some people say it's the ololdest building in san francio or the presidio officer's club. this is an adobe building built in the late 1700's and survived the earthquake. >> second location of the mission and original was two blocks down. >> and this was 1790. >> when they realized they built the original mission in the best farming area and moved it and 18th street had a creek flowing down it and that's why they move toda moved away and ae street used to be the barracks for the workers and i will use that term loosely and they weren't happy to be there. >> unhappy workers. >> they didn't want to be part of the mission at that time. >> how thick are the walls? >> probably two to 3 feet thick. >> and performed well in the 1 1906 earthquake? >> it does. does did. i think t to it didn't do well but this is so massive. >> another building and the sunny side conservatory and build in 1901 and fell into disrepair and people tried to demolish and got the permit and did a third of the building until the neighbors got up in arms. >> monterey boulevard. >> it's open to the public and

looking back from the golden gate bridge to presidio, you are more aware of the park land and less ofoads. and the viaduct will parallel the existing one and to the south and can be built while the existing one remains in operation. and the two bridges there with open space between them and your views constantly change and not aware of the traffic in the opposite direction and notice the views more. and the lanes of course are a foot wider than they are today. and they will be shoulders and if your car is disabled, you can pull off to the edge. and the next area, the tunnel portal will have a view centered on the palace of fine arts and as you come out, you can see alkatrez island and bay. and the next area is about 1,000 feet long. and when you come into one, you can see through the other end. it's almost like driving through a building than through a tunnel. and noise from the roadway will be sheltered. and the traffic will be out of view. >> when you come out of the last sort tunnel and as you look forward, you see the golden dome of the palace of fine arts and what more perfect wa

estos jovenes de la escuela secundaria de presidio en texas, 1 de los distritos escolares de mas bajosgaron a exhibir su proyecto de cohetes en la feria cientifica de la casa blanca. para incentivar mas proyectos como este robot que tiene monitor y camara de video para que ancianos se comuniquen con sus nietos, la casa blanca quiere 80 millones de dolares para que en 1 decada se graduen mas de 1 millones de estudiantes expertos en ciencias. ana karen nieto, estudiante secundaria si es muy importante porque este es el futuro de america y finalmente nos tienen que ensenar a nosotros a ser responsables, usar la tecnologia para bien." el presidente obama quiere 80 millones de dolares en fondos y otros 22 millones que aportaran empresas privadas para capacitar a 100 mil maestros en ciencias, tecnologia, ingenieria y matematicas. presidente obama capacitemos mas maestros. pongamos a mas ninos a estudiar estos temas. janet nieto, que se graduo de la escuela de presidio y ahora estudia en la universidad, cree que es importante que haya mas maestros. janet nieto, estudiante de univ. texas tech

today two groups filed a lawsuit against the presidio trust which oversees the national park to stop the plan. >>> a lot of folks with poor credit and they're desperate to buy a car end up with a questionable kind of financing deal called the buy here, pay here plan. on the consumerwatch, julie watts explains some say it's time to put the brakes on those deals. >>> reporter: >> it's leaking oil. >> reporter: she's only had it two-months but has had more trouble with her car than most people in a lifetime. >> the car had bald tires. when i drive the car it jerks. >> reporter: and then there is the way she is paying for the 10-year-old p.t. cruiser financed directly by the dealer, jim auto sales in richmond, at an interest rate of 27%, triple the national average for a used car loan. >> it's an in-house financing that he have. >> reporter: it's called buy here, pay here. an as the name implies, customers are required to show up at the dealer every month in person to make their payments in cash. >> they are taking advantage of a very vulnerable population. >> reporter: state senator ted

presidio is a formal military base and is now in national park.ey: in 72 hours, a major cleanup will happen at one of the encampment. i will tell you who is involved in the next edition of people behaving badly. >>grant: there is a muni destruction. k, l and m lines are shut down and will remain shut down throughout the night. you cannot take the cake, al or am from venice to west portal. >>pam: gary has some big news regarding pain manning and his injured neck + gary takes questions from viewers and a segment we call hey gary. we're back with more in a moment. fourth >>stanley: notices have gone on of the residents in of copper co fetus caught they now have 72 hours to pack up whatever the and one see if it plans, since the area. caltrans workers will be picking up meals like this one. caltrans is not the only one headed this way. there are also discussing what to do about this area. more than a half-dozen areas, after seeing my three part series on freeway dwellers and copper pirates are getting involved in the cleanup. the california highway pa

