the union square has requirements to get other funds. they have fundraised more than what they are required in their contract and management plan. almost 8% of their income is from income besides assessments. that includes $221,000 in grants. their budget versus their actual expenses, they spent less than budgeted for all service categories, and that was because the assessment is from july 1st to june 30 every year, but they did not start services until january 1st. so what they do is they carry over funds to cover the first six months of each fiscal year because the city does not pay until january. from july 1st until december, the need to carry over funds from the previous year. this totals 1,520,000 and that is spent in fiscal 2010-2011. the proposed budget is $3,608,000 and a half its revenue projection of 4,618,000. the summary of the proposed plan, this is updated and put in more specificity. they clarify and the assessment methodology someone determined after they received assessment of bills. they made changes to the plan and to

the union square has requirements to get other funds. they have fundraised more than what they are required in their contract and management plan. almost 8% of their income is from income besides assessments. that includes $221,000 in grants. their budget versus their actual expenses, they spent less than budgeted for all service categories, and that was because the assessment is from july 1st to june 30 every year, but they did not

any minute now san francisco's union square is going to be it will up. want to show you a live picture now from union square where the 21st annualmacy's tree lighting ceremony is going to take place. we are ten minutes away or so. people that will be there is barry zito. cast members from shrek. the ceremony benefits the 's ho donations made to sponsor each light on the tree. >>> what -- why president obama needed stitches today. the bitter freud between two candy companies and why one of them is filing suit. >>> another storm is racing toward the bay area. coming up when the rainfall begins. also break down the timing of the heaviest downpours. >>> president obama is nursing an injury tonight after being accidentally elbowed in a lip during a basketball game. he received stitches from white house doctors. he noticed a president through a window as he approached an ice pack. he is in excellent health. >>> stocks shorten trading session. the dow dropped 95 points. investigators were afraid to commit because of uncertainties surrounding european debt probl

way you are you will always be the same old union square that i knew. what will it take for you to believe in me take the money in the jar. i like you just the way you are, union square >> some of these songs should not see the light of day again. would any other member like to comment? a motion to approve and with recommendations. we will take that without objections. >> item number8, ordinance appropriating $9,035,065 of a certificate of participation series 2011a, to fund multiple capital improvement projects in the department of public works and the mayor's office on disability in the general services agency, office of the city administrator, and placing these funds in the controller's reserve pending issuance. >> good afternoon. this is an administrative process the board authorized the issuance of the 48 million certificates of participation to do the street improvements as well as the access improvements. also, we have the issuance of resolution supporting the supplemental appropriation but in this case, the project improvement was already in the

one needs to walk or take a transit vehicle to union square. additionally, station platforms are so long, up to 1,000 feet, it would be a burden and even painful to get to a train. i also understand that to get up and down from deep underground would take considerable time. what if an escalator or elevator is out of service? is it also possible for the central subway to accommodate people with packages or who are disabled or elderly? who then have to take another means of transportation to get to blocks between stations. i can tell you right now, i will not be amongst that number of passengers who transit claims they will accommodate. thank you very much -- supervisor campos: thank you very much. welcome to the rules committee, sari, plans and programs committee. >> i think that chinatown certainly needs improvement in the munis service, but i do not think that this is it. high-speed rail construction is already under way and it means jobs now in the city for construction workers. if they could work immediately at the terminal, let's see -- i a

the union square christmas tree is lit. the 2010 holiday shopping season is underway. >> black friday, lighting of the tree, thousands of people. [ music >> reporter: the day was filled with sounds of the season as shoppers attacked big shop after big shop sniff out the big deals while across town. >> carol was giving her complete attention to the few customers shopping inside her 19-year-old small business childrens' store adventure. ironically called small fries. >> definitely the last three years have been, two and a half years have been the worst i have ever seen it. >> reporter: tomorrow marks a new initiative across the nation called small business saturday, a goal to get americans to reinvest money closer to home. >> more people on this street the last year or so i think. you know just more recently. >> reporter: they are talking about the shops lining the streets where we found a chocolate boutique called chocolate cupboard. >> black friday here is not the same. >> reporter: the key to the season is not small season

