the district sold the site for 11. $1 million to san francisco state. it was sort of one of the last transactions or last events of the out going president of the san francisco state and carlos garcia as he was ending his term as superintendent. these next two properties on mission and connecticut as supervisor kim pointed out are part of a three party transaction with the mayor's office of housing spear spearheaded by commissioner fewer and commissioner mendoza and will trade the mission site for a affordable housing site and on connecticut for another project in turn for parcel e and where the superintendent is and finally the last parcel was 1340 bush. i was never sure why this one was on the list but it's essentially the play ground for redding elementary school and we lease the garage and generate $100,000 from the parking garage so if you look at what's left i want to give you some sort of -- a brief glimpse of what we're looking at now, what we think is in our portfolio so what is left we have the hunter view park, and the former bee site at 200 m

and bianca rojo was one of its first graduates to get a college degree from san francisco state. the school prides itself on helping students all the way through their education, either financially or emotional bianca needing both, since both her parents were deported to mexico eight years ago. >> there was always something that could be done, which was something that i'm -- i mean, i'm always going to be grateful because in it wasn't for them, i wouldn't be here. >> the kids stay at school from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. it's intended to keep the kids off the streets and out of trouble. >> coming uh, proof that you're never too young to make a difference. >> i'm seriously just amazed that at 7 years old, she gets it and she knows how to drive towards a goal. >> how the death of this young girl's mother to breast cancer inspired her to help find a cure. >>> you are our next story begins with a 7-year-old who just lost her mother to cancer. she's in the kitchen counting money. her dad asks her what she's doing. she said she's going to do something about the cancer that killed her mom.

. >> if any of michael santos's san francisco state students asked how he spent his summer, the answerave surprised them. >> today we're going to talk about the federal prison system. >> michael was in federal custody. >> i want to share my experience with you. >> then again, prison is where michael santos spent the last 26 summers of his life. >> 26 years, 9,500 days. 9,500 days from entrance to release. >> it was in 1987 that michael was convicted in federal court of being a drug king pin. of shipping kilos of cocaine from miami to his hometown of seattle. >> i made every bad decision you could make. >> reporter: before michael was sent and spent a single of those 9,500 nights in prison, michael made one very good decision. he picked up a philosophy book and learned about sock ratties. >> when he had an opportunity to escape, i live in a democracy and in a democracy i have the right to change the law but i have the right to break the laws. that totally transformed my life. >> michael vowed then and there to do his time, educate himself and become a contributing member to society. wha

major work needs to be done on the science building at san francisco state university. a recent report found signs of harmful materials inside. now the building is closed for the rest of the semester. brian flores is live to tell us more about the impact on the students and the staff out there. >> reporter: well, it's day one of the spring semester for faculty students and staff here at san francisco state university. in terms of the immediate impact, though, it's gonna be inconvenient as 250 faculty and teachers need to find other offices. 10,000 students who study here or have classes here, they need to find out where their classes are this morning now that the building is closed for the semester. that decision was made to close it after routine inspections. they found evidence of asbestos, mercury and peeling lead paint. according to a second inspection, it was much worse than originally thought. according to a report, asbestos was discovered in the basement of first and second floor and several areas for mercury vapors and a large concentration in the basement. a re

i also spoke with a san francisco state professor who teaches criminal justice, but the former police chief gary gee says smith's desire to be a police officer started before he was even old enough to be a cop. >> he came as a police cadet. he's a part-time civilian employee who was interested in law enforcement. >> that was in 1990. today smith was a b.a.r.t. police detective with prior experience as a field training officer and canine handler. >> what you saw is not what you got. he didn't smile too much. he took his job very seriously. >> he was also serious about his family. he has a young daughter and a wife with also a b.a.r.t. police officer. she hats been on the force for 19 years. different personality. kelly is much more outgoing than tom, but both had the same love and zeal and enthusiasm for the job. >> a job that requires a lot of training. b.a.r.t. police training has been in the spotlight since january 2009 when former b.a.r.t. cop shot and killed an unarmed passenger. an independent organization found that b.a.r.t. had outdated policies, poor training and no strategic

the last stop is -- maybe you could call it bart, but really it's over there at san francisco state and it's a great hardship for people. we work to help parents, incarcerated parents stay in contact with their children through reading programs. and unfortunately it's hard for the children to visit their parents. we work so hard and the parents are working so hard to stay connected to their families and we need to do everything we can. if we must have incarcerated people, to make things as easy as possible. thank you. ~ >> thank you. next speaker. >>> hello, my name is kimberly roar balk. i don't have too much to say that hasn't already been said ~ regarding however people's concerns about families and family connectivity and access. it's my understanding that when san brewin owe was full there were shuttles going back and forth with no budgetary impact between the city and the facility. i venture to guess that the money that a new jail would cost, not to mention the bond money on san bruno that somebody mentioned, far exceeds the expense of actually transporting family members and/or a

