love and care for your old san francisco belling. this is a topic of interest to us who care about our city and the way it looks. it's the reason we came here was the image of the city. we have wonderful guests chris who does architectural restoration contracts around the city and my good buddy tools. and james, they do a lot of high epd construction and restoration work. we will talk about the various issues that effect preservation holder buildings and what you can do to make renovation work friendly. it fits into the quality and character of the original work in san francisco. i thought we might start about talking about what are our goals when we try to pay attention to older buildings in san francisco. we can generally discuss it. there are issueses weing talk about. one focuses on sustainability of resources and green building. reusing older materials allows us not to fill the waste stream up with old valuable materials and news older materials that have a life cycle cost that's higher than the repair of the old materials. and

should be all of our concern to make sure that is unforced if that is really what we want for san francisco. [bell] bacon. >> thank you. is there any other public comment? seeing none, commissioners, the matter is submitted. >> i will start this time. i do not have before me any new evidence to warrant a rehearing. for that reason, i would vote in the same way as the last matter. >> i would concur. >> i am somewhat moved by tobacco cases but for different reasons than were presented by the woman who spoke in public testimony. public comment. i do not think that we, we being the city of san francisco, have a good idea of what the ultimate financial effect is on a business when we impose these penalties. there is no opportunity for monetary fund. -- a monetary fund. at issue here, i would hate to think of myself as being an advocate for reduced sentences when these cases come before us, what is left out in the public testimony is the fact that there is no denying that tobacco is sold to a minor. so if we were to treat that as a plural instead of a singular, is that a reason to overturn? is that the

the funding for the live program and groups that support the needs of sand from cisco -- san francisco -- [bell rings] thank you. >> i am also co-infected. best of my knowledge, i contracted hiv by sharing needles with somebody back in 1976. immediately afterwards, i got hepatitis b and a very bad case of siriasis, which look like german measles all over my body, which has caused me problems throughout my life. while i was still in college, i developed a very high fever in december, after the hepatitis b. it went up to 105, and i was put in the school infirmary for the night, and the next day, i was fine. i remember on june 6, 1981, when i first read about the cluster of gay men who were getting strange cancer and pneumonia, that death for me was imminent. life in the 1980's in san francisco -- we were the maelstrom of the epidemic. it was horrible, more than you would believe. but the life program kept me from isolating, which i had for so many years, and my main emphasis now is on living rather than focusing on dying. thank you for listening to me. supervisor mirkarimi: thank you. next speake

love and care for your old san francisco belling.his is a topic of interest to us who care about our city and the way it looks. it's the reason we came here was the image of the city.

we are a little-known agency in the city of san francisco with police powers. [bell rings] thank you very much. supervisor chu: thank you. >> i have been 25 years with the san francisco institutional please. i am currently assigned to laguna honda hospital. i did 20 years with my initial experience at san francisco general. i was also employed a various mental health clinics. one of the recent things i wanted to discuss was barbara garcia and on the dph website, she says as she stated to the staff that there would be a specialized security force to replace the i.p. she made the point that they were going to be unique and different. i do not know how they can be more unique or different than the institutional police. private security will not provide the same type of experience. the company had believe she is referring to, they work at highland hospital right now. the only specialty they have is they probably work at more hospitals, but that does not necessarily mean they have more experience. bair just -- they are just fortunate. in santa clara valley medical center,

san francisco native. i'd like to welcome you to the annual cable car bell ringing contest. i would like to introduce mr. ford. >> welcome to the 47th annual cable car bell ringing competition. this is one of a kind. this is a comptation -- competition for the world championship and thank you for coming. i also have to thank our cable car grip men and conductors. every day they help move people around our city, they're great ambassadors and do a great job entertaining visitors to our fine city. we have two members from the mta board, bruce oka and malcolm hideke here today. i'd like to thank our judges. we have judges representing a lot of president businesses here in the union square area. with that, to all the mta employees and fine citizens of san francisco, thank you for joining us today and thank you for your support. >> matt ford, ladies and gentlemen. the bell ringing competition is a two-part event today. we have professionals competing for a number of prizes in the coveted title of world champion bell ringer. for the amateur portion we have executives from some of our local media outlets competi

