i am a 15-year resident of the richmond district. i am a nine-year customer of verizon and i have never had a dropped call in san francisco. the only time was way out on 280 and the other time deep in the presidio. the main issue is whether verizon can meet the burden of proof that they need to install antennas. when the carriers come seeking the desire to install come the wireless facilities, it is typical for them to assert that they must continue. the future demands are usually attributed to the demand of an iphone or the anticipated arrival other devices. the information is that it is relevant to making the case. nothing could be further from the truth. verizon must prove that the current network is accommodating future needs in such a way that only a new phase of a education and only at this location can those needs be met. they have not provide any data that they could analyze to make this case. there is no way to independently test or verify the claims. even during large public of fans like the america's cup, party must be give

>> dear supervisor, i have been living in the richmond for over 40 years. this is in the concert -- kaiser hospital. the sixth avenue is more people. let me tell you. people from far away bring their kids to hear. sometimes to get a lot of people. i am surprised. what are they needed? what are they wishing? you can follow my direction to everything. this is not fair. you have to listen to people's noises from inside of them. a lot of immigration people, they moved to richmond because it is a residential area. we don't want this changed to a commercial area. we want to keep this peaceful place. >> thank you very much. thank you. >> individuals may not express supporter opposition said that we can hear from everyone. i would ask you to respect that. thank-you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. i currently live and work in the richmond district and i am also a student. i have personally volunteered my own free time going and asking my fellow neighbors about this issue. the findings by the planning commission provided the following statement -- recent tests provid

we call the richmond district the new chinatown in the 1980's at that time. just being around the tremendous unique neighborhood, and discovering san francisco in the 1980's as i grew up, but i also have been very active as a community organizer. i worked in chinatown, and some first jobs also at the mental health center in the richmond area multi services in the 1980's, and i was also a staff are at the chinatown youth center -- i was also a staffer. a lot of my work has been supporting community empowerment, especially in an immigrant and people of color communities. most recently, i have been teaching at san francisco state. i ran the immigrant rights coalition in the city in the 1990's for several years. i'm also an immigration attorney, and a lot of my passion is supporting in power met for immigrant communities in the city as well. >> why did you choose to live in san francisco? supervisor mar: a lot of people bring this up, but is one of the most exciting, culturally diverse places in the world. learning about new cultures and people from different par

we have a lot of volunteers from the richmond district center. i grew up in the california area, ended up at uc-davis. i made my way out to san francisco in 1984 when i was a college student. i remember growing up on clement street. i have always lived around in richmond area, just being around a unique area of the richmond, discovering san francisco in the 1980's. >> i am hoping we can not support small businesses like this because they are the unique character that makes neighborhoods like this so rich and lively to live in. >> i have also been active as a community organizer. i worked at the chinese progressive association. i also worked at the mental health center in the richmond district. i have always been passionate about civil rights, equality for everyone. i have a 10-year-old daughter, so having a girl has made me much more sensitive to gender equality issues. i guess i have always been vocal about my politics, but as a supervisor, i have to listen to other perspectives and making decisions. >> very soon there will be of much more senior

this is a perfect place to serve the inner richmond. the inner richmond has been a difficult place for companies to serve for quite some time. lastly, i wanted to enlighten you, if i could, about the difference between necessary, desirable, and compatible, and a significant gap. in terms of necessary to the community, we think we have provided you lots of letters to show the community wants this. in terms of significant gap, which for rise and wireless has to show, it is that they have the capacity or coverage gap which have shown you today. it is the equivalent of coverage gaps we have cited in our brief in federal cases. what i put down here is the agreement you all signed a few months ago. you agreed with the community it was not necessary. but the federal court realized there was a significant gap for t-mobile. because they had chosen a means to put that facility, your advisers encourage you to sign a settlement agreement to allow that to go forward. you can make your decision, but ultimately, federal law says that where we have a si

