the years that it was up here, it gave the name telegraph hill. it survived although the structure is long gone. come to the 1870's and the city has growed up remarkably. it's fueled with money from the nevada silver mines and the gold rush. it's trying to be the paris of the west. now the beach is the suburbs, the we will their people lived on the bottom and the poorest people lived on the top because it was very hard getting to the top of telegraph hill. it was mostly lean-to sharks and bits of pieces of houses up here in the beginning. and a group of 20 businessmen decided that it would be better if the top of the hill remained for the public. so they put their money down and they bought four lots at the top of the hill and they gave them to the city. lily hitchcock coit died without leaving a specific use for her bequest. she left a third of her estate for the beautify indication of the city. arthur brown, noted architect in the city, wanted for a while to build a tower. he had become very interested in persian towers. it was the 1930's. it wa

featuring books about the coit tower items liquor, you know, the books widespread parrots of telegraph hill and a san francisco then and now as well as there will be replicas in various murals for people to buy post kashdz and information for people to purchase about the mourldz and a lastly sort of a parallel line if someone wants a republic can have coit tower. one of the - as i mentioned, you know, one of the things one of the most delicate things of the coit tower of the concession operating plans is the protection of the murals. so we have, you know, again working with the arts commission guidelines have been developed and we have worked to make sure we have included in the lease requirement they follow the guidelines all staff are trained on those and also 0 for us any city contractors who are working at coit tower are trained so all the capital and contracting staff have been trained on those guidelines to assure their protection. lastly on the murals we are very excited to announce well we're excited we'll be daegd one percent of the grow to the murals to repeal e help with the ongo

she says "i live on telegraph hill. we live here and share the sidewalks with the hundreds that visits north beach and fisherman's wharf every year. with homes all overlooking the bay with a golden gate bridge over all. we are going to mar all of this with utility boxes? the dream we all live here, the dream people carry in their hearts that makes them come here from all over the world. please stop this supervisors. require at&t to replace the boxes underground on to other cites as we ask other utilities to do. thank you so much." >> good evening, supervisors. i also work for san francisco beautiful. i'm here to read another public record from another member who couldn't be here today. "i write to express my thoughts concerning the installation of public property in public space. in general the need for private businesses respond to marketplace needs to plan for and execute effect ively for the future should be encouraged. however it should be to elected and non-elected officials for public comment. in my opinion the pr

reporting for mobile weather atop telegraph hill, roberta gonzales, kpix 5. >>> and now kpix 5's cateof breaking news in san jose. cate, a massive fire is burning at an 80,000-square-foot warehouse? >> reporter: you could see the smoke from the highway. we're hearing that it's a company vintage tile and roof, but look at this. there are about three ladders that we can see from our location trying to attack this fire head on. as far as we know, this is an 80,000-square-foot warehouse fully engulfed in flames. san jose fire tells me that they first got the call just after 5:30 and from here you can actually hear what sounds like explosions just loud popping as fires are working against the clock to put out the fire. it's causing a traffic build-up in the area. a lot of people slowing down and watching police also trying to redirect them. we know that wooster and julian are closed. that area is blocked so if you are coming through here you're going to have to find another way to get around this area. as far as a fire update is concerned, i hear from san jose fire that they will be back h

i am here atop telegraph hill here. i'm sorry, i was taken away for a moment here.y hear a foghorn. and i haven't heard that in quite some time as well as the sea lions -- can you hear it? all right. it's a colder morning, a little light drizzle out here this morning. what a difference a day makes in comparison to yesterday. but nearly not as much condensation as we did have yesterday. north of the golden gate bridge around northern marin and sonoma counties for the first time this winter season officials are asking residents for volunteer water rationing. if you can save up to 20 gallons of water a week that's going to take us a long way during the dry months of the winter season. we have a little wet system that's going to try to move this way. let's call in futurecast. this is for saturday. if you take a look to the north we have an area of low pressure is that wants to breeze through the bay area over the weekend. if we see anything at all, it will be less than .10" of rain in precipitation totals. again that's on saturday. i just wanted to let you have a little

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. >>> and a woman is recovering after being hit by a vehicle on telegraph hill. this happened last night on the corner of vallejo and sampson streets. she was taken to san francisco general hospital and the investigation continues. >>> well, three more bay area flu deaths have been reported and a 69-year-old woman with underlying health issues died from the flu in napa and a man died the death of a 48-year-old man. and at least 20 people have have been affected and one death was also recorded in humboldt county. >>> they are waiting for the oscar nominations to be announced. >>> the film to be announced for best picture for 2013 are american hustle. >> yes, american hustle and the movie gravity earned the best nominations and they have 10 each. captain phillips, dallas buyers clubs, her, 12 years of slaves and the wolf of wall street. now some big names did not get an oscar nomination include being tom hanks. the oscars will be handed out march 2nd at the don'tby theater -- don'tby theater and the comedian will be hosting that show. >>> coming up on mornings on 2

a woman is recovering from a leg injury after being hit by a car in san francisco's telegraph hill.of vallejo and samson streets. the woman who police say is in her 20s was taken to san francisco general hospital. the incident is under investigation. >>> 8:38. three more bay area flu deaths have been reported and now there have been flu deaths in all nine bay area counties. yesterday, a 61-year-old woman in sonoma county died from the flu. in napa county, an 84-year-old man with several medical issues died as well. in contra costa county, the death of a 48-year-old man last month has been confirmed as flu- related. at least 20 people here in the bay area have died from the flu this season. doctors are saying it's not too late to get a flu shot. you can get the flu vaccine at hospitals at clinics and pharmacies, the washington hospital healthcare system in fremont is hosting flu shot drives today and tomorrow. they will be running from noon until 2:00 p.m. and then 3:30 to 5:30 each day. the cost, $10. >>> some restaurant owners are complaining about a new food safety law in californ