we are the alcohol and beverage control and we are funding through the abc special fund through your application and renewal fees and our role to ensure that we are not a road block to developing business in that area is something we certainly keep in the forefront of our minds. america's cup races, we have had a couple of meetings with the stake holders in the city and promoters and pretty much everyone else that you can think is involved in that end of things and we hope to move forward and we hope to have abc permitted in place so we are not impeding the incredible time that it's going to be for this entire city and looking forward to spending a day out there and seeing what it's all about. but there are some regulatory and legislative hurdles that we have to get through because of the uniqueness of the event with the temporary location that it's going to be there for well over a hundred days. it's very unique in that aspect but we are working closely with everyone involved and we think it's going to come off well from a regulatory standpoint. that's about all i had today in terms

there's two incidents which the abc considers open investigation. beyond that like i said officer is trying to do the connection between the community and the business owners >> i have a question. so is it not true there is a new person running the restaurants and taking care of of the alcohol and food? >> the alcohol license was under sanchez. that expired on march 15th when the absence absent went over there and said, you know, who's running it your alcohol license has to be put under the owner of the popcorn owning that restaurants. martha said she would take care of that. i talked to a her on the telephone i toddler to take care of that >> the sanchez is no longer running the alcohol part. >> the food part is being leased by marketing. >> they're still returning the alcohol? >> i understand that the new permitted on august 6th shows that sanchez still holds the alcohol license and the other lady is leasing is food part of it so it's kind of a partnership. >> let's clarify this. with staff and with you darcy. so am i given to understand the busine

what is san francisco and the abc going to do to help keep me in the city so i can create new jobs and new businesses that are going to drive tax revenue to this city? >> a great point and great question and appreciate the opportunity to speak directly to it. as you all know, liquor licensing is a formulated thing and allowances for number of liquor license within particular communities and counties is in fact limited by among other things but chiefly a population. we all know that san francisco's population itself is not that great in comparison to its transitory population that is here for it's entertainment, right? so it could be argued that there are not enough liquor licenses to serve not only the people that live here which is the way the legislation was created. i believe it's somewhere in the neighborhood of a full on sale liquor licenses for every 2,000 residents in the area but the hundreds of thousands of people that come from these bridges and highways and airplanes to be entertained for the wonderful food and nightlife that is here. so yes, one could argue that the formula

the receipts. when we contacted abc the second times on march 6th they explained them the process of transferring the license and they didn't understand or didn't know they had to do this until we contacted abc. several factors were explained to them >> there was no intention to sell the liquor license. >> it's not for me to do that just follow the law it's an open investigation for the march 17th incident. there's still spierts on august 6th after they've been seized one on a prior date >> any other comments or questions. >> basically, what i'm hearing is she did previous owner controls the liquor license. everything she does is still on the liquor license so there's no new owner >> there's a new owners. >> it's two separate real estate eration. i know the liquor license is not under our preview but whether or not sometime is a truthful >> i want to continue this but they're saying it will continue because there's no transfer. >> i'm for the continuance. >> right as the abc says the abc didn't fall in our real house by, however, the state law says that your permit is violated because you're not goin

we the department, the abc have been really completely hands off any kind of position or opposition to those kinds of things. the first one that we took no position on and basically said let's let the community and the full legislator when it comes down to it vote on whether or not it's appropriate and we'll react to it and process those licenses as they come and there haven't been any problem on those communities to date on facilitating those things but in the department we have the same position very likely for san francisco. some of the legislative leaders i can tell you at this point have grown a little bit frustrated with the carving out kind of atmosphere that's being played there. when you look at the sponsored bill you have a lot when you are looking at an interest group you have a sponsor there and the way california politics work. some people have gotten fed up with the ideas that there are these carved out areas that have them and they are starting to ask questions about whether or not there might be a good idea to look at them which will make make more allowances for someon