take the richmond san rafael bridge across the marin county. tracking the ride in the north bay, this is another hot spots. it is northbound, a dole big rig accident has virtually shut down the road way. traffic is having to be detoured. do not forget, this is in a construction area. looking at yourself a ride, highway 880 101 and 85 is already fairly heavy. not hot spots as low traffic. at 7:33 a.m. it is time for a check on weather. >>james: a lot of cloud cover. most of the bay area under cloudy conditions with the north experiencing fall. rohnert park is where we had that big rig accident. right now temperatures, 56 in concord, 55 in antioch. we are still in the mid-upper 50s and very low sixties in a couple of select spot. we do expect her to rise around 10:00 a.m.. fog tracker 4 is showing as a cloud cover at 8:00 a.m.. mild conditions in oakland. across the north bay, most locations are in the mid '70s. >>darya: in richmond, the manhunt is over for the security guard who police say opened fire on his supervisor leading to a gun battle wi

that passed in a domestic violence incident that occurred in monday morning in the richmond district, a few blocks from my home. mr. dennis wu, who was also involved in the ascent. they emigrated from china decades ago and have been very involved in the chinese community. dennis has served as the president of the wu family welfare association for several terms. i will be joining the police commissioner at our police chief and others from the richmond area at a community meeting this evening at 6:30 at the richmond rec center. the police chief will answer concerns about the incident and i and others will be there to give our condolences to the family but also make our communities safe and address issues such as domestic violence in our neighborhood. the rest i submit. >> seeing no other names on the offer -- on the roster, that includes roll-call for introduction. president chiu: was going other two are four-o'clock special orders? the first hour like to call is the order about the edward the second project. if you could call items 45 and 42 as well as an item 10. >> persons interested

i highly support the neighborhood in richmond. that is not inappropriate relationship for verizon to put an antenna there. i would really appreciate it if you could vote no to putting the antenna of there. that is not an appropriate location. even though there is high technology and spending, that is not appropriate. thank you. president chiu: thank you. and the other members of the public wish to speak in support of the appellants? do you need translation? if you would like to translate for her, you are free to do that. if she would like to speak in chinese, you can translate after she speaks. >> [speaking chinese] president chiu: please speak into the microphone. >> her name is yang, and she is against the antennas installation. she lives in the neighborhood. president chiu: thank you very much. next speaker. >> i am against antennas on kaiser hospital. please vote no. president chiu: thank you. in the other members of the public who wish to speak on behalf of the appellant? seeing none, why don't we go to the presentation by the

i will be supporting, especially for their efforts to create healthier food for the people of the richmond district. i also wanted to make a plug that one of the good efforts that the three brothers do for the richmond district, so we do not have a farmer's market in richmond. one important community service they provide is providing produce boxes, healthy and fresh produce boxes for people on sunday from 10:00 to 3:00 p.m. with tremendous items in it as well. i apologize for those that did not know about this, but yesterday was free food day as well. usually, it is the first monday of the month with the chefs and others will try different types of food for sampling. i do not know of any other restaurant in the city that has a free food monday. the issue -- the other issue i wanted to raise -- supervisor avalos and i will be raising the motion we made last week in support of the occupied wall street -- occupy wall street movement, and i wanted to reiterate that i strongly believe in the efforts around the country, and we are doing our best to challenge the bailout of banks and billionaires

i have lived in the richmond district for over 30 years and worked at angeles children's center. i have also been a long-time horizon customer, and received excellent voice and data reception in the neighborhood. i am here to represent those who live near the proposed facility. can people who are opposed to the placement of the antennas please stand? we are here today because the nine panel antennas proposed for this location are not necessary, not desirable, and not compatible with the predominantly residential character of our neighborhood. under section 303, the burden of proof is on verizon to demonstrate these antennas are necessary at this location. however, verizon has not provided any meaningful data to support the need for these antennas, and will claim it is proprietary. instead, they have submitted color charts and maps, using vaguely defined terms, to show whether it is good, marginal, or poor coverage, and where in the report dropped calls in the neighborhood. verizon has provided no details or methodology of the collection techniques on which those maps are based. si

