to my left, naomi kelly capa started her job just as a -- just as the expansion was getting away. begin, and she has been with us every single step of the way. the g.m. for the marriott international, here to represent the hotel community, who has always understood the importance of this facility, not only to the visitors on the hotel, but to the city itself and our people. peter gomez, the san francisco travel board chair, his entire career who has been in the hospitality industry, you know as well, as do all of us, to see the importance of the industry in san francisco. senior manager at the department of public works, our leader in technical design, construction, and contracts for the past seven years. you have been at this building almost every day since construction in the past seven years. the president and c.e.o., jeff peterson, who has assembled a talented team, but not only finished expansion on time and on budget, but work to make sure the building can be used during destructors construction, which was a remarkable feat. this building does not close down the demolition wa

the president and c.e.o., jeff peterson, who has assembled a talented team, but not only finished expansion on time and on budget, but work to make sure the building can be used during destructors construction, which was a remarkable feat. this building does not close down the demolition was taking place, and when the construction happened, but it remains open and continuously operated during that time. a senior director of citywide sales operations for san francisco travel, mr patrick, who did a spectacular job working with are committed convention clients for the past four years, guaranteeing their mate -- meetings could continue in san francisco. and the moscone general manager, bob sauter, who made sure the facility remained operational while these improvements were being made. let's give them all a round of applause. [applause] >> we are also very happy to be joined by many department heads for the city and county of san francisco, as well as leaders of the hospitality industry and the hotel community who help generate the funding to make this event possible and make this building poss

the passage of measure bb anti-expansion of the desert health care district. when i was a young boy growing up in a farm worker trailer park, i saw the dignity of good, humble people who loved god, worked hard, and struggled to make a better life for themselves and their children. i also saw their needless pain and suffering due to their poverty and lack of health care resources. i vowed at the age of 4 to become a doctor and serve them. and as a freshman premed student at ucla i stayed awake at night on the top bunk bed of my tiny dorm room thinking about the difference i would one day make. and after graduating from harvard's medical government and public health schools, i returned home as an emergency medicine physician as promised. i rolled up my sleeves, organized, and went to trailer parks, rural community parks, and the poorest communities to help. i saw familiar faces with familiar stories of suffering still living in poverty and resource poor communities. that's why i founded the coachella valley health care initiative in 2010, a along with my wife, m

imust international says israeli listings of homes and activities is directly contributing to the expansion of illegal settlements or bad money explains on the c international is accusing some of the world's best known hotel booking travel companies of supporting illegal settlement expansion in the occupied west bank and east jerusalem it says air b.n. b. booking dot com expedient and trip advisor a few link human rights violations against palestinians by listing hotels and activities in israeli settlements air b.n. b. had three hundred listings trip advisor seventy booking dot com forty five and expedient nine after an investigation by al-jazeera and human rights watch in november at the m.b. said it would remove the listings in settlements in the occupied west bank but not occupied east jerusalem and the city says many other things aren't honest about whether hotels are such as one hotel in the far adam incessant booking dot com says it's twenty five kilometers from the dead sea with panoramic views of the youth who deserts but the website doesn't say it's in an illegal israeli settlement

amnesty international says israeli listings of homes and activities is directly contributing to the expansion of illegal settlements laura burdon manley explains. and the sea international is accusing some of the world's best known hotel booking travel companies of supporting illegal settlement expansion in the occupied west bank and east jerusalem it says air b.n. b. booking dot com expedient and trip advisor a fueling human rights violations against palestinians by listing hotels and activities in israeli settlements air b.n. b. had three hundred listings trip advisor seventy booking dot com forty five and expedient nine after an investigation by al jazeera and human rights watch in november at the m.b. said it would remove the listings in settlements in the occupied west bank but not occupied east jerusalem and the sea says many other things aren't honest about where the hotels are such as one who tell in the far enemy incessant booking dot com says it's twenty five kilometers from the dead sea with panoramic views of the you who deserts but the website doesn't say it's in an illegal israe

the goal is to sustain the expansion by maintaining the economy around full employment and inflation around target. the gradual path of increases in the federal funds rate has served us well by giving us time to assess the effects of policy as we proceeded. that approach remains appropriate in the near term, although the path increasingly will depend on how the outlook evolves. the last several times resource utilization approached levels similar to today signs of overheating showed up in financial sector imbalances rather than an accelerating inflation. in contrast to the past, we now have a systematic forward-looking approach to identifying changes in financial vulnerabilities which informs deliberations of the fomc and the board and last week we released the public financial stability report to promote some accountability and transparency around our responsibilities in this area. as you can see in that report, while there has been substantial progress on reducing household debt burdens and increasing the resilience of the banking system, our system suggests that financial vulnerab

