when we talk about the national park service the first national park is 1872 with ulysses as grants. it is not the centennial and that cents. the revolution and the the revolution in the idea of national parks and public land the preservation kicks off with the presidency of theodore roosevelt from 1901 until 1909. he believed that democracy was about wild spaces and to our heirlooms, taj mahal and places called the tetons or the olympic or big ben, or mammoth cave this is what defined america in the view. it's preserving the american landscape he views the number of mechanisms to get things going while he was in president. one one was to get a national park created. when fdr who loved executive power more than any other president would start signing executive orders and he did so by using the antiquities act of 1906, along with the congressman john lacey of iowa they put through the landed desk at capitol hill in congress, will lacey lance commissioned if you are a westerner and needed to deal with the federal government on grazing rights, mining, gas, etc., et cetera, you would go t

the parks combined completely change the focus of tourism in orange county.ore than $10 billion is generated on the back of parks like knott's and disneyland. ♪ [applause] >> for all who come to this happy place, welcome. disneyland is your land. here we live found memories of the past and here, youth sees the promise of the future. >> no, anaheim did not start on july 15, 19 55 when disney opened. we had a live, vibrant community long before them. southern california was known as the valencia orange centric business. it was the center of the citrus business nationally. anaheim supported nine packing houses. these packing houses employed the community. they facilitated the growth of anaheim, the growth of this industry. these were well loved. by the 1950's, most of them had closed down. a malady that we simply called quick decline or q.d. started to hit the southern california citrus industry in the 1940's, close to the start of world war ii. at the height of quick decline, we were losing 250,000 orange trees a month. this was devastating. other things were h

and these are examples of areas where the interfacing a large park that continues to have a quiet or the proportion but part of an animated city where i'm from and that concludes my presentation. apologizes for the offer run. >> i forgot. >> thank you very much. >> that is something else from staff opening it up for public comme comment>> next speaker. >> (calling names). >> game-changer commissioners my name is steve i'm the manager of the planning and design for california state park forces northern california and i'm here i appreciate the opportunity to speak today on behalf of the california state parks regarding the tower relocation within the candle stick point project california state parks didn't oppose the location of towers j and k and the inner park will be influences by large urban structures to an stent regarding the relocation of tower g we oppose this to the final eir for the following reasons first, the relocation of tower g will is an adverse impact on the area of candle stick point state recreation as last port and the visitors this changes our lo

when we talk about the national park service the first national park is 1872 with ulysses as grants. it is not the centennial and that cents. the revolution and the the revolution in the idea of national parks and public land the preservation kicks off with the presidency of theodore roosevelt from 1901 until 1909. he believed that democracy was about wild spaces and to our heirlooms, taj mahal and places called the tetons or the olympic or big ben, or mammoth cave this is what defined america in the view. it's preserving the american landscape he views the number of mechanisms to get things going while he was in president. one one was to get a national park created. when fdr who loved executive power more than any other president would start signing executive orders and he did so by using the antiquities act of 1906, along with the congressman john lacey of iowa they put through the landed desk at capitol hill in congress, will lacey lance commissioned if you are a westerner and needed to deal with the federal government on grazing rights, mining, gas, etc., et cetera, you would go t

the property rfp for the high park management and authorize staff to initiate the negotiation for sea level lot green street and a 3 year lease with two one year options to renew for sea level lots 2 excuse me - 323 dash 324 surface parking lots bourts by the broadway street and davis street and interim parking at sea level lot found by broadway street front street and vallejo street and the embarcadero greenwich street and 9 and a half on the embarcadero at chestnut and pier 34 on bay street the unilateral right to terminate the lot prior to written notice resolution 16 dash 12. >> good afternoon commissioners jay senior property manager for state division i'm delighted to present trent e present this item an accumulation of work by project team and a response from the community in terms of the outreach and in terms of the interest and have in terms of you go the quality and levels of proposals first i'd like to asking you judge introduce susan who oversee the early efforts putting this together with the direction on how to create that initiative partnership so we're delighted we're

parks alliance designed for the competition of the india basin shoreline park. we are in an rfq process and having water front recreational and industrial water front experiences. selected by the task force and we worked with david, the competition advisor who led the competition for the city and parks and the center. we provided the work for the water front study and asked to consider the studies and what they wanted to see on the site and what could go where. this particular slide shows the locations for human powered boat launch. we also let the firms know that at a minimum t proposed plan should include remediating the land and creating a segment of the blue greenway and restoring the cottage and most importantly providing access and open space for the residents of the southeast neighborhood and the city as a whole. we also told them to consider 900 and the india basin shoreline respectively and we in -- integrated to climate and green structure. next finalist were asked to participate in an idea submissions that was shared with the public. a jury of seven pe

