they are building to building strictly in accordance with the cookbook requirements of the san francisco or california building codes. it this is a building we are very confident will perform the way we expect it to perform because we have built tens of thousands of buildings just like these, the structural systems. >> that is correct, it is fairly conventional in terms of residential construction. >> will we have our concrete walls, reinforced with steel. i have a couple of pieces of steel. >> this is called mild steel. this is not high strength steel, which is used for the attendance. -- better used for the tendons. these are used for columns and foundation. these are 60 psi. >> this is available in all different sizes, eighths of an inch? >> number 3 is 3/8. >> number 4, number five, maybe 5/8. let's pass this around. it is heavy. it is deformed. tell us what that means. >> in the surface of the rebar, that is what engages the reader are with the concrete and creates the section that works with the compression. >> it is rough, and roughness of it connects or secures to the concrete. when i was in k

i'm still not impressed by the term "green jobs" in san francisco or frankly, anywhere in california, because i do not think it has lived up to the term. i want to be careful. i think it's important that we continue to invest in the '80s of advancing a work force connected to renewable energy infrastructure, it does not seem to be the way we would want. i want you to be able to sort of opine. >> i guess i would agree with you, supervisor. i think we all have that hope that we will have local jobs, jobs for disadvantaged workers, green jobs or otherwise. green was the thinking. it has not panned out in my mind, either. it does not mean we give up on it. this may not have been the best strategy. we have to keep looking for ones that create more jobs and better jobs for people that are low income people that are entry level into the work force. supervisor mirkarimi: should we be scaling down our expectations in some ways so it is a more intellectually honest discussion? when we talk about subsidizing in low-income areas, like the southeast sector, which has been degraded by environmental

it will have to be every single day, or else california will continue to be building more prisons, and san francisco may not be far behind. thanks. [applause] >> once again, thanks for the flag. [laughter] have a good time. have a good evening. thank you very much. [applause]

california, l.a. to anaheim or the bay area, san francisco to san jose or maybe even san jose to the central valley.e second thing was, you know, you guys aren't really doing a very good job. you were set up to promote high-speed rail. now it's time to plan it and build it. let's give it to cal tran. as much as they're criticized, they're used to dealing with the public, and not just selling a job, but telling people why this should be -- why this is the best way to go, why it's the best thing to do, and they're also good at purchasing property. >> you know, that's what they do. they analyze these things. who is the high-speed rail very accountable to? i mean, who do they really answer to if there are inefficiencies, if they're not doing the right outreach? who raens them in or tells them what to do? >> basically the ledges e legislature. the members of the high-speed rail authority are appointed by the governor and by the legislature, and you know, the legislature does have the ultimate power even with the bobbed money. it has to be approved on an annual basis and released to the high-speed rail au

it will have to be every single day, or else california will continue to be building more prisons, and san francisco may not be far behind. thanks. [applause] >> once again, thanks for the flag. [laughter] have a good time. have a good evening. thank you very much. [applause] >> welcome to "culturewire." since december 2005, the museum of the african diaspora, known locally,moad, has presented programs that celebrate and explore the culture, history, and art of people with african descent throughout the and added states and throughout the world. the director of cultural affairs recently met with the museum director. to learn more about the current expedition, textural rhythms, constructing the jazz tradition, contemporary african american quilts. >> welcome to "culturewire." today, we are at the museum of the african diaspora, which is celebrating its fifth anniversary occupying one of the premier cultural district in the world, the yerba buena cultural arts center in san francisco. joining me is the cultural art director. tell us what moad's mission is. what does it do? >> the museum of the african

speaker who is here to talk about the issue, or at least begin discussion of the issue of hospital market consolidation in san francisco between northern california -- in northern california between 1990 and 2010. thank you for being here today. >> [inaudible] supervisor campos: [laughter] yes. >> [inaudible] oh, thank you. hello again. in the co-director of the center for policy analysis. i have a doctorate and master's degree in public health. i believe the reason -- the reason i'm here today as i have worked on health care reform at the national level in the u.s. senate and the 1990's and more recently on this effort. also here in san francisco in the 1980's between the master's and ph.d. in the senate, i helped organize a group in san francisco called the community health coalition, which advocated for the department of public health's budget. i share with some of the people in this room is a memory of some of the hospitals and capacity that i'm going to talk to you about. i'm really just going to remind us what hospital capacity use to look like and what it looks like now, largely to make the point that as we started discussing, the issues o

