president yee riley: next item? >> commissioners, item no. 7 -- discussion and possible action to make recommendations to the board of supervisors on b.o.s. file no. 101309, ordinance amending the san francisco planning code by amending section 718.1 and sections 718.42, 718.44, and 718.69a of the zoning control table to allow new full-service restaurants, small self-service restaurants, and self-service specialty food establishments with conditional use authorization and to amend section 718.41 and add a specific provision for full-service restaurants to allow a bar in conjunction with a full-service restaurant with conditional use authorization; commissioners, with this item, the legislative sponsor, here aide apologizes, she is out of town, and the other aide is unavailable. i want to provide an overview on their behalf so you can have more information. following a review, these controls were placed in the 80s and they prohibited all new eating and drinking establishments in the upper fillmore. this ordinance is

president yee riley: we have a motion. >> second. president yee riley: all those in favor? >> aye. president yee riley: motion carries. next item, please. commissioners, item 10, we were scheduled to have a presentation by the barbary coast conservancy for the beverage arts. unfortunately, they were not able to make the presentation today. staff will schedule them for a future meeting. director, do you want to make comments now or do you want to include them in the director's report? director dick-endrizzi: i'll include them in the director's report. secretary schulmann: item 11 is the director's report. commissioners, you should have the report in front of you. to give you an update, so, for client surge at the small business assistance center, in 2009 in october, the assistance center serviced 118 clients and for october 2010 we serviced 239, which is a 50% increase. excuse me, it's a 100% increase. we also now have a youth works intern. some of you have met her, milan chung. i think this is her third week this week working in the office. she works 9 1/2 hours a week and we have

president yee riley: right. ok, we have a motion and a second. >> commissioners, i do have a question. there are one or two items -- you said you would be able to work with staff as things continue to develop, so i do not know if you want to make a second motion that as the legislation is moving through that if there are any changes to work with our staff. do you want to make that a separate motion? commissioner: absolutely. president yee riley: may get another motion. -- make it another motion. commissioner dooley: i will make a motion to continue to the recommendations as needed. president yee riley: ok, i have a motion. do i have a second? those in favor? all right, next item, please. commissioner dooley: thank you for coming in, yes. >> commissioners, we do not have a presenter for item five. we will hear that shortly, but we will go ahead in here item number 6, which is the discussion and possible action, this one to make recommendations to the public utilities commission on their proposed fog ordinance, wh

president yee riley: thank you. commissioners, item 15, president's report? and also attended another, and i was there, as well. we had a table there, a blues, and it was very interesting that jana was the one, and although we have six or seven people, they were very interested in what we have to offer, what we do for them and all of that, so i was standing in for a while to talk about what we can do from our department, so it was interesting, and people seemed to be very impressed that we would be there instead of just the vendors, so that was a good experience, and i liked it a lot, and the next one is the director and i met with the opportunity fund, and so, we talked about some of the programs that they offer, in the specified that they really work with small businesses that do not qualify to get a loan from the bank, in the interest rate is lower than a regular bank loan, and they can approve a loan within 48 hours, and they always stay ahead of the trends to find out what they need is for the small business. as you know, not long ago, dry cleaning had s

bridget riley. hello. a national tragedy has unfolded in new zealand, a second explosion that has led police to say all 29 miners trapped inside since friday are now dead. most are from new zealand. others are from australia, africa, and scotland. prime minister john keyes says it could take months to recover. .-- john key says it could take months. >> hope, despair, and now grief. for five days, they prayed for a miracle. dangerous gases prevented rescuers from entering the mine. police say a sudden explosion shattered any hopes the man could have somehow survived deep underground. >> breaking the news to the family, they are extremely distraught. i was at the mine itself when it actually occurred. the blast was horrific, just as bad as the first blast. >> this is new zealand's worst mining accident for almost 100 years. most of the burden was shouldered by the small coastal community of greymouth, but the entire country will feel the pain. prince charles gave sympathy to the families of those who died. >

eby told riley's parents there is no excuse or explanation.ish i could explain what was going through my mind. before the judge passed sentence, riley's mother testified the pain i felt was unbearable. i hurt so badly every day for riley wondering what she went through. and riley's father told eby you will no longer be a part of my memories of my daughter. you will be erased from the face of the earth. >>> a high powered transition team will help tony preckwinkle assume her new dudeys. among those appointed to the group are former governor jim edgar one ever the state's most the respected republicans. democrat, don clark is on the list. this transition team will put together an action plan for prek wgnle to follow after she takes office december 6. >>> two pb candidates for chicago mayor will make it official. rahm emanuel is expected to make his announcement saturday at the school on the city's north side. been doing walking tours around chicago for weeks. congressman danny davis is expected to announce his candidacy sunday morning. monday is

