st. francis of assisi. a free concert, all of our concerts have been free. this is one such celebration. our children joined, our children's choir joined. >> that was st. marks, you brought almost the entire choir. >> it was a pleasure for us. >> you did all the music. it was wonderful. >> we have also been invited to perform at union square which is also a delight. this is one of the concerts at union square where we can share the universal message of love and brotherhood. it's a lovely forum for us to celebrate god and the unity. >> i asked you about the colors, the white. >> yes. that's right. we are costumed, dressed in white. as you can see, we don't wear white as a uniform but white does have a special meaning for us as it does for many, many spiritual traditions. white is the color that is made up of all the other colors. rainbow colors. it's most inclusive of all colors. so it's symbolic of that kind of universal inclusion, oneness of all of creation, of all of life. one of the things about the chorus and reason so many members participate in the chor

st. francis hotel. just before he stepped up to the podium, act up members popped up from the audience and began blowing whistles, chanting, you're killing us with red tape. with characterize bemusement, fauci complimented them on the careful orchestration of their demonstration. fauci had a special knack for taking barbs in stride. he said, i've been burned in effigy so many times it doesn't

st. francis. >> this is home for me.ould say i will be saying staying here until i get old and time for me to retire. >> she vowed she would never leave. not through the 1989 earthquake. not even through a pandemic. >> this is just one of those times that we have to be optimistic >> hopeful tourism will return to san francisco. no doubt it will. the question is, how soon? >> we are already seeing it. people are making reservations for summer weekend, summer stays with their families. >> john kimball is the area general manager for the westin st. francis. he says the real boost will not come until conventions and business travel do too. in a typical summer, hosting a large convention, the iconic hotel would fill all 1200 rooms. now, on their busiest weekend, they are lucky to fill 200. >> it has been devastating. business levels really plummeted to very low >> tourism spending was down 80% last year while convention spending was down 85%. yet, thankfully, none of the hotels in san francisco permanently closed. most on the

meanwhile you got the time st francis ready to put britain on a red list. _ st francis ready to put britainople fully vaccinate had to isolate — red list, people fully vaccinate had to isolate seven days, that could happen — to isolate seven days, that could happen next week. logical could follow, _ happen next week. logical could follow, germany, netherlands, there is one— follow, germany, netherlands, there is one paper suggesting that actually— is one paper suggesting that actually part of it because angela merkel— actually part of it because angela merkel is— actually part of it because angela merkel is all tied to the germany versus— merkel is all tied to the germany versus england in some sort of football— versus england in some sort of football game. and elsewhere angela merkel— football game. and elsewhere angela merkel is— football game. and elsewhere angela merkel is saying the continent is on thin ice _ merkel is saying the continent is on thin ice trying to keep the delta varianl— thin ice trying to keep the delta variant out. we know that probably the likelihood is the delta va

st. francis. he says the real boost when i come and tell conventions and and business travel do too. the iconic hotel would easily fill all 1200 rooms. now, on their busiest weekend, they are lucky toto >> business levels really plummeted to low >> 85%. thankfully, none of the hotels in san francisco permanently closed. most are on the road recovery. >> during the pandemic it drops down to 20%. today, if it is a busy weekend, hotels may reach 60% on a good night. >> it will be a slow recovery. we will see the tourism first and we will see small meetings coming back and conferences as well. it is important we get our conventions back. >> conventions are the secret weapon to getting the city back on track. >> we keep looking at the calendar and we are hoping it as soon. this seems to beto beto event planners are thinking about, bringing conferences back. >> from mass vaccination site back to mass homes they will return in the fall. the first one to sneak in before, a group of 1000 hand surgeons. the attending groups will start small but are expected to grow in size by september. >> we

st. francis hotel. just before he stepped up to the podium, act up members popped up from the audience and began blowing whistles, chanting, you're killing us with red tape. with characterize bemusement, fauci complimented them on the careful orchestration of their demonstration. fauci had a special knack for taking barbs in stride. he said, i've been burned in effigy so many times it doesn't matter. he publicly praised their persistence and success in applying constructive pressure on regulators and researchers. they in turn felt they had found a well-placed ally. by the 1990 international aids conference in san francisco, it was anthony fauci who got a standing ovation at that conference for his troubles. i say this because this is the 40th anniversary of the first reports of what we would come to know at hiv and aids. but i also say it because republicans and the former president and particularly conservative media, they have apparently decided again that they have some great target in dr. anthony fa

