concerns from ucsf and revised their noise control plan per ucsf comments. so as stated in the letter, ucsf is not opposed to this application, which we are very happy about. so at our hearing tonight, the entertainment commission needs to consider adopting a resolution here. it's been laid out for you at the beginning of the package and this is reaffirming, one, adopting environmental findings under ceqa. and, two, granting a permit to gsw arena llc for the golden state warriors event center at mission bay south, blocks 29-32. so, i'm finally done, and i will introduce chief operating officer, stephen collins. he's representing the project tonight and can discuss the amendment in further detail. >> good evening, commissioners, director bleiman. i'm the chief operating officer for gsw arena llc. by way of background, i started with the warriors in may, 2015, and prior to that, spent 13 years at madison square garden overseeing a variety of venues for madison square garden, including the l.a. forum, chicago theater, beacon theater, and radio city music hall.

i am from ucsf. i am a former member of the city family and the new director of local and state government organizations for ucsf. we appreciate the opportunity to comment on the selection of the new director of health for san francisco. several speakers have mentioned partnerships throughout their remarks. we are extremely proud of our very long partnership with the city and county of san francisco , specifically the department of public health and we are committed to the success of that relationship. we believe the selection of a director of health can support and enhance ucsf partnership with the city is very important. we submitted a letter for your consideration who is a device to dean for san francisco general, who i am sure you know well. i will highlight a few key issues. first, zuckerberg san francisco general, for over 150 years, it has been ucsf positions that have provided the direct patient care at the general hospital. today, as you no kak it is the only level one trauma centre in san f

all proceeds the ucsf benioff survivors of childhood cancer program. for many of the swimmers, that's motivation enough. >> when you hear speakers talk about either their survivors or they're parents of survivors or sometimes parents of kids who haven't survived. and so even though we're all terrified to jump in the e hr t realized that that was nothing compared to what they've gone through. >> some pretty good perspective there. more tnmms participated in today's event. last year the swim raised more than $620,000 for ucsf benioff children's hospital and cancer research. >>> rob mayeda joins us now to talk about warm air. >> absolutely. we're seeing a bit of ocean air-conditioning helping us out in terms of the low clouds spilling across the bay right now. tomorrow likely to be the coolest day of the next seven as high pressure makes a big comeback early next week. and there's a view of the marine air sweeping across the bay. just about 1,000 feet deep. some of the low clouds there as you can see from our sutro tower camera. here's san francisco. a hi

we've collaborated with ucsf and some researchers there and have completed some interviews, and that happened with both our former supervisors and staff with the d.i.s., and former clients who have worked with us, who have declined to work with us, so we've done a really good job. the staff at city clinic have done a great job of recruiting people to talk it us. we're -- talk to us. we'll have some information to share later this winter and certainly next year when we report back to you, as well. for young women, there's a planned young women's sexual health advisory board as well that we would really -- are excited about, and we really want to see the information that comes out of this. so this is a follow up to some pilot interviews that we did with a doctor from ucsf, and we saw that condoms were available when she talked with a small number of young people, and we are specifically talking about the southeast neighborhoods. condoms were available but not always accessible. so we really want to go more in depth and understand, and the advisory board leads for the department will be

that are less toxic. >> this would be outlining. >> reporter: now oncologist and her colleagues at ucsfial that will sequence the genetic makeup of brain tumors, looking at their unique traits. the goal is to find multiple ways the attack the tumor using a cocktail of drugs. >> we will not have success applying just one medication. we will need to apply multiple medications. >> research arers hope that existing drugs not typically used in cancer treatment will eventually be part of the mix, slowing the tumor down to make other parts of the cocktail more effective. but just as importantly, in cases like scarlet's, be gentler on the body. >> because they have a very different profile, it allows us to combine them with some more classic chemotherapy agent. >> doctors say they've seen some early success with newer targeted treatments in specific cases. and since the tumors can often reappear, any advances could also benefit existing patients down the road. scarlet's mom and dad say they're hoping for a day she can live a full and productive life. >> we want to find a way for her to feel lik

