thirty% are san francisco residents that is 500 san francisco residents working with their hands to build the brand new hospital for our future generations. they have done it right. it's on time, $63 million to local businesses as a result of the construction of this hospital. so i'm looking forward in 2015 to join all of you in opening this hospital, making sure we are doing everything to keep people healthy in the city and congratulations to the foundation for your wonderful work congratulations to all of us nobody has got it better than us in san francisco congratulations everyone. (applause) . i don't ladies and gentlemen, please welcome to the stage grace davis, director of california corporate affairs intell corporation ... >>> okay with today being valentine's day we are thrilled to help present 13 new heart art works we see these hearts all around san francisco, reminding us that the general is the heart of our city these hearts generate we have a remarkable roster of artist and is this year is no exception and please join me in welcoming to the stage this year's heart artist and

san francisco. welcome me home again.ome to leave no more. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> did you all enjoy that? let's go mustangs. that's right keep that energy going. of course, the cheerleaders are right in there. keep that energy your enthusiasm and your applause going now. it's with my honor i introduce to you the mayor of the san francisco the honorable east lee. let's give her a big hand and if you want to see what a world series ring looks like ask her she's got it on her finger. hunter is waiting for his. well, i'm so glad to be out here with the mustangs. you are world class students congratulations for being at lincoln high school. we've got a lot of people here today. i asked as many of our staff and city departments to join us. i want to thank scott wiener he's in the house. we've got our public works, we've got both our fire chief and police chief here. we have our transportation director here. our port director is here our park and recreation director. we have environment director here. yes, we of our mayor's office of disabili

investor confidence in san francisco. and we are strong enough that just this week,-moodies increased our ratings for the general obligation bond very few cities can say that is happening in their down right now. we did the right things create reserve after reserve i have been in those rating meetings and they are like interrogation meetings kind-of like a deposition if you have been to one of those and they are asking every single question that is hard to answer questions like if the state famous you what are you goingdo about it? what do you have in place if the federal government fails in their successstration what programs are failed here and what plans do you have to recover?. if you are not answering those with a lot of confidence you are not going to get the moodies rating increased at all and if you are able to do that with a solid t and i want to thank again the board of supervisor and is i know supervisor chu and reno are here today but i want to thank the entire board for creating an entire investor confidence

beer here in san francisco. and it's my great honor to introduce entrepreneurial spirit. mr. gregor was born and raised in the united kingdom. he then moved to singapore at the age of nine. he's lived in amazing cities around the world. so he brings with him an international spirit. but also a passion for san francisco. he and his partner, tony foglio are known for building up the best brands and keeping them both emerging but honoring their roots. so i can't think of a better tenant and partner for this historic pier 48 than anchor brewers and distillers. join me in welcoming keith gregor. [applause] >> thank you. is everyone warm enough? this is great weather for making beer. anchor is one of america's oldest breweries. with origins back to the gold rush. by 1896 the famous brand emer emerged. a real san francisco icon and only 118 years old at the moment. not that many years pass easily. earthquakes. fire. and prohibition and bankruptcy all stood in the way. but they would not end our history. anchor brewery

it sends a message for all student in san francisco. you know that this city's future don't understand on the education we provide for all our children. it's with great pleurisy introduce the mayor of the city of san francisco. good morning thank you laura republican for that kind introduction and thank you for opening your divorces to me this morning. i want to honor david and all your supervisors and to our two newest supervisors. mayor brown thank you for being here and taking the time to join us this morning. you have done so much in this county >> and since this is my first city address i'm hoping you'll cut me some slack if you chose to write about it in the newspapers. to the department heads and consistent leaders and education leaders to all of you who are online and thank you all of you for joining us this morning. and, of course, to my wonderful wife, mother and friend thank you for being here and pitting up with me for all these years >> a year ago i stood before i and score my term of office pledging to seize the year of th

in san francisco $4.22. >> in oakland for about 11¢. >> in san jose $4.12. >> wedding site the not.coms bride and groom spend more money to get married last year than they have since the start of the economic turndodownturn. more than 17,000 couples were survey. in the side says the average wedding bill was more than $28,000. the spending increase in almost every category for photographers and deejays to invitations. couples and man hadn't spent the most averaging nearly 77000 alaskans were the most frugal. >> if your thinking of a spring break get away from a whole family, time is running out to book flights and hotels there it is best if you're hoping to snag a deal. karin kayfuh has family friendly tips. >> family friendly resort of the bahamas, europe, and london still an off season. >> it is a popular season for cruises. with the recent drop of the trial dudoing will to discourage booking. >> it is one of the most popular vacation people are taking advantage of the deals they can find. >> in most parts of the country there's in detail in the winter weather. travelers should plan f

