to see pretty nice conditions for the remainder of the weekend although there are some thunderstorms possible tomorrow. i will show you live super doppler in just a second. it is hot, 80 nine degrees. we have a nice breeze out of the south. a few fair weather clouds. it has been dry all day. there were sotome srms earlier. those have sinceiminished. we have seen a little bit in northern carroll county in maryland hovering around the mason-dixon line. all theess, thunderstorms will be diminishing as we get closer to sunset. it is warm and it will st

the light blue satisfactory covered by existing playgrounds. the yellow dotted line will fill the distribution gap for the children's play area. this snapshot shows the analysis of the recreation open space element of the general plan. the high needs plan. it shows the service area of a quality mile. san francisco reservoir and quarter mile buffer. it shows the mid-range of need and in close proximity and could potentially serve areas that the designated as greater higher needs. the goal of this potential park project is to serve the broader community to access these incredible views in a larger space. as the supervisor mentioned the san francisco reservoir working group has been working closely with us on pledging funds for development and maintenance. they have raised over $9 million and pledge to raise $11 million . 5 will be ooud -- used for development and maintenance of the park. our next acquisition policy is to look at the variety of the recreational and open space uses. this area is large and with our existing land it will be over four

i assume you've seen the shadows study on the playgrounds all the people moving into the neighborhood you know that all the projects with the same expectations small business and green space all the things that and were green neighborhoods shadow for each naind neighborhood was concerned they've lowered the height because they didn't want shadows being casted you can't take the eastern neighborhoods or the elements unless you're going to take it all i encourage you there are will that and not throwing that word around lightly they are so, yeah. then the appendix 10 no building permit authorizing the structure that casts shade or shadows under the jurisdiction of designated so far acquisition by the rec and park commission and the rec and park commission said take it up with planning we don't have control over those please discuss the height of the building thank you >> thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon, commissioners i'm peter garza i'm with the carpenters local 22 they want to voice their strong support for the mixed use project 346 katrero avenue we've happily participated

the father of six tells me his family was waiting in the school playground to be evacuated by the red cross when suddenly the shells rained down. he says his children were blown away like pieces of paper. everywhere we looked, faces contorted in pain, terrible news broken. for many, it was too much. >> they want to tell me that they're responsible? is this a responsible thing, to kill the children, the old women, the children? what? their army, what? >> reporter: the mayhem of this day will never be forgotten by these people.

when we see some of these soccer fields that are transformed, for example in my district mission playground, the soccer field was transformed from se cement to turf and it is utilized constantly. it shows what happens when you try to meet demands. beach chalet is an incredibly important project. there comes a point where you have approval after approval in the city and at some point you have to move forward so we need to make sure that come november we're in a position to move forward with this important project. thank you. >> supervisor farrell. >> thank you mr. chairman, and i want to associate my comments and my thoughts of colleagues who have already spoken. i want to speak from a very personal level as someone who grew up here in san francisco, i grew up playing sports across the city. i twisted my ankle countless times at beach chalet. countless games of baseball and soccer there, silver ter race this to me is such a very personal thing. when we can renovate our field so the children can play more often, to me i just cannot believe everyone won't support this as a father now of three

this is heron playground. it is a playground and splash pad. all summer long they have water going, sprinklers going and the kids are just loving it. you can see how crowded it is even this evening as we head toward dinner time. joining me here is my friend justin, and dave mccoy, you can imagine what thinks nickname is playing football in the school yard. they will help me out here. we will start with you, justin what do you think the temperature is out here right now. >> i think 92 you are close because my weather app just said 91. you got. that desean can you tell me what the weather is outside today. >> i think the weather is about 97 degrees. >> it does feel like 97. great day to come outside and do what. >> get in the the water for sure. >> that is what these guys are doing, that is what they are doing tomorrow as well. lets look at our future feels like temperature tomorrow about 4:00 o'clock it will feel like the triple digits and i bet this park will be completely packed with kids, if you are heading to the spray ground or pool, here i