as you indicated, it includes bernal heights, and it also includes the portola. it is such a rich district. getting to know people of the district through the campaign, doing the job of a supervisor has been the most rewarding super rigid experience. -- the most rewarding experience. it is amazing how the people are. it has been a great experience. i do not know that i fully understood the richness of this district until i was actually talking to so many people on the campaign trail. now as a supervisor i see it every day. i see that. and there are challenges in these tough economic times. but i also see so much potential, so many amazing people, and we in city government have an opportunity to address so many problems and make so many things better. the campaign was a learning experience on so many levels. beyond that, i think you've learned something about yourself when you are putting yourself out there through the political process. i was very lucky that i had that opportunity because where i come from something as basic as free, democratic elections, that is

a lot of the people in the portola did go to work at the bayview hunters point shipyard. the community has changed a lot since the 1920's, were originally started out as a large jewish community. after the jewish are adolescents -- after the jewish settlers, they became more maltese and italian. the last census showed, we were 53% asian-pacific islander. the community has continued to grow and change. everyone has really embraced that. we liked that sort of diversity here. >> now, let's meet the president of the dogpatch neighborhood association. she will tell us about life in dogpatch, a clean neighborhood on the eastern edge of potrero hill, and we will learn how the residents convinced the city to a vigil -- to designate the area a historic district. >> dogpatch and the health and cottages are the historic houses in the area. those were built for the union ironwork. this really is one of the most original live-work neighborhoods in san francisco. because of this mix of housing and industrial, they need to sit in terms of scale and mass and height for the neighborhood.

191 portola, can you talk about why you rejected that? for the sake of me understanding the process? and the diligence of that went into this? when we have to look into purchasing more property, especially. >> these larger sites always get our attention in a site search. those the two particularly mentioned are really under the radar of the park department for potential jurisdictional transfer. so, we are having active discussions with public works about that. driven by neighborhood concerns, they are primarily residential in nature and provide an open space feel as undeveloped, vacant land. some of them are ideal for community gardens. others simply maintain open space. the rec and park department is being responsible to neighborhood concerns. these are not development opportunities. these are life was i-industrial opportunity in a laboratory facility. hoppsupervisor chu: these are al they can facilities? >> yes. with the exception of onondaga, which is a converted residents used as an office and self-help for the elderly. those are the

when this week's portola to stay out of that's why things were much, yesterday in the past two weeks and now we take a look at but new york city this is video here so we can just watch the clouds as they move through this is why air traffic controllers were when concerned and canceled so many flights. >> this couple came up from of flight in new york she was to head to china for saturday better plane was delayed because of irene. they were told to take a flight to san for cisco and get on that complaint to china she is standstills molly even though she does not have hotel reservations for the night >> they said do not come to a plane yet and we are here >> not everyone had on handled with the delays or cancellations i was concerned that the flight would be very choppy but it was fine >> 31 flights were canceled at sfo >> irene is now being blamed by 40-som deaths. they're putting the damage to between seven and $20 billion in it could be weeks in before we get real # >> hard hit regions work and to suffer on economic levels holocaust were not talking about is building a home and busi

. >>> a mountain lion has been spotted in portola valley. according to an online newspaper, that mountain lion was spotted on wayside road around 4:30 tuesday afternoon. the lion was reported and says it was not intimidated by cars and was casually strolling across the road. >>> time now 6:18. the petaluma police department is enforcing traffic safety as kids head back to school this morning. extra police officers and volunteers will be in the area around meadow elementary school and corona creek elementary school. they'll be enforcing traffic and pedestrian laws as well as increasing the level of traffic safety. this, by the way, is the 14th year of the safe routes to school operation. >>> a new book of lost dr. seuss stories is about to hit book shelves next month. it's all thanks to this man, charles chowin of massachusetts, a long time sus fan. turns up he found the collection of stories published in magazines in the 1950s. he picked a few of his favorites and compiled them and that book is now set to be released september 27th. >>> time

woodside and portola valley, hovering near 80. a little cooler on thursday for inland areas and i think just night and morning fog, 60s, 70s, 80s. >>> disturbing new videotapes in the idea idea case what they were -- in the idea idea case, what they -- jaycee dugard case what they reveal now. n? >>> the futures were up after a big selloff. but things have turned around pretty quick limb the main reason for the triple-digit losses is the service sector growth was less robust than expected in july. they are citing this is the slowest in 17 months. private sector added 114,000 jobs in july according to apd. again, the low for the year down 17. clorox reports strong earnings. the oakland-based company says profits were down 1% since raw material costs increased. clorox earned $169 million which is down slightly from this time last year. >>> the world's largest automaker is telling its suppliers to prepare for increased production during the 2012 model year. that's a sign that they are confident. japanese officials report toyota is pla

woodside portola valley, los altos and mountain view. very comfortable pattern for some. for others. i don't see much change. thursday and -- thursday and friday are blanking up with a warm breeze. sunday looks like cooler again. tori and dave? >> all right. thank you, steve. >>> it is 8:09. in overnight shoes, the circus has marched back into town. this is video of the ring ling brothers barnum and bailey circus elephants. the traditional march. after san francisco, the circus comes to oakland before heading up to sacramento. >>> san francisco voters will not have to wait long to learn the winner of this year's mayoral race. election officials tell "the examiner." they will release early rank- choice results the day after the election. that will give voters. >>> anna eshoo has announced she will seek an 11th term. she's represented the area for almost 20 years. congressional redirecting added los gatos, campbell and parts of san jose to her district. she said her focus will be preserving and creating high- tech jobs in silicon valley. >>> a new effort underway to abolish