construction crews were working on the first phase of the new 1.6-mile presidio parkway since the endf 20009. they expect to be done within weeks. the second phase is expected to be completed in 2015 and that's only if financing comes through. >>> new at noon, san jose police wrapped a news conference to update the investigation on the brutal beating of an eastern indian man which police are treating as a hate crime. 32-year-old atoll lull was attacked in a parking lot in the lucky's grocery store on october 31st. three men approached, spit on him, punched him. one man even hit him with a tequila bottle. he also lost six teeth and broke his jaw. the attack was unprovoked and they are asking for the public's help to track those responsible. >> we have to get the message out. hate crimes are pullable. >> we need to get the, the people like this off the streets. >> the police have release add sketch of one of the attackers. investigators are asking for witnesses to come forward. >>> and also new at noon, a local high-tech company has signed a long-term lease extension for the world headq

press video -- presidio charging the trust is said to be built on the site of the main post. the trust is the federal agency that manages the property. >> coming up, legal ruling that came out of a local priest abuse case. the way it could hamper fewer case autos the fast food chain now being linked to a salmonela outbreak. >> i'm sandhya patel. spring like today. i'll let you know if it's going to stick an throughout the weekend. the news continues in one minute. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> must information about the alleged sex game teacher. the sheriff's department says the 61-year-old was a target of a 1994 investigation for attempting to fondle a 10-year-old girl. charges were never filed because of a lack of evidence. he is now accused of secretly taking lewd photographs of elementary students and feeding them his semen. he faces felony charges of committing lewd acts on more than two dozen children. >> and an important ruling in san francisco supreme court could affect the way priest sex abuse cases are handled. involving a priest abu

we have some issues that come out -- came up in terms of the funding of the second phase for the presidio parkway. we just had a meeting with the mayor to discuss that. as you may be aware, that project will be delivered through a public-private partnership. we are very excited to see that move forward. as you know, the first phase is nearing completion. the public-private partnership provides an opportunity to demonstrate that we can deliver on time on schedule, and frankly, transfer and a majority of the risk to the private- sector while at the same time capitalizing on the benefits that they provide. we have a funding strategy for closing the budget cap that has been identified. i did not want to go into the specifics of that but i want to thank the county transportation authority staff for their work in making that happen, as well as the mayor's office, for their collaboration and assistance from the mtc > let me also -- mtc. let me also talk about what is happening around high-speed rail. i want to thank commissioner wiener and his staff for highlighting the issue and forgetting all

barely made a presidio.y had, like, 50 or 60 people. 90% of the population was in san francisco, and everyone down the peninsula is saying if they are in the county, san francisco has this huge population, we are going to have to go along with them, so they can't get off -- they carved it off. >> it looks like it is the richmond district, but a kind of shows what was on the west side town. a great deal of it was sam, and for that reason, people thought that the weather and the san -- it was really not a place that people wanted to live, and it was going to be very typical for san francisco -- very difficult for san francisco to expand west. >> if you look at the early maps, it was 3 miles wide by about 6 miles long, this huge sand dunes that just moved around. >> here is an 1875 map of the laguna. says along the side of the map, high sand hills between the pacific ocean and the like. by the way, this had actually opened directly into the ocean. >> lake merced had a high water level. since we paid over much o

predominantly around jackson and presidio. we found the kids who were involved and worked with the school, and we were literally going through the kids back tax because they put them in their backpacks and take them up. little power screw drivers about that big, maybe 80 inches in length. they take it out, and the window comes out really easy with a power screw, and then they are pushing kids up against the window and doing all kinds of crazy things to get them to get involved. we were able to nip that, working with marina middle schools and working with mrt. it has been a real joy working with them. anything that involves someone getting really hurt, we are able to bring them in, along with the officers at the school. basically, we have been writing thet -- the t line. we have been noticing a lot of things going on there, working with the williams street police station. we have been able to bring closure to some of those issues. kids who get on usually free usually cause a lot of the problems, so we welcome the fare officers

