the chronicle music critic at the time.contributed his eclectic theater and comedy recordings and, well, himself. those of you that know austin know that nothing more need be said. balancing that urbane cultural scene chris invited me to visit his grandfather, where we got to do gold panning from the virgin load of dirt. it was lesson in history from the stevens family. i will never forget what a great experience it was to live with those two guys. moving on to his study habits, everyone knew how brilliant he was, an enlightened manner. he was truly the smartest man in the room but never comported himself that way. he was confident and outgoing. never arrogant. always self-effacing, quick with a laugh or grin. always looking for ways to learn something from everyone else around him. he was no surprise considering chris came from such good stock. chris studied western civilizations and immerses himselfs in cultures and languages and took multiple trips to study abroad in spain, italy, morocco. perhaps most importantly chris

the chronicle reports this could be wilson's last week as a san francisco giant. closer with the wild facial hair will become a free agent if the giants don't hand him a contract by friday. the chronicle reports the giants want to sign wilson but, the team doesn't want to offer him a $6.8 million guarantee for 2013. wilson missed most of the 2012 season for a second tommy john surgery. >>> let's see what happens on that. coming up at 11:00, are you a target for breast cancer because of where you live? the surprising survey of bay area counties. >>> and on the surface, they look like any other high school football team, but this bay area team has a very inspirational story behind it. >>> bay area breast cancer rates are on the rise according to a new study released overnight. it is not just marin county that s is a concern. portions of san mateo and alameda counties had breast cancer rates that were 10% to 20% higher than the state average from 2000 to 2008. higher rates in sonoma county as well. it is long been known breast cancer risk factors are higher income wo

which obtained the records and the chronicle report says violations of the federal welfarect persisted after they paid more than $90,000 to settle animal neglect charges against it. >>> the humane society will pay owners to bring their dogs in to be spayed and neutered. it applies to san mateo county and they will pay $20 and the peninsular said it is a response to the high number of dogs in bay area shelters. >>> san jose leaders are getting ready to make a big and controversial move at the city's airport. they may give airport staffers and biologists the okay to shoot at birds to scare them away, but for the most part they will use blanks. the current city law allows them to fire guns and there are more than 108 bird strikes since 2009. it happened when they hit the engines of a southwest -- when birds hit the engines of a southwest airlines jet. >>> and good day for the second half of your day, from the estuary you can see hazy sunshine and low clouds in the background. still fog reported over part of the bay as well as the peninsular and along the coastline but foggy co

the third part is in response to the op ed piece that margaret mcpeek wrote in the chronicle and the letters, i don't know if you've read them -- you should pick up -- the letters that a couple of, you know, irish americans wrote in response accusing cousin mcpeek of not having a sense of humor. it has to do with these tee shirts that target has produced for the st. patrick's day parade in which mrs. mcpeek derided the fact that they were making fun of the irish in the united states, you know, things like i survived the kelly murphy family gathering, things like that. and they wrote letters poking fun at what i thought was a couragous op ed piece. so this is in response to the irish americans who don't feel the pride that they should. and please excuse if i manhandle the irish manner of speaking. this is a joke told to me by one of my friends. he said that an american, an irish american, was golfing with his wife on a weekend. and he hit the ball into the rough. went looking for it. all of a sudden, a leprechaun jumped up. we're back to the leprechaun theme. he said, top of the morni

you know, we saw the headlines in the chronicle today about of 2014, we have about 1900 high school studentsin the city and county of san francisco that may not be able to graduate, and meet the graduation requirements that were established by the san francisco board of education. we, in san francisco, have seen tremendous economic growth coming out of the most severe recession since the great depression, and having served on regional bodies that include other jurisdictions, i can tell you that we are very lucky in san francisco, that we are lucky that we have the resources that we have had, and that we hopefully will continue to have. but, yetd yet, in a city as wealthy as san francisco we have a school district that is facing a crisis. we have about half of our students in this class of 2014 that may not be able to graduate and meet the requirements. san francisco has to do better than that. and even though money is not everything, the ability for us to commit resources as a city is really important. and what i understand of this item is that there is a discussion about whether or not to t