san francisco is at 48.nut creek and oakland is warmer at 49, and 47 in san jose, and palo alto at 43 and mill valley is 42 degrees. the port of oakland, from mount tamalpais this morning, you can see santa rosa is 43 and napa at 44, and along with los gatos and 48 in fairfield and hayward and livermore right now is at 46. here is how it looks in tahoe, no snow there. they set record highs wednesday and thursday. in tahoe it was 69 and then 68 and today will fall short. we will have extra sunshine so it will be eight degrees warmer in san francisco and two in oakland, and fremont the be at 68 which is four degrees cooler than yesterday. santa clara and milpitas are at 70 in the santa clara valley, and mid-70's for a lot of other foes like gilroy and morgan hill and los gatos and mid-to-upper 60's if the peninsula and menlo park at 71, and half moon bay at 59 and you head toward daly city, the same, mid-60's in downtown and south san francisco, and north bay beaches right around 60 degrees and more should cov

this will negatively impact our ability to practice law in san francisco, and people in san francisco ability to access the law, space is critical. in addition, to using the law library to access specific volumes, i and other members of my firm often visit to research topics by also studying other volumes in the same subject matter that are kept on the library shelves. there is not enough space for the library to display the full connection. this will be impossible as many volumes will be inaccessible. space is critical and allows it for be accessible for the public and allows for the users to have room to study the law and to interact with the staff or with other lawyers or even with clients. space is really critical. i urge you to reconsider, the amount of space devoted to the library. >> thank you very much. next speaker please? >> good morning, my name is mary stats and i am a law librarian in the financial district law firm,vy worked in law firms in the financial district for 36 years and i have needed the san francisco law library constantly. they often fill in the gaps that we

san mateo is 43. 47 in alameda.l have today a lot of sunshine, a few high clouds from time to time, and temperatures in the mid-60's to low 70's. low-to-mid 70's inland and low-to-mid 70's along the coast. enjoy your monday. >> back to the bay bridge, a live look, now, a couple of cars backed up paying their cash toll but, otherwise, traffic is flowing with no metering lights and a nice drive on the upper deck into san francisco. the head lits are snaking their way from downtown san jose north on 280 at the 17 overcrossing and you can see a headlight or two, with light conditions headed toward the sunnyvale area and cupertino, and from the central valley right now, also from antioch, first of all we have very slow traffic here bunched up from hillcrest to lone tree. kira klapper? eric? >> break news from the south bay. san jose police are on the scene of a murder that happened less than an hour ago. someone called 9-1-1 to report a man was shot and killed. this is the city's 9th homicide of the year. we have an abc7

paul henderson. >> san francisco treasurer, sisneros. >> san francisco port commissioner kimberly brandon. commissioners south east city, toya moses. >> oakland port commissioner, brian parker. director of workforce development office of economic workforce department rhonda simmons and president jack and jill of america incorporated san francisco chapter and former soul service commissioner karen clopten. thank you all so much. well, we are so thrilled that our most distinguished keynote speaker was able to work us into his schedule today. welly has a way again of folks to show up. you know? he attended the american conserve torrey theater in san francisco and went on to appear on the big screen and the big stage. give a big warm welcome for the great amazing delroy lindo. can everybody hear me? >> i have to say that after agreeing to be here this afternoon, a few or some short time after i was sent a schedule, and on the schedule, i saw that i had ten minutes from my keynote address. and then, some while later, they sent me another schedule and i had 15 minutes, and then, they sent me an

san francisco are we ready? are we rising? let's show the world that san francisco can be counted on. just think about it for a moment. one out of every three women will be sexually abused or assaulted in their lifetime. that has to stop. and we here in san francisco are going to show no tolerance for abuse against young girls and women. are we ready? are we rising? i have to take a moment to thank some people. first i want to thank my beautiful wife. who is just an incredible woman. she's the anchor in my life and someone that i appreciate so dearly. and i want to thank you very much for everything you do. and for your commitment to ending violence against women. i also want to thank mayor lee, because when he was approached with the idea of doing this. he immediately said yes. thank you, mayor lee. and thank you to the lee family. i want to thank the organizers who very early on came together and said, san francisco will stand out and be counted. and i want to thank our board of supervisors. i want to thank people on my staf

