have a playground for older kids, all ages at the group picnic area which is where this playground is built. it's a beautiful design, i can be swayed to approve it, be for it, but there is a lot of missing elements. i think there should be more for kids. when they're there, there is going to be groups of kids, there is not much there. with rec and park help and outside monetary help we might be able to make this a great playground. right now to me it seems like it's missing a lot. just looks pretty to look at. thank you. >> president buell: thank you. >> secretary: next speaker, please. >> my name is stephen, this is embarrassing, but there is a similarity between sgt. macaulay and mclaren and i want to speak on sgt. macaulay. >> you can, it's all on -- yeah, sgt. macaulay, the concept twal design, right? >> yes. yes. again, my name is stephen and i live next to sgt. macaulay park and invested a lot of time in the procedures that have led up to the design of the park. and i would like to make it -- put on record that months ago, i mean, months and months ago there was a design passed

west portal playground is one of the most utilized playgrounds in district 7.ling playground's task force identified it as a priority for renovation and is classified as a tier two approximating playground of the lets play sf tt initiative. since 2014, my office has been working in collaboration with the recreation and park department, san francisco parks alliance and the friends of the west portal playground to continue driving this project forward. while the project has stalled at times, my office has continued to work closely with all stakeholders, particularly with the community members to raise funds and donor recognition ideas. to maintain the project's momentum. the community as represented by the friends of the west portal playground, greater west portal neighborhood association, west portal merchants association and students from west portal elementary school, totalling 160 community members are deeply invested in seat playground renovations completed on a timely schedule. it has been three years since my office first started collaborating on playgroun

the highest, fulton playground and ca borriello playground were renovated with under from the 2008 fund. you can see that 60% of the bottom parks are in the southern half of the city. you can almost draw a line across the map and that's in contrast to the top 10 scoring parks which are almost all in the northern part of the city. looking at the park scores aggregated to the supervisor district level, we see trends to the top and bottom parks, being a southern and northern distinction. we have districts number 1 with the highest average park score of 92%. followed by the districts 2 and 3, so northern crest of the city. and the bottom 2, district 11 with 83% and district 10 with 85%. just a note in that range. if you're living in district 1, your average park may be 92. 10 percentage points is the average park you would experience in district 11. so quite a big percentage point distinction there and i think that introduces a question about equity among parks which many people have mentioned today. we were able to look at specifically those parks labelled as parks serving equity zones. as

who is overseeing sergeant mccauley playground in the afternoons as well. but that work was funded because of the tremendous organizing that happened in our neighborhood to ensure that we are putting our resources and eyes on the park and i thank the rec and park commission staff for working so closely with our district residents to ensure that we're not only improving our parks but also activating them so people feel safe utilizing them. i think that at this time -- i just want to appreciate, mr. ginsburg, for coming in and answering many, many different questions and we all care so much about our parks and open space so it was great to actually have this presentation and update. and also to get a sense where rec and park is moving on the equity metrics and plan that this board had requested in 2016, under supervisor john ovolo as we move forward with a set aside for rec and parks, ensurinsuring that we adequateld our parks and open space that we're also ensuring that we have an ecwitdy lens on how we do that because we know that certain neighborhoods have

i'm a little confused as to why there's a blue top at west sunset playground which from my perspective is done. there's a tiny bit of savings from the project so the project came in under budget. we are in the process of bringing to you the issuance of our third and final bond sale for the 2012 parks bond. which will allow us to access basically all of the blue. and the big one there you can see is margaret hayward. >> supervisor peskin: can i ask a question. it looks like blue, if we can go back to the slide, are already issued and that means that you have sold them. so there's another ones not shown here at all? >> you're right, there's four categories, thank you, supervisor. and taylor systemson behind me because she can clearly do this better than i a i can, but whate heck i'm in it. and so green is done. >> supervisor peskin: issued and expended. >> yes, funds issued and available and then there are -- there's funds that are encumbered and there's one more traunch that is coming your way, right? it came your way last month. so it's already before you. how's that? for golden gate p

