it was the world's fair on treasure island. officially known as the golden gate international exposition. seven months later on may 25, 1940 the show opened again with a new attraction designed to draw bigger crowds and profits and it ran for another four months. in 1989, ktvu's bob mackenzie brought us a program tracing the history of the golden gate international exposition. the program was called affair to remember. and tonight we bring it to you again on a second look. >>> it was beauty and culture, entertainment and recreation, all spread out in one glorious package. with something for every taste from the highest to the lowest. it was swing city, it was everybody's favorite place. it's about purpose to display the arts and cultures of the nation and the western states. its real purpose was to make a splash and show san francisco was a city that knew how. that gave birth to this once in a lifetime spectacle. you need to know something about the bay area of the 1930s. the early 1930s were very hard years in the united state

and on the 7th, kim and i will be attending the ground breaking of the island grants project on treasure island. on a more sobering note, earlier this month, we joined with the community and family members advocates and city agency staff and multiple departments on the day before valentines to remember the traffic collisions in 2013. the group which was read by walk sf and the san francisco bike coalition and included commissions kim, yee and myself, called for the city to step up effort to drive, pedestrian and bicycle fatalities down to zero and, this ambition goal was set by the resolution and introduced by commissions kim and yee in january and we are gratified, and the resolution haves been adopted by the sfmta and the san francisco police department since then as well. here in the transportation authority, we wish to not only make the staff resources and funding available but also to create the capability for the board to provide the regular input, oversight and support to this multipronged effort, that is why you will see item 13, a proposal to create a vision on the board this will be a

and on sunday heads to the treasure island at treasure island this year the open market flee market from sdierpdz to bakers and more plus they'll have outside exhibited and the scarf did care hunts and get the fantastic verifies the san francisco. and that's the weekly weekly buzz notify at at the sf.org an. >> hi, i'm jean yes my name is jean and sometimes, people call me sir, girl. san francisco has served our sewer system and it's no square feet it's a matter of time. that's why we're planning major upgrades public health depends on it that. see how this important work is done. i was fascinated by it. we're going to creek. i would recycle you to come up and see the sewer system in minnesota that's why we see this through the plant. a lot of people don't realize how much work sgo goes into cleaning the water were. we offer free service to san good morning and happy new year. >> happy new year. go 9ers. all right. (clapping) well, thank you all for km i know there are symso many departments ease our newly scorn or sworn in actually 4 times sworn in and our fire department and mary from

and on sunday heads to the treasure island at treasure island this year the open market flee market from sdierpdz to bakers and more plus they'll have outside exhibited and the scarf did care hunts and get the fantastic verifies the san francisco. and that's the weekly weekly buzz notify at at the sf.org and good morning and happy new year. >> happy new year. go 9ers. all right. (clapping) well, thank you all for km i know there are symso many departments ease our newly scorn or sworn in actually 4 times sworn in and our fire department and mary from treasure island and our commissioners that have been sworn in and about to be sworn in. today is a great day where we've got 44 appointees people who are upping upism in taking open this fantastic responsibility in representing our city in being what i have also said we need con did you notice to run this fantastic city. so i want to say thank you your recreation and parks department some 16 different bodies for our city and county of san francisco. and let's say it runs the gambling bit of how we manage a great city like san francisco. you'

neither grade school or the treasure island -- google or the treasure island development agency applied for the proper permits. they will to apply for the correct permits now. >>> interstate 80 open again this morning in solano county after the officer loved shooting there -- involved shooting there. crime scene tape blocked off a section of the interstate where the chp says officers shot and wounded a suspect car thief after he charged at them. most lanes reopened by 10:00 p.m. but a couple of eastbound lanes were shut down until just a couple of hours ago. >>> happening today, a liquid war on sugar is making its way into san francisco. and kpix 5's cate caugurian joins us live in the newsroom and cate, buying a soda in the city could cost you more i guess. >> reporter: frank, yes and the city says it's going to be ready for a fight with the soda sellers and it's not just sodas though. the so-called war on liquid sugar means that you could be paying more for sports drinks and energy drinks. the tax is designed to attack growing problem of obesity, diabetes and other health problems and