or shoplifting will not be held for federal officials. san francisco would become the first county in california to implement this policy. >>> a 16-year-oldigh school student in florida has more than just the prom on her mind. camry moore just finished write, illustrating, and publishing her first novel. and as nbc reports, she's found herself an inspiration to teenager who never dreamed to dare that big before. >> reporter: camry moore is a solve more at hillsborough high school. in her creative writing task, she's concentrating on writing an alternate ending to any popular fairytale. >> i just learned from other stuff that i read. >> reporter: for camry that may come as an easy task. she's very used to writing and creating stories. >> two years. two years. started in eighth grade and finished this last summer. >> reporter: she just completed her first self-published, self-illustrated novel. it's called "the sun in her eyes." >> it's about a girl who just got suddenly dumped by this guy, and she loses her way and thoughts and beliefs. she meets a new guy who teaches her how to be happy. >> reporter: she did a few interviews to flesh out

or something. kind of weird. it's a small word, you be. like i said, what do people do when they come to san francisco? they ride a cable car. >> california line starts in the financial district. people are coming down knobbhill. the cable car picks people up. takes them to work. >> there still is no other device to conquer these hills better than a cable car. nobody wanted to live up here because you had to climb up here. with the invention of the cable car, these hills became accessible. he watched horses be dragged to death. cable cars were invent in san francisco to solve the problem with it's unique, vertically challenged terrain. we are still using cars a century old >> the old cable car is the most unique thing, it's still going. it was a good design by then and is still now. if we don't do something now. it's going to be worse later. >> the cable cars are built the same as they were in the late 1800's. we use a modern machinery. we haven't changed a thing. it's just how we get there. >> it's a time consuming job. we go for the quality rather than the production. we take pride in our work and it shows in the end product. >> the cal

problem across the state of california, but san francisco has been doing a very good job in maintaining the conditions of streets. we just stop prioritizing it as a city in the last 15 or 20 years. supervisor chu: on the graph, it shows a pretty significant decline, i think, in sales tax going toward the funding of street resurfacing. i imagine that is just the changing of the programmatic details about what can be spent in the new prop k. >> it is two things that happen. under prop b, we were getting between $13,000,000.13000000 dollars a year, but when the sales tax was weak -- reauthorize as prop k, the annual amount dropped to $4.8 million -- we were getting between $13 million and $15 million a year. to prevent us from falling off a cliff then, we actually accelerated some of the money for three years from prop k, and it means that going forward, we only have about $3 million a year from the sales tax because of that acceleration. supervisor chu: with the recent passage of the $10 per vehicle fee, we have integrated into these projections about available funding? >> that is $2.5 million a year, and that is included here. street resurfacing is receiving -- is slate

papers like the "san francisco chronicle" are finding ways to collaborate with groups like spj's journalist of the year in northern california. his last three of this year's winners were new or nonprofit media, a ratio that would have been unthinkable just a decade ago when newspapers and large tv stations dominated the news media. to be sure, most of the hard work is still ahead of us. few new start-ups turn a profit. many community newsrooms' still rely on volunteer labor, and broader economic issues. we want to encourage the members of our audience here at the public library to drive this discussion. this is your chance to ask these experts what is happening to the news that you depend on to make your day to day decisions. our conversation tonight will include five elements -- we will talk about the quality of reporting available to the public and move on to what is being done to create sustainable newsroom jobs. we will talk about creating a new system that enjoys constitutional freedom of the press, celebrates the diversity of our communities, and enjoys the economic independence needed to support ethical journalism. i would like to introduce my coast -- co-host of the

san francisco. now the california energy code fills the space of green building requirements. fire department where you have an occupant load of 50 or more and the occupant load is not the patrons it's based on the square footage of the restaurant typically 50 square feet per person. if you have 50 or more the fire department wants to see a complete seating plan to make sure exiting is not blocked. of course, we need to see exits. san francisco probably the number one problem that i see that is difficult to resolve is how you get out of the land locked buildings where you have one front street frontage and no back or side entrances which typically mean you need to put a fire corridor. in there was a change in the california building code in january saying where there is a fully sprinklered building the exits have to be separated a third of the diagnal distance. a technicality but it makes a difference a third degree of the diagonal difference meansure able to have 2 doors on the fall of the building which previously you need half of the distance you couldn't meet. it's possible to use the new code requirement in sprinklered building

