may we take the same house, san call? very good. next item. >> award a consultant contract to kimley-horn and associates in an amount not to exceed $250,000 before program management and technical support of the van ness and brt program with an option to extend for two additional years. supervisor mirkarimi: discussion? public comment? seeing none, public, disclosed it is in house, col. next item. >> three. robbers would surge of the citizens advisory committee for a two-year term. this is an action item. -- reappoint robert salatin. discussion? >> public comment? take this without objection. some lived. next item. >> item a, appropriate up to $126,827 for the 19th avenue transit corridor investment study, subject to the attached fiscal year cash flow distribution schedule, and in the transportation/land use coronation five-year prioritization program. action item. supervisor mirkarimi: discussion? public comment? and seeing none. take this without objection but also moved. clark, please read item number nine. we will skip this. the

behind you is the official entry of san francisco, and it is called uncle john's tree. it is a monterey cypress that is 131 years old. it is over 100 feet tall. it has over 700 lights. it took 8 rec and park tree toppers to light this up. let's give a big round of applause honoring john mclaren, who would be 160 today. 82 years later, our staff has continued the tradition, and i want to thank all of the park staff, recreation staff, tree toppers, electricians, structural maintenance crew. everyone had a plan in -- hand in planning this tonight. i want to make sure that everyone is applauded for the great job that they had done. [applause] i also want to thank the city family who is here tonight. mayor ed lee. we will hear from him in a second. members of the board of supervisors, including supervisor farrell, supervisor elsbernd, supervisor wiener, i think supervisor mar is trying to park. supervisor mirkarimi is supposed to be here. i want to thank our fire chief joanne hayes white for being here today. i want to thank our police chief. our treasurer, jose cisneros our

san francisco. you are standing on what was called the clark. point pier, it was the beginning of the barbary coast. teatro zinzanni is proud to carry on the prague tradition of music in this city for many years to come. -- the proud tradition of music in the city for many years to come. there's a special order we have. it is the order of zinzanni. >> i am going to pin that on. do not bend down too quickly. [laughter] [applause] >> thank you. congratulations to everybody. >> i guess that is it. [laughter] it is the beginning of a new day. we look forward to being here. we look forward to the mayor joining us. >>e

safehouse-cent call. >> item 12, ever the 2011 san francisco congestion management program. this is an action item. supervisor mirkarimi: discussion? public comment? public comment is closed. same house-7 col. >> item 13, introduction of new items, information item. supervisor mirkarimi: introduction of new items. public comment? public comment is closed. next item. >> item 14, public comment. supervisor mirkarimi: public comment on public comment. ca none, public comment is [closedislaughs] only the bench is laughing. the redundancy speaks for itself. all right, public comment is closed. next item -- >> mr. chair, if i may, i do not know this is the right time or place to do this, but i wanted to take this opportunity to thank you for your service as chair of the transportation of authority, and i appreciate the work that you and your staff have done. i see that there have been many accomplishments. i want to wish you the best in your future endeavors and look forward to continuing to work with you. thank you. supervisor mirkarimi: very sweet of you, and thank you. wearing

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police surrounded this neighborhood in south san jose easy street el cajon drive, and they had a suspect carjacking suspect from milpitas. milpitas police called san jose pd said they were in pursuit they needed help. san jose police came on to the scene they had k-9 units doing a house-to-house search, in search of jared brown who they believe had a handgun. he was hiding somewhere in this area. just a few moments ago, he sped off in a car. he broke the perimeter and took off. that is where we are right now. milpitas police told me the carjacking suspect they couldn't tell me when this carjacking initially occurred. they did spot the suspect in milpitas 8:30 this morning that is when they went in pursuit and san jose police came. what we have is a perimeter in this neighborhood with a lot of officers, k-9 units still here. right now, the search is active on monterey road in pursuit of the this suspect brown. we will have more in our later newscast. karina rusk, abc7 news. >>> san francisco's mayor is joining the chorus of calls for investigation into the power outages last night during the nationally televised football game between the 49ers

police surrounded this neighborhood in south san jose easy street el cajon drive, and they had a suspect carjacking suspect from milpitas. milpitas police called san jose pd said they were in pursuit they needed help. san jose police came on to the scene they had k-9 units doing a house-to-house search, in search of jared brown who they believe had a handgun. he was hiding somewhere in this area. just a few moments ago, he sped off in a car. he broke the perimeter and took off. that is where we are right now. milpitas police told me the carjacking suspect they couldn't tell me when this carjacking initially occurred. they did spot the suspect in milpitas 8:30 this morning that is when they went in pursuit and san jose police came. what we have is a perimeter in this neighborhood with a lot of officers, k-9 units still here. right now, the search is active on monterey road in pursuit of the this suspect brown. we will have more in our later newscast. karina rusk, abc7 news. >>> san francisco's mayor is joining the chorus of calls for investigation into the power outages last night during the nationally televised football game between the 49ers