you can just come to treasure island. the winery is 20,000 square foot wine making facility allows [speaker not understood] experience wine making and wine tasting that is literally minutes away and just off the 108. [speaker not understood] is the wine maker in local small business owner who has managed to make his business of bringing the wine making experience of san francisco a reality and he's managed to win accolades for not only 9 wines he creates but also the way he operates his business ~. brian talks a lot about his wines but what he does president trumpet is how he quietly adopted fair hiring policies that [speaker not understood] skills and qualifications first and opens the door to individuals who have conviction records and who want to work. he has actively hired island residents, especially those who are reentering the work force and face the challenge that comes with having a conviction history. so, the full board of supervisors is here today to commend you, brian, and the winery for simply identifying the

i'm roxanne [speaker not understood] and executive director of the treasure island homeless initiative. i know you've been very helpful in coming out to our island and many occasions and listening to the residents of treasure island. one of the things that i would like to do is just reiterate i'm sure it's been said several times, but having persons that are incarcerated and they get out, they have a very difficult time finding a job. i know because in addition to an associate director i'm the job broker for treasure island and one of the things that i find is that we have to do extra special leaps and jumps and hoops in order to help these persons find employment. one of the things i do know is

yesterday i told you there was word the barge would be leaving the dock at treasure island and be towed up the river to stockton. tonight that plan is confirmed and the barge will head out next week. the barge has been under construction at treasure island for months without the proper permits from the bay conservation and development commission. a month ago bcdc sent letters to treasure island and google explaining they would either need the proper permits or it had to go. late today the treasure island development authority confirmed for me that the barge, weather permitting, will leave san francisco bay and be towed to stockton before any penalties for operating without those proper permits can be applied. yesterday, the director of bcdc told me the agency would have liked to have seen the barge project stay in the bay. >> there are organizations and individuals from the east bay and from the north bay who are very interested in providing the work for google to complete the barge. there's no shortage of qualified permitted organizations to do the work. >> richmond, vallejo, oakland w

. >>> the google barge docked at treasure island is in jeopardy.asure island development agency applied for the proper permits, construction cannot resume until those permits are finally gotten. >>> that's a look at news, how about your weather and traffic? it's coming up next. stay with us. >>> good morning, we got a lot of gridlock right now in westbound 237. from milpitas into sunnyvale because of the earlier accident it was actually in palo alto northbound 101. by the way that accident is now cleared and all lanes are back open. and check out the nimitz northbound 880 we had a series of different fender-benders and all of those ones are clear but now we're getting first reports of a new one approaching 98. >>> a lot of clouds of head now and a chilly start to the day now. numbers in the 30s and 40s in the afternoon. still going to see a lot of clouds moving of head and it will be -- overhead and it will be dry though. the temperatures only low 50s towards the coastline. mid- and upper 50s inside the bay and valleys. next couple of changes chang

we are live on treasure island. >> kristen, former san francisco mayor willie brown is about to be honoredok behind me at the guests gathering here for the ceremony. hundreds of people about to take their eats all here for the dedication. look at this video: brown is cigaretting guests ated reception before the ceremony and said it feels like a reunion. he said he is very excited today calling this the biggest on in hits career. he says it is better because today would have been his mother's 105th birthday and black history month and his daughter is here at the ceremony. it is just all coming together. >> incredible honor. really an honor for an african-american and for the african american community. there is nothing in this nation except the king holiday that has the universal at of this bridge in terms of its carrying the name of an african-american. nothing close. >> i live in mill valley and i am on the bridge a lot. i love to drive across it. i am so proud of him for doing this, and i am -- i love the fact they named the bridge after him. >> the naacp considered trying to get the new