he was a hippy who called himself's the people's paramedic. [ bell ringing ] >> san francisco's largestirefighter funeral in 60 years brought out dignitaries, governor jerry brown and house democratic leader, nancy pelosi. uniformed firefighters came from all over the country and canada. >> we never met them, but they are brothers, so we feel like we know them. >> after the afternoon long funeral mass, a procession of fire trucks accompanied the family to a private burial at holy cross cemetery in colma. traffic stacked up at the portion of i-280 south was closed for that final ride. many of the mourners were firefighters, also a number of hospital workers who came in their scrubs. speakers thanked them for trying to save the two men's lives. quite a tribute today. >> they did everything they could to save them. people at san francisco general did outstanding work. it was a great sendoff for them. >> absolutely. the highest honors from the city. >> sharon, thank you for that. >>> a lot goes into planning a funeral of this magnitude, including solving a number of challenges. firefighters

for example, the san francisco opera ring cycle is now in 21 countries, 46 states. [bell rings] supervisor chu: thank you. >> good morning. my name is genet. i was born and raised in san francisco, and i am an arts administrator living in the city. i was exposed to the arts through the arts program. groups of musicians came to our school throughout the year and made me aware of the different kinds of music available in our city. the program also provided the opportunity to attend a private concert by the san francisco symphony. all of my friends and neighbors also received the same educational experience through this program. as i became more interested in music, i took lessons and became a trained musician. the entire arts community had a profound impact on my current career path. aim provides comprehensive musical experiences for every child grades one through five in every public school in the district, as well as some independent and parochial schools. 25,000 children from every neighborhood in the city. these programs provide for arts organizations and ensure san fra

and anna alvarez, the chair of the san francisco department of recreation and parks, karen kidwell at the san francisco parks, casey allen at s.f. landscapes. victoria bell, the neighborhood parks council, john bella at rebar, that's a big committee, the unified school district's schoolyard alliance, jeffrey boettcher at gardens initiative, peter at nature in the city and dan flanagan at doug wildman at friends of the urban forest. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, two more to go. economic prosperity and environmental -- [applause] >> hello, mayor lee, thank you for being here very much. i'm with the center on race poverty and the environment. today i am representing the economic pros period of time jobs and environmental justice -- prosperity jobs and environmental justice program. the city and county of san francisco recognizes that poor neighborhoods have been burdened by the pollution generated by the fossil fuel-dependent economy and continues to suffer from high unemployment rates. as such, the san francisco department of the environment climate program recently convened two meetings of the economic prosperity jobs and environmental justice panel

san francisco cable cars are back up and running. david stevenson has the story. it's nice to hear that bell ringing again. >> reporter: san francisco's california street cable car line officially reopened this morning after a six month long shut down and a $36,000 over haul of the entire cable car system. >> when you have an old infrastructure, things go slower. that was the main trouble. the cable is set to go 9.5 miles per hour. >> reporter: public utilities crews worked in tandem to replace sewer lines and install curve lines. they hope that their effort will approve a bond this fall. >> whenever we do these roads we will collaborate and make sure all the other infrastructure departments pay attention to their infrastructure at the same time. >> reporter: over 5,000 riders hop on board the california line each day. most are locals though travel officials say it plays a critical part in the tourist economy. >> roughly 25% of folks around the world say the cable cars are a key reason they come to san francisco. tourists and daily commuters both welcomed back the colorful cars. >> we got a

the next one is destined it's a classic structure in san francisco and the coke bottle at pac bell and pat you were involved with that and the responsible party? >> i am the responsible party for this thing, yes. i spent three months designe designing it's made out of hundred thousand pounds of alaskan cedar. and finally we're going to get a nam plague with our nan it and it can hold 100,000-gallons of coke and they were curious how much you could put in there and all made of alaskan cedar and fabricated in petaluma and one of the amazing things is every time one hits a home run the tv camera pans over and subliminally "home run coke" the best advertisement i have seen. >> and this is another building and two identical side by side. >> designed by the u.s. m marine corp. >> and this was base isolated in the year 2000 and that means they basically cut the building off underneath and put in these big separators with a rubber plate that allows the building to slide back and fourth so the building is intended to function after a earthquake and high level of functioning. >> it's a server bu

