the best city in america. [applause] our district attorney, to you, counsel general, to you, and all of the leadership in the room and thank you for your leadership in making this event such a special one. it takes place in the context of a year when president barack obama recognized the leadership of the community by giving the presidential medal of freedom, the highest award given in the country to dolores for her leadership. [applause] and it was just last week that many of us gathered in the mission to have a at home celebration there and at that time we exchanged complements as to who could say the best things about the community, but the best thing i can say about the community is that your commitment to family values, to education, to the work ethic, to a sense of community, to faith, and to family for all of that, to the courage of many of your ancestors our immediate families to come to america and make the future better for your families with that optism, with that hope, with that determination you m

city index. we know comcast did great. the five bestver-year in our philadelphia index, october 31st to october 31st. comcast you know. but look at that. fmc, lincoln national, airgas and crown holdings and ugi. any thoughts on these companies? >> i thought mfc, the old food machinery company is a couple different companies. chemical, agriculture. it's worth an immense amount if they wanted to break it up. my favorite company on that list is airgas. sh this is a company that turned down a bid from air products a couple years ago saying they could get that stock, which was in the 60s, they could get that stock to 80 much faster than the deal, which would have been $8 or $9 below that. sure not, they by far bested that. peter mccall is one of my favorite chairman now, one of my favorite ceo of all time. this company is a fantastic grower. this is a helium company. they do a lot of business with health care. it is a remarkable company. and it's not done going up. >> yeah, you know, you also had ugi, fmc. a lot are industrial names. we tend

what are the best cities for the stock market in america? the best cities. public companies.ve been tracking 25 indexes with ten companies in each one. we have winners. next week, very cool, monday, tuesday and wednesday, i'm going to be in three different cities counting down the best cities for the stock market over the past 12 months. it's surprising. i call it the recovery road trip. >> you have winners. do you have losers? >> next year we'll do the three worst. >> so it will be fun. next week, big show. i have to move around the country very rapidly. my skin is loose. >> thank you so much for watching "street signs." "closing bell" up your way next.

we love san francisco and we want it to be the best city it can be. when the jury discussed and voted on this muni investigation we deliberately chose to focus on the practice of switchbacks rather than try to investigate the whole transportation system which i think will make you happy today. we in factually suspected and later convinced that the way muni was using and justifying switchbacks as a tool to regulate service -- that's in quotes, was a blatant breach of the public's trust. the schedules are a promise made by muni to the riders and switchbacks break that promise. we disagree emphatically with the words of muni executive director and passengers have no right to expect that muni's vehicle will complete the route they're riding on announcing muni has no obligation whatsoever to follow the routes it has advertised to riders is brazen statement disavowing the moral and legal obligations of the transportation system. we believe that the muni schedules are a legal and moral contract between the system and its riders and breaching the contract viol

the city that can lay claim to being the best city for the stock market over the past year. tune in to cnbc and "street signs" tomorrow to find out. >>> all right. there you go. tomorrow the number one city for the stock market over the past year, mandy. i'm going to race to the airport like i did last night. how cool is this? i want to say thanks to our friends at nascar and the nascar hall of fame in the city of charlotte. that's awesome. >> that really is awesome. we're looking toward to seeing you in mystery city number one. real quick, the dow is down by 61 points right now on the back

our public financing, and certainly kate howard and the budget staff, all here to help me help the city college to make sure they continue in the best tradition that we have in our city. after all, they need our help, our support. they will not be able to accomplish it all by themselves, so no less than any other educational institution. they cannot do it alone. certainly, i get that message from hydra a lot. working with her on the board of education, as well as her being at the city college at this time, and then with our community assets, read it is here at the head of children, youth, and family. she has been a critical part of the programs that support our educational institutions and will be similarly so when we meet the challenges of our community college. our community colleges, as i say earlier, is the really important part. let me tell you how important. 90,000 students come through city college. we cannot let that fail. we will not let that fail. [applause] it is, i think, california's finest example of a true, urban community college. it serves 90,000 students, it has nine major maker of campuses, and more than 100 insti

