that is our living seawall project. if you have any questions, we'll be happy to answer them. >> v.p. woo ho: we'll open up for public comment. is there any public comment in the room? seeing none. we'll go to remote. the queue is now open. there are no members of the public on the phone wishing to make public comment. >> v.p. woo ho: public comment is closed. >> commissioner brandon: thank you kelly and matt for this report. i think this is a very innovative project. it will definitely add to our nature-based projects that we already have along the waterfront. i think it's exciting. i have couple of questions regarding the funding. i'm wondering -- can you tell me more about what the collaboration is? is it that we pay for it and the scientists come and study it? >> we are paying for it. the collaboration was in the design of the study and the frame. this is funded through the work that will be -- because the design will be used. >> commissioner brandon: that port is paying for it? we're paying for the scientific monit

that is our living seawall project.you have any questions, we'll be happy to answer them. >> v.p. woo ho: we'll open up for public comment. is there any public comment in the room? seeing none. we'll go to remote. the queue is now open. there are no members of the public on the phone wishing to make public comment. >> v.p. woo ho: public comment is closed. >> commissioner brandon: thank you kelly and matt for this report. i think this is a very innovative project. it will definitely add to our nature-based projects that we already have along the waterfront. i think it's exciting. i have couple of questions regarding the funding. i'm wondering -- can you tell me more about what the collaboration is? is it that we pay for it and the scientists come and study it? >> we are paying for it. the collaboration was in the design of the study and the frame. this is funded through the work that will be -- because the design will be used. >> commissioner brandon: that port is paying for it? we're paying for the scientific monitorin

electric additional seawall. and we hope that in some cases perhaps there will be a greater variety of native pg. rather than the introduced for invasive species that san francisco bay is so famous flood, will it make it stronger? will we have less chance of flooding or seismic problems because of this, because that's obviously a big concern. mhm so this is sort of a killing two birds with one stone solution. the point is looking to renovate the seawall , precise mint reason, but while they're at it we can also take a few additional approaches to create better habitat for the plants and animals that live on and depend on these community around the margins of the day. so well, the living element of it well, not necessarily make the seawall itself. stronger. the plants and animals will cushion some of the blow of the incoming ways and close over time. but the key elements really are helping to the concrete itself, right finally got both things. well it sounds like something we'll be watching very closely over the n

in mission creek living seawall will help with the differing tides in san francisco bay. a greater variety of plants and animals than we would otherwise on that bears smooth surface on a prediction. alfie wall the living seawall pilot program is a partnership between the port of san francisco and the smithsonian environmental research center. coming up a crackdown on ghost guns by the federal government. president biden has announced his plan to get the illegal weapons off the street and a california woman falsely accuses a black teenager of stealing her cell phone, and now she's been convicted of a ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ what's bargain bliss? you know that feeling you get when you find the name brands you love, but for way, way less? that's bargain bliss. find bliss on every aisle at your neighborhood grocery outlet. it's grocery outlet's 20 percent off wine sale going on now till april 12. we have hundreds of wine, sure to please any wine enthusiast. so act now, 'cause these deals won't last long. stop in and save today. -♪ grocery outlet bargain market ♪ alsn interstate 80 an

they're significantly more consequential than seawalls. in order to help bring more of those nature-based solutions into our planning, we have to move quickly. and with this executive order on earth day, we're also showing this moment of maximum threat and urgency can also be a moment of enormous hope and enormous opportunity. you know, that we -- you know, that we carry in heart and mind the image of the ideal place, the right place, the one true home, known or unknown, actual or visionary. i know you all feel it. and you wouldn't be sitting here in the cold with your coats not on if you didn't. so i'm now going to sign this executive order. and i think we're going to make -- i just think this is the beginning of a new day. and we're going to just have to overtake the opposition on this. i really mean it. so thank you all for being here. i'm going to sign this executive order. [applause] pres. biden: strengthening the nations forests, communities, and local economies. and that's all about planting about 1,200,000,000 trees. so -- and, by

stand the test of time and we at the port under the leadership of march breed are working on our seawall and city assessor carmen chiu is going to make sure that we get it done over time, but it's a generational investment and i want you all to hear that today because we are preparing you to take it on and this harbor will be changing and will be resilient and strong. all the thank yous were given already. i don't want to repeat them because you know them. but i do want to say thank you again, we're honored to be here and get us to the ribbon cutting and the tour of the facility. thank you so much. [ applause ] and i turn it over to assessor carmen chiu. >> thank you very much, elaine. with that, i want to thank all of our honored guests for being here today. i think all of us are ready to go cut the ribbon, right? that doesn't sound enthusiastic. are we ready? all right. i want to make sure, of course, to recognize the folks who are here before we head over. of course, commissioners thank you for being here. chief scott thank you for being here. remmington, director of arts commission.