the union square christmas tree is lit. the 2010 holiday shopping season is underway. >> black friday, lighting of the tree, thousands of people. [ music ] >> reporter: the day was filled with sounds of the season as shoppers attacked big shop after big shop sniff out the big deals while across town. >> carol was giving her complete attention to the few customers shopping inside her 19-year-old small business childrens' store adventure. ironically called small fries. >> definitely the last three years have been, two and a half years have been the worst i have ever seen it. >> reporter: tomorrow marks a new initiative across the nation called small business saturday, a goal to get americans to reinvest money closer to home. >> more people on this street the last year or so i think. you know just more recently. >> reporter: they are talking about the shops lining the streets where we found a chocolate boutique called chocolate cupboard. >> black friday here is not the same. >> reporter: the key to the season is not small seas

now the big task is safely getting it to thousands and thousands of people out of union square.ng to set it right back to catherine. >> that was beautiful we got to see it happening. thank you so much da lin. as we continue to look at beautiful tree one of the best college football games in recent memory. highlights coming up next. >> and kimberly stock amado right now on www.kron4.com check out stanley roberts page as he investigates people behaving badly all across the bay area. it watches video report showing last minute thanksgiving shoppers creating chaos in the birthday party not. oakland residents using fake placards getting better free parking. if you're the star for stamina of the information on how you could e-mail him on www.kron4.com. this friday only, buy one of these smartphones and get a great jawbone icon hero headset free. only at verizon. texting...blogging... all this technology, but you're still banking like pilgrims! it's time for new school banking, bubbie. interest plus savings at capitalone.com. why earn bupkis, when your savings can earn three times the

we are going to leave you with the scene at union square tonight.holiday season is upon us.

earlier we were at the mission in union square. now we moved over to macy's onionune -- on union square. take a look at the folks coming out -- now, a good way to gauge this is the parking lot across the street at the union square. i can tell you from personal experience, we've seen a lot of cars going in, very few cars coming out of that garage this morning. now, by 7:00 this morning, the streets were full of shoppers with bags in hand. a lot of customers looking for those black friday deals. >> it's fun. >> reporter: did you get a good deal? >> yep. yeah. buy one, take one free. >> reporter: as i said earlier, we were at best buy earlier this morning. the store was packed by 5:15 with customers looking for deals on electronic goods. some shoppers spent days. others spent hours just waiting there in front of best buy, searching for a good deal on a tv and commuter. and customers say it was all worth it. >> it was pretty good. we got a tv and a ps-3. >> reporter: how much? >> $800 with the extended warranty. >> reporter: now, secur

after three or four backs, back to washington street to go to the subway, then to union square, walk up, and then to powell street to take the l car. i want carmen chu to explain to the sunset residents -- the bulk of the chinese come from the sun seset. most chinese will say, the hell with the subway, i will take the bus. commissioner campos: next speaker please. >> my name is bernard myers. i am a member of the people of task force of the board last year. our concern in that task force was to help the continued robustness of the entire public transportation system in the city. the allocation of substantial amounts of public funds, to me, to this project -- and i will let others speak about what is wrong with the product itself, but the allocation of these funds, the potential of being held for any cost overruns, has the potential to impoverished the system for years to come, which will not allow a lot of jobs to take place. just to justify it on the basis of leveraging federal funds is almost an end in itself, as this the gentleman indicated, does not do it. you should not be so bl

