they keep saying san francisco city college i spent more 7, 8, 9 working with the city college more years and in fact, i was part of the relevant committee to erect the new fabricate i specifically asked him what have you authorize conditional to use in this process and specifically he has not. and neither has the board is it's a good trick to come in here and say you know what we're doing f that but ledge built that building to serve the bayview hunter community and i hope as i send out my thoughts of leo when he started with local 10 when we said to me you know what it's a humility and i'm talking about humility how do we do something that's right. you've got all those great pieces but you're missing the contact to the community. thank you for your time >> (calling names). >> hi, i'm charles bayview resident and student. i my fingerprints are that on the monitoring to the wastewater treatment system to the energy system and even the designs for the architect that's going on the roof. you know, i was one of the kids that k y most of you know in guadalupe common i was one of the kids catc

san francisco conditional >> jonathan wu (calling names). >> good afternoon and thank you. i'm peggy. thank you for that attempt. i'm an environmental science and instructor at the city college of san francisco. i'm also a second generation resident where i continue to reside with my husband and children. i've had the honor of working with the colleagues from city college and bay natives but nothing short of amazing. my snow students the monitoring and the programming at the eco center. as a representative of conditional it's one of the anticipated first hires i spornl support in for the sturdyship. should our proposal be accepted i look forward to working with the colleagues at both institutions but most important to make sure they have access and a pleas is and i'd like to take a moment to acknowledging our statements with the nelson mandela it's our violation for the stewardship we don't see two proposals but the eco center belongs to everyone. so i thank you. i see that the bay institute has the expertise and the administrative capacity and the heart to provide that access to provide the support of the programs and the stoufrdship of the program. we'll work toget

mayor ed lee has worked hard to keep san francisco economy and recovery on track and create jobs for san franciscans. he makes a cityeer as a civil rights attorney he later served as a director of the human rights commission fighting for people then as director of the public works and later as city administrator now as mayor of san francisco he continues to fight by implementing services that help our most vulnerable community. i'd like to welcome to the stage the houshlg may have san francisco mayor ed lee. (clapping.) >> thank you very much. good evening, everybody and welcome to the people's palace. well, this is tonight i'm excited to be here it's an honor to be here to celebrate the ninth american heritage indian month no san francisco celebration of the awards. i wanted to thank not that all of you are here but for k q e d for the sponsoring of local heros. this is important because your city is all about diversity and i want to make sure that everybody can live here and be here and have good jobs and education and if they go out to the military they'll come back and give go opportunities for them. i have a sp

>> please welcome former mayor of city and county of san francisco, willy l brown junior. >> let me welcome each and every one of you@city haul of city and county of san francisco on behalf of mayor edwin lee. in just a few minutes you will hear from him. we're here to celebrate the life of an incredible human being. there will be a series of persons telling you from their own personal perspective about this extraordinary human being, but we will commence the program the way nelson mandela would have wanted us to commence this program, and that is of course, by celebrating his life through the voice and sound of people who can sing, very young people who can sing. in this case, the pacific boy's choir academy, of all places, oakland, california. nelson mandela was about -- my daughter susan -- one of her many charitable activities that she does, this is one of them. if you will just kindly stand and the boy's will give you the national anthem of south africa and the national anthem of the good old usa. [music] [applause] >> marvelous rendition of our national anthem, but an incredibly impre

>>> fighting to keep their school open, the hearing going on right now about the future of san francisco city college. >>> and a police officer on the way to work becomes a hero on christmas, the dramatic rescue caught on camera. >> complete bay area news coverage starts right now, this is ktvu channel 2 news at noon. >> good afternoon, i am tori campbell, christmas may be over but he shopping frenzy has resumed as retailers push to boost sales before the end of the year and shoppers look for the great deals, claudine wong joins us live from oakland with more on the die hards out before noon and another group of determined buyers. >> reporter: tory, good afternoon, we are here outside the wal-mart, expect big bargains, here at kohl's and others. and the doors opened at 6:00 a.m. and one of the first there, they were the first out of the house. >> she got a lung removed in september. >> so this is her first time out. >> yeah, she wants to get out of the house. >> you chose to come to a sale. >> yes. >> you are a woman after my heart. >> we saw a lot of shoppers, most didn't appear to be buying

