willie brown, who was mayor of san francisco during the attacks recalls the initial panic felt by san franciscoansments after the first plane hit the world trade center. >> 93 was a flight headed to san francisco. we didn't know whether or not it was the bay bridge, the golden bank bridge, the transamerican tower -- we had no idea. ♪ >> reporter: after the ceremony, nancy pelosi told us how she thinks the events of september 11th changed the country. >> i guess everyone in the country had a loss of innocence about what others might do to us. nobody could imagine the evil that would perpetrate such a terrible tragedy. now we're better prepared. >> here's a look at some of the 9/11 related events happening tomorrow in the city. starting at 7:30 tomorrow morning, there's the trans america stair climb. at 9:00, more than 500 volunteers are expected to gather at the veteran's war memorial for the hands on day of service. the fire and police departments have their annual september 11th mass at saint monica's church. and then at 1:00 p.m., there's an observance expected to take place in the castro plaza.

we have visitors who will say, i never knew this was here and i'm a native san franciscoan. they wonder how long it's been here. when i tell them next year we'll get to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the park,k, software version: 3.0c ++ >> thank you all for joining our wonderful san francisco symphony. and of course, what with the mayor do without issuing the official proclamation? on behalf of our great city, i would love to present in honor of not only the 100 years, but the grammys, oscars, the wonderful quality of work that the symphony has been involved in, to honor them on this day, to resign from our protocol officer the official proclamation presented to michael. declaring this to be san francisco symphony in day in san francisco. [applause] free parking is what he asked for. of all things. and of course, with this opportunity that we could not pass up, where would a 100-share birthday bash the without the official birthday song? i'm going to ask liang-liang to get on the piano. and i'm going to have ask all of you to sing in your loudest voice. he would like to

we have visitors who will say, i never knew this was here and i'm a native san franciscoan. they wonder how long it's been here. when i tell them next year we'll get to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the park, thank you for coming. this is the department of building inspection brown bag lunch series at the department of building inspection. i am the chief inspectionor and we're looking at a interesting topic today which is commercial signs in san francisco. everybody has a point of view. some people love them. some hate them. they have a meaning and an important part to play, so it will be a fun tour, and i have signs to show you and use as a base of discussion and westbou e your questions. we have two quests introduce. jeanine pab pabilsky and she's an artist and a cultural historian and the founder of "bureau of urban secrets". >> it was found #- founded in 2g the dot com boom and engage artists and helping us interpret the city and we have done about 25 art projects in the city, and the most recent project is still on going and historically document the experience of t

joseph schmidt, who is a true san franciscoan in the fact that he's generous and in good times and in bad, everybody loves his chocolate. if you haven't had his chocolate, you don't know what you're missing. he for this occasion built and carved himself a coit tower out of white and bittersweet chocolate which is on display in the tower when we open the tower today. thank you, mr. schmidt, for doing that for us. in addition, mr. pll schwab donated $25,000 worth of graphic artwork design. this banner is made for this occasion only. we will give out free posters of this design today and that will be available for you. we also have half a dozen city guides here today to do commemorative tours of the tower the you can ask any question you have, no matter how esoteric, and they'll be able to answer it. also we will have jail productions, down here, to perform ragtime music. also, again, lots of history going on today, mitch morea zachaim, the author of the most influential book every written about coit tower, this book here, you have a rare opportunity to meet the author today and obtain a

. >> reporter: over in the mission public defender was shaking hands with san franciscoans hoping to get his name out. >> this is where my state will be for the next two months on the streets talking to people and it is a fascinating process. >> reporter: this morning city attorney and san francisco supervisor doab into the thick of a workers rights demonstration for hotel employees at union square. afterwards he treks back into campaign headquarters and sat down for strategy. >> today is the day people think about campaigning and campaigns. so, we expect voters will now after labor day start to be more atuned to the messages of campaign. >> reporter: west of so mania senator ye caught up with potential voters as he explained how voting changed the way candidates run campaigns. >> i think some individuals may think that labor day is really the official kick off for a mayor's race. for us, it was a long time ago. >> reporter: as for two other leading candidates, we never caught up with mayor lee san francisco supervisor chu is chairing the first meeting tomorrow and spent the day in t

life of the city not only in its picturesque back drop but it's also a very proud symbol for san franciscoans of our city so i want to thank all of friends and neighbors that helped not only today but every day are organizing a contribution to coit tower. a big round of applause to ken and ann and the entire team.

we have visitors who will say, i never knew this was here and i'm a native san franciscoan. they wonder how long it's been here. when i tell them next year we'll get to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the park, >> welcome to the department of building inspection brown bag lunch. today we have an extremely special event. we are here at paige glass on mission street in san francisco with mr. ken paige. ken paige has generously invited us into his glass shop and gallery. and the paige glass goes back a long, long time, right? to preearthquake, whichever earthquake -- >> all of them. they're all good. >> when did paige glass start? >> the big one, 1906. >> this happened afs in your family, was paige glass back then? >> well, the 1906 was a very important year, of course, for san francisco, needless to say. the bad news was the death and destruction, city in flames. the good news for my grandfather was even though he was living, at that point, in a tent out in golden gate park, you know, one of a whole lot of people. the good news, he was a young glazer, and every window in the

life of the city not only in its picturesque back drop but it's also a very proud symbol for san franciscoans of our city so i want to thank all of friends and neighbors that helped not only today but every day are organizing a contribution to coit tower. a big round of applause to ken and ann and the entire team. thank you. thank you. this was not speciesed to happen. -- supposed to happen. when lily coit bequeathed one third of her will to the city and county of san francisco she didn't necessarily have in mind the structure you see behind me. she just wanted to give something back to the city she loved and it was up to the board of supervisors at the time, 1931, to determine when -- what they should do with the money. the first idea and the one that was promoted in its day was some asphalt and a road to be constructed around lake merced. now, we love lake merced and we're proud of lake merced and it certainly needs a similar type of investment today. but clearly it was like nothing we see today. but it was the witness dovepble the park and recreation commiss, -- commission -- wisdom of the

life of the city not only in its picturesque back drop but it's also a very proud symbol for san franciscoans of our city so i want to thank all of friends and neighbors that helped not only today but every day are organizing a contribution to coit tower. a big round of applause to ken and ann and the entire team. thank you. thank you. this was not speciesed to happen. -- supposed to happen. when lily coit bequeathed one third of her will to the city and county of san francisco she didn't necessarily have in mind the structure you see behind me. she just wanted to give something back to the city she loved and it was up to the ar

we have visitors who will say, i never knew this was here and i'm a native san franciscoan. they wonder how long it's been here. when i tell them next year we'll get to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the park, >> welcome to the department of building inspection brown bag lunch. this is a series we run on the -- every month. we talk about topics of general interest. we are going to talk about the subject that comes up when people get permits. and my going to be able to recoup the value of the work to do when a property? how does my improvement or repair affect my property about you? we have guests today. jonathan, thanks for coming. james, and alice. alice is a neighbor. thanks for coming. i have a big hand out of stuff about what other people think values might be when you do work on your home. san francisco is a different world, isn't it? >> we have so many micro districts and pockets of different the used within two or three blocks. answering the question for one house may not always be the same as answering that question for different house. >> give us an idea. if you