programs on any playgrounds. we've designed each to compliment the play found. the first piece connects the two playground with a forest of lighting fixtures spread across each playground. we call them pixel poles. they animate and grow like they have captured fog inside them. when visitors move in front of the poles, they lite up and slash with colors. the pixel poles have custom lighting fixtures created specifically for these playgrounds that exist nowhere else. the second project covers the plaza right in front of you all between the playgrounds. we call it carl. we wanted to ask, what if san francisco's fog settled down in the plazs to play wi-- plaza th visitors. he likes to connect to different groups of people, so you may see the light forming connections across the plaza. it takes a great and ad venturo adventurous team to make this happen. this is a new combination of public instruction with custom hardware and software. they can grow and aadapt as the city changes. for the next month we'll be watching

mayor lee was so excited to see the playgrounds open. these playgrounds will for decades project his light. it is my great pleasure to introduce our mayor, mark farrell. mayor farrell grew up in these city parks. he worked at the city recreation and park department, and because of his leadership on proposition b, we are well poised to care for this incredible gift. ladies and gentlemen, mayor farrell. [applause] >> all right. happy valentine's day, everybody. anybody forgot to get flowers, we've got roses up here for you, by the way. i just want to say who an honor it is to be here. opening up parks is probably the best thing any of us get to do being up here on stage. first of all, i would like to get a round of applause for phil ginser for the entire rec and parks department. yes, i was at rec and parks for an entire summer, and they had me back at city hall. i want to say what an amazing thing to be here tonight to reopen our parks, because parks are all about families, they're about children, they are about seniors. they are the grea

with the pump track and playground there. we try to spread the investments all over the city, and with a particular focus on equity zones. >> i get it. i understand that, but you can imagine when we're attracting people to the new, shiny object, we want to be sure that the one next to it looks good, too. so i've talked with a lot of residents who are quite concerned with the resurfacing of that, so just curious if that is in the hopper around how does that work? >> commissioner, as i said, we have funding, a bucket of funding for playgrounds generally and make decisions across the city based on need. >> okay. >> just a quick question. what also accounts for the drop in revenue from the marina? >> changes in slip usage. $0.some slips that were -- there were some slips that were down, and we are forecasting that the east harbor will be undergoing some changes in advance of the work that we'll be doing in the remediation and renovation. dropping about $72,000. >> thank you. before i ask for a motion, i also want to compliment yo

specifical specifically instrumental to reopen the civic city playgrounds on february 14th. the renovation is part of the partnership leveraging funding and project management provided by the trust for public plan to help support let's play san francisco initiate. let's play sf is an initiative for 13 playgrounds most in need identified and prioritized by a citizen task force. it's located in district six. the goal of the project is to renovate and upgrade the existing playground, so the infrastructure and site features meet the current public needs and applicable codes and regulations. the trust for public land has generously offered a grant up to $500,000 for this project. in august 2017, the recreation and park commission approved this grant and then in november 2017, the commission approved the concept plan. now the trust for public land and rec park are working on a more detailed design and construction documents. i can show you a few slides to show you some visuals. this is the concept plan for the ground. this shows it's part of the let's play initiative. this helps t

of "bold and the beautiful" million dollar playground. kids of all ages were eager to >>> tonight san francisco's civic center plaza is now home to a $10 million playground. >> kids of all ages were eager to check out the 20-year-old refurbished park today. it features seven new weather and nature themed structures as well as light installations in front of city hall. the helen diller family foundation donated the money to the parks department last year. >> the warriors coach sound off on the tragedy warriors coach learned of the tragedy in florida today, he pointed the finger at those in office. 0 >>> steve kerr's father was shot and killed in 1984. and when the warriors coach learned of the tragedy in florida today he pointed the finger at those in office. >> it doesn't seem to matter to our government that children are being shot to death. but we can do something about it, we can vote people in who actually have the courage to protect peoples lives and focus on the real safety issues not building some stupid walls for billions of dolla