i'm also a graduate of san francisco state and i come from a working class family and i would not have been able to graduate from school if it were not for the financial aid that i received and graduated without any student loans or debt. and had i had a criminal family record, that would not have been possible and i would not have a degree right now. and, so, be i'm here to address the causes that our people are ending up in jail and helping them. i'd also want to talk a little bit about the transportation costs and the possibility of using san bruno. first, the estimates are much higher than they could possibly be and i urge you to investigate that data a little bit more. also the talks about the buses for family members going to visit their loved ones. first, the shortest transportation would be for the family members to be in the house with their family and not breaking up the families. second of all, there's all this cost of [speaker not understood] project. what about wanting to be cheaper anyway for -- to improve the public transit if that was the issue that there's no buses. th

san francisco with are they had a disability. i recommend you amend this document or propose the state do it because people with disabilities are being admitted in record keeping in san francisco. thank you. >> thank you very much, sir. next speaker, please. >> good evening, my name is edward and throughout 29 years that i've lived in san francisco san francisco i've experienced repeatedly police bias against bicyclists which creates inpunity who terrorize us and that lives our citizens afraid the right to bicycle on our city street despite the transit first policy in our charter. that policy applies to all city agencies. that includes the police not just agencies concerns primarily concerned with transportation. it requires that public transit be given priority over private cars and that quote bicycling shall be promoted by encouraging safe streets for riding, end of quote. the police has done nothing to fulfill their obligations under this long standing law. these priorities have never been incorporated into poll sea for enforcement policies where the discretion. police aren't trained in their duty to promote private car or priorit

i'm also an artist and teach at the san francisco state university and diablo college. we are in a midst of housing crisis in san francisco, in the midst of cars killing and maiming people crisis in san francisco. from my perspective dense development does not provide for on street parking and encourages residents for transit and walking. thank you for letting me speak. that's all. >> thank you. next speaker. >> good evening, my name is aideey an abet. i have a performer. i have a petition signed by 278 people in favor of your findings of the draft conditions and i have comments made by the people who signed these petitions. the marsh is an integral part of the district. the developer should respect the conditions of the december 11th ruling if they want to build next to the theatre. don't let it trump in fairness. the san francisco board need to stand by decisions to mitigate impact on this wonderful neighborhood theatre. and finally, we must not allow the machination of the wealthy to over turn unanimous decisions. it was clearly a sound decision. it seems the next mov

. >>> time now just about 5:25, a last minute switch for students at san francisco state. big problem on campus that has forced the school to move some of its classes for the spring semester. >> we're live in the south bay where worsening drought conditions is prompting water district officials to cut water use. >> we're looking at a commute that may be affected by the fog. as we look at highway 24, the fog is not an issue here but we'll tell you where it might be. >> we do have some low clouds, a little bit of a pattern change to a cooler one. but the question is can we get any rain in here. to the north we can but what about the bay area? >>> well good morning to you. welcome back to ktvu channel two morning news. i think i can see through the fog out there. these are live pictures from san jose, fog. now rain may possibly -- not going out on a limb. steve is the expert. it may be on the rain but there's still concerns about the drought. that's not over yet. janine de la vega has more on where residents will have to start conserving water pretty soon. >>> i'm dave clark.

enforcement agencies our city and highway patrol and the university of california at san francisco, ucsf, san francisco state, us park police, we have significantly impacted the number of fatalities where driving the influence has opinion an issue. so in this case we have two. we obviously want to reduce that further to zero. lastly red light and stop sign violations are both from having one. where the primary factor was a pedestrian, there were six occurrences of the 21 total fatalities in 2013. jumping off the page, the jaywalking was three occurrences and not obeying a traffic control signal and lastly a pedestrian outside of the crosswalk. i think it's important, many of the steps that we took to safeguard our pedestrian who have come to fusion and we would have had lower fatality rates. the challenge was the month of december. an incredibly violent in regards to 7 pedestrian killed just in the month of december and that's significant when looking at a total of 21. >> commander, i meant to ask this question when you were on the first staff >> marshal. >> that first slide, the analysis of the 2012 report

