. >> and salazar attended a event that was hosted by the neighborhood that was their omi united festival and that concludes that i report. >> thank you, director hiks. any questions for the director regarding her report? >> no? >> thank you, very much. >> welcome. >> thank you. >> please call line item number 2 c. >> commission reports discussion, commission president report, commissioner's reports and commission announcements and scheduling for items identified for consideration at future commission meetings action. >> i want to report, that although we did not have a meeting it has been a busy few weeks here. the chief, i attended the retirement ceremony for the members of the san francisco retired in the past six months at the stottish right temple it was classy for those officers. they come in with a lot of fan fair and pomp and circumstance and now they are going out with it and i want to thank the chief and the command staff for doing that. and it was nice hearing a personal story about the officer. >> every officer said that if they had to do it all over again, they would do it ag

the research was conducted by forward analytics whose clients include festivals throughout the united states. yesterday, we reported that home builder confidence had hit a six year high. it seems home building is catching up as well. on construction hit a four year high last month, up a whopping 15% from august. affordable housing has combined with lower unemployment to help improve home sales. foreclosures have also fallen to their lowest point in five years. >> now, your insta-weather plus forecast with meteorologist john collins. >> in nice -- a nice, mild day just like yesterday. just coming into west virginia, as some rain shower activity combined with a cool front. there is a big storm over the great lakes. there will be rain coming in from the west and the south. it is not evident now on the picture. we have a few scattered crowds -- clouds around the area. we have not had a good bank, hard freeze in the city appeared -- a good, hard freeze city yet.vie temperatures are very nice. inperatures in the 50's out far western maryland. a few more clouds. elevation has to do with that

. >> united nations and arab league envoy organized the tuesday for the festival. government and opposition forces agree to lay down their arms from friday through monday. they agree to lay down arms from friday through monday, but arm commanders say they reserve the right to retaliate against rebel attacks. the head of the opposition forces military council says he's skeptical that government forces will stick to their word. >> the two sides kept up the fighting. several place as head of the truce. government forces are said to have reinforcements. neither side respected a cease-fire in april. buddhists and muslims in western myanmar have taken up their fight against. at least 56 people have been killed. nearly 2,000 homes destroyed. government has declared a state of emergency in the region. government officials say the fighting there begin to escalate on sunday. 90% of myanmar's population is buddhist. the minority have grown frustrated with being discriminated against. at least 90 people died in clashes between the two groups in june. u.s. state department spok

festival in maryland. participants learned about other cultures through food, music, dance, arts and crafts. >> my father worked for the un. so i grew up in unitedions housing in new york. i was surrounded by different cultures. it is neat to see that here coming together. >> the festival feed tured app international showcaseville language in china, el salvador and china. >>> horror movie fans are loving paranormal activity. it debuted in first place at the box being office. get this, the last two installments of the movie brought in 40 and $50 million. ben affleck's drama about a cia operative, that took second plates with $16.6 million. the animated movie, hotel transvainia, took third place. >>> the star of a cbs hit is also making an appearance on the big screen. >>> edward lawrence has those stories and more at this look at entertainment. >> garth brooks was inducted into the country music hall of fame in nashville. he is the third highest selling act in u.s. history with more than 128 million albums sold. he is hymning he may resume his career soon after staying home to help raise his three daughters. >>> taylor swift's new album red is ou

speak an international language, music and hardship united them and helped them form a lasting connection. >> reporter: this isn't your average jazz festival. young musicians groove together on stage. they share a rhythm and a special bond that extends beyond borders. it's a bond that formed seven years ago in the wake of hurricane katrina. the storm slammed the gulf of mexico killing nearly 2,000 people. new orleans took a direct hit. residents lost their homes. one school o. perry walker high lost its instruments. a nonprofit association of jazz fans in japan immediately sent funds and in doing so help revive the spirit of a city with a rich jazz history. fast forward six years to march 2011. this time musicians in japan's northeast are struck by disaster. the tsunam pummelled the port and taking away the instruments of the city jazz band. they swing dolphins couldn't swing anymore. a month after the disaster the dolphins were back on stage and playing new instruments most of them donated thanks to the efforts of jazz musicians in new orleans. the o. perry walker high school band never forgot the help they received after katrina. they or