every day when we drive through the presidio she'll say, "oh goody, you're taking me through the enchantedorest." [music] >> my name amr a.mahmoud. i am like 49 years old. i have been driving cab more than 13 year in general. then i drove a ramp more than 3 years. this is my fourth now. i have been enjoying doing the job. i like every moment of it. >> thank you amr. [music} >> hi, my name is peter and i'm a paratransit driver for medsam, and this is north and south of market where i pick up my group and drop them off at home. >> thank you , peter! [singing] you are my sunshine. very good driver. she says driver is very good. number 1. [music] larry mingo, mobility plus driver, san francisco paratransit. >> thank you, mingo. >> you're welcome. >> hi, mingo. >> thank you, mingo. >> thank you, mingo. thank you. [music] >> thank you, larry mingo. >> hey larry mingo, you are awesome. thanks for a great, great job you do for us. appreciate it. >> thank you, mingo. [music] >> hello, my name is james fells i've been working with paratransit for 13 years now. i get a kick out of the job; i like hel

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on the southern border of the presidio, which is the only national park in the united states that's actuallya city. so it's unique to have a view of a forest while living inside a major city. the house was built in 1913. so it's ninety-nine years old. the house is four-stories. it's over 5,000 square feet. it has four formal bedrooms. then there's a room that we use at the gym. and there's a room we use as an office. then the in-door swimming pool. and the speak easy is the room that everybody loves. it's large, high ceilings. when we bought the house, there were no windows in the room. in 2005, we updated the speak easy. but we have left the bar and the band stand is the same size bar you would have in a restaurant. the original piano is still there. we've added the theatre to the room so you can watch films. it's a great room to entertain in. the story that came with the house is that when the police came to raid the speak easy, someone at the front door could push a button, and the lights on the bar would flicker, and people would know that it was time to run out the doors. and there are

>>darya: there is a lawsuit to side--to try and stop plans for a hotel in the presidio district. they argue that the plans violate federal, environmental and historical preservation laws. fan for four with >>mark: in the news around the bay, a ucsf the bus driver is accused of causing a crash, here is video from the scene in july at octavia boulevard and oak streets. police say the driver of the bus ran a red light and collided with a big rig. one of the buses passengers was killed when he was thrown from the shuttle. he is charged with vehicular manslaughter. edwin ramos is accused of shooting the family in san francisco. >>darya: we're back with more in a couple of minutes. >>mark: the opening bell on wall street. we had a big drop in unemployment, a big surge in hiring in the month of january. the u.s. economy had a 200-- added to the 43,000 jobs. they also revised data from last year, the u.s. economy as a whole added an additional 200,000 jobs. dow futures are soaring up 103 points ahead of the opening bell. expect a surge in early trading. >>darya: the american dream tore i

with respect to the building itself, we should all thanks to people who fought the building and the presidio to preserve the historic character of the parade ground and resulting in a gift that did come to the museum of modern art, so that being part of the reason we are here now, and redevelopment, i have to disagree slightly. they did of the thousands of people from this area. its demolish thousands of units of low income and moderate income housing, and if it were not for people who did find redevelopment, we would not even have the projects that currently exist. i understand it has been 30 or 40 years since the original demolition, and it has evolved into this, but if that had taken place faster, people could be pointing their fingers and saying this is why jerry brown is right. you eliminated social services and everything else, and you build hotels in their place. comissioner moore: there is a much more interesting story if this had been built fast. there were many architects who early on fought hard for the cultural component, the residential component, and for the open space componen

this is presidio heights. the back of the building looks like this. a fire or the neighbors, i would not want to look at this with a $2 million house. i would like them -- my appeal to be granted until they can prove they are in good faith to make the building better. one thing would be putting in that bathroom. vice president hwang: how long have you lived there? >> i moved there earlier this year. last year, 2011. vice president hwang: is the condition of urine and is in disrepair? >> my unit is fine. it is not the greatest unit. if a fixture bathroom, i would probably spend my money and fix my bathroom. i have a place i go to on the weekends. i like the building. i just think that -- you are the only people who cannot deny or force him to give her a bathroom and live like a human being. i

