. >> those babies being born sometime before 32 weeks far more likely than if you have a singleton.ually even birth defects are higher among twins than among singleton births. >> reporter: a new report in the journal "lancet" finds transferring a single embryo led to fewer miscarriages and low birth weight babies. >> it should be the standard in this country and it's more so in europe that you put back a single embryo. within those good-looking embryos there are some that are not genetically normal. we are now approaching the ability in young women to produce pregnancy rates of 60 to 70% with a single embryo transfer. >> reporter: so right now steps are being made to go down this path of one embryo, one healthy birth, and really get away from octo-moms. >> that's right. the goal here is to get away from putting high numbers of embryos into any woman but be able to put low numbers in have a successful singleton pregnancy as often as possible. >> reporter: there are another important number to consider when looking at ivf, the mother's age, the age of the eggs and in his group they ar

singleton, 15 is closed. 16 is communications. is there any public comment on 16? seeing none, 16 is closed. at 17 is adjournment. president buell: so moved. >> second. president buell: so moved and secondeded. thank you, one and all. we are here to celebrate as a corporate the life and times of edwin lee. i tried to convince him to become the interim mayor. he figured that one out quickly. his wife said, i am moving to hong kong. that did not work out so well. he is more secure than the next interim mayor will be. his financial future will be locked down for at least five years in this position. i could not be more pleased or more is enthusiastic about this reappointment. i am glad that president david chiu took the time to be here. also sophy maxwell. i have found a file on ed and i was cleaning out my files. i am glad that that episode is behind us. i am very pleased with the great work. we have been celebrating his work. we were just out at sunset celebrating his contribution. i am grateful that you took the time to be here. you should be very appreciative. tha

singleton, 15 is closed. 16 is communications. is there any public comment on 16? seeing none, 16 is closed. at 17 is adjournment. president buell: so moved. >> second. president buell: so moved and secondeded. thank you, one and all. >> two things that came out last week in particular i was very proud of, that was the comptroller's report on parks and the comptroller support on streets that showed significant improvement, not just year-to- year improvement, but the cleanliness of the streets and sidewalks. let's start with the streets. support came out just a week ago showing that the cleanliness of our sidewalks had improved by 10%, and the aggregate is the best we have seen in years. we have also shown a substantial improvement for the actual streets themselves. almost every district in san francisco, we saw improvement. we also sought improvement in an illegal dumping. i know how this issue has been, but we have a significant decline in illegal dumping. it is important to create a backdrop. remember all of the budget cuts last year and the year before that as i

singleton, 15 is closed. 16 is communications. is there any public comment on 16? seeing none, 16 is closed. at 17 is adjournment. president buell: so moved. >> second. president buell: so moved and secondeded. thank you, one and all. there is really, only one boy... one girl... one tree... one forest... one ocean... one mountain... one sky... and one simple way to care for it all. please visit earthshare.org and learn how the world's leading environmental groups are working together under one name. earth share. one environment... >> with my artists, eight of them are working in tehran, iran, the capital city, and one is an iranian american based in san francisco. the problem is really a

singleton, 15 is closed. 16 is communications. is there any public comment on 16? seeing none, 16 is closed. at 17 is adjournment. president buell: so moved. >> second. president buell: so moved and secondeded. thank you, one and all. ♪ la policía realiza operativos de costa a costa... y en todo el país, para detener a quienes no usan el cinturón de seguridad. abróchate el cinturón de seguridad siempre, de día y de noche, o serás multado. no importa quién seas o dónde vivas. ellos están alerta. la policía multa para salvar vidas. abrochado o multado. >> i have to figure out who is here. we were waiting for my chief of staff to finish a phone call. my apologies for being late. we want to create suspense. i am very grateful. i am looking around the room, and there are so many of you that are here. i will spare the indignity to jose and dufty, president of the board, david chu, to sean elsberdn and some supervisor- elects, or will be here. marquez, where is he. somewhere in the back. i thank them for being here with all of you. i mam grateful you came out today. this