festive welcome. >> the president of the united states of america. barack obama. [applause] is.orter: president obama came to the tiny kern county ham let of keen to honor ufw founderhavez. declang his homeo be naonalmonument. inhe years to come generations of americans will stand where we stand and see a piece of history. a tribute to the a great man and a great movement. >>reporter: area known as lapaz covers more than 100 acres. it includes chavez house where his widow helen still lives. visitor center. anhis grave site. his son paul said the president declaration is an honor that goes beyond his father. >> isn't just recognizing my father work but the contribution of latino aged grant and the hard work they have done in the country. >> many saw this event honoring chavez as an effort to bolster his already substantial support for the hispanic community. judging by this crowd, president obama more than succeeded. >> i'm very happy very proud because today we have created history. >> one of the things that really caught me was his statement that as a national monument this is

hopefully two years from now we will have an international poetry festival with san francisco and its sister city of barcelona where we can unitehese two cities. i would like very much to see poetry workshops, for example, in the police department and in the fire department and perhaps in a tax collector's office, and also in the board of supervisors. why not, right? if poetry is the best word in the best place, who else to practice poetry but our elected leaders? and also as a sort of very gentle challenge to all of you -- because we are such a highly literate society and community here in the bay area, and we are very widely read -- i'm going to ask you, when you get a chance on your website, to post your reading list. let us see into your hearts. let us see into where you get your ideas. let us see that you are, in fact, considering the entire range of voices and language and cultures that our community, our city is made up so that we can also dialogue with you about what you're reading, what we are reading. perhaps then we can establish a good dialogue between yourselves and ourselves. and i want to thank you again for the

the show is followed by the united states power boat show which begins on october 11th. >>> also this weekend the #4e6 annual fun festival that will shut down many roads. more on the closures you need to be aware of. >> many roads will be shut down for this weekend's festival. broadway is now closed between bank and tame street. 6:00 tomorrow morning, all streets south of alisana street will be closed. everything will reopen by 6:00 monday morning. and if you are attending the festival, use public transportation and avoid neighborhood parking. i'm lauren cook and that's your time safer traffic report. >> bottom of the 8th. score is 3-1. orioles is still up. >>> coming up next our amazing coverage continues, everyone. >> if the orioles can get through these last two half innings, their season will continue. we'll give you a live update, coming up. >> and the last call you'd expect is from someone in jail. the latest scam inmates are using to try to steal your cash when we come back in 60 seconds. >>> still 3-1 out there. bottom of the 8th. you just can't bare. you want to see this thing happen. let's go down to texas righ

invited to the recent san francisco international poetry festival from iraq i've been in touch with for more than a year and a half. after the united states would not give him his visa, i asked him -- i told him about mutanabbi street and he wrote a poem and he wrote it in english, though he writes in, of course, in arabic. but this one he wrote in english. so i'll read it. one figure in the poem you should know, humbaba, which is an ogre, a monster of immemorial age. that was a special big garden, a forest, where all types of trees and flowers grew. the trees bending down gently flinging branches. our orchard grew like a crown on the sun's eyebrow. where did humbaba come from? his mother was just a cave, his father unknown. who made him a friend pretending guardian of the orchard. did those nice shrubs need fear to go begging for a garden and have humbaba in his treachery ilk. those plants and flowers were like books everyone could read, not cut and throw away. their different fantastic colors had formed our blood so our veins ran smoothly, our 7 wonders showed. then humbaba made a whirlwind of fire and snow. who crowned him king?

marathoners and the kids fun run, the festival highlights the best of our city and powers tourism in our town. there will be runners from every state in the unitedtes in 24 countries. last year's champion will return to defend his title. the race is expected to generate more than $30 million in economic impact to the city. and an additional $1 million for charity. wbal-tv is proud to be the official television station of the event and will provide exclusive coverage. for more information, log

united states navy chifry is not dead. >> and san francisco is hosting six sporting and social events this weekend. and there is hardly strictly blue grass festival. the giants open playoffs saturday night and there is whatever that you want to attend you're advised to get there, early. >> and i just wish there is something to do. >> i saw tourists posing for pictures and this is so nice. >> yes it's fun to appreciate what the military does for us. >> absolutely. we didn't have clear skies but there is good looking weather for what is happening. there is just checking them out this afternoon. here is a live picture from our south beach camera. you can see blue skies and clouds. good looking weather. there is another live picture. 76 the high today, normally there are 78 degrees so running close in the south bay there is a fog layer deepening to 3,000 feet now down to 2000. we've seen clearing here as you can see from san francisco bay. and temperatures now into 06s at the coast. there are 60s and 70s inland valleys. there is most of the bay area down, 20 degrees cooler ain san rafael. 16 degrees drop in concord z seven degrees cooler in san jose.