we do have a problem on the bay bridge westbound direction where we have a brand new crash at treasure island. we had an early stalled vehicle eastbound side which is cleared and we have construction lingering until 2:00 p.m. with an accident westbound causing slowing conditioned treasure -- over to treasure island. you there are a few extra cars show, headlights but the tail lies are nonexistent. >> firefighters are working to knock down another fire in san jose right now. matt keller got to the scene. matt? >> yes, this call came in at 10 or 15 minutes ago in san jose. you can see there is an intense firefight going on with films coming from this trailer. a trailer fire next to a building was the call, and there is a concern it could spread in the industry area. obviously, there are all types of materials and flammable material such as ladders and drums that are set up next to the trailer and i was told those were filled with oil and firefighters made sure to keep the flames away from that. it could create a haz-mat situation. you can see the firefighters are in an intense battle right now

this is a routine budget i'm bringing before this committee this is the treasure island agency. the purpose of the agency is to implement the yerba buena island through the program. funded by the department. the authority was assuming the role of the agency. since then, the committee has approved two work plan and operating budget for the implementation phase. for the last two years we've been acquiring grants through sfmta and got $550,000 grant. the total budget of this project is seven hundred and 50 thousand for fiscal year 2014 with a $200,000 request through it is my duty district attorney. we're working on the policy of the financial analysis of the pricing program. in addition we'll be initiating the system management phase focusing on the structural engineering of the compliment of the programs. this year's budget will establish the tide district attorney staff and accomplishing the agency as we expect to receive the funds in the coming months. 20 percent of the budget will going or go to the staff and the rest to the consultants to assist with the implementation. the ti

and on sunday heads to the treasure island at treasure island this year the open market flee market from plus they'll have outside exhibited and the scarf did care hunts and get the fantastic verifies the san francisco. and that's the weekly weekly buzz notify at at the sf.org an. please be advised that the commission does not tolerate any disruption of in these

i think that would be the intent of treasure island if they ever build four thousand units there and you're right and the problem comes and things are shifting incredibly fast, and the one thing i know for sure is chinese immersion is the classic case. we close the school. we then reopen the school and the chinese emmerkz and open the school and it's going great guns. yesterday's discarded school is today's great story. >> right. i am wondering supervisor kim maybe we could ask her if we could have that study at one of our next select committee meetings, the demographics, so we can take a look at what the latest information about san francisco and what their projections are, so i think that has to do with what's in the pipeline, right, for the housing and what people are building. i just want to make sure we're going to be able to accommodate and seventh and loton and swap it out with someone to buy property in a place where we really do need to build a school, so i think that i really -- until we sort of get a projection on it i feel like we really can't move on very much yet becaus

this four story building docked at treasure island is in jeopardy because google doesn't have the correct permit. google plans to turn it into a floating marketing center for google glass but a state investigation discovered neither google for the treasure island development agency applied for the proper permits. that means construction can't resume until they do. >> there are plenty of places around the bay at which the kind of work that google is requiring for its barge can actually be performed and performed legally. >> the bay conservation and development commission or bcdc sent a letter to tita outlining its options for either applying for a permit or moving the barge somewhere else. and if it doesn't correct the situation within 125 days, bcdc could begin a formal enforcement including fines up to $30,000. >>> now governor brown wants to block a move by republicans in congress to address california's drought problem. brown calls it unwelcome and divisive. the bill would allow farmers to increase pumping from the delta and also create a house and senate committee to tackle water prob

it still has to pay more than a quarter of a million dollars for its lease at treasure island through the month of july. >>> coming up, cloudy with a chance of spiders? how a spider spooked this meteorologist on air. coming our way. stay with us. >> i hate spiders, man. especially when you're bald. anncr: at jennie-o we heard of a place in iowa where every thursday people ride 10 miles for tacos. we thought we'd show up and surprise them with a better kind of taco made with jennie-o ground turkey cooked thoroughly to 165. i feed my kids turkey tacos over regular tacos any day. i think they are light and they are just fresh tasting. yeah. when i eat well, i feel well. anncr: it's time for a better taco. the tacos tonight were pretty much perfect. make the switch. look for jennie-o ground turkey in a store near you. pro-russian militants storm the buildings af >>> developing right now, dozens of our men have seized two government buildings in the southern ukraine. the pro russian militants stormed the building after supporters of the new government clashed with those in favor of the old