the best city here to live in the world. these people exactly out of the woodwork to help people trying to help themselves. >> they are planning find more replacement chairs that were destroyed by the vandals. the police told us there have been no arrests in the casism the evening commute is easing up after a big rig crash snarled traffic. a tractor trailer crashed into the divider of 680 near stone ridge at noon. the driver was pulled from the cab taken to the hospital after commanipulating of pain. it blocked all assault and battery lanes. traffic inched by on the shoulder. they spent the day cleaning up the wreckage including 40 gallons of spilled fuel. all lanes reopened at 5:15. now to east oak land. ground breaking for the first new store in 20 years. officials and executives at the kroger company grabbed shovels. the 80,000 square foot foods coast store will afrpgor the shopping center at 106th avenue. they say this area has been known as a food desert for years with many going for miles to get to a full-service groce

the academy awards. i have been extraordinarily fortunate in city government to have two of the best jobs anyone could ever have, the controller and the head of utilities for the city and county of san francisco. the rally has been a labor of love. i have enjoyed the substance of the job, the topics we engage in, but much more than that, the people. you have such incredibly smart, creative, wonderful, talented people that work for the city and county of san francisco who are so committed to public service and so intent on making sure we serve the people who come here and visit and the people who live here. it's a wonderful group to spend the last 28 years of my life with. i'd like to thank everybody in the room. i cannot quite do that. i do want to make sure i recognize one person 3 without him, i would not be here at all. my partner and my husband of 38 years, stan. [applause] if i could say one more thing about management. you have to have a vision to know where you want to go. you have to the goals to figure out if you are accomplishing something or not. without good management, that all tends to fall b

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this is the best city to live in. these people will come out of the woodwork to help people. >> reporter: the fire at his stand was more than just a minor set back. for someone who used to live on the streets, but now barely makes enough money to rent a room at a residential hotel, and shining shoes has kept him clean and sober. >> it's my livelihood, at my sobriety-hood. >> reporter: the recycle elming contractor noticed the -- recycling court tore noticed the damage. >> if you give, then, you know it, will come back, and we are glad to do a little bit of that for him. >> reporter: the police told us today there have been no arrests in connection with the fire. he hopes the people who did this understand how much damage they really did. >> i pray for them, i really do. i hope they see this and -- do this in your neighborhood, not ours. >> reporter: moore has received more than $10,000 in donations all from strangers who want to make sure this business stays here on this corner. >>> standard time resumes this sunday wh

city. i am christiana olague, supervisor district 5 and i appreciate your support in keeping me in office in november. we can work together with all sides of the political spectrum to create the best city we can create, one that is balanced and fair. >> thank you. miss breed? >> why not, right? >> you are a candidate, yes. [ laughter ] >> i am so proud of the work that i have been able to do in the district. i currently have kids that -- and when i say kids, teenagers, 18, 19, 20. i'm not a mom myself, so i look at the kids in the district as my mine. so in order to get them to attend john adams and school, i'm active not just in running for office, but the work doesn't stop because of the campaign. we should elect a supervisor who understands the challenges of the district, who understands how to bring people together. and who has, as andrew said, a vision for the future of what the district should look like? i understand and remember the past. it was not always bright in the district. q+!rknow how to make good th happen and bring people together in our community. and also, i know what a great district 5 could potentially look like. the african-american art and culture complex wa

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the most special and beautiful parts of the city and to celebrate an incredible project. san francisco's waterfront is more than just simply the border of our city. in its edge lies san francisco best recognizal opportunities, our most engaging parks and enormous potential to have one of the vibrant waterfronts of the world and in partnership we are doing this along all sides of san francisco for all san franciscos to enjoy. these projects as the mayor and monique said are made possible by the parks bond. four years ago it was approved by 72% of city voters and allowed us to address more than a billion dollars worth of deferred maintenance needs in our parks and to cultivate what once was an industrial waterfront into something such much more spectacular and if you have been around town you have seen all of the fantastic changes happening to the park and the new recreation center in chinatown, new play grounds and athletic fields and one of the special projects at mission play ground around 24th and valencia. yesterday we had the great pleasure of cutting a ribbon in the richmond. here in district ten there is a park renaissance. we are seeing incredible things happening thanks to

it is one of the best kept secrets in the city. it is hardly ever crowded. on any given day, you will run into a few locals. , bought a 37 bus to get there without any parking worries. for legged friends can run freely. there is also a patch of grass for the small box. >> it is a great place. it is a wonderful place to have these kinds of parks. that dog owners appreciate it. >> take time to notice of the wildfires that are on the grassland and keep your head out on the lookout for hawks and other bird life. be sure to take your camera and be prepared to take a view of the city will not forget. it has a beautiful red rock formations. you could watch the sunrise over the bay. this is another one of our great lookouts. we are at mount davidson. 928 feet. this is the place for you to bring someone special. to not forget that dogs and enjoy all of the pathways and greenery that surrounds you. it provides a peaceful oasis of open space and great hiking trails. the spectacular view offers a perfect place to watch the sunrise or sunset with someone you love. >> it

