today i'm at the presidio trust, a treasure within san francisco, because the presidio trust is really a national park in the center of an urban setting. it dates to the very founding of the city. national park. toting me today to talk about this amazing exhibition at presidio habitat is cheryl hanes. can you tell me a little bit about the idea of the presidio habitat? >> succinctly, i have been long involved in the presidio. i was here when it was still a military base in the 1980's. i remember driving down walmart to the golden gate bridge and seeing the military guard at the gate and being utterly fascinated. >> so presidio habitat is an exhibition where you have invited, how many artists to think about the habitat? >> we put together a list of possible participants, local, national, or international, of people who are concerned with environmental concerns, made some sort of contribution to the landscape and conversation we're having here. we said that broke -- proposal requests and we received 25 back. from that 25, we went through and chose tend to realize in the landscape. >> inc

today i'm at the presidio trust, a treasure within san francisco, because the presidio trust is reallynal park in the center of an urban setting. it dates to the very founding of the city. national park. toting me today to talk about this amazing exhibition at presidio habitat is cheryl hanes. can you tell me a little bit about the idea of the presidio habitat? >> succinctly, i have been long involved in the presidio. i was here when it

today i'm at the presidio trust, a treasure within san francisco, because the presidio trust is reallynal park in the center of an urban setting. it dates to the very founding of the city. national park. toting me today to talk about this amazing exhibition at presidio habitat is cheryl hanes. can you tell me a little bit about the idea of the presidio habitat? >> succinctly, i have been long involved in the presidio. i was here when it was still a military base in the 1980's. i remember driving down walmart to the golden gate bridge and seeing the military guard at the gate and being utterly fascinated. >> so presidio habitat is an exhibition where you have invited, how

he was one of the architects to be chosen to do the presidio habitat. when you heard about this project, what inspired you about that call? >> our inspiration is a great blue heron. it was the site itself that attracted us. this is an incredibly beautiful outdoor room. we did a bit of reverse engineering once we knew we wanted to work here. which animals live here? the great blue heron jumped out at us. we walked around, and quickly, you get into another pace. you slow down, leave the city behind you. you can feel the wind and the breeze. in our increasingly frenetic, fast-paced, connected life, the chance to be of here and slow down a bit was part of the agenda. as part of the installation, it was suggested that this would be deliberately not mowed because it would allow the sustaining of insects, plants, that would graduate -- that would gravitate to the area. >> that is right. i think you quickly notice that. >> thank you for being here. presidio habitat is an exhibition at the presidio trust. it will be in san francisco through may 2011. we hope you

they were the golden gate access group, royal presidio access partners. all of the consortium that was on the project had reputable teams with plenty of experience, with good guarantors, with a good track record in the u.s. of construction and engineering excellence. pursuant to the requirement in state law, we conducted a public hearing on october 21 at the presidio and we took public, it -- public comment on the rep rt. ort. the contractor is to begin final design work on phase 2 in january 2011. as i said, the project would be complete by 2014. the selection comes on the heels of the state budget deal, which among other things, clarified an interstate law, a number of questions about this process, the eligibility of this particular project, and removed a lot of those questions. most importantly, by providing continuing appropriation authority for the project in the state budget, which is a major milestone. so the project is now slated to be a trail blazing example of how this can be used in california for construction projects, in particular, with avail

some people say it's the ololdest building in san francio or the presidio officer's club. this is an adobe building built in the late 1700's and survived the earthquake. >> second location of the mission and original was two blocks down. >> and this was 1790. >> when they realized they built the original mission in the best farming area and moved it and 18th street had a creek flowing down it and that's why they move toda moved away and ae street used to be the barracks for the workers and i will use that term loosely and they weren't happy to be there. >> unhappy workers. >> they didn't want to be part of the mission at that time. >> how thick are the walls? >> probably two to 3 feet thick. >> and performed well in the 1 1906 earthquake? >> it does. does did. i think t to it didn't do well but this is so massive. >> another building and the sunny side conservatory and build in 1901 and fell into disrepair and people tried to demolish and got the permit and did a third of the building until the neighbors got up in arms. >> monterey boulevard. >> it's open to the public and

when i worked of the presidio common-law -- the presidio, in early 2002, we gave a lot of housing to university students. the gentleman before may has spoken about how the university has deprived the city of a lot of housing, and the planning inspection has been slow, but in some of our discussions with planning, we have been able to ratify that. i have them to rally together. i am aware of those issues. i work with a few partners who do business not only in this nation, but abroad, and again and again, what has not been matching is that the banks are loaning money to institutions of learning, and this has not been mentioned. i heard the planning department say that something about the institutions planning housing for having a plan for student housing so the city could work with them closely and in a better way, but as far as money is concerned, without money you cannot do much. the financial institutions today are embracing universities and institutions of learning to give them money. the other thing i want to point out is there are areas in our city where there hundreds of units t

the san francisco fire department is take over the fire station on the presidio grounds. tion district will cover the marin headlands. the head of the presidio firefighters union is concerned about longer response times to some locations. >>> time now is 6:56. some of a legendary musician's prized possessions were destroyed in a fire in san carlos early this morning. holly quan with kcbs radio is in san carlos and joins us live with the latest. >> reporter: good morning. fire officials are putting the losses are the three-quarters of a million dollars. but from a music history perspective, much of this would be priceless. inside this 12,000-square-foot metal warehouse, six vintage cars, half of them destroyed, plus there is equipment, paintings, memorabilia. it is safe for investigators to go inside now that sun is up and methodically inventory what's inside but there is a lot of smoke and water damage to be dealt with. >> so are the surroundings buildings okay or is it just this warehouse that neil young stored his prized possessions? >> reporter: there are some surroundi

