we san franciscoans love our food and desserts are no exceptions.s that specialize in any and every dessert your heart desires, from hand made ice cream to organic cakes, artisan chocolate and cupcakes galore, the options are endless. anyone out there with a sweet tooth? then i have a great stop for you. i've been searching high and low for some great cookies and the buzz around town that anthony's are those cookies. with rave reviews like this i have to experience these cookies for myself and see what the fuss was all about. so let's see. while attending san francisco state university as an accountinging major, anthony's friend jokingly suggested he make cookies to 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

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,

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, good morning and welcome to the june 20, 2013 neighborhood safety and services meeting. the clerk of the committee is derrick evans and we want to thank the following members of sfgtv who are covering the meeting today. mr. clerk, if you could please make the announce /-pls. >> please make sure all cell phone devices are off. items acted upon today will appear on the july 9, 20123 located at 10 california street in district three. >> if we can begin by hearing briefly from the applicant from alcion. >> thank you for bringing my plea today. what we want to do is make a vital home grown and class inclusive kind of establishment at the bottom of california street. the liquor license is integral to the success of the operation. in a nutshell, i would say alcohol and coffee are social lubricants and we want to make affordable social lubricants for all people to interact

we san franciscoans love our food and desserts are no exceptions. are places that specialize in any and every dessert your heart desires, from hand made ice cream to organic cakes, artisan chocolate and cupcakes galore, the options are endless. anyone out there with a sweet tooth? then i have a gr

you have been an incredible leader for san franciscoans in making sure that our parks are the world-class park system that they really need and deserve. and for me personally, this is incredibly bittersweet, because you and i, your tenure at neighborhood parks council as executive director started just at the same time that i started as general manager and we embarked on a path and a partnership to leveraging the non-profit and community-based advocacy of our park users for the betterment of our park system. and as i sit here today, i really, truly belie through our ups and downs, through some of the back and forth that inevitably happens through families with patrick goal our park system is so much better off because of our partnership and our partnership is better off because of you and i really mean that and i am sad and i think san francisco is losing a tremendous, tremendous park advocate, but because i have gotten to know you pretty well over the last several years, i am also incredibly happy four. foryou, this is an incredible chapter for you, living in the east bay and soon to be

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, across america, cities and towns, homes and businesses all depend upon one basic resource. modern civilization and life itself would be impossible without it. woman: okay, so today, we're going to look at how do we get our water? narrator: and today, it's a matter of simply turning on the tap. so often, we forget about the value of water. water is a commodity that is essential to life. 100 years ago, it would have been hard to imagine turning on the tap water. and now, it's an expectation. narrator: over 300 million people live in the united states. and each person uses an average of 100 gallons of water every day. man: what it takes to actually make clean water is somewhat a mystery to most customers. woman: so how does water get from the river into your house, or here at school? woman: somebody has to bring that water to us, and somebody has to take it away when w

and he is also a proud native san franciscoan who grew up with the appreciation for the exporatorium and the role of education in our civic life. >> i would like to introduce newsom who is a passionate for transforming that into the future of our society and works tirelessly behind the scenes to be sure that we are standing where we are today. and first, i can't help myself because i love the fact that nikki heart is part of this and you don't get a chance to quote people from the grateful dead. but it was not mixky who said this, but he may claim credit. but it was jerry garcia who said that you don't want to be the best of the best you want to be the only one that does what you do. >> i think of that quote in the context of today. this is unique in every capacity. [ applause ] this is special in every way. and you heat our heart out and it does not exist anywhere else not only in this state or in the state or the rest of the world. mr. mayor, congratulations, mr. president, the city attorney, and members of the board. and treasurer, others, this is a glorious and gracious day and i

imagine how san franciscoans responded when the tower appeared >> it's so odd, so weird. >> it's thevisible icon in the bay area. >> there is something undenyably different about the sutro tower. >> long, and instantly the most dominant fixture in the landscape. this was an awkward child. >> the first design of the thing was a more conventional, gee, look at that big communications tower. but this thing is such an odd creature-like presence. >> a monster that could come alive, you know, and traipse through the city. >> reporter: some people are afraid of the tower, afraid it might fall, afraid of waves. >> reporter: in fact, a lot of people just hated it. >> the way that architecture works, it is a real shock to the new component. the sutro tower is so alien to its setting to that half of the city. >> reporter: but then, somehow, all of that changed. >> a little bit of a lightning rod to now being one of the most beloved icons in the city >> reporter: don't believe him. just ask amber bowman, the girl with the sutro tattoo. >> everywhere i went, i saw the tower and it becameemblemati

we san franciscoans love our food and desserts are no exceptions. there are places that specialize in any and every dessert your heart desires, from hand made ice cream to organic cakes, artisan chocolate