spaces and where will the cars find a place to park and the deal the all you can't have to both ways, and, secondly, he notice that now the two complementing bus iron will no longer you'll replace that with a two sutter line and the planning is rational but you don't take the human impact take into consideration maybe walk sf likes the people will be forced to walker long distance but not ms. christensening applying to the seniors and disabled but paratransit is over loaded any opinion that basically this is the equivalent or bombing 50 thousand feet in the air you don't see the human impact maybe the planners should go to work would for the strategic air plan and mission can be accomplished the drone program is other opportunity but this is not the way to go your destroying public transportation in san francisco i won't say thank you. i'll say no thank you. >> thank you, mr. wiener. (calling names) >> i don't think you're looking at the bigger picture i go out to daily stay all the time when i get to a corner they have the beeping sounds so far the blind and

the first chief photographer of the national park service. to will by ansell adams and three were by commercial photographers. george grant is one of the unknown elders of the landscape photography. our new book is about him. i had to share that. >> great. there were ten in the series, yosemite was one, right? can you give us a couple of the other. >> let me call my husband up because his memory is better than mine. >> zion became one of the big -- one of the things fdr did in utah was try to make it a -- do you know that i do high and utah voted for fdr all the time. they were giving public works jobs and trying to make national parks so cedar breaks in utah, fdr signed that in august of 33 and then he did capital reefs with an executive order is a monument. today is a national park. he took arches which is a roadside a roadside attraction and turned it into a mammoth national park and took zion national park quadruple. the zion national park to enlarge the parks, these were all strategies. his secretary of war was a man named george durden a

the same kind of thing not if you have enough to give us us parking aroundhe corner we have a tight street to move traffic no matter what this is crazy i'll have to say looking at another the time relevant to this when we set up the mta we collected signatures we could not get enough and the supervisors put it on the ballot and it essentially says transit first a tremendous vote of people every time you. could to a neighborhood transit first is good for the city we have an interest the neighborhood you guys don't need that you have to move transit and now hey here we are we're up to 4 it will break our record for killing people this is a boarding island harlan kelly this will be good for transit but the supervisors knew they couldn't stand up to people that wanted parking they give you to you guys you have to do the work because you can't keep watering down those things so each we'll deal with many important issues but every time you have to hold firm and accommodate them a little bit we'll talk about but making people safer and moving traffic ticket faster

for the national parks and the other national parks these are big drivers and the revenue and tourism across the country. in 2015 download the national park service confirmed a record 307.2 million which was a 4.9 increase over the previous record-setting year in 2014 at 292.8 million visits. i wish we could get more of those. and within parks at more than 5 million recreation visits in 2015 and overnight stays in the country were up over 2015 so obviously a broad recognition across the country of the unique opportunities in the national parks. but despite the support for the national park service, the budget has been decreasing. the past ten years they've had the budget decreased by 22% compromising its ability to make sure that the protection of the ability to ensure the long-term protection of this great heritage. in my own district in the historical park they had a 15% reduction in full-time staff from fiscal gear ten to 15 and a 22% reduction in the park space budget which commemorates the beginning of the american revolution there's been a 27% decrease in the staff time which is

that means the current generation of killer whales will be the last for the park. the current generation could not survive in the wild so they will live out their days in the park's habitat where they will be part of a new educational exhibit. we'll have more on this coming up at the bottom of the hour. >> overnight, a deadly fire under information right now in lake county. firefighters say the victim was trapped inside the home on miniola street. the home has now been declared a total loss. the case is under investigation. updates. he'll have a live update at the bottom of the hour. >> president obama's nominee to the supreme court will head to capitol hill. >> garland will not receive a traditional meet and greet. senate republicans say garland will not be invited for the late justice the white house said garland has more judicial experience than any supreme court moem ever. mitch mcconnell says the next nominee. >> give the people a voice in filling this vacancy. >> it is a ludicrous position, to my friends on the republican side of the i'll, do your job. >> seve