it had been at historically high levels, higher than it had been in the expansion of the late 1990s and much higher than in much of this expansion. it is at a level which is consistent with ongoing moderate growth and is at the level or higher than it has been in early years of this recovery. that is a bit of context. the fact that it moved down so much in one month is something worth keeping an ion. notwithstanding that report i would say us data seemed on track to sustain good momentum into the new year. i will talk about china, which is a big part of the story. the most recent data from china has been more mixed, china's consumers appear to be pulling back. the two reports we have gotten earlier this week showed softening of demand and this week it seems to be spilling over to other emerging asia commodities. chinese authorities responded with additional stimulus and the rest of the emerging asia should continue to expand on a solid pace this year so overall i would say the picture remains consistent with continued growth in the united states. good data still is the story looking in

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i'm here to also share my opinion and to speak against the expansion into our school. this is only the second year of nine and a half years at usfsd this has been possible. for eight years, out of my almost 10 years, i've worked in three different classrooms. i've taught different classes and different floors. where we didn't have enough white board space, so my colleague painted the table, so we could use it to write with expo markers and use that as white board space. this year, a space where students can come into and leave and it's not a space where multiple teachers have desks and have to work at the same time students are learning. we are expanding, so we'll be taking 8th graders. sfusd has showed you're here for our most vulnerable students when you provided us with our current space. please continue to stand by your actions and make sure our students have the conditions they need to learn. thank you. >> good evening, board. my name is... i am the wellness coordinator at san francisco international. thank you for your time. this is my son. we're proud to be here

are determined and this is true whether it's trump obama or bush or clinton are determined in the expansion of nato and so aggressive war policy it's true both houses of congress in fact in the military budget. to know in every way use nato as a military force far beyond nato's original north atlantic europe canada the us during the cold war it's expanded in a really aggressive way and as a global military force. so as we mentioned this year there was another increase in nato as budget so as the alleged russian threat contributed to that i mean is this is this a fear mongering for a from the west adding to the fuel for that fire if you will. well fuel mongering is an essential part of every military budget of course they have to say that there's a threat from russia there's a threat from china if they're going to get the military budget that they want and force the countries in europe the nato members to also ante up which is big pressure on them to do so. so. i've said in public and what the reality is that's those are the two different things and it's not that anything russia has done has

it had been at historically high levels, higher than it had been even in the expansion of the late 1990's. much higher than it had been during much of this expansion. it is now at a level which is consistent with ongoing moderate growth. level orout at the higher than it has been in the earlier years of this recovery. that is a little bit of context. fact that ithe moved down so much in one month is something worth keeping an ion. report, inding that would say u.s. data seems to be on track to sustain good momentum into the new year. will talk about china for a second. china has been a big part of the story. the most recent data from china has been mixed. china's consumers appear to be pulling back as seen in the apple news and the weak retail data. the pmi reports we got has shown softening and external demand. bes week, it seems to spilling over into other emerging asian commodities and global prices such as copper. that said, chinese authorities are responding with the stimulus and china and the rest of emerging asia could continue to expand at a still solid pace this year. overall,

they have not been the strongest advocates for medicaid expansion. the reality is when we see our ground, we give the other side the space to come in and control the conversation. there isthat is not ready for conversation about healthcare. because our economy depends on the very lives we are trying to save. because the vibrancy of our community relies on as having a strong healthcare economy. because people don't move to places where they can take care of themselves and their families. so we have to talk about healthcare and we have to advocate for healthcare change. for me, that mission is medicaid expansion because it saves rural hospitals. it saves mom is giving birth and counties without an ob/gyn. i'm sorry and half of the counties in georgia, 79 counties do not have an ob/gyn. 64 of our counties do not have a pediatrician. and so for me, this is a moral crisis and i will advocate for it, whether i'm running for office or running my mouth. but advocacy has to be real and constant. there is no stronger consequence for a political leader then losi

that's a strong base for the economy here. think expansions die of old age. .wo things usually end them one is financial imbalances and .he other is the fed usually when the fed in they recession, it in's in expansion because inflation has gotten out of control and the fed needs to tighten to bring it down. the fed is now very well-positioned with inflation dynamics and inflation being favorable in the sense that the linkage -- i believe there is linkage between slack in the labor market and product markets and inflation. the sense of that linkage is not very great. flatve a relatively phillips curve is another way of putting that. in addition, inflation expectations seem well anchored. inflationary dynamics are very favorable. he gives my former colleagues the opportunity to be careful to and be dataly dependent and manage the risk. i have confidence they will be able to do that. i don't really see financial imbalances in the economy at this point that look to be threatening. we have had a tightening of financial conditions. markets are obvio

