for the san francisco symphony, alfred hertz would make all the for the san francisco symphony, alfredld make all the difference. >> narrator: under hertz, the san francisco symphony built a reputation for quickly using the latest technology to bring music to audiences beyond the concert hall. >> and through the remarkable achievements of modern electronic recording, a performance like this may be enjoyed in our homes whenever we please. >> narrator: in 1925, the symphony made its first recording with the victor talking machine company. [ orchestral music plays ] >> now, that violin solo was played by louis persinger, who was the concert master. it's a very impressive achievement given that the recording technology wasn't really up to that. but it is the san francisco symphony. [ orchestral music plays ] >> narrator: a year later, the symphony debuted on radio with the first weekly series presented by any orchestra in the country -- a program that ran for 30 years, reaching its height under music director pierre monteux, who conducted the symphony from 1935 until 1952. >> tonight, we g

declaring this to be san francisco symphony in day in san francisco. [applause] free parking is what he asked for. of all things. and of course, with this opportunity that we could not pass up, where would a 100-share birthday bash the without the official birthday song? i'm going to ask liang-liang to get on the piano. and i'm going to have ask all of you to sing in your loudest voice. he would like to have his friends in china hear this. let's go with have a birthday, everybody. [applause] supervisor mar: good afternoon, everyone. it looks like we have a full house. welcome to the san francisco board. my name is eric mar. i am the chair. this is our meeting of september 12, 2011. to my right is supervisor malia coehn. to my left to supervisor scott wiener. clerk: please turn off all of your devices. supervisor mar: and i want to thank sfgtv for being with us again today. madam somera, could you please read the first item? clerk somera: i'd in number one, planning code, the zoning map, establishing the lombard and scott street affordable housing speci

declaring this to be san francisco symphony in day in san francisco. [applause] free parking is what he asked for. of all things. and of course, with this opportunity that we could not pass up, where would a 100-share birthday bash the without the official birthday song? i'm going to ask liang-liang to get on the piano. and i'm going to have ask all of you to sing in your loudest voice. he would like to have his friends in china hear this. let's go with have a birthday, everybody. [applause] president chiu: welcome to the san francisco board of supervisors meeting. i want to welcome the public to our temporary board chamber, since as many of you know we are in the process of renovating our permanent board chamber to make it more accessible to residents in san francisco. supervisor avalos: present. supervisor campos: present. supervisor chu: present. supervisor cohen: present. supervisor farrell: present. supervisor kim: here. supervisor mar: present. supervisor mirkarimi: present. supervisor weiner: present. >> all members are present. president chiu:

declaring this to be san francisco symphony in day in san francisco. [applause] free parking is what he asked for. of all things. and of course, with this opportunity that we could not pass up, where would a 100-share birthday bash the without the official birthday song? i'm going to ask liang-liang to get on the piano. and i'm going to have ask all of you to sing in your loudest voice. he would like to have his friends in china hear this. let's go with have a birthday, everybody. [applause] supervisor avalos: supervisor avalos: supervisor avalos: good morning. the clerk of the committee is mr. johnson. can you share with me your announcements? >> all persons attending this meeting are requested to turn off all cell phones and pagers. if you wish to submit copies of materials to the committee, please submit final. if you wish to submit a speaker card, then turn it on to your left -- and turn it to someonine to the left. item one. on sale of beer and wine license for the expansion of the city beer store into the adjacent office space located at 1168 fol

declaring this to be san francisco symphony in day in san francisco. [applause] free parking is what he asked for. of all things. and of course, with this opportunity that we could not pass up, where would a 100-share birthday bash the without the official birthday song? i'm going to ask

declaring this to be san francisco symphony in day in san francisco. [applause] free parking is what he asked for. of all things. and of course, with this opportunity that we could not pass up, where would a 100-share birthday bash the without the official birthday song? i'm going to ask liang-liang to get on the piano. and i'm going to have ask all of you to sing in your loudest voice. he would like to have his friends in china hear this. let's go with have a birthday, everybody. [applause] >> good afternoon, everyone. i would like to begin by thanking all of you for joining us here today. today, we celebrated a number of things, among them, that we completed demolition of the old transbay terminal and that our foundation construction work is well underway, as you can see, from the surrounding site. i would like to thank and acknowledge our congressional delegation that was extremely instrumental in helping us fully fund phase one and get the $400 million that is allow us to do the construction work that you see here today. i want to thank nancy pelos