the chronicle reports environmental group global community monitor found high levels of hydrocarbons t of eight samples taken from different areas around the refinery, dust and dirt from yards across nine mile area tested by a lab. smoke from the august 6th fire blanketed much of the bay area. chevron questions the results, saying contra costa county health officials took air samples and found no significant health risk. >> the bishop of the san jose diocese apologizing for written permission for a sex offender to volunteer at a khrpbs festival. a parent recognized 51-year-old mark gurries as a sex offender as he was volunteering last minute. a deputy responded but could not arrest gurries because he had written permission from a church official to be there. the mercury news reports, bishop mcgraff told parishioners he would do anything to make sure that doesn't happen again. he said i am deeply troubles and apologize this policy was not followed. he added an investigation sun way. >>> food industry is going to extreme to get your attention. bloomberg business report is next. >>> one

the chronicle has reported that the utility told regulators that it would repair not replace equipment damaged in the fire. the company won't be required to install the newest anti-pollution technology. >> the grocery store chain and this strike is entering its second week. at issue, wages and benefit. it is said they need to eliminate certain health care benefits to compete. there are about 40 stores affected by the strike. the union says the picket lines will continue until a deal is reached. >> and some 11th hour lobbying before the vote. a group of students wants graduation incentive tuition hikes to be put on hold. >> a developing story late tonight a new twist this the petraeus affair. the fbi shows up at the home of his mistress and another top general. >> flu, fever, and autism. >> and a big honor for motors. find out who is calling its new model car of the year. >> and good evening. at cold night coming our way but not quite as cold as the last few nights. we will let you know when rain returns coming up. [ female announcer ] welcome, one and all, to a tastier festive feast. s

as earlier noted there were also numerous articles in the newspaper, such as the marina times, the chronicle, the examiner. there was plenty of opportunity for folks to understand this project was happening. in addition, we have been working, as was noted earlier, with the marina community association, through various meetings with them, for over two years. and every single one of our hearings at the rec and park commission which we had hearings around the release for request for proposals, the selection of woodhouse, and two hearings on the lease negotiation -- pardon me the negotiated lease agreement, all of those were publicly noticed throughout all of the city's mandated public notice requirements on our website. we also, our commission secretary sends out an agenda via e-mail or mail that has requested that agendas be sent to them on a weekly or monthly basis. we've exhaustive outreach. i'm happy to read the organizations, if that's like me to do as well. >> supervisor chiu: that's part of the record that's appropriate. the second question i had was rementd to an issue that was h#rom th

you just read the comment and [inaudible] the chronicle, the comments on facebook. if everyone looked like a super model we wouldn't be here today. there are many people with clothes, behaviors that i don't like but i coexist with them or i turn my eyes or turn the other way. when it comes to [inaudible] owner who is against this and sells giant breasts for halloween near the toys. her windows are the most sexualized on castro street and for the fair and this is clearly becoming an issue that nudism is confused with sexualism. it is also i believe proponents of the wild car and not far in the store before you see sexual items back in the store, so let's move beyond the hypocrisy and move beyond the fact that children aren't harm and let's oppose this proposed ban. it's far too reaching and will change in san francisco and gent triifiy it forever. >> thank you. thank you. next speaker. >> hi. i am ron and an artist in san francisco. i have been here over 20 years and on and off since i was ten, and there has been a lot of speech about people avoiding the castro, but

i was a reporter for the chronicle, and i got a call from steven fong here who was then the chair ofthe board of trustees. he said, you know, we ran into some problem with the chinese hospital. and our board would like to talk to you. so i said, well, i'm at work, you know? after 5:00 i will meet you at uncles for coffee. and so i met at uncle with him and several board members, and also a physician who is not here today and i wish i had remembered to bring him out, dr. roland low. >> so they told me that the state health, you know, services have are going to shut them down and that was a friday. and by tuesday, they have to relocate all of the patients because this hospital building does not conform to the fire code of those days. and i said what? he says, our doorway is too narrow. our staircase is too narrow. and because they have sent notices to the administrator and who said he couldn't fix it, so he neglected it, but any way, the end of the story was they had five working days to move and shut the hospital. and what could be done about it? i said, shutting the hospital? and i s

i read an article from the chronicle and it said that the candidates disagreed on everything, except for the need to crack down on entertainment violence. i did not propose anything for the first six months until there were half a dozen people affected. that was followed by a terrific shooting, which was then followed by an incident in union square. i want to take a moment and thank the san francisco police department for your input. if we pass legislation to require additional security requirements and plans. we pass legislation to give the entertainment commission more tools to shut down those handful of clubs that have often given a bad name to the rest of the industry. we passed legislation to pass for the first time a party registry. and we pass legislation to ensure a minimum level of security. all of that being said, the great news is today for that for whatever reason, in part because of good legislation and part because of good law enforcement and in part because of the good work that you all are doing, it is much improved. i know lager get woken up on sunday mornings by tv