san francisco. that was the final bell which rang out at the ends of today's funeral mass for the two men. perez and valerio died last week when they were caught in a flash over while they were fighting a fire. st.mary's cathedral was filled to capacity as family, friends, and even strangers came to say goodbye. the mile long motorcade with thousands of firefighters is making the trip as well through parts of san francisco and interstate 280. the two men are being laid to rest during a private burial service at holy cross cemetery in culma. >>> there were so many powerful and emotional moments before, during and after the ceremony today. we begin with mike mibach who attended those services and is now outside of st. mary's cathedral. >> it was a very powerful funeral service that was filled with a lot of emotional moments, including the words of vince perez's alex. he told about when he heard the news that of his brothers death. he talked about how he had hoped he had been in that house with his brother. outside st. mary's cathedral, a wall of blue awaited their arrival. an honor guard wit

the ip business congress rang in the closing bell in san francisco video satellite today. stocks moved higher. the dow was up 110 points. the nasdaq almost 58 points. >>> nearly three dozen fraternity members will not be returning home today. we'll tell you what firefighters say helped save their prized possessions. ♪ let's go out to the dmv ♪ it's ok that we're number four hundred and three ♪ ♪ we'll find ourselves a comfy seat ♪ ♪ and watch some shows and stuff ♪ ♪ ♪ let's follow that lady with the laptop ♪ [ male announcer ] now you can watch hit tv shows on your laptop with u-verse online and on your smartphone with u-verse mobile, included with most plans. or get u-verse tv for as low as $29 a month for 6 months. in the network you can take entertainment with you. óf@ >>> some members of the kappa state fraternity house woke up to screams of get out. moments later massive flames were ripping through the fraternity. maureen naylor joins us live at the fraternity located just off of campus. >> reporter: we want to show you the damage first from the ground. tonight the w

[bell rings] and of course, i am here to also supports the restoration of cuts to the san francisco homeless outreach team. you've heard all the reasons why it is absolutely essential. taking nine positions of of 11 cripples the outreach efforts of that team. these are those to respond when citizens call 311 -- [bell rings] thank you. >> good afternoon. my name is komiko kawaski. i am here on behalf of coranado, but i am also speaking for all the service providers working to end homelessness. it is very important. they're coming from mentally, physically healthy people. sometimes they forget to take care of themselves. they do not realize on much they are stressed out and traumatized from working with clients. especially case management. there are constant challenges from inside and outside of the building. they have to deal with people who have chronic medical conditions and mental health disorders. from my first experience -- this is isolated because of the small budget. it makes these people more likely to burn out because they have the problems they deal with everyday. it is a proposed c

pt not going to last long. 70 at noon, mostly clear conditions, clear as a belle. 75 degrees in san francisco, 80 in oakland today. mid-90s elsewhere. i'll show you where coming up right now at 6:40 a.m. mike is already busy first day back. hey, buddy. >> good morning, good to be back. south bay northbound 101 north of 680, typical spot for slowing. some folks head in as they pass towards great america parkway, the exit there. there's an accident still in lanes. that might be an issue. only minor injuries reported if any at all. no major impact as far as the people involved. we should see some slowing if it happens in the next 10 minutes. i'll track that we do have an issue in the city. the accident just cleared on southbound park presidio boulevard, might be an issue for the next 10 to 15 minutes. we'll watch, see if there's reports of slowing past that area. meanwhile into the city, bridges moving smoothly. stall report getting cleared at treasure island, meter lights on. live look shows you how quickly that impacted all lines even the 880. debris in the toll plaza, we might have slowing. i

the final bell tolled nine times as the funeral concluded. the fire chief and san francisco mayor presented the two firefighters helmets to their families. >>> firefighters and police saluted as the funeral procession wound its way through san francisco and then down the peninsula. people also gathered along the route, many waves and holding flags. as we mentioned perez and valerio are being laid to rest at holy cross cemetery in culma. >>> we want team coverage tonight beginning with mike mibach who is inside st. mary's cathedral. >> for just about two hours we learned a little bit more about a couple of guys from engine company 26. >> reporter: two caskets draped in cloth, surrounded by firefighters with broken hearts. >> we loved your son, and they will always be with us. god bless you vincent perez and anthony valerio. you touched our lives and we will never forget you. >> reporter: the funeral service for lieutenant vincent perez and firefighter paramedic anthony valerio was filled with love. family and firefighters telling stories about two men who saved lives, who bat