they are seeking injunctions to keep city college of san francisco open. an attorney told the judge the commission upped the number of alleged deficiencies without notifying city college of san francisco. >> there is political bias behind this. the commission has one idea of community college education and the mission according to the state of california is that city college and all community colleges need to be open access to everybody. >> they said city college of san francisco has financial and administrative problems that render it unfit to fulfill its duties. the court will hear more arguments on monday. >>> shoppers are trying to take advantage of all the sales. walmart opened at 5:00 a.m. this morning and people were already waiting. but at least one person said they weren't there to buy anything. >> are you looking for bargains? what are you looking for? >> just coming to look. >> plan on shopping? >> no. save my christmas money. >> kohls opened at 5:00 a.m. this morning and most macy's opened at 6:00 a.m. >>> retailers are hoping returns generate a

san francisco for so many ways. we've seen san francisco grow and it's amazing celebrations alongside with impacting policies with the city of san francisco. this year once again, we're honoring young people and showing the excellence on and he impact our lives and families. this year we've identified many community based organizations and have highlighted a pitcher with the san francisco school district to highlight the services we have here in san francisco >> (speaking spanish.) >> >> (speaking spanish.) >> >> (speaking spanish.) >> >> (speaking spanish.) >> >> (speaking spanish.) >> we would like to thank all the parents and the community members and the dignitaries that are celebrated the lives of young people here, no san francisco. >> (speaking spanish.) >> (clapping). >> and now it's my honor to introduce a special guest our mayor edwin lee. he's worked horde or hard to keep the economy on track. mayor lee keeps us focused on keeping san francisco a city that celebs education and health care and the environment for our future generations (clapping) >> (speaking spanish.) >> (clapping). >> thank you. i had no idea

. >> there is no information on a ruling that will keep city college open san francisco city attorney wants to block an injunction that would take away accreditation. they're suing the private agency that accredits community colleges in the united states and wants the agency to reevaluate and want a judge to grant an injunction preventing the college from losing accred dags in july. lawyers have filed a counter suit >> reports of problems with the web site for covered california. people race to get coverage at the last minute. the state insurance exchange extended this deadline after the web site and jernts were overwhelmed. most will be required to have health insurance by march 31st or face a fine. >> well, tonight we're waiting for word from family of an oakland teenager that is declared brain dead. a family member for the 13-year-old told abc7 news they'll make an announcement soon about whether they'll appeal a judge's decision. a family is deciding whether they want to move to another facility to try to keep her on life support a law stoet take fact january 1st that spells out b

city and county of san francisco ~. item number 3, resolution approving a mills historical property contract, under administrative code, chapter 71, between pacific heights, llc, the owners of 2550 webster street, and the city and county of san francisco; and authorizing the planning director and assessor to execute the mills act historical property contract. ~ city and county of san francisco. item number 4, resolution approving a mills act historical property contract, under administrative code, chapter 71, between 1019 market street properties, llc, the owners of 1019 market street, and the city and county of san francisco; and authorizing the planning director and assessor to execute the mills act historical property contract. ~ item number 5, resolution approving a mills act historical property contract, under administrative code, chapter 71, between brian jackson and thomas ranese, owners of 3769 20th street, and the city and county of san francisco; and authorizing the planning director and assessor to execute the

. >> a bay area boys choir will perform this morning at san francisco city hall for nelson mandela as well as the city's capital. from across the bay to around the world, the stories that matter on "kpix 5 news this morning." captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com >> your realtime captioner is mrs. linda m. macdonald. >>> good morning. it's wednesday, december 11. i'm millions of communicati -- i'm michelle griego. >> hi, everyone. i'm frank mallicoat. 5:00. >>> heavy spoke in the east bay in concord, we have live pictures of the scene you see here on stanwell drive near concord avenue in concord. the large warehouse went up in flames about 1 a.m. fire was knocked up but it flared up again. at one point 70 firefighters were trying to get a hold on this fire. nobody was in the building when that fire started. several investigators now on the scene to determine a cause of that overnight fire. >>> let's get a check on weather right now with lawrence. these major changes are coming and i'm happy about it. >> yeah. i think most folks are. it's been day after day after d

business for 23 years and one of the notable projects is 850 rolls of film photographing the san francisco city hall retrofit. we have had a long and favorable relationship with many of the contractors in san francisco and in the bay area. we have over 20 years of association with our friends brian, and dave, at golden state. these are people who have taken the time to make relationships which is probably a real factor in why they were able to meet the goal of 13 percent. they believe in the system and they believe in the programs. you mentioned why were there only three bidders, there is a lot of work out there, people are busy. it really at this point in time takes somebody to work with you, to try to reach out to you. and i noticed that you had over 2,000 letters went out to different dbe firms and we received those. this is the kind of working relationship that i'm sure as this is the first project with the cta this is the kind of situation we want to nurture and i totally support and urge you to recommend the acceptance of the bid with golden state. thank you. >> thank you very much. is th

