this conversation about the t line i think an argument can be made this is the most important public transit that needs to happen in san francisco given the level of improvements in the southeast and the warriors and so forth fourth and king i think that john worked hard to improve that it's less problematic but still a problem i feel like when i'm on the t waiting to make that turn it just is painful. and there are times when i been down at pier 70s a few times lastly i've taken the 48 instead of the t because the 48 is faster so godspeed on making those changes it's really important >> maybe you can help us help you. what did you need from us to help us make the t line run more efficiently besides money >> its not about money but the continued investment and the focused repairs on the light rail vehicles to improve their reliability is an important part of it we're systematically doing we're reare you aware our vehicle rehab to focus on the equipment we're investing our resources to repair the doors that led to the reliability issues we've addressed most of timing signals we're not - by al

public transit is plentiful. we have conquered the steps, we have watched the dogs, and we have enjoyed a beautiful view. this is a place to take someone special on a romantic stroll and enjoyed a beautiful look out. welcome to corona heights located in the heart of this district. it offers a view of the downtown skyline, the bay bridge, and the east bay. it is one of the best kept secrets in the city. it is hardly ever crowded. on any given day, you will run into a few locals. , bought a 37 bus to get there without any parking worries. for legged friends can run freely. there is also a patch of grass for the small box. >> it is a great place. it is a wonderful place to have these kinds of parks. that dog owners appreciate it. >> take time to notice of the wildfires that are on the grassland and keep your head out on the lookout for hawks and other bird life. be sure to take your camera and be prepared to take a view of the city will not forget. it has a beautiful red rock formations. you could watch the sunrise

offers precise e precise information we urge people not to bring cars and urge people to use public transitwe give back to over night stays to other organizations. noah's nest is my livelihood and helps to generate the livelihood of other in the neighborhood >> thank you. next speaker. >> hi, i'm would like to say that noah's nest is an institution in snow and so is sheila ash she'll transcribed to many charity and she welcomes the community and the guests that come back over and over again to bring money to the city she uses to give back a way that didn't which are charge w we want san francisco to stay a world-class designation we need places like noah's nest and sheila takes hire her guests to the restaurant and the attractions all in the city she's remarkable and it would be a great lost to lose noah's nest and we need that as a balance. thank you >> thank you. >> to the xhishgs concession i'm ellen the breakfast chef at noah's nest it's by far the warmest place i've ever worked noah's nest provide a memorable presence for all. it's a home away from home for myself and countless others

the clammer had begun for the experiment including public transit people. owned by the people and for the people. the idea of a consolidated city-owned transit system had begun traction. and in 1909, voters went to the polls and created a bond measure to create the people's railway. would become a reality three years later. on december 28, 1912, mayor sonny rolph introduced the new geary electric streetcar line and the new san francisco railway. that he said would be the nucleus that would host the city. and san francisco gave further incentive to expand the city's network. a project by way of tunnel leading into chinatown by way of north beach. in december the first streetcar was driven into the tunnel. just two years after its berth, muni had added two lines. and k, l and m lines that span out from westportal. in 1928, the j line opened heading west to the beach. in 1944 san francisco voters finally approved muni take-over of the market street railway. by then motor bus and trolley bus improvement had given them the ability to conquer san francisco's hills

taking thousands of cars off of the road, and providing an important alternative to our stress public transit system the bay area council wants to take the mta and the mayor's office for your leadership on this program, and we applaud the work that carly and her staff have done. and as program was developed, through an extensive public process. and it has been one of compromise. and we support moving forward with the program, and including the fee, necessary, to cover the city's cost. and those fees by the way are in addition to the millions of dollars that employers spend each year to operate the shuttles themselves this program is the right thing for employers, for san francisco, and for the 17,000 riders that rely on these shuttles every day to get to work. the benefits are immense, and the shuttles drastically reduce the traffic and air pollution by removing 327,000 passenger car trips and 9,000 tons of greenhouse gas emissions every year. and the program. and they show that 70 percent. and the san francisco voters and support conducting this study and we are eager to start this pilot on

transit system. enormously valuable. >> thank you. thank you. just the american public transportation association at the gross level has done work on this. for every 1 that goes into transit, the multiplier of at least $4 comes in terms of the broader impact. not just in terms of property values and residential development and all of that, but then looking at it as well in terms of jobs creations. i have seen numbers that for every billion dollars, you are looking iing at 23,000 to 42, 0 jobs. it's the outcomes and benefits we have for people and communities. >> let me extend that over to dallas. i have been looking at the studies there as well. you know, you have amazingly gone from zero hard rail to miles and miles of a system in 30 years. i saw two recent studies by the university of north texas that estimated $4.7 billion spent between 2002 and 2013 to expand light rail in the dallas system has already generated over $7.4 billion in regional economic activity, including tens of thousands of jobs that paid in excess of $3.3 billion in salaries, wages and benefits. ma