san francisco mayor ed lee will attend the state of the union dress. the obama administration saying that san francisco's first asian american mayor, lee represented the stories of millions of americans across the country. he will be joined by jason collins who is the first male athlete on a major american team to come out as gay. we'll have coverage of the state of the union with brian williams tomorrow night at 6:00. we'll stream it live online at www.nbcbayarea.com. >>> b.a.r.t is taking action. it was officer michael mayes that shot and killed tommy smith. it happened last week during a probation search at an apartment in dublin. mayes is expected to attend the funeral for smith. the chief outlined changes for the department. officers must now get written approval before probation searches. the chief has asked the department of justice to review b.a.r.t police department policies. >>> legal action against uber could affect the entire industry down the road. a lawsuit filed today argued that uber's drivers are distracted by the app that keeps them mo

san francisco to drive dangerously. this is our city. the city of san francisco. voted one of the most walkable cities in the united states. population 825 ,863 and cars community on a daily basis. this is my friend jakiya, a hairstylist and an inspiring photographer and enjoying life and lives in the heart of san francisco. walks to work everyday. this is a story for drivers. this is a story for pedestrian. this is a story for people living paycheck to paycheck trying to make it in the big city. and this is a story about how your life can change in a blink of an eye. >> that day was september 26th 2013. >> i was walking to work and on the end of my block of where i live, i waited for the light to turn green and for the walk sign to come on and as i walked into the crosswalk and not too far into it, i was hit. i opened my eyes and i feel a lot of pain in my head. i barely reached my hand up and there was blood coming out and covering in my hands and i can hear her going, "oh my gosh. it's all my fault." it was really horrific. i couldn't move my neck or anywhere else. i was a lot of pain and on morphines and i couldn't stop

. >> science building at san francisco state university is shut down after officials discovered a toxic substance after finding mercury, lead paint and asbestos in the science building. 9,000 students scheduled to attend there starting today classes were relocated. officials let students know what is going on inside. >> a controversial proposal requiring condoms made available at california prisons made it through the state assembly today. the bill crafted by a assemblyman from alameda intended to reduce the spread of hiv and other sexually transmitted diseases. >> average cost per patient with hiv in medical system is $25,000 a year and could be hundreds of thousands of dollars over the life of a patient. >> opponents worry making condoms available would encourage sex between inmates, condoms are contraband and is considered a felony to have sex while incarcerated governor brown rejected a similar piece of legislation saying the corrections department already aluz family visitors to bring condoms in for overnight visits. >>> a possible outbreak of noro virus has a cruise liner heading

addition to its own programming as -- of artist talks, meridian has been a downtown host for san francisco states well-known port trees center. recent luminaries have included david meltzer, steve dixon, and jack hirsch man. >> you can black as out of the press, blog and arrest us, tear gas, mace, and shoot us, as we know very well, you will, but this time we're not turning back. we know you are finished. desperate, near the end. hysterical in your flabbergastlyness. amen. >> after the readings, the crowd headed to a reception upstairs by wandering through the other gallery rooms in the historic home. the third floor is not usually reserved for just parties, however. it is the stage for live performances. ♪ under the guidance of musical curators, these three, meridian has maintained a strong commitment to new music, compositions that are innovative, experimental, and sometimes challenging. sound art is an artistic and event that usually receives short shrift from most galleries because san francisco is musicians have responded by showing strong support for the programming. ♪ looking into meridian

. >> we're live at san francisco state university. where it's day one of the spring semester. we'll tell you why this building behind me is closed for the semester. >>> good morning, we have a problem on the bay bridge. a crash on the san francisco side. now traffic all the way across the span is beginning to slow. we'll tell you what this is doing to the toll plaza. >> a little bit different pattern this week. will it bring us rain? if you're watching us north definitely. but the big news for this morning, some thick fog. okay. let's train like it's race day. what's up ted? i think i forgot to pay a bill. yep, paid that one. what about your mortgage? yep, paid that too. alright we're good then. man i feel like i'm forgetting something. eh, it's probably nothing. you worry too much ted. alright, hammer down! bank from almost anywhere with the citi mobile app. citi, with you every step of the way. >>> there it is, right on time. the opening bell this morning and they are celebrating national school choice week at the new york stock exchange. over on the nasdaq they have a littl

participate in healthy san francisco and folks transitioning from healthy san francisco into expanded medi-cal and we know more people accessing care through covered california the state's exchange and the poverty level will be eligible for subsubsidies under it as well and the department of public health has been working and preparing months and months and months for this transition and pretty well positioned to accommodate the changes as they come come january 2014. >> actually i had another question about technology and i know the even just more online diagnosis so people don't have to come in directly but within the master plan was there a look at with technology change how that's impacting our healthcare service delivery system? >> sure. the health systems assessment and embedded in that assessment you will find a section on technology and there's a couple of different ways this is going to impact going forward. under affordable care act providers need to be using electronic records so providers can easily share information across jurisdictions a as appropriate so that's one change that's certainly going to be happening and in addition to that so for example remote

