welcome to of the opening ceremony of san francisco general hospital! [applause] i am barbara garcia, director of health for the city of san francisco. we know the mayor is on his way. we are going to go ahead and start. this is a proud day for all bus. first of all, i want to thank all of you san franciscans for your support of the san francisco general trauma center. thank you. today, we dedicate your commitment to your own health, your family's help, and the help of all these city. -- your family's health, and the health of all of the city. you can see the new hospital is going up and is already beautiful. [applause] that is more than a building. it is the future of our hospital. and the general has always been a big part of our city, our past, present, and future. the story of san francisco general started in 1851 san francisco started the board of health. the hospital moved here to potrero avenue. the hospital was rebuilt over the years, offering children's and psychiatric services to respond to the needs of children. in the 1998's, the current hosp

. >> reporter: i'm terry mcsweeney at san francisco general hospital where be a individual is fighting his life. another is dead after a shooting last night. the question is thorng, is this part of a gang war here in san francisco? story coming up. >> also this morning, a controversial pilot program begins in san francisco that pays panhandlers to care for dogs from the animal shelter. >> and u.s. postal service is expected to default to a payment to the treasury. >> made it halfway through the workweek. i'm sue hall. you can see traffic is light at bay bridge toll plaza and traffic is very light, too. we'll have an update after this. >> i'm mike nicco. clouds shall starting to move back to the bay, good news with the late arrival, there is not much moisture. we'll have sunshine developing at the coast during the afternoon hours, low to mid-60s sunny around the bay to low 70s to near 80 degrees, as you head inland, coolest temperatures in the mid 80s and warmest in the upper 90s. >> eric: good morning, we made it halfway there. i'm eric thomas. >> katie: i'm katie marzullo. san francis

san francisco. good evening, i'm alan wang. >> ama: i'm ama daetz. witnesses say the man was seen in the potrero hill area with a gun. >> alan: then police stepped in. we're live outside san francisco general hospitaltest. >> reporter: the san francisco police say the suspect is in general general hospital, with nonlife-threatening gunshot wounds, the incident began this evening when police got a report a man was waving around a handgun in the potrero hill projects. san francisco police converged on dakota street this evening after an officer-involved shooting. evidence technicians forecasted the area where a 31-year-old man was shot by police officers after being chased at 6:30 this evening. residents of the area told us offcamera they heard five shots after employs warned the map to stop. >> they kept hearing him say, stop, police, stop. he turns on the officers, produces a handgun, black and silver. the officer, fearing for his safety, discharges his weapon,se strikes the subject. >> be okay? >> the man was brought here to san francisco general hospital. the chief says he was shot more than once. described as a person well known to police. >> the suspect is -- has a pretty significant record. >>

again, the note on the consultants listing gets eliminated, but and the reference to san francisco general hospital eliminated, therefore we have silver terrace, this the valley, the or hollywood, bay view heights, bayview, hunters point, the central waterfront, dog patch. jamie, of those, which should be eliminated because we do not have recognized neighborhoods or public submission? >> we did not have visitation, i believe the same is true of bayview hunters point. mr. pilpel: i would still include them. i think we should recognize them. and i think we should still candlestick properly -- we should spell candlestick properly. >> i don't know if they gave specific boundaries, and is that why it is not recognized? i believe we have kept that as a whole. >> sorry, i believe bayview, hunters point, i was incorrect about that. it should be listed. mr. pilpel: and i think potrero is potrero. mr. mcdonnell: bayview, hunters point is fine. >> it is split according to the the department of elections, the planning neighborhood, as submitted. mr. mcdonnell: it is not included? i'm sorry, let's go back, silv

he was transported to the san francisco general hospital in stablele condition. >>> san francisco firefighters are investigating the cause of a fire that damaged nine businesses and injured two firefighters this morning. it broke out before 6:00 a.m. near capital. when they first arrived, they dealt with a dangerous back draft. it happened when the firefighter opened a door and then there was an explosion. >> they opened up the door to access the area where the fire was going to be. right when he opened the door, by adding that amount of oxygen, a tile length event took place p. >> one officer experienced heart palpitations and another injured his arm fighting another part of the fire. they all share attic space so other businesses were damaged. >>> the rover sends back a color photo. it shows a tablely surface. off in the distance, you can see the rim of the gail crater. the rover took the shot with a camera at the end of its robotic arm. nasa is showing us the last few minutes onto the planet sunday night. low resolution video was taken. it shows the heat shields falling away as it approache

san francisco general hospital was five minutes away and they gave me a second chance in life.ow what that means to be out in the streets and the dangers of that. it's unfortunate because it's only the very few that ruin it for a lot. this play is about the el sael el salvadoran culture. a lot of people are going to say, why are you doing a play about the gangs, you know? but these exist and a time of them are people who are lost, people who need guidance. lawyers and, doctors exist, but sometimes we cannot neglect what exists. we call ourselves eoos, equal opportunity offenders. you have to offend everybody or you're not part of the culture. >> it's amazing how you are able to send a political message. >> that's the main thing and i have to give credit to the play wright and the dire right and the director. this is art, it's a life they may not want to know about or they can look away from. with art, you can teach and inspire and if anything, it brings up dialogue. with dialogue, you get more of an understanding. >> in speaking with several people in doing news reports about r