there are a few people buried here and in the presidio and other than that if you look at the other cemeteries were disenturd and moved out but you have to go in there and take a look and walking through this building it's a big building. it's three stories tall and goes around and around and there are interesting -- >> call emmit2861181 and he said give him a ring and he does tours. >> and they were going to tear this down and the people did something legally so it wouldn't be abolishes and not land grant but a technical term that prevented the city from tearing it down. >> it was abandoned in the 30's a society purchased it in ti terrible disrepair and emmit was there restoring it. >> it's by the cemetery and it's strange now but when it was built there was a huge cemetery around it. >> it's off of geary boulevard and lo rain court. >> geary and stanon. >> where the cornet theater is. >> here is another circular building. this is the old built line engine house and built at this time and served san francisco waterfront and freight on to the fearies and operating throughout the 90's. >> i rem

it will rival the success of the presidio which has enjoyed a multitude of uses. high on my list is indoor surfing. the new commercial buildings, an essential part of our proposal is the inclusion of new commercial buildings. we would like to thank the staff for considering this. it is unique in our plan. it is outside the scope of what was announced for. thank you for considering it. our plan follows the guidelines of the master plan. it includes 680,000 square feet of usage space, below ground parking spaces, and mobil outdoor plazas the will connect the historic buildings to each other with art, dining, and performance spaces. this is central to the restaurant proposal for 102. the additional development of the in felsites -- in-fill sites along illinois are important for the success of the project. it will help to make this dream a reality. thank you. president ho: our next presentation is from the partnership of equity community builders. bill vasquez will start this off. it should be full screen. i am just looking for full screen mode. >> thank you for the e

supervisor elsbernd: all of us who have been to the presidio, it would not be the same without him and the tremendous recitation of the gettysburg address he gives every memorial day and he does it without notes. just a fantastic choice, great choice, supervisor mar. my selection is a gentleman who i have had the privilege of knowing and working with a little over 10 years but observing since i was playing in the cyo. not too h&m too much, but don collins is currently the commissioner of the athletically. the aaa san francisco section. -- not to age him too much. don has been in a position for 10 years. prior to that was involved in cyo basketball. he has been officiating youth sports for two decades. in figuring out who i wanted to commemorate and celebrate today, don came to mind right away. what it is about for me with don , he is a true role model. to have him around our cities use every day with the integrity that he demonstrates each and every day in his work, the leadership skills he demonstrates, the kind as he demonstrates, -- kindness he demonstrates and the intelligence he d

you read today's newspaper, there is an arctic there -- there is an article about a lake in the presidio called mountain lake. the spaniard's first came and that's where they got their water from. today, because actions like what we are discussing today were not taken, that lake, the lake that once sustained people for thousands of years is very polluted. some relief has been made, but once you create a cesspool, it is very difficult to bring it back to the pristine condition it was. it is always a pleasure to see what we own board generations to come. a vision such as this where we take care of our assets. somehow, at just like some people you have heard, they're going to africa -- i was born in africa, so i am very sensitive to issues like that. i was born in nairobi, kenya and participated in a lot of lot of projects going on with water, etc. we here in california, especially san francisco, we cannot take for granted that week -- we have that hedge apache and we have at calaveras. -- what we have at hetch hetchy. we are moving in the right direction. thank you very much. >> any additi

part presidio would have run pretty much right through there? >> right. this is reserve as city land for a park. people were really excited because they were just about to start doing some landscaping of the park, and then the earthquake hit, and they said no park. there were going to put thousands of refugees there. the neighbors complained about it until they realized they could sell goods, services, anything to these refugees, and they made a lot of money, so they were ok with it. >> [inaudible] boulevard existing now, or did it come in after this? >> there was no boulevard. it came in in the teens. this was the sunnyside, just northeast of city college. another early land scheme, and this is a point you were making, that streetcars were in a very important factor in getting the west side settled. so he built the first electric streetcar in san francisco, and he conveniently had to go right to a bunch of land he owned where he created the sunnyside, which was a suburb. you take the streetcar out to the suburbs. >> outside a town was the way it was desc