and the story came out and the money paid and then in the chronicle. and then the mayor paid back the money. and similar to that, hundreds of people that are the rich company owners. they paid the money to the mayor. through that channel they asked the mayor to (inaudible) issue these permits. to allow (inaudible) permits and fundamental requirement for these medallions. they said okay, three-year le e lease. it's not permanent so they don't have to go through (inaudible) review. there were so many taxi drivers in front of city hall. and i have to admit i know most of them and they one time considered getting me out by issuing an admonishment letter. you can kick out the (inaudible), and where do i go? do i have 10,000 to go to the court? no, all of these people from third world and immigrants their rights are taken away today. please, you are the last hope in san francisco. a city which recognized the gay and lesbian rights. and the city that recognize human rights. give us our rights. thank you very much. >> next speaker. >> i am martin, and i am here

the chronicle says it has copy of the letter to the city's planning director.tedly he wants the planning department to issue violation notices to the school that could lead to fines of $250 a day. the school is accused of buying properties and converting them. the owner of the academy of art university says the school did not intentionally violate any laws. >>> walmart workers say they will disrupt holiday shopping an black friday. these employees say they will stage a thousand separate protests at walmart stores nation-wide one week from today. they are angry about working conditions and they say they want to join a union. but they say walmart will retaliate against workers who try to organize. so they are planning strikes as well as flash mobs. walmart is dismissing all of this as a publicity stunt. >> we'll stay on that story for sure. >>> sal is checking in on the east shore. how does it look today? >> it will be slow because of that stall we had today. we had a truck that got into a crash. we are showing you the backup here and how extremely heavy it is on

the chronicle caught a photo of this man using a barricade to smash the bus' windshield. police still haven't found these two arsonists we showed you last week. you can see them setting fire to the bus. >> they are all felony crimes, arson, damaging the bus, they are all very serious crimes. as you heard from our district attorney and our city attorney, they are going to prosecute to the fullest. >> reporter: the city attorney also promised those convicted will be forced to pay restitution mayor lee says the cost to replace that bus is about a million dollars. ama daetz, abc7 news. >>> president obama isn't spending time celebrating, he's back to work and facing upcoming showdown with congressional republicans overtaxes, deficits and impending fiscal cliff which sent the dow plunging yesterday. the president and his family returned to the white house last night. he has been on the phone with top leaders of the house and senate, all involved in stake stag -- in staking out opening positions. >>> students enrolled in california state university system are getting a refund t

one endorsed by the police officer organization, the lgbt club and the firefighter unions and the chronicleg as all of those endorsements are the only one that i want is from the people of district five, i ask you to vote for me as supervisor and together we will turn san francisco into the city that we knew that it could be, coming out of the

i also brought along two articles and i don't have time now, but, these articles were in the chronicle early in in year dilemma in halting the flight homes needed to -- >>> thank you. >> for burrow and middle income >>> thank you very much. >> your three minutes is -- >>> quite short. >> it is sometimes >>> next speaker please. >> well i hope it's shorter i'm the coowner of 475 jersey street and if i cry at -- if you have ever heard of -- syndrome when this nightmare started i was enable to walk or stand and so i didn't have a lot of involvement just a lot of stress stress stress the reason i'm here again speaking is because of all of the thing that have just happened the out of town developers are very nice people and i would probably like them in another life but at this point they are what they are and i'm hearing that they have got a one million dollar house that they paid for it and they will put in another million dollars and then it will sell for what? three, four, 5 million? tell me. the idea is that they have got a two dermabedroom home now, they want to make it into a four be

one endorsed by the police officer organization, the lgbt club and the firefighter unions and the chronicleratifying as all of those endorsements are the only one that i want is from the people of district five, i ask you to vote for me as supervisor and together we will turn san francisco into the city that we knew that it could be, coming out of the difficulties into the future that is brighter and more prosperous and above all more cooperative where our quality of life arises from the closeness of our communities and the strength of our spirits. thank you. >> hi, my name is davis, i'm running for supervisor in district five. san francisco faces the challenges for improve the liefps of the people that live here. we need leadership to meet our challenges and address homelessness and build affordable housing and build the schools and keep us safe. i am running for supervisor to keep san francisco real. our city is a social, economic and political cross roads. in so many ways, the every-day people that keep this city special, the artists, the students, the young families, the seniors on fixe