one of the few urban places to practice and learn.g learned here and now teaches. >> some people prefer very, very, what is known as very fast rods. in that case the rod bends only -- almost only in the tip. and then other people would prefer a rod that has medium action and bends further down. >> national tournaments also put it on the map and yet many san francisco people don't realize it's here in their back yards. heather ishimaru, abc67 news. >> we will see a lot of clouds at golden gate park this afternoon, but some clearing. we have it clearing up in the north and east for a low 80s today in livermore and concord. cooler than we were yesterday. the sea breeze will be with us each and every day. the next four days will be cool. in fact, bottoming out tuesday and wednesday, then it looks like we will be warming up come friday and saturday. so a little bit of everything in the seven-day for you but starting out pretty gray out there, maybe some mist and drizzle at the coast. >> all right. sounds good. that is going to do it for us

only wind generators would be allowed near the urban bird refuge. the second type of requirement would be a feature related hazard. these hazards pose a risk regardless of their location because the present birds in apparently clear flight paths but are a dead end. what we have included in this category are three -- freeze spending -- freestanding walls and balcony's with one broken glazed segments -- balconies with unbroken glazed segments. there are some exceptions. keep in mind resources like all existing buildings would be subject to the policy of 50% or more of the glass facade facing the refuge would be replaced or if the new building feature were added. in this case, the secretary of interior's standards for restoration of resources would be followed and the use of removal will treatments like knitting and screens would be encouraged. as i mentioned earlier, netting is used with success for past species and protected species. some have received preservation awards. other exceptions would include residential buildings under 45 feet in height w

one of the few urban places to practice and learn.eaches. >> some people prefer very very what is known as very fast rods. in that case the rod bends only -- almost only in the tip. and then other people would prefer a rod that has medium action and bends further down. >> national tournaments also put it on the map and yet many san francisco people don't realize it's here in their back yards. >> coming up next at 6:00, three people found dead inside a richmond apartment building with frustrated police believe they had been making a difference. >>> and the harrowing details from one of the passengers who swam to shore after a fishing boat sank off the coast of mexico. can i eat heart healthy without giving up taste? a man can only try... and try...and try. i heard eating wle grain oats can help lower my cholesterol. it's gonna be tough...so tough. my wife and i want to lowe our cholesterol, but finding healthy food that tastes good is torturous. your father is suffering. [ male announc ] honey nut cheerios tastes great and can help low

in may the friends of urban forest hosted the first california urban wood conference here in the presidioif brought together forestry experts, city and wood workers to educate them about the urban forest and to talk about the alternative uses for wood gathered from city landscaping and local yards. >> we see urban wood coming out of our city in a way that it shouldn't be. it has been chipped up right away and turned into mulch and things which are used but that value is not as strong l as a table. >>reporter: urban forestry allows wood workers access to timber they usually n't get their hands on. >> sometimes the biggest trees found in the urban area. treated like garden plants and well taken care of. >>reporter: sam came to the dprovrns ohio. he wrote the book on harvesting urban timber. >> things have taken off. things are coming together. if we are now moving to the point where we are going to have, i believe, the urban forest product industry. >>reporter: this store pacific street san francisco may be one of the beneficiary of that new industry. urban hard wood started in seattle 2001

we will not sacrifice nature for the urban. a new definition of urban. tavis: i love it. this is like central park in the middle of manhattan. this is in the middle of all of the sprawling buildings, you have that beautiful natural landscape. >> of the river system and we can solve this problem. tavis: wonderful work. >> thank you. tavis: this is very impressive. the environment is only one challenge. the other is the rampant in equality between the rich and poor. in shanghai alone, there are some 9 million migrant workers. they are the ones sweeping the streets and working in the factories. there has been serious protests from workers about their mistreatment. authorities have pushed back hard but you can only keep a lid on inequality for so long. in this communist country where workers are supposed have the same month in the gis as the lead, most of the kids of migrant workers to not go to schools like these. -- workers are supposed to have the same opportunities as the elite. they go to schools that are separate and unequal. parents everywhere will put up with a lot if

>> as i said earlier, spikas a hearty urban tree. they have aggressive roots and sometimes they daniel the infrastructure, with the fica tree, we can repair the sidewalk around it, it doesn't mean we str to remove the tree. but sometimes if the roots are everywhere, the numb of roots to cut or shave, would render the tree unstable, in this case, we were able to keep the tree, a nice upright ficas tree. we expanded the base. and we keep the necessary path of travel for pedestrians but if we open this up so we don't cut a big root. we try to preserve as many roots as we can. >> the path of travel, the city has a minimum travel standard, i believe it is 48 inches. >> it is. >> we easily maintained thap about we see where trees encroach on that or are tripping hazards. >> we never want to go less than 48 inches in the path of travel, ideally, it is more than that, but if it is scrult of losing or keeping a tree we'll shrink down to whatever we need to. >> let's move around the corner, to this. see if we can get in the shade over here. he

essentially would be urban design status. attempting to have most southern portions of the candlestick development commensurate with the approval for candlestick point, immediately to your east. i cannot say that it is precisely the same. there are slight nuances and differences. but that is what is approved. >> how tall are these towers? >> west to east, they are 170 feet to 100 feet, to 80 feet. >> they do not get taller? >> they go up and they come back down. >> 170 feet. and as a vision they had a tower that was not a part of this proposal, just to give you a sense of what was already approved, otherwise it would be at 160 feet. in terms of density -- >> in terms of density can you talk about a project in the shipyard area? >> it is commensurate what we have with candlestick. they have an office park. hunters point shipyard north is bound by the same scale as executive part. they have roughly two towers. by think that they were up to 200 feet, 250 feet. >> in terms of proposed height, where was the starting point for staf