. >>> a $10 million renovation for a bay area playground. we are going to look at the upgrade and the unique light display that is perfectly san francisco. >>> for the first time in giants history, the team has announced it will retire the number of a player who is not in the hall of fame. the giants shared a 10 second video last night of terry bonds number 25 jersey. the team officially announced they will retire his number on august 11 at at&t park. the first 20,000 fans in addition will receive the number 25 baseball. ray bonds is a seven time mvp. this ever single giants have retired six numbers including 24, which was worn by willie mays. >>> the at&t pebble beach program kicks off thursday. >> today it was all about raising money for charity, and there was a lot of big name celebrities taking part including green bay quarterback aaron rodgers. i am guessing that the weather is absolutely perfect?>> reporter: who doesn't want to be here? everyone wants to be here. this is a tournament that, believe it or not, they have had snow. there i

million dollar playground. kids of all ages were eager to >>> tonight san francisco's civic center plaza is now home to a $10 million playground. >> kids of all ages were eager to check out the 20-year-old refurbished park today. it features seven new weather and nature themed structures as well as light installations in front of city hall. the helen diller family foundation donated the money to the parks department last year. >> the warriors coach sound off on the tragedy in florida. then came the thriller in portland. tipoff next. ifferses for it's time for the 'ultimate sleep number event' on the only bed that adjusts on both sides to your ideal comfort your sleep number setting. and snoring? does your bed do that? right now during the ultimate sleep number event, our queen c2 mattress with adjustable comfort on both sides is only $699, save $200. ends soon. visit sleepnumber.com for a store near you. there's more adventure,where you can get... more thrills, more magic, and more happy. and now you can stay s

she realized she never saw them at her local playgrounds, even ones supposedly handicapped accessiblether's research on the topic led her to magical bridge, a fully accessible and wildly successful playground in palo alto. esther was convinced it was just what her city needed. all she had to do was convince the city of it. male: next, we have some speaker cards. garvin: so in september of last year-- male: and i'm gonna start with esther lucas. garvin: availing herself of the public comments period during city council meetings. esther: good evening, mr. mayor and honorable council members. my name is esther-- garvin: esther used her 2 minutes to make her pitch. esther: why do i not see many kids with those disabilities at the park? esther: they said that they liked the idea and that they just can't go forward and that they would have to think about it. male: i just have a few words i wanna say. garvin: well, they did more than just think about it. this summer the city, thanks to esther's lead, allocated $1.8 million to begin transformation of one of their playgrounds into magical brid

hitsvery dates back to 1927 when the area where the present playground and center is today was purchased27,000. in the 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] ♪

but we were able to enhance all of those features. >> the playground and the soccer field and the tennisields 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. ♪ ♪ >> supervisor jeff sheehy and i represent district eight, the castro, diamond heights. ♪ ♪ for me i think district eight is different than other dist

there's a playground here but as you can see we're at war my finger is it is. the playground that i grew up playing in is in the ocean this is the house that. my husband and that is now on the ocean. shishmaref has been shrinking for years in ten to thirty years the village could be uninhabitable. several storm surges have destroyed many houses since one nine hundred ninety six the evidence of climate change is clear. can stand it is a biologist he's lived here for eighteen years. he shows us the traditional fridge used by the people up here a box in the ground right above the permafrost layer but the permafrost has melted the house that once stood above it has been claimed by the sea without the permafrost the ground lacks the necessary stability the sandy island is easy prey for autumn storms. the biologist is a teacher at the local school climate change is a constant topic here none of the children will be able to live in shishmaref when they are grown up losing their home is a scary thing. for some time now there's been another worrying development a plague

>> as i came here today, i walked by the children's playground. which was very exciting and i was tempted to run in there because we approved that a while back. as a fitting addition and a new vision for the children of san francisco and our historic civic centre. so i can't help but tie my thinking about the opening of the new playground with the very compelling leadership by the arts commission. and recommending the removal of the early days component of the statue. and i would like to think that the children who will be using the playground will have an opportunity with the removal of this to have a better understanding of the value of our early people in the city of san francisco and the bay area and california. so i think the evidence is very compelling. for us to approve the alteration of the monument in this way. and i thank the participants who have been part of the leadership, too, to bring this to our attention. thank you. you've been very articulate. thank you. >> thank you. commissioner pearlman. >> thank you very much. and thank you f

and playhouse. >> playground typically closed on presidents day opened up for play with purpose, children were invited to draw with chalk, play games, dance and also take part in story time. >> i have also been able to run around, move their bodies, get some fresh air which goodies for their physical development especially because kid in philadelphia don't have a lot of recess time so they don't get to move around and be getting strong so because they are so few and far between are real important to make sure they get them. >> use that energy. today's even was honor with purpose non-profit dedicated to insuring children with cancer received, safe and effective treatments. >> very nice. >>> thanks for watching "eyewitness news" at 6:00 we are back at 10 on our sister station c cw philly and back here at 11:00. >>> up next, "cbs evening news", from new york here now is jeff glor, take care family , we will see you tonight. captioning sponsored by cbs >> our community took 17 bullets to the heart. >> glor: as victims of the school shooting are laid to, the suspect appears in court. and angry

