of sutter health. this loss of public oversight would have a detrimental impact. the proposition q hearings do not result in follow up enforcement action, but they do serve a very important function in bringing to the attention of the public, to the attention of the department, to the attention of the commission, to the attention of others in san francisco city government, what is happening with respect to the delivery of health care in san francisco. witness last year, your decision to find that the closing of the st. luke's subacute care unit would have a detrimental impact was a critical factor in cpmc eventually deciding, at least temporarily, to keep that clinic open. more still needs to be done, but at least we've got an important postponement. so we very much think, for procedural reasons, as well as the substantive reasons my colleagues will address that this is have a detrimental impact on the community. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> my name is ken barnes, and i'm a physici

foundation, which is sutter health foundation in san francisco, marin and sanoma. they have over 240 doctors that provide primary and special professional services throughout clinic. the first is a breast help ma'am omammography center. it's august 5th. the clinic will be located at the medical office on saint luke's campus. and all this detailed information is in your memo. the second change is for the n n evasive cardiology. the expected transfer date is august 5th and the clinic at saint luke's campus. the third and fourth change is the diabetes center at saint luke's and california campuses. the saint luke's diabetes center will be located at the medical office at saint luke's campus. and they are still determining where the california diabetes center will be located. the fourth change is the out patient psychiatry clinic at its campus. this expected transfer date is still to be determined but will not happen before may first of 2019. and the clinic will be moved to ctmc davies. in terms of impact, cpmc has reported that 7,497 patients will be effected by this

i'm with sutter pacific medical foundation. the three programs that have already transitioned, the breast center on august 5, the cardiac echo lab on august 5, and the st. luke's diabetes program transferred on august 19. so far, it is business as usual, and we have not had any contracting issues since the go live dates. and in any situation where we need to request continuity of care, or policy is for those patients that are impacted, we will try to get an agreement with the health plans. and if the health plans agree, we will continue their service. if the health plan does not agree, it is their responsibility to identify alternative areas of service. >> commissioner sanchez? >> yeah. we've all spent a lot of time together, many of us here from different segments of the community both internally, externally, etc. and the bottom line to me has always been astounding. it's not about the quality of care, because we had families come from all over the bay area who would come and visit their brother, uncle, cousin because they wer

to bishop use of minister of lebanon remembers a sermon a sutter delivered in a church in which he warned of the dangers of sectarianism. when measured superior. to save muslim or eman muslim. because these are various for you jillian look there is a the harder these. members would. assert his nephew recalls his uncle's views on lebanon sectarian nature illness of the few mccauley a lot of. fear and. most. of. this fear but at the moment to live with here but there's no medicine he could wear one can say that one. in nine hundred seventy five civil war erupted in lebanon. assad or led antiwar protests most prominent of which was his sit in at a mosque in beirut. with anarchy in lebanon israeli attacks on villages in the south of the country increased. campaigned on behalf of the local population and he announced the establishment of a lebanese resistance movement called. southern consistently expressed sympathy for palestinian aspirations but his relations with the palestinian liberation organization were tense and uneasy. he criticized the p.l.o. for shelling israel and thereby provoking

tomorrow, sutter health opens their campus. >> it is said that it is a reflection on our society, how we treat our sick. if that is the case, today is anedible reflection on the city of san francisco. [ applause ] >> reporter: today's ribbon- cutting, officially christened the $600 million campus that replaces the st. luke's hospital. the facility carries the long- standing tradition of st. luke's in maternity care. >> so many patients have come to the women's center work were born at st. luke's. now we will see new generations of women. often in the labor room there is the grandmother, daughter, and the baby. we honor that and want to continue the legacy. >> it makes the emergency department a priority. >> the project did not make -- come without its hurdles. it took 18 years and debate for the community to come to a consensus. but, now in less than 22 hours, southeast communities of san francisco will have a new place for medical care. >> this hospital, although we thought it would be lost, it is here to stay for this community. and i'm so happy about all of the benefits that it wil