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we're concerned based on the bid submitted by abc security that the officers' wage rates currently in place will not be honored and we'd like to call your attention to the fact that our collective bargaining agreement, which again abc is signatory to, guarantees that the wage rates of the security officers will remain in place at the time a union company takes over a contract at an already unionized facility. which again, this district has utilized the union company for 12 years. so, we'd ask that the board take these matters into consideration and thank you for your time. >>> good evening, everyone. my name is jontel washington also seiu service workers west. i want to reemphasize and spell out a bit more some of the points that my colleague carl just made. so, the issue here is that we've been having a back and forth with abc security and we have not gotten any clear response from them in the way of abiding by the terms of the collective bargaining agreement. that is to say, maintaining the officers from the incumbent contractor securitas, maintaining wage rates, benefits, and senio

abc. and then, you'll get the watch abc live stream or you can search to down load. >> up next harvest in st. the condition that's convinced napa wine makers now is the time grapes are great. >> i'm cheryl jennings. another child molestation case that could be more wide spread than fir thought. -- first thought. how nature could be the key >>> here is tonight's prime time line up. then join us at 11:00 harvest and napa valley has begun. mild, warm spring weather hz forced an early harvest this year. and td push is on that get that in beginning today. >> this is an example of what a difference a week can make. we were here last week showing you grapes. when they do get to be the same color they're ready to pick. these are clearly just about there. and the grapes that make champagne are off the vines in cases. we knew they were ripening but a harvest in august? on the first? it became reality. >> based on the history, the wine maker was not surprised harvest has come for the grapes. >> when do you make calls? >> about three years ago. >> he did have p help from ashley jackson who long ago to

the abc act does allow those licenses to be traded on the open market without any price controls on our part. but, what is the future hold there? it's hard to say. i can say at this point that the department itself is not making any specific efforts toward bringing new licenses in, but we are certainly not bringing any barriers to it and when it really comes down to it, we would be very supportive of a broad based legislative effort to work the entire formulas throughout the state so there wouldn't be a bill for every place that wanted new licenses come in including san francisco. >> thank you. and the second part of my question is, i'm also an educator. i get invited to distillery around the world and which draws a lot of attention for our expertise and spirits and i do a lot of education. i'm a national education bar tenders guild. the liquor laws don't allow us to use alcohol in training. the bar tenders schools in california are a joke. it's a cheap industry where hopeful bar tenders are hoping to take a $300-500 course to use colored liquid. if we are expected to do this for educat

is concentrating much of its attention on the muslim world. abc news spoke with the chairman of the joint chiefs. >> the intent is to attack western. >> reporter: the warning expires at the end of the month. >> some people don't take it into account when the u.s. does this because they have done it so many times. >> reporter: the comment reflects the attitude of most international travellers we spoke to tonight. >> i guess it is an every day thing now terrorists and whatever. >> i'm from london. we are used to travel problems all the time. >> reporter: a former cia case officer in the mid east says the threat in that region appears to be very real. >> i would say if you don't have urgent business in that part of the world you shouldn't go. >> reporter: it is a sign the u.s. has picked up on what it believes to be a credible threat. >> it has to be fairly specific, the sources and phone calls are probably pretty well known. my only question is will the attack occur in the middle east. >> reporter: says al kieal has done this before. >> 55 were fire

do the same thing, to go through the legislators to propose that to the public and propose it to the abc. i believe this nightlife summit was create because of problems in the public, there was problems with noise, problems with over drinking, a lot of our laws are based on that. i'm here to propose that we have more responsible training for our bar tenders and servers. the cocktail boom around the country has turned bartenders into a true professional. now that professional bartender's job is in question. >> i'm sure it's around the whole notion of where you can drink alcohol and the idea of one of those courses or presentations or event would whether or not it would constitute a public, somebody opened to the public or whether it was essentially amounting to commercial use of alcohol. and, you know, frankly the law is pretty clear on it and we have not or give a quota to a situation where there is any kind of commercial use of alcohol without the benefit of abc license. there are innovative ways to get ourselves into a scenario, a licensed scenario that could let something like that wo

is concentrating much of its attention on the muslim world. abc news spoke with the chairman of the joint chiefs. >> the intent is to attack western. >> reporter: the warning expires at the end of the month. >> some people don't take it into account when the u.s. does this because they have done it so many times. >> reporter: the comment reflects the attitude of most international travellers we spoke to tonight. >> i guess it is an every day thing now terrorists and whatever. >> i'm from london. we are used to travel problems all the time. >> reporter: a former cia case officer in the mid east says the threat in that region appears to be very real. >> i would say if you don't have urgent business in that part of the world you shouldn't go. >> reporter: it is a sign the u.s. has picked up on what it believes to be a credible threat. >> it has to be fairly specific, the sources and phone calls are probably pretty well known. my only question is will the attack occur in the middle east. >> reporter: says al kieal -- aa has done this before. >> 55 wer

