is, for item 4, the community garden. ~ so so meet the need for community garden resource he in san francisco and to advance the mayor's executive directive on healthy and sustainable food, the recreation and park department has constructed a new community garden in golden gate park based on a conceptual plan approved by our commission in december of 2010. the .66 acre site is situated at the northeast corner of frederic and arguello streets. and includes 67 new garden plots, gardening material supply bins, a demonstration garden, an outdoor classroom and tool lending library. in addition, thanks to this contribution from yellow pages rpd was able to include a vertical garden at the site. it spans 130 linear feet against an existing metal fence on the north perimeter of the site. this living wall stands 10 feet high and is wholly comprised of decorative and edible plants including grasses, leafy vegetables, herbses and flowers. this grant from the yellow pages were procured in partnership with ecomedia, which is a company that develops partnerships with cities across america ~ that have envir

reach 0 out and congressmen with the community in ways they might have not otherwise to engage with one other. >> now the dpw urban planning program so see how the gardenin air force base we picked the foods open the trees and share with other families and as i drive around san francisco i see any trees with apples or mrumdz and lemon trees i can see the food going to waste and brought that idea back to the department many of the trees where the fruit would go to waste we origin or crop and pick other fruits and delivery this to food banks or shelters to people who need them. >> i'm here with nang wong hello nang. >> hello. >> i need to understand house this gleaning work. >> we come and harvest like for example, we'll come over here this is the lemon and plug it like this. >> (laughter). >> made that good, good and ease. >> the trick is how not to hurt the branches. >> like the thing. >> i'm so excited about this. the people are so passionate about where the food goes to the private property owners give us the food they're happy that no of a t is going to waste >> oh. thank you. thank you. again job aura natural >> (laughter). >> from backyards to bac

>> reporter: sherry also led the group on a communal piece, a statue that will eventually be covered by pieces destroyed by the earthquake and placed in a community garden for all to share. a symbol showing that the earthquake may have shattered a lot of things in vallejo, but spirits were not one of them. >> there you go. >> a piece of art right there. >> what the earthquake didn't take care of, sometimes you had to manipulate extra, just a great example, not to use a cliche, making lemonade out of lemons. people had these things that meant so much to them and she figured out i can do something for my neighbors, my community, and save some of their memories. >> beautiful pieces. thanks so much, garvin. >> thanks, garvin. >>> jeff ranieri, that looked fun out there what they were doing. >> i know. certainly, very creative for sure. with that story, i did want to take a look at any potential aftershocks over the past 24 hours, and some good news coming in here from the north bay, only one aftershock near the epicenter of that 6.0 quake rating a 2.1 today at 1:00 p.m. aftershocks are exponentially going down at this point. again, great news. a look right

the creation of a community plaza monies as the ma coffin hub and the staff can say it is a long process with the terrorsless efforts. it's an example of underutilized space although envisioned as a community garden including truck pilots i don't know if you went on saturday helped to push the design to allow flexible programming for community vendors through a series of community meetings the mayor's office of housing of office of economic workforce development and the public works were able to keep the slairpz slairp in the design and such innovative art pieces by the arts stew and dpw has worked to make sure it meets all the regulations and what is green before us today will help to divert to it to a plaza it is are currently under construction. i just want to thank on the city and john updyke who was here on the behavior of department of real estate and the department of public works and in particular frank and oewd for the staff that is here to speak if there's issues from the board. i want to thank the city there's a lot of heavy lifting to make that a reality and work to make sure that is a more complete neighborhood for the ma coffin neighborhood thank you, supervisor let me ask if the de

memorial school build and race solar cars along with the school project, jersey cares organized a number of commune building projects tlutd the gardentate. >>> abc world news is next on channel 6 and "action news" continues at 10:00 on phl 17 with brian taff, shirleen allicot, adam joseph and ducis rogers. and then please join us for "action news" at 11:00 here on channel 6. for cecily tynan, ducis rogers, and the entire "action news" team, i'm jim gardner, we hope you'll join us at 11:00. don't believe tom corbett's tv ad. the facts speak for themselves. tom corbett cut a billion dollars from our schools. he took an ax to education. twenty-seven thousand educators were laid-off. class sizes increased. and now almost eighty percent of school districts plan to raise property taxes. tom corbett. can't trust him on education. can't trust him to be for us. >>> welcome to "world news tonight." and dropping now, the new fallout in the nfl. it's the commissioner's job now on the line. the former held of the fbi brought in after that nfl star is seen knocking out his now wife. and the famous players now weighing in. >>> severe wetting hitti