sutter often spoke of the need for truth and justice for those without a voice. his words ring truer than ever not least to resolve the case of his own strange disappearance. for thousands of years families and shepherds lived off this land. but such a traditional way of life is under increasing threat. al jazeera won't travels to the jordan valley where illegal settlements are expanding and the israeli military cordons off more of the land. what will become of the palestinian families and does the palestinian authority at any power to have shepherds of the jordan valley on al-jazeera. from a fresh coastal breeze. to watching the sunset on the australian outback. hello there we've got some rain that's pushing its way across chile at the moment the satellite picture shows that cloud approaching from the southwest so in santiago today they'll be a fair amount of cloud around maybe a few outbreaks of rain but that rain will really push in as we head through into thursday that's when the temperatures will be dropping as well so a cool wet day in santiago with a maxim

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in one nine hundred fifty nine sutter travelled to the city of tire in south lebanon to undertake missionary work he won many admirers and recognition. ten years later in one nine hundred sixty nine he was elected head of the higher islamic shia council in lebanon becoming leader of the country's shia muslims a set are called for social justice and development particularly in lebanon's poorest areas. in one thousand nine hundred eighty four he founded the movement of the deprived aiming to unite people across communal rather than religious or ideological lines. a southerner was something of an iconoclast seeking to break through traditional barriers. to bishop use of minister of lebanon remembers a sermon delivered in a church in which he warned of the dangers of sectarianism. when . measured superior the need. to save muslim or eman muslim. because various for you jillian look there is a the more harder these. members would. assert his nephew recalls his uncle's views on lebanon sectarian nature. of. fear and. most. of. what i did there would have been in this fear when we left to go at the

the doors are now officially open here at the sutter health mission bernal campus. all day long hospital staff has been bringing patients from the saint luke's over to the new location. we got to meet some of the first patients ever at this hospital.<"i feel privileged. it's special. yeah we feel privileged.">meet ryan and kaitlynn peterson - parents of francis - the last baby to be born at saint luke's hospital.<"this little one to be born there. it's really special and i think touching.">the peterson family was also one of the very first patients to be transferred over to the new hospital replacing the nearly 15 decades old st. luke's.<"it's more than a fresh coat of paint. it seems like it's really thoughtful in terms of security and the layout. the view is really great. beautiful view. more storage. yeah it's great!">the sutter health c-p-m-c mission bernal campus was celebrated by mayor london breed on friday with a ribbon cutting. this hospital is 18 years in the making. <"we're so excited, we've been working on this for so long."> the new seven floor hospital

. >> sorry, all reimbursement within the hospital and foundation goes to sutter. it's one bottom line. it's not the physician group is contracted with the foundation to provide services. but all of it goes to the same place so it's not a difference. the foundation and the hospital are one. we have one single member on the board. >> commissioner guillermo. >> you spoke about these transfers would be able to provide a benefit for the patient. so i'm interested in, sort of a bigger picture of that system otherwise it looks like each of these becomes a discrete transfer for, you know, any purpose that anybody might ascribe to it, so i'm interested in getting a little bit of a big picture of that transfer of patients from the acute care setting to a more of an outpatient, essentially community-based setting, so that we can maybe look at this in that context. as well as you mentioned community benefit which was one of my questions. how does all of that fit together? >> some day we need to sit down and spend a lot of time talking. if you look at health care as a whole, i

sutter health officials just unveiled this sign to the new mission bernal campus hospital - located on cesar chavez and valencia street.this hospital is replacing st. luke's hospital at the same location after it closed last october. the new seven floor - 120 bed hospital is apart of the the sutter health california pacific medical center or c-p- m-c.this mission bernal campus will serve acute care, clinical and administrative services.c-p-m-c is also building a 274 bed facility on geary and van ness.a ribbon cutting ceremony will be held this morning 8:30 and then hospital staff will begin carefully moving in patients to the new building. live in san francisco, sara stinson, kron 4 news.### (lydia) thanks sara. we will check back with you in the next hour. (lydia)also happening now... hurricane lane has now weakened to a tropical storm. hawaii's big island has already seen up to 34 inches of rain in one spot, triggering flooding and landslides. up to 40 inches more could fall over the weekend across the state. oahu and maui are the most likely islands to get a close-up view of the sto