riley says, "we will do that."and the mayor said, "let's stop this crap now." >> i remember, we were down by harrah's casino. and deputy chief riley walked up in a pair of blue jeans, his uniform shirt and a ball cap, and really just starting giving a pep speech, you know, kind of a morale-booster, saying that we were not going to allow the looters to take the city, we were going to more or less protect the borders of it and march through downtown and take the city back. >> did you ever say, "it's time, we got to take our city back?" >> i may have said we need to take control of the city, that may have happened. >> and do you think you ever, did you ever say anything like "looters, it's time to, you know, it's time to do things like shoot to kill?" >> no... >> or... >> you're mixing me up with someone else. i didn't say anything like that. >> who said that? >> i didn't say that. i heard rumors that someone else said that. but i certainly didn't say that, no. >> it was a very broad order. what exactly did he mean, y

president yee riley: seeing none. >> commissioners, item number 20, adjournment. commissioner: second. >> the meeting is adjourned at 7:34 p.m. >> i work with the department of environment and we are recycling oil. thank you. we can go into a refinery and we can use it again. they do oil changes and sell it anyway, so now they know when a ticket to a. hal>> to you have something you want to get rid of? >> why throw it away when you can reuse it? >> it can be filtered out and used for other products. >> [speaking spanish] >> it is going to be a good thing for us to take used motor oil from customers. we have a 75-gallon tank that we used and we have someone take it from here to recycle. >> so far, we have 35 people. we have collected 78 gallons, if not more. these are other locations that you can go. it is absolutely free. you just need to have the location open. you are set to go. >> what about if the tiebreaker was ranked above the seated one tie breaker? it was reserved for students that lived in the attendance area. i know it gets kind of confusing after a whil

little riley disappeared from her wilmington home in june of 2004. her body was later found in a creek not far from her home. initially, authorities accused riley's father kevin fox of her murder. he spent eight months in jail before dna evidence linked scott eby to the crime. a pair of tennis shoes with eby's name on them were found at the crime scene and when the dna surfaced, eby was already in prison serving time for an unrelated sex assault conviction. sources close to the case say that eby has give an videotaped confession and that there has been some plea bargaining in this case. we, of course, will learn more when the hearing unfolds. at the courthouse, muriel clair, wgn news. >>> the delayed trial of michael the large guy sarno is underway this morning. he and two of his alleged crime partners are in chicago federal court for charges of racketeering. federal authorities accuse him of ordering the two other men to set off bombs at offices in berwyn. they have pleaded not guilty to blowing up the offices of the video poker gaming company. atto

you can appreciate the work. >> bridget riley. with david hannah. this pottery factory in the city of liverpool produces hundreds of thousands of monks -- mugs of prince william and kate middleton. it is also likely to give british manufacturers a shot in the arm. they are well aware that member abelia from the 1981 royal wedding are still highly sought out. you can find more on the website, bbc news.com/news. i met bbc mike embley, and you can also look at our facebook page at facebook.com/bbcnews. thank you for being with us. to come again. -- do come again. >> hello and welcome. >> see the news unfold, get the top stories from around the globe and click to play video reports. go to bbc.com/news to experience the in-depth, expert reporting of "bbc world news" online. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newman's own foundation. the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation. and union bank. >> union bank offers unique insight and expertise in a range of industries. what can we do for

. >>> never again, the case of riley fox reach as conclusion with a guilty verdict. >> and the top stories and closure may be never but tonight many say that it is justice. and we explain the decision. >> there was not a dry eye in the courtroom as family and friends of fox listened to details about the 3 year old's 2004 murder. her parents red victim impact statements in court following the guilty plea along awaited moment for the family that lands eby in prison for the left of his life, no chance of parole. >> this a tore meanted soul, this a man who is ashamed of himself that's correct may be but he garnered little sympathy in a courtroom as prosecutors explained how the 39-year-old murderer protect into the fox family's family in four and changed their lives forever n a videotaped confession he admitted that he had been drinking that day. he told the fbi that he grabbed the 3-year-old from her ped put her in the trunk of his car, drove her to a park and raped her before taking her, bound with tape, to a creek and drowning her. before the court the mother called him a coward and monster