st. francis square in the fillmore. susan comes from the family of radicals, her father lost his job as a public schoolteacher due to his refusal to sign an oath. susan and her incredible union leader and late husband then raised their children to have dedication to social justice before they could walk, her kids were carried and pushed in strollers on picket lines and marchs and learned chants and protest songs along bedtime stories and nursery rhymes. susan's power over the years has guided oesf and school workers and families through thick and thin. we have been just incredibly lucky as a city and as a community to have her in all of her various leadership roles that president walton spoke so eloquently about several weeks back. susan is a tireless force for good, for families, for kids and always for justice. so susan soloman, see you on the picket line and i wish everyone a happy susan soloman day tomorrow. thank you, president walton. >> president walton: thank you, supervisor preston. supervisor mar. >> superviso

st. francis circle intersection. we'll extend to cover a portion of the hilltop and covering other hilltop portions of the 6 with extension of the 66 line. the 56 rutland, a route in the valley, it will be extended as described in the 2020 equity strategy to make connections to the 29 sunset and 57 route will be split into two routes to provide more direct connections and cover some of the portion of the 23. we will also reintroduce school trippers. it will not be easy to do. it used to be connected to the express routes. so they would pull out, do a school strip from like 2:30 to 4:00 and then head downtown to bring people home. we're going to have to come up with creative ways to deliver the school trippers and we may put them down the list a little bit because of that. we'll be going back to precovid frequencies on several corridors, including the 99-r and 38 rapid and 19. this is a map, all of the blue shows new service that will be available to customers complimenting the gray lines, the current service. and wit

st. peters square, pope francis said he was following with deloire, making pain and sorrow, depending on translate it, but however you translate, it's not the apology that many in canada were looking for only a few days ago, the prime minister of canada justin trudeau blasted the catholic church for not stepping up and apologizing. now, the vatican said the pope expressed his closeness to the canadians and called for political and religious authorities to shed light on what happened in canada. but the problem is in canada, they say that enough life has been shed already on what happened the canadian government already admitted in those catholic-run schools at least until the 1970s, sexual and physical abuse was rampant. and indigenous children were -- they spoke the native language and they apologized for it and the catholic church did the same instead, the pope's apology was received by the indigenous community in canada as a worldwide travesty phillip, frances >> that tragedy just coming to life thank you so much. >>> still to come on "early today," should women be required to register

st. francis square in the fillmore. comes from the family of radicals, her father lost his job as a public schoolteacher due to his refusal to sign an oath. susan and her incredible union leader and late husband then raised their children to have dedication to social justice before they could walk, her kids were carried and pushed in strollers on picket lines and marchs and learned chants and protest songs along bedtime stories and nursery rhymes. susan's power over the years has guided oesf and school workers and families through thick and thin. we have been just incredibly lucky as a city and as a community to have her in all of her various leadership roles that president walton spoke so eloquently about several weeks back. susan is a tireless force for good, for families, for kids and always for justice. so susan soloman, see you on the picket line and i wish everyone a happy susan soloman day tomorrow. thank you, president walton. >> president walton: thank you, supervisor preston. supervisor mar. >> supervisor mar:

st. francis square in the fillmore. susan comes from the family of radicals, her father lost his job as a public schoolteacher due to his refusal to sign an oath. susan and her incredible union leader and late husband then raised their children to have dedication to social justice before they could walk, her kids were carried and pushed in strollers on picket lines and marchs and learned chants and protest songs along bedtime stories and nursery rhymes. susan's power over the years has guided oesf and school workers and families through thick and thin. we have been just incredibly lucky as a city and as a community to have her in all of her various leadership roles that president walton spoke so eloquently about several weeks back. susan is a tireless force for good, for families, for kids and always for justice. so susan soloman, see you on the picket line and i wish everyone a happy susan soloman day tomorrow. thank you, president walton. >> president walton: thank you, supervisor preston. supervisor mar. >> superviso

