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 over

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

is available, to make it so nobody has to walk more than a few blocks to avail themselves of public transitif that were the case, people would simply not want to drive. >> the alternative? >> the alternatives to? >> to cars? bus rapid transit, which we see in lima. i don't know if you have noticed all that is available here. it needs improvement, but the infrastructure is there. actual lanes dedicated totally to buses. fares are paid on the platform so buses pull up in multiple doors open, passengers get on very quickly and the bus rolls on, not impeded by any traffic. it is a very quickly developed, knight capital-intensive, sadly not like subways, but of very good way of getting people around. like subways,ot but a very good way of getting people around. >> what countries do you look to as a model? leader inmerica is a bus rapid transit, actually, although they need a lot of improvements in workers rights. reason why it is necessary for unions to get involved in this battle, it also to make it so the jobs in public transit are decent jobs that provide a decent living for working people. >

no publicizing among workers at the facility of which i work has been done or witnessed first hand, the da accelerated the start of the tdm's plans and transit subsidy to make an immediate obligation and to require them to publicize it, they have it backwards and the earlier does not modify the later da. and at a hearing before the board of supervisors, land use committee in february of this year. the 2 to 5 year delay was never mentioned, in fact, supervisor yee said that the six months lost should be added on to the back end of the ten year requirement, and specifically discussed and it was never discussed that there would be a two to five year delay. and the city staff presentation, dated june 17, 2013, california, pacific medical center rebuild to the board of supervisor's land use and economic development committee, the development agreement was reviewed. and under the transportation section, cpmc will pay $6.5 million to them in lieu of the tdf. push and these have already been done. and however, this and the stimulation that cpmc will encourage all of the employees to purchase a cliper card and will share the cost equally with the emp

that in san francisco, you know, we will and i think that this will help to build, support for public transit, and we, at the 350 san francisco are very much putting that on our agenda, as something that we want to push for support for public transit and also, we do have people coming through and i think that we do have a lot of fruit traffic of the people on vacation and this is something that they are not going to see this every day in their town but it will be something that they would take home with them from their travels and it is result in san francisco, right? and among a lot of other different things that they see her. so, just thank you very much, and you know, again, i work a lot on the trying to stop fossil fuel extraction, and there is always a push back and what about the consumer? what about the demand side and i think that this also gives us a talking point in our conversation there to say yes, we are in 350 in the city and the governments that are working on demand side as well as the supply. thank you. >> any more members of the public that wish to speak. if you want us to s

despite falling gasoline prices public transit ridership is up. "the new york times" reports about 2.7 billion passenger trips were taken on transit systems in the u.s. in the third quarter of this year. a trade group reports that's an increase of 1.8% from a year ago. >>> staples says that credit card information from more than 1 million of its customers was stolen earlier this year. staples said malware tackled computers in more than 100 stores. it's offering free identity protection services for customers who are at risk. >>> and the last of three hobbit films was tops. "the hobbits: battle of the five armies" ruled it all. in second place, "night at the museum: secret of the tomb," and the anomie remake were third. >> jill wagner at the new york stock exchange. jill, thank you. >>> straight ahead, your monday morning weather, and in sports florida state rules on sexual misconduct charges against its star quarterback. about stelara®. it helps keep my skin clearer. with only 4 doses a year after 2 starter doses... ... stelara® helps me be in seas

some bay area public transit agencies are going the extra mile to help revelers home on new year's eve. muni and sam-trans will offer free rides on new year's eve. from 8 o'clock at night til 5 a- m on new year's day. just don't tag your clipper card. you will be charged if you do. and bart says it will extend service until 3-am on new year's eve. extra staff and trains will help people get home after a night out. trains will run on a normal weekday evening schedule every 20-minutes after midnight. trains headed into san francisco will not stop at the embarcadero station because of the fireworks show. one-hundred dollars in the hands of a homeless man. latte or au lait? cozy or cool? exactly the way you want it... until boom, it's bedtime! your mattress is a battleground of thwarted desire. enter the sleep number bed. save $300 on the final close-out of the c3 queen mattress set. he's the softy. his sleep number setting is 35. you're the rock, at 60. and snoring? sleep number's even got an adjustment for that. only at a sleep number store, find the lowest prices of the season, with the