jcpenney. >>> an historic san francisco apartment building goes up in flames and tonight questions remain about how it started. as we told you earlier in the newscast the fire chief callsis one of the worse fires san francisco has seen in years. our team coverage continues now in the city, ktvu's david stevenson is live with what firefighters are doing right now. david. >> reporter: maureen, behind me you can see the police car still guarding the fire sight. firefighters have received their presence as it's gotten darker. but make no mistake, this fire brought out a huge turn out of firefighters today and it's still not over. this is what firefighters were up against at about noon today. a five alarm fire that brought out 150 firefighters. half of the cities force. it began at the rear of a three story, three unit victorian. shocked neighbors watched as the flames scorched the buildings and sent smoke billowing into the sky. >> when we got here they told us that there was nothing they could do and that it looked like they were just going to have to sort of sit here and wait for it to burn to the ground. >> my understanding at this time is preliminarily that it started

>>catherine: a recent spike of officers calling in sick to the san jose police department. a huge jump in officer's sick calls compared to recent years, this after the department laid off officers in june for the first time. as terisa estacio reports, the president of the police union says that layoffs are one of several problems that might explain a spike in sick calls. >> with fewer police officers out working longer hours, the san jose police union president says that officers are stressed out and calling in sick more often. he adds that the high number of sick time being used this year may also be because of low wore out. >> at any time tomorrow is down, people are ages to be at work. as well as possible pension reform. >> for 20 years we have been promised that those six hours could be cashed in when we retire. the current leadership is saying they do not want to do that anymore. >> when people are sick, they should use their sick leave. if people are sick, i have no problem with them taking their sick leave. if we do not know if people are using it for other purposes.

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san francisco fire departmeo up nt this time of >>> the holidays should be a happy time of year, but calls to the san francisco fire department go up as much as 30% this time of year. dr. kim mulvihill has an important reminder about staying safe. >> reporter: on the steps of saint francis memorial hospital -- >> over 400 people will die this holiday season due to fire- related injuries. >> reporter: -- a striking demonstration. within seconds a dry christmas tree goes up in flames. the location is fitting. saint francis is home to the burn center, the only nationally verified burn unit in the bay area. >> you see patients who are really, really critically ill. >> reporter: surgeon and burn specialist dr. richard grossman says the critical care is extremely challenging. >> many of them suffer not just the skin injuries of the burn per se but lung injuries and at some point what tend to be fairly long hospitalizations, often times experience failure in many organ systems at once. >> reporter: just last thursday, there was a residential fire on 24th and bartlett in the mission district. >> w

ingredients for life. . >>> more san jose police officers are calling in sick than ever before, and that'sforce that's already stretched thin. nbc bay area's marianne favro joins from us san jose police department with the closer will be at why the department is getting so many of these sick calls. good evening. >> reporter: good evening, raj. well, one day this fall 15 officers called in sick, and that forced a lot of tired officers to work extra hours. now, sure, many of those officers may have been sick, but the police officers association says money and lower morale may also have played a role. more san jose police officers are calling in sick than five years ago when the force was much larger. cyclicals in 2011 are up 40% from a year before. >> there were days when we were really light. one day i think we had 15 people call in sick out of 100. 15% is pretty high, and, unfortunately, on a couple of those days in october, remember, we had a double shooting by san jose state and an officer-involved shooting, one of the days we were very, very short. >> but the chief says officers still k

en san francisco continúa la movilización de indignados, beatriz ferrari con los detalles. . >>> así es, buenas tardes, la marcha por callesnanciero aquí en san francisco lo seguían decenas de oficiales de policía, las visitas incluyeron numerosos bancos. el en una concurrida marcha al movimiento de los índiindignado san francisco se les unieron 4 organizaciones comunitarias dedicada a los derechos soy socialo. >>> el mensaje que queremos que san francisco pare de desalojar a inquilinos con fines de lucro, creemos que los bancos desalojan a propietarios de vivienda para hacer una ganancia de es sus casas. >>> participo porque estoy siendo víctima del desalojo. >>> olga nos decía que vive en un cuarto alquilado. >>> cuanta gente vive aquí. >>> 4 niños, mi esposo y yo. >>> en un sólo cuarto. >>> hace 2 años ya que vivo ahí. . >>> durante la jornada antes de la marcha se habían desarrollado eventos en diferentes lugares de la ciudad, con el plan de recorrer las calles visitando sedes bancarias. >>> apoyo ya que soy parte del 99%. >>> durante una parte del recorrido decidieron sentarse al frente de un banco. >>> se vivieron mo