history the prestigious stanislavski theater festival even international students to stage nine of the best drama schools from russia europe and the united states are putting on productions the concept is an open class teachers and students are sharing their views on the acting and future of theatre for many participants this is truly a once in a lifetime experience they did not want to mess to bring all the. some cost you from the other side of the world students from the american conservatory theatre raised five thousand dollars. who are so welcome to the show thank you thank you very much for coming a lot of it well first of all i'd like to ask you about the bill coming here well i have learned that your students. in the american to surgery theater raised money through the internet this is ok to pay for the trip to pay for those that well they said it was description that they put on the intruder they said for them it's going to be a once in a lifetime experience yet is that true why why it's those lansky first of all so weird for your kids well. for a couple of reasons in the states stance last stylists lasky is the brand name when i

the united nations and arab league envoy, lakhdar brahimi, has held talks with the syrian president, bashar al—assad, to try to broker a ceasefire during the festivalts the festival of eid—al—adha, which starts on friday. syrian state television said president assad was open to finding a peaceful solution to the crisis, provided there was no foreign intervention. just a few miles from their meeting in the capital, damascus, at least ten people were killed by a car bomb. state media said a car bomb targeted a police station in a christian neighbourhood of the city. the authorities injordan say they've foiled a major terror plot to attack shopping centres, residential areas and western diplomatic missions in the country. state television says eleven people have been arrested — all of them jordanians. a wake—up call for the jordanians. a wake—up call for the jordanian government that troubles him and syria are spilling into the cd. ina him and syria are spilling into the c d. in a news conference, the information minister announced they intercepted a major al-qaeda attack. translation: there are 11 terrorist. they're all ofjordanian nationality. the p

united states that no u.s. made commodities can reach the island. cubans are still crowning the benefits of the revolution despite the embargo and the difficult economic situation. festive atmosphere is present in the streets of havana around. the daughter of the former officer of the cuban army william rockit is about to get married william shows old photos to his future son in law as it tells him about his family one of them features an old friend alexander markov a soviet pilot who took part in the events of the cuban missile crisis the two offices correspondent for years before the internet came to cuba then they switched to skype. t.v. yirrkala alex gelb yeah it's how you doing man. hello william how's your family how's life. mine is ok how's your family. visit us sometime. marshner you know alex i might come to moscow soon. yeah looking forward to seeing you in my home village. nothing anywhere by. today the caribbean or cuban missile crisis computer game is popular among those who could be the sons the real participants of the one nine hundred sixty two events now with the help of computer graphics it's possible to imagine how the events could have turned out if

and bluegrass festival and other activities, air b & b and other internet room-sharing type of programs kind of with will probably go through the roof on how many people are looking for units. but could you give us a little bit of a preview of what your legislation may look like to protect, again, rental units from being gobbled up by tourist rooms and that kind of stuff. >> absolutely. so first let me just clairepy clarify and refer to the two different phenomenon as corporate hoteliziation and what i refer to as this new world of sharable housing where you have tenants themselves opening up their rooms, their couches or entire apartments for folks to live in while they are not there. with regards tot sharable housing issue, i think there are rally three-dimensions that i think we need to address with legislation and that is what we're looking at right now. one is around quality of life and neighborhood concerns that arise when, if an individual were to leave his or her apartment and rent it to someone else from another part of the world, you hear complaints from neighbors. you heard from the golden gateway tenants for visitors to our city that do not respect the fact tha