look at video we have of the san rafael-richmond bridge. one of 380 bridges or over passes listed in the report this is just in northern and eastern bay area counties. the deficiency does not mean verge of collapse it means increased inspections are needed. carquinez bridge, paving. fix what we have first before starting any new projects and have an eye on senator boxer putting together a transportation spending bill now. take a look at a list. alameda, contra costa, san francisco and marin counties, 380 of these structures. 21 of the s and overpasses need work or inspections. the -- the second highest rate in the united states, number one is pittsburgh, pennsylvania. santa clara 189 bridges and over passes. 19% of structures in those counties in need of repair or at least inspections. based on a federal database rating, pavement, structural and foundations. there is a great interactive website talk check out to find out all the different bridges this is famous. of course the 580 overpass listed. carquinez bridge, you know about those. there

ktvu's rita williams introduces us to the richmond rockets and shows us why the players want to makehe most of their opportunity. >> reporter: if practice makes perfect then the richmond rockets already are winners. >> these guys are playing for their lives. these young men are hungry because they've already been passed up by the nba and passed up by overseas opportunities this is a second chance for them. >> reporter: it's not the money, a few hundred dollars a game says david franklin now 29 and homeless since his last nba opportunity folded. >> the main thing is i can be seen on the basketball court so i can get other students expect for making money on the basketball court. >> reporter: now two, marquise katelye played for morgan state. >> this is going to bring a lot of familiar faces back on the scene. >> reporter: at 5'7", ronny lou from san francisco and uc davis is the shortest. >> that means i have to work harder. play smart. >> reporter: the coach's son, a utah valley grad is a responsible star. >> he's a better basketball player or he wouldn't be here. >> reporter: the ri

ktvu's rita williams introduces us to the richmond rockets and shows us why the players want to make the most of their opportunity. >> reporter: if practice makes perfect then the richmond rockets already are winners. >> these guys are playing for their lives. these young men are hungry because they've already been passed up by the nba and passed up by overseas opportunities this is a second chance for them. >> reporter: it's not the money, a few hundred dollars a game says david franklin now 29 and homeless since his last nba opportunity folded. >> the main thing is i can be seen on the basketball court so i can get other students expect for making money on the basketball court. >> reporter: now two, marquise katelye played for morgan state. >> this is going to bring a lot of familiar faces back on the scene. >> reporter: at 5'7", ronny lou from san francisco and uc davis is the shortest. >> that means i have to work harder. play smart. >> reporter: the coach's son, a utah valley grad is a responsible star. >> he's a better basketball player or he wouldn't be here. >> reporter: the

tj closed captioning by closed captioning services,inc >>> in the headlines: developing news in richmond. a shooting between has left one man injured and has police on a manhunt. >>> also, san francisco police an free to support to the occupy san francisco protesters at justin herman plaza. that includes bringing in port potties and hand sanitizing stations. >>> lawmakers will ask the you's commission to reject a plan. >>> good morning, partly cloudy over the bay some areas dealing with a lot of fog. i'll show you that and how warm it is going to get. >>> bay bridge toll plaza, no problems. hot spot now baskerville, westbound 80. >>> 4:30 with one this thursday morning. i'm eric thomas. >>> and i'm kristen sze. breaking news. overseas, according to reuters, longtime libyan leader muammar gadhafi has been captured by revolutionary forces on the day rebel forces say they have taken control of sirte the leader's hometown. gadhafi and his family had been on the run since nato and opposition forces started closing in on tripoli in mid august. another report says gadhafi has been wounded in bo