bell to begin. >> i represent the growing number of citizens groups that have tried to work with the commission to minimize the environmental risks being imposed on san franciscoing the advice of the council, we are comparing for litigation by compiling the actions that expose the individuals and institutions that are misleading or breaking the law, or covenant -- covering up to enable others to. the commission's minutes have gone missing from the website in violation of the sunshine ordnance. for contexts, at the previous meeting, lobbyists were utilized by this commission to introduce -- to falsely represent that lead and other heavy metals would not be components of this and this was done without a single objection from members of this commission, or the management, all of whom know this to be false. them that -- the meeting minutes with philip which -- would indicate the failure of the general manager to publicly announce and engine dies their controversial e.i.r. and it would show the knowledge of the other items. we're putting in the words, public health, children's health hazards, carcinogens, benno particulates, zinc toxicity, mercury poisoning, dioxid

san francisco foundation and has been working with the a lot. [unintelligible] spoke earlier, the district 10 supervisor rep. where is steven bell that is steven, who is an engineer. they continue to bring a level of expertise on a variety of different issues and i hope that we will be able to continue working with them to move forward proposals to you that have a broad level of support. a few things that we have already worked dawn, i think that folks can take a look at that. >> excuse me. please keep it down in the back. thank you. >> a few items on the agenda over the next several months, obviously we will continue to follow the waste water master plan with a particular emphasis on green infrastructure and making sure that these investments are seen in neighborhoods like this. that is actually going to be the infrastructure in the model program within the redevelopment agency. that is the type of stuff we want to see in other neighborhoods as to implement the sesc. programs with the power side and the water side, they will obviously continue to follow for the next few weeks, of rolling out some of the work going on with a cyc

san francisco and 10 cents lower in san jose. >>> if you're buying a new car even one with all the bells and whistles on it, chances are it's going to be missing something very important. on the consumerwatch, julie watts tells us about a new trend that some find very troubling. >> reporter: many popular carmakers are now selling cars without the spare tire. at 22 bucks a pop, hyundai reportedly save $4.4 million a year on elantra's alone. they say fuel efficiency is the motivation which is catching car buyers by surprise. >> so where's the spare tire? >> there isn't one. >> reporter: when he decided to buy his wife a new mustang he didn't realize it would come with four instead of five tires. >> they were very good about explaining why there was a big hole where the tire was supposed to be. >> reporter: ford is among a growing number of carmakers who now have to explain why the new cars come without a spare. >> they wanted to save on weight for fuel economy and it helps cut costs a little bit. >> reporter: most of the cars in this showroom come without a spare, and it gets rid of 30 pounds allowing carmakers to meet efficiency s

bell, but. but we ask the questions. i think it's fair to maybe -- i don't even know. does anybody even know how many m.c.d.'s we have in san francisco? but -- [inaudible] commissioner fong: thank you. it's clearly a concentration because of this 1,000-foot radius. maybe it's time to review that. i'm hearing that pretty strongly amongst the six of us here today. but if we can get that ball rolling, i think it's better. in the previous one on mission street, and this one as well, i can't continue an item or not approve it unless we've changed the policy on it. so otherwise, it's within the rules. congratulations. but. president olague: and i wanted to make a comment that while it sounds like there's a lot of existing issues with graffiti and all of these other issues that are already in existence in this neighborhood that probably deserves some attention, but i'm not sure it's within the purview of this medical cannabis or this health facility, whatever. i don't see a nexus between the two, as has been spoken, a nexus between hasn't been established. we've asked for it. and it hasn't been provided. so i think as it relates to activiti

