i love them but the ability to run around outside in a city environment makes san francisco a special city. the idea you can go into the presidio or golden gate park won u run as fast as you can and they love that. this is an important program. thank you. thank you >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> morning commissioners general manager i'm anna i manage policies at the park alliances i'm here on behalf of that to support of the children's outdoor bill of rights. we hope that it are inform other cities. i applaud my colleague for helping with this. we're really exfoliated it's before the commission today and hope you'll support it thank you. thank you >> anyone else who wants to make a public comment will. public comment is closed commissioners >> thank you, commissioner lo it. >> i want to commend all you as to someone who is currently raising two small children in the city there's a profoundly difference we're very blasz blessed to be able to comment ourselves for an urban experience for our children and make sure they know how important nature is to our lives. i look forward to supp

city as well. alex savidge is joining us with a preview of a very important meeting set for tonight. >> reporter: good morning. during that specialncil will desaid a possible cut to both pay and benefits for current and retired officers here in this city. the vallejo police union meantime is is pushing back though. they say this move would be devastating for this department. an already under staffed department by driving out qualified officers. the union took out a full page ad urging them to -- and voice opposition to propose new contract. it would be the first post bankruptcy contract for vallejo officers and force them to pay 25% more for health care and propose a 5% pay cut. this comes after they grapple with a recent surge. homicide count here stands at 26 so far this year. that includes three deadly officer involved shootings. >> bang bang. i knew him. bang bang i went to school with her. >> reporter: last night those angry about the recent violence came together for a vigil. more than 100 people gathered at the vallejo ferry terminal. they held candles there and offered prayers for the victims and talked about solutions to

economic specialization itself then is going to change the character of the city. each: was increased specialization actually changing life in teotihuacan ? warren barbour began to think the tiny faces would yield an answer. barbour: during my dissertation research, i occasionally would run across figurines that had fingerprints, and they sort of added a humanity to my work, and i started looking for them, and they sort of brought me closer to the manufacturer of the print. i started wondering who he was, and i figured i would never be able to find that. and i started wondering whether or not i could find something else out about them. keach: barbour's curiosity led him to the modern science of fingerprints where he discovered that with a large enough sample he might be able to discern the gender of the person who made the print. males have wider ridges. females have narrower ones. through trial and error, he devised a technique to make permanent molds of the fingerprints. from these he began to construct a sample. finally, an intriguing discovery -- direct evidence

he was playing a special role as a janitor in detail city.won't say in the library are books from kufrlt innovators this year they're great poetry's that had tremendous impacts on dorisy and that impact has led to great work that dorisy has had in the filipino community particular at glide church where she's been a beloved icon with the great innovative services that the church provides for san franciscan especially san franciscans most vulnerable people. dorisy a communication and digital story telling and assures that the glides work continues it reaches and moves the key constituent sisters. urging the digital story techniques grand engagement and social media programs she motivates the glide to provide their many, many services. and actually dorisy has been schooling me how to use twitter as well. i'm sure she does for others. strategic marketing services she leads the original contents in house mike agency and oversees the work of architects and artists to assure growing social media. on behalf of our dedicated talents flip at glide in s

cities are about special moment and i hope tonight is a night you also remember.hrilled to have you. we at one point ask our asking mayor norman yee to come up. >> thanks phil happy holidays hanukkah and merry christmas. this is a tradition that started 84 enforcing and i'm so glad to be here enjoying the festivities with you. i'm hoping for the next 84 years we'll continue this tradition. i want to keep it short i know the kids are waiting for the lights there yeah. i was going to say happy new years eve. next up to say a few quick words the lights are coming is president mark. very quick words acting mayor you won't and all honored guests i want to say one thing and that's our rec and park department staff worked hard to provide services to the folks in san francisco and tonight it shows it has older folks like me and kids and folks in the city they're in the san francisco park having a wonderful time and happy holiday to you i hope you have a great time you all right so we had tracy before she won the citywide contest. we have a lot of other fun i want to give

like everything that we are inspired to do in this great city it's a very special project. it's located at the nexus of the industrial city's past and all the future. it creates a unique opportunity for us to explore the character and contemporary spaces and operating systems designed to increase worker productivity. it incorporates many of today's many ideas of sustainable development and operation. as you will hear from our partner david johnson and his firm. it has our leadership goal to high quality enterprises in san francisco and nurtures a business environment that supports strong economic growth as you will hear from mayor lee. it also established new benchmark for what is possible today for commercial development and you will happy hear from our company leader. john kilroy. i think you will understand that we are a huge believer of san francisco. we have demonstrated that faith in local management, resources and development. it has taken a big teamworking together very closely to bring us to today's ground breaking. that is a lot of people and we are glad to see to