public transit is plentiful. six, 24, or 71 bus. the steps, we walked the dogs, and we have enjoyed a beautiful view the park has to offer. this is the place to take someone special and enjoyed a beautiful look out. " come to corona heights, located in the heart of this district. it offers a spectacular view of the downtown skyline, the bay bridge, and the east bay. the park is one of the best kept secrets. unlike twin peaks, it is hardly ever crowded. on any given day, you will run into a few locals. hop on a 37 bus to get there with that any parking worries. locals can bring their dogs to run with other dogs. there is also grass for small dogs. >> it is a great place. it is a wonderful place for the city to provide these kind of parks. the dog owners appreciate it. >> take time to notice the wildflowers on the grassland. and keep your head on the lookout for hawks and other bird life. take your camera and be prepared to review the city in a way you will not forget. it is prominent with beautiful formations that are perfect to watc

public transit's, schools, businesses, and public offices have been affected.he action is in protest to cut public services, extend working hours, and raise the retirement age. >> the fires are more to block the road, barring axis to an industrial state. flights have been canceled and trains are not running. >> we felt we could have gotten out early this morning. it messes up our plan a little bit. >> there are no plans of brussels airport. it affects all belgian airspace. >> the center-right government's intent on implementing safety measures. these will affect primarily workers, employee pensioners, and the sink. >> on to the markets in europe. a pretty steep selloff. we have the summary from the frankfurt stock exchange. >> traders do not believe in a quick recovery. besides flooding the economy with money, not much has happened. the prospect is not so bad. the economy is in remarkable good condition. saving consumers and companies about 30 billion euros per year. the german market had a good start into today but the mood remains a very nervous. >> we can st

getting a cab or using other services and public transit is offering decision services overnight and plan ahead. don't drink and drive. >>> tickets are one hundred dollars and another party at the grand auditorium and they run ninety dollars and another plan as we take it live. police are aware of an anti police protest planned for 8:00 p.m. tonight at the embarkdaro station and there is several options for party goers and muni adding extra lines to run tomorrow morning and bart and sam tran as well as cal tran and lots of available options for people in the city. torrey, back to you. >>> lots of options and staying warm. thank you, brian. >>> and a few more specifics as brian talked about. the options, muni and cal tran and san francisco and they are offering free rides starting at 8:00 p.m. and bart will run until 3:00 p.m. and extra trains along the embarkdaro but some trains will skip the embarkdaro and west oakland stations so be sure to check. >>> and there is a new app to encourage safe driving tonight. and year round. dd and vi p allows people to request a ride home from tran

third, the project site is well served by public transit and therefore the project should have a negligible impact and available parking on the surrounding streets. no. 4, the project will create approximately 30 restaurant job openings for local residents. no. 5, and other entertainment use will not only enhance the hamburger mary's operation but performing emerging local artist because hamburger mary's does not have former place and the amount offen at the entertainment takes place in the bar restaurant area. it's good for the surrounding neighborhood and area. that concludes my presentation. if you have any questions, i'm available. >president cindy wu: thank you, let's hear from project sponsor. >> good afternoon commissioners, john with, here on behalf of project sponsor. we are excited to be here before you today where the project will finally bring back a hamburger mary's restaurant to replace the old cafe in the castro. they have spent time and money improving the cafe space. the commission approved the legalization of space since it closed to renovations. we are now requesting cond

if you don't have to be behind the wheel there are public transit options.bart will run until 3:00 a.m. muni and cal train will be free tomorrow night. you can see the ball drop here tomorrow night. our coverage starts with prime time rockin eve with ryan seacrest and then after the news at 11:00 more new year's eve festivities at 11:30. >>> more now so the unusually strong winds we are seeing. take a look at this. >> this is video from san jose. it is showing a small pick up truck being pushed by the wind. look at that. >> sandhya patel is here with how long the strong wind will last. >> we are looking for the winds to continue through tomorrow morning and then they will ease up tomorrow afternoon. that's when we will notice the changes as we look at live doppler 7hd. it is clear. the same storm that brought us the wind and is bringing us a chill and is bringing wintry weather to southern california. rain and snow is in the mountains. a winter storm warning for the los angeles county mountains. they are expecting obviously this to continue along with the gu