and mark ferrell certainly more conservative than janet riley. we going to see a shift -- >> i don't think a big shift. but we have to talk about a little bit if we have some time wh whatgavin newsom's election means for lieutenant governor. the board of supervisors is going to pick his replacement for the next year until his term expires. >> will it be this current board? >> it looks like it will be this current board. there are still some political and legal jockeying of who will be. but the scramble is definitely on. who's going to get that seat. some people want just a placeholder. they're talking about the head of the san francisco public utilities commissioner, former city controller ed harrington, maybe he could be a place holder. others are going this is a chance to get a jumpstart in the mayor's race for 2011, so we're looking at board of supervisors president david chu, mark leno the state senator, supervisor david compos. that's going to be the fun political contest for the next couple of weeks if not months. >> belva: and you have to

thank you lieutenant riley. >> a good meeting, everybody. >> i have a feeling i will not be saying it for the last time. i'm the president of friends of mclaren park. it is one of the oldest neighborhood community park groups in san francisco. i give a lot of tours through the park. during those tours, a lot of the folks in the group will think of the park as very scary. it has a lot of hills, there's a lot of dense groves. once you get towards the center of the park you really lose your orientation. you are very much in a remote area. there are a lot of trees that shield your view from the urban setting. you would simply see different groves that gives you a sense of freedom, of being outdoors, not being burdened by the worries of city life. john mclaren had said that golden gate park was too far away. he proposed that we have a park in the south end of the city. the campaign slogan was, people need this open space. one of the things that had to open is there were a lot of people who did a homestead here, about 25 different families. their property had to be bought up. so it took fro

pat riley was not impressed. but ray allen had no problem hitting the three-pointer. celts beat the heat for the second time this season 112-107. >>> now this to chicago, even mascot benny was putting down shots. they ran away with it in the second. the rebound, the bucket is a foul and the bulls blew away the war yoeors, 120-90. >>> elsewhere, the nuths are no longer unbeaten. denver up, 108-105. a minute layer, carmelo anthony, the fade away, the nuggets hand the lakers their first loss of the season. >>> finally, crazy moments on a soccer goal in iowa. the goalie made the save, ran up and booted the ball off his teammate. it rec shayed off his teammate and into the net. to add insult to injury, the goal proved to be the only one of the game. that's your early look at sports on "early today." have a great weekend. i'm fred roggin. >> don't you hate it when that happens? >>> can will ferrell's comedy make it to the top this weekend? >>> plus, every high school's dream, permission to have a food fight. we'll explain. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back. le

and we heard from the co-chair, bill riley of commission, that today all the companies had problems with regards to safety prior with mistakes made at the time of explosion. and top-to-bottom reform of the industry was needed. what was interesting is whether the companies had prioritized money over safety. yesterday we heard from the lead investigator there was no evidence to show that. and today we were told by the commission that's a question that is still open. >> as far as the future was concerned, was this commission more on proportioning blame or looking at how we go about deep-sea drilling in the coming years? >> at this stage we are hearing the suggestion of blame, not the direct reporting of blame. and they put out preliminary findings of b.p. and halliburton. in january i think there will more of a sense of solutions and reforms to the safety and regulatory structure will be offered at that stage. >> emergency food supplies are delivered to a luxury liner stranded off the coast of mexico. it had an engine room fire with no one injured. the navy aircraft carrier is helping the l

thank you lieutenant riley. >> a good meeting, everybody. >> i have a feeling i will not be saying it for the last time.

thank you lieutenant riley. >> a good meeting, everybody. >> i have a feeling i will not be saying it for the last time. >> i have 2 job titles. i'm manager of the tour program as well as i am the historyian of city hall. this building is multifaceted to say the very least it's a municipal building that operates the city and county of san francisco. this building was a dream that became a reality of a man by the name of james junior elected mayor of san francisco in 1912. he didn't have a city hall because it was destroyed in the earth wake of 1906. construction began in april of 1913. in december 1915, the building was complete. it opened it's doors in january 1916. >> it's a wonderful experience to come to a building built like this. the building is built as a palace. not for a king or queen. it's built for all people. this building is beautiful art. those are architecture at the time when city hall was built, san francisco had an enormous french population. therefore building a palace in the art tradition is not unusual. >> jimmie was an incredible individual he knew that san franc