the beat. senior dance class is from sf rec and park. t way to get out and play. >> for more information,n francisco historic preservation commission regular hearing for wednesday march 16, 2016. i would like to remind members of the public that the commission does not tolerate disruption or out birches of any kind. please silence all cell phones that may go off and when speaking to the commission please state your name for the record. i will take roll. commission president president. >> here. >> commissioner high land. >> yes. >> commissioner hasz. >> yes. >> commissioner johns. >> here. >> commissioner matsuda. >> here. >> we expect commissioner johnck to be absent today. first is general public and can address members of the commission on items not on the agenda and you can address the commission for up three minutes. >> does any member of the public wish to make a non agenda comment. seeing none we will close public comment. >> thank you commissioner. they will place us under department matters. item 1 director's announcements. >> goo

and managed through the park that surrounds it it which is fast foodesterday, i want to touch on that state parks is unhappy with the change to the tower i want to for the record talk about the prospective is on that we do not share state parks concerns we understood that is a part of character of the area uptown been changing much more urban and ouch be look forward to the interaction between the state park and a more cereal defined urban edge this one change the one tower is not significant and so we'll recommending it stay as it is lennar and it's boring some ways can shorten that tower provided us with shorter towers quite frankly we thought were unsuccessful and it may have minute missed the adventure state parks is concerned it at other aesthetics that detrimental effects to the overall project undercover officer with planning and occ staff and lennar building the best recommendation to move forward as it is proposed in the development design for development but now that concludes my presentation. several folks are here to talk about it david tom

park. we did not even know what the theme park was then. ese ranchers, who were now may the loss oferation, their land for development -- there was no water. it used to be you would drill a well and you could pump what you wanted. now that was managed by the orange county water district, so x, and the pump ta value of the land was changed by how they taxed it. you were not taxed to the value of the agriculture. you were taxed by the value of what it could be, what it could become. to getnot a hard push them to give up their land that may have been held by the families for generations. i think some people coming into loss --today might might moan about the loss of citric culture. there was no moaning by the in theindustry owners 1950's. they were more than happy to sell their property for development. that indeed was the reality. disneyland is dedicated to the ideals and the hard facts that have created america with the hope that it will be a source of joy to behold world. fantasyland castle in the name of the children of the world. ♪ >> welt

side of the park. love it. overlooking the botanical garden. but if you had to tell me, you guys know everything from the soil to the trees to the buds. every plant at the park. tell me a unique thing about central park and plant life. >> sure. there's approximately 20,000 trees in central park. as you can see behind us, many of those are in flower now. most of those are cherries and magnolias. we have about 300 acres. most importantly, everyone has their special mace. today, this is our favorite place. and we have the back drop. this wonderful new york city skyline behind us. and it's absolutely magical. >> absolutely great. russell frederick, chief of operations. >> thank the central park conservancy department. nonprofit organization, you can get involved, too. at central park conservancy. >> one last question. how good does smell out there with the fresh mow? [ smelling ] i don't know. you can make a grass angel, you know? >> oh, my gosh. >> i hope that grass is dry. [ laughter ] >> the dry cleaner

you will hear how the park code prohibits alcohol at the stadium, the park code lists 35 parks where you need the general manager or commission to approve to have alcohol including [inaudible] where we have opera in the park, including a variety of our parks and so it just requires approval that you can't bring alcohol in without any approval, but it doesn't mean it is prohibited thmpt only sites where it is prohibited is childrens play ground under the park code. a little bit of community feedback. we received letters from a number of different groups that support this, not without reserveation. they say we want to make sure there is a security plan and safety plan. those includes [inaudible] sun set heights association, responsibility people; friends of alfred lake, haight ash berry. we received 1400 letters and e-mails supporting this from a variety of people and think you will hear from some of them here today. in opposition we received letters from coal valley neighborhood, the hate rr ash perry [inaudible] and kezar advisory committee. two in favor and the remaining opposed. for

just drive down one of the park roads. you are bound to spot one. n alligator can be found throughout the everglades. in the water and on the trails. but, keep an eye out, and you might also spot a crocodile. and that combination is especially rare. >> there is no place else in the world where crocodiles and alligators overlap. florida with salt and fresh watt r is just warm enough for crocodiles and just cool enough for alligators. thanks to conservation efforts in the park, the once endangered american crocodile has been downgraded to threatened in florida. back when everglades was established in 1947 the idea of creating a national park to protect plants and animals may have seemed revolutionary. but today, the habitat still has a lot to offer people. captioning funded by cbs >>> it's wednesday, march 23rd, 2016. this is the "cbs morning news." >>> the hunt for a terrorist. belgium and the rest of europe on alert after tuesday's bombings in brussels. this morning, the search is on for this man believed to be one of the bombers who carried out the

