i spend my weekends here at the club and at the casting pond. it's a great place to learn and have fun. on a season day like this, it was the perfect spot to be. i find fly casting very relaxing and also at the same time very challenging sport. takes me out into the nature. almost like drawing art in the air. and then i can make these beautiful loops out there. >> even though people from across the globe come here to compete, it's still a place where locals in the know relax and enjoy some rely unique scenery. until next time, get out and play! >> hello. welcome to "culturewire." we are here today with bay area artist jody chanel, and we are here to see the plaza where your piece has just been installed. >> i have been doing large-scale paintings in the galleries and museums, and the idea that in the future, i could do something that would hang out a little bit longer than the duration of the installation the kind of appeal to me. i quickly found out about the san francisco arts commission school and realized there was a pre-qualified school you

. >> they are baffled about a western pond turtle discovered near point reyes station. they marked the same turtle in the 18 miles away. he made an impressive trek and scaled a mile long incline to get to point reyes station. they are submitting their find toss a scientific journal.

this stanley cup win is a victory for 9/11 massachusetts who ever laced up a skate and braved frozen ponds early in the morning, to every parent who packed their kid in a minivan to get to practice, for everyone who remembers their heart skipping a beat when bobby orr sailed the air in victory, we hear our own voices in the words of tim thomas last night when he proclaimed, you've been waiting for it for a long time, but you got it. you wanted it, you got it. we're bringing it home. just as it was for the red sox for a long time, some people said this day was never going to come. and just as it was for the red sox and a curse that we no longer hear much about, some even blamed fate for the drought. but after last night, mr. president, boston proved

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i spend my weekends here at the club and at the casting pond. it's a great place to learn and have fun. on a season day like this, it was the perfect spot to be. i find fly casting very relaxing and also at the same time very challenging sport. takes me out into the nature. almost like drawing art in the air. and then i can make these beautiful loops out there. >> even though people from across the globe come here to compete, it's still a place where locals in the know relax and enjoy some rely unique scenery. until next time, get out and play! >> i work with the department of environment and we are recycling oil. thank you. we can go into a refinery and we can use it again. they do oil changes and sell it anyway, so now they know when a ticket to a. hal>> to you have something you want to get rid of? >> why throw it away when you can reuse it? >> it can be filtered out and used for other products. >> [speaking spanish] >> it is going to be a good thing for us to take used motor oil from customers. we have a 75-gallon tank that we used and we ha

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the current store system from of storm water management system that combines wells, bonds -- wells, ponds, and if as all goes as planned, we can add this watershed to the lake merced -- excuse me, this offer to lake -- aquifer to lake perced. the sfpuc has discretion to guide the process. at no point in the project exceed or bitter round -- at no point in the project can it exceed or get around the city. and think that is the most important taken for the commission. -- i think that is the most important take home for the commission. i think there is only a marginal increase in potable water. this is because of substantial increase in recycle water. -- recycled water. there are ambitious goals to keep whitewater -- which water production at an absolute minimum. this -- waste water production at an absolute minimum. all of these ambitious goals -- and i appreciate your patience. and moving quickly through a lot of information. i think it is important that the commission understand. then i am open for questions. the development agreement has four levels of approval. the first level is a reso

can you see the pond in these pictures from sky 7 hd. that word comes with those who worked with perez and firefighters in station 26 on the annual toy drive. >> and this flash over you are hearing about is something that firefighters work hard to avoid. during a training exercise fremont firefighters said the first objective is to mitigate the rick of a flash over and a explosion as you heard as content in a confined space ignite at high temperatures. it is something that many firefighters have experienced a. - on he has as well. >> i felt the heat increase significantly and saw literally a flash of orange around the mask and next thing i knew i woke up outside. >> some firefighters consider a flash over the most dangerous thing they could face. >> word on rain and what to come. >> this is going to be a weekend to remember. live doppler 7 hd first. we have light rain in the north bay. santa rosa picking up light rain and heading down 101 toward the area. san francisco starting to pick up sprinkles. people are carrying their umbrellas at

, open them back up to the bay, reduce the salinity and recreate saltmarsh in these ponds. >> reporter: the new marshes will become habitats for wildlife that disappeared from the area when salt was being produceed. >> for the 7 million people around the bay and the million or so in the south bay, we are really able to reconnect to nature. >> reporter: on the inland side, the reintroduction of saltwater in the guadalupe will help to naturally dredge out alviso's now choked-up waterways, allowing boating and recreation to return. >> when you put the saltwater back, three move that vegetation and that sediment. now we have a chance do it environmentally-friendly. the person above put it here and man destroyed it. now we have a chance to save it and put it back. >> reporter: one of the other benefits is flood protection. alviso flooded in 19 83. because saltwater will now be going up the guadalupe river, which you're looking at now, those reeds will die off and that mud will gradually disappear as it gets washed into the bay. dana, they don't want to have a repeat of that kind of flooding

