the project before you is a certificate of appropriateness for work at washington square park. the park is under the jurisdiction of the san francisco recreation and park department. the site is bounded by columbus avenue, fillbert, stockton, union, and powell street in the north beach neighborhood. in a p zoning and open space height involved district. washington square was locally designated as landmark number 226 in 1999. the square was established in 1850 and redesigned in 1958 according to to master plan by douglas bayliss and frances joseph mccarthy who were prominent designers of the mid century modern period. the city park includes a large central lawn affected by concrete walking paths, benches, monuments and a playground and large trees and smaller shrub. a certificate of appropriateness was approved by the h.p.c. in march of 2017. rec and parks washington square water conservation project seeks to reduce the park's existing irrigation water use. it entails removal and replacement of the park's existing irrigation system. however, the designation ordinance for washingt

it called for a complete renovation of washington square park, and some of that written in large crayonpark will be closed for one year. so i phoned the number which is listed and your secretary or something like that, and they confirmed that it will be closed for approximately one year. having lived there 52 years and previously been aware of the affairs of north beach and telegraph hill, i was stunned that i never heard about the park being closed for a year. i did hear that the irrigation system after four years of trying to get it fixed will be fixed. i know the playground in the square has been started as a separate project, but i am here to ask if you can postpone your approval because there is no other place to publicly speak about it except here. normally there are public meetings about huge project like that. closing washington square park for one year is something that must be put before the public. there are many of us that live there and we're not -- anyway, this is a last resort and i have been attending every single meeting and planning of the telegraph hill dwellers and i

. >> reporter: this year alamo square park is fenced off. 1,000 porta potties were placed along the route and emts were standing by all in an effort to ease neighbor's concerns. >> we need to have this twice a year. >> reporter: the race isn't just about the costumes, though. there were actually winners. he won last year, too. the female division's winner, jane kibbly also from kenya finished in 40 minutes. >> the fun contestants. did you see the naked people out there? in a good mood. people. a lot of wa ke os rters don't li to y cover ybodthese things bec you do the a bunch of drunk people and it's all crazy but i like it because everybody is in a good mood. >> yeah. >> it's a great time. i thought people would be dressed more because it was a little colder. >> it wasn't bad. the sun was sunshining, once the wind cut down, it wasn't bad. >> so people could rock in the free world. >>> this morning, yes, you're going to notice a little drizzle out there. it's going to be cool again today. not as cool as yesterday. afternoon highs yesterday still well below average. let's show you a live s

s response to the poisoning of said get in union square park it's been or six years since wiki leaks founder had to seek asylum in the ecuadorian embassy in london during this time assad was visited by many friends celebrity guests and media but it looks like now he doesn't have that option on the table human rights activist peter tatchell says that new restrictions make life worse than in prison. ecuador granted political asylum granted him a safe haven in london embassy and it granted him citizenship with all the rights that go with citizenship those rights have now been unilaterally abrogated by the ecuadorian government and is affectively being held incommunicado he can't communicate with the outside world and the outside world cannot communicate with him that is more draconian restriction than even terrorists or rapists experience in prison they do have a right to communicate and does not so this is up a very very backward step which goes quite clearly against ecuador's own guarantee of human rights and free expression. at least six people have been killed in a reported saudi ai

or otherwise, i checked with a friend of mine a nypd officer and asked him to go to washington square parkok at this, give me updates. i guy about th knew about the ps a failure, drug user who used that drug with that needle is not concerned about throwing away that needle, because they need it again, idea to street symptom from mayor who tells people, commit illegallables by smoking in our -- acts by smoking in your home not the street that and other drug use issues are not being addressed, they are putting a band-aid on a needle problem. charles: eric. the idea of the kiosk, some say a surrender, we cannot fix the problem so at least we'll try to mitigate it. >> it is part of a solution, part of an attempt to do something differently. i think look at barcelona, 2004 in spain, they picked up 13,000 syringes every month from public places, later, it was cut to 3 thousand. >> aim of drug use. >> not a solution, not a solution. >> no, no, you are wrong on this if you are just picking up needles like cleaning up, sweeping up driveway, problem is you did not in case of barcelona reduce number

. >> reporter: this year alamo square park, it's fenced off. 1,000 porta-potties were placed along the route. emts were standing by, all in an effort to ease neighbor's concerns. >> we need to have this twice a year. >> twice. >> reporter: in san francisco, anne makovec, kpix 5. >>> well the race isn't just about costumes though, there were actually winners. ran the 7.5-mile course in 35 minutes and won last year's race as well. the female division winner jane keedy finished in 40 minutes. that's quicker than getting across town in a car, brian. >> congratulations to everybody who took place. weather cooperated. we are off to a cool start as we head back to work tomorrow with high pressure that's offshore, but that's just going to reinforce the unsure push of the low clouds we've had lately. so tomorrow we only get into the mid-7s in the immediate bay area. closer you are to the water, the cooler you'll be. speaking of water, highs today 74. san francisco was just 59. right now we're mostly in the 50s and 60s. the exception? santa rosa's 72. here is how it looks for the next few days.