city hall announced late today--the parks board mishandled the construction of the smale riverfront park. investigative reporter jody barr joins us--and jody--the major problems here have to do with spending? yes-- department handing out millions of dollars in construction contracts--contra cts that were never put out for bid. what that means--the city spent 120 million of your tax dollars here--and can't say tonight whether your tax dollars were protected. "it's a place where you're going to celebrate family pictures, family memories and it's going to be something truly special..." that's cincinnati parks director, willie carden, introducting the public to the new smale riverfront park last year. this year--the city's introduced the public to a problem with the park--the park board's handling of the construction. late today, city manager harry black sent council a notice--telling them the contractors hired to build the park--were never competitively bid. the parks board--black wrote--used exisiting maintenance contractors to build the using a construction contract. the problem for the c

the park announcing the killer whale' s will no longer be in the long-term plans for the park. starting today, they will stop breeding the animals. the animals currently in the captivity will be the last in the park. are looking at right here starring those or cause. guests can check them out in viewing areas within their habitats. change in orlando will go into effect in three years. here is a statement from the company. "as society' s understanding continues to change, seaworld is changing with it by making this the last generation of workers in our care -- fo orcas in our care." a call is scheduled at 10 with some top seaworld officials where we learn more about this major shift for the park. michelle: more breaking news this morning. one person is dead after a lake county home caught fire. jason: it took several fire departments to put out the flames. it happened on mineola street. alex: they are still out here. you can see the fire truck behind me and they are watching -- we have been watching as fire crews make their way around the house, making sure there are no hot or an

that leads to parking. one of thehings that you will hear is a desire for parking.i think that we need parking tto accommodate the larger number of people in these units. has this been thought out by mercy? >>i'm sure that given mercy's experience in building in san francisco it may be why they are comfortable with the parking in building 7. >>in response to your question commissioner bustos trans bay 7 does not have parking spaces for the units and the reasons for this and i think the staff outlined in part to do with cost. also, we currently operate for properties with virtually no parking for families including 10th and mission, 1100 ocean, and our recent experience with transbay 6 which has virtually no parking in and we have been very successful in hooking them up with other families for ober, car share and we also are piloting a transit board at transbay block 6 and one thing that 7 is really gaining i think is very important is that it has this childcare center and one could look sort of at the design of trans

the property rfp for the high park management and authorize staff to initiate the negotiation for sea level lot green street and a 3 year lease with two one year options to renew for sea level lots 2 excuse me - 323 dash 324 surface parking lots bourts by the broadway street and davis street and interim parking at sea level lot found by broadway street front street and vallejo street and the embarcadero greenwich street and 9 and a half on the embarcadero at chestnut and pier 34 on bay street the unilateral right to terminate the lot prior to written notice resolution 16 dash 12. >> good afternoon commissioners jay senior property manager for state division i'm delighted to present trent e present this item an accumulation of work by project team and a response from the community in terms of the outreach and in terms of the interest and have in terms of you go the quality and levels of proposals first i'd like to asking you judge introduce susan who oversee the early efforts putting this together with the direction on how to create that initiative partnership so we're delighted we're

it lacks the typical grooves and sensation of moving the car into park, drive or reverse. that lack of familiarity, nearly resulted in a serious injury. >> i got out of the jeep. thought it was in park. it was in reverse still. as i walked back toward the garage. i noticed the car was moving a little bit. i didn't want to ruin the car, after having it for a few months. got between the car and garage. i was able to yl ell for my son and stop the car. >> reporter: titus isn't the own one confused. hundred filed complaints saying thinking it was in park. national highway traffic safety association is investigating, 850,000 vehicles, most are 2014 and 2015 grand cherokees equipped with e-shift. government investigators found it is not intuitive and provide poor tactile and visual feed become to the driver increasing potential for unintended gear selection. the investigation claims reports of 121 accidents resulting in several people being hospitalized. >> these new technologies coming in the cars are creating all kind of new problems. >> sean cane, president of safety research

park. the problem is...that violates city law and could cost taxpayers if the work doesnt hold up over time...because the project was not more than 80 construction work and contractors were not bonded. at this point the he can't tell which contractor performed what work at this park-- now city hall has ordered an audit of the city park board's spending--that audit should be finished in may. our team has reached out to the mayor for an interview and have not got a response..we'll be at city hall today people responsible for this report and for the problems with the project. vo live now city hall has ordered an audit of the city park board's spending--that audit should be finished in may. our team has interview and have not got a response..we'll be at city hall today to track down the people responsible for this report and for the problems with the project. dbl box 2shot toss to frank looking at a dry afternoon with a looking at a dry afternoon with a sun and cloud mix increasing clouds this even