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provision of the athletic fields, public squares, transit plazas, and a special storm water retention ponds in the middle of the circle. here is a demonstration. there are six neighborhoods in the commons. this orange area is part of the storm water system, which i will explain all of a layer. that is an open space that links to the entire project. this project is at 1 batista circle. other key aspects of the site include access from the southwest florida -- from the southwest corner. there are, as in denton, athletic fields -- as i mentioned, athletic fields. there is a new transit plaza outside the ocean view. there are community gardens. finally, these are all the public spaces, all of the private projects must be supplied on the site as well. the it side is modeled on the better streets model. -- the site is modeled on the better streets model. they will be meeting the new planning department specs. in addition to on site improvement, the project sponsor has proposed improvements in pedestrian safety surrounding the project site. these purple areas show improved points of access to allo

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i spend my weekends here at the club and at the casting pond. it's a great place to learn and have fun. on a season day like this, it was the perfect spot to be. i find fly casting very relaxing and also at the same time very challenging sport. takes me out into the nature. almost like drawing art in the air. and then i can make these beautiful loops out there. >> even though people from across the globe come here to compete, it's still a place where locals in the know relax and enjoy some rely unique scenery. until next time, get out and play! >> thank you very much for coming this morning and welcome to the rededication of the reservoir. we are happy to be here today. this represents one of the milestones in our project. we are happy to share this with you. this reservoir has been empty the last two years and today, you will hear the sound of water rushing to fill it again. it makes the city safer, provides water for customers, for firefighters, for after an earthquake. we will be updating our systems. this was originally built in 1885. 125 ye

i spend my weekends here at the club and at the casting pond. it's a great place to learn and have fun. on a season day like this, it was the perfect spot to be. i find fly casting very relaxing and also at the same time very challenging sport. takes me out into the nature. almost like drawing art in the air. and then i can make these beautiful loops out there. >> even though people from across the globe come here to compete, it's still a place where locals in the know relax and enjoy some rely unique scenery. until next time, get out and play! >> san francisco is home to a renowned civic art collection that includes a comic works -- iconic works by local and national artists integrated into our public buildings and six basis. the arts commission has struggled to take care of the priceless collection because of limited resources. in an effort to gather more funding for the maintenance of the collection, the art commission has joined forces with the san francisco art dealers association to establish art care, a new initiative that provides a way

i spend my weekends here at the club and at the casting pond. it's a great place to learn and have fun. on a season day like this, it was the perfect spot to be. i find fly casting very relaxing and also at the same time very challenging sport. takes me out into the nature. almost like drawing art in the air. and then i can make these beautiful loops out there. >> even though people from across the globe come here to compete, it's still a place where locals in the know relax and enjoy some rely unique scenery. until next time, get out and play! >> is housed in a spectacular building described by the world renowned architect. it is the san francisco destination for provocative expositions and programs that explore culture, history, art, and ideas. the director of cultural affairs told us more about the mission and to give us a tour of the latest exposition. ♪ >> today we find ourselves of the contemporary jewish museum. with me is the director of the museum. >> i am so happy you are here today. >> we're getting close to a milestone for the museum

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. >>> and the royal newly webs hopping across the pond -- newlyweds hopping across the pond. the first stop on their north american tour. >>> diet soda may help make you fat. >>> well, we're still seeing some patchy fog along the coast but sunny skies and warmer temperatures are on the way. i'm erika martin with your pinpoint forecast next. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, bars. she's serving 36 years to life.. for the 18-year kidnapping ordeal of jaycee >>> for the first time we are getting an inside look at nancy garrido's life behind bars. she is serving 36 to life for kidnapping jaycee dugard. >> how are you doing? >> reporter: that's how this short note as nancy garrido started. her attorney received it a few days ago. >> other than some slurs from fellow inmates, she's doing okay. >> reporter: nancy getting harassed and making friends. he says she is currently living in a cell alone able to talk back and forth through the bars with fellow inmates. she writes, i'm doing fine. it's a rude awakening here. so far, i have met some really nice ladies. please give phillip my information. >> s

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i spend my weekends here at the club and at the casting pond. it's a great place to learn and have fun. on a season day like this, it was the perfect spot to be. i find fly casting very relaxing and also at the same time very challenging sport. takes me out into the nature. almost like drawing art in the air. and then i can make these beautiful loops out there. >> even though people from across the globe come here to compete, it's still a place where locals in the know relax and enjoy some rely unique scenery. until next time, get out and play! >> good afternoon. i'm with the department of building inspection. we are approaching the sixth year of our brown bag lunch series here at the department of building inspection where we talk about topics related to construction in san francisco. we invite you to join us on the third thursday of every month here at the building department. we have an exciting lineup of shows this year. and one of them, today, is going to be really exciting because we have a terrific guest today. mr. woody labounty. >> than

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