taksim square the park it's now mostly concreted over protest are no longer permitted here instead there are new construction projects such as a mosque. artists like they are keeping the spirit of k.z. alive he's transformed the events back then into a giant mural a memorial to resistance and to the victims of police while and he's not selling his pictures and the chamber of architects supports him he's determined to remain independent. some artists bow to the government's cause. fears are increasing that more and more artists will and gauge insult censorship. personally i can't say that's the case for me. but that's probably due to my character. president everyone has divided the country supporters of the autocrat stand behind him more strongly than ever his critics are either silenced or sent to prison. after the attempted coup in twenty sixteen thousands of intellectuals lost their jobs many have left the country like the well known actor and dr mustafa. he diagnosed as having a narcissistic personality disorder and was then blacklisted he now lives in berlin he's pessimistic about tu

it's a huge grassland park with wetland areas that are paradise. stretching seven thousand square kilometers the park is a home for countless pelicans. for which the park is best known as the ostrich they're the only ostrich is in mozambique. the group has found something else of interest is not because. this is an elephant corridor. but when the elephants pass through the area they leave their dung behind. these days the park has no large animals of its own lions buffaloes and rhinos were driven away first by the civil war then by poachers or going or for me it's not that poachers need food that's not a problem right now people have enough to eat. they set these traps because they want to make money. so the park has been a protected area for more than forty years there are stiff penalties for coaches but illegal killing of animals remains a problem it disrupts the ecosystem in the reserve ranges document their findings and remove the carcasses. while driving to some of the villages situated inside the park it becomes clear there are other problems these a sacks of charcoal made i

it's a huge grassland park with wetland areas that are paradise. seven thousand square kilometers the park is a home for countless pelicans. for which the park is best known the ostrich there the only ostrich is in mozambique. the group has found something else of interest is not biggie this is an elephant corridor. where the elephants pass through the area they leave their dung behind. these days the park has no large animals of its own lions buffaloes and rhinos would driven away first by the civil war then by poachers or by going or form it's not that poachers need food that's not a problem right now people have enough to eat. they set these traps because they want to make money. so the park has been a protected area for more than forty years there are stiff penalties for coaches but illegal killing of animals remains a problem it disrupts the ecosystem in the reserve ranges document their findings and remove the carcasses. while driving to some of the villages situated inside the park it becomes clear there are other problems these a sacks of charcoal made illegally

reporter: facebook also just signed the largest commercial lease in san francisco for the 756,000 square foot park tower. >>> coming up, the call is getting louder for the president of usc to step down amid sexual abuse allegations against a school gynecologist. >> it is horrifying to know that sits a bondable moment in my life, i was in the hands of a predator. >>> the hate crime investigation that is underway after the beating of a gay man that was found near an amtrak station. >>> the governor of texas today held the first of three meetings and response to the deadly school shooting last week. a 17-year-old student at santa fe high school is accused of shooting and killing a classmate and two teachers. the republican governor today met with school representatives, and has been a strong gun rights supporter. state gop leaders have suggested stricter school security. >> whether or not you are a republican or democrat, or you are pro-gun or you need more gun regulation, the reality is that we all want guns out of the hands of those who would try to murder our children. >> tomorrow and that biparti

area, facebook just sign the largest commercial lease ever in san francisco, for the 756,000 square foot parkower. >>> it was her big night. brandi chastain was inducted into the bay area sports hall of fame, and the organizers revealed her black. -- plaque. >> rex ryan, jimmy carter. >> coming up, we will talk to the soccer star about the honor which many say doesn't even look like her. >>> just days after a deadly school shooting, the governor of texas is hosting the first of three roundtables. who he met with today and who is on his schedule over the next two days. in the face of senseless violence, we need hope. i'm jeff bleich. preventing violence has long been my cause. after columbine, i led president clinton's youth violence commission. i joined joe biden to reduce domestic violence, helping boys become men. i beat the nra in court, defending gun laws that save lives. today, a new generation is rising, and this is our moment. in the streets and in the capitol, i'll stand with them. jeff bleich, democrat for lieutenant governor. >>> the father of a 17-year-old accused in the deadly sho

