the bus stop for the 18 line for the residue -- for the handicap and the san francisco landmark. the 18 line should stop at that as was previously done. dr. conversesky a geriatrics specialist. this report has been given to the mta board and planners. why did this finding the proposed elimination to the elderly as well as the disabled. instead of making changes and deletions on bus routes on the basis of supply and demand, the proposal should be based on the actual needs for transportation services. police and fire do not operate on the basis of supply and demand but actual need. so should mta. i had time to compliment you on the time to made but you still have a long way to go. thank you. >> next speaker? ga wah. >> good morning commissioners and mr. riskin and congratulations on mostly pronouncing my name correctly. that's rarely done. my name is am an jawa a conservation representative. i'm very excited for this proposal to move ahead and become part of the mta's actual plan as opposed to plan. this is a systemic change. when you make systemic changes it is risky for individua

and bid farewell to one of san francisco's most iconic landmarks. candlestick organizers are thrilled. for what they say. will be a show to remember. the beatles played their final paid concert at the stick almost 50 years ago. back then. ticket prices ranged from only four- dollars- fifty cents. to six- dollars. this time around. it is anyone's guess. the ticket prices have not been released. tickets will go on sale may 5- th. coming up-- water officials trying to ease fears tonight. over concerns about the quality of drinking water in one bay area city. female announcer: sleep train's interest free for 3 event is ending soon. get three years interest-free financing on beautyrest black, stearns & foster, serta icomfort; even tempur-pedic. plus, get free delivery, free set-up and free removal of your old mattress, and sleep train's 100-day low price guarantee. but hurry, sleep train's interest free for 3 event, is ending soon. ♪ sleep train ♪ ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] a car that is able to see to calculate, to th

couple of moms i'm a fourth-generation san franciscan i live in the neighborhood and have a history with performance art i helped to create two landmarks in san francisco. the most important thing when we created them was communication and working with the neighbors. at joe sisters we had 10 years without a noise climate the main reason a real desire to hear and communicate with the neighbors. i come up her to speak i look over and see the people involved in this case got up and left the room i urge you, you need to make a decision on a rehearing they're gone. thank you >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> thank you, commissioners i'm brad i'm the executive director of theatre bay area which is a service organization for theater advance we have 3 hundred plus theater and a membership in 25 hundred individual artists and marsh is one of our dues paying members i want to talk about the importance of the marsh it's one of our leading theatres particularly with solo artists it's essential that its work be continued and the folks are making assertion there are no complaints and we've seen that in the city time and time again. my concern is marsh continue

from paul mccartney the final concert he will perform before a bay area landmark is torn >>> covering santa clara, san francisco, east and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >>> another farewell to candlestick park, a member of the beatles will perform if a final tribute concert. we are at the stick with the who and the when. >>> it is paul mccartney, the mayor says sir paul would made the suggestion back when the two met when paul mccartney played at the outside lands concert last summer in golden gate park and it is a fitting farewell tribute because this is where paul and the rest of the beatles played their final concert date back if august of 1966, now almost 48 years to the day, august 14 of this year, his long and winding road leads him back to san francisco and the stick. his gig will bring the curtain down on this football stadium that is being torn down now that the 49ers are headed to santa clara. today, the mayor calls paul mccartney "a class act." >> i have to say, thank you to paul mccartney for thinking the way he does because it is kind of -- it is not about money but it is about history, abou

. >>> a san francisco is adding a brand new landmark. its the tallest building on the west coast.e the anchor tenant. the tower will be 1070 feet high and will sit above the trans bay terminal on mission street. salesforce signed a 15 year $560 million lease. the 61 story skyscraper will be named salesforce tower scheduled to be finished in 2014. salesforce ceo says the company plans to high mower than 1000 new employees this year. >>> some children battling the life long illness for disability now have an outlet for themselves. the group capes for kids makes super hero capes for children. the capes are bringing out the courage and strength for the kids. kron 4 alecia reed tells us about these children. >> reporter: and that is the exact intention of capes for heros. these shields are meant to block out hurt and pain and boost inner strength. many of these children have been fighting a number of battles. >> children that have autism or down syndrome or children that have cancer or even children that are going through a life struggle. >> seven-year-old maddox believes he no long tu