san francisco general is the only level 1 trauma center in san francisco and continues to be recognized as a premiere hospital for hiv/aids care in the united states. this is a hospital where ucsf doctors first began to treat aids patients in '86 even before we called it aids. it is clearly a critical force for our city and i think sometimes we all take san francisco general for granted and it is just an amazing and unique institution in our community, in part because of dr. carlysle and the wonderful physicians who staff it. in 2008, thank you to the voters, we passed a bond to rebuild san francisco general hospital with the makes her an outstanding 3honoree for women' history month has been her advocacy for women at ucsf and sf general. during her 23 years at ucsf she has been successful in advancing the mission and recruitment and upward mobility of women in the institution. i think as we all know, that none of us succeeds on our own. we succeed in part because the people above us who are helping to encourage us and pull us up. once women are appointed into these positions, dr. carly

thank you, san francisco rising. v-day is a welcome place and i spoke to the representative from congo. and i want to thank every person in the mayor's office and the d.a.'s department and every single agency that works on this issue every day. from the bottom of my heart, and eve sends her love as well. you have made this happen. on that note i would like to welcome mayor edwin lee. thank you. >> all right, how are y'all doing? well, anita and i came together to join vascone and the fabulous fablioa, isn't she fabulous. and david chu and all the board of supervisors are here, and the committee on the status of women. and the president and susan swan, give them a great hand for organizing v-day in san francisco. we support the one billion rising because it empowers the rise of women, girls and all the residents of san francisco to take a stand against violence in our home, in our city and throughout the world. and just think, if women were equally included in decision-making around the world, there would be no econom

san francisco. so please join me in welcome can mayor edwin, lee. . >> thank you crystal and may i give you your value tine. >>> thank you. >> mayor khan, made in san francisco ... all right, good morning everyone. okay. i'll try not to isn't that correcty. and i isn't that correct isn't that correct key. and [spelling?] and so i want to thank all of you for being in san francisco and webcore and others who have been such a great part of the success in this city and i want to thank my great friend mayor khan for coming over here and later on, later this year we are going to be traveling over the new span of the bay bridge and joining each other with governor brown as we celebrate in september with largest construction project in the history of the bay area and we talked about it last year when we were thinking about how to celebrate this bridge crossing and we made some cultural connections. and something about our ancestors helping to build the railroads here in the 1800 and is now two chinese amer

so we love san francisco. never leave your heart in san francisco. always come and find it here. [ applause ] . >> okay. and also as part of my job being responsible for many trees and i can tell you that this has become one of the harder parts of my job and we have gone out and tried to get people more involved and between the right of way there are about a thousand trees and from the parks about other 120,000 trees. we are working very hard to make sure we preserve that asset. many of our trees have aged and we need to start a process of reforestation and it involves good planning. i will ask the veteran of the department who has the policy group to advise us on what we should do as the city. melanie. >> thank you. good afternoon, everyone. it is an honor to be here on behalf of the department with all of to you celebrate arbor day. this is a department of the environment, one of our favorite days. what we support is the climate program. we look at what is our carbon inventory and where is our carbon emission come from. we know it comes from the en

san francisco chronicle and san francisco gate.com and san francisco mag magazine and beach pointed babylon and thank you to awful you who support the foundation, the general and this event we look forward to seeing many of you this evening at hearts after dark. ladies and gentlemen ...

san mateo bridge, dunbarton and bay bridge as well as richmond and san rafel. we have the back up forming at the bay bridge toll plaza. the metering lights should be i on any minute. >> now up to speed on another series. several high profile cases throughout the bay area. >> starting in san francisco where a judge will decide if there is evidence to send them to trial for manslaughter. they struck a 71-year-old pedestrian at castro and market streets last march. the man died later at the hospital. prosecutors say he ran several stop signs before running into him. prosecutors say he didn't appear to brake before the collision. >> a hearing is set today for a e san francisco couple accused of killing a los angeles-area man who was pimping out their teenagered daughter. they are accused of plotting with two other people in the shooting death of oh calvin sneed in san francisco's bay view district back in june of last year. investigators believe barry guiltenpulled the trigger. >> opening statements in the trial of a man accused of killing a prospective google empl