think all of you for this award and for the work that we will do together in this city, and are presidio, to create a future without violence for our children and for all of us. thank you for this honor. [applause] >> we also have a certificate from mayor edwin lee, the member of the board of supervisors -- >> good thing we have a new office building. >> also from nancy pelosi, and from our speaker pro tem. >> thank you very much. >> could we have the organization please stand so we can recognize all of the members who are here today? please stand. please stand. [applause] i just had a couple of other recognitions. we're joined by the small business commission. thank you for joining us. >> next we have the committee advocate of the year award. an amazing woman, who formed sage, and years ago i was able to sit in on her classes. are you familiar with those? she is unbelievable. she would show up in a pink suit and talk to men who were basically arrested for soliciting women for sex and she would talk about as tv's -- std's and why this is wrong and then she transformed a talked- about why

the chair already mentioned the agreement on the presidio parkway second phase funding. i will not review that again. we also have underway the process for getting the van ness brt project on the ground, the draft eir eis was released in november 2011. the project has already been mentioned, named the top performer for small start at the federal for the third year in a row by that ftfederal transit administration. there will also be a parallel decision at the mta board. we will be working with them to have that be the best course of the city. a total expected cost of $125 million. geary corridor has also made progress. they are essentially hoping to present designs in spring 2012, the cost expected to be around $215 million. transbay transit center has made a lot a progress this year, $70 million demolition contract completed, 185 million contract excavation for the but his work. that is under way. above grade construction package is 90% complete. we are essentially all go on the first phase. the second phase, however, we have a shortfall. that will be the focus of commi

you read today's newspaper, there is an arctic there -- there is an article about a lake in the presidio called mountain lake. the spaniard's first came and that's where they got their water from. today, because actions like what we are discussing today were not taken, that lake, the lake that once sustained people for thousands of years is very polluted. some relief has been made, but once you create a cesspool, it is very difficult to bring it back to the pristine condition it was. it is always a pleasure to see what we own board generations to come. a vision such as this where we take care of our assets. somehow, at

we know that a lot of san franciscans to not want to drive downtown only to come back to the presidio. we're looking at this facilities because they are located to some of those transit lines where augmenting. in the last map that you're looking at here is how we handled party that is close in. one of the risks is people think it is easy to park -- no one think it is easy to park at fisherman's wharf but people might have the idea that there is a bunch of available and free parking at christie field and at the whart. they will be used for ada parking. people will want to get to the set-aside view sites. secured parking makes a big difference. we also might -- want to make sure that if there are tour buses they have a place to park off street. the residence and the merchants of the area are worried about tour buses on the curbs and on street areas. the america's cup authority needs to program some of these parking facilities not for parking but the activation for the entertainment uses, the mechanics are running the races. we see these as a reservoir for real estate that can help us be

cut through presidio and stay away from traffic but tonight we have some extra hills to climb. >>reporter: you heard the president was going to be here. >> yes. >>reporter: what do you think about that. >> good. >>reporter: good except. >> i would love to meet him. well it's just getting a little cold. >>reporter: ashley hoped to catch a glimpse of the president going into this home of anderson and his wife. >> having dinner in my neighborhood is pretty excitin exciting. >>reporter: she didn't have the 35,000 dollars needed to get in but her presenter situations tense paid off as the presidential motorcade finally made its way in. now right after the president arrived we actually left to come here to the masonic center i have no doubt folks stayed around to see what else they could catch a glimpse of. this is 7 news. >> no doubt. thanks very much. >> tomorrow the president will travel to everett, washington where he will tour a boeing plant to discuss the built to last economic policy. >> on the republican campaign trail mitt romney picked up endorsement from michigan governor

cut through presidio and stay away from traffic but tonight we have some extra hills to climb. >>reporter: you heard the president was going to be here. >> yes. >>reporter: what do you think about that. >> good. >>reporter: good except. >> i would love to meet him. well it's just getting a little cold. >>reporter: ashley hoped to catch a glimpse of the president going into this home of anderson and his wife. >> having dinner in my neighborhood is pretty excitin exciting. >>reporter: she didn't have the 35,000 dollars needed to get in but her presenter situations tense paid off as the presidential motorcade finally made its way in. now right after the president arrived we actually left to come here to the masonic center i have no doubt folks stayed around to see what else they could catch a glimpse of. this is 7 news. >> no doubt. thanks very much. >> tomorrow the president will travel to everett, washington where he will tour a boeing plant to discuss the built to last economic policy. >> on the republican campaign trail mitt romney picked up endorsement from michigan governor