. >>> tobin also led the group on a communal piece, a statue that will eventually be covered by pieces destroyed by the earthquake and placed in a community gardenyour nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist bill henley. >> skies are clearing this morning. we will see bright sunshine today. look closely. this is a view of the sky from hereç at the nbc 10 studios. thin clouds are starting to appear as we get a little bit of light. still a ways away from sunrise. 75 degrees right now, the humidity is lower. the temperatures a little bit lower this morning and it is dry now in cape may. still some puddles on the ground but no rain falling from the sky. the clouds overhead will be thinning out. these clouds not producing any showers north and west. allentown and harrisburg, actually seeing more cloudiness than philadelphia to the south, the brighter clouds are producing a few showers. they're already starting to dissipate. it's unlikely they'll make it into delaware or south jersey. drying conditions during the day and less humid, too. the humidity will come down as the day comes on. sunshine will be bright after clouds this morning. temperat

the city field foundation. our gracious partners that opened up many fields throughout san francisco. community garden day was a great success. the role that we play in san francisco is to get people active to help with their mental and health through arts and programs and sports or just getting people out to play in direct activities. >> thank you. bob. and that concludes the general manager's report. [ applause ] >> we are on item 4. general public comment. at this time members of the public may address the commission on items of interest that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the commission and that do not appear on the agenda. >> why don't we give these kids a chance to exit. >> good morning. thank you so much for all the information you gave about the friends of camp mather in collaboration of the party. most of my script is gone. what a n i am here to do today is to invite the commissioners and general manager ginsberg to be our guest this saturday. if you are thinking of coming, please do. it's going to be a lovely party and will raise more awareness about fire safety and the heroic

. >> reporter: she led the group on a community piece, a statue that will be covered by pieces destroyed by the earthquake and placed in a community garden to share. a symbol showing that the earthquake may have shattered a lot of things, but spirits were not one of them. >> there you go. >> reporter: garvin thomas, today in the bay. >>> still ahead, searching for a private u.s. plane in jamaica after veering off course. why the officials think the pilot was unconscious. plus -- >> earning travel rewards with public money. i'm the invest gaitive reporter, and coming up, how an invester racked up perks on your dime. ♪ go! go! wow! go power...oats! go! made from oats cheerios! cheerios! go, go, go! go power oats! go! cheerios! go power! go...power! yayyyy! is. >> that's our sky camera network here at nbc bay area, the east bay, look at the bay bridge. isn't that a beautiful postcard? it's cool this morning, but don't worry, it'll warm up. this is how it starts in the bay area, thank you for joining us, i'm vicky nguyen with anthony with a look at the forecast. we have a lot of separation or things the same? >> right now, clouds everywhere.

the country, of urban gardens. i was specifically interested in your comments in urban gardening. talk more about that, and how you -- how the city school system has worked communityardens and urban gardens. translate this into what we can do in cleveland and how others of us can do around the country in urban gardening selling directly to the schools. >> thank you for the question. one of the things that have been most positive, we at the detroit public schools did not try this by ourselves. i have reached out to community partners. one of my partners had access to farmers, and that i reached out to the state university, biggest agricultural school in the country -- >> [laughter] >> yes, they provided me with farmers, they provided me with information. from that information, we created a plan. we created the detroit school garden collaborative. i reached out to all of the partners. we educated our teachers, and that has been fundamentally important to us by educating the teachers. we have youth garden ambassadors so those products can be taking care of. we we develop our gardens, we make sure that three garden bends -- beds have food that goes to the schools. our

the urban gardens. i was specifically interested in your comments in urban gardening. talk more about that, and how you -- how the city school system has worked community gardens and urban gardens. translate this into what we can do in cleveland and how others of us can do around the country in urban gardening selling directly to the schools. >> thank you for the question. one of the things that have been most positive, we at the detroit public schools did not try this by ourselves. i have reached out to community partners. of my partners had access to farmers, and that i reached out , biggestate university agricultural school in the country -- >> [laughter] >> yes, they provided me with farmers, they provided me with information. from that information, we created a plan. we created the detroit school garden collaborative. i reached out to all of the partners. teachers, andr that has been fundamentally important to us by educating the teachers. have youth garden ambassadors so those products can be taking care of. wewe develop our gardens, make sure that three garden have food that goes to the schools. our kids would plant zucchini, yellow squash, and