. >>. >> and with the largest expansion in japan if we have the expansion to have the longest expansion and in december but with the prime minister. so it is very challenging for him. and with the slower growth. and in japan there are some programs and trade talk and of course, it is now focusing on the trade talks with china and then to mention so we will have a challenge because it is on the farmer sought - - farm aside. and i suppose sticking to that it is critically important but while in japan we also have the program for the farmer so why we have a bead on the tpp but the us has withdrawn from that. and i can do one page if that affects politically, not so good and then to make some concessions. >> on the japanese side but to have that kind of talk i will stop there. think you. >> our afternoon panel will talk out us japan relations and bed purely from a domestic political perspective, i'm curious to ask the panel, we expect the administration will come in early because of this lobby demand and the disadvantage of the tpp and suffering with a trade war with china and some early ga

more than 8000 people join the mayor in a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new expansion. the $551 million project stretches along third and fourth street. the upgrade is expected to bring more tourists. >> we have to address the issue around homelessness and housing and the impact and i am committed to making those investments so that not just the people who visit our city have a wonderful experience but also the people who live here. >> the expansion added more than 500,000 ft.2 of meeting spaces, almost doubling its former dimensions. >>> you may not have to shell out too much if you want to watch monday's college football championship at levi stadium. tickets for the matchup between alabama and clemson are at the lowest level in history of the event. nosebleed seats dipped below $200 and that could be because fans from both teams would have to travel by the distance to actually be here. in san jose, part of several streets are already shut down downtown as the city gets ready for the crowds. a stretch of san pedro street has been shut down since the start of a new year.

the expansion on howard street cost more than 550 million dollars. ondon breed is expected to attend the event which will start at 10:00 this morning. ( james ) on the peninsula... palo alto police have arrested this man.. 28-year-old daniel alveraz, who they say is responsible for sexually assaulting a woman. the assault happened early saturday morning, on el camino real in palo alto. a woman was unloading items out of her car.. when she was attacked. the victim was able to yell and tried to fight off the attacker... her boyfriend heard the struggle and came out as the suspect ran off. alveraz was booked into the santa clara county jail. (james) in the north bay ... the daughter of an 87-year-old woman says her mother was abused at a medical facility in napa. this is 87 year old vivian yocum. her daughter, lori reed says that in this picture she has diaper rash creme on her li. its one of a number of reasons why reed says she is suing the napa valley care center for elder abuse. yocum was hospitalized last year after getting pnemonia and then sepsis.

he makes a case for their importance in the expansion of america. the non-colonial imperialism that did bring us geographical expansion with the annexation of hawaii, the acquisition of puerto rico. but more importantly, the expansion of american power, concern, and engagement in a world power manifested in the spanish american war. with the battles in cuba and the battles in the philippines and the control over those areas for an extended. of time. the open door of china and the expansion of the american economy. polk has been called the most successful president and what he did. you can see me after class to explain that one. he is the only president who saw his entire program written into law. he is also called one of our most morally degraded because of the shenanigans associated with the mexican-american war. he was a successful politician. mckinley gives us a more subtle case. a program to give the united states the new place in the international stage. of hisy stated program campaign for president was on tariffs. historians have had a hard ti

the expansion on howard street cost more than 550 million dollars. london breed is expected to attend the event which will start at 10:00 this morning. ( darya ) coming up... we tell you how the government shutdown is affecting the bay area... 13 days later. ( darya )and... the man accused in the killing of a newman police officer made an appearance in court. we tell you what happened inside the courtroom. (ácommercialá) ( darya ) welcome back. let's get a check of the weather this morning... no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. accident wb 237 at zanker some more sunshine today but amid increasing cloud cover leading us into what will be a cloudy, windy and rainy weekend, most notably on saturday. temperatures will peak into a range of 50's again with little change in temperatures expected into the weekend. weekend. weekend.expected into the temperatures expected into the weekend. weekend.expected into the temperatures pected into the weekend. ( darya ) ( dary

[applause] we have a governor who did not support the expansion of access to health care. so in one of the meanest acts i have seen in the general assembly, i have seen many, he refused the resources offered to navigators in the state of georgia. university of georgia had a group of navigators that were direct federal funding, so they were able to act. nonprofits were able to secure funding. there is a sloth of georgia known as southwest georgia that did not have access, but they were also the most -- they had the lowest insurance rate. they had the highest prevalence of need and most uneducated about health care. looking at that population i became very concerned because i knew that they were the very one that is the affordable care act was designed to support. as democratic leader in the house of representatives, i i had the mantra to tell my members if they would engage in find signing people up for the a a.c.a. in their districts, coy help support them. we were able to dispatch so many meetings that we had more than 130 a.c.a. signups throughout the state of georgia in