playgrounds in the design process. we've got garfield, pool and rec center and george christopher and hyde park mini park, and willie woo wang, and sergeant john mccauley, aquavista park, all examples of parks in various -- that one is wan not ours -- that is somewhere else, but all of the others are examples of initiatives or tasks referenced in our capital plan that are underway. this is just another example of some work that we're doing, the strategy is to inspire public space, one of our objectives is to preserve and to celebrate cultural resources. we have been working quite a bit on adding interpretive signage to showcase the cultural resources, so this picture is actually from hilltop park and one by one we're trying to add either to showcase the park's environmental history or its cultural history. this is just a glance at the 2012 park -- the status of the 2012 open space plan and a bit more detail because all of these projects i mentioned are referenced in our capital plans, and we are at about 90% either spe

encourage active recognize yaks, whether it's the jerry garcia theater and the many courts and playgrounds in the park. it's also distinguished by the natural landscape. not just landscape, but san francisco original landscape. where golden gate park is nature, mclaren is what san francisco looked like and it reflects our natural habitat. i think one of the main challenges of mclaren park is really its circulation. by that we mean the safe and predictable movement of people, dogs, children, cars, bikes and other ways of transportation. and yet to be developed across the park and that's one of the things that has most been lacking in mclaren, certainly since i've been working in recreation and park department. that a clear set of policies and a real model for how to accommodate all the users and their movement across the park has been one of the most fundamental challenges. because while we're moving people across the park and accommodate and balance, we're also very much trying to protect the habitat and the natural features that make mclaren such an attractive place to go to, to visit. so

we are setting up a base camp at the playground, an incubator for start—ups in palo base camp at the an incubatorfor start—ups in palo alto com plete incubatorfor start—ups in palo alto complete with state—of—the—art 3d printers. they are fighting the battle of the boardroom on different fronts. roman and italia have decided to work together. we will be narrowing it down into something we can accomplish in a few days. we are not going to break the glass ceiling inafew not going to break the glass ceiling in a few days. you are going to have to pace yourself. yes, it's really easy to get carried away and say i'm going to do one more thing, then the next thing you know it's four o'clock in the morning. and royal will lead a separate work stream and has already been influenced by experiences of nervousness in meetings. it really stuck with me when she was talking about how she would get biological symptoms in a meeting and she feels she has to say something but then she doesn't say it. the heartbeat and sweating and the breeding. so it was really interesting for me to hear that. meanwhi

bond planning will include -- actually if you remember the playground task force, it was a mix of the criteria that you looked at, was a mix of controller park maintenance data on the playground, then the presence of pressure treated lumber. so that criteria, and you looked at high youth density, low-income neighborhoods. so in a sense that was a little bit of a precursor for using all of the three systems for making prioritization decisions. >> so somehow it's brought together -- >> there is a little bit of overlap quite frankly, but maybe a little more -- maybe a smidgen more subjectivity to be honest, in the park evaluation process, because there are moments in time. the capital process has a lot of sophisticated background how long is this access supposed to last from engineering perspective? and then you have where is it located? and then that gets to the heart of the equity issues we're facing. >> president buell: commissioner mcdonnell. >> commissioner mcdonnell: i always look forward to this perform, it's telling in terms of opportunity for celebration, the aggregate growth is

a woman's been jailed for four years after her dangerous dog attacked 12 children in a playground. northumberland. peter harris is outside newcastle crown court. sounds awful, peter, give us the details? well, the judge described it as details? well, the judge described itasa details? well, the judge described it as a "truly terrible situation" as the dog chased those children through the playground. some of them went up on to the climbing frames to try and escape. others were dragged along the floor and bitten before the dog could be brought under control. the injuries were nasty skin graphs and stitches for some, bearing in mind one of the victims was only six years old. it turned out in court claire neal should never have had the dog in the first place. just a month before a court had made an order that she should hand the dog over to be destroyed because of previous attacks. she failed to comply with that order, leading to these attacks just a few weeks later. thejudge injailing her told her "it's not the dog's fault, it's yourfault." her told her "it's not the dog's fault, it'

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. ♪ meeting of the commission and infrastructure vent. the success or agency commission of the san francisco re development agency for tuesday , december

they sit next to the playground with the jungle gym, there were shell casings all over the court. police eventually brought dogs to sniff the area. neighbors say kids play at the park connected with the community center all the time. police so far have not confirmed the victim's age or identity. but an anc commercial here in southeast said the shooting appeared to stem from an argument between teens. >> you can't even basketball court and enjoy playing basketball without being subjected to gun violence. young person, a majority of these shootings are happening between young kids. some of these young kids' parents know they have guns. and they don't have no respect for life. nobody. >> reporter: we do understand a teen is dead tonight after this shooting. right now, it is not clear if there's a suspect in custody. also, the motive unclear as well tonight. live in southeast, evan lambert, fox 5 local news. >>> also, two women are in the hospital following a house fear in northeast. one is in critical condition, the other was taken in for evaluation. the flames broke out at an apartm