you can move people to jobs through public transit. there's challenges in doing that. or you can move people to jobs. i think it's cost-efficient. section 8 housing choice vouchers, allow people of moderate income are allowed choices of where they could move, subsidising the rent according to income levels. this shows promise, but there's challenges. munize palties discriminate vouchers. not all have rental housing. michael. this is fascinating. jobs for all a new word that i have learnt here. that's a suburban sprawl. thank you for joining us. >> thanks for having me >>> up next - thanks to rising seas and lost soil, farming's future may be all wet. we show you what farming could look like soon. first, preventing a financial crisis, we talk to a man who says he has the april. >> a shocking america tonight investigative report... >> you take someones hopes and dreams of childhood, and then out right steal their money >> wishing to start a family >> we lost over $20,000 trying to do surrogacy in mexico >> but left with broken hearts and empty pockets >> how much money d

if you're headed for a public transit. most are on a modified schedule. holidays are run on a sunday schedule so that's the case this morning for bart, for cow train, and the muny metro. >>> i want to update everybody with the north bay fire. it spread to lake county, but as of this morning, the bus fire is now 45% contained. that's up from yesterday's containment. the number of acres charged, it's still on the large side, still growing. 10 aircrafts have been working non-stop. 2 residents and 7 out buildings have been destroyed. a number of bay area fire crews have been headed in that direction to help out with the front line. all the evacuation orders have been lifted. that means the hundreds of people that had to leave their homes were able to return. >> no water? >> no. head back. >> these are images from southern california where a wildfire threatens homes this morning. it's just 15% contained. evacuation orders have been lifted. the fourth of july parade and the celebration in julian had to be called off. >>> let's head out to the east bay where in

and public transit employees. bart trains were passing through the hayward bart station on saturday night. but they weren't stopping. a man was shot in the a-c transit bus lane outside the hayward bart station friday night. the victim was taken to eden medical center. he is expeceted to survive. bart police don't have any suspects. the hayward station was closed until the following morning. brendan is mostly un-phased by the violence. for others, it's a constant concern. patricia is strong enough to keep coming to work for a-c transit. but patricia feels like a lack of police presence leaves her vulnerable, and alone. at the hayward bart station, there's a bart police car, but no one is inside. the same goes for the station agent booth at hayward bart. on sunday afternoon. no one was there. saturday night's shooting falls under the jurisdiction of bart police. they would not comment on any of the recent violence on bart property. reporting at hayward bart station, dan rubin, kron four news. it was one year today w

working in the city here and, you know, they deserve top pay we want to keep them if another public transit agency is going to match our top pay then they might go somewhere else anyway, we have a good group of people i want to see the transit operators we deal with the people all the time we've got a lot of residential buildings and sales force and officers could have important people coming in and we need more operator thank you very much i support this contract >> is there another motion open the contract. >> i move the contracts if i may take 30 seconds. >> a second first. >> second. >> go ahead. >> i want to thank our staff from the director reiskin all the way down to our negotiating teams and everyone that worked to really thread an appropriate battle to act as management to get a good deal for the citizens of this city but at the same time to recognize the value of our employees to be positive and to promote them and not undermine the respect we have for the work and you ed. >> your staff did it and i congratulate you for that. >> director reiskin you wish to say anything. >> i'd ec

all that's missing is the 10,000-plus fans expected to use public transits to get to levis stadium. >> we want to move them as quickly and efficiently as possible. >> reporter: the transportation authority and other agencies have been doing dry test runs ahead of the august 2nd opening. >> you can have a plan and work things all ahead of time on paper, but it's nothing like going through the site. >> reporter: it's about a 25-minute ride on the train. >> i think a lot of people will use the train. but a lot of people who live around the area, they don't want to use the train, but they're going to come with their friends in a car. >> reporter: that's a concern for many, what traffic and parking will look like on game days. >> i don't know how they're going to get the cars where they're supposed to be and how they're supposed to get them out of there when the game is over. >> reporter: later this week, caltrans officials will be looking at a proposal. the parking will adjust from $5 to $25. they say it's comparable to what it would cost to you pay at the stadium and saves you the headac

the highway administration says it's working on a plan to address public transit and road improvements. >>> taking steps to protect gay and lesbians in the workforce. what president obama's actions in the day ahead will mean for them and which workers are still not protected. >>> you will notice humidity as you step outside this morning. storm team 4 tracking whether these changes will bring storms. >>> but first, sleeping away the unwanted pounds. why the key to successfully losing weight may be the amount of sleep that you get every night. >>> and breaking news on interstate 270, an accident you causing a huge slow down. delays more than ten miles at this point. first 4 traffic melissa mollet keeping an eye on it. (vo) ours is a world of passengers. the red-eyes. (daughter) i'm really tired. (vo) the transfers. well, that's kid number three. (vo) the co-pilots. all sitting... ...trusting... ...waiting... ...for a safe arrival. introducing the all-new subaru legacy. designed to help the driver in you... ...care for the passenger in them. the subaru legacy. it's not just a sedan. it's

