remember about the central subway at the union square station, and do your homework.ave two months to do it. i do not know when we will be coming before you again for discussion and passage, but you have plenty of time to do it. enjoy the two months off, enjoy the reading. it was good reading for me. commissioner avalos: thank you very much. any other member of the public that would like to comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. next item please. >> item 14 is adjournment. commissioner avalos: we are adjourned. thank you very much. >> in this fabulously beautiful persidio national park and near golden gate and running like a scar is this ugly highway. that was built in 1936 at the same time as the bridge and at that time the presidio was an army and they didn't want civilians on their turf. and the road was built high. >> we need access and you have a 70 year-old facility that's inadequate for today's transportation needs. and in addition to that, you have the problem that it wasn't for site extenders. >> the rating for the high viaduct is a higher rating tha

remember about the central subway at the union square station, and do your homework.u have two months to do it. i do not know when we will be coming before you again for discussion and passage, but you have plenty of time to do it. enjoy the two months off, enjoy the reading. it was good reading for me. commissioner avalos: thank you very much. any other member of the public that would like to comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. next item please. >> item 14 is adjournment. commissioner avalos: we are adjourned. thank you very much. >> i would like to bring on stage supervisor scott from district a who is going to do all the honors for us. introduce our special guests. our allies. hi, scott. >> happy pride, everyone. happy transpride. we're a lot of times we have different opinions and over the course of a year, sometimes we have different perspectives, disagreements, but this is the time of year when we come together as one community so that we can move forward together. and that includes the entire diversity of the we're community. please always know that

crews began work on an underground stop, that includes a new subway station at union square. >> thesen across -- across market underneath stockton. so we have to close this street because we have to do work directly underneath us. >> grant avenue will switch from one way to two ways. there's good news for holiday shoppers. stockton street will reopen. >> drivers in berkeley may be able to avoid ashby avenue. there will be work going on there from from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. work will continue through august 16th. caltrans says there could be delays up to 30 minutes at sol of the intersections. >>> one of two men wanted in the disappearance of a missing girl has turned himself in. he surrendered to authorities last night. investigators believe his 19- year-old son may have investigated the 16-year-old and is taking her to mexico. they've issued an amber alert for the girl. the men are interested persons of interest in shooting deaths. >>> there is also a search today for a man wounding an 8- year-old girl an a 22-year-old man. the sheriff's department is saying that the two victims were

remember about the central subway at the union square station, and do your homework.nths to do it. i do not know when we will be coming before you again for discussion and passage, but you have plenty of time to do it. enjoy the two months off, enjoy the reading. it was good reading for me. commissioner avalos: thank you very much. any other member of the public that would like to comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. next item please. >> item 14 is adjournment. commissioner avalos: we are adjourned. thank you very much.

remember about the central subway at the union square station, and do your homework.months to do it. i do not know when we will be coming before you again for discussion and passage, but you have plenty of time to do it. enjoy the two months off, enjoy the reading. it was good reading for me. commissioner avalos: thank you very much. any other member of the public that would like to comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. next item please. >> item 14 is adjournment. commissioner avalos: we are adjourned. thank you very much. >> everyone deserves a bank account. in san francisco, anyone can have a bank account, things to an innovative program, bank on s.f. >> everyone is welcome, even if you are not a citizen or have bad credit to qualify for a bank account is simple. just live or work in san francisco and have a form of id. >> we started bank on s.f. six years ago to reach out to folks in the city who do not have a bank account. we wanted to make sure they know they have options which should be more low-cost, more successful to them and using chat catchers. >>

is the driving of the tunnels themselves, construction of the shaft,o@oh'p" walls for the station at union squaresconi. of course, the protection of the buildings is part of the contract. in front of you you have the major milestones of the contract. i will attract your attention to september 2012, which is when we expect the fully funded grant agreement. that is followed by the start of the tunnel itself. in january, tunnel-boring machines will be on-site and in march. one month later we will have the tunnels assembled. project is expected to be completed in 2015. as i mentioned earlier, the contract for the ntp includes $19 million in prop k funds, which is leveraging $81 million in funding. $78 million in new starts. here is the full funding plan in your package. i want to point out, in the prop b section, $44.8 million allocated by the state. they expect a bond sale that will bring in $34.6 million later this fall. on a high-speed rail connectivity, back in june, the california transportation committee approved a group of projects to receive funding, connectivity funds from high- speed rail.