you will hear how the park code prohibits alcohol at the stadium, the park code lists 35 parks where you need the general manager or commission to approve to have alcohol including [inaudible] where we have opera in the park, including a variety of our parks and so it just requires approval that you can't bring alcohol in without any approval, but it doesn't mean it is prohibited thmpt only sites where it is prohibited is childrens play ground under the park code. a little bit of community feedback. we received letters from a number of different groups that support this, not without reserveation. they say we want to make sure there is a security plan and safety plan. those includes [inaudible] sun set heights association, responsibility people; friends of alfred lake, haight ash berry. we received 1400 letters and e-mails supporting this from a variety of people and think you will hear from some of them here today. in opposition we received letters from coal valley neighborhood, the hate rr ash perry [inaudible] and kezar advisory committee. two in favor and the remaining opposed. for

how do they see the park from ach of those places? as you walk along the sidewalk from freedom plaza over there, that becomes the line that draws you into the park. as you are on the other side of sherman, you don't see into the park. can we clean out the trees on that side of things and bring down that wall ever so slightly so if you're on that side of the street you look over and say, hey what is that? positioning the sculptures where we did allows greater visibility. as you enter from the west side along the north end, you come in on axis with that brothers in arms sculpture. you can see it all the way down the street. from the elevation perspective having the raised park will allow people, especially in the winter, to see down pennsylvania avenue. they will make that connection with the rest of the street where they can't now. if we can get people into the park and really, they will see it and see out, they will have a greater connection with the rban area. >> elevated space with reenery. the idea is we are doing figures to create

we partnered with the national park service, to celebrate the centennial of the parks. so we are celebrating the natural beauty of course of america's resources, but also, the history, the places cents where history happened here in america, and also the cultural impact of the parks on many, many different aspect every our culture. so you are going to see very differs landscapes from mountains, and meadows, and wild flowers to coastal areas, to the southwest, and the desserts, and the cactusment and celebrate all of the fantastic horticultural you find at the american pallet. so great, great diversity, great variety of plant and topography you will discover here at the show this year. >> i love this year's theme. we are standing at the entrance of the show. explain what we're seeing here, called the big timber lodge. >> when people go to a national park, one of the first places they go is to the lodge. you will get information. you may be staying therefore a few night. and it is the place that welcomes you to a national park. so we created our version that far. we've tak

the park will and its killer whale breeding program. with the following details all morning on the sea world as we know it is changing. >> 2019 orlando but the parks across the country will be affected if more details for you in a second. started with weather and traffic deneige broom watching the roads and brian here with the weather is always . >> hot. >> nice day and warm and a slight chance of a shower this afternoon and we will get a better chance as we go to the end of the week one start again, 60s, 70s with us 68 deland through to bear, 60 marion, sumter and lake near 70 from clermont the mount dora. 60s around kissimmee toward melbourne and there is that 68 waterford lakes and orlando. extra clouds around this morning and a little bit of patchy fog and we will see more clouds today but here is the planner and some of the changes were today. take a peek at your screen by noon, right near 80 degrees and still well into the 80s this afternoon. you see as we go through the afternoon into the evening we will see a slight chance of a p

the pinecrest police department cleared not only the parking lot but store. they evacuated all the employees and they are wait hearing in the corner of the parking lot n. meantime they contacted miami-dade police department and asked them to sent out a couple represents from the bomb bo squad. those guys have arrived on scene. you seek there is one of their siewvment very familiar bomb suit with a helmet. we'll have another picture of this where this safe is. a personal safe probably 18-inches by 12 inches by 9 inches high. a heavy duty lock there. someone left it there. they take these things seriously now days they don't know what it is or what could be contained in side of. it to heirerer -- toker ror on the side of cution. the area of dixie highway here is open both north and southbound lanes. psych traffic flowing nicely there. it's not affecting traffic. that's the story from here in sky force hd. rhyme i'm ralph rayburn reporting live. `>> lynn: all right ralph. now at 5:30, a a dash capturing a mother accused of putting her d todd fler a dangerous situ

and down the stretch park in each case the antioch please confirm to suspects parked behind the victims who were sitting in parked cars near the park's the suspects approached both passenger and driver side windows and pointed a gun inside. >>phillipe djegal: in one instance the suspect from the victim's car keys into rhythm somewhere in the park watt in silver color sedans were used to commit assault crimes so far no injuries have been reported. >>phillipe djegal: is best to avoid a park molybdenite but if you have to park nearby is best to find a well lit area. >>james: also in the east bay the chp is investigating a series of hit and run accident they all happen in the pits workstation. >>jeff bush: the driver of the silver sudan was involved in several hit and run accident the accident appeared to happen and possession around 8:00 p.m. the driver took off and eventually ended up in the back of the parking lot sits the officer said there was a passenger in the car with the driver and both ran away from the same the use trained dogs to try and find to suspect the were unable to locate