another public transit strike could be just around the corner.he golden gate bridge labor coalition's thirteen unions are whether to authorize a walkoff. a union representative is now saying that a strike is quote " very likely." the 450 union members in the coalition include golden gate ferry and golden gate transit bus workers. several big weekend events going on around the bay area this weekend. phfft we have a cv starting to push back into the bank which will bring tempters belem all along thebay area. was the mid to upper 80s and low 90s for the better--bay. so it's still going to be hot but not as hot. beautiful weather of the beaches for tomorrow. similar data for some nine along with a little bit of fog starting next week. the san francsico marathon is this sunday. racers will start running at at five-thrity in the morning. the course begins at the ferry building and makes a loop around the city. on their journey, racers will pass by landmarks like fisherman's warf, the golden gate bridge and at&t park. contestants will have to complete t

they are asking people to avoid this area all together or to take public transit and the giants are playing at home at at&t 12:45 first pitched and that could eventually mean gridlock. live this morning, alex savage, ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> power has been restored through the 911 area and power went out around 10:30 which immediately a facted -- affected them. they are setting up a communication center outside the building and many were rerouted with the dispatch centers and no major problems were reported during the power failure. >> there was not a complete loss of power but it did affect the ambulance tracking and some other systems involving ems fire and law. janine de la vega will have more in the next half hour. >>> and they are looking for suspects in the city's mission district where a 19-year-old man was shot while walking near mcdonalds he is expected to survive. and he has been call add magnet for crime with more than 700 emergency calls. city leaders wanted the in your planning commission to shut down that motel but many pleaded to let it stay open saying they had nowhe

the clammer had begun for the experiment including public transit people. owned by the people and for the people. the idea of a consolidated city-owned transit system had begun traction. and in 1909, voters went to the polls and created a b

we won that battle and over the years our group advocated to bring affordable housing improve public transit to our under served community. we started the entire process that brought us here today. schlage lock has been a toxic site. it is essential with this proximity to the bayshore this sight will be a transportation and our community has been in the forefront of advocating for affordable housing. most of the neighborhoods do not want high density housing of any sort. in spite of everything over the years we've worked with various city departments and received a planner's award. what is being asked of the city in terms of of public financing is a drop in the bucket to what is owed to our neighborhood and it's time the city fulfilled its duty. this is a matter of social justice. after a long process of planning schlage lock development should be allowed to move forward. thank you. >> all right thank you. if there's anymore public comment, please come up. >> good afternoon. the city at the mountain top, it's shining like a silver plain -- singing -- and schlage lock was its name. you got it

others used public transit. inside, ticket holders checked out concourses, concessions and perhaps most importantly, coveted stadium seats. >>> once the 49ers start playing and once people get inside at the game, they will have to pay more to eat. the 49ers today released the prices for food and drinks. and they are a bit higher than they were at candlestick. first up, they are not called hot dogs anymore. they are selling a frankfurter with a custom bun. the price? $6.25. all right. how about a slice of pizza? from the stone pizza oven, that's going to cost you $8. a basket of garlic fries made with fresh gilroy garlic and extra virgin olive oil, that will set you back $8.50. if you're thirsty, 16-ounce bud costs you $10.25. premium beer is $11. a 20-ounce bottle of plain old water, plain old water, that will cost you $6. >>> ktvu has gotten a chance to take a tour inslee vice stadium. we did that before it was open to the public while it was still under construction. you can see what it looked like and compare

philadelphia households don't have a kara cord go to a study, 26 percent are commuting using public transit. >>> and, time right now for a look outside, our studios, what a shot of olde city. isn't it press i. >> yeah. >> it is not a bad morning. a few sprinkles, sue. >> did you feel it was maybe a smidge cooler. >> yes, i did. >> it didn't quite feel as oppress think of morning when i stepped out of the car. >> a little bit down with the, humidity. it will get better. tonight with the skies clearing completely because we still have some clouds left over we have a lovely night in store. so if you have plans to step out on a friday night, it is looking pretty good. we will call it fine friday. now we will qualify that with the chance of the stray shower this morning. especially south and east of philadelphia, we have a frontal system that is still stalled, just off of the coast and it could throw back some clouds for us, so depending on how much sunshine we will get. we should get to 86 degrees. the clouds decide to sock us in every once in a while it could be lower than that but we will thi