. >> you can have an engineered seawall, just a flat face that provides a wall that will protect. and the living levee element is trying to adapt this to the more natural settings. >> very cool. the full story is on nbc lx. you can watch it any time. you go also watch it on channel 185 or over the air on channel 11-5. >>> i'll bet this is something a lot of people never thought about. are we eating our oreos the wrong way? we'll tell you what researchers -- yes, they have done research on this. we'll tell you what they're saying about the favorite cookie. >>> and happening now in florida, the escalating battle between disney and governor ron desantis is heating up. the redistricting on the theme park is getting underway. that's the issue. whether disney can continue to govern itself as it has for decades. the battle is really over florida's new parental rights in education law which at the moment includes some disney employees call the don't say gay law. we'll be back after the break. >>> trending this midday. when you eat milk's favorite cookie, do you split the oreo apart first?

the plaintiffs claim that forced them to spend more money on seawalls and other protections. >>> this is election day for some parts of san francisco. a runoff election is being held to determine who will represent the state assembly in district 17. the race pits encompass against mark katie, a battle against a former and current state supervisor. not expecting a huge turnout here and we could have an idea of the winter by later tonight. >>> passengers on a board ship coming back to l.a. will be forced to quarantine due to covert cases. cbs reporter tina tells us that some passengers say it was not the vacation they were expecting. >> i just want to get in my bed. i am really, really happy to be off the ship. >> reporter: vicki and her mother are finally heading home after a long cruise aboard the grand princess. the two contracted covid sometime last week and work wanting to in their cabin after testing positive. they say it was scary. >> my mom was hallucinating and clawing at the wall. >> reporter: they thought the medical staff on board would take care of them but this it hardly a

seawall is night there from a boy. many he told us similar story. lena says she is still shaking when she thinks about the weeks under russian occupation. but she will not him what we have to thank her soldiers. they're so brave, they are so brave that they freed up already. okay. look, what they did to my town. already unco was once beautiful and green residence told us. now it lies in ruins. the town is free, but it has paid a high price for its freedom. she w corresponding to con lee, as in kevin join, just now nick, ukrainian president brought me his lansky said that the horrors inflicted on that town board the anchor were even worse than what we saw in boucher tell us more about what's been found there. i think most people here in ukraine can't basically take their eyes off those images of those destroyed tablets and barrenca everyone's here, but she guessing how many people are still trapped on those ruins or how many people manage to get out before those are homing. those shillings happened, and i think that was

the start of a living seawall is coming to san francisco's embarcadero this summer.ned to mimic natural elements such as mangrove roots and coral growths that promote marine biodiversity . over the next two years. it will replace the rock and concrete wall that stretches more than three miles. between fisherman's wharf and mission creek. the living seawall will help different tied depths, wave heights and intensities and even salinity levels along the harbor. by adding additional text and using different materials. we hope that we will see a greater variety of plants and animals than we would otherwise on that bears smooth surface on a predictable seawall. now the living seawall pilot is a partnership between the ports of san francisco and the smithsonian environmental research center. how time is now for 27. pg and e just agreed to pay more than $55 million to avoid criminal prosecution for two major in northern california wildfires. the settlement includes it. kincade fire started in october of 2019 and destroyed 375 buildings and caused the biggest evacuation. in

>> you see at the entrance to the harbor there's a seawall kind of on the north side.he yellow or orange floats. those are pretty unmistakably dolphin pens. those are the same type that soviet and the russians and ukrainians have used for years and years. if you know what you're looking for, it doesn't look like anything else. >> walk us through. how does the russian navy or any navy use trained dolphins. what can they do that machines or humans can't? >> well, dolphins have evolved into be a pretty amazing sonar device in their brains. human beings have not been able to mechanically or electronically detect things as well as dolphins can using their gifts that they evolved o d ove time. they are also great swimmers. they can swim four or five times faster than a person can. they can find things in the water and tell people about it more quickly than a human swimmer could. >> if you could just expand on that. what exactly they are being trained to do? what are they doing for the russians? >> dolphins, in general, have two main jobs in navys around the world. one of the

in copenhagen they're building a giant man made island as opposed to a seawall to try to stop any floodingwe deal with the problems resulting from, right, climate change, but what about investments like in carbon neutrality? how do you make sure and what are we learning from copenhagen about making sure it doesn't get worse? >> so copenhagen has a really laudable goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2025. it's only about -- >> that almost sounds crazy. >> right. it's only about 65% of the way there. copenhagen already has a biking culture which helps reduce emissions. 42% of its commuters go to work by bike. yet -- so how does it get all the way to carbon neutrality? that's where something called carbon capture comes in, and that is actually capturing the carbon dioxide from a power plant or an industry before it goes up into the atmosphere. that's great technology. the problem is it's really expensive. and when you watch this report, you'll see just how expensive it is for one plant and why they're having a hard time finding financing. >> fascinating stuff on this earth day. always good to

stand the test of time and we at the port under the leadership of march breed are working on our seawall and city assessor carmen chiu is going to make sure that we get it done over time, but it's a generational investment and i want you all to hear that today because we are preparing you to take it on and this harbor will be changing and will be resilient and strong. all the thank yous were given already. i don't want to repeat them because you know them. but i do want to say thank you again, we're honored to be here and get us to the ribbon cutting and the tour of the facility. thank you so much. [ applause ] and i turn it over to assessor carmen chiu. >> thank you very much, elaine. with that, i want to thank all of our honored guests for being here today. i think all of us are ready to go cut the ribbon, right? that doesn't sound enthusiastic. are we ready? all right. i want to make sure, of course, to recognize the folks who are here before we head over. of course, commissioners thank you for being here. chief scott thank you for being here. remmington, director of arts commission.