park tower on howard street, will be rented out for its entire space, 750,000 square feet. they are also looking at space on fremont street in separate cisco. >>> a new bill is making its way through separate cisco that will allow for more state funding for housing near public transit. this would not raise taxes, but would allow counties to use a portion of future tax revenue collected in designated traffic areas for specific types of projects. the bill ensures that 40% of that money will be used for low income housing. >>> kaiser permanente has announced that it will support services for low income and homeless bay residents. be healthcare giant plans to bring funds from its investment folio to fund the housing initiative. he says the investment as an extension of the healthcare services saying that public health gets a boost from stable living conditions. >>> the community of mountain house is rising from the ashes. it was built during the housing boom and then crashed in the housing market slump. we report that buyers who are forced out of the area are now returning. >>

square-toed. we exceed the open space requirements. parking is .5 ratio. the variance request is a minor request. it's due to the fact that the southwest corner of the lot sort of cuts off. we're talking about a 20 square feet area that is impacted. so in sum, we have presented the probably executive to two neighborhood groups, the van ness neighborhood council as well as the neighborhood association. i'm going to turn it over to the project architect and he'll go over the design. >> good afternoon. if i could have the monitor. i'll just walk you through the project starting kind of from the basement up. we have our parking at the ground -- basement level below grade level of the project. you can see that the top part is the ramp coming down from the street. the ground floor level, the front of the building, we have at the lower right corner, we have the residential lobby for the tenants and then next to that, we have a nice kind of retail space. next to that, a minimum driveway access to get down below grade. next to that, the second means of the egress. t

tax them squarely gazey park where the uprising took place five years ago is now mostly concreted over protests are no longer permitted. ottis like hideout was a have transformed the events from back then into a giant mural a memorial to resistance and a memorial to the victims of police violence he's not selling his pitches he's determined to remain independent. or some artist bowed to the government's cause on the fears are increasing that more and more artists will engage in self-censorship. jenna is a dancer who now lives in berlin she didn't want to leave her country but after the guese protests there was no longer a place for her kind of performance she was also almost a victim of a bomb attack in istanbul she has process this trauma in a solid pace. it . was. just history. musician and filmmaker builder han is has been at the scene for longer he still went to the protests in his home country and filmed them the videos make up the background of his modern fairy tale in a parable full of hope many red riding holds join forces to defeat. the big bad wolf took each president. to one

this space is 20,000 square feet with 70 parking spaces, not an accurate comparison. the reason we took the 20 -- 40,000 square feet, we wanted to have all the parking. >> president hillis: if we conditioned approval on not having an amazon portion to this -- i mean, so if amazon came back and wanted -- and we've faced this in other places where we had -- where starbucks went into a safeway, and they would have to come back to us for a conditional use. if an amazon retail portion wanted to open up, would they need their own conditional use. >> i'm not the zoning administrator. i'm not sure. i think frankly and ironically, it would depend if they have more than ten brick and mortar stores. i don't know if they do. >> president hillis: do you know that? >> i don't know. do you know how many stores amazon actually has, book stores, and so forth? [ inaudible ] >> okay. so if that's the case, they would. >> president hillis: all right. thank you very much for answering my questions. yeah. i mean, this is an interesting one. you can sit down, but thank you for that. and dire

island, the largest in the state is more than 4,000 square miles. >> hawaii volcanoes national park isular tourist destinations with mar than 2 million visitors last year alone. but now after this eruption, businesses across the big island are taking a hit. almost 100 miles away, it's having ripple effects on the island's west side, the kona coast. clear skies there. but this hilton resort is feelgt pin skbl pinch. >> naturally have there have been canlations. >> boat tour owner says profits and jobs are also at stake. >> we have employees, employees who have families and they depend on this. >> reporter: one reassuring sign rare major cruise liner that stopped service to port here will be back next week. a small bit of hope even as there's no end in sight for the eruption. nbc news, hawaii. >>> and damage to the "uss arizona" where the pearl har beau bore memorial slokted in honolulu is worse than expect. officials say it will remain closed indefinitely. vessel proit operators noticed cracks on the memorial and determined that the structure is not supporting the loading ramp as it sho

we think we can solve all of the issues with parking and riding with education and enforcement and some simple things like painting squares on sidewalks for parking. what i'd like to focus on is bird trips can solve car trips. 40% of car trips are under two miles. the average bird trip is 1.5 miles. a bird trip is a fraction of the ride share trip. it's accessible transportation for those who need transportation with zero emissions. we add scooters only when they're used on average three times a day, and every night they're all moved. i read a column in the chronicle on sunday entitled road rage by willie brown and it said i was one of the thousands people stuck in traffic in downtown san francisco this week, and the numbers are growing daily. it took 15 minutes to go three blocks. finally, i started to work. it ended, no wonder those people are picking up the electric scooters. it's becoming the only way to get around. we agree with them. there are over 200,000 ride shares on a typical friday. let's look to electric scooters as a solution, but we don't need it to be unlimited. we can have it scale according to usage, and