on global three thousand we head to bangladesh where water is everywhere making it a veritable playground for kids but a potentially deadly one. to binny where voodoo is a state religion many are helped by it but children often suffer from its decrees but first let's look at the humble banana the most popular fruit in the world could soon be wiped out. in one way germany is certainly a banana republic its citizens are twelve kilograms of the yellow fruit every year on average americans are the only nationality to consume more in twenty sixteen around one hundred thirteen million tons of bananas were harvested worldwide but the vast majority of them were from a single cloned variety the cavendish. shoots monocultures are an open invitation to pests and pathogens one of them a soil fungus called t r four has spread rapidly in cells east asia and caused major damage in many countries there and t.r. four is far from the only destructive fungus experts have long said the day. the cavendish are numbered that's causing major concern in ecuador. or the country's number one export. no there's not

someone posted this picture on next-door saying the man was hanging around the excelsior playground. yesterday officers got a call that the same man was there staring at children. >> the adult male was not with -- was by himself, was not with anyone else. their investigation we discovered that the adult naturally had an outstanding warrant for his arrest. >> that warrant was for a theft charge. the man was arrested and ordered to stay away from the playground. >>> here's something you don't see every day, a coastguard helicopter taking off near the softball field at san francisco's golden gate park. the chopper had to make an emergency landing about 7:45 this morning. it was in the air again by 11:30. chopper 5 overhead when coastguard had to touch down near seventh and lincoln. nobody was hurt. a mechanical warning forced the landing, but no other details were released. >>> san francisco is pushing ahead with a plan to make its cable cars cashless in a couple years. it starts this spring at turn- arounds that have ticket kiosks. by the end of next year transit officials want to requ

yesterday we celebrated the new helen diller playgrounds which we hope you saw as you were working iney were made possible by a generous $10 million foundation from the foundation and with the ongoing partnership with the trust for public land. this is the third city play grounds renovated through the helen diller family foundation. the two were predecessors to this one. it is one of several projects we partnered on with hays valley, balboa park and hill tom and the relake ship goes back farther with the partnership projects. buchanan mall is another one we are working on with gpl. we were in district 6 yesterday and we were joined by three amazing kids who spent a lot of time at bodecker and are involved in the boys and girls club. the city invested more than $30 million in the park improvement this is the last several years including not just civic center, south park and we have upcoming work at the sergeant mccoy playground and the mini park. they were opened in honor of may your lee. i was -- mayor lee. i was with them when we showed him the design. he was so excited but he said w

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for the last five years, he hasn't jumped in a sunlit pool or dashed out on to 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. >> you've seen him, he jumps from shadow to shadow. >> he does. he shadow hops. you walk o

they bring joy to people. >> reporter: saying they wanted to make san francisco a real life playground some adults who run the city decided someone had to be a grown-up. >> is the branch strong enough? they did not come to us so we can ascertain that yeah, this is safe. >> reporter: without the right paperwork, they will be taking swings down once they find them. >> to create the the the the the >> reporter: what does it say about the spirit of san francisco? >> a lot of swingers, people like to get high. this sums us up. >> reporter: in san jonathan bloom. >>> >>> a lot of us have had problems with the postal service. you know, mail gets lost, stolen or delivered to the wrong address. >> a san francisco family say they stopped receiving any mail at all. "7 on your side" michael finney found out why. >> this family was perplexed to learn their mail carrier had refused to deliver their mail and they didn't know where the mail had ended up. they came to me asking can the postal service just stop delivering mail. her dog goes into a marsha's son said it was a problem when somebody came to

the tiny is not some primeval forest playground for adventurers it can manage perfectly well without human beings and even takes preventive measures in self defense. senses must be alert in the forest you sniff the air taste it listen cautiously and stopped innocent again. even a moment's destruction at lansdowne to check for giant ants or scorpions can result in injury by a falling branch walking straight past the animals you came to see. how wonderful if you could trick the animals into coming to. this school imitates. phantom help but it seems there are none are around. suddenly the radio crackles out a summons. one kilometer to the northwest quickly quickly but quietly get to where they are but then stops. and at the end you might get a glimpse of a black a hairy arm breaking up and the right food or a dark figure of the undergrowth and that's it those with a chimpanzee. that's the way it is in the dense rain forest and that's the way it should be to to seem like this you really need a lot of luck. area. maybe someday the chimpanzees in the tide will get used to the turning maybe

the tiny is not some primeval forest playground for adventurers it can manage perfectly well without human beings and even takes preventive measures in self-defense. senses must be alert in the forest you sniff the air taste it listen proceed cautiously and stop to listen again. even a moment's distraction at lansdowne to check for giant ants or scorpions can result in injury by a falling branch or walking straight past the animals you came to see. how wonderful if you could pick the animals into coming. this cool imitates. it seems the run around to. suddenly the radio crackles. one kilometer to the north west go quickly back you get to where they are but then stop still out of sight and creep up. and at the end of all this you might get a glimpse of a black apparel breaking up now right food or a doctor to get to the undergrowth and that's it that's where the chimpanzees that's the way it is in the dense rain forest and that's the way it should be to look to see more like this you really need a lot of luck or an enclosed viewing area. maybe someday the chimpanzees and the thai will

people who might have gotten stuck at a playground, in a sandbox.ld be an adult cleaning up outside their house who got an inadvertent needle stick, didn't notice it and 20 years later show up needing a liver transplant. hepatitis c costs about $80,000 to treat. liver transplant, depenting on who your insurer is, $500,000, plus or minus. and then you have a shortened life span. taking immuno suppressive drugs for the rest of your life at great cost and considerable risk. getting these needles off the street is imperative. a programme like the safe injection sites will help. probably won't help thousands of people in the year, but one or two innocent people, like your children, or your grandchildren, may be protected by a programme like this. thank you. >> thank you. next, please. and you can actually all line up within the aisle so it will be a little easier. >> like being at the airport back there. hi, i'm holly bradford. san francisco drug use union. we talk about should we come here or not shz because we pretty much know how you're all going to v

one of the worst forms of bullying in the playground is when a bunch of kids gang up playground is when on another child. and that is sort of what we do every afternoon prime minister's questions. we have, when someone is called that we do not like, there are growing so members across the chamberas if to are growing so members across the chamber as if to suggest that they are less important than anybody else, and we pay somebody when it is from our own side and all too often, the whips on either side are deliberately trying to shut down people on either side of the chamber. —— shout. if we are really going to tackle bullying, after going to tackle bullying, after going to tackle bullying, after going to have to tackle the whole culture of the way that we do business? well, i am very sympathetic to what he is saying and what this procedure seeks to do is to change the culture in this place. we all have our own personal opinions about different activities and what is right and what is wrong, but what is very important is how the complainant feels, and by having this independent procedure

. >>> swings the kind that show up on a playground. >> reporter: for a family visiting from san diegoe sight stop not on the map. >> it was random. >> reporter: the kids are not complaining but they are confused. >> i thought it was a little odd. >> did someone put this up? how did they tie it up there? maybe a worker guy. >> reporter: 50 swings across the city. >> i was excited when i saw it. >> san francisco used to be a lace where the inner child wanting to come out. we are all grown children. >> reporter: a swing bomb team member said that is who these are for. >> swings capture the youthful spirit. they bring joy to people. >> reporter: saying they wanted to make san francisco a real life playground for adults. some adults who run the city decided someone had to be a grown-up. >> is the branch strong enough? they did not come to us so we can ascertain that yeah, this is safe. >> reporter: without the right paperwork, they will be taking swings down once they find them. >> to create the almoelement of. >> reporter: what does it say about the spirit of san francisco? >> a lot of sw

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and personal playground. they were also on the win from security we're told.'t find out about that until later, the video had been made, we thought we would use it go way, up next, battle over our broken borders, dreamers, dreamers, dreamers. they had a different dream, they raved trying to smuggle more illegal immigrants into united states. as president trump demanding congress demand security border with the wall, we have a respect with you next, stay with us. lou: president trump promised to build a wall in our southern border, a work at best in progress, mostly in concept right now, fox news. correspondent william on the southern border with our report. >> building a great wall. reporter: tuesday night, president offered no specifics on cost or length. >> keeping cartels out, narcotics out, terrorists out, gang managingers, and ms-13 out there is a good thing. >> border patrol union is standing by the president. >> a real compromise is something where nobody is happen, that might be where we have to go on immigration reform. >> open borders allowed drugs a