sutter changed its mind because of backlash from the public and its board of super visors. >> we're keepingold buildings. we need that because we're having more physicians and staff coming on to this campus because of the new services. >> reporter: the main reason they bought st. luke's hospital was because of retrofitting costs. bringing this campus up to seismic code by 2030 was the catalyst for the purchase. >> we needed to really address that. the best way to do it was to bring in a new hospital, build a new hospital. we can design all the aspects we need for the community into a new hospital rather than retrofitting an old hospital. >> reporter: moving day is august 25th here. that's when the remaining 30-40 patients from st. luke's will be put here at sutter health. >> this medical campus has the third busiest emergency department in the city. they have two separate rooms for pediatric patients and two separate ones for elderly patients. >>> far-right conspiracy theorist alex jones gets a timeout from twitter. what's prompting him to take action now. community with this mexican dance

the former saint luke's hospital will now be known at sutter health's -- the $600 million project took 18 years and plenty of debate for developers, government and the community to all come to a consensus. >> this hospital, although we thought it would be lost, it is here to stay for this community and i am so happy about all of the benefits that it will continue to provide for generations to come. >> sutter health says that 120- bed hospital was built to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by using less energy and water. >>> smoke from wildfires raging in the north healthy air throughout the bay area but the good news this morning the worst is over for now. day yesterday and air quality advisory is in effect until tomorrow. you can see from our cameras a thick haze blanketing the bay area, including the san mateo bridge and san jose. in the east bay, the dublin unified school district limited outdoor exposure for students and staff yesterday. lunch, p.e. and recess were all held inside. >> i think it's good they're doing that, especially with kids with breathing problems, asthma and all t

sutter health is about to open its st. louis hospital which will be renamed mission bernell campus later this month. it includes new private maternity rooms with the tubs as well as high-tech innovations and it will also mean a jump in available emergency room beds for patients in and around the mission. >>> we're a community hospital and we have a very busy emergency department. our emergency department at this campus has 16 bays and it's about four times the size of our current emergency department. the community will absolutely love it. >> the hospital says it expects to coordinate with zuckerberg, san francisco general to handle er overloads on their busy days and sutter is alsong ready to open another new hospital on van nes avenue in san francisco, as well. >>> it's hard to imagine that a child could be affected by arthritis, but it turns out that thousands of kids suffer with this painful illness every single day. fortunately, they can talk about their condition with others just like them at camp arroyo. it's a free

sutter often spoke of the need for truth and justice for those without a voice. his words ring truer than ever not least to resolve the case of his own strange disappearance. on the streets of greece anti immigrant violence is on the rise there or you have to go from other potential and this and that to the this is all from fusses them and increasingly migrant farm workers are victims of vicious beatings. aslam is helping the pakistani community to find a voice the stories we don't often have told by the people who live them undocumented and under attack this is iraq on al-jazeera. how the weather's lousy fied and dry across australia had some cold stuff of the day and frosty. pasta queensland and new south wales clear skies as you see so high pressure in shots we have got a little bit of cloud of rain just rolling through the by that'll make its way across southern parts so still a little bit of wet weather into the southeastern corner of western australia south australia could see some place in places if ryan is to go on through the next dial so that'll just wa

of the safer sutter project. we will come to the board for project approvals including wider sidewalks shorter pedestrian crossings and signal phasing for public and turning vehicles. two tragedies, both preventable. just a reminder for the need for everybody to pay attention and be aware and focus when they are out on the streets. another tragedy to report, as you all know, because it's been widely reported but just to give you more information on august 10th, the twin peaks tunnel rehabilitation project experienced fatal incident around 5:00 p.m. when one of the shimmick construction workers was struck by a falling temporary steel beam that had been erected to support a brick arch archway. the brick archway is the original portal, and there were temporary beams to strengthen it. patrick, the shimmick construction worker was transported to the hospital where he later succumbed to his injuries. we immediately notified our control center and dispatched an emergency crew, california occupational and health administ