san francisco, low 50s to the north in santa rosa. frost developing tonight. winter arrives tomorrow night. the extended forecast calls for no rain, no snow through christmas. so let's take a look at it as far as our stats are concerned. san francisco's 47% of normal as far as precipitation is concerned. santa rosa trailing off to 42%. last year at this time, 123%. high pressure pretty much firmly in place. it's contributing to the hazy sunshine, the stagnant air thus the "spare the air" day. and also that real dry air mass in place upper 20s overnight tonight in santa rosa to the mid-30s across the santa clara valley. 30s, 40s, common across the central bay. tomorrow 59 in bodega bay. 50s in fremont. extended forecast nothing but sunshine. a wayward cloud drifts in on friday. there you have the chance of rain finally returning to the bay area and a threat of snow in the high sierra on tuesday. but as far as christmas is concerned, getting a new bike for christmas? go ahead, take it outdoors. lots of clear skies. numbers in the 50s and into the 60s. so there is some hope out there. i still believe that we're going to

. >> it appears san jose police may be suffering from a severe case of the so-called blue flu. analysis done by the mercury news finds san jose police are calling in sick in record numbers this year. some worry it could jeopardize the safety of the city. six calls are up 40% from last year as the city sees highest homicide rate in 14 years and lowest staffing level in two decades. some say the sick calls are a response to recent cuts. the chief says the increase in sick calls has him rethinking staffing and investigating officers who call in sick a lot. >>> more than 1700 workers walked off this morning at a candy factory in the east bay. employees say american licorice company in union city is offering an unjust contract. they make red vine products. wages, schedules and health care. >> most of my co-workers are -- they have families and all that and that's the ones that are going to be hurting. >> the corporate office was asked about a -- asked pore a comment the company has not responded. >>> -- morgan city police asking for help finding an armed robber. he's wearing a black

. >> women opened a club in san francisco. it was called the votes for women club.f she could get the shopkeepers to have lunch, she could get them to be heard literature. the lunch room was a tremendous success. >> it was the way that people thought about women willing to fight for a successful campaign. what happened was, the social transformation increase the boundary of what was possible, out word. >> there were parades and rallies, door to door candidacies, reaching every voter in the state. >> the eyes of the nation were on california in 1911, when we all voted. it was the sixth and largest state in the nation to approve this. one decade later, we have full voting rights in the united states. helping newly enfranchised women, a new political movement was founded. >> starting in the 1920's, it was a movement created by the suffragettes moving forward to getting the right to vote. all of the suffragettes were interested in educating the new voters. >> non-partisan, not endorsing candidates >> -- endorsing candidates, getting the right to vote and one they have t

[applause] i have seen african americans, the numbers, a decrease in san francisco. we call it gentrification. if you build something and you don't give us the opportunity to upgrade our economic standards -- i don't think it should be about hunters point. it is a part of san francisco. whatever opportunity anybody gets in san francisco, the residence of hunter's point deserves the same opportunity and that is not happening. [applause] if you wish for it to happen, you have got to be in touch with us. we are hunters point. any so-called representative that stands ouup doesn't necessarily mean they are representatives. those of us from hunters point recognize one another. miss espinola jackson. i grew up with her children. mr. robertson. all of our families grew up together. when they close the shipyard down, they became [unintelligible] in this neighborhood, financially, it sunk to where it is today. we have not had the opportunity for genuine employment. we have people out of work. what ever is going to take for the peoples to still live in the region for the people to stil

there will be slowing from san call as the head down towards berkeley. speeds will drop down to below 20 mi. per hour. because of that, the total drive time is less than a normal day. it is only 22-23 minutes. before this occurred it was about 17 minutes. it will cost you an extra five minutes. the accident has been cleared. it is possible we could see this improved. but that is really the only slow traffic to be found. hoffman here is a look at the bay bridge. the westbound commute looks great. your ride on the senate tail bridge is easy and delay free in both directions. there are no problems or delays northbound or southbound. who >>darya: in the news around the bay, a former contra costa county sheriff's deputy has pleaded not guilty to federal charges that alleged he was an bolt in the scheme were men were arrested on suspicion of drunk driving to help their ex wives in a pending divorce cases. stephen tanabe entered his plea yesterday after being indicted on four felony counts including extortion and aiding and abetting. authorities say that he and