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declaring this to be san francisco symphony in day in san francisco. [applause] free parking is what he asked for. of all things. and of course, with this opportunity that we could not pass up, where would a 100-share birthday bash the without the official birthday song? i'm going to ask liang-liang to get on the piano. and i'm going to have ask all of you to sing in your loudest voice. he would like to have his friends in china hear this. let's go with have a birthday, everybody. [applause] >> welcome to city hall. it is my pleasure today to join board president david chiu. our chief of police is here today. hydra mendoza, the president of our board of education. the director of public works. my wife anita -- she is the most important. who else do we have? the director of our treasure island authority is here. also member of our housing authority. thank you very much for being here. our city librarian -- thank you for being here as well. the president of the san francisco giants is here. all right. and they won today. [applause] sorry if i forgot to m

. >> you bet. [ music ] >>> the oakland symphony chorus and the symphony orchestra joined together toform a special presentation tonight. the concert at the cathedral of the cathedral of light featured the symphony of light. >>> across the country, dozens of flags were across an overpass. the lafayette flag brigade grade, they say their mission is to make sure people never forget. they say it's the largest overpass flag display in the state. three large sections of steel recovered from the world trade center were also on display. >>> some people also chose to honor the memory of those lost by giving back. in alameda, an macoh village found people who were giving an important piece of themselves to others. >> i don't know what symbolizes the red, white, and blue right now, than to give. red blood. >> reporter: it's the way people showed their support right after the 9/11 attacks, and it's how they are memorial liesing the day today. >> i was so outraged 10 years ago by the travesty of what went on that i felt like i needed to do something. i mean every year. i mean it -- this is the ti

. >>> san francisco symphony is giving the city a big thank you today. we'll tell you where you can enjoy a noontime concert. >> honoring the best of the best kennedy center honors a performer that is favorite in the bay area. my wife the dentist allows only one mouthwash in our home. [ male announcer ] act for kids, with maximum fluoride for up to 40% fewer cavities act. stronger teeth and better checkups in every bottle. >>> 5:24, good morning, this is a live picture from cape canaveral, florida. nasa hopes to launch this rocket but they may have to wait a couple of days because of weather. it is carrying an unmanned spacecraft. they will take a trip to the moon where they will chase each other in orbit. they will measure the gap between them in hopes of determining what is at the moon's core. they can help determine what the moon is made of. >>> singer neil diamond and merle streep and yo-yo ma is three of artists that will be honored at kennedy center honors ma is one of world's most famous classical musicians. diamond is known for hits such as suite

declaring this to be san francisco symphony in day in san francisco. [applause] free parking is what he asked for. of all things. and of course,

declaring this to be san francisco symphony in day in san francisco. [applause] free parking is what he asked for. of all things. and of course, with this opportunity that we could not pass up, where would a 100-share birthday bash the without the official birthday song? i'm going to ask liang-liang to get on the piano. and i'm going to have ask all of you to sing in your loudest voice. he would like to have his friends in china hear this. let's go with have a birthday, everybody.

at carnegie hall he will perform mahler symphonies. he is doing so much it's surprising we get him here back at this table. so welcome. great to see you where are you happiest? what n what of all the things you do bring you the greatest satisfaction? >> maybe when something is really adventurous and a little bit difficult. i'm trained in the difficult years, late '80s, early '90s. of course, russia is a big country. of course culturally it's a huge tradition and we inherited tremendous glorious but end of' 80s and beginning of '90s there was a big question. and then i was survived... >> rose: the fall of the russian empire? >> well, the breakup of the soviet union was one thing. and it went its own way, the breakup of the soviet union and the political process. but then there's another process-- cultural. and that's very much a big one. so this, let's say, smaller brother is very, very important because all these... the loss of many musicians and you are 35 years old, you have to be a leader of important institutions which is undersupp

getting through the city reminder, sf symphony until the party on the 11th. a gala tonight. lot of street acstoyft watch for closures around symphony hall. >> san francisco port authority is giving the booth to tech company start-ups on pier 38. bob redell is live with a look at the reasons behind the closures. good morning, bob. >> good morning to you, jon. we're up here at pier 38 up the street from at&t park. this is a big deal because pier 38 has been a sort of mini tech hub for about a couple dozen companies here along the embarcadero. you've got several start-ups, tech firms, even a vc firm. they must pack up and leave. the port authority recently sent out this let tear all of the tenants, letting them know that the entire structure has been red tagged. you can see one of them there, that the pier 38 is unsafe, so much so that they must vacate by 5:00 friday night, september 30. just over three weeks from now. the port says its chief engineer found electrical and plumbing problems, and fire code violations. these revelations come after the port recently won control of