a local business we've got people coming into help us and small business owner, of course, is treasure island. this is running the gambling bit of responsibilities our city has taken on i want to personally thank alleyway all 44 of you joining me not only will you help share in the from successes but the flag we get from the public and i need more people to share in that responsibility (laughter) but i also say thank god thank you too because f this is one of the greatest cities in the world and for you to take up personal time, personal effect and sacrificing sometimes with family and a friends is credible. this is what makes our city special. you look at all the city's and great cities it depend upon their citizenry to bring out the best of our resident to hear and be those effective conduits. i'm going to ask you to pay attention to the responsibility you occur in our bodies of work but pay attention to issues looish like affordability and housing and people being hurt or the folks on the streets or the need to produce a better health plan and health care. all the things that make our city

google what to move the mysterious barge to treasure island. the commission sent a letter to google say they do not have the permanents and has to move it to another shipped building facility. it is a giant floating show room and google is reviewing the letter to determine what to do. >> facebook, happy birthday. facebook towns ten. zuckerberg cofounded facebook 10 years ago today in a harvard dorm room. two years later it spread across the college campuses and now it has spread across the world with 1.2 billion users. zuckerberg released the self-reflections overnight saying today social networks are mostly about sharing moments. next decade they will help you answer questions and solve complex problems. >> zuckerberg posted a lengthy message on his facebook wall say it is rare to be able to shut so many people's lives and try to remember to have the biggest impact i can. it outlines hope to get the world connected to the when and using social media to self world problems. jitters on wall street after stocks take a bible the biggest in eight m

amy hollyfield is on treasure island with the story. amy? >> some will enjoy that, right?lie brown says he never asked for this and never would this ink to ask to have this bridge named after him. it will be officially dedicated today as the willie brown jr. bridge and you will see signs on the bridge with the name. those were paid for by the naacp a nonprofit idea, not brown's idea. in his career, he tells eric thomas that no honor compares. >> just no way you could compare no school name, no street name, the only thing you can come close to, is like the martin luther king holiday from the point of view of an african-american. >> the naacp discovered it is the old span that is considered more significant for brown when they researched this. governor brown is not scheduled to a be at ceremony oppose naming the bridge after the former mayor but willie brown is not taking offense and says governor brown is against naming anything after minute and says the two are friends. the ceremony is scheduled to start on treasure island at noon and 500 people are expected to be here. >>

the building is on hold at treasure island because google does not have the proper permits.mits would be needed at the airport and google wants the barge to be a space where people can learn about new technology. >> a healthy rainstorm headed our way. >> absolutely healthy. it will not be one of the gradual ones but a heavy rain of short duration that will move over an air and move on. the rainfall amounts will be impressive and they will cause minor flooding on streets and possibly bridges and underpasses and anything that doesn't drain. here is a look at what is going on, our deficit is anywhere from 7.75" in livermore to...17.5" around santa rosa. 12up is what we near to in san francisco. you can see we are going to be in the mid-40's to around 50 degrees and by noon we will be in the upper 50's to mid-60's moving from low clouds to high clouds and low to upper 60's at 4:00 and cloudy and quiet and calm during the evening hours and mid-50's to around 60 degrees. >> the next three days are the most active: tomorrow, all bets are off when the waves of heavy showers and thun

i'm roxanne [speaker not understood] and executive director of the treasure island homeless initiative. i know you've been very helpful in coming out to our island and many occasions and listening to the residents of treasure island. one of the things that i would like to do is just reiterate i'm sure it's been said several times, but having persons that are incarcerated and they get out, they have a very difficult time finding a job. i know because in addition to an associate director i'm the job broker for treasure island and one of the things that i find is that we have to do extra special leaps and jumps and hoops in order to help these persons find employment. one of the things i do know is when we do help them find employment, they tend to have less or no recidivism. they don't go back into the criminal life-style. they become taxpayers. if they have had some type of alcohol or drug addiction, they stop that. they become clean, they become sober, they become homeowners, they become taxpayers, they become all the great things that we envision for all of our citizens in san francis