that is san francisco. we will talk about what will happen today, we will be three degrees warmer, concord, fremont, san francisco, santa rosa, temperatures are from 68 in san francisco to 78 in concord. in san jose we will hit 75. oakland will hit 74. here is what is going on across the state: it is quiet. you need sunglasses and sunscreen. tahoe is 68 degrees today and 78 in yosemite. low-to-mid 80's through the central valley down to los angeles and 94 in palm springs. wrap your head around that. today is only march 13. >> unseason blow warm -- unseasonably warm. >> on the eastern portion of the toll plaza and in san francisco it is clear. it is patchy fog around the bay. in san jose, southbound 85 between 237 and 280 we have road work. we are still tracking the fatal accident in the marin sonoma border. c.h.p. is investigating. they have given us no time. the right lane is blocked near san antonio road. >> green day is back on the road and ready for the delayed world tour now that the front man is out r

and 50 with visibility decreasing around san carlos and san jose is cloudy at 54 and a lot of fog atalf moon bay with fog along the central coast around santa cruz. mid-to-upper 40's with dense fog from napa to santa rosa and the delta at mid-40's with 55 in los gatos. the forecast today will have a lot of blue sky, big switch up from this morning and much of the work week with the coastal fog lifting and the fog evaporating bringer warmer and sunny conditions today and showers are headed our way tomorrow with clouds and it looks like not a total wash out but much different than we will have this afternoon. here are the visibilities from nothing at half moon bay and ocean beach to san mateo coast, and san carlos down to quarter-mile visibility and little bit of fog around mountain view and half mile visibility from napa and three quarters of a mile in santa rosa. with the clear sky early the fog shows numbers of four to six degrees cooler than yesterday with the subtropical system. we have a southern flow with sunshine we are warming up today and here is the next system, offshore, an

once again the san francisco way to meet the challenges. now as you all know my focus this year has been helping you businesses create jobs. you may see the signs of economic i recovery all around us but at the heart is jobs. nothing in our lives strengthens our families like the dignity have a job or getting a paycheck. and in the non-public session terrors in just one year wife turn our city plans into action for our city. san franciscans are getting more it's not to work in this city. we have truly become the ending - innovation of the world. we have formed strong partnerships to give back to our city like code for america. and because of the choice we made together we have renewed confidence like rb and b to stay and grow in your city where we've even attracted others companies to pull up stakes and move to the - our area of san francisco. we found that for every job created in the tech center more additional jobs are created outside in the other areas. we're a board based foundation for our city to extend the recovery to all our reside

. >> the fans equal a win for san jose's economy. monte francis live in san jose where you spoke to downtown businesses with more on the economic impact. good morning, monte. >> marla, good morning. in 2010, this tournament generated about $20 million for san jose's economy. expectations this time around are just as high. as you said, college basketball fans from across the country flying into san jose for the tournament. hotels, bars, restaurants in downtown san jose are hoping to recover some of the money they lost with nhl lockout this past season. we're told right now many hotels in san jose are fully booked. when it comes to ncaa's impact on the local economy, there is a trickle down effect. the ceo of the san jose silicon valley chamber of commerce says when the hotels are booked, that translates to more revenue for restaurants, bars, and cafes. >> the expectations are always high. obviously the economic impact can vary. i think the numbers we heard from 2010 were about $20 million in economic impact. so whenever you can bring

san francisco and san but flow and palo alto, all at 48 and san mateo at 49 and redwood city is the warm at 51 and the east bay we can see the east bay freeway as we look at emeryville and temperature is 49 in oakland and richmond and 51 in pleasanton and walnut creek at 52 and antioch is the warm spot at 54 and in the south bay we have 49 at cupertino and milpitas at 45 and gilroy is 46 and 50 in morgan hill and mountain view at 53 degrees and walnut creek this morning, temperature here running in the upper 40's to low 50's and most of the north bay is running in the mid-to-upper 40's et cetera from santa rosa, napolitano, all around 46 to 49. you know what it feels like this morning but this afternoon we have thicker clouds and warm temperatures. cloudy and mild this weekend and rain is looking likely next week. notice the cloud cover this morning. is an hour quicker to evaporate with pockets of sunshine at the coast and 50's and 60's around the bay and 70's inland and we will have temperatures above average today and tomorrow and saturday and sunday and monday away from the coast. tue