is concentrating much of its attention on the muslim world. abc news spoke with the chairman of the joint chiefs. >> the intent is to attack western. >> reporter: the warning expires at the end of the month. >> some people don't take it into account when the u.s. does this because they have done it so many times. >> reporter: the comment reflects the attitude of most international travellers we spoke to tonight. >> i guess it is an every day thing now terrorists and whatever. >> i'm from london. we are used to travel problems all the time. >> reporter: a former cia case officer in the mid east says the threat in that region appears to be very real. >> i would say if you don't have urgent business in that part of the world >> repor >> reporter: it is a sign the u.s. has picked up on what it believes to be a credible threat. >> it has to be fairly specific, the sources and phone calls are probably pretty well known. my only question is will the attack occur in the middle east. >> reporter: says al kieal has done this before. >> 55 were fired from th

the fire. vick lee, abc 7 news. >>> to egypt now. egyptian forces have fired at the mosque with protesters barricaded inside. gunmen opened fire on security forces from inside the mosque. also this morning, the muslim brotherhood says a son of its spiritual leader has been killed in cairo. that would make him one of more than 170 people killed yesterday. the number of those killed this week has reached above 700. the muslim brotherhood and others have been marching and holding demonstrations to protest the ousting of president mohamed morsi. >>> now that we know the new eastern span of the bay bridge will open over labor day weekend, the question is, what happens to the old one? abc 7 reporter wayne freedman with more on the teardown. >> reporter: they say we're a disposing society, easy come, easy go, the new gets old. when it comes to bridges, we get sentimental, apparently. >> we were just thinking we're going to miss this old bridge. >> it's less than a week until this old bridge becomes obsolete and abandoned, at least by cars. i

there he is showing up for the game tonight. abc's matt gutman at his home field, yankee stadium, tonight. matt? >> reporter: it seemed that major league baseball wanted to make an example of its highest paid player, specifically mentioning the types of substances he allegedly abused, including testosterone and human growth hormone. this suspension could cost him $30 million. >> reporter: tonight, despite that suspension, alex rodriguez is still swinging. smacked with what could be a career ending suspension for allegedly using numerous forms of performance-enhancing substances, and for attempting to cover up his violations. he's one of 13 suspended in the biggest bust ever in major league history. the other 12 accepted the league's 50-game suspension, but not a-rod. he got 212 games and he's fighting it. >> i want to express to you guys and the fans of baseball that the last seven months have been a nightmare. >> his legacy is shot. it was crumbling and today was one more blow. >> there it is, number 600! >> reporter: he had one of t

one of his top assistants is doing the same. abcs reporter mark matthews explains that the walnut creek city council is ducking for cover. >> every member of the city council refused our request for an interview. they don't want to talk about the resignation of city attorney brian winter. winter declined our request as did his assistant, katie wie zin ski. we know their leaving is tied to the investigation into child sex abuse charges leveled against an employee of walnut creek's lesher center for the arts. jason pedroza was charged with two felonies connected to texts and facebook messages he sent to teenage girls. four city employees including the human resources manager were put on administrative leave while they look into who knew about the suspected abuse and who might have failed to a report it. in the e-mail to city staff, the torney wrote he was pressured to drop the investigation when it appeared it would reach up the chain at city hall. mayor cindy silva and councilman bob simpsons told the contra kos a times, yes, they me

process with abc in the past. this just happened three years ago, almost the exact same situation where abc security came in as the lowest bidder over securitas, over other union bidders, an extraordinarily low bid. we were at that time worried likewise that they might not work the contract at union rates. we have the same concern now and i think a handful of you were on the board at that time. for those who weren't, to give a little bit of background there, abc had this back and forth with your chief facilities officer and at the end of the day abc ended up withdrawing their bid because they could not both keep their responsibilities, their contractual agreements with us, union and simultaneously with you guys agreeing to work at the bid rates they claim they'd be able to come in on. so, we're having the same back and forth with them today. in this situation, we want to make certain that it's clear that first and foremost that you all are aware of what's going on. i regret we didn't have a chance to meet up with

testers hope the results lead to safer cars. david kerley. abc news. >>> now the lucky winners in that powerball jackpot, there were three winning tickets and today the owner of one of those tickets, a dad in minnesota, came forward. his family by his side, their lives about to change. here's abc's linsey davis. >> reporter: meet paul white, america's newest multimillionaire. >> we went through, and sure enough they were right and i said, "i'll have to call you back later" and i went, "whoa!" and ran around the office. >> reporter: less than 12 hours after the drawing the 45-year-old electrical engineer came forward to claim his share of the $485 million jackpot. >> i feel this pressure off my shoulders that you carry every day with you. i have two kids. am i going to be able to pay for them to go to college. all these things gone. >> reporter: after taxes he is now $86 million richer. the remaining $172 million will be split between two mysterious, soon-to-be millionaires who have yet to come forward, one ticket bought here. there are reports th