singleton, 15 is closed. 16 is communications. is there any public comment on 16? seeing none, 16 is closed. at 17 is adjournment. president buell: so moved. >> second. president buell: so moved and secondeded. thank you, one and all. >> many people are not aware of this building was built in 1936. as a board to preserve the history and make the students aware of that history. the partnering between sfmoma and the arts commission means they will be more aware of the artwork that we have here, the artists that painted a, and the history behind this itself. >> students came from george washington, and it was wonderful to have them on a panel. people from the school board, those who have been painting for years, some conservative errors from the getty. to have them tell us about the works of their school was important. it represents african-american artists to during the 20's and 30's used an incredible body of work. it is one of the most incredible works of art in the city, bar none. it is a huge mural of incredible works. >> the san francisco civic arts collection h

singleton, 15 is closed. 16 is communications. is there any public comment on 16? seeing none, 16 is closed. at 17 is adjournment. president buell: so moved. >> second. president buell: so moved and secondeded. thank you, one and all. >> cents and cisco's buses and trains serve many writers -- san francisco buses and trains serve many riders. the need to be sure they can get off at their intended stop. the digital voice announcement system, which announces upcoming stops, can help these low vision riders know where they are, but only if set properly. >> it is a wonderful piece of technology, but in practice, it is a little bit more tricky. oftentimes, i find that the automatic announcement system is turned off or turned down so low that i'm unable to hear it, or it is turned up so high that the sound is distorted. >> most of the time, it does not ever seemed to be on. or is it is, it is a really quiet. occasionally, it is so loud that it is distorted. >> driver, may i have california st., please? >> no problem. >> whenever the announcement system does not work prop

well, harvard calls on john singleton copley to repair the portrait since he had painted it.d copley shows up and he repairs. and then from then on he is a marked man and he leads the country before the revolution starts and becomes a member of what is called the loyalists club in london. >> thomas allen is the author of several books, including remember valley forge and thigh master. for more information about the author in his new book, visit "tories: fighting for the king in america's first civil war".com. >> cleo paskal, "global warring," not global warming. >> is a bit of an extreme title. a lot of the analysis about climate change darts but that's going to get warmer and the levels will rise a little bit. it goes on to say what this actually means in terms of national security, global economic issues and geopolitical issues. we're starting a little bit in the arctic more suddenly there is conflict where there had been before. and new players are coming into areas that are completely unexpected. so china has an icebreaker. china is not arctic tower, but they know what's

john singleton copley. he, he does a portrait of paul revere one day, and another day he does a portrait of the british commander of the redcoats in boston. and there's a wonderful little story. he, before the revolution in a riot against the existing governor whose name was bernard, the riot spills out into the halls of harvard, and there's a portrait of bernard in one of the halls. and one of the rebels gets on somebody's shoulders, i guess, and he cuts the section out of the portrait that would have been where the heart was if it had been a human being, and he holds it up, and he says, i've taken bernard's heart. well, harvard calls on copley to repair the portrait since he had painted it, and copley shows up, and he repairs it. and from then on he's a marked man. and he, he leaves the country before the revolution starts and becomes a member of what was called the loyalist club in london. >> thomas allen is the author of several books including "remember valley forge" and "spymaster." for more informati

councilmember mike singleton says that means tapping into too much of the clerk's time and now is theime to bring back bottles. >> this is taking time away from office duties that she could be dedicating that time to. >> reporter: supporters say saving time and money isn't the only reason they are rallying for a switch. bottle recycling proceeds go to the local adopt a family program which helps needy families. >> this is landfill. this is going to help one of our poor families. that's why i'm bringing it back. >> reporter: some members say even if the change isn't approved, they are willing to bring in their own bottles of water from home. in galt, andrea menniti, cbs 5. >>> after the break, when a flash mob goes horribly wrong. >>> another storm rolling into the bay area right now. how much more rain can we expect? we'll talk about that coming up. ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, alleluia alleluia" then under >>> another scare at the roseville galleria mall. ♪ [ music ] >> nearly 5,000 people turned out for a flash mob performance of handel's halleluia chorus organized by a local coral socie

singleton, 15 is closed. 16 is communications. is there any public comment on 16? seeing none, 16 is closed. at 17 is adjournment. president buell: so moved. >> second. president buell: so moved and secondeded. thank you, one and all.