as kate said, the california jurors is comprised of [speaker not understood]. [speaker not understood] with the courts in recruiting and publicizing what the grand jury is all about. most people you talk to don't know what the civil grand jury is. they think criminal grand jury, barry bonds, but they don't know what the civil grand jury is about. we try to get the word out. because not only do we want people to serve on the grand jury, but i think it's important for people to know what the grand jury is all about. we are the watchdog of the citizens. this is our chance to participate in democracy. to investigate how our taxpayer dollars are being spent. and we need people to do those investigations, but we also need people to be aware of these investigations and the reports that come out. [speaker not understood] and potentially respond. you know, something they find very dear to their heart, they can call their newspaper and say, hey, i read this grand jury report. what are you going to do about it? or they can call the entity that is being investigating and as

members of the california guard as she was recovering in the hospital. and temperatures this evening still running very warm across the bay area. 6 0s and 70s for overnight lows. we're back talking about temperatures that will be approaching 100 through 100 by tomorrow afternoon. enough about the book, i want to hear about your date. well, he showed up in a van. [ women ] oh-awww. [ voices in background ] [ female announcer ] swapportunity. the opportunity to swap a higher calorie snack for a delicious 90 calorie yoplait light. ♪ sorry... about your date, the details of your date. [ female announcer ] just one swap a day helps keep the calories away. yoplait. it is so good. >>> vice president joe biden has asked ecuador to turn down a request from edward snoden. he vowed to seek any input on asylum requests. snowden is a criminal who should be quickly returned to the u.s. korea says ecuador can't consider the request until snowden is in ecuador. >>> a surprise visit in the emergency room. the california national guard tried to notify one of its members t

>> the decision to deliver termination papers to a member of the california guard who is recovering in the hospital after suicide attempts. >> city hall lit up like a gay flag parade. the rulings on the same-sex marriage less than eight hours away but first. >> there was this huge explosion of water behind me and i knew something wasn't right. >> it's a story only he can tell. his run in with a great white shark. >>> good tuesday evening everyone. >> new at 11:00 that shark attack at one of the bay area's most popular beaches. the survivor has quite a story to tell and serious teeth marks on his kayak. we have details, george? >> reporter: one interesting thing to note, the authorities did not shut down the beach after the attack. they have not said why. you can see people still out here tonight. we saw survivor -- or surfers out in the water when we got out here and tonight talked to the shark survivor himself, and he had one heck of a story. >> if you look close, you can almost see the sure rations from his teeth. >> reporter: the teeth marks say it all. he knows he is lucky. he was

what the people of california want. that's democracy for you. our next call is kathy from minneapolis, minnesota an independent caller. >> hi, i just wanted to say i'm listening to the comments and i -- this country was founded on separation of church and state. so god has nothing to do with it, religion has nothing to do with it and people have the right to get married. i congratulate the community throughout and hopefully we can extend to rights to everyone. >> i was listening to representive nancy pelosi how she was disappointed in the voting rights act being disappointed being thrown out but she didn't say anything about seven million californians being thrown out. >> william is calling from alabama. go ahead, william. yes, the way that i look at it -- i'm a gay man myself. people need to worry about their own business. these people are not paying our bills. let them live the way they want to. >> william, i want to ask you a question. julls scalia wrote the opinion for the court today saying that the ruling on the de

the law of california is clear. supreme court didn't impose same-sex marriage, californians have the right to decide marriage like the steps of the other states. >> the lawyer on the other side, he opposed you. he was smiling and cheering. they were delighted by what happened at the supreme court as far as proposition 8 is concerned. what do you say to david? >> i say that we've been disagreeing with him since the day the lawsuit was filed. we've had very different takes on this lawsuit, the nature of proposition 8, the arguments associated so nothing has really changed in the fact that we disagree on what should or shouldn't happen. the law in california is clear. there's no decision striking down proposition 8 so it remains the law of california. that's been established law for a very long time. it hasn't changed and the supreme court didn't try to change that. >> there will be legal experts that disagree with you but that's the nature of this decision by the supreme court. we'll continue to follow it. we'll see wh

, fiduciary responsibility to the state of california and the citizens of california to represent the state of california create >> the same government that did not want to defend? >> you recall in the case -- let's not spend too much time on independent counsel provisions. the governor of the state of california frequently appoint an attorney whether it is a perceived conflict of interest. that person would have responsibility and might have responsibility for the attorney's freeze. >> there may be people out there with their personal standing. someone who performs marriages and would like that to remain same-ut would not prefer sex marriages. i am not sure there are other people at out there with individual personalized injury. >> there might well be in a different case. i do not know about this case. if there was -- this was a measure that allocated certain resources of the state of california and maybe it was a binary system where people got resources and other people did not. there could be standing, someone would show injury. the point is this court decided that congress could n

she is the longest compassion at worker in california. and her pioneering efforts and her staff as well has worked for many years with public safety issues. her contributions is worth mentioning for her he effort with the southern poverty health center. she's sponsored safety in african and she's a tremendous humanitarian as well. she couldn't have served her members without her caring staff (calling names) and she's the mother of four young people and she cares for her adult son whose disabled. (clapping) >> well, thank you so much supervisor mar and all of you and the city the patients and he does medical marijuana community. i couldn't have done it alone and it took a lot of people to make it happen and it took a lot of people before 1996. it's been going on for a long time and no doubt we've got a lot of work to do. you thanked all the people i wanted to thank. when he opened the medically research wasn't being loud but we opened it was effective medication. and so all those many years later it's graifrt inform know that the progress i

the time to mr. becerra of california. the chair: the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. becerra: thank you, mr. chairman. i'd like tone gauge the gentleman from california in a olloquy, if i may -- to engage the gentleman from california in a colloquy if i may. the chair: the gentleman from washington does control the time. mr. becerra: and i would ask that the gentleman allow us to ngage in a colloquy. mr. larsen: no objection. mr. becerra: what i would like to ask is that in conversations that have taken place between members on this particular amendment, there is obviously quite a bit of support on this side of the house for legislation that would honor the service of any american, including those americans who had come to this country through no fault of their own, without documentation, have essentially become americans through their time as youngsters in this country, and then wanted to fulfill service to this nation by applying to serve in our armed forces. this amendment, however, has some flaws in it that may get -- make it very difficult for the very people that

it is part of the northern district of california. and decided upon by other jurisdictions. it is a great guidepost for other courts to follow around the country soap a big victory for prop. 8 proponents . -- vaughn walker. >>mark: they don't want to go to the possibility of defining of marriage for the state so roberts is also mentioned in the standing of a private party to defend the constitutionality of the state statute. that is almost exactly what robert said back in march when they heard this case. pretty interesting at mirror in his language initially use when this was first heard from the supreme court back in march. doma was a big issue here. same-sex couples will be able to file jointly correct? >> post of this ruling, it will include whether or not the couples who were married under prop. 8 and that interim period between the state supreme court find it prop. 8 the right to marry and prop. 8 being passed, whether they will be able to qualify for the dolma benefits as well. ..doma benefits. washington, n.y., massachusetts, c

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. >> the supreme court ruled only the state of california has a legal standing to defend proposition 8 in court. the antigay marriage people did not. proposition 8 supporters could try to chip away at the ruling as anti-abortion groups have done against roe vs. wade. it only applies do california. >> supporters are planning rallies tonight. the big rally is in san francisco at castro and market street at 6:30. in oakland, the celebration planned for 5:30 at 19th and telegraph. in san jose, a rally is planned at city hall at 6:00. in concord, a champagne celebration at the rainbow community center. other events are planned throughout the bay area. >> after the ruling two of the plaintiffs in the prop 8 case got engaged on the steps of the supreme court. >> we want to join the institution of marriage not to take anything away but to strengthen it and to live up to its ideals. today is a good day. i finally get to look at the man that i love and finally say "will you please marry me." >> this couple was joined by fellow prop 8 plaintiffs great berkeley. th

the registrar of california was a defendant in that case and is directed to control the county officials who control marriage licenses. so i have been been through some of this where people try to restrict a ruling and so on but i suspect we're going to have marriage in california in a little over a month. >> brown: are you suggesting there will be legal -- some kind of legal action in the next 20 days or months? >> it's certainly possible. what we don't have right now is a lot of clarity with regard to it and so i know that, you know, the two big supreme court opinions with all the things i've said a lot to digest in a few hours but i think in the days coming there will be more clarity as far as that's concerned. >> brown: i want to think about where things go next. what about in states that just have civil union right now. is there anything out of today's action that might have an impact for those states? >> modestly, yes. >> modestly. >> for the most part the federal government has a system based on marriage. that's the primary relationship that it respects, although it does also resp

the gentlelady from california reserves. from tennessee is recognized or >> thank you, madam speaker. at the time, i will continue to reserve your >> the gentlelady from tennessee continues to reserve, the gentlewoman from california is recognized or greg i wonder if the gentlelady has a demo -- has additional speakers because -- >> is recognized. i wonder if the gentlelady has additional speakers. , madam speaker. we have no additional speakers, and if you want to complete, then i will close. >> if the gentlelady with suspense, the gentlelady from ur minutes fore fo many, any gentlelady from tennessee has five mr. manning. the gentle lady from california is recognized. >> i yield myself as much time as i may consume. i think this is in many ways a very sad day for this house. as we know, last week there was an uproar in the country relative to a statement that few women become pregnant from rape. that's, of course, is not correct. there is no science to report that. of course, this week, we have a bill that has been authored

. >> reporter: but the california's union explains covered california, the new health benefit exchange in the state, allows individuals to buy health insurance under the affordable care act. it may help small businesses like here will be a second program, s.h.o.p. >> s.h.o.p. will contain an array of affordable health coverage options available to any small business with 50 or fewer employees. each must often -- air the sim benefits provided to individuals under obama care and california's stricter requirements. no one is denying coverage. a recent poll found more than half of the businesses would like to participate. while the details of the plans and prices are not yet known, the owner isp trogged. >> hard to say what is going to happen but having more options and oner prices, we will have to wait and see. >> reporter: we'll know more about shop, the cost, and plans, but one pk, businesses with fewer than 25 employees will get a tax credit and that obama care could net california 100,000 jobs. julie watts, kpix5. >>> and there is another perk. small employers

following the hearing we will adopt the finding under the california act. we will have the union square park issue. we will consider the action and the recreation and park commission will consider making a recommendation of the adverse shadow on union square park. we will adjourn and the planning commission b will remain in session and separately consider others actions. that places us under the following issues for the consideration of the adoption of the california quality action and possibly joint action by reeshg and park commission to raise the shadow limit for union square and discussion and possible action to recommend to the planning commission that the net shadow casts b will not be adverse to the park as code section 295. >> good morning. i'm with the planning staff that you before i get into my presentation i have my colleague here who will make a few opening remarks. thank you >> good morning commissioners i'm the director the office of the community investment and a infrastructure. we're the successor agency as you know the governor discovered t

so what happens then to the law, judge in california? means that the trial court decision is the law of california, and the trial court decision said proposition 8, the referendum cannot interfere with what the supreme court of california found is a right for same-sex couples to marry in california. stated differently, same-sex marriage is lawful in the largest state in the union, california, from and after today as a result of this opinion, and all those who got married in the interim, first it was unlawful, then it was lawful, then it was unlahose that got married in the interim their marriages are valid, and lawful in the state of california. bill: we will check out the time vote on that. that appears object 5-4. it was on political ideological lines. back to shannon bream, bret baier and the judge as we continue with prop 8 after this. dry mouth definitely affected my self confidence. it's debilitating when you try to talk, when you're trying to eat, when you're trying to sleep. i'm constantly licking my lips. water would address the

the game coming up here at 7:00. 100 degree temperatures in southern california. some of the heat spilling our way. right now 90 in gilroy. plenty more low 90s. one improvement in the forecast less humidity. it has been very sticky the last couple of days. sea breeze will make things comfortably cool and patches of clouds will spill locally inland. any chances of showers way off to the north. one of the transitions increased heat inland. by the weekend perhaps as warm as 100 degrees. also watching the air quality tomorrow. we may have spare the air days setting up for the weekend as the temperatures continue to climb. on the coast into early tomorrow no chances of rain now. mostly sunny skies eechben out to the coast line later tomorrow as things start to warm up here. 50s and 60s tonight. tomorrow's highs upper 80s and low 90s south of san jose. low 90s around the trivalley. that seems cool compared to sunday. low 80s in oakland. temperatures ramping up in inland valley. upper 90s to kick off the weekend. sunday and monday we haven't budged from these numbers from

the u.s. supreme court has made same-sex marriage a reality in california. brown said he has ordered county clerks to issue marriage licenses as soon as the 9th circuit confirms the stay is lifted. ed lee was there anxiously awaiting the announcement from the court. >> it's been a long road, many years, but gosh it feels good to have love triumph over ignorance. >> he said today is a historic day for all of us. >> oakland mayor celebrated today's ruling on proposition. >> this is truly a joyful day in the nation and particularly in this city. the city has stood up for progressive ideas and fought for civil rights at every point. >> among them, the city's communication director who appeared with her wife and young son. they were married five years ago. >> we want to show you a live picture from west hollywood. it's the castro of southern california, large gay community in that part of southern california. dozens of people gathered in the streets with the rainbow flags and media also covering the event there. this ruling effects the entire state of california a

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>> what we do is legal in the state of california. rse, federally, it is still 100% prohibited. hi. >> hello. >> in the delivery, i.d.s examine and checked with the same thoroughness as if at the dispensary. >> okay. there is $53. >> and because of the crackdowns on banks and credit card companies with the dispensaries all of the harborside transactions are conducted in cash. why is marijuana such a important part of your life? >> i have a history of being underweight. i go down to 80 pounds which is not good. but if i will smoke a little before each meal, i find that i can eat more. >> what happened to the foot? sh. >> this is the purpose why you are over here visiting myself today. >> what happened? >> i broke my ankle. >> gabrielle is a care giver for her husband, a veteran who did three tours of duty and currently struggles with post-traumatic stress disorder. >> how long has your husband been on medical marijuana now? >> three years. >> how was it before? >> oh, that was not a pretty picture. because we have to give him medicine t

for the two california couples who challenged the law, that's the answer they wanted. >> now we will be married and we will be equal to every other family in california. >> today is a good day. today i finally get to look at the man that i love and finally say, will you please marry me? >> reporter: a short time later, their interview on msnbc was interrupted by a call from the president on air force one. >> thank you so much for your support. >> be very proud of today, and, you know, you're -- you have affected a whole lot of people everywhere. >> reporter: opponents of same-sex marriage did take some comfort in the ruling. >> i am pleased that the court did not create out of thin air a constitutional right to same-sex marriage and this debate will go on. >> reporter: but with a boost to one side. >> they don't give anyone a legal right to same-sex marriage, but they give it a moral underpinning. the majority of the supreme court saying forcefully, these relationships deserve equal treatment under the law. >> reporter: california will probably have to wait at least a month before res

>> and the constitution of the state of california >> that i take this obligation freely >> that i take this obligation freely >> without any mental reservation >> without any mental reservation >> and for purpose of evasion and that i will well and faithfully discharge the duties upon which i'm about to enter such time as i go to office of... >> [speaker not understood]. >> [speaker not understood]. >> art commission. >> for the city and county of san francisco. congratulations, thank you very much. [cheering and applauding] >> thank you. thank you, everybody, for being here. >> happy arbor day, everyone. we have a lot of volunteers from the richmond district center. i grew up in the california area, ended up at uc-davis. i made my way out to san francisco in 1984 when i was a college student. i remember growing up on clement street. i have always lived around in richmond area, just being around a unique area of the richmond, discovering san francisco in the 1980's. >> i am hoping we can not support small businesses like this because they are the unique character that mak

, we have won the freedom to marry in california. and people shouldn't be worrying about whether it's today or tomorrow. but let's really look at what happened today. what happened today was, number one, the court has now restored the freedom to marry in california. that means a third of americans now live in a state where gay people share in the freedom to marry. adding enormous momentum to bringing the country to where it needs to be. and the other very big thing that happened today was the federal government under the command of the constitution as reflected in the supreme court has now gone from the number-one discriminator against gay people to being on the side of treating all americans, including gay people, with liberty and justice for all. this is huge, it's big. we can celebrate that tomorrow, next week, within the next few days, we'll celebrate our weddings. and that's the way it should be. >> and people williams, while we still have you, is this it? these two rulings. are there any other major cases out there on gay marria

item -- these are the items that are associated with the california pacific medical center cathedral hill campus. item 27 is the ordinance amending the general plan van ness area plan in order to facilitate the development of a high density medical center at the transit nexus of van ness avenue and geary boulevard and affecting various elements of use and adopting findings. item 28, ordinance amending the general plan map of the urban design element and van ness design plan for the california [speaker not understood]. item 29 is the ordinance amending the general plan maps of the urban design element for the california pacific medical center. ~ >> thank you. president chiu? >> thank you, mr. chair. colleagues, i am very excited that we are finally considering the final development agreement and related approvals for the cpmc project. a lot has been said about this project. i'm going to be very brief, but after years of discussion and months of negotiations this historic health care project will ensure our hospitals get their rebuilds done right and to ensure that san francisco has a h

the chair: the gentleman from california yields back. the gentleman from california, mr. mckeon. mr. mckeon: continue to reserve. mr. smith: i yield two minutes -- the chair: the gentleman from washington is recognized. mr. smith: thank you. i yield two minutes to the gentleman from virginia, mr. connolly. the chair: the gentleman from virginia is recognized for two minutes. mr. connolly: i thank the chairwoman. i thank my colleague. i thank the distinguished chairman of the committee as well. i want to talk about the federal information technology acquisition reform act that i am a co-author of with the distinguished chairman of the oversight and government reform committee, mr. issa. this is the most sweeping reform legislation since kwlinger-cohen. today federal i.t. acquisition, madam chairwoman, is a cumbersome bureaucratic and wasteful exercise. in recent decades taxpayers have been forced to foot the bill for massive i.t. failures that ring up staggeringly high cost and exhibit astonishingly poor performance. cost overruns plague the vast majority of the i.t. investments. w

it is the grandfather and california room ex-pay attention haul and kitchen. the maximum number of events would increase from 2 hundred and thirty to over 3 hundred events. we would have the chairs removed to allow more attendees. this comments should be daenthd to the accuracy. staff is not here to have committals and the comments and responses documented. this document will respond to all verbal and written comments and will include revisions to the eir as appropriate. commenters should state their name and address and speak slowly for the court reporter. after hearing comments in the general public we'll also take the comments in the eir drafting. the comments will extend july june 12, 2013, >> opening it up for - is there a project sponsor? >> opening it up to public comment. >> linda chapman i have two cards. linda chapman k h ap m a n larkin. i'm to mention i'm sprite i didn't get notice of the scoping. you know, i tried for a long time to get the coping and skag asking what's happened with the application. and i was still trying to find out in february w

the affordable care act. this is his 14th visit to california since the elected president in 2000 a. he went to fund raisers and his top dollars are upset that he gets money from california and then leave without addressing any public policy. this time he will talk about health care very controversial. some people have called it obama care. nevertheless, he is ready to tell why it will work for him and the and i to say as far as people with chronic illnesses that could not buy health insurance under his plan but they can'. under his plan. >> this is a small conference room not open to the public. just a handful of reporters. he is not taking any questions. is going to talk about his plan to leave this location and head to moffett field. when he does will have the cover as well. it looks like there's a two that morning. back to you mark. >> will go back as soon as the president starts speaking. >> 846 . our of the victoria and there is the. we will feel that the coastal socked in with fog. >> we have cloudy conditions. here's a live look from our roof top camera. clouds. a lot of clou

final item before you is to -- is a resolution to accept and expend a grant of $250,000 from the california cultural heritage endowment. and [speaker not understood] supplement port funds that are necessary to stabilize the union iron work, machine works building at pier 70. and as you may be familiar with pier 70 as well as this building, it's a very historically significant area and, therefore, definitely worthy of the grant funds. as the port is currently preparing to go forward to bid out this work, and we're just seeking your approval of the grant to accept and expend the grant. and i the project manager kathleen [speaker not understood] are both here to answer any questions. >> okay, thank you very much. colleagues, any questions? okay, seeing none, much appreciated. we do not have a budget analyst report for this item so we'll open up to public comment. if anybody wish toes comment on item number 7? okay, seeing none, public comment is closed. [gavel] >> colleagues, can i have a motion to move item 7 to the full board? so moved, we can do so without opposition. [gavel] >> mr. clerk,

near the intersection of whisman and tyrella avenues, to mv urban village homes, llc, a california limited liability company optioneee, a joint venture between kmj urban communities, llc kmjj, and summerhill homes, llc summerhilll in the amount of $8,100,000, and reserving an easement to the sfpuc; authorizing the director of property or the sfpuc's general manager to execute documents, make modifications, and take actions in furtherance of this resolution; and adopting findings that the transactions contemplated by the restated option agreement are consistent with the city's general plan and with the eight priority policies of city planning code section 101.1.>> sf 4. [!ez >> good afternoon. today we secure your approval for the villages homes llc with urban communities and -- summer hill homes in when when -- when road. maps. general depiction of the site, the vacant parcel stands out clearly. this is a better shot of the parcel and the picture of the parcel. we have pipelines running underneath the property. in 2004 after the sfpuc reserved and protected the pipelines, other qua

. >> in the state of california. and i spoke with one of those same-sex couples, who are the plaintiffs. let's listen to what kris perry said to me about the difference between marriage and domestic partnership. >> domestic partnerships have nothing to do with love. they're not about love. they're about health benefits. title. protections in hospitals, perhaps, if you're fortunate to have that domestic partnership. in our case, it results in increased taxation. it is not the same thing. in fact, most people would be surprised that sandy and i have to have three different domestic partnership agreements in order to comply with employer requirements -- >> three? >> -- we are domestic partners in the city we live in, the county we live in, the state we live in. we have three. none of them, not one of them, can i tell you a date which it was executed, nor could i tell you for how long we've had them. but i can tell you this. the day i get married, i will remember that day. and i will celebrate that day every year with san

federal appeals court ordered that same-sex marriages in the state of californiauld resume immediately. it was a surprise ruling. everybody thought there was going to be a 25-day delay but it just started and started right away. in the next few moments we are expecting to witness the marriage of paul katami and jeff cirillo, two of the plaintiffs in the prop 8 case decided by the supreme court on wednesday morning. their co-plaintiffs, kris perry and sandy stier, we just saw were just married tonight. married by california's attorney general, kamala harris, at san francisco city hall. right after the court's decision two days ago, paul and jeff explained during an interview here on msnbc that they were inspired to do something, to do whatever they could in response to the passage of prop 8 which was the gay marriage ban in california. they were inspired that night on election night they were going to do something. they felt the jarring contrast between the pride and hope and electing the nation's first black president and the same time same-sex marriage rights in

>> so the state of california has the disaster health volunteer system. and you can sign up on there and they will look at the credentials within 24 hours and say if -- that's the extent, though, they don't do any background checks. so the locals have to kind of develop their own policies and again that is something we're working on. we have a lot of great doctors and nurses in san francisco and knowing they would be willing to respond in case of a disaster is important. capturing that information on dhv and know they would be able to go to other facilities if need be is one of our big to do items. >> each hospital is also required to have a whole plan for credentialing volunteer medical professionals, both those who are licensed independent practitioners and those who have either certifications or other non-licensed kind of health care practitioners and a whole way to integrate them into their response if necessary. it's part of the joint commission standards for hospitals in planning for emergency response as well. >> the military has no problem, then,

mckeon of california. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? mr. mckeon: the purpose i just stated. the chair: does the gentleman continue to reserve? mr. mckeon: i reserve. thank you. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from washington rise? >> though i'm not in opposition to claim the time in opposition. the chair: without objection, the gentleman is recognized. >> i yield myself my time to say i agree with the chairman and i urge support and with that, i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from california. mr. mckeon: i ask our colleagues to support this amendment and yield back the balance of my time. the chair: both gentlemen having yielded their time back eric -- time back, the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from california. ayes ayes -- those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the amendment is agreed. o -- is agreed to. it is now in order to consider amendment number t

research done and the california academy's i rhinology lab suggests that the assassin spiders have beenoing this for over 150 million years. this glassed in room is a real scientific laboratory, and the people in that room are preparing specimens of vertebrate, that is mammals and birds. the way they do this is to remove the skin, sew it together in a relatively lifelike pose, and ensure that it does not decompose. >> i am a really big class actress fan, so i am here to see them, and beer week. >> i wanted to learn something and have fun. >> i always enjoy it. i am not all is well -- always working as i am tonight. sometimes i come to enjoy the music and to dance. ♪ >> culturewire covers the arts in san francisco, and one of my favorite culture artists is here tonight. jason, thank you for being on culturewire. tell us about some of your posters that we have here today. >> most of the posters here are four specific shows or tours. i am hired by the bands or the venue. >> what is the inspiration behind these posters? >> no, disease of the related to the bay and, of course. music -- it is