parks. she's pinpointing the dunnellon pinpointing all the great state parks in central florida today and our next one is here in rainbow springs. if you have spring break off with the kids, this is a great way of getting out and enjoying the outdoors. so for wednesday morning, temperatures are going to be warming up into the mid-60's by 10:00. mid-70's just from time for lunch if you want to take lunch outside. the weather is going to be great. mostly dry conditions. minimal rain around. a high of about 80 degrees out there in rainbow springs. >> lisa: all right. disney is launching a new afterhours party at the magic kingdom. >> ginger: but the price may make you think twice. what you'll get for the money. plus, busch gardens is working to thrill you in a new way. what just happened that means the coaster is closer to taking you for a spin. >> julie: but an update for a story that moved many of you. the chances of an injured eagle's recovery, next. come into steak 'n shake for hand-dipped milkshakes. better yet, come into steak 'n shake for hand-dipped milkshakes r r at half-price during r

. >> we at the national park service do not feel the trademarks are valid. >> so the park is fighting back. they've brought a lawsuit against delaware north and they filed a lawsuit with the united states pto asking them to cancel the standing trademarks which is why this -- why the stites -- the signs are temporary. >> these names go back way over 100 years and they belong to the american people. >> because they even name -- trademarked the name yosemite national park, new merchandise only features the name yosemite. >> visitors say they just want everything to stay the same. >> i am sad to see that it's here, you just want to associate it, i think, with the names of stuff you already knew, you know? >>under the new contract, aramark plans to remodel several of the parks, restaurants and concessions while also bringing new food items to the menu. the contract allows for the next -- is in effect for the time to check with collin forecast. looks like we will see a return of winter weather. >> ready? yes a mixed bag of clear skies and clouds, but we should stay mostly clear to partly cl

that leads to parking. one of thehings that you will hear is a desire for parking.i think that we need parking tto accommodate the larger number of people in these units. has this been thought out by mercy? >>i'm sure that given mercy's experience in building in san francisco it may be why they are comfortable with the parking in building 7. >>in response to your question commissioner bustos trans bay 7 does not have parking spaces for the units and the reasons for this and i think the staff outlined in part to do with cost. also, we currently operate for properties with virtually no parking for families including 10th and mission, 1100 ocean, and our recent experience with transbay 6 which has virtually no parking in and we have been very successful in hooking them up with other families for ober, car share and we also are piloting a transit board at transbay block 6 and one thing that 7 is really gaining i think is very important is that it has this childcare center and one could look sort of at the design of trans

and a 22% reduction in the park's base budget. similarly at minute man national park, which commemorates the beginnings of the american revolution. there's been a 27% decrease in staff time, which is so important to fulfilling the mission of the park and an 8% reduction in the base budget. so despite all that, how you all are doing a remarkable job and i think the visitation numbers reflect that. with that, i yield back the balance of my time. >> miss mcclintock. >> thank you, mr. chairman. in the 1970s congress passed laws such as neepa and esa that have been abused to drastically affect our ability to manage our forests. we've seen a decline in timber harvested and an increase in the acreage destroyed by catastrophic wildfire in the same period, which is proving that excess timber will come out of the forest one way or another. it's carried out or it's burned out, but it comes out. trees that once had room to grow, now fight for their lives against other trees trying to occupy the same ground, making them susceptible to disease a

" providing passes to the national parks to the fourth- graders, and they can explore the parks around for free. 80 fourth-graders from richmond will receive the passes, walking the san francisco bay trail with the mayor and the parks director. >>> the season is over for the st. mary's men's basketball team, they lost in the quarterfinals. valparaiso went on a run, and st. mary's ran into shooting trouble, only scoring 13 points in the half. valparaiso taking a trip to the semi's at the madison square garden. >>> the 49ers have officially announced that colin kaepernick can seek a trade, and he said that the nfl owners meeting in florida that no deal is imminent. the agents have so far talked to a few teams that have reportedly include the cleveland browns, new york jets and denver broncos. ballke says he expects him to be at the workout on april 4 with the 49ers. >>> the officer and two-year- old boy had a chance to meet under happier circumstances, the officer and eduardo hit it off like old friends, after the officer responded to an emergency call at the home of the boy. eduardo was