thank you lieutenant riley. >> a good meeting, everybody. >> i have a feeling i will not be saying it for the last time. supervisor avalos: good morning. welcome to a budget and finance committee. my name is john ablow. we are joined -- avalos. we are joined by ross mirkarimi and sean elsbernd. mr. kirk, please go ahead with the announcements. >> [clerk announcements] supervisor avalos: item #one please. -- 1 please. >> item 1. resolution fixing prevailing wage rates for: (1) workers performing work under city contracts for public work and improvement; (2) workers performing work under city contracts for janitorial services; (3) workers performing work in public off-street parking lots, garages, or storage facilities for automobiles on property owned or leased by the city; (4) workers engaged in theatrical or technical services for shows on property owned by the city; (5) workers performing moving services under city contracts at facilities owned or leased by the city; and (6) workers engaged in the hauling of solid waste generated by the city in the course of city operations, pursuan

department released a final rank choice vote tallies in district two mark farrell is leading janet riley 50.6%. and the campaign released a statement declaring victory. and district 10, malia cohen is ahead of tony kelly. kelly has conceded. officials have yet to certify the final selection result autos a big financial blow today. state farm announced it's closing its regional head quarters and moving operations to bakersfield. that is 450 job goesing away. state farm says it's a state wide restructuring including shutting down an office in fresno and nine smaller ones. and state farm says this will help relocate employees to bakersfield. >> head of the transportation security administration admitted to a senate panel ted that the agency's new pat down procedures are more invasive than what most people are used tox john pistol says he understands concerns being raised now but says the government needs to provide the best security. >> it is clearly more invasive. the purpose of that is to detect devices that we'd not seen before. i'm sensitive ask concerned about peoples' privacy concerns

thank you lieutenant riley. >> a good meeting, everybody. >> i have a feeling i will not be saying it for the last time. >> hello. 9 judge terri l. jackson. the court is now recruiting prospective civil grand jurors. our goal is to develop a pool of candidates that is inclusive of all segments of our city's population. >> the jury conducts investigations and publishes findings and recommendations. these reports them become a key part of the civic dialog on how we can make san francisco a better place to live and work. >> i want to encourage anyone that is on the fence, is considering participating as a grand jury member, to do so. >> so if you are interested in our local city government and would like to work with 18 other enthusiastic citizens committed to improving its operations, i encourage you to consider applying for service on the civil grand jury. >> for more information, visit the civil grand jury website at sfgov.org/courts or call president vietor: good afternoon, i like to call the meeting of the san francisco public utilities commission to order. >> [roll call] the entire

thank you lieutenant riley. >> a good meeting, everybody. >> i have a feeling i will not be saying it for the last time. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- supervisor chiu: good morning. it is monday, november the 15th. welcome to the public safety supervisor board. i am joined by a colleague. we will shortly -- we are joined by our vice chair, supervisor mirkarimi. madam clerk, do we have any announcements? >> all persons attending this meeting are requested to turn off all pagers and phones. if you wish to speak, please place the speaker card to the rail on the left. please submit an extra copy it for the file if you are submitting to the committee. items considered today will be considered by the full board tuesday of next week on november 23 unless another date is indicated. >> thank you. i want to thank the staff for streaming this meeting live. let's call item no. 1. >> item number one, hearing to review statistics from the entertainment commission and the police department regarding violence and public safety incidents associated with entertainmen

recently owe riley and microsoft press announced their libraries will be converted to the e-pub formatopular with the apple format. there are nine million reading devices in the united states. by the end of the year there will be 10.3 million. that number will swell to 120 million in four years. that's two for every five of us. half of all the reading will be done without the paper. one- fifth will be dedicated readers and not general purpose tablets like the ipad. the holiday numbers are even more encouraging to the makers of e readers. one of five of those who own a kindle received it as a gift. one in 10 adults plan to give a kindle as a gift. and for book publishers, in 2009 revenue from sales of e-books made up 1% of book sales. this season they aren it%. -- they are 10%. e-book readers exploded from 105 million from the first rt of -- first part of 2009 to 300 million. that's a 290% growth rate. and this week the "new york times" announced a new best seller list devoted to e-books. richard hart, abc7 news. >>> san francisco's saint bonn -- saint bonn gnaw physician church opened