crews are working to clean up after a tree fell over in the potrero hill neighborhood about three hours ago. the tree came within a foot or two of parked cars. no one was hurt. it did cause other damage. ktvu's jade hernandez is there and she'll have a live report from that scene coming up in just a few minute. let's go back to the desk. >> thank you, sal. >>> there's more excitement at

and then potrero hill is very different because is kind of a new yuppie population, and little hollywood and dog patch. >> historical, district and has been home to shipyards, heavy industry, and a naval base. now, the naval base and most of the shipyards and factories are closed, but the environmental problems continue to impact the district. let's hear how residents are responding to the environmental and health issues they are facing. >> it was hard to breathe last night. i woke up coughing, you know? those are the things that we go through because of the contamination out here. >> this community has a history of issues, environmental issues that have been let go, just run amok. sitting in a meeting once with the health department, we discovered haphazardly that they had known for years that in bayview hunters point, african- american women under the age of 50 had the highest rate of breast cancer in the entire state, but the health department has noted for years, and they failed to address it. they only started talking about it when we actually found out. >> we have babies that were

i have been building support for the project allove over potrero hill on all sides. there is competition for who will go next. that is wrong. both of these are the oldest and most rundown in the city. we need to do something more about that. would he kill us to accelerate through building -- would kill us to accelerate the rebuilding? we cannot tell either of these projects they need to wait until 2018. the kids will be grown up and have left or worse. we need to get serious. >> one of the major issues with public housing is making sure it is appropriately funded. we need to be able to fund that. qz evern to get federal money put into it to support the rebuilding and development i agree with mr. jackson about looking at the human capital. we need to allow some of the folks who live there to work as contractors or have jobs to rebuild the places. that restores the pride when you get to rebuild your own home and get to live in it after that. i think that is a way that we can improve the public housing in san francisco. >> i feel like i enclose the connected with this b

on behalf of the league of women voters and our partner organizations, the potrero hill organization of businesses, the dog patch organization, the university of california san francisco, media sponsors nbc bay area -- we are proud to be here -- san francisco government television and educational access tv, and certainly, our thanks to the candidates for participating and thanks to you for being here tonight, informing yourself, being good citizens of san francisco. good night, everyone. [applause] >> hello, i'm meg, welcome to "culture wire." for this episode, the director of cultural affairs, luis, will take you on a journey through presidio has been tet. -- presidio habitat. >> welcome to "culture wire." today i'm at the presidio trust, a treasure within san francisco, because the presidio trust is really a national park in the center of an urban setting. it dates to the very founding of the city. national park. toting me today to talk about this amazing exhibition at presidio habitat is cheryl hanes. can you tell me a little bit about the idea of the presidio habitat? >> succinct

y asaltar a una mujer de 45 aÑos el martes pasado al medio dia en un complejo habitacional de "potrero hillsospechoso fue arrestado el viernes en un parque de la mission.---"shalako" habia salido de la carcel pocos dias antes de cometer este nuevo crimen en el complejo de viviendas subsidiadas donde visitaba a unos parientes. ---la gravedad del crimen que cometio conlleva una sentencia a cadena perpetua. ---incrementan la seguridad en un edificio habitacional de "walnut creek", donde han ocurrido varias violaciones de mujeres desde junio.---un quinto asalto se produjo el sabado, cuando un sujeto trato de sorprender a una mujer de 43 aÑos que, afortunadamente, logro escaparse.---la administracion del edificio tiene guardias que patrullan el area la 24 horas del dia, ademas de un guardia fijo en la puerta de entrada. ---tambien se colocaron mas camaras de seguridad.---esta noche se dio a conocer el retrato hablado del sospechoso, quien es descrito como un hombre blanco con barba, que vestia todo de negro. --una persona murio esta noche al ser arrollada por un tren de carga en la ciudad de san

but it basically at the base of potrero hills where the design related businesses are. point. we have recommended to transition about half of the industrial land in those 4 neighborhoods out of industrial and into neighborhoods. it's a finely wrought compromise for the city's need for housing and the imperative to keep some of these larger rougher businesses able to survive in the city. from catering kitchens to auto repair. furniture wholesaling, a lot of things that need larger, cheaper spaces to occur. those businesses they provide support for the the city's front office economy. the downtown offices, tourist industry. all of those businesses need support for linen washing, printing and what have you. so the idea is to support the economy and secondly the jobs provided are very good stable jobs. some activities that used to be clearly unindustrial active, because of technology changes take place in a base that looks like an office. printing takes place in some big, industrial places. now a lot of graphic work is done in a space that looks no different than a law offi