square miles. hawaii volcano's national park is one of the island's most popular touristwith more than 2 visitors last now after this eruption, businesses across the big island are taking a hit. almost 100 miles away, it's having ripple effects on the island's west side, the kona coast. clear skies there, but this hilton resort is feeling the pinch. >> naturally there have been cancellations that have come through, obviously a lot of people around the world are concerned about what's going on. >> reporter: captain zodiac boat tour says profits and jobs are also at stake. >> we have employees and employees who have families and they depend on this. >> reporter: one reassuring sign, a major cruise liner that stopped service to port here will be back next week. a small bit of hope, even as there's no end in sight for the eruption. miguel almaguer, nbc news, pahoa, hawaii. >> just ahead we have your alberto weather straight ahead. stay with us. ♪ stretched smooth scarred soaked the sun does not care. but we do. walgreens beauty consultants are specially trained to know what works for the health of your un

the shipyard phase one which was approved in 2006 with 1600 homes and 80,000 square feet of retail as well as parks. this is a portion of the project that has been constructed and is occupied at this point. and then, in 2010, the other two areas, a redevelopment plan for the other two areas was approved. one was candlestick point, which is a mixed use area with housing as well as a regional retail mall. and what we're really focusing on today, which is the 700 acre shipyard phase two. the predominant uses that are now proposed for this area are over 3,400 housing units. the total over the whole site is about 10,500 units. also within shipyard phase two what we're talking about is 4.2 million square feet of r and d and office, up to 400,000 square feet of retail and maker space, and hotels artists, artistude yos and approximately 400,000 square feet of school use. so just to give you an idea of the scale of office development that's proposed, the salesforce tower is about 1.4 million square feet, so that's kind of the -- just to give you a sense of what kind of development we're talking about. so of

when we want to have an event and serve ice cream, sf park and rec tells us we can't have ice cream because it will stain the pafrs in the town square, to which i say there's a hose and there's water, and we can wash it down. i'm advocating that sf rec and park give us a permit for this space to do small events and activities as opposed to doing the paperwork every time we want to have a tai chi class or have a petting zoo come in there. they're difficult to work with. questions. >> supervisor kim: no, but i do appreciate the input how we can stream line the process with oewd. >> they're a pain in the butt, that's all i can tell you. >> supervisor kim: we appreciate the honesty back. >> i'm known for that. >> supervisor kim: miss mar? >> hi, again, supervisors. helen mar. office of workforce development. >> supervisor kim: before you begin on the next district, i'm going to give the supervisor to make opening remarks. seeing none, miss mar, thank you. >> today we're here for the top of broadway fiscal year 2016-17 annual report, and i'll just run through a few slides because they're the same presentation. the top of broadway cbd is

now that we park just outside red square. which will be. and it starts for the guys to do some great washing up. ilya train co our. dog has just five days to decide whether to extend u.s. sanctions relief for iran under twenty fifteen nuclear agreement iranian president has warned that of banning the pact would have far reaching consequences. oh if the us pulls out of the nuclear deal it will soon realize that this decision will become a historic regret for them. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has a very different message on the nuclear agreement so this is a terrible deal. i think this deal is a. trick never have been concluded. and if you do strong president trump. will do so will make us the solution on what to do with a nuclear deal. i'm sure you'll do the right thing. there are nuclear deal was struck three years ago between tehran and six other world powers and hailed as a huge breakthrough negotiations took nine years in exchange for some sanctions being lifted iran agreed to drastically scale back its nuclear energy p

park. >> i am on the square right now in istanbul city center. this is where it all happened fiveve years ago.. the mass protest against everyone -- prime minister one -- the area since then has been totally reconstructed so there's not much left that reminds people of these weeks of protests. the area is off-limits to demonstrators now and there is a lot of police run here. they are trying to make sure that similar demononrations wiwl not happen again. it is not in, people have the -- not been talking about the events. they share videos, they share photos, they of course, remember the people w who got killed. this was about political change, democracy, and freedom. memories are so very vivid, especially, ahead of the elections coming up in turkey. brent: reporting from the stumble -- istanbul. there are artists part of the movement left left turkey and you can find their story on dw.com. lebron james, regarded by many as the best in the world, has achieved the unthinkable in the nba. he has reached the finals for the eighthth s season. reporter: