in the mission district near the corner of south van ness avenue and twenty third street. the stabbing is not believed to be gang related. shootings in bayview. they happened within five friday night. the shootings were also less than a mile apart. the first victim was injured by shattered glass after a bullet smashed his car window near palou avenue and ingalls street. during the second shooting.a man inside a building was shot in the arm and drove himself to a hospital. police are looking for two male suspects. san francisco police chief greg suhr is calling for a nationwide gun registry. he made that plea at an american bar association chief suhr supports a strategy to make sure that cleared, checked and responsible but a chairman of a gun rights group, disagreed. saying he supports background checks for gun buyers, but he believes that a list linking gun owners and their weapons is "not necessarily the government's business." a man is facing murder charges in a high-profile case in san jose. 23-year-old johnny lozano faces one count of murder in the apparent drive-by s

, to take advantage of the naturalization services which will be offered that day at number 1 south van ness. no appointments needed and free of charge. on behalf of all of our collaborative partners and our clientsv i want to thank mayor lee, president chiu, dr. hernandez, and all of our philanthropic funders. thank you so much for your generous support and your continued support through the san francisco pathway to citizenship will be a great success. we will give you our 200% effort. thank you very much. (applause) >> there is nothing more exciting and challenging as going through the process of naturalization in the united states. we're now going to hear from three individuals who are sharing their first person stories and have been very courageous and open about sharing these stories with us. first we will hear from claudia rodriguez and then mrs. su fong gau and then mr. gregory takakun. please come up, ms. rodriguez. >> good morning, everybody. i'm gloria rodriguez. [speaker not understood] catholic charities cyo and i am happy to say that now i -- my voice now counts. i can vote. now

lived its usefulness, and we saw a few years ago at the bowling alley that went on at 17th and south van ness that project was going to fall apart because they weren't going to be able to serve beer so did did a one off exemption for movie theaters. when the roxy theater which is a treasure of community institution wanted to serve wine and beer to help survive such a unique san francisco mission institution they were prohibited and we did another exemption for that and each time i gave the standard speech while it's great to do the one off exemptions it's not good policy and we need to fundamentally address of the problems that were caused and that valencia whole foods can't get a license but a large store can and a lounge has trouble becoming ada compliant and if they do so they're going to lose the license and a store may close down and not reopen again because the special use district would cause the liquor license to be forfeited so over time the district was starting to stifle positive change and innovation in the neighborhood and it was time to take action, and i really want to thank su

he now works at an auto shop off of south van ness and he makes $45,000. that is the type of story that city college should always be like. that is a type of story that we try to prioritize. that is a type of student that we try to serve at city college. and i believe that that is kind of our clash of values. now, i understand that we all are fighting to keep city college open, but a lot of us kind of say, you know, we want to keep city college open. we also want to keep it -- save it the right way. and the right way is making sure that we have access for all students, not just the students who want to transfer to 2 and 4 year colleges because eventually everyone might want to do that, but we should say it should be there for esl students, it should be there for everybody because education really does contribute to -- i think 60% of our culinary students end up within the first three months, they end up getting a job somewhere in san francisco hospitalities industry. these are like stories and these are statistics that we can continue to pump out. so, our

planning commission is set to approve a permit for the 24-bed expansion of an existing shelter on south van nesshe city's l-g-b-t homeless say they didn't feel safe or welcome in many of the existing shelters. that survey also found that 29-percent of the city's homeless population say they are gay. the new shelter is expected to cost about 550-thousand dollars and planners hope to open it's door sometime next year. >> sprang to help stop the spread of the west mile virus is scheduled tonight in santa clara county. it is set to start at 11:00 p.m.. vector control spray from berryessa rd down to ease san antonio street, and from 1910 to north and south jackson street, near highway 101. >> coming up on kron 4 morning news s 6:30 p.m.. a popular san francisco attraction is closing their doors today. plans for the new wax museum coming up. >> it has been five weeks since a tolerant missing in oakland. details on how they are, the friends and family are holding up. >> we're also watching weather and traffic this morning. we will be getting an update from erica and george coming up 6:45 a.m.. these ar

the planning commission is expected to vote on a permit to expand an existing shelter on south van nessue on the grounds of saint mary and saint martha lutheran church. it will hold 24 beds for lgbt homeless people. 29% of the homeless population identifies as lgbt. the construction will cost about a half million dollars. construction is scheduled to start this fall and the shelter should be opened up in early 2015. >>> cisco systems ceo john chambers will make a broadcast to all his employees in a short time to tell them who is being laid off. >> a small percentage of the overall company, 5%, but it could be thousands in san jose. >> 4,000 in total. the surprising thing about this move is cisco's numbers turned in wednesday afternoon really quite good. it's got to sting to hear profits are up 15% but you are fired. cisco has been in a=/% slow ble for a while. cisco cutting jobs last spring, last summer as well. hedge fund managers have been a nightmare for silicon valley, another activist shareholder putting pressure on apple. that's dan lowe, the guy who got yahoo! ceo fired last year

the victim tells police he was walking into "my corner cafÉ" at south van ness ave and 26th street whenimilar incidents have been reported in the same area. witnesses gave officers a vague description of the suspect -- a male between 16 and 25-years-old, long hair and tattoos. they're watching you. but should someone be watching them? we're talking about t-s-a workers. >> catherine: people who are the last line of defense between you and any would-be evil-doers at the airport.are engaging in misconduct that could put fliers at risk. shannon travis reports. >> remember this three years ago: a t-s-a officer at new jersey's newark airport leaves his security post. and a man breezes through, prompting a security scare, for hours? a government report released tuesday shows startling incidents like these happen far too often: it says misconduct from t-s- a workers is up 26-percent over three years. to some 96-hundred cases. and there may be more, since some offenses may never be reported. things like: sleeping on the job. stealing cash out of luggage. t-s-a workers leaving their posts. even l