even in playgrounds.t syria, very few children evacuated, and just 30 minutes away from a hospital. we are particularly worried about how children are becoming brutalised by war on this huge scale. tens of thousands of children have been affected by the war in syria but there's been hope for a few in the last few days in the besieged rebel—held area near damascus. 12 seriously ill children were evacuated on wednesday. aid agencies expect thirteen more to leave ghouta over the course of today. among the dozens of children still waiting to be rescued is baby karim, he lost an eye when artillery shells struck a market. this is his story. that was the story of the baby waiting to be evacuated in syria. now... the immense power of social media was once again in evidence at christmas — when a welder from london left his christmas wage packet in a local pub in wimbledon. more than a million people responded to an appeal on twitter and facebook and identified marius so that the pay packet could be returned, six d

and i agree with you i don't like the playground bullying type of interview either then jennifer hoffman says e.u. is a big deception a non representation or government that removes national sovereignty who would want to be part of that jennifer whilst i respect your viewpoint i don't share your presentation of the e.u. i for one would certainly like to remain a member of it at bretton bar says brett citizen hugely expensive farce it was always going to be a disaster and the sooner we abandon it the better well i wish we could abandon brick set but for those who are in favor of continuing with that i see this at least we should ensure that we don't take the u.k. economy off a cliff age we're american says just watched some unsure interviewing katoey there might have time she said united kingdom in calling britain a country britain is a state to four countries not a country thank you we've got an e-mail from jane sperry who says how alex love the new sure love it keep up the good work by the we had about changing the name to x. we hoff order based more on the scotland thank you very much

these grounds, all the three playgrounds, they were just covered everywhere.hunks of it. and ijust thought, how are we going to clear this up? my first thoughts were with my friends that were in the tower and then it dawned on me the children that we teach at school. we decided that we wanted to open. we knew that this terrible, terrible, tragic disaster had happened and we wanted to make sure that the school was a safe place for children to come if they were able to. we were very aware that we would have a lot of children who would not be able to come. this was done after we found out medhi had passed away. some children wanted to say goodbye, other children just wanted to write as though he was still here. we had lost somebody, he was a member of our class who was there all year, he was a beautiful, lovely boy. he was there one day and he was gone the next. having to explain to a class of children that somebody has died and in quite a horrific way was very sad and quite traumatic. there is a sense of shock and disbelief, there is a sense of anger and outrage

there are reports on how children are being deliberately targeted by snipers, even in the school playgrounds. we have this terrible situation going on in syria now, the this siege -- this this siege to ea with besieged a r 130-plus children, a few evacuated, but still many children not evacuated, and 30 minutes away from the hospital. what we are particularly worried about is how children have been brutalized by war on a huge scale. sharanjit: now, england will go in today for hopeful of securing victory for the first time in the ashes series, due in no small part to a fantastic performance from alastair cook yesterday. our reporter patrick geary is in melbourne for us. the pendulum swinging very much in england's favor today. patrick: certainly is. you can tell how australia is going by the amount of coverage they are giving it in the newspapers. on day one when they were going well, it was right on the front page, and then moved up here and started to get into the match, and now it is all the way to the back page to find out about 244, monumental inning in a career of monumental innings. h

without hectoring interrupting a pleasure to hear an adult conversation for once instead of the playground bullying of other political issues i'm really glad you like her format stella and i agree with you i don't like the playground bullying type of interview either then jennifer hoffman says either is a big deception a non representation or government that removes national sovereignty who would want to be part of that jennifer whilst i respect your viewpoint i don't share your presentation of the e.u. i for one would certainly like to remain a member of it at brett dunbar says brett citizen hugely expensive farce it was always going to be a disaster and the sooner we abandon it the better well i wish we could abandon brix it but for those who are in favor of continuing with that i see this at least we should ensure that we don't take the u.k. economy off a cliff age. well you might even say as i just watched salmon szell interviewing katoey there might have times she said united kingdom in calling britain a country britain is a state to four countries not a country thank you we've got an