the clinical trial being led by ucsf to find drugs that are more effective and gentler on the body.here's a live look outside >> bay area researchers are hoping to unlock new clues that ain tumorin children and they're b anchor dan ashley has the story. >> reporter: 7-year-old scarlet weeks is beating the odds. when she was diagnosed with a brain tumor doctors gave her little chance for survival. >> theosis was not good and we were initially sent home with hospice. >> her parents chris and brandy say surgeons at the at the at ta children's hospital oakland had a plan. first, they removed the tumor, congenital glioblastoma. >> we're hoping that the the kids that come after scarlet that have the same tumor and other tumors that are difficult to treat can come up with treatments that are less toxic. >> reporter: now oncologist san ina mueller and her colleagues the ucsf are leading a clinical trial that will sequence the genetic makeup of individual brain tumors looking at their unique traits. the goal is to find multiple ways to attack the tumor using a cocktail of drugs. >> we will n

ucsf decided it wants to help. >> we do things here in san francisco and ucsf that aren't done elsewhereountry. >> the institute for global orthopedics and traumatology or eye got hosted a clinic for doctors from 23 countries. one doctor told me what he is learning here will make the difference in saving a limb or maybe even a life. >> the institute and the discourse, the sharing, a lot of the knowledge for the trauma, therefore, our people are great fortunate to have care. >> this is paid for through grants and donations and according to these doctors, this is the only hospital in the country hosting such a training session. >> we can pull it off here because we have the heart or we have the people that are willing to do things differently. >> this is the ninth annual clinic. doctors say they get a tremendous response from it attendees who want to come back. they want to share the knowledge. >>> amy hollyfield. >>> the u.s. preventative services tax force suggest doctors offer behavioral interventions, diet changes, counseling and more exercise. the centers for disease control defines i

christopher caldwell from ucsf. thank you very much for coming on today, doctor. i know at this point you don't have any hard data, really, in this area. but what kind of injuries are people showing up with at emergency rooms that has you focusing in on the electric scooters and mopeds? >> so we are seeing quite a few injuries and many of them although there's a lot of variability to them, some are most concerning are head injuries and some injuries with when they bring scooters in traffic and getting hit by cars. so, there's a variety of them but they are focusing on some of those. and we are believe that the data is going to show us areas we can start concentrating on. >> you say it's actually at this point quite hard to track the actual number of injuries from electric scooters and electricmopeds people are renting in san francisco. why is it so challenging? >> well, there's different types of vehicles, and so it sometimes is not clear exactly he what type of vehicle was -- exactly what type of vehicle was being used. many times patients show up and have been h

on friday kingston's parents were given a letter from oakland's ucsf benioff hospital informing theme support would be discontinued 1:00 p.m. yesterday. the parents say doctors made. the decision without consulting them. the decision was reversed to give the family more time. kingston was transferred to stanford children's hospital last night. >> is he is moving. he's wiggling his toes.'s, as w know, tremendously better. >> reporter: ucsf said they couldn't specifically comment on kingston's case due to privacy laws but said the parents were notified about the pending decision for weeks. now his care is currently in the hands of doctors here. reporting live at stanford, matt keller, abc7 news. >> we wish them well. thank you. >>> more help on the way today to one of the north carolina communities hit hardest by florence. >> today workers will distribute food and water to people in wilmington, a town virtually cut off by floodwaters. at the latest count, 32 people are dead in the wake of the storm. a team of san francisco first responders responded to a call from fema. members areeffo

station 4, on the 28th participated with ucsf in a first off orientation of the facility with staff. for those of you that haven't been done in the mission bay, it's a changing environment. it continues to have some street changes, a lot of new construction, including the war yarz facility. the ucsf campus is growing and changing, so station 4 being proactive in knowing their area and the facilities and what's contained in the facilities. then, as i referred to earlier, there was aircraft firefighter training conducted at half moon bay for our airport personnel during the week of august 22 through 31. page 5, other events that are noteworthy, and i'm highlighting some of several. on the 7 of august, the department participated with law enforcement partners in multiple events through the city for nshl nigational night. on august 15, there was a district safety fair, with over 450 community members attended during the four hour period. i believe deputy chief zanoff and deputy chief malloy held hands-off c.p.r. training. you have some pictures in the next several pages of chief gonzales