exhibition and great natural treasure. >> to learn more about the other habitats installations in the presidio, visit >> welcome to culture wire. we're going to take a look at one of the biggest and most significant public art projects today. ♪ on june 26, mayor newsom and other officials gathered at the hospital to cut the ribbon and welcome the public into a beautiful new state-of-the-art facility. >> 3, 2, 1. [applause] >> in has been 10 years since voters approved the measure for the new building. >> when they cast the vote, we have an exciting opportunities to rethink how art is done in a hospital setting. >> replacement program generated approximately $3.9 million in art enrichment funds for a comprehensive art program that contributes to the quality of life at the hospital by enhancing the environment and supporting the hospital's needs and therapeutic goals. artists were commissioned to create 100 original works of art. as was for the gardens and courtyard areas. >> be artwork does more than just hang on the wall. it will enhance the therapeutics of the hospital and will include sensor

exhibition and great natural treasure. >> to learn more about the other habitats installations in the presidio, visit supervisor maxwell: welcome to land use. i'm sophie maxwell and i'm chair of the committee. eric mar will be joining us shortly and our board member and president of the board, david chiu, has joined us. madam clerk, i believe you have some announcements. i'd like to chang the folks at channel 26 and our clerk, alisa, channel 26 for bringing us live and you for being our clerk. and i think you have some announcements. >> please make sure to turn off all cellular phones and pagers, complete the speaker cards and copies of any documents to be included should be submitted to the clerk. items will appear on the board of supervisors agenda, unless otherwise stated, on december 7. supervisor maxwell: thank you. we will have item six. item seven will be continued until december 6. and item number four will be continued till the call of the chair. supervisor chiu: you said item six is also continued? supervisor maxwell: item seven will be continued until december 6 and item number four

i represent the presidio heights residents for public safety and public policy. we do not have one in san francisco. we do not have one in the nation. but i would like to bring in another agency which has failed us as a nation and as a county of san francisco. that is the epa. the environmental protection agency has a sub clause in their regulations for our nation. these are called the nuisance caused. if your neighbor or someone near you, or some corporation with which you are experiencing corporate imperialism in san francisco -- if they do something which affect your health, your property value, your family, where there is danger and so forth, you have the right under the environmental protection agency to protest this and make a claim against that particular person who is making your life hazardous. the potential of having cumulative damage such as cancer, leukemia, and other health disorders. please address the epa or have them look into these issues locally, nationally, and globally, and the impact on the people of san francisco. i can hear to support the ot

but this week, the presidio fire department will be history. the fire station shutting its doors tomorrow. the san francisco fire department is taking over the fire station on the presidio grounds and the southern marin fire protection district will be covering the marin headlands. the head of the presidio firefighters union is concerned about longer response times to the golden gate national recreation area and the marin headlands. >>> it is 5:13. making history in the bay. the free health clinic opening today and why its staffing is so unique. >>> plus, is your favorite restaurant as clean as it should be? why you may want to think twice before you sit down it eat. >> if it's not, i don't want to know. >>> our forecast for today, you want to know about that, rain showers back in the forecast today. best chance would be for the afternoon through tonight. san francisco 59 degrees. chance of showers. similar conditions in alameda with a daytime high of 61. 63 in san ramon and 64 in pleasanton. more bay area cities in today's forecast and high tem

looking back from the golden gate bridge to presidio, you are more aware of the park land and less of the roads. and the viaduct will parallel the existing one and to the south and can be built while the existing one remains in operation. and the two bridges there with open space between them and your views constantly change and not aware of the traffic in the opposite direction and notice the views more. and the lanes of course are a foot wider than they are today. and they will be shoulders and if your car is disabled, you can pull off to the edge. and the next area, the tunnel portal will have a view centered on the palace of fine arts and as you come out, you can see alkatrez island and bay. and the next area is about 1,000 feet long. and when you come into one, you can see through the other end. it's almost like driving through a building than through a tunnel. and noise from the roadway will be sheltered. and the traffic will be out of view. >> when you come out of the last sort tunnel and as you look forward, you see the golden dome of the palace of fine arts and what more perf

. >>> the union representing firefighters at the presidio says unless the city council takes action,ngine will be shut down tomorrow. the south marin fire district is set to handle energy calls in the marin head lands. the fire department is accused of fighting fires in the presidio. >>> there's amazing showers out there. let's go to live storm tracker ii. they are light at best. more of a drizzle, i'm going to pull it in a little closer, and stick a loop on it. we'll see the progress registration of the shower as they meander through the bay area. accumulations have been light other than the north bay where we see nearly a half inch of rain in the millvalely. you see what's happening in san jose. that's a light drizzle event. you're going to get .1. the moisture will be on those roads when you wake up tomorrow morning. there shouldn't be anything coming from the school when you wake up in the morning. take it slow, there might be some frost in the north bay but not much. the extended forecast, we're going into a warmer trend. the computer models are dry. we haven't seen that in a wh

it's part of the move to disband the presidio fire department and save money. e union representing presidio fire says that department is not adequately staffed to keep the area safe. >>> the pg&e senior manager who heads up the smart meter program is on suspension. that's after william defroe admits he used a fake name when joining online discussions for those people who oppose the program. he's apologized and pg&e said it's investigating the matter and does not condone what he did. >>> this morning, the san francisco rescue mission food bank received a very generous donation from foster forms. a merced county chicken producer clipped 300 fresh turkeys to the tenderloin district for the annual thanksgiving meal. that event starts this saturday with the delivery of 5,000 hot meals. another hot 300 meals to the homeless and hundreds of bags of groceries. the food bank says it's still desperate for more donations. >> we have foster farms. this is gonna be gone this saturday. so we're looking ahead to thanksgiving day. we'll need probably double the amount of turkey