san francisco municipal railway, our muni. it's the last physical railway and city landmark in 1985 and placed in the national historic places in 2010. at the corner of geneva avenues and 22 story office building and sipping -- single story car shed known as the space that was heavily damaged in the loma prieta earthquake. in 1988 the car barn was saved by a group called the friends of the geneva powerhouse friends formed to oppose the demolition of the car barn and stabilized it in 1999 to be used for recreational purposes and related uses consistent with the parks and recreation mission. on march 13, 2007, the city of san francisco board of supervisors appropriated $1444490 for the repair of the car barn. the friends developed a plan for the restoration and adapted uses of the car barn which included restoration of historic features and accessibility improvements and student lounge and retail spaces. the parks and recreation departmental indicated $880,000 towards the project. in 2009, as a result of the city budget deficit, the $144490 allocated to the car barn which rescinded. in response to this loss of funds these friends

. >> the technical giant announcing a major investment in san francisco that could tied to a new city lap -- landmark. >> we could say goodbye to the california drought's the year is wireleare awesome. they let us use our phones to do amazing things. but why sign a 2-year phone contract just to use them? at net10 wireless, you can use the phone you already have and keep your network and number, too. but for half the cost. the bring your own phone plan. that's wireless your way. unlimited* talk, text, and data on the best 4g lte networks starts at just $40 a month. net10 wireless. >> covering los altos, petaluma and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >>> there are reports that sales force could be in talks to take over parts of the new transbay tower in downtown san francisco. sales force will make an announcement this morning with the mayor and house minority leader nancy pelosi. they celebrated the 15th anniversary last month. this is described as an historic investment in the city on the 25th floor of the fremont state building where they are the major tenant and across the street from the new tr

landmarks. and the planning department was directed to move forward to craft and compile san francisco local interpretations of the secretary of interior standards, to make sure that we are -- that we have codified standards in place that are tailored to the needs of san francisco and not the monuments virginia which is held secretary of interior standards basically started. today, those local interpretations have not been issued so we'll have the planning department to report why they haven't been issued and what is happening to make sure they're approved in the future. i'll ask the planning department to report on the status of consideration of the recommendations made last year in a joint report by spur and san francisco architectural heritage about ways to improve the planning project around san francisco. so i look forward to that discussion and to hearing all the great things that the planning department is working on that i'm sure we're going to hear soon. the rest i'll submit. >> supervisor yee. >> thank you madam clerk. i wanted to wish everybody well for the week of the young child. this is a week

san francisco that's led to the success that you talked about. when you talk about 36% local participation on public works last year and 34 and 35% since 2011, remember that right before you passed the historic landmark local hiring ordinances, 24 in the few years, 20 in the height of the great recession. so, to the speaker from trust for public lands, if you're still here, okay, i can give your card and share with you the report that local hiring does not increase costs. it actually -- we saw from the projects covered by local hire that costs actually decreased. so, that was important to know that this was really working to really put folks to work, not increase costs to the tax payers and not increase costs to folks like the donors who are going to potentially support these parks. so, but it is important. we do support taking more time to convene the mayor's construction work force advisory committee, the mayor has been very csus port i have of the implementation of the local hire ordinance. ~ and we wouldn't be where we were if we didn't have a chance to develop the community support, contractor support, labor, nonprofits, a fortedable housing folks. sound like we'll have a chance to answer those

the landmark building is used by the park department administration in san francisco.rthquake a bigger quake could destroy the building. but the sf examiner says the city plans to focus on other projection. >>> a group of lawmakers are trying to encourage congress to start appear earthquake protection system. so far the only lawmakers backing the idea are democrats from carks oregon, and washington. >>> you are watching mornings on 2. we have a warm-up in store that rosemary is going to tell us about. >> it is going to be really comfortable out there. sunny skies, widespread 70s. doesn't that sound nice. giving you a look jut doors this morning and over oakland, if you are going to the a's game than lucky you. it's a great day for a ball game. i'll that have number coming up. right now oakland stands at 57 degrees, 58 in san francisco, and over parts of the north bay temperatures now climbing into the 50s as well. it was cool start in areas like santa rosa and napa, sink all the way back to mid to low 40s. but you now have caught up. 55 mountain view, 53 san jose, 60 d

assembly speaker willie brown and san francisco chronicle's carla marinucci, why are state lawmakers so resistant to talking about changing proposition 13? >> look, this was landmarkislation that passed by 65% in 1978 and it affects where voters live literally, their homes, and the voters who care most about this are older voters who tend to vote the most. so politicians in sacramento know where their bread is buttered. it's all about property. >> okay. speaking of property and buttering of the bread, one of the changes being proposed is that for commercial real estate. want to explain that one a little bit? >> it's very simple phil. n78 when the measure was on the ballot, the definitions were not contained in the measure. that was left to the legislature, and when the legislature stepped up to implement it under the umbrella of the 65% that carla talked about, being critical and being objective was not part of the deal. they simply wrote you only reassess on transfer. they did not define, however, what transfer meant as it related to businesses and commercial structures. >> so in other words pure transfer. >> if a company owned this building and they sold it, the

landmarks from coast to coast. they've been at the lincoln memorial in washington, d.c., the golden gate bridge in san francisco andd canyon in arizona. he did it to cheer up his wife linda who was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2003. he has since photographed himself in his tutu around the world. and he's now published a book called ballerina. bob kerry and his wife join me now. bob and linda, so nice to have you here. >> thank you so much. >> you know, i wanted our audience to know as close as i'm getting to the tutu, i'm wearing a pink tie in your honor. no way i'm getting in a tutu, bob. >> come on. >> ain't gonna happen. first of all, how did you think this idea of a tutu, bob. what was going on in your head? >> well, it started out as an assignment, because i'm a commercial photographer and it was for a ballet company -- ballet company in arizona. and i had the prop over. and linda and i moved to new york 11 years ago and we had it in the car and i've been photographing myself for a long time any way, i put it on and there it was. >> well, i'm going to move the tutu off the table so we can see these photogra

san francisco. in the 1980s, the supposedly already existing war on drugs did actually ramp up. and not coincidentally, it got redefined to focus national fear and law enforcement resources on some very specific drugs. this landmark ran on the cover of "the new york times" on november 29th, 1985. "new purified form of cocaine causes alarm as abuse spreads." this front page article was seen as the broad american introduction to the kind of cocaine that was used by poor people. and crack cocaine was not covered as funny or eccentric or glamorous or fabulous. cocaine, in this form, was the scariest thing you could possibly imagine. "the times" wrote about kids getting hooked on it left and right. that it reported sexual degradation among women using crack. they said women experienced, quote, increased sexual appetite and an interest in previously untried sexual practices. the article ended this way, quote, it's almost like we're talking about a different drug here. crack, in my meaningful way, was not a different drug. it's just a cheap, concentrated version of the same cocaine that you could buy glamorous jewelry for. but the crack form of cocaine was treated very, very differently by the media and by the politicia

san francisco. >>> law enforcement officials say heroin overdoses kill more people than car crashes. the city of detroit once devastat devastated, is rebuilding one step at a time. a landmarkon that's becoming a symbol of hope >> reporter: long before motown, this was the sound of the city. ♪ >> the detroit symphony orchestra founded in 1887, it's a symbol of success. a surplus of nearly $20 million. ticket sales bringing in more than 6 million in revenue. 10,000,000 donors. just this week, a concert featuring steven spielberg and john williams sold out in 15 minutes. it's music to everyone's ears considering this institution was nearly silenced forever? >> we went through you some rough times three years ago >> reporter: rough is putting it mildly. during the financial collapse, the detroit symphony orchestra was on the brink. state funded dropped from 4 million a year to $20,000. ticket sales plunged. audience was down 40 to 50% plus a deficit of $6.5 million. buff with the new musician's contract reinresponse forced, the sim phone rebounded. finally, it's in the black. >> take 1 >> reporter: this is one reason for the turnaround every concert is the recorded and broadca