that's the young museum in golden gate park and the legion of honor in lincoln park. these institution received direct and indirect support from the city through the use of our general fund hotel tax revenues and also in-kind support as well. the city's oversight is critical in maintaining our obligation to the administrative and fiscal commitments it makes as well as the public's benefit. the city owns the museum sites and facilities as well as pays for the museum security and maintenance. i'm concerned that a number of issues. number one, fine arts using them security guard staffing and also issues of the asian art using them as well. the fine arts museums have a unique situation in terms of security staff work hours. there are what seems to be 2 tiers of hours for the guards,, a 35 hour workgroup and a full-time for your workgroup week iv has created concerns about security and safety of the art collection sure extremely bible especially the asian art museum and also is created and apparent two-tier system within the workforce that negatively impacts their compensat

the law that established the park authorized the national park service to utilize a 10,000 square foot building known as the east armory, for the purposes of park administration. however, during the planning phase for establishing this new park, local stakeholders and the park service have determined that the colt armory complex is better suited for this purpose. this bill simply makes that change and authorizes the use of the colt armory complex. i support this simple fix to the enabling legislation that responds to the john the ground dynamics of this particular park and i want to thank the majority and my colleagues on the natural resources committee for expedited review of this legislation. thank you. i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentleman from california is recognized. mr. mcclintock: i continue to reserve. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman reserves. the gentlewoman from massachusetts is recognized. ms. tsongas: i yield such time as he may consume to my accomplished colleague from connecticut, representative larson.

of smale riverfront park. the problem is...that violates city law and could the work doesnt hold up over time...because the project was not competitively bid on for more than 80 million dollars in construction work and contractors were not bonded. at this point the city manager says he can't tell which contractor now city hall has ordered an audit of the city park board's spending--that audit should be finished in may. live our team has reached out to the mayor for an interview and have not got a response..we'll be at city hall today to track down the people responsible for this report and for the problems with the project. you decide the fight for delegates hits the rocky mountains the fight for delegates hits the rocky mountains and desert... and there was apparently a lot of interest in "western tuesday". long voting lines were seen in boise and phoenix yesterday... claimed arizona's winner-take-all republican primary... hillary clinton won the state's democratic primary. bernie sanders got utah and idaho.. and

and managed through the park that surrounds it it which is fast foodesterday, i want to touch on that state parks is unhappy with the change to the tower i want to for the record talk about the prospective is on that we do not share state parks concerns we understood that is a part of character of the area uptown been changing much more urban and ouch be look forward to the interaction between the state park and a more cereal defined urban edge this one change the one tower is not significant and so we'll recommending it stay as it is lennar and it's boring some ways can shorten that tower provided us with shorter towers quite frankly we thought were unsuccessful and it may have minute missed the adventure state parks is concerned it at other aesthetics that detrimental effects to the overall project undercover officer with planning and occ staff and lennar building the best recommendation to move forward as it is proposed in the development design for development but now that concludes my presentation. several folks are here to talk about it david tom

officials gathered for the ribbon-cutting ceremony today. it office increased parking for veterans who need medical care. it is about 12 miles away from >>> it may be easier to find out details about healthcare costs in florida. the senate passed a bill forcing the administration to create a website showing cost and quality of healthcare. it would be similar to when customers sign up for coverage, listing the price range and averages for health problems and the procedures needed. >>> this nursing assistant is accused of exploiting his patients more than a year ago but just lost his license recently. why it took so long. >> the city of orlando wants the new push to make energy information public and why some say improvements would end up forcing people out of downtown. >> this man is accused of a brutal attack at universal orlando. the strange explanation he gave police. (donkey sound) (elephant sound) there's a big difference between making noise, (tapping sound) (elephant sound) (donkey sound) when it comes to social security, we need more than our next president need

. >> on the no matter how long the whale survive at the park, changes are on the way in a few years and i've been asking park leaders what we can expect and i will let you know about the timeline for this park on eyewitness news at 5 mac. live in orange county field sutton channel 9 eyewitness news >>> we contacted sea world officials to get an update on "tolikum" selfie we told you the order was sent from an infection in today sea world tells us "tilikum" is a guarded condition and they say he's been eating well and showing improvements in blood work. decision will help or hurt the theme park? join the conversation now at facebook .com/ wftv. >>> breaking news out of brevard county where another case of zika has been reported. there are 66 cases of zika in florida, four are pregnant women. another three cases were reported in alachua county. nearly all patients were infected out of the country in florida and one of the cases and polk county was sexually transmitted. health officials do not believe the virus is affecting the local mosquito population. >>> the millionaire with the overtu