. >>> google may have to move its mystery barge from treasure island and finish construction elsewhere. this is a look at the 4 story building. google's intention for it, a floating marking center for google glass. an investigation by the stay veals neither google nor a treasure island development agency applied for proper permits to develop that location. they will have to apply for them. >>> it's back to the drawing board for developers. the presidio trust shot down all 3 remaining proposals for the site. one of those pitches, an art museum featuring star wars can creator george lucas' collection. instead, they offered the lucas team a consolation praise of a different site in the park. >> a lot of hours, a lot of money, and a lot of emotion has been spent in the lucas cultural arts museum, and that's certainly the case for the other proposals. to find out that there are now other sites to look at, that's new information for us. >> other proposals included a sustainability institute and a pitch by the golden gate national park conservancy. >> governor brown wants o a congressional ef

you could see it out there at treasure island.ou said he still don't know exactly what it is all we do know is it can stay where it's at. here's some video in the daytime to get a better look at it. there's been speculation on who owns the bart and we finally figured it out that google owned it. then it was what is it. is it a data center grid is a floating retell center. we still don't know exactly what it is but we do know that the state has issued orders that have to move from a pier 1 and treasure island. they said they now have the proper permits and they never did so they have to move it. as far as what's going to happen. there is some speculation and that they are working with the city of san francisco to get the proper permits and possibly move it over and to that location. we still haven't known how long they have to do this. we don't even know if this thing sold. basically it's a barge with a huge containers on it. this isn't the only one. there are a couple others. the cost about $35 million a piece to build. where is g

currently only development agreement like treasure island or the shipyard can we have transportation and management programs or other strategies. and lastly sustainability. as another aero where we can be innovative. the department has done a lot of work around the eco industries. we'll give you an up to date about the work can we pilot and create new eco districts for the program that is. the initial focuses is on enterprise agency sites they include the airport and puc and the mta the recreation and parks and some of the museums. but we're only starting with mta and puc sites. why are we focusing on those. they have significant land holding and have to report their property to the city ordinance but there's a little bit of easy around the process there's a separate

and on sunday heads to the treasure island at treasure island this year the open market flee market from sdierpdz to bakers and more plus they'll have outside exhibited and the scarf did care hunts and get the fantastic verifies the san francisco. and that's the weekly weekly buzz notify at at the sf.org and [music] paratransit is specialized transportation for seniors and people with disabilities who are unable to use the muni system. in san francisco, we're proud that we've had a paratransit program since 1978 long before it was mandated by the americans with disabilities act in 1990. san francisco is a unique city and our paratransit program reflects this. we have a network of services, including sf access van service, paratransit taxi, including wheelchair accessible ramp taxi and group van which serves groups of individuals going to a single location like a senior center. [music] >> i'm elsa scott and i'm a retired federal employee and i'm a native of san francisco. i use paratransit because, i've been using it for about six years because six years ago i had to start dialysis treatm

and on sunday heads to the treasure island at treasure island this year the open market flee market from sdierpdz to bakers and more plus they'll have outside exhibited and the scarf did care hunts and get the fantastic verifies the san francisco. and that's the weekly weekly buzz notify at at the sf.org and morning. >> good morning, everyone. thank you for joining us i know you'd probably like to be at the bay bridge. i want to thank you mayor ed lee for welcoming us as we introduce a piece of legislation that lo will allow us to fight the good fight for the accreditation of city college of san francisco but to roar it's enforcement and stabilize it's fund. all 3 pieces go together. i'll be introducing two hour speakers the superintendant of the san francisco succinct and the community college erick skinner and we are community college san francisco trust if he ann anita as well as jenny from chinese affirmative action and i believe alyssa from the local a ftc f t. so again, we all know there are great challenges to observer about beau loved college college of san francisco for its accr