playground around.a place to hit some golf balls, i see. >> yeah. you can chip it over and -- right by the front door. >> take care of business. this is great. >> come on in. >> looks like ben-hur's door. >> so you come in. and you hit the main living area. they've incorporated some of the natural stone from the site itself. >> it's beautiful. >> they built it right into the house. and then we make our way into another living area. so it's a split fireplace. so each side of the house has its own viewing of the fireplace. and it all looks out over the valley as well. >> yeah. the view... you never lose the view. ♪ you know what i always find interesting, dave, is the unique taste that people have, which, obviously for you, you have to find a special buyer. >> oh, yeah. but it makes 'em fun to sell. >> yeah. >> i mean, somebody that can appreciate the fine stone, the wood-beam ceilings. >> somehow, the house doesn't feel too big, although the large entertaining spaces seem to just keep going on and on. no

for years he hasn't jumped into a sun-lit pool or dashed out onto the playground for recess. >> do you remember what it was like when you didn't know and you stayed out in the sun? >> yes. it was not pleasant. because i didn't know what was happening. >> neither did brady's mom, kristen. >> i was thinking what the heck is going on with my kid? you go to the e.r. with someone who is writhing in pain but there's nothing visible. >> that's the thing with epp. there are often no visible signs during or even after a reaction, which makes epp even harder to diagnose. >> and it was actually his pediatrician that had referred us to a pediatric dermatology specialist. he had seen one previous case. >> how lucky were you that that doctor had happened to see another case? >> so lucky. >> every case of epp is different. brady feels the tingling and stinging coming on after less than a minute in the sun. but he can tolerate shade and wearing a thick, long-sleeved hoodie gives him enough protection. >> we've seen him, he jumps from shadow to shadow. >> he does. he shadow hops. you walk out any door

of other plots i'm really glad you like her format stella and i agree with you i don't like the playground bullying type of interview either then jennifer hoffman says e.u. is a big deception anon representation of a government that removes national sovereignty. who would want to be part of that jennifer whilst i respect your viewpoint i don't share your presentation of the e.u. i for one would certainly like to remain a member of it at brett dunbar says brecht it is a hugely expensive farce it was always going to be a disaster and the sooner we abandon it the better well i wish we could abandon bricks it but for those who are in favor of continuing with that i see this.

>> reporter: wendy, this is a playground. it's a playground. last night it was turned into a murder scene. it was supposed to be an early christmas gift. a mom buys some new jordan shoes for her son, but then last night, she says, on this basketball court someone killed her son to get those sneakers. >>> december 11th, benita smith bought her son a pair of the much-sought-after red michael jordan contour shoes. her son james loved those shoes. he helped pick them out. he's wearing them in this picture. he was wearing them at this basketball court last night. last night, when someone tried to steal those shoes, and there was a fight, there was gunfire, and 17-year-old james anthony smith ended up dead. today i talked to his mom. she said she last saw her son alive yesterday afternoon. >> he said, i'll be back, ma, i love you. >> reporter: that's the last you saw him there? >> that's the last time i saw him. >> reporter: here at your job 4:00 yesterday afternoon? >> 4:00 yesterday afternoon. >> reporter: now he's gone. >> he's gone. >> reporter:

system and she tries to teach me spanish and i try to teach her english and we hang out on the playground. - that is the nature of the relationship. you know, i'm just fascinated by the stories that you gravitate to, because these are not, i mean a lot of people write books - i have contrarian impulses. - well you do, but a lot of people will write books that are versions of a book that's already been written, and the reality is, there was no book that had been written like just like us, there was no book that had been written soldier girls, there's certainly no book that has been written like this, and that story also is such a modern story and it seems so obvious on one hand, but no one is actually telling that story and in part it's because nobody is taking the time to search it out or to gain the trust of somebody like your friend. - she's an extraordinary woman. she kept inviting me over for breakfast and i kept saying, no no, i write in the morning. and then finally i looked at myself and my own response and what i was doing and i said i don't wanna be that mom who just has a playgr

she was with me would like to play on this playground., you know, there are millions of majority black neighborhoods in the united states that my daughter could not play in today because of the violence, because of the drugs, because of the color of her skin. so no. sometimes it's better for people to have their own places to play. >> all right. >> not just a racist. also kind of a jerk. >> this is the church. welcome. >> thank you. >> and we'll have an opportunity to join pastor robb and rachel inside. >> great. >> come on in. >> hello. >> hello. >> howdy. >> how are you? >> rachel, this is kamel. >> kamau. >> hi. nice to meet you. this is our conference hall. and we do have church services here. we have some nice families and, you know, a lot of young people and children and so forth. >> what else do you do up here? >> well, we operate our internet television news program. >> ah, yes, robb's web series. not ready for prime time. or anytime. >> you and i are in a race war today and the blacks are and the minorities are winning. >> the wh