at one south van ness. in the middle of the afternoon.er partnership with a-b-c 7 news. people were evacuated from the m-t-a building, complaining of shortness of breath and coughing. 34 were treated at the scene, and all were released. northbound van ness was closed for about an hour, but people were allowed back into the building around 4:15. still no word what caused the evacaution. >> pam: police in marin county say a man known as the "hatted bandit" has struck again. .this time, robbing the wells fargo at the corte madera town center. it happened wednesday morning around 9 a-m, when the robber -- wearing a brown knit hat with earflaps gave a teller a demand note, and left with an undetermined amount of cash. officers believe he's struck in four recent bank robberies in mill valley and greenbrae between january and now. the suspect is decribed as a white male, between 40 and 50 years old and six feet tall. >> pam: several people left without a home after a six- alarm fire at a redwood city apartment complex last month are now suing ag

planning commission is set to approve a permit for the 24-bed expansion of an existing shelter on south van nessey didn't feel safe or welcome in many of the existing shelters. that survey also found that 29-percent of the city's homeless population say they are gay. the new shelter is expected to cost about 550-thousand dollars and planners hope to open it's door sometime next year. >> spraying to help stop the spread of the west nile virus is scheduled tonight in santa clara county. its set to start at 11 o clock. vector control will spray from berryessa road down to east san antonio street, and from 19th to north and south jackson street. near highway 101. >> >> a boston-based company has created a line of cups and straws that can detect date- rape drugs. drinksavvy's products change color if an odorless, colorless or tasteless rape drug is detected. the company's founder, mike abramson, says he came up with the idea after his own drink was laced with a sedative. drinksavvy expects to roll out a line of drug detecting cups and straws by early next year. as for cost, the prices are expected to

one person remains in critical condition following a stabbing in the corner of 23rd street and south van nessree victims are expected to survive though one has serious injuries. the police say that the stabbing was not gang-related. >>> coming up this morning on "today in the bay" a stand off a quiet sunnyvale neighborhood, and we will tell you why neighbors are not surprised by that violence. >>> we will have another look at the forecast in 30 minutes and the forecast as well. >>> good morning. >>> good morning. it is saturday, august 10th, 2013. here's a look at today's top stories. >>> wall of water, violent flashflooding in southern colorado sends cars race do you think the highway. at least one person is dead. more heavy rain and flashflooding in the forecast today for much of the country. dylan will have a closer look at how bad it could get. >>> a horseback right fielder thinks he saw the abducted teenager with the man accused of snatching her as this story takes another tragic turn. >>> showdown in court. usher facing off with his ex-wife over custody of their boys. this in the wake o

south of chavez. and this is part of a streetscape plan in the mission. that extends from van ness to college hill. we're focusing on the part where there's an oh, will you explain and working with district supervisors and then chinatown. we're about to loufrn the perry sing square so within that process we'll look at the zone and other opportunities in this area. the next piece is coordinating our work externally. so supervisor tanking is launching her blue print and working closely with her office to think about what to do in the sunset. and there's another project on another street. so i want to say thanks and here's our contact information. we have handouts that list all the tools on the table and like i said we're excited to starting this program and working closely with o e w d. thank you >> there any public comment on the investment neighborhoods item? okay seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioner >> thank you very interesting subject and i just have some thoughts kind of reflecting on neighborhoods during my 45 years of residing in san francisco. and is things that i find are mos

little bit about how the van ness brt fits into the operations of the mta and the future of the mta's development. as you can see from this map in the green it provides a north south trunk, an area where there is little rail currently available, so we will provide basically a high capacity corridor for the mta without having to build a rail line along van ness. it's designed specifically to hook up with the geary brt and currently in development and provide east-west connection point and connection hub at van ness and geary. as part of a larger mta network service for the van ness brt will be provided by the trolley and motor coaches currently operate the 47 and 49 limited lines. as you can see from this map the bus rapid transit project will operate in the exclusive right-of-way along van ness. for the rest of the run they will operate as they currently do along the traditional routes of the 49 limited and the 47 lines providing connection to other parts of the city and the 49 line will run virtually the entire length of the city. what goes into making a brt system? what is bus rapid transit? it's the dedicated transit lane is the obvious item but there are subtl

south of marketa and we're using pilot projects to test effectiveness. some of the examples include talking about bus rapid transit along van ness and geary. we're going to put a 47-limited bus in service that will serve that route and give us valuable data for mta, as an approach to bus rapid transit and there are examples of the solutions that we're looking to pilot during this event. we mention the mta's special events team and sustaining the positive legacy of some of these projects. so with that, i just wanted to give you a broad overview of some of the various things we're doing and wanted to see if you had specific questions for me, and if there is anything that i don't have direct knowledge of, i am happy to follow-up with some of the disability staff throughout the city that are working on the operational details. >> you have to bear with me, i have to remember to turn on the mic. thank you very much. we're going to open it up for council member questions first, and then staff and then we'll go to the public. okay? thank you. so we open it up to the council. skip? >> i have a question. for you mr. van de water and actually i have