. >> reporter: at union square, shoppers streamed it and out of macy's at 4. shoppers say they found plenty of good deals. >> we bought a couple of stuff that were originally 60 and we got it for 20. it's pretty good. >> reporter: the crowd flowed into target in pleasant hills. lots of people said they found good deals but some came away disappointed. >> bit by the time got here, they had run out of things that i wanted. >> reporter: you can see that the parking lot here at best buy in emory ville is absolutely packed. more cars still arriving. it has been a steady stream of cars coming back. retailers say they expect this type of activity to keep up all day. we are live in emory ville. >> always happy to see those big crowds. the great mall at malpitas opened at midnight. the big crowds were directed by attend attendants who were there to direct the crowd. police were also there. >> last call, they were doing 40% off all purchases. it's just a is a receipty but it's all brand names at a great value. so it's something that people are looking for. >> and they a

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they made it through union square once while people were watching the tree lighting. but just as the thousands were leaving the bicyclists tried to come through again. police blocked them though. many of the crowd supported that decision. >> it would be terrible out here. >> it was tough to move in here at some point. well, did you miss the deals today? don't worry. some of the stores are ready to do it again tomorrow promising new mark downs that were not available today. live in san francisco, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> always a deal to be had. thank you, amy. >>> it wasn't all smooth sailing this black friday. at 5:00 this morning shoppers at a south sacramento wal-mart sheriff deputies had to evacuate the store. customers were allowed back in a dozen at a time after that. authorities blame the store for not providing enough security guards. >>> at least one shopper was injured this morning when crowds stormed the doors of a target in buffalo, new york. the melee started in the line outside with people waiting in the cold and they were frustrated with one anothe

. >> as we get closer the holiday season there's three things are guaranteed to see near union square not this woman dressed as a chocolate covered sunday, i'm referring to the city christmas tree that the union square ice skating rink and the vibration of panhandlers. before you get confused let me be clear on not talking about a homeless because many may not be homeless. i'm talking but people here and run the shopping district the can for cash. but these people on pell street was holding a sign asking for money so he can buy wheat. or this man with a sign that reads up for food and broken. he had his dog is delays on the sidewalk also on cal street. later he makes another sign hoping that someone reading it will give him money. why the influx of panhandlers. it's a ball since more people began pouring into union square shopping for the holidays this is where the money is. which means the panhandlers are hoping that you will be in the holiday spirit and hand over your cash. i not here to tell you what to do with your money but if you're really in the giving spirits i have a suggesti

i would like my co-presenter, the director of the greater union square business improvement district to introduce herself. i am going to review the annual report, the fiscal review that our department did, and then she is going to go over the services and pimlicoments of the district in the past year. linda, if you want to introduce yo

>>reporter: it watough to walk through union square tonight. it was so crowded but we didn't hear any complaints. people told us they came out here to be around people. they wanted to get some good deals and just have some fun. now even though black friday is almost over, not quite, macy at union square open until 11:00 o'clock tonight. but the deals are not over yet. oh, no. if you didn't come out today no problem. they will start again tomorrow. i was at toys-r-us looking at how em l ty the shelves were and they said we have more stuff on sale tomorrow different from today. everyone is opening up early again tomorrow so no problem if you missed today. there's plenty to look for tomorrow, live in san francisco, 7 news. >> all right amy thank you. >> from black friday to small business sat. 4 day thanksgiving weekend brings in big buck for major retailers furs time there's a push to help give a boost to struggling local economy. we have the report from san carlos where local business owns are hoping to get mr. shoppers than usual tomorrow. abou

that is dead center in front of union square. the foot traffic has not stopped. it has increased all day long. from atlantic to pacific the traffic seems terrific. the bay area black friday began at midnight at the great mall. and here at union square all day long the beat and the bag counts kept building. no surprise to consumer psychologist kip. >> this year consumers have been geared up to go shopping. they have been pushing retailers to open up earlier. once they start spending it's easier to spend more. >> i say hey everyone is excited and it seems i think things are on the improve. >> reporter: experts say spend willing be up. >> more. definitely more. actually, today we will spend most of it today. more today. >> reporter: why is that? do you feel better about the future? >> yeah, i think so. >> reporter: on the down beat caution still reigns. >> it's not better or worse. definitely more people. >> reporter: they seem in a better mood. >> yeah. yes, they do. >> i'm very optimistic. maybe this year is not as good next year will be much, much better. >> merr