while attending san francisco state university as an accountinging major, anthony's friend jokingly suggestedo make ends make. with no formal culinary training he opened his own bakery and is now the no. 1 producer of gourmet cookies in the biarea and thank you for joining us on quick bites. how do you feel? >> i feel great. >> so i want to get to the bottom of some very burning questions. why cookies? >> it was a recommendation from a friend. hard to believe that's how it all started. >> why not pies and cakes? what do you have against pies and cakes, anthony. >> i have nothing against pies and cakes. however, that was the recommendation. >> you were on the road to be an account apblt. >> actually, an engineer. >> even better. and it led to making cookies. >> in delicious ways. >> delicious ways. >> this is where the magic goes down and we're going to be getting to the truth behind cookies and cream. >> this is what is behind cookies and cream. >> where were you when the idea came to your mind. >> i was in my apartment eating ice cream, cookies and cream ice cream. how much fun, cookies and

san francisco namely california highway patrol, san francisco state police, ucpd so forth. the team and his personnel went out today and in a period of two hours, had issued 40 citations in that area today. you're going to continue to see that level of enforcement and you might see him or myself pulling you over, so that kind of collaboration is going to take place and continue to take place on fulsom and 6th and 9th. look forward to seeing a lot of blue and tan out there. chief. >> chief. >> my mistake. there is one more presentation. i'm going to struggle with this. >> can we keep it brief. >> teresa who is the chief of the advisory board. >> good evening. again, thank you all for this incredible effort and necessary and needed change for san francisco drawing all of our attention to public safety ety and all of our citizens safety. my name is is tracy and i'm a mother and small business owner in the san francisco district in a police distract. i'm in the city of heights and last year i became cochair of an advisory board and at the time my cochair now commander, sharon.

. >>> san francisco state's science building was closed for the entire spring semester after officials discovered a high level of contamination there. they discovered mercury vapor and asbestos and lead paint throughout the building. university officials are scrambling to figure out where to put 2500 students and staff who use that building. the semester begins on monday. >>> he stole his lamborghini, but wanted to do much worse. >> he has exclusive new details on the huge heist that he was planning. >> the teenager had his sights set on a more serious crime. a takeover robbery of a renouned san francisco business. how he planned to pull it off next. >> and out of the cold, a a heartwarming story, why a young family will never forget the freezing weather gripping the country. >> and every parents wants it, but few get enough of it. we are talking about sleep. how mom and dad manage to land a few more precious hours in >>> tomorrow afternoon marin county teenager max wade will be sentenced for stealing a lamborghini and an attempted murder. >> the abc7 news i team learned of a bigger cr

. >> the science building at san francisco state university is shut down after a toxic subs stance wasdiscovered. there is a risk assessment to understand the size of the program after minding mercury and asbestos in the science building. 9,000 students were scheduled to attend classes starting today but they have been relocated. officials have an information boot to let students know what is going on. >> the presidio trust meets to examine three proposals to develop the we site next to crissy field which is now occupied by a department store. the trust hope to make a fin am decision by mid-february. the three preparals are a museum by george lucas, and a cultural, and a facility to focus on the environment. they will have the option to approve nothing at all. mailing bills snowed it will cost more to mail a letter with the cost of first-class stamp now 49 cents up three cents. regulator use proved the hike in december. the last increase was a year ago when the cost of a letter went up to 46 cents but if you bought forever stamps, those are still good. love those forever stamps. right?

they found many are not buying the books for their classes. >>> a science building in san francisco state university is closed today an will remain shut down for the rest of the semester after harmful toxins were found there. an inspection of the building earlier this month found asbestos, mercury and peeling lead paint. the university is working with experts to determine any potential leath effects of those -- health effects of those who spent time in the building. the closure affects 10,000 student and faculty who work and study there. >> it was a big impact. a lot of our classes were moved. our schedules were changed. it's inconvenient for us since we have to move away from some of our classes. >> the university is making repairs but says it does not know when the work will be completed. >>> it's not mandatory yet but our dry weather conditions prompting south bay water officials to recommend cutting water usage. the santa clara valley water district is set to vote tomorrow on several new water conservation policies. they include water usage and appliances and drought resistant plans.