on behalf of the league of women voters and our partner organizations, the potrero hill organization of businesses, the dog patch organization, the university of california san francisco, media sponsors nbc bay area -- we are proud to be here -- san francisco government television and educational access tv, and certainly, our thanks to the candidates for participating and thanks to you for being here tonight, informing yourself, being good citizens of san francisco. good night, everyone. [applause] >> welcome to culture wire. did you know the city of san francisco has an art collection consisting of 3500 objects? the collection ranges from painting and public buildings to murals, and from bronze busts in city halls, to cite specific structures. at this time, many of the large works are in desperate need of repair, and a long-term innovative solution is needed to make sure these public treasures will be cared for. >> the story of the arts commission program begins with ruth fromstein. 2010 marks her 50th year as an art dealer. at the helm of the county, she had represented some of the

potrero hill and southeast health centers are health centers in those particular communities that are family health centers, so they provide health care to patients across the age span. . >> many of our clients are working poor. they pay their taxes. they may run into a rough patch now and then and what we're able to provide is a bridge towards getting them back on their feet. the center averages about 14,000 visits a year in the health clinic alone. one of the areas that we specialize in is family medicine, but the additional focus of that is is to provide care to women and children. women find out they're pregnant, we talk to them about the importance of getting good prenatal care which takes many visits. we initially will see them for their full physical to determine their base line health, and then enroll them in prenatal care which occurs over the next 9 months. group prenatal care is designed to give women the opportunity to bond during their pregnancy with other women that have similar due dates. our doctors here are family doctors. they are able to help these women deliver the

potrero hills, 84. outer richmond at 75. it's warm everywhere but there are some big spreads there. high pressure builds in and we get the easterly breeze. temperatures today, a little close. i dropped a city. i went from 90 to 85. it looks like there is a little hint of a breeze. the record is 93. 93. santa rosa is 94. that's your forecast high. the record is 93 in 1973. san jose, the record is 93 way back, way back in 1901. now, temperatures sitting around 80. our numerous readings a little above, a little below. livermore 83. moffet is 84. so they are getting closer. temperatures coast, bay, inland, they are all in the 80s. got some really cool reads. they are 76 now. it seems rather odd to me. even though the fog is close. that's at the airport. i think by tomorrow we'll start to see a component of that westerly wind. for some it might even occur later on today. the high pressure is here and that means sunny, warm to hot, possible records. today is hot, it will be cooler once we get into thursday. warm to hot records are possible. a little breezy some of the higher elevations, a

it happened near 18th and arkansas street on san francisco's potrero hill.he trees just missed parked cars. crews had to block the street until the fallen skis were moved out of the way. >>> time to take out the skis because one bay area resort is now open. boreal made snow on monday and tuesday night to help skiers get a jump start on the season. >> already skiing in the mountains. >> no kidding. >>> we want to check the forecast now, the weekend forecast, a lot going on. let's go back over to our chief meteorologist bill martin in the newsroom. >> looks like it's heading offshore. let's look at the first frame, you see this area right here, that is some significant rain, almost like a little bit of a squall line where you might even see some real heavy rain. i don't know about thunder and lightning but this has a bit of rain with it. it's moving in this direction, about 45 miles off of san francisco. proper, so the next hour or so 45 minutes, hour this system is going to move on shore, and bring some heavy rain to the areas of the north bay, from about san

it is a gem for potrero hill. it is unique. it is therefore the neighborhood to take advantage of. i do not see any reason why this new building needs to have a variance for the yard at all. none of the other places abutting the open space do. i am against the variance for that reason. thank you. president peterson: mr. kohl, are you finished with your time? >> one minute 38. >> we have plenty of time. let me get started a little bit on the easement so it is on your minds when the developer talks. we attached copies to the opening brief. i briefed it extensively. an easement is a right to use land in a limited manner. hear, the easement

on behalf of the league of women voters and our partner organizations, the potrero hill organization of businesses, the dog patch organization, the university of california san francisco, media sponsors nbc bay area -- we are proud to be here -- san francisco government television and educational access tv, and certainly, our thanks to the candidates for participating and thanks to you for being here tonight, informing yourself, being good citizens of san francisco. good night, everyone. [applause] thank you were coming home. i appreciate the short notice. we realize that every moment we delay on signing these 12 pieces of legislation is a day delay on getting us to where we want to go. of course, you all recognize that we have been patient for, arguably, a generation. if you are 30 or younger, you could go back to 1974 when the navy ceased operations in the shipyard, in 1988 when they shut everything down. in 2004, we got that first conveyance agreement and began to see some progress on the shipyard. of course, that progress is modest compared with the progress we are marking today.