craig will be kicking things off at macy's union square and runs through january 2nd.ar they adopted out 300 animals. 320 and they raised $50,000 this year. obviously helping a lot of these animal who is need the help, especially cats right now that need a place to live. >> i know you will take several home today. nice nice of you. >> a good dad takes them to the beautiful daughters. 5:52 and every morning about another retailer offering shipping for things on line. cutting prices for the holidays. we are in the middle of the war between dot-com and big box retailers is the traditional mom and pop store. for them, it will be a christmas like no other. >> sloan used to come into the wooden horse as a little girl, dreaming of owning every toy in the place. >> i wanted to buy the whole store. i grew up and i did. >> she cashed out her career at apple to be a small business owner, putting her right square between two giant forces. big dot-comes like amazon and so-called big boxes like target. >> flashlights are always good. >> if you ask her how she survives, she gives you

the holiday season and there are three things that you are pretty much guaranteed to see near union square. >> not this lady dressed as a chocolate sundae [laughter] i am referring to this christmas tree. this union city panhandlers with the ice skating rink. let me be clear. i am not talking about the homeless because many aren't perhaps not homeless. i am talking about people hanging around that are begging for cash. these people, one is holding a sign asking for money so we can purchase marijuana. and this man that has a sign that out for food, and broken. and as he lays on the sidewalk also on this street. later, another sign that perhaps somebody will give him money. >> and why the influx of panhandlers? simple. because more people will be pouring into a union square for the holidays this is where the money is. those panhandlers are hoping that you can be in the holiday spirit and handle over your cash. and i'm not here to tell you what to do with your money. but i have a suggestion. give it to charity, instead. and san francisco, stanley roberts, kron 4 news. >> and if you have an id

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. >> it's almost time for the tree-lighting in union square tonight. >> right. and spencer christian is out there with the weather forecast. >> this is one of the most exciting events for me. this is is just going to be fantastic. there will be music and festive things going on. now, we can celebrate changes in weather. there is a rain is on the way. there is a large area to the north that is this afternoon pushing into mendocino county z by about 10:00 or 11:00, we'll see rain pushing into parts of the north bay. and it's going to be wet overnight and tomorrow. and into 40s inland now. milder than the 5:00 p.m. readings we've seen. and on we go to highlights. we can expect rain moving in and spreading south tonight. showers tomorrow, and snow levels by the way down to about 3,000 feet meaning there is a good chance of snow atop peaks. there is how things are shaping up on satellite and radar image. there is low pressure moving away now. there is a big cold air mass. and there is a our forecast animation at 7:00 this evening. by 10:00 tonight, maybe 11:00, we'll

they decided to skip union square and visit the museum. >> enjoy time with your family.online and avoid the crowds. >> reporter: the pace is slower here and on a higher plane. >> i want to go see a museum over movie or hang out with family. >> we love seeing the impression is stick we love the museum so we heard it was here today so this is why we're here. >> it sounds awfully high -- >> it's better than shopping. >> reporter: surfing, in beautiful conditions. waves -- [ audio difficulty ] >> reporter: very few people in golden gate park. these folks game from fairfield. >> it's too crazy and too busy. i can find the deals later. >> reporter: while shoppers may wonder if they are getting a better deal they can get online, or later in the season, or fighting crowd is worth the effort. she is walking in the sand with her mind at ease. >> i hate shopping. >> what are you doing instead? >> walking off my meal, of course. >> reporter: they saved some time for themselves. >> i'm not buying anything today. it's too crazy out there. >> what are you doing? >> i'm running and goin