thanks, gil. >>> san jose mayor chuck reed has called off next week's city council vote on whether to declare a fiscal emergency. now, the reason, new projections for the cost of employee pensions in san jose. the revised numbers could cut the city's $80 million deficit by more than half next year. great news. mayor reed told the "mercury news" this could prevent closure of libraries and other facilities in the city. >>> the alleged killer of michelle le made an appearance. esteban gave birth in custody. >>> downtown oakland will see 300 new jobs at the historic tribune tower. the "oakland tribune" reports that call socket an international call center company paid $8 million for it. the company plans on using nearly half of the 83,000- square-foot landmark for work. >>> coming up, ticketmaster is ordered to pay customers back for 12 years of deceptive pricing. find out if you're eligible next. >> what has this bear bowling over? it's hot on the web and cute, too. we'll share it with you when we come back. >>> some winds still kicking up around the bay area. what about that weekend? pr

san francisco. you are standing on what was called the clark.nt pier, it was the beginning of the barbary coast. teatro zinzanni is proud to carry on the prague tradition of music in this city for many years to come. -- the proud tradition of music in the city for many years to come. there's a special order we have. it is the order of zinzanni. >> i am going to pin that on. do not bend down too quickly. [laughter] [applause] >> thank you. congratulations to everybody. >> i guess that is it. [laughter] it is the beginning of a new day. we look forward to being here. we look forward to the mayor joining us. >> use gary bauer's transit and come to teatro. [applause] thank you. >> 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

. >> it appears san jose police may be suffering from a severe case of the so-called blue flu. analysis done by the mercury news finds san jose police are calling in sick in record numbers this year. some worry it could jeopardize the safety of the city. six calls are up 40% from last year as the city sees highest homicide rate in 14 years and lowest staffing level in two decades. some say the sick calls are a response to recent cuts. the chief says the increase in sick calls has him rethinking staffing and investigating officers who call in sick a lot. >>> more than 1700 workers walked off this morning at a candy factory in the east bay. employees say american licorice company in union city is offering an unjust contract. they make red vine products. wages, schedules and health care. >> most of my co-workers are -- they have families and all that and that's the ones that are going to be hurting. >> the corporate office was asked about a -- asked pore a comment the company has not responded. >>> -- morgan city police asking for help finding an armed robber. he's wearing a black

the suspect was ca >>> police in san francisco are looking for a man believed responsible for raping two women in the mission district. suspect was call on surveillance video. police describe him mid-30s, between 5'9 and 6' tall wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and dark pants. police will hold a community meeting tonight at 7:00. >>> two former san francisco health inspectors face charges of corruption and bribery. the d.a. says the two men did not put restaurant employees through safety exams. instead, they sold them certifications. investigators say the inspectors pocketed a couple of thousand dollars a month between 2007 and 2008. >> we want to send a clear message to both people at work or our government that they are held to high standards and if they violate a standard of trust that they will be -- there will be consequences. >> the d.a. is not prosecuting the restaurant employees involved. they were all retested. the inspectors face more than 8 years in prison and $10,000 in fines. >>> the chancellor of uc-davis said today she did not order campus police to use pepper spray or force on students during a protest. the incident h

find it and when we find it, we will win. >> mcdonald's appears to have found away around san francisco's so-called happy meal law. the ordinance takes effect tomorrow and makes it illegal for fast food restaurants or i've toyed with kids meals that don't keep the interest of guidelines. so the mcdonald's restaurant and the city planned to ask parents if they would like to add weight to the meal for $0.10. >> they are complying with our circumstance the law which would improve the health of their meals for children. >> that tends in charge look at the ronald mcdonald house which goes towards helping sick children and their families. >> we know about our credit scores but there are other numbers out there that will help you apart when trying to find the job. >>> it's called the court's doors? >> is hard. go to college and you inspect graduate and get the dream job you are waiting for and it just is not like that in the field. >> naked is one of the millions of californians looking for job. she has all the basic greetings for this. >> you have to put the pedal to metal and push yourself and find inte

>>pam: the mayor of san francisco calling the power outage at candlestick a national embarrassment. now, pg&e is being hounded to calls--a figure out what caused the power outage during the only nationally televised 49ers game this season. terisa estacio spoke with pg&e about the latest. >>terisa: 49ers game at candlestick park. on tuesday, pg&e was on the defensive exploiting the first to power outages. wire separate it from itself. for some reason, that slice field. when a wire comes down, this circuit will stop service. in this case, candlestick is the only facility that power was interrupted to. >> there does not appear to be any faults in either of the circuits. >>pam: 6 francisco mayor ed lee was at candlestick park when the lights went out. >> obviously we experience a national embarrassment. we were on the phones as early as last evening during the game and after the game. we wanted to make sure that this does not happen again. we expect another playoff game and early january so we will go through if some immediate protocols for the public utilities commission and our staff

gentlemen who was giving some sort of a presentation that we must all remember that this area we call san francisco belongs to the first people. and in case