in total the annual concert raised $60 million for ucsf >> reporter: in san francisco, betty yu, kpix5. >>> just in time for twitter. facts and fake news, tomorrow night "murphy brown" returns to cbs promising to make some noise. the original hit story hit a fire storm when dan quail came and criticized the fictional. >> mocking fathers by bearing a child alone and calling it another lifestyle choice. >> reporter: the reboot kicks off tomorrow night familiared by "s.w.a.t." and then hear how the bay area reacted to the speech 26 years ago. >> 1980s seems so long ago. >> yet so recently. >>> foggy back then, foggy now, another foggy day in san francisco. a gorgeous sun sets. take a look at this. two layers of clouds. we have the low cloud cover bubbling over san francisco this evening. sunset, just after 7:00. then we havehigh-level clouds moving in. sunset not 7:00 again until next march the 10th. it will get darker around here. dark in san francisco. same camera now we are under the fog. >> livermore, 58. better tomorrow. not a spare the air day for the first time in three days. still

that money goes to the ucsf benioff children's hospital. >>> a loyal clouut otherwise a pretty nice day. >> nice and cool but really if you were nowhere near the far north bay, it didn't seem like approaching. down here in the south bay we had cloudy skies but the temperatures in the 70s. however, we're not in the clear of that rain just yet. if you didn't see it today, you're going to get a chance to see it fairly soon. right now in san francisco, this is a live look. you can see the city lights looking beautiful out there. look at satellite radar right now. you can see those showers really far off to the north. we've also got our very own mobile doppler radar. storm ranger is up and scanning on top of san bruno mountain because we've got another system expected to approach. in terms of rainfall, our very last significant rain was more than five months ago, back on april 16th. so definitely very nice sight i toeflts, not very significant unt tam, just over a quarter of an inch. down through santa rosa and point reyes, less than a tenth of an inch. we are expecting another tenth of an i

. >>> researchers at ucsf are hoping to unmask the dangers of some of the newest tobacco products outiversity received a $20 million grant from the fda and the national institutes of health. they say they'll hone in on emerging tobacco products, popular with young adults like e-cigsets and flavored varieties. >> these things have just taken off with kids. lun li unlike cigarettes, e-cigarettes are used more by kids than adults. >> a recent study shows that e-cigarettes are associated with higher heart attack risks. >>> late word that president trump will impose tariffs on about $200 billion worth of chinese imports. 10% will go into effect next week. 25% in january. however, apple's appeal for help over the proposed teariffs appears to have paid off. apple watch is spared from the latest round. shares of apple stock jumped after the report came out. >>> there is also consumer news about apple tonight, as well. >> michael finney is here to tell us more about that, for those of us that are a little clumsy with our phone. >> anal is introducing new ways to pay for pro- >> apple care by t

. >> reporter: ken was transferred to ucsf. his organs failing. had he lived, his limbs would have been amputated. within a few days, he was taken off life support, shattering their blended family of nine children. >> i cry every day because i miss him so much. >> reporter: now christina wears both wedding rings and pushes through her grief to volunteer with sepsis alliance. she wants people to know sepsis can develop from any infection, even a cut or a cough. it's survivable if detected and treated early. >> i wish he'd been seen. he'd be treated. if he'd been given the antibiotics sooner he'd be here. >> reporter: she wants that for all patients, not just though with a famous past. >> he would never talk about it. he was so humble. that's why people loved him so much. >> reporter: funny and caring, ken flach was more proud of his family than any tennis accomplishment. >> i keep thinking the door is going to open. he's going to come in. i really do. it's been six months and i keep wondering when am i going to, like, know he's not coming back? >>

the heavy hitters, metallica and janet jackson will perform the benefit concert for the ucsf children'spital. >>> sales force ceo tony $15.5 million to public schools in san francisco and oakland. kicks off the company's reports covered by think the donation as part of his responsibility as a native san franciscan and local businessman. the money will be used to bring peter zampa pathologies to public schools in both districts. improving public schools is critical to helping students get jobs in the new economy. >> new information about the at canada jetta nearly crashed into four fully loaded planes awaiting on and sfo taxiway. ntsb said the air canada pilot mistook the camp -- taxiway for runway during the near miss last year. ntsb said they did not adequately review a warning to all of the pilots that a runway had been closed for construction. federal safety officials blame a lack of awareness by the pilot as well. they also said that excited crew fatigue and other mistakes as contributing factors. >> there was no indication that the crew was aware that they had overflown air carrier