sutter often spoke of the need for truth and justice for those without a voice. his words ring truer than ever not least to resolve the case of his own strange disappearance. thousands of years families in shepherds need to talk to snap. but such a traditional way of life is under increasing threat. al-jazeera travels to the jordan valley where illegal settlements are expanding and the israeli military cordons off more often than. what will become of the palestinian families and the palestinian authority alitalia shepherds of the jordan valley on al-jazeera. without some of the lively showers extending from the great plains down it's a southern policy of the us and in the process of making their way out of the way still want to chase storms just around the southern plains easing over towards colorado routes of the old parts of texas but brought to skies along the eastern seaboard and that will continue to be the case as we go on through the next day out to some pleasant warmth that twenty six celsius from new york to d.c. and north of the border also into also st

to bishop use of minister of lebanon remembers a sermon a sutter delivered in a church in which he warned of the dangers of sectarianism. when measured superior do you need. to save muslim or eman muslim. because these are various for you look there is a million more hard these. members would. assert his nephew recalls his uncle's views on lebanon sectarian nature the illness of the few mccauley and a lot of. fear and. most. of. what i did there would have been. when we left him at the moment to live with here but there's no medicine he. can we can call that one. in one thousand nine hundred seventy five civil war erupted in lebanon. assad or led antiwar protests most prominent of which was his sit in at a mosque in beirut. with anarchy in lebanon israeli attacks on villages in the south of the country increased. campaigned on behalf of the local population and he announced the establishment of a lebanese resistance movement called. a southern consistently expressed sympathy for palestinian aspirations but his relations with the palestinian liberation organization were tense and uneasy. h

the hemlock tavern on polk street near sutter is said to close following its 70th anniversary party on saturday, october 6. developers plan to demolish the building and put in its place a condominium building with 54 units. the managers of the hemlock tavern say they have hosted more than 5000 live music shows at that bar since opening in october 2001. >>> the local recycling industry is struggling with what they pickup from your curb . officials from napa and american canyon gathered yesterday to remind people about some common mistakes one of the biggest comes when people throw out down recyclable items into their recycling pans. things like shrinkwrap, styrofoam, plastic, grocery bags, and other soft plastic that can easily get mixed into paper recycling when they go through the machines. it ends up contaminating a bail of recycled material at the processing facility. the more time the company spends on pulling out contaminants the more expensive their operations become. >>> students are heading back to school soon in san jose. coming up we will take you they are live head of some s

the hotel will be called appropriately enough, mansion on sutter. the restaurant is being named 1881. that is the year the mansion dates back to. the mansion's new owner is being careful to keep the turn of the century character and rooms are still going to be pricey. 600 to $700 a night. plans are in the works for a speak easy bar in the basement. maybe we can afford a manhattan. >> i was thinking maybe i could go to happy hour and get one drink. that might be it. get myself an uber home after that. taking a look at our issue we have a full closure of 680 in san jose. this is between capitol expressway and berryessa. again, we still don't have an estimate on when the roadway will reopen but we're looking at a 15-minute delay on northbound 680 and northbound 101. a lot of folks using that for an alternate instead. everyone else looking pretty good, richmond-san rafael bridge, 7 minutes, 15 minute drive across san mateo and 8 minute drive across dumbarton bridge. let's check in with meteorologist mike nicco. >> baseball first to talk about. 7:05 firs

it's celebrating a birthday.( james ) doctors delivered the first baby born at sutter health's new c-m-p-c'slla weighed in at just over 7 pounds. the hospital says isabella's parents are enjoying their private room. also arriving on sunday... were two other baby girls and one boy. ( james ) coming up in the next hour ... police investigating after human remains are found inside a bay area home. we are live at the scene with the details. ( james ) and fire fighters are invetigating an early morning fire in antioch that has been ruled suspicious. lydia pantazas will have the details from the scene. ( james ) and a vietnam memorial in the south bay is vandalized. now.. the search is on for those responsible. (darya) good morning i'm darya folsom..(james) and i'm james fletcher. lets start the morning with a check of weather and traffic... major hot spot nb 680 at major hot major hot spot nb 680 at crow canyon rd accident blocks all lanes an even cooler day today than yesterday was with temperatures in the 60's for the coast and 70's inland. skies will begin overcast to foggy followed by sunshin