conductor michael tilton thomas led the symphony in rehearsal today. tomorrow it will kick off its big centennial season. lang lang will performment on thursday the symphony will stage a free public outdoor concert at civic plaza and that event begins at 11:30. >>> coming up in 90 second. >> could the end be near for this east bay school. the fight to keep lake university from closing. >>> and in the past hour investigators have told us more about the mass shooting that claimed three lives in carson city. the thing many of the victims had in common that worries investigators and why they haven't settled on a motive yet. >>> police have identified the man who opened fire at an i hop and killed himself in the shooting. good evening i'm frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. jana katsuyama is live now in carson city nevada where investigators are concerned

they will join the symphony at davies hall. they will host a concert in civic center plaza.ted playing in 1911 five years after the 1906 earthquake and fire. >>> are you a cowboy or cow girl at hot? he-yah! here a chance to get a piece of holiday history. john wayne's estate is holding an auction. including cowboy hats and saddles from wayne's movies, even an eye patch he wore in true grit. >>> one of greatest names, sheriff rooster cogburn. >> now next. closing time the east bay district that says time has run out for one of its schools. >>> does pg&e know where it's pipelines are? i'm amy hollyfield where the pg&e provided a construction crew was wrong. i'll have details coming up. >> and buying a six pack of beer or bottle of wine could get harder in the bay area's biggest city. >> you if you are leaving the west coast, pretty mild temperatures across most of the country. all the heat is back here in phoenix, 93 in portland and 83 in seattle. all the delays are off to the east. we have delays in baltimore, philly and new york right now. check out flight tracker at abc7new

big event but tonight it was a really special event because it kicked off the 100th year of the symphony you missed it tonight or couldn't afford the tickets to go, tomorrow there is a free performance at the civic center plaza. >> thanks for joining us. bye. >> announcer: it's "the tonight show

. >>> the san francisco symphony begins a year-long centennial celebration this wednesday. ♪[ music ]> the party begins with a gala at davies symphony call for the first night of the 100th season and it will end 11 months from now next august. they plan to invite well- knownperformers and orchestras from around the world for guest performances. the orchestra will hold a free outdoor concert this thursday at noon. >>> the plaza was fill would bicyclists today, not critical mass. it's the gear to san francisco. the series of races will take place all day ending with a 40- mile pro run at 3:00 p.m. the event has been going on since 1975. at one point, it included the bricks down lombard street. >>> the family that runs a concession stands at san francisco's lake will close up shop today to make way for a new vendor. his grandfather started the boat rental and snack business 68 years ago but the lease expired and the city issued an evacuation notice for september 15th. some people are concerned about any changes that might affect the charm of stow lake. others feel it's time for an upgrad

restaurants along haight street and hayes street being within walking distance of city hall and the symphony, ballet, the open practice, the neighborhood offers something to everybody. this is the oldest and first japantown established in the united states of america. it's where the japanese first landed to begin diplomatic relationships, in the mid-and late 1900's, was the first place where the consulate was established. the first buddhist church, the first christian church, the first non-profit, the first businesses were created here. so it has a unique place in not only japanese-american history but california history for the japanese to begin to develop community here in america. it is still a gathering place not only for the japanese-americans in san francisco but throughout the bay area. >> tkpwo*ep golden gate park park is beautiful. the physical beauty is hard to beat. it is well served by public transit. its central location is extraordinary. without question, haight ashbury is one of the most famous neighborhood in the world. there is a certain live and let live tradition. it's act

he had the opportunity to conduct the musicians, playing beethoven's 9th symphony as wewell as pieces from tchaikovsky and brahms. it was a first-time experience for the orchestras...as classical music repertoires are rare in the north. chung said the musicians there boasted a high level of musical proficiency and talents, and expressed his desire to introduce them to his own orchestra members in seoul. korean "when the music started, we immediately forgot about all other matters, including political issues. the members of the orchestras and i communicated through music. and i felt assured that we must play music together." and he enthusiastically talked about his plans for holding a joint south and north korea concert in december, this year. korean "i'd like for south and north korean orchestras to perform beethoven's 9th symphony together this december... and donate concert proceeds to help the needy in the north. although my previous efforts to do that failed because of politics, i feel that it is highly possible this time around." chung said north korean officials agreed to hold s

. >> the california symphony presents a tops concert on saturday. dan ashley em cees. >> old mint, they celebrate italian art and food and wine, from the 1800's it will until now. ♪ ♪ >> miss saigon brings her performance to the venetian room.