for approximately 133 escalators and 43 electric walks at san francisco international airport, between thyssenkrupp elevator corporation and the city and county of san francisco, acting by and through its airport commission, in an amount not to exceed $17,000,000 pursuant to charter, section 9.1188bb, for the period of january 1, 2014, through december 31, 2018. airport commissionn12341234 president david chiu: same house same call, this resolution is adopted. next item. speaker: the clerk: item 18: 18.131067[accept and expend grant - defibrillator and training - $1,771,421]sponsor: farrellresolution retroactively authorizing the fire department to accept and expend a grant in the amount of $1,771,421 from the federal emergency management agency to upgrade and replace its defibrillator inventory for the period of march 8, 2013, through march 7, 2014, and conduct regional training for the period of may 1, 2013, through april 30, 2014. 12341234 president david chiu: same house, same call. this resolution is adopted. next item. speaker: the clerk: item 19: 19.131080[prevailing wage rates - various workers performing work under city co

a judge will hear arguments on the future of city college of san francisco. san francisco's city attorney and the california federation of teachers want to block preliminary injunctions that would take away the college's accreditation. without accreditation they will lose federal funds and likely be forced to close. school advocates will say it violates the unfair competition law. >> have i a lot more to bring you this christmas night. an outpouring of support from around the world to help an iraq vet's dog. that's next on a em c7 news -- on abc7 news. >> and the amazing story of survival and the big step on the road to recovery. and ups and fed ex are struggling to keep up after a backlog that left some presents undelivered. what one retailer is doing to make up for the mistakes made. and some of the delayed pack kedges undoubtedly contained tablet computers and they were on a lot of children's christmas lists. but some doctors say you should limit your kids' tablet time. time. i will explain why did you get chips for the party? nope. [ ding ] cheese plate? c

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as a financing structure that will enable san francisco at no cost to the city to fund energy efficiency and renewable energy upgrades for property owners and homeowners. every day here in san francisco we are fortunate to witness the birth of innovation and with that new and innovative economic models one being our clean energy economy. ~ we know kleischv energy economy can trigger market transformation as big as the it transformation happening across our world also here in san francisco, but we need to provide [speaker not understood] for stronger market demand and renewable products and services [speaker not understood] and that is green finance sf. we have already seen other parts of the state that have adopted similar pace residential pace programs most notably sonoma and riverside counties and have seen the positive impacts that have followed in those jurisdictions. and we've also now seen the stories and know the stories of individuals that have chosen to participate in these existing programs. we know these upgrades can save money not only in repair costs to crucial home energy s

>> the memorial for nelson mandela will take place here at san francisco's city hall if over an hour l, you can see the flags are at half staff here and all city building across san francisco through sunday as a mark of respect for the human rights leader. in south africa, his body is lying in state at the theater in the capital of pretoria where he was sworn in 19 years ago as the first black president. the mayor lee says san francisco felt the global movement created by mandela and wants to autopsy his leg casey to empower communities and never stop fighting for equality. a condolence book is open to sign. the memorial service starts at 8:00 and willie brown will chair the event the it will be steamed on abc7 news cop. investigation of paul walker with another suspect turning in for turn part of the wrecked porsche that walker was in when he was killed in a crash two weeks ago. the sheriff says that 25-year-old man surrendered last night according to investigators, the suspect and another man stole a roof panel from a tow truck that was carrying the damaged porsche. >> new this morn

san francisco was a conscious one. san francisco was a key player in the yemz story. we realized that yelp might work in cities around the world with yelp in 23 criteria's we need a little bit more desk space. yelp has 17 hundred employees 8 hundred in sf. we're committed to growing the local economy and maintaining a strong connection to our san francisco lines. when looking for a new headquarters it was location, location, location. we needed somewhere to provide easy access to lots of local businesses and restaurants and remain convenient for mass transit riders and bike riders a lot of our employees ride bikes. combrem is pack at about local plays and celebrate the distinct active and unique. we want to have this into a more than workplace. talking of resident at the 130 montgomery is an important milestone. we'll celebrate our tenth anniversary next year. i'm privileged to introduce yelp leader our 2kwishd nancy pelosi (clapping.) and what on a honor to be your representative in congress. thank you jeremy. your leadership and your sense of community and for staying in san francisco. i'm honored to join yo