primarily those ordinances of resolutions that have relevance to our department, and if it is, a public transit, and in terms of the mta's effort and if it is efforts at the public utility's commission with respect to the energy efficiency and we are tracking and making sure that we are on top of those and then again, of course, appeared before the public works department for example, as well as we track idealy what we do with a lot of that information is that if there are items that are coming before the board then we will flag those and either meet with the sponsor, at the board of supervisors, and give our comments to the process, or we will actually attend and support those items and most recently as our director shared with you, we certainly are tracking the safe ordinance that is one that our department is prioritizing just this week. and for example, as well, the other item that we we were tracking is the renewal and there are about three others that we are talking that have not yet made appearance at a hearing, but one is on clean construction that supervisor. and the mayor introduced l

rec and park department she is originally from los angeles but lives in the north and her first public transit automobile has kept her in the bay area we welcome her to the department. >> welcome. >> good morning commissioner president wu and fellow commissioners before you is a request for a conditional use to allow a give him navm that exiting space is underutilized and the proposing proposal is minor tenants like the restrooms and exercise areas that changes the fingertip is proposed during the public notification period we received two comments the first was from margaret filipinos the alliance for 2nd district that go wishes to establish a gym and no concerns regarding the project the latter was received after the draft motion but i've printed the e-mail forwarded to the dependent on december 16, 2014, the establishment of that gym requires they retain a permit and in the urban if i could mixed district up to 4 hundred feet are planned a conditional use authorization are required when going beyond the project this will not change the fingertip of the building this is providing a use and c

some bay area public transit agencies are going to help new year's eve party years to get home with free rides from the 8:00 tonight until 5:00 in the morning. just don't tagger clipper card because you'll be charged if you do. the rate for more cold weather as a blast of cold air is coming our way. >>brian van aken: you may have noticed the past couple of mornings there's a chill in the house and we're going to have more of that as we go through this week as we have a blast of air coming right from the arctic. normally these of fabrics come into the midwest and east but the air is pushing it right into california. in the new year we may have temperatures in the '20s and '30s. good night everybody! the holiday season is here, which means it's time for the volkswagen sign-then-drive event. for practically just your signature, you could drive home for the holidays in a german-engineered volkswagen. like the sporty, advanced new jetta... and the 2015 motor trend car of the year all-new golf. if you're wishing for a new volkswagen this season... just about all you need is a finely tuned... p

>> erica: pretty easy convincing figure was about to to lot of people will probably be taken public transit this morning may be the at stopping all returns we want to take a look back a one of the most popular segments. >>stanley: of it was any hot industries is a things like that mr. bradley hail not acted badly >> here is stanley roberts who found some people behaving badly! >>stanley: if you have got the golden gate bridge there are few things that you might not expect a cent at the motorcycle in going along with instead i know i'm here except why do you like to come we'll be here? he ran for the arts across two lanes of traffic to and what i am killing him. if that did not like my answer on the road or at the july day but it refuses which i did last the camera and people's faces. >>stanley: as is walking away decides he is not finished at a good day search for every action there is a reaction to react said the motorcycle was bay watch another camera the one in this building to the golden gate bridge for troll quickly caught up with him at the watsonville the driver was issued a ticket f

-- dramatic move toward public transit and car sharing might not be more better.lause] my fellow honorees last night had the rare privilege of getting to walk aboard the good ship ended up or jimmy -- it occurred to me that perhaps projects like that how we may represent this sort of grand and expensive ventures perhaps not perfectly suited for the world in which they must sail. [applause] ask your self sharp questions about trying to make every possible penny off the current situation. is that involved, sibley sells its stake -- simply sells its stake, there's no doubt the coal is not the responsible choice that grew wealthy in part by burning fossil fuel. to make a small economic sacrifice and key that coal forever underground where it can do no harm, is that any different than what, for instance, we have asked the brazilians when it comes to the amazon -- [applause] and we very badly need to see sweden cities and governments to follow the lead of the church of sweden and divest those fossil fuel holdings. we simply must defeat those forces that want to delay la

. >>> if you take public transit, changes on metro. thursday they will be on a sunday schedule for new year's day. new year's eve the system will st open a little later. they can take trains until 2:00 in the morning if you're out celebrating. >>> there is a special easement for all of you with kids and you can't stay up late for the new year. noon yards eve is for the entire family. it begins 10:00 a.m. wednesday. lots of activities for you and the kids. there will be a moon bounce and face painting. i was out there last year. it's really really cool. they have it tented in case there is inclement weather. >> lots of places to check out if you want to move around the neighborhood. >> really a great space. while the redskins lost one man is celebrating a big win he got at fedex field. >> brian pitt got down on one knee and asked his girlfriend to marry him. lindsay altmyer said yes. this couple lives in los angeles. but lindsey's family is in this area. they say football has been part of their relationship the most important part of th

have the safety and security of the building lobby while still maintaining the ability to use public transit or ride sharing services like uber and when they arrive at the building it's a very short walk to the front door. they intend to move the loading zone to around the block zero protection from the elements and poorly enforced and it's also a location where car break-ins have happened over night. . taxis are not likely to wait for someone with limited mobility to walk around the block. it discourages use of transit additionally while i'm not a legal expert the regulations seem to indicate that such a change could be a potential violation and we've been told that this was a decision already made and i reviewed the resolution records from 2005 to 2013 and i could not see any mention or record of the bod making the public notice to remove the loading zone thank you for your time. >> thank you sir. >> good afternoon. i am the general manager of the palms and we did receive notice that our white zone would be moved from the front of the building to around the block i received several e-mails

and pedestrians with ease pathway to the building and it's proximity to a- it makes it easy for public transite see a number of venues that don't work thankfully month are in other cities but effective assess wants is important for a safe experience the design being offered provides the access points we need this and for those reasons we continue to support the facility and we know that will help to attract the visitors by help make our public-private partnering in moscone more valuable. >> as the next speaker comes up i'll call one more name. >> thank you, commissioners i'm dennis with the diamond consulting and education it's my educational work i've been enjoying for 45 years i'm also for the last 13 years teaching in the public high schools i gave a multi media pamphlet one the programs since i have 3 minutes i'll introduce to summarize the information i e-mailed you sent 29 letter a couple of months ago and over the last 57 years i've been providing the warriors and all city officials my proposals i want to remind you the classroom is the heart and soul of my proposal based on this arena

. >> if you're looking for public transit, uni is offering free rides throughout the night. starting at 8:00 tonight until 5:00 tomorrow morning. bart trains raining every 20 minutes from midnight to 3:00 in the morning. and cal train, 4 post-midnight trains from san francisco starting at 12:45, ending at approximately 2:15 to the morning. >>> and cold no doubt. i would like to know how many people have asked if it's going to be a clear night tonight as we check out fireworks on this microclimate weather alert. >> hey, good morning. yeah, more than i can count, sam. more than i can count. it's a really important night. you'll be out there likely exposed to the elements for the fireworks show. here is the deal for flight delays. crazy delays yesterday out of sfo because of the wind. everything is on time right now, every major airport across the nation with the exception of miami. temperatures at midnight in the 70s. really comfortable conditions. here, more like 45 to 39 degrees. san francisco going to be chilly. san francisco, 45 degrees. let's talk about the wind. because

if you don't have to be behind the wheel there are public transit options. bart will run until 3:00 a.m. muni and cal train will be free tomorrow night. you can see the ball drop here tomorrow night. our coverage starts with prime time rockin eve with ryan seacrest and then after the news at 11:00 more new year's eve festivities at 11:30. >>> more now so the unusually strong winds we are seeing. take a look at this. >> this is video from san jose. it is showing a small pick up truck being pushed by the wind. look at that. >> sandhya patel is here with how long the strong wind will last. >> we are looking for the winds to continue through tomorrow morning and then they will ease up tomorrow afternoon. that's when we will notice the changes as we look at live doppler 7hd. it is clear. the same storm that brought us the wind and is bringing us a chill and is bringing wintry weather to southern california. rain and snow is in the mountains. a winter storm warning for the los angeles county mountains. they are expecting obviously this to continue along with the g

neighborhood having never owned a car in san francisco i'm also a long time and regular user of public transit folks thank you for the opportunity to offer comment on the proposed van ness bus rapid transit plan over all we think the plan is a great improvement for our neighborhood we applaud the foresight and care you are putting into it but on behalf of the ballet and i believe other art associations in the center we'd like to call attention to one serious concern about the stop at grove street given city hall the access to bill graham auditorium and of course the opera house and davis city hall i think it would be hard to find an scene of an intersection on van ness with more pedestrian traffic so we'd ask that you take a closer look at that for all of our organizations a significant portion of our audience is senior citizens. we're very concerned about making access less convenient for them and a growing number are disabled citizens so we would ask that while we support the project, that you take a close look at at the elimination of that particular location. >> thank you sir. >> next spea