and san jose.me overnight and the wind advisory was faster and the fastest rain is santa rosa and novato at 12 miles per hour and in the central valley at 16 miles per hour. the breezes come back today and mid-50's to low 60's and mid-to-upper 60's around the bay shore and upper 60's to low 70's inland. kristen and eric? >> march madness is still very much alive in berkeley, cal upset unlb at the tapping, and cal scored 19 points and ran nine boards by allen, and the bears defense held the rebels without a basket for 11 minutes in the second half and cal stunned unlb, 64 to 61 and now they take on fourth seeded orangemen at h.p. pavilion. st. mary's lost to memphis and they come home from auburn hills. we have an update on road conditions from san jose to sausalito. >> a look at the big board and the dow is in positive territory up 43 points and we go live do jane king at the new york stock exchange. >> but, first, the international beauty queen coming >> benicia, san ramon, san mateo, and all the

money to downtown san jose. ">>>downtown san jose is experiencing more colors than just teal and black. we're ready for something else other than the sharks.. go sharks i mean don't doubt me i'm just saying bring something else here we're ready march madness is in san jose for the third time since 2006.. fans from around the country came to cheer on their favorite teams.. we're here to support the ducks..!! fans walked downtown to nearby restaurants in between games to grab a few rounds of drinks as well as attempting to satisfy their hunger i came here to get chocolate wasted in between the games.. we want to drink a little bit and then we're going to go back.. cuz they don't serve any alcohol there so we have been drinking soda all day and i'm all jacked up off of mountain dew.. so i would like an adult beverage.. we walked by and it was packed we wanted to get something to eat but we didn't know if they had stuff to eat here and it was a little bit to packed so on the way back we wanted to get a few shots and

shop in downtown san jose. fraga earns 9.25 now and will be getting 10 dollars with the minimum wage increase. but she worries about the effect on her employer. sot: (amanda fraga, marketing junior) "i think it hurts a lot of people, especially in san jose, you know that have a lot of mom and pop shops" fraga says she fears that "circle a" will struggle with the increase. so the owner of the skate shop says since most of his customers are students "circle a" cannot afford to raise prices. surrounding businesses like rosie's posies flower shop and camera cinema twelve say that students are their target audience. but the co-founder of camera cinemas, dennis skaggs says: skaggs didn't talk to us on camera but wrote in an article "... the actual minimum wage increases to a small business owner are huge." still some students at san jose state university are excited about the minimum wage increase. sot: "... "i think its like a good effort, you know... for like the city to try to improve living wages"" the minimum wa

san francisco is truly a melting pot. we want to celebrate our lunar new year and hope for a prosperous new year. and my new role as assessor, we hope that is true. rather than dragging out this presentation. i want to bring up to speak a number of people who you all know, who you all love. and of course who have many things to share with us. san francisco is very fortunate and lucky to have with us our first asian-american, first chinese mayor, mayor ed lee. please welcome him. [applause] >> thank you, supervisor. happy new year everybody. now i want to explain before the news media talks about it. there is an obvious explanation for why the women are sitting on one side. and the men are sitting on the other. because if you have heard councilor general gao in his speeches around the year of the serpent. you often know he has explained this is the year of mini-dragon. we will do some things, maybe not as bold as the dragon. we will continue to do smart things that represent what the serpent does, and keep all of our promi

and san jose. 68 and 70. it will be 66 today in san francisco and four degrees warmer-than-average. it will be extend in oakland. livermore will be 74. the sun will set at about 7:17. we have low-to-mid 70's for most of the valley, and sunnyvale and cupertino are at 69 and santa cruz is at 72 degrees. mid-to-upper 60's if most of the peninsula and the exception is men low pack at 71. clouds are more stubborn along the coast with temperatures in the upper 50's and low 60's. 67 in sausalito. a few clouds in the north bay beach and near 60 but 10 or 15 degrees warmer in the valley with 74 in santa rosa and napa. we will have 70 today in hercules and richmond and oakland, the warm spots and everyone else is in the upper 60's and 69 in san ramon and the neighbor to the north and walnut creek is 72 and the south, pleasanton at 73 degrees. tonight, a few clouds along the coast spilling into the bay but a pretty clear morning with mid-to-upper 40's inland and upper 40's to low 50's at the bay and to the co