on behalf of the league of women voters and our partner organizations, the potrero hill organization of businesses, the dog patch organization, the university of california san francisco, media sponsors nbc bay area -- we are proud to be here -- san francisco government television and educational access tv, and certainly, our thanks to the candidates for participating and thanks to you for being here tonight, informing yourself, being good citizens of san francisco. good night, everyone. [applause] >> welcome to our town hall forum. i am the co-host of open hope" crosscurrent." i am joined by my colleague also from kalw. we would like to welcome you on behalf of the society of professional journalists for what promises to be a bi discussion about what is going on in journalism today. what we want to talk about are the rapid changes going on right now in journalism with a convergence of new technology, new media, and a weak economy. all that has basically forced changes in the way that we gather the news, in the way that we deliver the news, in the way that we received the news. we ha

on behalf of the league of women voters and our partner organizations, the potrero hill organization of businesses, the dog patch organization, the university of california san francisco, media sponsors nbc bay area -- we are proud to be here -- san francisco government television and educational access tv, and certainly, our thanks to the candidates for participating and thanks to you for being here tonight, informing yourself, being good citizens of san francisco. good night, everyone. [applause] >> right behind me. i'm ready. good morning, everyone. good morning, good morning. thank you for coming to appear 27, one of the best ports if not the best appear in all the world. it is great to have you here as testimony of this amazing feat that we are doing. so i just want to call out a few people in addition to the dignitaries on the stage with me, and mayor gavin newsom, ed harrington, jared bloomingfeld, dean brown, and board of supervisors president david chiu as well as the port commission president, rodney fong, megan miller from senator boxer's office, the captain of this fantas

it is a gem for potrero hill. it is unique. it is therefore the neighborhood to take advantage of. i do not see any reason why this new building needs to have a variance for the yard at all. none of the other places abutting the open space do. i am against the variance for that reason. thank you. president peterson: mr. kohl, are you finished with your time? >> one minute 38. >> we have plenty of time. let me get started a little bit on the easement so it is on your minds when the developer talks. we attached copies to the opening brief. i briefed it extensively. an easement is a right to use land in a limited manner. hear, the easement is quite limited. you can use it. the property owner can use it to access the property through star king open space and park no more than two cars on this property. the developer would have us ignore that and say this is just a private agreement among property owners. that is not what this is at all. this was hard fought. it is a superior court order. it is as binding as anything could be. it is a property line. the rights of the developer to use th

i am raising my family in san francisco in potrero hill. unfortunately, in san francisco , we tend to want to label people one way or another, and it blocks us from making solutions. i hear people saying they want the same things. i have not met any conservatives in the city. i have met people who are raising their families, who want to have a job, and want a clean and safe environment. i think we need to get beyond labels. we need to get action and get things done. thank you. >> mr. smith. >> outside of san francisco, they look at this place as 47 square miles surrounded by reality. i would probably lean more towards the progressive side. i've been endorsed by supervisor campos. i am a pragmatic person. the citizens of district 10 and the citizens of san francisco want somebody who will do something that is based in common sense, that is based in reality, that is going to get things done. kք)xthat is not done based on y ideology. as i said, i am a pragmatic person. i want to do what is best for the residents of district 10. and the rest o

a huge tree fell down in potrero hill. crews are busy cutting it up and clearing it away. we are told the wet weather may have caused this tree to fall down. and now, let's take a live look at downtown san francisco, lots of gray clouds over the transamerica building. so is the weekend going to be a total washout? we have halloween coming up. let's head to tracy in the weather center. hi, tracy. >> we have a whole lot of trick or treaters out there who don't want to get wet. they don't want to be soggy asking for candy. looks like halloween isn't so bad. partly cloudy skies, pretty nice. toward the coastline, we have some clouds out there. we do still have some rainfall but for right now it's playing favorites with the north bay. that's where we're seeing the bulk of it today. inverness picking up more than an inch of rainfall and san francisco more than a half inch. you can see some light showers just moving through the daly city area. and also impacting sfo. heavy rainfall off the coast that has not yet made it to the bay area. so our forecast for this afternoon, cloudy

on behalf of the league of women voters and our partner organizations, the potrero hill organization of businesses, the dog patch organization, the university of california san francisco, media sponsors nbc bay area -- we are proud to be here -- san francisco government television and educational access tv, and certainly, our thanks to the candidates for participating and thanks to you for being here tonight, informing yourself, being good citizens of san francisco. good night, everyone. [applause] stiff >> hello, i am with the san francisco league of women voters and i'm here today to discuss proposition a, a proposition that voters will be voting on on november 2nd. this will authorize the city of san francisco to issue general obligation bonds the bonds would be used to finance earthquake retrofitting on affordable housing and some of room occupancy buildings that currently deemed to be at risk during an earthquake, this will allow an increase of property taxes to take the bonds. i have the chairmen of the san francisco republican party and an opponent of proposition a. >> first o