a special homecoming. >> the whole city was great as , the way theys treated me and my family and thethe rest of the season due to a back injury according to espn. felt soreness in his back prior to yesterday's game and it apparently worsened. speaking of yesterday's game, the injury did not seem to hamper his abilities. and td's26 yards, another to demarco murray and he threw an interception. they continued to spiral downward but only one game left. mike shanahan survived black monday and finishing off the remainder of his contract. take a listen. >> i love these guys created that been working extremely hard to put this thing together. we have had a couple of bumps which we all now. with the salary cap. i am looking forward to building this football team but like i said, it is a situation where i will sit down with them and go from there. he will no longer being [inaudible] lhe one time superbown champ wide to give fans something to remember. >> the reception i got today and peopleout the week, bought me lunch. was glad toi announce that this would be my last season. >> we should be

move our car even though it's a huge sidewalk and there is people all over this city that's on sundays that park, have special parking all over the city where they double park or they made preparations for them to park on this street area and now they put meters all around, so we have to come by and feed the meter, we can't stand and serve the lord, and most of the black people in this city has been evicted by this city just like i was, so i want to ask y'all, when you think about housing, think about very low-income housing because a lot of people have been discriminated against that could not finish their jobs and e with have to also talk about the discrimination that's been happening over the years and no one's been paying attention on jobs, that's why so many people don't have jobs so we have a lot of things to talk about but i will be coming back because now my grand dauktder is 16 and i have plenty of time. thank you. and i do support the giants also, what they're trying to do. >> good afternoon. my name is anthony wonder burger and i have worked at the giants ballpark for a little over 3 yearess, i sta

and we have some special historic figures like victor who was a filipino oiven so we named a park after her. those are part of our city only should we recognize this history as part of this city but part of envy job and i believe part of the board of supervisors job is to reach into our communities and bring out the talent to help us not only manage but we need more heroes. we need more people from the filipino community to serve and a create and to innovative and to establish the milestones this city deems valuable. so i is back to you hi draw i know a lot of people are dpufs trims amount of credit to helping our public schools succeed we have an in3r50i7b9d relationship with our schools because hi draw mendoza is my

special. we begin with ryan who met with some of the city's finest. he shows us how they traded their uniforms for santa suits and gave new meaning to "protect and serve." >> we brought together different kids from various backgrounds and try to share a christmas with them. >> what's that behind you, guy? >> being able to walk through the neighborhood as we do every day and see the homeless, see the drugs and the alcohol. i wanted to show them that, yeah, you live in the tender loin, yeah, you're in plight conditions, but there is light at the end of the tunnel. >> the boys and girls club and the police department have formed a collaboration to really make sure the kids are safe. and having fun. so today we get to celebrate christmas. >> some of these kids will never have the opportunity obviously to ever have a christmas in this neighborhood. they had snow in the park today, at city hall, and got to experience what real snow feels like. they got to go up and down the slopes. some of them went three or four times because they didn't know if they would

wanted to end with a song, so many songs uplift me from peter gabriel to jerry damers and the special to sun city [speaker not understood] including [speaker not understood], jeffery osborne and others, but i'll just say the ub 40 song is my favorite song of the whole movement. and it goes, we will fight for the right to be free, we will build our own society. we will sing, we will sing, we will sing our own songses. when the ancient drum ribbonses ring, the voice of our forefathers sing. forward africa run, our day of freedom has come. for me and for you, [speaker not understood]. thank you, nelson mandela. >> thank you, supervisor mar. colleagues, can we -- (applause) >> thank you. colleagues, can we do that in memoriam on behalf of the whole board? without objection, that should be the case. [gavel] >> madam clerk? >> thank you, mr. president. supervisor wiener? >> thank you, madam clerk. today i'm introducing a hearing request about the status of the roll out of the at&t uverse boxes. a year ago this board rejected the c-e-q-a appeal relating to those boxes and the roll out began almost a yea

in pennsylvania, david, a state appointed receiver for the city of harrisburg. he specializesn municipal bonds and dean, professor of economic research. kil, cities across the country saw declining sales takes revenues, declining tax ref news as people's homes reduced in valley. value. >> a lot of cities are experiencing fiscal stress but i want to reiterate bankruptcies are rare. those who issue debt in the credit market only 10 a year going "g" into bankruptcy. while fiscal stress is a chief concern, bankruptcy is still a very rare phenomenon. >> is it stuffer at a time when the economy is not robust when the state's in which these cities and counties are located are also feeling a lot of strain, is it tough for put these restructuring deals together? >> the state plays a significant role in the fiscal health of the city. they offer state aid to local governments. that makes up a third of the city revenues. when cities cut back due to their own fiscal pressures local governments experience a lot of fiscal squeeze as well. >> are there fewer good choices when you're finally p