st. francis, the patron saint of our city, whose famous prayer, my favorite prayer, too, make me a channelce, has inspired many to do good in this world. i can't help but think that ann russell miller, also known as sister mary joseph, was a channel of peace. my deepest condolences to all of her family and friends. the rest i submit. >> clerk: thank you, supervisor stefani. supervisor walton? >> president walton: thank you, madam clerk. colleagues, today, i'm introducing legislation to expand the committee on information technology, also known as c.o.i.t. currently, c.o.i.t. is managed by the city administrator and has five permanent seats for the mayor, president of the board of supervisors, controller, city administrator, and chief information officer as their designees -- and for their designees. a chair is elected based on the permanent seat to serve for two years. five additional department heads are recommended by the chair and approved by the permanent members for two-year terms. one representing each of the major service areas: public protection, human welfare and neighborhood deve

still banned. mickey mouse and all the characters and st crowds from safe distances management called the reopening a watershed moment for francis struggling, tourism, and hospitality. effective frances nashville, nighttime cur, fuel ended 2 days and faced moscow will no longer be required outdoors. ah, a check on the top stories on our 0, iranians voting in the presidential election that's widely expected to be won by a hotline judge. judiciary chief abraham racy cast, his ballots and southern to the wrong opinion. polls show that enthusiasm among people is low. outgoing president has under honie who can't run again due to turn limits is urging people to get out and vote out about to lead to these elections are very import.

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st. john paul ii who was so dedicated mercy his second and cyclical letter was dedicated that. he gave us the feast day of divine mercy on the second sunday of easter. so pope francis wanted to make the mercy god available and to be a focal point of this year which began december 8th of 2015 and, of course, december 8th is the emaculate conception when god and his mercy selected she who was to become the mother of his son born into the world on that day of the epackly the conception which was the 50th anniversary of the conclusion of the second vatican council whose purpose was to make the church more effectively communicate the good news to the world today. >> so this extraordinary jubilee is not in the regular cycle, and the theme a year of mercy which we will get into. that's the theme for the day. extraordinary data on how this year just passed, which ended a couple weeks ago was received. according to the vatican, some 800 million catholics went truth hoggy doors set up throughout the world and many pilgrims went to shrines and claims 6 million hits and so- and so it's been a very popular and very strong response from the catholic layity. so we will look at be

st. petersburg. late monday. he's a former head of the recently disbanded open russia. a group of are of now faces a criminal probe for cooperating with what authorities call an undesirable organization for francis has updated the laws of the catholic church reinforcing penalties. reprise who, sexually abused children. the new provisions also recognize that adults 2 can be victimized by police. it's the most extensive revision to church laws. in decades, the measures were long sought by the victims and their advocates. united nation says more than 90 percent of the population and ethiopians to gray region need emergency food day that some 5200000 people fighting broke out in the northern region nearly 7 months ago. and the un says that has exacerbated already high levels of hunger. it's appealed for more than $200000000.00 to scale up its response. for roo has made a staggering revision of its official cove in 1900 deaths. toll officials are now reporting that more than twice as many people have died from the viruses. previous, we estimated from just under 70000 to over 180000 countries. health ministers said a new criteria change the count as means peru now has the worst death rate per capita i

st. petersburg. late monday. with the former head of the recently disbanded open russia. a european union has demanded his really pope francis says updated the laws of the catholic church, reinforcing penalties, reprise who, sexually abused children. the new provisions also recognized that adults 2 can be victimized by pre, if it's the most extensive revision to church laws in decades. the measures were long sought by the victims. in their adjectives. germany's national disease control agency has officially lowered the country's corona virus risk status. as the 3rd wave of infections subsides, the risk level goes from very high down to high. germany's health ministry pointed out that the country is still in the middle of a pandemic, despite declining case numbers and progress with vaccinations. is that because i know i know it's a downgrading at the threat, but at the same time, the threat is still high. that shows the special situation we're in. nevertheless, we have reason to be confident if things continue to like this vaccination numbers up, infection rates down than this can be a really good summer. so that's bringing d