. >> reporter: ucsf said they couldn't comment on kingston's case due to privacy laws but said the parentsfied about the pending decision for weeks. reporting live in stanford, matt keller, abc 7 news. >>> more help is on the way to north carolina's community hit hardest by florence. >> food and water will be delivered to wilmington. at the latest count, 32 people are dead in the wake of the storm. a team of san francisco first responders got the call from fema and so now they're in north carolina where they're helping coordinate rescue efforts. they say it's been eye-opening to watch folks from across the country work together to keep fellow americans safe. >> when they find out there's a team here from san francisco, they always tell us we're a aym help out. >> the biggest challenge now, safely getting people back into their homes. the american red cross is ordering a relief effort for those affected by the storm. you can make

. >> reporter: there were no shortage of as fans at the ucsf children's hospital oakland today.of these young patients report able to make it to the ballpark for the team's exciting playoff run this year, the team came to them. aspiring catcher dylan horowitz had one word for it -- >> amazing. >> reporter: players like sean mania and blake tr managed to mix in major league coloring time between signing autographs. >> really think i'm a kid in a grown person's body. so i don't know, i just try to act like how i would. i think it's kidlike. >> reporter: the players were at children's to help raise awareness for major league baseball's childhood cancer awareness day at ballparks around the country tomorrow. they were also helping to hand out special hospital gowns from the starlight children's foundation that at first glance might look something like a baseball jersey. >> like normal hospital gowns, unlike normal hospital gowns, it ties on the side. >> reporter: for kids fighting cancer takes all their attention and energy. caregivers think days like today lifts their spirits. >> t

. >> reporter: neurologist bruce miller directs the ucsf memory and aging center in san francisco.markable connection between savants and dementia patients who suddenly exhibit new talents. >> so they'd have trouble communicating but could pick up a paint brush and paint? >> yes, some of the most beautiful art i've seen has come out of my patients with degenerative diseases. and over here is a painting by jack. >> reporter: dr. miller's office is a small gallery of his patients' art work. >> this is somebody also who had never painted before? >> had never even stepped into an art museum. >> reporter: in his research, dr. miller compared brain scans of dementia patients with those of a child savant. >> we're seeing the same pattern of loss of function on the left side of the brain, increased function in the right posterior parts of the brain. the parts that allow us to take something visual in our mind and put it on a canvas. >> reporter: his conclusion, in these rare ntia patients, so-called acquired savants, the disease that destroys some brain areas activates others, unlocking hi

this is for ucsf children's hospital. right now, we want to get a look at your traffic.of metallica, i always think of children's hospital. good stuff. they do great things. over here needing a little help, west 24, one lake is blocked, just outside, disabled vehicle there. not presenting a whole lot of problems, but we do see more slowing. the commute sort of winding down out of concord and in towards walnut creek. 880 and 580 jamming up into oakland. typical pattern for tuesday. lower clouds and fog right around san francisco. not a surprise. but we haven't seen that this much for a while. slowing 880, recovering from a couple of earlier crashes. through hayward, pushing down into freemont out of union city, back to you, marcus. >> thanks, mike. i'll have another local update in 30 minutes. >>> oh, my ♪ >>> oh, my goodness. we're back at 8:30 on this tuesday morning, september 25th, 2018. and wouldn't you know it, hoda kotb, as soon as we leave the studio, it starts to pour. >> we have to show every fan out here because they have been out here through it all. carson, y