>> the man was brought here to san francisco general hospital. the chief says he was shot more than once. described as a person well known to police. >> the suspect is -- has a pretty significant record. >> all again when officers in the vicinity were helping with a stolen car. >> they can hear on the radio and then hear the person with the gun description, and, hey, there he is, and the chase is on. >> reporter: the officer involved in the sheeting was not hurt. he'll be interviewed and placed on administrative leave while the incident is investigated. the chief says he's going to be holding a community meeting with the residents of the potrero hill project sometime next week to discuss the shooting. reporting live in san francisco, abc-7 news. >> ama: vallejo police are investigating a shooting. at 5:30 someone in a white car opened fire on a house. >> alan: a teenager who has been the subject of a amber alert for a week as turned herself in along with her boyfriend. the two surrendered to police in san diego county. ewan is in sorato disappear

hospital in san francisco. do they have do that? does that help the bottom line? we have a lot of hospitals in san francisco. ucsf is a major player here. san francisco's general hospital and affiliate hospitals. the dignity. >> the number of doctors per resident is very high. >> it is very high. people might want to come to san francisco to get the medical care instead of income a smaller city in the peninsula. >> belva: isn't the whole health care bill to keep people out of hospitals? why would one want to build a hospital if the government's direction or the obama health plan survives is to diminish it? >> people will still end up in hospitals. i have been a kaiser patient for a long time. they do a good job of making sure you keep healthy. people end up in the hospital for a number of reasons. there is another issue at play as well. the city wants to see how they can use their negotiating power to try to contain costs. because cpmc is a big player in the city, it can control health care costs in san francisco. behind the scenes, city officials have been working with them to try to make sure they keep the costs down or keep the costs level so it doesn't put

for a 20-year bond. 38.4 million was sold this morning in addition to $252 million for san francisco general hospital. just short of a million dollars a year would be savings for taxpayers for the auxiliary water supply system. it is very big news and a continuation of what you have heard recently. happy to answer any questions. >> this will have an impact on the rate issue? >> this is the one unique part of the capital plan portfolio that is covered by the property tax bill. voters put it on the property tax bill as opposed to the water bill. >> we will have a comparable study to see where there have been some incidental or other savings by implication? >> this one will show up by allowing the property tax payers to have a less expensive property tax bill. what happens in the case of general obligation bonds -- >> i want to make the connection so the ratepayer knows other areas which benefit the ratepayer. >> every year, there is a one- page pamphlet to show how the property tax dollars are allocated. the portion that would find the fire system will be lower cost. that is the next time the san franc

for a 20-year bond. 38.4 million was sold this morning in addition to $252 million for san francisco general hospitalst short of a million dollars a year would be savings for taxpayers for the auxiliary water supply system. it is very big news and a continuation of what you have heard recently. happy to answer any questions. >> this will have an impact on the rate issue? >> this is the one unique part of the capital plan portfolio that is covered by the property tax bill. voters put it on the property tax bill as opposed to the water bill. >> we will have a comparable study

the suspect was transported to san francisco general hospital and later succumbed to his gunshot wounds. in the bank robbery suspect in this incident displayed an outrageous lack of concern for life, public safety, and property for what the course of the criminal rampage that began in irvine, california. he used a firearm to rob to banks in southern california, of threatening to shoot the tellers if they did not comply. gave no consideration to anyone who got in the way of his criminal ambition or effort to escape. as a direct result of his disregard for anyone who might come in to counter with his criminal endeavors, and as well as san francisco police officer lives were jeopardized. the suspect complete disregard for the public put a great risk any person who might inadvertently cross his path, should he escape from the park. searchers got ryan, rubin reyes recognize the danger. even when faced with serious bodily injury or death, these officers remain steadfast and determined to protect not only themselves and one another, but the public at large from the disregard of the fleeing fug

it was members of the san francisco board of supervisors who came to ask them to open san francisco general hospital, which they did. they ran it for four years until a very familiar thing happened, and that was the county board of supervisors had a dispute about how to pay health care bills. the sisters said we've had enough of that and went on to create st. mary's hospital. as you can see, very familiar with how the city works. even then, over 150 years. it is an important issue. we're glad to be able to provide it. we're glad to be able to be here and to recognize some super creative people and the super creative programs. the committee which reviewed folks and review projects had a tough time picking who should be chosen and who should be recognized. the list is fantastic. spur, of course, has worked for years and sponsor of this good government awards for a long time to make sure that the folks that work so hard that do not get recognized every day -- you do get recognized. firstly, from the business community, i want to say how proud we are to have you and how proud we are for the work all of

he was taken to san francisco general hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. >>> we have new information about the safety of the bay bridge. an internal investigation at caltrans turned up problems with safety testing that is worse than previously reported. the paper claims that caltrans engineers uncovered data that appeared to be altered. there are serious testing concerns with three other bridges in the bay area. caltrans insisted that reports of problems were unfounded and now the reports are coming from an internal team. >>> after eight months in space, nasa's rover is closing in on mars and we talked to a company that will help live stream the landing tomorrow. their job is to make sure the live stream can handle all of the traffic, experts say that tomorrow's event will be the most difficult landing in nasa history, the company is feeling pressure and excitement. >> we have tested some of the coolest websites and mobile applications for the last three or four years, but there's no event that has made my team more excited than this mars landing. >>> engineers are calling tomorrow's