more than half of the trolley buses are in service, and the light rail vehicles, the expansion vehicles are already in service, and they're working to replace the fleet, so yes, these vehicles are in service, we just have not received invoices from the m.t.a. so they've gotten the receipt, they've done the testing, and they've put them into testing on the street. >> chair peskin: is there any public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. [gavel]. >> chair peskin: thank you, ms. fong, for your work, and that is an information item. is there any introduction of new items? seeing none, is there -- oh, commissioner brown? >> yes, i actually -- i actually was going to the treasure island mobility management, on the minutes -- >> chair peskin: that is actually a separate meeting that will start as soon as this meeting it over. >> oh, thank you. >> chair peskin: yeah. that's weirdly enough, a different agency, with a different chair. >> thank you, chair. >> chair peskin: my pleasure. is there any general public comment? >> commissioners, my name is francisco decaosta. i'v

additionally, i am recommending the expansion of the youth talent initiative to connect more and more middle school students to opportunities in manufacturing and it with an additional 1.2 million dollars annually. it has impacted students and will help reach even more. working together to create more pathways, we can help connect more nebraskans with the countless great opportunities available in communities across the state. secondly, my budget also takes new steps to make state government more effective, more efficient, and more customer focused. over the past two years, we have worked together to successfully create a department of transportation and a unified veterans agency. this year, we are proposing to bring together the department of environmental quality in the energy office, creating a department of environment and energy. that will allow the state to form a more unified vision and strategic plan for our role in these related areas. sarah and i are also recommending moving three key safety inspection programs from the department of labor to the state fire marshal's office

the expansion on howard street cost more than 550 million dollars. ayor london breed is expected to attend the event which will start at 10:00 this morning. ( james ) new this morning --- the great pacific garbage patch cleanup boat is heading back after a 60-foot chunk of the boat broke off of the boat. now the 2-thousand foot long system, along with over 44-hundred pounds of plastic it has recovered, is being towed back to shore. the plastic collection was designed to capture trash floating between california and hawaii. the company is investigating the cause of the break and believes the system will be back in operation this year. ( james )still ahead.... a south bay family is speaking out... after a woman was shot and killed by officers on christmas morning. details on what they are now demanding from the district attorney. ( james ) and the state water officials are heading up to the sierra.what they hope to gain from measuring the snowpack. ( john ) and i am tracking your bay area forecast. checking the bay bridge commute on wb 80. your drive ti

the expansion is big. it's good that it's two units. we like it's two units. i didn't hear from you and you have it extended into the back and your neighbor on the other side has. wa are you looking for on this? what are you asking for from the changes they made since the first hearing. >> the first drawings produced there was a total maze but they have shown the ability they can excavate because it was three stories from that side. >> commissioner: it's not three stories anymore. given the current plans, what are you asking for? >> can you go back to the original layout and they created the first floor or basement floor on the other side with the excavation and the third floor can be recessed another 10 feet and create the deck on the top of it which opens everything. >> commissioner: so your concern is the upper floor extends back. >> about 21 feet or something like that. >> commissioner: what have you asked for to extend? >> we were asking to go back to how the existing building is at this moment extended maybe another five feet or whatever and just have the

access, and see where they are, and feel san francisco while they are in the building. >> the moscone expansion was a very challenging project. it was half new build, half renovation, and we were doing all of this within our occupied space. >> one of the most important, problematic functional issues with the moscone centre expansion, is to find a way to make the exhibition centre, which was built originally asked what was separate spaces, one on the north side of the street, and one on the health just south side of howard street, to connect these as one continuous space. this involves finding ways to exit but does expedite on how street and giving that street operational, while that construction happens. we could not simply close the streets and build the building. the traffic needed to slow day today. we needed to be respectful of the businesses, and not to be creating too much of an impact for them. >> you are in the center of an island, surrounded by an ocean of people, massive amounts of vehicles and cars, and construction around the project. 400 people on site daily. 40-50 subcontractors c

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based on they seems football has a bright future in the country expansion is necessary however and the fans are calling for a second division to give more clubs and more players a chance of professionalism you need a second division to die and it's ridiculous that a country like australia only has one top tier of australian football and there's no wife or anyone outside to get in that with the expansion i think it will give more strain kids the opportunity comes down the money and. you know you do you you pretty much want government to step in and help much more with you know backing the guy. in the main one the next step for the socceroos is the defend the asian cup crown in the united arab emirates demonstrate they can manage that and the matildas can go far in the women's world cup and the getting the experience and not opinions. and the men expecting to deliver that is grandma and old. as a striker he forged a successful career in a strategy of belgium and holland. on the sidelines he's emerged as one of the country's finest and most passionate coaches for going to the ice and cup