and so i have to acknowledge folks at ucsf, like laura schmidt, who first proposed this idea of a soda help to spread this and other policies for improved health worldwide, wiley, lou, for supporting this work and my time to do this work, kevin grumback and his leadership and the entire team at cce. the shapeup coalition and christina gota for helping us to understand how we can leverage the research to do work citywide around sugary drinks. the soda tax committee, including my co-chair, joy, jackson morgan, who collectively we made recommendations for $21 million in chronic disease prevention money to support good health in san francisco and focusing those resources on under-resourced communities, the communities that are paying the bulk of this tax. and so this resource should go back into those communities and support health work and other good work to support the communities. the health equity coalition for advocating for good health in communities of color for san francisco in under-resourced communities. supervisors avalos, mar and weiner for first introducing the soda tax policy

she was given cpr and later rushed to ucsf benioff children's hospital oakland in oakland.aid it was very busy at the pool. >> the pool was pretty crowded. this child went under somewhere along the way and we know that takes mere seconds for a child to go into distress. >> lifeguards did what they were trained to do and officials say it appears to be an accident right now. >>> the san francisco district attorney, george gascsn, plans to launch a safety campaign for ride-share passengers. there is no word on what it will include but there have been calls for background checks and fingerprinting of drivers. uber is also adding a feature to allow passengers to report trouble during a ride. >>> san francisco reportedly agreed to pay $60,000 to settle a lawsuit with a former inmate who claims a group of sheriff's deputies forced him to fight other county jail inmates. according to the examiner, a former inmate, quincy lewis, filed a civil rights lawsuit saying three deputies forced him and other inmates to fight each other for food. they placed bets on who would win. this is the

class is individuals will have the opportunity to participate in a study that will be conducted by ucsf memory and aging care center whereby they will measure the impact of the salsa class on participants' physical function, their level of reported loneliness and sense of belonging. the program pilot will serve over 230 consumers each year. this grant will allow mission neighborhood center to expand their services to include programming on saturdays and to conduct outreach that is tailored to addressing challenges that may be unique to communities in district 9. we are very op my mistake that the new -- optimistic programming will engage consumers that are not participating in services. we're looking forward to the impact of these art and cultural activities on the target population. i'm happy to answer any questions you may have. >> thank you. any comments or questions from the commission. commissioner lou? >> -- commissioner lu? >> i'm looking at exhibit b page three. >> okay. >> my question is: the printing and reproduction is 1,800 for the current year, and next year it would be zer

. >>> another big money grant for ucsf to look into the effect of e-cigarettes. high school students using that type of tobacco jumped from 1.5% in 2011 to 11% in 2016. the chronicle reports that the school has now gotten a second $20 million federal grant and researchers will now examine how e-cigarettes affect lungs and how teenagers can get them and the impact of the new tobacco products on schools and health. a nationwide survey shows millions of teenagers are using e-cigarettes to smoke marijuana, more than 2 million middle and high school students. they say they've used this approach to get high and the food and drug administration gave the largest e-cigarette maker's plans reduce the number of underaged children from using e-cigarettes and the fda said vaping has reached epidemic levels among teenagers. >>> the state will pay for budget deficits for several school districts. jerry brown just signed a bill that would pay for up to 75% of the deficits for oakland and the vallejo unified school districts this school year. it would help pay for budget shortfal

let's bring in the doctor of ucsf. why do we do it every year and what does it promote? >> we want to promote health, not only heart health but health in general. it helps the discoveries for those things related to heart disease to get a cure for heart disease. >> how much of a drag on us as human beings and families? >> big deal. one in every three people will s succumb to heart disease. this is a big problem. heart disease is a bigger killer than cancer. >> reporter: one in three. we have 5,000 people here, and so 1,600 in the crowd at some point in their lives will deal with it. >> look to your right and left. >> reporter: incredible. doctor, thank you so much. that's it from here at the plaza. if you are interested, come on down. >> a nice day for it as well. >>> a lot of sunshine, cooler weather. really doesn't get any better than this. as you head out on your friday for lunch, it's going to be nice and comfortable. in dublin, we have the clear skies and a interesting cloud formation in the bay area. we have temperatures now in the mid to upper 60s for the try vall