or a geotechnical review process as part of determining. >> in january of this year, the california building code requires almost all of san francisco that we get geologist and a geotechnical engineer. it was a state building code rather than just the local requirements. >> as you recall, this was called the edge hill ordinance. >> is this the same kind of condition? >> this is more of the rock, all on one side and on the other side -- >> this is a combination. >> a lot of sand hills were scrapes down and deposited to other places without being engineered or consolidated and people build on top of that. we have a whole change as the city surfaced. what is the deal with sand, is this a good place to build on? >> if you want to understand the properties and if you designed to mitigate any adverse effects of the settlement, this is the strongest. i live in the sunset, i have been doing this right on the other side of this hill. i see the same conditions exist here where we have the earthquakes and the sand shakes and it gets more dense. we see differential settlement of are on. >> they might have filled in a low land or a wet land and build

california code says 120 square feet. san francisco says 100. fire escapes need lots of maintainence. this requires a fire escape person or contractor to test it, lube it, maintain it. you have to keep it painted and scrubbed. wire brush. this is one of those folding ladders, which we used to approve. we still approve other folding ladders. what do you have to do? >> if any of you have a ladder you are depending on for eggress, you don't want to wait until there is a fire. there is a lever to pull, and you should check it once a year to make sure it is still working, the bolts haven't rusted out, the mechanism still works. they're dangerous enough to use in a fire, but if they aren't working perfectly, there is more of a danger trying to use these ladders than there is running through fire. bucha>> you can climb down easi. my mother can. my wife can. >> if you are trying to get out with a toddler or a baby, forget it. >> for that reason, we no longer allow people to put those letters there and say it is equivalent, because clearly it is not. >> it was the code for years. >> fire escapes are much better. they provide a spa

california or after touring canada they will come here to california. >> 6:53? >> recapping our top story, 70 people are homeless following a fire that destroyed a san francisco residentiald news here. terry mcsweeney is live on the scene with zbrlts this residential hotel is an absolutely terrible shape. water still coming out, debris in front of it. gutted by fire, small piece of good news. it's about 18 inches long. take a look at the chihuahua who survived this fire. hiding in a closet, firefighters found him this morning around 5:00. firefighters say flamed burned right up next to the closet but the dog is okay with animal control right now. take a look what that dog lived through and made 70 plus people homeless. a spectacular fire started about 5:45 last evening, spread to three other buildings, someone threw bourbon on a barbecue grill that started the fire. firefighters say the building is probably a total loss. victims are being taken care of at a community center just a block or so where i am. let's go to amy hollyfield. good morning, amy. >> good morning. we have a question for people to ponder over their coffee this morning, should all pg&e customers pay the

san francisco. >> chinese people also want to come here to see all of the fantastic interesting places. >> starting today the highway patrol and police agencies are enforcing california's click it or ticket campaign. anybody caught unbuckled can expect to get a ticket, not a warning. the fine is $142 for first-time offenders. the penalty is $445 involving children under the age of 15 and $1000 or more on a second offense. >>> what are friends for? how friends are stepping up for a bay area teenager stricken with cancer. >>> cooler weather and maybe giving way to rein in the bay area. meteorologist rosemary orozco will tell us what we can expect. >> do not forget you cannot bay area news at 7:00 on your are streaming live online at ktvu.com. our planes start flying when it's dark. and they don't stop flying until it's dark again. flying all day, every day. you deserve our best. that's why there's so many flight options. [ webber ] southwest airlines has seven daily nonstop flights from the bay area to chicago midway to fit your schedule. ♪ hey, we're on your schedule, not ours. there will be another one back here in a second, just watch. what did i tell you -- there's another one.

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diesel here in california, prices are hire at 4.07 and in oakland, drivers are paying 4.06 and in san francisco gas prices averaged 4.18. >> and history in space today. but first, to fit or not to fit >>> miracle on the hudson aircraft is preparing for one final trip. passengers and crew of flight 1549 will reunite in charlotte, north carolina the same city where it was scheduled to land back in 2009. sully sullenberger was forced to make an emergency landing in manhattan after a flock of geese damaged engines. the plane will begin a five-day trip for display. passengers and crew will be honored on saturday. >>> sanitary standards on bart are under the microscope, literally. after a recent lab report out of san francisco state university. a random swab showed that nine bacteria strains including drug resistant mrsa. elizabeth wants to see if it's a problem nationwide. >> it begins with a single swab of a car in washington, d.c. here it goes. >> and ends 3,000 miles away in san francisco. along the route. we swabbed every seat we came in contact with. the seats in a car, in a taxi, airplanes, rental car, restaurants, hotel lobbies, hotel rooms, movie theater and yes, a t