attempts by beijing to cut off the internet and stifle communications, the protesters are beating the blackout with an app created in this quiet treasure island startup named open garden. are. >> they can continue to communicate even with no infrastructure, no wi-fi needed. >> reporter: it's called fire chat. in the past 24 hours it's been downloaded more than 100,000 times in hong kong. >> the activity among the users in hong kong is phenomenal. >> reporter: users can't be farther than 100 feet from each other, but in a huge crowd the web of users can quickly encompass blocks all linked up in a massive network. it's a tool designed for simple communication suddenly powering a fight against oppression. >> we can't solve their other problems, but at least we can help with communication. >> look at this drone video. it gives you a better idea just how huge these protests are. you can see a huge crowd making its way through hong kong's financial district. the massive demonstration seems to stretch on for miles. andria borba, kpix5. >>> only on kpix5 they saw our news helicopter and they scrambled. tonight we find out who is moving here to cash in on california pot. >> wa

the loading zone to reduce traffic and parking concerns. that concludes my presentation. and i'm available for questions >> thank you. project sponsor >> good afternoon commissioners i'm marching from garden public community i'm here representing the project sponsor steven and isabel incline mr. incline will prefer not to speak because was a childhood disease with you he's happy to answer my questions. i'd like to request that some of my time be set aside for my best partner that wants to speak at the end of the testimony periods. the san francisco academy has existed i'll put this on - >> if you refer to the older there it is. >> there it is has exist since 1998 this is a prizewinning school from stuart hauling hall to the best of the best magazines for 2013 and 2014. there has been a sizeable waiting list for years the clients searched for a property that meets the state and city reminders especially wards to open space requirements and no property is better suited other than it needs remodeling to accommodate more children. the academy has never been sited by the social services, in fact, the inspectors say you're a model facility we're wasting our times here if all facilities were like users we would

garden to new heights. so what exactly it, your honor agricultural >> it the growing food or flowers within city limits traditionally we've been referring to communities gardener that is raised bed over and over upper argument has a more a farming way of farming. >> so tell me 0 what's growing in this garden. >> a really at all plant. in the one of the rare places, you know, people have access to green space 24 is one of the places to grow things like the purple floor. it is sort of

new design of the children's garden we'll be accommodating those numbers with more rooms and a complete redesign of the flexible spaces. i want to speak to the comments about the community building through the design process and that's very true. many of the members of the design team meeting met with the parents and the janitor and the engineers in the garden that teach the other children in the learning garden everybody was part of the process and it's been beautifully designed. it is my duty to close all of us who work in the gardens are expecting increased attention on the street and we request that you fined the new pedestrian improvements thank you very much. thank you is there any additional public comment >> thank you, commissioners i'm dick i've been the general manager of the mucus center for 32 years and been involved with the two previous projects i want to thank you in advance. >> thank you. >> sue hester i've had my office at market and polling for 32 years the mucus center has been opened less than that. i think the planning commission has a bigger responsibility now the redevelopment agency it no more there's no one left to have a hearing on the area aro

how you are led, or is how you can speak, then the next 50 years and not going to make them as difference. flowers will bloom in every community, but the gardenwe sought to plants in 1950 when president johnson signed the fact will remain just as -- signed this act will remain just as elusive. while we deserve much credit for the work we have done, the road ahead cannot be the same road. it is the same journey, but we have to take a very different course and i think many of us can learn from some of the younger men and women humming to our sector. we are reaching a point -- because of low administrative overhead as the intellectual albatross around our neck -- overhead is things like retirement plans for our executives. what you have is a sector with too many leaders who cannot afford to leave their jobs. as much as we talk about people retiring, in many, many communities, you have people who do not have any money set aside. the question for them is, i may not be of the lead, but do i sought to govern the organization the same way i did? can i open up and let younger members of my organization to exert their sense of leadership, their direct

the photo td garden. and are new to palm springs really interested and involved in the preservation community there. i liked the juxtaposition of those two images. this particular body of work is meant to be a very optimistic look at palm springs and it is thet to really illustrate good aspects that can still be had in a small town in america. it is a particular love poem to this town. thanks for watching and have a great weekend. >> funding of this presentation is made possible by the freeman foundation, newman's own foundation, giving all profits to charity and pursuing the common good for over 30 years, kovler foundation, beijing tourism, and union bank. >> tradition. history. culture. discover the best memories of your life. >> "bbc world news" was presented by kcet los angeles. announcer: previously on "the roosevelts," fdr champions sweeping new programs... man: social security represents a redefinition of the american social contract. announcer: while confiding in a discreet friend... woman: eleanor and franklin roosevelt evidently don't get on together. announcer: as the shadow of war hung o