targeted in their homes their schools and playgrounds unicef warns that attacks on children have reached shocking levels. president trump one boss china on twitter saying it's been caught red handed allowing oil into north korea. former football superstar george weah is set to become liberia's president provisional results have been released from choose days presidential runoff with more than ninety eight percent of the vote now counted the electoral commission says we have secured sixty one point five percent of the vote he will succeed ellen johnson sirleaf when he becomes president next month this will be the first democratic transition of power in the west african nation in seventy three yes ma'am going to joins us from liberia's capital monrovia and what has been the reaction that these provisional results mohammed. well madame of course the supporters of george aware aha p. and they've been thinking about holding a victory party the in the cup we're told will grow via but they've been asked not to do that because the final results will be released to morrow these are provisional re

targeted in their homes their schools and even playgrounds unicef warns that attacks on children have reached shocking levels. the palestinian girl who went viral after being filmed slapping israeli soldiers appears in military courts. former football superstar george greer is set to become liberia's president provisional results have been released from tuesday's presidential runoff with more than ninety eight percent of the vote counted electoral commission says with secured sixty one point five percent of the vote he will succeed ellen johnson sirleaf when he becomes president next month it will be the first democratic transition of power in the west african nation in seventy three years while going to doe has more from the capital monrovia. supporters of georgia where good to the news of his victory with celebrations song and dance on the streets of monrovia he himself where broke down in tears and he could be seen been called fulton by his running mate you will fail who is a former wife of the former leader of this country charles taylor who is currently serving a fifty year sente

out to be a hollow slogan but the school still boasts about it even though my son says the school playgrounds are full of racism against kurds against africans and of course against jews. one might think that more than seventy years after the holocaust what happened to your son is an extreme but isolated case. what is your experience been with anti-semitism in germany in your work for human rights watch. well i wouldn't have thought that this was possible. but when it happened and we finally went public with it to exert pressure to change it and to start this debate . we learned that there are many many such cases and not just in berlin but also in frankfurt munich everywhere. and some people came to us and said that happened to us to the top they were afraid to go public with it for various reasons. we are human rights watch have spent years researching hate crimes and right wing radicalism in germany and we published reports on a. we've gone to the police and the courts for that. we've received a lot of encouragement from the police academies about the whole complex of problems. but it appe

to turn this is al jazeera life from london also coming up targeted in their homes schools and playgrounds unicef warns that attacks on children every chocking level a severe fuel shortage in nigeria leaves motorists hearing for as many as ten hours for petrol and fighting famine side we meet the mexican community trying to tackle violence against women in one of the world's most dangerous places. we begin in afghanistan where suicide bombers have stormed a shia cultural center and news agency in the afghan capital killing at least forty people and over eighty four people were wounded many of them suffering burns the attack came as the center hosted a panel discussion on the anniversary of the soviet invasion of afghanistan eisel as claimed responsibility that's actually going on reports. explosions followed by a rush to assist the injured and count the. victims. it's become a familiar ritual especially in kabul where the afghan capital has seen its share of bombings this year this time the target was a shiite muslim cultural center and the neighboring afghan voice news agency that often.

. >> closure tonight in a mird in a playground. a judge sentenced castro to 60 years in prison. in november of 2015, castro and two others stabbed jose luis perez-ferman to death and left the nearly decapitated body on a playground. the two others convicted are serving time behind bars. >> investigators believe last night's fire the destroyed a germantown home started in the kitchen. the family was out of town. >> they will have christmas eve and christmas day service in a building next door. a car slammed in the hobby >> a serial burs snatcher is busted again. this time he was caught into several schools. >> nakym sheffield is a serial purse snatcher, the police say, he targets schools. stealing teacher's purses from the vacant classrooms. in the past few weeks they caught him numerous times entering unlocked doors and using the stolen credit cards at stores nearby. >> a nuisance to have your credit card stolen. used around. >> sheffield himself doesn't >> why do you do this? this is a huge nuisance. why do you do this? >> a simple answer. it's what he does. >> he has been arre