. >> those employees telling me tonight that it was two managers shot here in the parking lot off the north carolina donald's. confirming to channel 9 he >> near the intersection of 2nd avenue northwest was turned into a crime scene. after someone shot and killed a woman here and opened fire at a fellow officer. this woman was driving by when a man began shooting near the mcdonald's play area. >> my chose was hurting. i pulled over, it's a crazy world we live in. >> the two employees were getting to leave when the shooter pulled into the parking lot blocking a vehicle and started firing his gun. police are not releasing the names of the employees. police spent hours searching the parking lot for evidence tonight. we interviewed possible eyewitnesses. those who come here often are in dispolice chief with. >> it makes me really want to hold my kids tight, because you never know what's going to happen. >> an jut date on the condition of the man shot here and rushed and why they believe this may be domestic related. reporting from hickory, channel 9 eyewitness news. >> dave first broke th

the giants won 8-4 in front of a sold out crowd. >>> attack in a parking garage and a phone stolen by two women. in 20 minutes the two robberies under investigation on the uc berkeley campus. >> first a massive clean uneffort is underway this morning after severe weather rip across the south. we will look at the damage and tell you where the storm is headed next. >> good morning. we are looking at a drive that will be okay if you are driving on the bridges. this is a look at the golden gate bridge. southbound 101 traffic looks good so far. >> and the weather will look good inland. fog, a lot of fog. kind of hugging the coast and bay today. we will look at what impact has on the bay and temperature. >>> we are following developing news out of india where at least 14 people were killed and another 150 are feared trapped when an overpass under construction collapse onto traffic below. it happened in the eastern city of calcutta. efforts underway to rescue those trapped. the overpass from what we understand has been under construction since 2009. it's missed several deadlines loomation. >

on top of that, the park board apparently awarded contracts without the mandatory bidding process. which means the city may have paid more than it needed to.we're awaiting comment form the park board and mayor john cranley. meanwhile you can read the memo right now on wcpo.com the covington city commission has voted to support a needle exchange program. the hope is by offering heroin addicts clean needles... it will reduce the spread of disease, such as hepitius and dirty needles.. resolution calls for the exchange to be open three hours a day in a mobile van in the parking lot of saint elizabeth's hospital. "this is a larg and broad health issue, ublic health issue, really for the entire region. the kenton county fiscal court.. and the northern kentucky health department also need to approve the program before it can begin. the c-d-c is narrowing in on people who are at the greatest risk of unintentionally overdosing on the potent drug fentanyl. fentanyl.it found fentanyl- related o-d deaths in ohio drastically jumped from 2013 to 2014... with more than five- hundred people dying

the hudson river. in central new jersey, a park and ride lot will be set-up at the metro park station in wood bridge. buses will take you to the a little further south in mercer county there, will be a park and ride lot at the hamilton rail station. buses will take you to newark penn station to connect to pat service. as far as rockland commuters, there will be park and ride lots at the middle town and herriman stations. buses will take you to metro north stations for service into grand central terminal. you can find more information at our website, abc7ny in the newsroom, i'm heather o'rourke. channel 7, eyewitness news. >> thank you, heather. >>> police are investigating an attempted break in at the offices of an arab american newspaper in michigan. surveillance video shows two men trying to smash through a door to the detroit area office with a hammer early this morning. nearly a dozen staff members were inside of the arab american news building at the time. newspaper officials say the employees went to a safe area break in. the men left without getting inside. >>> two sisters found alive a year af

lots get full around the bart station and there's not enough parking near the train stations and san francisco has no parking near any of the hubs but we're concerns about the shuttle bus hub situation if we can set up a situation near the on ramps whether by bus or shuttle or bart didn't matter matter you need to keep them off the city streets right now more shuttles on market street and 16th street than cars i can tell you for a fact few cars on 16th street they're big vehicles thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> (calling names) >> last two speakers that turned in a speaker card. >> good afternoon mr. mason. >> good afternoon edward mason for 10 years increasing the neighborhood impact and no enforcement of red limousines the strategic analysis by the san francisco municipal transportation agency for $75,000 and completed in june of 11 the neighborhood impact disharmony i didn't with 33 buses an hour at twoufrt and church street and 24th street and van ness 47 buses an hour between 7 and 8 o'clock in the morning the invitation to stand and obvious thos