the next half hour. reporting live in philadelphia, katy zachary. >>> in the garden state chris christie will be joined at the community family school on west avenue. the governor will then give a speech at the school's library. >>> happening today, voters get to cast some ballots in delaware primary election. polls open from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. you have republicans running for the gop nomination for state treasurer and then democrats brenda mayrack are trying to win their party's nomination for a state auditor. >>> the atlantic county prosecutor's office is facing hard questions this morning after new video surfaced yesterday of nfl player ray rice knocking out his then fiancee at revel casino. tracy davidson is live. this video continues to shock people this morning and many people are wondering, did ray rice get off too easily not with the nfl but with the state of new jersey? >> did the prosecutor's office have that tape and still make that plea deal and did the prosecutor's office give that tape to the nfl, the nfl says no. the prosecutor's office says if ray rice completes that rehab program, the case against him will not be reopened. but

garden. mostly indian american, most supporters of the prime minister. most, not all. we were with the crowd outside the arena. >> 20,000 members of the indian-american community turned out at maddison square garden to here narendra modi speak. he was joined by the corporate leaders and spoke of his humble beginning. it wasn't all adulation in new york. 1,000 protesters turned up outside. it is dwindling. narendra modi should not have been given a visa to go to the u.s. they say he shouldn't have been given a role due to the deaths of 2,000 dying during protests in 2002. and that he helps the 1%, the rich. the economic record is not all it made out to be, they say. voting goes from here to washington d.c. on monday and tuesday, and he'll meet with president obama and other senior leaders of the united states. >>> for nearly a decade prime minister narendra modi was barred from entering the u.s., despite being unable to, his popularity soared. >> the indian prime minister's visit to the united states is reason to celebrate. to say the family is a narendra modi supporter is an understatement. >> we welcome him here in the united states, we are excited to see him. >> report

the crowds. >>> and east bay has a community turning an eyesore into a garden. this neglected lot was once filled with trash and weeds. they are transforming it into an oasis. >> the city is trying to work with the lot's owner to develop the property or allow it to continue in its cleaner form and hoping to expand the effort into other abandon lots. >>> coming up in the next half hour, the u.s. and the ally, under estimated the threat from that islamic state militants. >>> and the governor has signed a new law that will try to take the guesswork out of college students trying to have sex. we'll have a live report to explain coming up. jenny jenny carlos alex carlos good morning burrito team! we set out to make a bigger, tastier breakfast burrito and i think we nailed it. introducing bigger, better breakfast burritos. the grande sausage, packed with hash browns, sausage, and creamy sriracha sauce and the meat lovers, stuffed with ham, bacon and sausage, both wrapped in a warm guerrero tortilla. burritos so big, they make everything look smaller. and i'm frank mall

think if we really look at our communities, if we really look at our kid, get involved in your kid's school and change the way they're being fed. start a community garden. think about what you care about and then find your avenue for making the change in your communities because it's taking us, our feds could care less. they're not the people fighting the fight for us. our communities are and our community leaders have to listen. they're close to home and know you and live down the street and their kids go to school with your kids. i think if we each take something on, every one of us, i think everybody sitting at this table and probably many of you sitting in the audience are one person that fought the fight that we believed was worth fighting so i think for me that's the best answer. >> and i think that i know with my films, i try to, by the end of the film, people say oh, i won't use roundup or like with the future of food because it was the first one about genetic engineering and patenting and the alternative to that and my best friend saw it growing up and she said we need a farmer's market here. we don't have a farmer's market. and she started a

that much creatively really look at our communities, look at our kids, get involved in the kids school and change the way they are being fed. start a community garden. think about what you care about and then find your avenue for making change. the people not fighting the fight for us. our community leaders are. their kids go to school with your kids, so i think if we each take something on, every one of us, i think everybody sitting at the table or in the audience, or one person that fought the fight that we believed was worth fighting, so for me, that is the best answer. >> i know that people by the end of my film, they say, i do not want to use roundup, and there are alternatives to that, and my friend lives in cincinnati said, we need a farmers market here, so she started a farmers market. it is amazing. now it is a big success. they actually closed down the whole place they are. all these people are growing organically because now they have got the market, and she teaches people in other areas, and she saw this film, and she said, i want that, too, and i think when you try to say to people who aren't from where we are and aren't so food consci

standard is what's in the best interest of the child lisa so we asked our community, should that be the standard? julia says they should turn children of divorce into garden mulch. or ravia said the standard should always control. or perhaps courts would have a better idea of best interests if they considered the opinions of children now adults who experienced it. a good point, should we take into consideration the child's views opinions thoughts, for the custody battle or more to the third party as it is now randall? >> well, it depends. depends on the age and maturity of the child, yes. second of all, you don't want to involve the child, so they feel responsible for the ultimate outcome. you want that to be a judge's decision. but even raising children in an intact family, happy husband happy wife is orveg. we're going through a divorce, everyone naturally focuses on me, what can i do to make sure i'm okay coming out of this. and you got to make the time, saying me second, you first. something to emphasize but children should be considered and their rights, their preferences, should absolutely be considered by judges by guardians by psychologists that a