forward and the central subway going forward, you have to remember that they are building a station at union squarenion square for a light rail system. we should also read the final report that was published back in 1989, 1990. it is about the final report of the kerry transit task force that i happened to serve on -- the geary transit task force that i happened to serve on. also, the final report that was published in 1995. i know these items -- of these documents are many years old, but they tell you about a light rail system on geary boulevard that the voters voted

remember about the central subway at the union square station, and do your homework. you have two months to do it. i do not know when we will be coming before you again for discussion and passage, but you have plenty of time to do it. enjoy the two months off, enjoy the reading. it was good reading for me. commissioner avalos: thank you very much. any other member of the public that would like to comment? seeing none, public comment is closed. next item please. >> item 14 is adjournment. commissioner avalos: we are adjourned. thank you very much. on may 12, sf posted a benefit for project insight. canadians supported the recreation programs are too sick children. >> learn more >> good morning and welcome to the public safety committee. my name is supervisor john avalos. joining me to my right is christina olague, the vice chair, and to my left, and supervisor eric mar. the clerk is here as well as we said miller. we have sfgtv folks who are hoping as well. madam clerk, could you share with us your announcements? >> please make sure to silence all cell phones and elect

station was intentionally shutdown as a precaution. three people got stuck in an elevator and had to be rescued. power at the bart station is back on this morning. >>> you can expect more traffic delays around union square today when stockton street will be closed to all cars except emergency vehicles between geary and ellis. crews have been relocating utility projects underground to get ready for the central subway project. stockton street closure is expected to remain in effect until 2017 except during the holiday shopping season. >>> this morning firefighters are on guard for flare-ups from stubborn grass fire in benicia that fire broke out near the entrance of benicia state park off columbus parkway on-ramp of eastbound 780. the fire burned two acres of vegetation and 20 feet of fencing despite the small size it took crews two hours to put the fire out >> a 420 acre wildfire in mendocino county is 80% contained. the north fire as it is call, broke out saturday afternoon near mill creek road a viewer of ukiah sent this video after the fire broke out. no homes threatened, several road closures, the cause remains under investigation. >>> 4:39 on this monday morning, thank you for coming in early to joi

power at that bart station back on this morning. >>> more traffic delays around union square today whenkton will be closed to all considers crews have been relocating utility projects underground to prepare for construction of the 1.6 billion dollar central subway project. saturday part of grant street was converted to two-way traffic. stockton street closure expected to remain in effect until 2017 except during holiday shopping season. >>> 5:36. this morning firefighters on guard for flare-ups from a stubborn grass fire in benicia it broke out near the entrance of the state park off columbus parkway on-ramp of eastbound 780. the fire burned about two acres of vegetation and 20 feet of fencing, it took fire crews two hours to put the fire out. >>> meantime, 420 acre wildfire in mendocino county is 80% contained. the fire broke out saturday afternoon near mill creek road. a viewer sent us this video shortly after the fire broke out. no homes threatened, several road closures. the cause of the fire remains under investigation. >>> 5:37. mike is off today, time for a look at our forecast.

. >> red line trains are single tracking right now between union station and judiciary square due to a track problem at judiciary square so anticipate delays in both directions of the red line. if you are traveling 198 approaching, expect some debris on the exit ramps. southbound georgia avenue, we had an accident involve a ride- on bus. it has been cleared. 66 starting to slow with the volume leaving manassas heading in towards centerville. things looking good. 95 northbound, you have ahe got the volume past the prince william parkway up near the occoquan. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. imetraffic. >>> one of busiest bridges between the u.s. and canada is reopened this morning a bomb threat shut down the brr bridge. they did not find any explosive device. just four days ago, a similar threat closeed a nearby commuter tunnel that also links detroit to canada. >>> two people are dead and 19 others hurt after an outdoor barbecue in toronto end in gunfire. police believe multiple gmedz fired shots into the crowd of american 200 people killing a teenaged girl and a man in his 20s. they say on

this time a track problem at judiciary square causing metro to single track between therend union station. you're seeing delays on the red line in both directions. be aware of that if you're thinking of jumping on the red line today. over to the roadways. crossing over the wilson bridge, things are good. heading from the wilson bridge into virginia, van dorn street, travel speed, not bad. 63 miles per hour. also checking travel speeds, this time from the interchange as you head to the dulles toll road. 64 miles per hour as well. that drive taking 14 minutes. aaron, over to you. >>> breaking news now while europe sleeping. toronto had the most violent night ever. two dead, 20 people hurt in a shooting at a block party. news4's melissa mollet is in the newsroom now with the breaking details. >> it's too early to say what prompted the shooting but investigators say two people have been confirmed dead. a teenage girl and a young man. another 19 people are recovering from injuries and one of those hurt is an infant. this morning police are dealing with a very large crime scene. nearly 200 peop

at bart station is back on this morning. >>> expect more traffic delays around san francisco's union square today, stockton street closed to cars between geary and ellis. crews have been relocating utility projects underground preparing for construction of that 1.6 billion dollar central subway project. saturday part of grant street between geary and sutter was converted to two-way traffic to try to help with the flow. stockton street closure expected to remain in effect until 2017, except during the holiday shopping season. >>> construction crews in santa clara are about to start installing the first steel support columns to form the framework of the new 49er stadium. spoke man says the first delivery of steel arrived last week, a big deal for any construction project demand for steel in developing christmas made it hard to come by in late may, cement tricks -- trucks began pouring the foundation to support the beams. >>> 6:35. pit bull that mauled a 2-year-old boy in rodeo remains in the custody of animal control. crust were on the scene saturday night the boy was tacked at the home of his babysitter doctors reattached o