a lot of people out there, union square all around the city enjoying it. >>> last week california citruss spent three nights trying to keep their crops from sub-freezing temperatures. how new high-tech machines are saving the fruit and saving growers money. >> central citrus crop survived a frosty night. this is what it looks like. he kept his fruit warm enough using the latest in technology. >> 29.4 degrees. it will idle and start it up. it's a hydraulic clutch. >> thermometers out in the field tells the machine to turn on at 29.4 and turn off when it's 32 degrees. it cost $33,000. he says he saves money every night it gets coal. >> in fuel costs, i'm saving third to a half. they do that good of a job of monitoring temperatures. >> he has 27 of the high-tech wind machines. they'll pay themselves off in the next three to five years. whatever the cost, it's priceless reassure answer that the most sensitive lemons will survive the winter. >> they are low in sugar and can damage pretty easily. >> with temperatures lower than the night before, hill and the crew spend the night monitoring the

were live in union square the annual christmas tree lighting ceremony. at 5:40 p.m. a basketball game turns brutal how president barack obama ended up hostages. at 5:50 p.m. the holiday toy wars the hot toys this holiday season coming up. [ male announcer ] welcome to the far reaches of the internet. when you go faster, you're free to go farther. at&t. rethink possible. get high-speed internet from at&t for only $14.95 a month. 100,000 passengers expected to go through. this year passed a foes in a 4% increase in the number of passengers carried passengers averaging about 10 minutes to go through security checkpoints not bad. a letter still talking but the new enhance security procedures. some feel they do go little too far. >> the she felt it was interests of an offensive >> kiss a officials continue to see the new procedures are necessary to ward off terrorist attack carried dish d y rest during holidays so far down statewide chp officers have arrested 520 drivers for dui steps from wednesday night to this morning. insurance the same time last year the red 540 to r

then six months ago or so there was the incident in the union square area where a promoter publicized an event, attracted a crowd of young people. when the venue was letting out, some violence began to occur. a german tourist got caught in the middle of it and unfortunately died. the mayor and the president of the board of supervisors called a press conference, and they vowed that they would do something about this. so, we have legislation that is on its way to the board of supervisors. acting director kane, when? >> nor 15th. >> november 15th there will be a hearing before the public safety committee of the board. >> correct. >> we held one hearing. i've talked around with various other people, and i can't really generate enough interest or get any direction to go in to have a second hearing. i would like to explore this further, but let me just summarize what we learned from the first hearing. this basically has been whittled down to get around the objections that killed the first attempt to legislator to regulate the profmenter industry. basically what we are left with in the lates

union square is dressing for the holidays. some very popular windows are still under wraps. artists are still building the spca holiday windows. working in tight quarters creating a holiday dream. >> it is themed around west virginia, animation you have seen on television. everything in there, virginia creates a lot of out of paper. >> reporter: the stars are at the spca waiting for debut. dogs and cats in the window make the holiday tribute. >> they are so sweet. my problem is i want to take them all home. >> reporter: last year 300 pets on display found homes. this season shelters are bursting with cats. >> everybody is overflowing with cats, we are, the animal control shelter across the street is. we don't know. maybe it was the warm weather but the cats got very busy this season. >> reporter: their big appearance may land them a home for the holidays. the window coverings come down at 5:00 tomorrow. you can come out until january 2nd to pick up your pet. >>> with police tonight as they go into bay area neighborhoods looking for sex offenders. >>> why so many are escaping

i am referring to the city christmas tree at union square and street and migration of panhandlers. before you get confused me be clear i'm not talking about a homeless many might not be homeless. i'm talking about people hanging around a shopping district bidding for cash. like these people one is holding a sign asking for money so he can buy wheat. or this man with a sign that reads up for food and broken. he hawkeses dog as he lays on the sidewalk. later he decides to make another sign hoping someone reading it would give him money. why the influx of panhandlers and simple, since more people will begin going to union square shot road holidays this is where the money is. which means the pandora's or bring your ibm holiday spirit and hand over cash. i am not here to tell you what to do your money but if you're really in the giving spirit i have a suggestion. give it to charity instead. san francisco, stanley roberts, kron4 news. >> artisans have spent the last week putting the finishing touches on a holiday treat at the bay city shopping said the in emeryville. take a look at it, i