. >> you can catch the san francisco symphony for free. they are celebrating their 100th birthday.oncert starts at noon. a world-renowned pi have anist is present forming. >> what's hot is next. >> stay with us. @ >>> today at 3:00, how to keep your children safe by playing sports. then at 4:00, president obama will deliver his speech on jobs. we'll carry it live in its entirety. then at 5:00, berkeley police track down the person they say is responsible for slashing dozens of car tires. >> a lounge legend returns to the bay area. yea! and arts and entertainment reporter has what's hot. >> a rehearsal of san francisco's opera of heart of a soldier, a hero that saved 2700 lives at the world trade center. on sunday, opera in the park, a free concert in golden gate park. >> jane austen created stories. unscripted gets laughs in mill valley and fort mason center. >> royal society jazz orchestra, art deck oh society. >> he is one of more than 40 shows but 20th edition of the fringe festival, comedy and drama. >> he is back, bud e. luv swings at george's club in san rafael

. >> the california symphony presents a tops concert on saturday. dan ashley em cees. >> old mint, they celebrate italian art and food and wine, from the 1800's it will until now. ♪ ♪ >> miss saigon brings her performance to the venetian room. >> thanks so much for joinin [captioning made possible by disney-abc domestic television] [crowd cheering] meredith: thank you. hello. and welcome to "millionaire." joining us today from brooklyn, new york, please welcome phil stein.

what if we are the only species that composes symphonies and paints impressionist paintings? what if we were to disappear and the earth were to become an empty place with no one to appreciate the american museum of natural history, metropolitan museum of art, listen to beethoven's fifth symphony, wouldn't that be the biggest tragedy ever, this highly creative species would vanish? >> thank you again. i've said to you both it's an honor but a dream for me to be especially here with -- in this place with both of you. thank you very much. >> thank you. thank you very much. that will do it for "sgmd." see more of john and richard as well as a lot of other stories i'm working on. it's called my life stream at cnn.com/sanjay. thanks for being us with us. time to get you back to the cnn newsroom for a check of your top stories making news right now. >>> good sunday morning. it is september 4th. hope you are having a good start to your holiday weekend. i am t. j. holmes. we have some tornado warnings in place right now. all of this because of tropical storm lee. it is kicking up wave

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they might go to the opera or the symphony or kind of what ever else they want to go to, but we work together to create that's about youth are both learning the skills that they need, i e going to school, going to work, learning how to cook, manage their own finances and relationships, but also working together as a community to build an extensive connectiveness and the building and also so that they can be good members of their community and the neighborhood, said that would be the -- so that would be the work complimenting the existing -- existing staff. the staffing was increased at the request of the neighbors, and we think it is good for the young people in addition to what services they would get on site at edwards the second, all of the people we serve also having access to all of the education employment programs, the medical care we have on our other side, and other things that larkin street provides. supervisor mar: thank you for your work with larkin street, as well. you mentioned the staffing levels. i think he said that besides a full-time case manager, there is a full-t

add your voice to the chorus, sound by sound, note by note, as we rise up in a symphony of voices and say the quality. and then we also stop violence against women and children. thank you. [applause] >> thank you so much. i like to get you on my radio show to talk about these issues. if she could just get a percentage of the tea party media, we could probably change a lot in the world. now i like to welcome shelley back to the stage, along with family. [applause] >> thank you very much. before i turn the microphone over, i get so excited having our past american future mayor, a really want to bring to the stage an incredible woman who helped me make that introduction, and i fail to do that. i want you to a challenge a woman from china to e-mail me and helped me at 3:00 in the morning, was always there, and i want her to stand because she deserves it. [applause] thank you for everything. forgive me for forgetting, girlfriend. you know i wanted you appear with me. now i will introduce my partner and this, the head of the department on the commission of women. a woman i totally admire fo

. >> all right thank you mark, the san francisco symphony continuing their celebration with a free concert in civic center plaza. the noon performance featured treats from the bay area and chocolates. the conductor, thomas, told the audience that a great performance needed great composers. that is our report, our maureen naylor, our coverage continues on line, tmz is up next, have a great evening 1p [ female announcer ] this is the story of sam, who made an unexpected arrival. [ woman ] he was 4 months early, weighing 1 pound, 12 ounces. [ female announcer ] fortunately, sam was born at sutter health's alta bates summit medical center. [ woman ] the staff was remarkable. they made me feel safe, trusting, cared for. [ giggles ] they saved his life. i owe all of them my son. [ female announcer ] alta bates summit medical center and sutter health -- our story is you.