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these dogs work with stroke patients at sutter hospital in sacramento. the healing canines are trained for physical therapy to help patients regain their strength. just by brushing the dog or picking up a water bowl, a patient can actually improve their own upper body strength. >> being a stroke victim, you have to reconnect your brain to your body and these guys are great helping you just heal. >> the dogs go through about six months of specialized training. afterwards they're placed with a handler. the doctors say these dogs are different than comfort animals because they are used during the patient's actual physical therapy. >>> weather time now, something is happening at this very second in the bay area when it comes to the weather that has not happened in more than a month. i'll explain coming up and talk about when this shroud of cloud cover, which is a little more expansive than it has been recently, is moving out. >> coming up at 6:00 tonight raging flames race toward a bay area spca, incredible new body camera video captures rescuers grabbing ca

which compel women to get permission from men to study to marry or to travel abroad in a similar sutter's a long time campaigner for women's and shia minority rights the other arrested activist this summer but also a veteran activist for women's rights in saudi arabia her brother rife instantly is also a dissident and activist who serving a ten year jail term for insulting islam online you may recall some i received these twenty twelve international women of courage award from then u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton. you are a human rights activist a monitor of human rights in your country of saudi arabia one thousand saudi government began cracking down on women's rights activists just over two months ago now the official reasons for the latest arrests are all known but previous detainees have been accused of having suspicious contacts with foreign entities but then saudi officials have warned that further arrests could be carried out as the investigation proceeded even so saudi crown prince is eager to show a different side promising reforms and even recently lifting the ban on wom

sutter often spoke of the need for truth and justice for those without a voice. his words ring truer than ever not least to resolve the case of his own strange disappearance. hand in hand with. refusing to be defined by the mexican women of bringing out their dancing machine. and rediscovering. that. hotham of the viewfinder. this time on our. however we got some welcome rainfall now affecting parts of australia particularly into queensland new south wales this little area of cloud here i will still produce a little more damp weather larry of low pressure to go on through the next day or so that we go for sunday some wet weather rural up the eastern side of the country very good news this dry skies do come back in behind seventeen celsius the fragile a twenty two celsius for perth and it's because on into monday similar values on those temperatures by monday it will be largely try and find some brighter skies returning to the east coast sydney at around fourteen celsius ten degrees also warmer than that for brisbane with plenty of sunshine up around the sunshine

in one nine hundred fifty nine sutter travelled to the city of tire in south lebanon to undertake missionary work he won many admirers and recognition. ten years later in one nine hundred sixty nine he was elected head of the higher islamic shia council in lebanon becoming leader of the country's shia muslims a set are called for social justice and development particularly in lebanon's poorest areas. in one thousand nine hundred four he founded the movement of the deprived aiming to unite people across communal rather than religious or ideological lines. a southerner was something of an iconoclast seeking to break through traditional barriers. to bishop use of minister of lebanon remembers a sermon delivered in a church in which he warned of the dangers of sectarianism. when measured superior the only. safe muslim or eman muslim. because these are various for you julia look there is a the more harder these. members would. assert his nephew recalls his uncle's views on lebanon sectarian nature the illness of the few mccauley a lot of. fear and. most. of. this fear but at the moment to live wi

. >>> sutter lake hospitals at lakeport will be remaining closed. it is unclear when the hospital will reopen its doors. >>> two twin girls and their mother were killed in a fire in the 2900 block of georgia street. police say an 11-year-old girl escaped the fire and informed police two girls and a woman were trapped inside. 15-year-old trinh and tram were trapped inside with their mother. a friend got a text that read, are you awake, i'm really scared. >> it's sad to hear that that was her last words to me, that she feels really scared. but i couldn't read it because i was asleep. >> police have opened a criminal investigation and declared the fire suspicious. >>> community leaders in san josi are holding a press conference in favor of expanding police overnight oversight. that's in response to what the groups call an attack campaign by the police union against the independent police auditor. the press conference will be at 11:30 a.m. outside city hall. >>> demonstrators clashed in berkeley. about 15 people held an antimarkism rally, outnumbered by