. >>> the familiar sounds of bells ringing and clicking cable slots have gone silent in san francisco the past few days. the first time in 27 years, all three cable car lines are not running. the city shut down the power routes on wednesday for maintenance. the california line has been shut down for months and tourists are out of luck this weekend and the nation and hide lines will be back in service tomorrow. >>> and coming up next, city leaders struggling with budget shortfalls. >> a former lawmaker will says it all goes back to the gamble on thing to the. his take on what led to the great pension mess and what city and county leaders need to do to get out of it. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, bart is getting a make-over and it's seeking guidence from its riders the agency is inviting the pu >> b.a.r.t. is getting a makeover and is seeking guidance from riders. the agency is inviting the public to test various seat options as it prepares to refurbish its trains. b.a.r.t. surveys indicate that riders want cleaner trains. yup, and narrow seats to create more room in the isles. cleaner aisles. >>> and

a live look at san francisco. clear as a bell. and boy, our temperatures are warming up already. we're headed toward 90 degrees in the city, make sure you're ready, drink lots of water if you're outside. 98 in redwood city. your east bay, 103 in fairfield. 101 concord. 100 in livermore. tomorrow more of the same. no real relief from the heat until we hit thursday down to 83. in his state. we spoke with the senator earlier this morning. we began by asking him if he was trying to use this current tragedy for a political purpose. >> i was not -- i was not referring to the wallow fire. obviously, it was part of the question/answer period during a press conference. and the fact is i just had been briefed on this situation by a forest service official. and we all know that people who come across our border illegally, according to the fire service, according to the border patrol, according to the local sheriffs and law enforcement agents that these fires are sometimes some of them have been caused by this. and so, again, i'm puzzled over that there should be any controversy since the fi

san francisco with the story. >> reporter: we're on market and belle streets, and the organizers and police are preparing for a crowd of about a million people to show up. just in the last ten minutes or so, we saw the first float pull up. there are about 200 different groups of participants taking part in this parade included among them, a lot of floats like this one. we've seen organizers begin to close off market street. this goes all the way up to market and 8th street. the parade is part of a weekend long celebration. san francisco pride festivities kicked off yesterday afternoon with gatherings at deloris park. and this was the scene in the castro last night. 10s of thousands of people poured through the neighborhood. shoulder to shoulder on castro street, in the celebration known as pink saturday. last year, an estimated 1 million people showed up. parade organizers are expecting a similar crowd today. more than 200 groups are taking part in this parade. a good turnout would be good news. last year, then ran into some financial troubles. since then, the organization now has a new interimdirecter and the commi

bell to begin. >> i represent the growing number of citizens groups that have tried to work with the commission to minimize the environmental risks being imposed on san franciscoing the advice of the council, we are comparing for litigation by compilin

san francisco. we are cheaper than sfpd. we are cheaper than the sheriff's deputies. i'm not sure, but i'm sure we make less than -- [bell rings] thank you. supervisor chu: thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i have been a psychiatric technician at the hospital now for almost 10 years. when i heard about this, i really gave it some thought. just looking back over 10 years, i cannot tell you how many times i have been in the cross with some very violent people. every time without fail, the ip has been there. what they are talking about doing, getting a new contract with the securities company -- i have seen that before in other hospitals. the level of training that i have seen, the turnover rate -- yes, the lack of people skills -- all these things that make such a difference when you get to working with psychiatric patients -- is incredible. i am here to support the ip. i think the world of them, and i think we are getting a bargain, because i think we might come up with more expenses if we get the other kind of police. thank you. >> i was here last week to speak about the same issue. i am on the lift team at gene

. >>> san francisco zinga expected to make big news, company expected to file papers to go public. how much they could make and the rest of your news before the bell with nicole lapin. >> that's not virtual money. investors await the outcome of the austerity vote in greece. if the greek parliament passes the plan the country could have a bailout. asian markets higher overnight on the optimism, europe positive. we do get our own data on pending home sales. a recap the triple digit gain yesterday, dow up 145 points, 12,188, nasdaq composite added 41 to 2729. google is taking another stab at social networking. it's unveiled google plus which aims to make online sharing more like real life. users can share small things with small groups like college friends or co-workers at tnt v whatever you want. google plus is only available by invitation. it's experimented with several social tools since 2009 with limited success a la buzz. >>> the company behind highly addictive football games is looking to cash in on wall street. they could file an ipo and value the company up to $200 billion. they have 250 million viewers selling virtual items to use in the gam