. >> now this lot owner and the landowners have an extra incentive for setting up community gardens. a new tax break. someone paying $10,000 in taxes before would now pay just about $100. their property assessed as farmland instead of prime real estate. and another part of the sweet deal, urban farms must sell to the community or act as an education site. >> it helps them to turn a corner of the city that's blighted and vacant to turning it at least five years at a time into an urban garden orano ace is. >> france is not the only city to have passed a law for farms, places from hawaii to new jersey were come up with incentive for property owners to turn their empty lots like this one into something more productive. however, with san francisco's tight real estate market, some wonder if the city can afford to use any space for anything other than housing. >> the median real estate is $400,000. and the this is a crisis, let's use every bit of land as smartly as we can. >> but there were few empty lots in san francisco, and advocates have no illusions of how many plots can sprout up. >> w

that much creatively really look at our communities, look at our kids, get involved in the kids school and change the way they are being fed. start a community garden think about what you care about and then find your avenue for making change. the people not fighting the fight for us. our community leaders are. their kids go to school with your kids, so i think if we each take something on, every one of us, i think everybody sitting at the table or in the audience, or one person that fought the fight that we believed was worth fighting, so for me, that is the best answer. >> i know that people by the end of my film, they say, i do not want to use roundup, and there are alternatives to that, and my friend lives in cincinnati said, we need a farmers market here, so she started a farmers market. it is amazing. now it is a big success. they actually closed down the whole place they are. all these people are growing organically because now they have got the market, and she teaches people in other areas, and she saw this film, and she said, i want that, too, and i think when you try to say to people who aren't from where we are and aren't so food conscio

it consists of 50 one, 2 and 3 units that will include the residential park a community room for residential activities and green areas and gardens for everyone to enjoy. again 350 fy legal dell will be available for 50 percent of ami or in terms of a family of 4 can earn up to - one berm will be $971.02 bedroom one thousand plus and 3 berm one to tell us plus the proprietor polyps will include hunters point shipyard and the western edition and san francisco rent and san francisco residents and members of the general public. as part of the martin and the outreach effort they'll provide rent readiness workshops will that be initiated one month after construction. as typical financing in many san francisco affordable housing developments the development of 350 fidel includes tax exempting exempt bones and what is uncommon ocii occ is not providing subsidy and another difference that includes an off site to the lamar developer that allows the developer to secure another 2. $5 million in tax credits. specifically the block 49 parcel was transferred to occ in july 2014 that's the first step in the bond closing process lamar is respons

the freeway. >> now, this lot owner and other interested landowners have an extra incentive for sending up community gardens. a gnaw tack break. someone paying $10,000 would now just pay about $100. their property assessed as farmland, another part of the sweet deal, urban farms must sell or donate produce or act as a teaching site. >> this legislation, would help encouraging and insent those property owners to think about turning a corner of the city that salt lake blighted and vacant. turning it into an urban garden, a little urban oasis. >> san francisco is not the only city to have passed a law encouraging farms. places across the country, have coming up with incentives to turn their empty lot like this one int more productive. >> however, some wonder if they can use any space for anything other than housing. >> the median home price is around $1 million in san francisco. the median rents are between $3,504,000. this is a crisis. let's use every bit of land as smartly as we can. but there are few empty lots and odd have karates have no illusion about how many plots can sprout up. we are not necessarily

the rose garden it is like the in your garden of our body. with viruses and bacteria of the good and bad despite the pups and downs and the thorns or perhaps community. however we choose we are each other's environment.%m/gr with a shared space. in the best of my years as a journalist had of mentor charlie mcdowell whose criteria was if they could keep to thoughts and there had a onetime. by charley measure she is not only smart but uniquely in powering writer and a person because through her work she not only puts forth to sought for three or four but enables us to hold them in our head. i am very happy and pleased to present to you the mary roberts rinehart award for nonfiction to eula biss. [applause] >> thanks for that incredibly generous introduction. this is a tremendous honor for me particularly meaningful because of food mary roberts rinehart was. a working mother, a trained nurse, incredibly prolific writer, authors of works that inspired batman and the advocate that spoke publicly about having breast cancer when it was still unmentionable. so i hope something of her legacy might be reflected in the book that i am about to talk about. this