sutter often spoke of the need for truth and justice for those without a voice. his words ring truer than ever not least to resolve the case of his own strange disappearance. thousands of years families and shepherds leave toughest land. but such a traditional way of life is under increasing threat. al-jazeera won't travels to the jordan valley where illegal settlements are expanding and the israeli military cordons off more of them now. what will become of the palestinian families and the palestinian authority to have shifted to the jordan valley on al-jazeera. from the waves of the sounds. to the contours of the east. the weather's looking fine and dry across a good parts of south america this area clad here just moving through very are easing away from sao paolo bits and pieces of cloud right on that for a time but it will ease out into the south atlantic of the next couple days to twenty two celsius therefore ria twenty celsius and c and that's not cheap at eighteen degrees for want to sarah's house about say for santiago high have around twenty five degrees

sutter health's new cpmcbernal cmpus had its official opening yesterday.he new facility features 120 rooms with a lot of upgrades. besides new technology, there's space for families to spend the night with loved ones. >> the area we were in was built in 1957. we needed a change. we needed to make sure the building was safe and up to all the new regulations for hospitals. >> a little bit of history. frances peterson was the last baby born at st. luke's. he and his mother were wheeled over to cpmc yesterday morning. he was just 19 hours old making him the youngest and first patient at the new hospital. >>> abc's new brand local is sharing stories. it's a weekly digital story called more in common. today there's a new story about the running judge and the convicted felon. >> during working hours, i'm a judge assigned to a felony trial court. rlornings i have running pr skid row. >> you're tt'hat folks call . >>etom onng b convicted felons? >> yes. >> came all the way right here, dropped my window. i started shooting at them. when they both fell, i knew i hit

i'm on sutter street on nob hill. so i was baffled to hear director reiskin's statement that he doesn't have $6 million. i watch the number 3 bus go by every few minutes. it was supposed to be eliminated back when willie brown was mayor. we would have $2 million times, what, 10 years, $20 million. i would be happy it have the number 3 bus discontinued today and take that money and put it towards saving lives on townsend street. thank you. >> chairman brinkman: thank you. i don't think we want to sacrifice other people's bike lanes. thank you for coming. do i have any more public comment, public comment is closed. thank you for coming down here. your comments are powerful, poignant, and we're hearing them. i share your fear when you have loved ones or yourself out here on bicycles and some of the streets, the conditions, can be terrifying. i know. i've ridden them. i worry for my partner when he rides back and forth from work. he's under strict instructions to never tell me about negative interactions but i know that h

sutter health cpmc will open a seven-floor 120-bed campus at caesar chavez and valencia replacing st. luke's hospital. the upgraded facility include new private maternity rooms with bathtubs and high-tech innovations throughout the building. the room is four times the size which means the hospital can handle more patients. also happening today, oakland residents can dispose of unwanted items and no cost. today is the first of three bulky block parties and part of an effort to educate residents about the city's bulky waste pickup service that allows people to schedule a free curb side pickup. the disposal parties are only open to oakland residents it will be open on edgewater drive in east oakland. a team of young scientists in the south bay believe they have a solution to keep hard to recye plastics from ending up in landfills. the city of san jose and a major recycler is betting on them. david louie has the story. >> the green waste recycling center handles waste as for away as santa rosa and sacramento. film plastics including plastic bags. >> as soon as it's covered in food waste o

sutter health is about to open its new addition to st. luke's hospital which will be named the mission campus later this month. the upgraded facility includes private maternity rooms with bathtubs. the emergency room is four times the size which means the hospital can handle a lot more patients. >> it was hard to imagine that a child can have arthritis and thousands suffer with the painful illness every single day. fortunately, they can talk about their conditions with others like them at camp arroyo. a free summer camp provided by the taylor family foundation. abc 7 news anchor cheryl jennings has the story from livermore. >> what do you think, ladies? >> i think it's the cutest thing. >> therapy dogs like charlie bring so much joy to these girls and boys. you wouldn't to know it to look at their smiling faces, but they live with debilitating disorders that affect their immune systems including arthritis. the arthritis foundation statistics are shocking. it's 300,000 children under the age of 16 in the united states. the children i talke