the richmond playground basketball courts will be open on monday. i wanted to thank the debgeneral manager and don and dan for the great work that they did. the richmond basketball courts needed a great deal of work. they did a great job. they will be available for play on monday. president buell: thank you. that concludes our report. >> is there anyone who would like to make public comment on the general managers' report -- i mean, the president's report. i apologize. >> catherine howard, a golden gate park alliance. i would like to thank president buell for the reminder on sunshine. there have been some incidents regarding that. if people are interested, they can contact us and we will send them some more background information. goldengatepreservation.org. you can address us there. thank you. >> on your report of reopening my park, it is ferry park, not sue beerman. it's a disaster. the lights go on and on. you know it was criticized and i will go into that later. thank you. >> is there anyone else? >> i am co-chair of south park improvement. we ha

the schools illustrious alumni, we often hear from other schools but i would like to brag about the richmond district's high school. lee merriweather, gilman lui do looked -- developed tetris. one of my favorite actors, and betty ong are from washington high school. the ordinance will declare washington high school day. also i will be honoring along with supervisor jane kim one of our city labor and community leaders, karen bishop, the president of san francisco unified school district chapter of sci you -- seiu. president chiu: i will be introducing legislation to help our city small businesses comply with our americans with disabilities act. when i served on the small business commission i heard from hundreds of small businesses as we have around our districts in the city that have been sued allegedly for ada violations. since 2005, there have been five dozen lawsuits in california, and over 300 businesses in san francisco have been sued, some of the multiple times and some have closed their doors because of the suits. the proposal i am putting forth is about ensuring that we are encouragi

members >>> animal rights activists successfully managed to roughly a few feathers on the richmond city council. the members passed a law making it illegal to sell live poultry at the farmer's market. joe vazquez on the fight over fowl. >>> reporter: mary's native philippines, buying live chickens in the market wasn't just a tradition. >> personally, i like the live chickens so that way i'm assured that it is really fresh. >> reporter: it was survival, protection from spoiled poultry. but this will no longer be possible here in the entire bay area after an animal rights campaign convinced the richmond city council tuesday night to ban live chicken sales at its outdoor market. >> i hope that we're involving as a society to be kind to animals and this is a step in that direction. >> reporter: richmond's ban follows a similar one at two markets in san francisco. animal rights groups successfully convinced the cities that the birds could be causing a health hazard and that they believe the animals may have been treated inhumanely even after people bought them. >> the idea that somehow a liv

the san rafael. it has also been a decent drive through richmond/san rafael. it could get you into the city just fine. ericka? >> ericka for: a nice clear shot. as i walk you through the weather headlines a lot to get to. still dealing with temperatures in the 40's but as we go towards this afternoon, clear skies and plenty of sunshine. although a dry wind and gusty conditions throughout the north bay and east relocations. as we take a look at visibility it was a problem, earlier. however portions of the north bay are still dealing with that indicated by the orange. how we 1 0 1 through petaluma could be less than 1 mi. visibility and highway 1 0 1. also the 281 interchange with lingering visibility issues between 1 mi.-2 mi.. be aware. temperatures? right outside the door, contending with 50s in the north bay. santa rosa, 46 degrees. 48 through napa. downtown san francisco is 55 degrees and already 66 degrees expected in napa. as we see where those temperatures are going to go later today i have set this up for 4:00 p.m. you can see lots of green/yellow indica

members of the occupy wall street movement are now on the move in richmond. tarted around 4:00 in a parking lot at the corner of 11th street and nevin avenue with a rally. and now the protesters are marching toward city hall and the richmond civic center. the mayor of richmond gail mclaughlin says she supporting the members of this rally and she hopes to speak to the attendees. one of the targets of the protesters in this rally is chevron. there have been talks about the big banks and perceived greed by big corporations this is the first time chevron has been targeted in one of these protests. we will keep an eye on it and keep you posted. >>> the number of default filings rose indicating a surge in foreclosures by the end of the year. >>> new information about the cost of foreclosures to health. health and science editor john fowler reports on how the foreclosure crisis is making people sick. >> reporter: epitomized by this bank owned and vandalized house, antioch is in the cross hairs of what some call a bay area foreclosure crisis. and the foreclosure surpr