there and also is a volunteer for lipstick angels, which of course works with survivors of cancer at ucsf. and sadie is -- has a daughter who's enrolled in the japanese bilingual cultural program at clarendon elementary school and has been working in education for over 15 years. so i do want to add on one of the things that we are continuing to recruit because we have five open regular seats, and we're specifically hoping to recruit a family members from the pacific islander community. we have been meeting with folks as well as from other folks from the department within -- out at the community development center and hoping to get that voice represented on our advisory council, as well as hoping to recruit additional english language learner families. >> great. thank you. superintendent, do you have any comments? >> just that we -- the staff, of course, recommendation from staff and really the -- are supportive in believing that these candidates are the right candidates to fulfill the work that we want to do, especially in terms of making sure that our students are going to be able to thr

some of key people were from the school of pharmacy at ucsf and then did the work in the valley and move odd to other places. -- move odd to other places. funded came out of u.c. general to take a look again at these populations you're now servicing, so they're sustained energy, uniformity pertaining to data collection, and the fact that you're always looking to how do we get better and how do we ensure that we're right on target. it really speaks highly to the years that you've put in and the services that continue to be part of and a significant partner in our department of public health, so i just wanted to congratulate you all and say well done. thank you. >> thank you. i wanted to go back to the jail health issues for a moment because i continue to see an opportunity also. it seems to me that this is a captured population, and maybe this is something mr. pickens can help us with, too. this is a very low number screen. when you consider that these people are actually our inmates, and then, a lower number may get treated. that's a high number not treated when found, so it seems to me

studies published by ucsf and other sources over the past several years, have shown that the cost per hospital admission is higher by about 113% when the care is provided in large systems such as sutter. let me be clear, we acknowledge that the care at sutter is medically appropriate and of high-quality. however, let's ask ourselves this, how many of our thousands of members that average 74 years of age, were aware that a simple agreement entered into years ago, about o.b. care and care for babies could have such an adverse impact on the cost of their care and that today that same or similar care at sutter may cost them considerably more than a chinese hospital. we remain committed in having our member, just as we would our families, to receive the highest quality care. however, let us see how we can work together going forward to make this care more affordable. we respectfully request that there must be a thoughtful, consideration of the intent of the agreement with sutter and the significant financial burden on on families today. thank you. >> thank you dr. kravis. next speaker, ple

i've had the opportunity to work with him through our alcohol policy working group which includes ucsf researchers, community residents, as well as activists, and we found him to be conscientious, thorough, and very patient. the words that come to mind when it comes to lieutenant falzon, he's compassionate, honest, he has integrity. he's fair. he treats everybody with dignity and respect. and he's a consensus builder. and as already mentioned, he's a native san franciscan, continues to live here, and so i continue to support his appointment. thank you. >> supervisor safai: thank you. next speaker. >> hello. my name's benjamin bleiman and i'm currently president of the entertainment commission in san francisco but i'm here today as a private citizen and a business owner to speak on behalf of lieutenant falzon. i had the pleasure of brokering a liquor license conditions deal with lieutenant falzon about nine years ago, and i found him to be extraordinarily fair and extraordinarily receptive but also focused on public safety. i don't think there's anybody in the entire city who has a bett

metallica and janet jackson will perform at the benefit concert for the ucsf children's hospital.>> attracted the dream force yesterday. i went and i walked around and took photos. and what struck me is how many people that have packed in moscone center and this is just a lunch. there was a rock climbing wall and the outside was dressed up. this is howard st. >> when he have all of these people in this pocket of san francisco, didn't seem organized?>> seemed organized and these people are having lunch that salesforce was handing out. i thought it would kill the restaurant. i went to there to see and they are bustling. they are full. the hotels are s sales force giving out free lunches to attendees and all of the restaurants and it is quite an event for san francisco and it seemed organized. >> in other news, within the last hour, michael avenatti posted on his twitter page photo of another woman who says is accusing a sprinkler nominee brett kavanaugh of sexual misconduct. the identified her as julie swetnick and posted a declaration from her in which she says she attended more than 10 house