the limo. now, back in june, abc 7 news reported that the chp had determined the cause of the fire. it was the rupture of air springs like this one. the stretch limo burst into flames. the fire killed five women. four survived by crawling out to the driver's compartment. this cell phone video shows the fire. witnesses say the back was low to the ground traveling across the bridge. sources with knowledge of the probe told us the air springs somehow deflated. the manager of a garage that services limousines emplained what likely happened when the balloons failed. >> these are air springs. so in other words they carry weight on the car. when one ruptured the whole car drops down. so the car with the weight bounced down too hardenedded up hitting the gas tank in this spot, here. might have hit the gas tank then, you can see when hitting the ground creates a spark. >> the spark likely ignited the fire. one chp discovered what caused this fire the agency began an investigation to see if anyone was negligent. they focused on the driver. sources tell us the chp decided there was no evidence

forcing officials to delay the opening. abc 7 news reporter heather got a look at the equipment that would repair this major problem. heather? >> reporter: carolyn, out there in the darkness is the new bay bridge just waiting to be lit up, so close to being ready to accept cars on it. out at mare island. the facility where the fix is being made has a long history of submarine making. now its takes it's place in bridge history. inside xkp engineering, 35,000 square foot machine shop, a slab is slowly rolled into a u shape. the first step of many on its way of becoming a piece of a saddle. the fix for broken rods on the new bay bridge. this model shows the sections in purple sitting atop the rods and cased in concrete. steel tendons will be threaded through layers of the saddle and clamped tight. >> after that part was done, we took it and put it in an oven. we baked it at 1200 degrees for approximately 30 hours. >> you bend it up, it gets tight. you want to relieve it, relax it so it doesn't want to twang back out. you heat it u

but the owner held out mowers. tonight she tells abc7 news she's reached a settlement for $815,000. she says it was our story generating support from the community. >> a start sup continuing to expand at sfo in the face of legal challenges. you may have seen bill boards on the freeway. we have the latest on flight car. >> renting a car at flight car isn't that different from anywhere else. what is different is where the cars come from. ordinary car owners take free parking and a little cash to let someone else drive their car. >> it comes back clean with nothing happened. it's all good. >> now, launching a new monthly service offering cash to city dwell qlorz rarely use their cars and want to rent them out. >> about 150ses today $400. so they can make those, you know additional income. >> it will keep wupt flow of customers looking for a cheap rental. >> price being was amazing it's what you say you're going to do. there is not any additional tons, surcharge autos but that very lack of taxes and fee that's has flight car entangled in a

police tell us they provided the leads that resulted in areceipt. abc 7 news learned he was out on grand theft charges when arrested. take a look at the security camera video. the brutal attack, violent kick that left a female victim unconscious. this after a group of four, five robbers took her purse, then knocked her to the ground. police say this is a 23-year-old man who cold bloodedly delivered the kid. >> it happened on pride weekend. june 30th just and people were leaving bars and parties. the 28-year-old walking on market when she was robbed. hear salient dz not know that the attack was captured on camera. police say they were able to identify the are. a 22-year-old and the most violent was still missing. police released a video. those who knew the suspect and leads began to come in. >> any time you can see a robbery like that, it's really, it's disturbing when you see an assault that have nature on a victim. >> the leads paid off. he was arrested in oakland, charged with robbery, assaults and battery, will be arraigned next month. >> thank you.

forcing officials to delay the opening. abc 7 news reporter heather got a look at the equipment that would repair this major problem. heather? >> reporter: carolyn, out there in the darkness is the new bay bridge just waiting to be lit up, so close to being ready to accept cars on it. out at mare island. the facility where the fix is being made has a long history of submarine making. now its takes it's place in bridge history. inside xkp engineering, 35,000 square foot machine shop, a slab is slowly rolled into a u shape. the first step of many on its way of becoming a piece of a saddle. the fix for broken rods on the new bay bridge. this model shows the sections in purple sitting atop the rods and cased in concrete. steel tendons will be threaded through layers of the saddle and clamped tight. >> after that part was done, we took it and put it in an oven. we baked it at 1200 degrees for approximately 30 hours. >> you bend it up, it gets tight. you want to relieve it, relax it so it doesn't want to twang back out. you heat it r

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