festival we talked to reyna grande about their memoir, "the distance between us." in the book she shares her experience of going up in mexico without her parents who immigrated to the united states illegally to find work. this is about half an hour. >> reyna grande what is -- >> the way i grew up knowing it was a reference to the united states but to me because i grew up in this hometown surrounded by mountains and i didn't know where the united states was, to me it was the other side of the mountain. and during that time when my parents were gone working here in the u.s., i would look at the mountains and think that my parents were over there on the other side of the mountains. >> where did you grow up and originally where were you born? >> i was born in mexico in southern mexico and the little city that no one has heard of. when i mention acapulco everyone knows i'll could poke so it was a few hours away from acapulco. >> windage of parents come to the united states? >> my father came here in 1977 when i was three years old and he sent for my mother a few years later so my mother came in 1980 when i was four and a half years old. >> when did you come to the united state

today, the united nations peace envoy to syria said the country's government and some rebel leaders have agreed to stop fighting during the muslim holiday that begins on friday, a special festivaltary of state, hillary clinton was looking forward to hearing about the plan. >> we have been if close touch with the team. we support the call for a cease-fire for the festival, the holiday, so syrians can celebrate if peace. >>shepard: the group is pushing back and other rebels say they doubt the truce will be much of anything at all. act have its say 34,000 men and women and children have died in the civil war that stretched on for more than a year. fox cannot confirm the numbers. our chief fox report correspondent is in the studio. we have seen and heard this before. >>jonathan: remember back in april, kofi annan as a peace envoy announce add cease-fire? it held for three or four hours. now we have one opposition group you mentioned, saying they will not abide by the new ceasefire proposal. others are say they will abide by it if the regime of bashar al-assad abide the by it. tomorrow we will hear from the syrian government. they are likely to say they will abide by it if the oppos

festival." it is now my honor to introduce to you our special guest for you. neil gaiman was born in the united kingdom and now lives near minneapolis. he was born and raised in public libraries. he credits laggards of fostering his love of reading. he began his writing career in england as a journalist. his first book was a durand durand biography that took him three months to write. the second was a biography of douglas adams don't panic. the official hitchhikers guide to the galaxy companion. excuse me. this groundbreaking series sandman-- [applause] >> selected a large number of u.s. awards and 75 issue run. >> is at city hall today and one woman said that i have every single one of those. including three harvey awards. in 1991, sandman became the first comic ever to receive a literary award. it won an award for the best short story. mr. neil gaiman is credited with being one of the creators of modern comics, as well as an author that has reached across genres to reach audiences of all ages. he is listed in the dictionary of literary biography is one of the top 10 postmodern writers in the

festival, after all of that, president obama is coming in right? so you're going to have a good time there, too , huh? >> yes. the president of the uniteds coming to san francisco. i'm surprised he is going to minutes the weekend but he will be here monday. and he is coming to get advice on how to debate. [ laughter ] >> from you, from him, from anybody? >> quick before we go, mayor, what do you think of the debate? real quick. >> i think mr. obama got his hat handed to him in his hand with something in it. >> so he got nailed. >> he did. >> and your advice for mitt romney? >> my advice for mitt romney? keep on lying just like you did in denver. >> oh!! >> get out of here!! >> mayor brown talking right there. all right, phil matier, thanks so much. chief suhr and, of course, former mayor willie brown. >> we got to show a little love to the as, too, because that's coming up. they're on the road in detroit but they come home on tuesday. >>> all right. my in-laws are in town. >> are they. >> so we're coming into the city. >> oh, my goodness. >> all weekend long. >> it is going to be crazy in the city. there's so many things going on. we ar

united states and i stand before u.s.a. medal of honor recipient. >> our coverage of the texas book festival continues now.will dobson, author of "the dictator's learning curve" is live from us in. -- from austin. >> good afternoon. my name is jess alamein. i'm a senior editor at texas monthly magazine and i'm very happy to be here talking with william jay dobson, author of "the dictator's learning curve: inside the global battle for democracy," which came out in june or doubleday. this is the book itself from a senior copy will not be festooned with all these post-it notes. as well as the politics and foreign policy editor at slate. he goes to the foreign newsmagazine and when he was the managing editor of foreign policy magazine counted twice won the award for general excellence, which i can tell you with a good feat in itself and particularly impressive given that foreign policy is a relatively small circulation journal, not a deep-pocketed magazines like "vanity fair" or "esquire." both articles and essays have appeared in "the new york times," "washington post" and "wall street journal" and his provid