just one other bay city area has a higher minimum wage, san jose hiked to $10 an hour, california 8- dollar minimum wage will rise to $9 next year and $10 in 2016. >>> san franciscot has prompted a rise. under the ellis act will get  priority for housing. a third measure would make it difficult to demolish units two. >> face one more vote. >>> the cities of san francisco and oakland paid tribute to nelson mandela with celebrations at both city halls. [music] the same choir that performed for mandela in 1990 sang in oakland this afternoon. 200 people sang at that memorial at oakland coliseum which happened months after he was released from 27 years in prison. >> we came together because we were united in one thing, we wanted to strike down the apart side -- apartheid system and we did. >> she and fellow students worked to get the university to stop investing in south africa during the days of apartheid. with your contributing the movement was strong from here. and by so doing you changed our own world in south africa. >> the south african consul general attended the oakland event and the earlier memorial at san francisco city hall. hundreds gathered to remember

a judge will hear arguments on the future of city college of san francisco. san francisco's city attorney and the california federation of teachers want to block preliminary injunctions that would take away the college's accreditation. without accreditation they will lose federal funds and likely be forced to close. school advocates will say it violates the unfair competition law. >> have i a lot more to bring you this christmas night. an outpouring of support from around the world to help an iraq vet's dog. that's next on a em c7 news -- on abc7 news. >> and the amazing story of survival and the big step on the road to recovery. and ups and fed ex are struggling to keep up after a backlog that left some presents undelivered. what one retailer is doing to make up for the mistakes made. and some of the delayed pack kedges undoubtedly contained tablet computers and they were on a lot of children's christmas lists. but some doctors say you should limit your kids' tablet time. i will explain why world have come together to save the life of an iraq war veteran's do

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it looks good for san francisco. daly city, pacifica, half moon bay which will be warm as parts of the peninsula. the pattern continues. mid- to upper 60s possible by sunday. >> thank you, steve. >>> nine minutes before 8:00, a disturbing case in one east bay city involves and uzi and a 15- year-old boy. >>> the city of san bruno may move another step forward after that pipeline disaster three years ago. >>> welcome back. pg&e still doesn't know what caused yesterday morning's underground fire in oakland. it made a lot of people think about the deadly san bruno pipeline disaster. we first had this on "mornings on 2" yesterday. the natural gas fire burned for three hours. six homes were evacuated near golf links road and fontaine street. at first pg&e blamed it on a rupture in a four-inch steel line about 6 feet down. but investigators have not ruled out the possibility of a problem with two connecting lines. >> it's too early to speculate what caused this incident in oakland. but overall, pg&e is taking a closer look at pipeli

governor might be will to repay some of the cap and trade funds so we'll continue to work with the san francisco city family and folks around the state on that effort. here region ly the cap and trade discussions will be happening tomorrow at mtc continuing on the framework that was introduced last month that we discussed in my last report talks about a very significant investment in the 3 major transit operators bart and muni and ac transit and the change since that time has been a proposal to change the core capacity formulas to savor some of the smaller operators proposes 30 percent to the big 3 and seventy percent to the other operators. the regional transit ridership is about eighty percent carried by the big 3 operators and the balance carried by the other operators so that will continue and hope there will be more time to make that formula more equitable across the region. so we're monitoring the transportation california and alliance for jobs proposal for statewide vls and if passed the fifty percent threshold could generate the estimated 25 billion dollars statewide and for san francisco sli

this this is san francisco's of the city and county of san francisco it's a monterey cypress tonightght over 1 hundred and 50 lights so t a big shout out to your entire department who tptd uncle john's tradition and especially our superintendant bob and his manages and a special shout out to our entire recreation staff who planned this fire department we've got tree to thaters who hang the light and our electrician let's give a big shout out to the hardest working city employees anywhere (clapping.) so we're going thrilled most of all that you're here that our community is here we get to share that especially with our kids. cities are about special moment and i hope tonight is a night you also remember. we're thrilled to have you. we at one point ask our asking mayor norman yee to come up. >> thanks phil happy holidays hanukkah and merry christmas. this is a tradition that started 84 enforcing and i'm so glad to be here enjoying the festivities with you. i'm hoping for the next 84 years we'll continue this tradition. i want to keep it short i know the kids are waiting for the lights