we got this and one of the best in the city and best baseball fields in the stea. i know we have the best skate board park in san francisco right here. >> and that concludes the general manager's report. >> thank you. >> is there any public comment on this item? >> yeah. >> please come forward. >> good afternoon -- sorry good morning commissioners and general manager. phil ginsburg. disasters, a very appropriate topic to bring up in this recreation and park meeting. disasters call for preparedness. disasters call for some sort of plan because people don't plan to fail. they just fail to plan. but the disaster i'm most concerned about is the disasters that the recreation and park department cause. man-made disasters and what are citizens to do when all of a sudden they find their most treasured recreational resources vetoed? that constitutes a disaster. equestrians living in san francisco have been through a political disaster, and i don't see the recreation and park department doing anything about it, or even having a table for them to crawl under. yes, it's pretty

is to be able to help with that effort to furnish our library and equip it to make it the best library in the city of san francisco. so stay tuned, we need your help again. one more and that is prop b. how many people are going to vote in this election? can i see a show of hands? how many people will vote for prop b? >> yes. >> how many of you can think of at least two or three or four people in the next couple of days that you can talk to to make sure that they are voting for prop b, because that is it what it's going to take. we are within one or two percentage points ever victory. the people that you talk to could be the people that make the difference in that election. i want to thank the mayor and our supervisors, and phil ginsburg for putting us on that bond. let's get prop b passed, shall we? [ applause ] so we're going to turn some dirt and we're going to start a library. thank you all for being here today. you made this happen. [ applause ] >> thank you, julie. well-done, julie. thank you. thank you. mr. mayor, will you have the honors. district supervisors, mohammed, phil, julie, come on

san francisco airport terminal b, which was 383 million dollars and probably our -- the best thinking the city has done about toilets and unisex, family toilets, the best. and of course the port of san francisco's cruise terminal which howard also serves on the advisory committee for the port, that's 65 million. i won't go through the list of all the individual projects or we'd be here until 5:00. but some of the planning department projects that create public policy i think are very important to note that pourd has brought and helped leadership on and through this committee and this council has actually shaped the accessibility content of these things and changed the course of this paradigm. the better streets plan with shared public streets, shared public ways and simply the courtesy of good design on the public sidewalk. the van ness avenue brt bus rapid transit system and that is, will be an on-going project for the next couple years for us. the committee has vetted publicly funded housing programs, adaptable and accessible dwelling units and we have had jim whetbone and carla johnson come

connell: we saw the best of the city back then. we will keep talking about that. dagen: to the markets now. we want to shift your focus. this is the fox business network. we have a rally underway. we did get some better than expected numbers. connell: we will sort it all out for you and tell you what the numbers mean. we rented oil will were talking to tom kloza. 87.27 purple -- per barrel. we will be right back. ♪ energy is being produced to power our lives. while energy development comes with some risk, north america's natural gas producers are committed to safely and responsibly providing generations of cleaner-burning energy for our country, drilling thousands of feet below fresh water sources within self-contained well systems. and, using state-of-the-art monitoring technologies, rigorous practices hp ensure our operations are safe and clean for our communities and the environment. we're america's natural gas. ♪ [ engine revs ] ♪ [ male announcer ] oh what fun it is to ride. get the mercedes-benz on your wish list at the winter event going onow -- but hurry,

everybody who is a city employee around here knows that i am really happy to let lose and complain and criticize. all of that is part of making sure that what we wind up with is the best for the city and this is an example of that. we worked hard. we fought with the bike coalition because we want to make sure whatever bike path went down cargo way, cargo way okay was going to make sure cargo could go down cargo way safely. we worked hard with everybody who wants to come on this port and work here to make sure that they understand they have to be a good neighbor because they are part of this community, and the port is part of this community as far as i know, and i do quite a bit of environmental justice work and work with a lot of organizations around the country that are focused on port activities because port activities have a huge impact on health whenever -- wherever they r as far as i know this is the only port known as a good neighbor and i want us to celebrate that fact and you can't do that unless you're working together[applause] >> finally we wanted to highlight an example of the variety of activities that happen at the eco center. there is a chip called the