they can go in and around union square.we have space is now up in the castro, in fact. >> how many are there? >> we have about 420. >> are they here all year round? >> out of the 420, i know 150 to sell all year round. i mean like five-seven days a week. >> are they making their living of of this? >> this is their sole source of income for many. >> how long have you been with this program. how much has it changed? >> i have been with the program since it began 37 and a half years ago but i have seen changes in the trend. fashion comes and goes. >> i think that you can still find plenty of titis perhaps. >> this is because the 60's is retro for a lot of people. i have seen that come back, yes. >> people still think of this city as the birth of that movement. great, thank you for talking about the background of the program. i'm excited to go shopping. >> i would like you to meet two street artists. this is linda and jeremy. >> night said to me to print them -- nice to meet you. >> can you talk to me about a variety of product

this was a meeting we had in union square.e brought police, ambassadors, and property owners together to talk about how better to coordinate the safety in the area. but certainly all kinds of communication can be done. there can be alerts to all kinds of buildings, not just the public bullings, but also the private buildings. the group was very excited about doing more activation along the civic center plaza leading to some of the performing arts venues. there are some wonderful things happening in the park right now, and it can be allmented across the district. again, cleanliness. coordination between the buildings, especially down toward the market street area. lighting is a big issue. the c.b.d. would do advocacy throughout the district to promote a clean and safe district. additional beautification, there is already so much around city hall in terms of the flower baskets and the greenery, but to do that throughout the zrisket. there is the budget of $736,000. here we are before you today. it is october 27th and we are aski

story in many other localities and in san francisco it's been slow getting off the ground and union squares able to hire folks in order to provide uniformed guides that make the shopping insuranc expe much better and you have able t accept plement the services for keeping the streets clean and respond to graffiti quicker and marketing. >> and we are sitting in it as we speak and it's one of the only ones in the business district of san francisco and the other is union square and fisherman's wharf is one and mission is only one block and trying to improve things on our own but we could use the city resources to get things done. >> i hope that city hall begins to see what they need to do to help us, and be a bit more -- not just approachable, but responsible for the entire city. >> i think we are making great advances with the parks that have been neglected over many years and still we have a way t go obviously and the other is the planning process and we are on the verge of permanent controls for the mission district and the dot com boom and whatever form it takes in the future and will not

they jammed union square like a stocking full of gifts. the massive shoppers met big dollar signs for stores and for others an audience. >> we call it black friday. it's almost like the super bowl, for street performers, it's the super bowl, because we know this is a big day. >> reporter: free enterprise was blowing up on every corner. everyone hoping to make a little extra silver for the holidays. it was a prime spot for anyone looking for an ear. >> you know, heavier crowds and very nice day today. so they could watch my protests of the other populations and other planets in outer space. >> reporter: for san francisco's perennial protester frank chu to the traditional anti-fur demonstrators. >> compassion is the fashion. >> reporter: everyone had a message. >> we do this traditionally. traditionally, every year. and because there are so many shoppers it's a great time to inform them, you know. and especially tell them that there's nothing eco about fur either. >> reporter: women in black marched union square, protesting israel's occupati

once again, some current renderings of the connection to union square and of the concourse level. finally, the chinatown's station with a proposed engines of washington and stockton, and these are some of the latest renderings of the chinatown station. and the north beach ferry, where we would be driving the tunnel- boring machine and extracting it on columbus avenue between union and filbert. finally, the list of contracts that will be awarded for the program, the six remaining contracts. the first one will be presented to our board on december 7, and the largest contract will be issued for bid on the first quarter of next year. that would be the tunneling contract. this program is over $1 billion worth of park construction, anticipated to create over 35,000 jobs over the life of the subway. at this point, i would like to turn it over to kristin. thank you. >> good afternoon. thank you very much for having us at this hearing. as we have discussed in previous meetings about the central subway project, we need five acquisitions. two for the stations had mosconi and chinatown, and t