according to shape but san francisco all this sugar is bad for you. they stated that soft drinks and other fuel juices are bed. they want to get the word out. the >> shape of san francisco stated that it permits people from making healthier trusses. it does not provide them information about the health risk that are associated with consumer into much sugar. >> we are targeting people who drink more sugary drinks. what they are simply going is not telling them what type of sugar. >> shape of san francisco said that it is not related to what november measure. despite the fact that both efforts make the same point. >> coming up on the kron 4 news. the state's drought is making a big impact in the bay area with a another bay area community being asked to cut down on their water usage. [uncle]this is hopscotch,okay? uncle go one,two,one,two,one two,one. [niece]okay! [uncle]okay? [niece]one,two three,four,five,six,seven,eight! [uncle laughing] okay,we go the other way,okay? [niece]one,two,three,four,five, six,seven! [uncle laughs]there's ten spaces,you want to try agai

. >>> spring semester started at san francisco state university this morning, but one building will be closed off to students. high levels of mercury, lead paint and asbestos dust were found in one of the science buildings. the university must now find space for more than 2,500 stuaf and students. the chronicle reports the university is working with health and safety experts to understand what needs to be done to make sure that building is safe. >>> the upper midwest is facing arctic cold temperatures with windchills dipping into the minus 40 degree area. wendy is braving elements among chicago's navy pier. >> reporter: the sun rises over a frozen chicago, but it won't help the city thaw. bone-chilling cold is once again settling in on much of the country, bringing temperatures that won't climb above zero for many parts of the midwest. >> just got to tough it out, you know, and wait until things get better. >> reporter: the month of january has seen wave after wave of frigid air pushing down from canada, unrelenting cold that just won't let up. making matters worse, 24 states have decl

i got my degree in social work at san francisco state university, and while i was in school in social work school i did a lot to learn the landscape of services and programs for childrens and families in the city. i had an internship for two years as an intern. then another three years as a staff. in 1991 coalman and community groups associated coalman and children's community led the effort to establish a children's fund, a ballot measure that was put on the ballot by decision and loaded up here to the department of election in wagons that were filled with petitions signed by residents of san francisco. that passed in 1991 and again in 2000 was reauthorized and extended for 15 years. i was part of that campaign working closely with stephanie, who is now working in the da's office. and in that process i learned the landscape of how our city has benefitted from the children's fund program. it has been remarkable the ref /hraougs it has caused and how we think about children, how we care about children, how we develop young people from early age and make sure they have active and exciti

. >>> san francisco state's science building was closed for the entire spring semester after officials discovered a high level of contamination there. they discovered mercury vapor and asbestos and lead paint throughout the building. university officials are scrambling to figure out where to put 2500 students and staff who use that building. the semester begins on monday. >>> he stole his lamborghini, but wanted to do much worse. >> he has exclusive new details on the huge heist that he was planning. >> the teenager had his sights set on a more serious crime. a takeover robbery of a renouned san francisco business. how he planned to pull it off next. >> and out of the cold, a a heartwarming story, why a young family will never forget the freezing weather gripping the country. >> and every parents wants it, but few get enough of it. we are talking about sleep. how mom and dad manage to land a few more precious hours in bed county teenager max wade will be sentenced for stealing a lamborghini and an attempted murder. >> the abc7 news i team learned of a bigger crime wade was planning and

. >> my name is anthony ryan and i live in the mission district and i teach at san francisco state university. i wouldn't be here tonight except about two years ago i was hit by a car on on my way to work and i lost my front piece. you're looking at poers lynn right here and the person who hit me was running a red light, but in my report the officer cited me at fault for unsafe movement. that's not rare. there is a culture of insensitive to the plate of street users whether they're pedestrian or cyclist. that needs to change. it's too easy it blame them because we need to redesign this city to have safer streets and that's on this body. this body needs to take action and the mayor's office needs to take action to make vision zero a reality and to make all the people here that want to see this happen and hope this isn't just words this time. all that needs to happen. thank you very much for letting me speak this evening. >> thank you very much and thank you for sharing your experience. next speaker, please. >> good evening, and i'm cathy and i like to thank you forgiving me this opportunity to

. >>> san francisco state's science building was closed for the entire spring semester after officials discovered a high level of contamination there. they discovered mercury vapor and asbestos and lead paint throughout the building. university officials are scrambling to figure out where to put 2500 students and staff who use that building. the semester begins on monday. >>> he stole his lamborghini, but wanted to do much worse. >> he has exclusive new details on the huge heist that he was planning. >> the teenager had his sights set on a more serious crime. a takeover robbery of a renouned san francisco business. how he planned to pull it off next. >> and out of the cold, a a heartwarming story, why a young family will never forget the freezing weather gripping the country. >> and every parents wants it, but few get enough of it. we are talking about sleep. how mom and dad manage to land a few more precious hours in be delicious, but say i press a few out flat, add some beef, sloppy joe sauce and cheese, fold it all up and boom! delicious unsloppy joes perfect for a school night. pil