our plans to put solar panels on symphony hall have been on hold, unfortunately, and this is the most significant projects to be impacted by the question of who will perform the green jobs for our city. last week, the board of supervisors received a key letter signed by over 20 environmental justice and community work force groups requesting a hearing to help guide green job creation -- each of our partners and labour and i will be helpfully -- i will hopefully be sponsoring a hearing. i'm introducing an ordinance that would allow the city to craft its own policy with respect to green jobs and other jobs created for which the state has not yet weighed in with complete labor standards and wage rates. the ordinance is designed to give guidance to the office of labor standards enforcement as to how we should proceed on these projects when the state has not set guidelines for when the state has suggested certain types of work are multi-craft. i hope we can hear from the city and from advocates about how we can use this new framework to install solar panels again and guide the energy-effic

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i think it will complement what we have, celebrating the symphony, the opera, and the ballet here. jazz is america's classical music, and i think it deserves a center here in san francisco. i do want to be very sensitive to the concerns as supervisor mirkarimi has brought up, and he is much more familiar with the western addition fillmore community. i also want to be sensitive to that, acknowledging that the sfjazz center will be blocks away from the fillmore jazz district. so if we could -- if redevelopment could work with his office to ensure that the appropriate committee groups and schools and housing committees in the western addition maybe could be included as places of initial outrage for some of the matinees and the educational programs. i think that would be appropriate. i know in the meeting, i guess it is now six middle school programs that would be included. i believe that marina is on that list and francisco. the two schools. we can look back at that. we can look at zip codes of enrollment at each of the middle schools. i think it is important to ensure that the studen

if you like it's not a symphony that we have to think that in italy we just experienced a case that can be key to understanding what a corporation is and what a state is if it is true but the head of the italian military secret service says the phones under the control of an italian corporation had while i'm not going to mention the name of this corporation but it is easy to figure out ok and this is symbolic of the loss of the importance of the state. status of the state has changed since it lost almost all its program of soldiers here because the void is always filled by something that is why the corporations are progressively taking the place of the states. in american comic books and movies because the theme of a world led by the corporations is nothing new. as the state is going to withdraw even in that which concerns military and intelligence affairs corporations will be progressive be more capable of producing events which events that can result in a war after all and the last wars fought in the middle east the importance of troops that back in the day would have been called merc

earlier this evening takes down the street symphony hall. part of the make a dream event going on and building a new hospital. >> this is not an after shock it's another earthquake. >>reporter: laugh from jay leno. music and raising 5 million dollars for the new uc sf children hospital. >> i like this an people say if you go and tell these jokes it raise this much money. it's not really hard work. it's a great cause. easy to see why the celebrity are so supportive but the generosity is overwhelming. >>reporter: just like he said. many donated 100 million dollars to build children hospital and this is what they do. little 4-year-old grace of pedestrian mont diagnosed with severe scoliosis and wore a breast for 10 years. but uc sf doctor had something innovativ innovative. >> he performed the staple surgery on her back to avoid her wearing a brace. >>reporter: the brace would have been for a listening timeism at least 10 years. not a lot of research that child in her age it even works. >>reporter: that was 5 weeks ago and look at her now. >> i

you will recognize many of the court just landmarks like getty center, a transamerica pyramid, the symphony hall, mission bay, and on and on. we congratulate them. thank you to the president and ceo. and the coo. all so very involved in so many of the big, big projects and significant future projects in the bay area is smithberger architects. we want to thank jim, who is healthcare practice leader for the firm, and smith group is at work for the future construction of san francisco, including the medical center, institute for regenerative medicine, the cardiovascular -- these are some just completed cardiovascular research buildings, and honored as one of the best architecture firms in the u.s. by "architect," indymac is dean of the architects in america. senior living, higher education, research facilities, and workplace projects in san francisco. thank you to the smith group. we want to thank our partnering association. it has a great leader. the san francisco chamber of commerce and its great leader. the center for economic development and a great executive director. all these are great

has just released new pictures of symphony apollo moon landing sites and they show extraordinary new details and three places on the moon that were visited by humans. ok obviously i messed up that was a video of the original moon landing but now a lunar orbit or it's actually found human footprints do you think that's going to shut up all the conspiracy theories like we were there i don't know if that's because i want to just favorite theories is that you want to run this guy and i did not i'm not sure i have i haven't asked him personally i've been to conspiracy theorists always come up with something to say well that wasn't real that could have been photo shopped on somebody's computer but maybe it will give them some to some else to focus on for a while i think somebody else today made a good point about by just saying that see this is proof that anything anything we do any where we go as humans we have out of the screwed up now there's a footprint other lou there's it was we have footprint on the moon is a footprint or like a tractor or like a prince or. suits. it's almost last a