this friday un and the filling special representative for the city of october he will meet these two russian deputy foreign ministers in the us undersecretary of state for political affairs. mummy bought at the same day the five hundred members of the security council and neighbors of cme. iraq jordan lebanon and turkey. also you can. designed to meet the parent stays in the european him. the euro zone finance ministers meeting and has a second date with hopes they will reach an agreement on more centralized control over banks. while the ministers that made progress is some details of a plan to close bangs paving the way for completion of a eurozone banking duty the agreement would boost chances on over on the au which will be reached and this week on a blueprint for beating was fading lenders this would give the eu time to meet a deadline set by germany and of the nations institute reforms fine twenty fifty. under the agreement banks will provide cash to pay for the closure of failed lenders keeping roughly seventy six pity and us dollars over ten years german chancellor and the mer

. >> the vallejo city council is holding a special meeting tonight to talk about a surge in violence in the city. police say they have responded to seven shootings in the last four days. three people are recovering from injuries. last note, residents, tired of the violence, held a vigil to remember those shot and killed this month. the city council tonight will talk about cuts in police pay and benefits. the food and drug administration says that companies that make antibacterial soaps have to prove their products are more effective than plain soap under a proposed ruling that could be announced today. the food and drug administration says those companies have to prove their products are safe long term. they contain chemicals that government agencies say could cause health risks such as hormone imbalances. officials say 2,000 products contain antibacterial ingredients. >> get out your dollar bills. mega millions jackpot is close to a staggering new report. >> you do not have to hit the jackpot to put the smile on a child's face this christmas. you can play santa for those in need. >>

. >>> a union city community really came together to make this christmas day very special for a family that lost everything he when their home was destroyed by fire. kpix 5's brian webb reports the fire department helped. >> reporter: a union city house goes up in flames destroying much of the home and all of the christmas gifts with only two days to go. >> rushed back in the house, and i said, donna, call the fire department. i'll go next door and see if anybody is in the house. >> reporter: sixteen people were staying in the home for christmas, many of them children. out of the ashes, an idea. a last-minute entry to the toy drive to include the family forced from their home by the fire. >> especially when we have a traumatic event like a house fire, kids don't understand sometimes what happens so we are just trying to put some smiles on their faces for christmas. >> reporter: so the alameda county fire department went to work buying up more gifts like these and spreading the word to a community already excited to help. people like kenneth's family who pulled gifts out of their own pi

campaign and was appointed commissioner, but the mayor emphasized today murphy will get no special favors as the cityestigates what happened. >> in this case, i want dbi to complete a thorough investigation and make sure he's held to the highest standard of safety and get the building done properly. >> in san francisco, linda yee. kpix 5. >>> there are holiday lights then there's what one guy in the east bay did to his house. juliette goodrich says it's all because of one very inspirational little girl. >> 11-year-old katie grace loves to hang out with her friends and family. being together this season holds even more meaning. >> it's a roller coaster. we never know one day to the next. >> katie grace suffers from pulmonary hypertension or ph and is awaiting a life-saving heart/lung transplant. >> from now we're on the last step of the journey. >> she was diagnosed with ph six years ago and wears this backpack to carry her iv medicine that goes to her heart. katie grace's story and dire need for a heart/lung transplant inspeiered 22-year-old jeffrey holmes to do more than just display lights on his c

city. and one special project we have developed here in san francisco is sponsorship of community gardens. we have given grants to help with the installation and maintenance of 21 community gardens across san francisco and would love to see that number double in the next couple of years. to conclude, i want to say that kaiser permanente is invested in san francisco and update our facilities and build more to serve the community. if you have questions, i am joined by our capital project developer and a number from our team. >> thank you, why don't we take public comment first. so is there any public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioner antonini. >> thank you for your presentation, i have a couple of questions, i happen to be a kaiser member myself. and the percentage of the kaiser members that have medicare or medi-cal, i don't know if you have a differentiation of the two types. because medi-cal is an income specific thing that you qualify. and medicare you have to have of a certain age. although there are certain instances where people get medicare for

aircraft came under heavy fire while trying to reach american citizens in the city. special ops forces had to abort their mission. yesterday u.n. and u.s. leaders worked with south sudanese government and opposition to ensure safe passage for remaining americans who identified themselves. in the past week 380 americans have been moved out of south sudan as well as 300 residents of other nations. a top u.n. official said 3,000 citizens from britain, canada, kenya are still at the u.n. base. lanza went on to describe the situation in the city saying we saw some of the most horrible things you can imagine. people lined up and executed in summary fashion. president obama left the door open to further action in south sudan sending a letter to congress reading, "as i monitor the situation in south sudan, i may take further action to support security of u.s. citizens, personnel and property including our embassy in south sudan. after the break, it's become a key focus of u.s. security and recruiting some of its members on american soil. take a look at al shabaab's home grown reach