we are trying to use existing urban infrastructure to reach these tests. this stohr record -- perfectly exemplifies this concept. approximately 135,000 square feet, this has most of the things that make this what is, but with the san francisco guests in mind. we will include the everyday items, and include the unique offerings for city dwellers. the busy suburbanite's working downtown will appreciate a clean and safe store that they trust to purchase diapers and purchase items for the meal on the way home from work. this target will include the expanded selection of fresh foods, including dairy products, and meat. the opening is still scheduled for october 2012, they are working hard to make certain that we meet the high expectations. this has large expenses of clear windows overlooking the park. this is with the redevelopment agency, and the south of market employment center, to prioritize hiring local team members. it ought we expect higher 200 team members and the hiring process will begin six to eight months before opening. we are committed to being a

forest hosted a california urban wood conference here.nd they brought together people to talk about alternative uses for wood gathered from city landscaping and local yards. >> we can see urban wood coming out of our cities in a way that it shouldn't be. it's being turned into mulches and things but the value is not as long strong as a table. >> urban forestry allows workers to tim beer sometimes, biggest trees are treated like garden plants, well taken care of. >> steve cheryl wrote the book on harvesting urban tim beer things are coming together we're now move together point where we're going to have, i believe the products industry. >> this more maying one of the beneficiaries, urban hard woods started in seattle, expanding to three stores on west coast. >> people becoming more consus and want something hand made and something that is green. >> a table can sometimes cost tens of thousands of dollars and this is a work of art. >> thanks for joining us for abc 7 news at 4:00. >> news at 5:00 starts now with allen wong. >> mexican officia

for most people, especially in urban areas, powwows are places to go to reconnect. powwows are places you go to see people you haven't seen in a long time and to make new friends, new connections, nothing different than what's going on here, nothing difrplt than what was going on at the old festival at ft. mason. with that, i wanted to play also for you a little bit of cedar flute. if you've heard cedar flute you've heard youngblood and cedar flute has become emblematic of american indian in the singular, american indian culture. i wanted to play it for you to give you an example of what might be considered traditional style because after this i'd lake to bring up two guests and play two arrangements that were created especially for this festival that bring in both the irish american and the urban indian. so this is a cedar flute song for you. (playing flute) so now that you have a little bit of powwow and a little bit of cedar flute in your ears, i would like to invite two guests up to perform for you, two arrangements which i made especially for today. first, rita

the explanation, there's nothing more than a normal exercise in urban sanitation. those words send a chill down my spine, but it is a familiar chill. had the world not been allow today forget a similar massacre by that same humpty dumpty, a massacre that took place with the participation of mercenaries from north korea and is reliably recorded to have claimed between 10,000 and 20,000 lives of humanity of both genders and be from geriatrics to the infants often in the most sawtist tick manner. -- sadistic manner. it is a word, an expression of self when subvert today the service of such power enable the frailtieses that proves especially traumatizing. the mind, especially of an african raised within a continent whose apartheid policies lasted most of his maturing years, does not require much instigation to wonder how the language of urban sanitation differed from the policy of apartheid south africa which wiped out black habitations to create a -- [inaudible] between black urban settlements and the ruling white minority of that society. the language of apartheid wa

he owns joinry structures taking trees and urban settings, ages wood, then mills it.the resulting timber will be turned into homes, furniture and restaurants. >> and all of us go, there is a story. it grows around people z people do things to it. they climb it and drive nails into it. and they cutoff the limbs. it makes wood have a lot of character. >> it's part of a growing movement and in maying there was the first urban wood conference here in the presidio, bringing together experts, zpiz wood work dwrorz educate them about the urban forest and to talk about the all the in a tiff uses for wood gathered from local yard autos we can see urban wood coming through the city and it shouldn't be it's being chipped up and turned into mulch which are used. and there is a table. >> this allows and the biggest trees are often treated like garden plants, well taken care oof sam cheryl came from ohio, wrote the book on harvesting urban timber. >> there is now wri believe we're going to have the products of the industry. >> it started in seattle, expanding to three stores on the

the bureau of urban forestry has their own cement shop. the reason they dorks we have to maintain sidewalks around trees. this is our cement shop working, they're replacing a sidewalk and they make sure they frame out. >> and they need a must have her or shroud on their jackhammer, by article 29 of the police code. they all have to have must have lers. they all do, nobody knows it but it is in this. good excellent, this is great. okay. so how long does it take to do a job like this. just like a couple of days. >> we started monday, there was prep work. lane closure. >> we had a bobcat. >> okay. >> and we got all of these. >> you're going to clean it out and graze the thing out. >> you frame it up there. >> framing for the pour. >> when do you think you'll pour? >> monday. >> that's pretty quick work for such a big job here. >> yeah. >> absolutely. >> with the bobcat, things do go fast. >> one thing we should make a note of, it is important when we take the whole side walk like this, we have to make sure that pedestrians have a safe place t

we're joined with carla short who's the city urban forrestor. is that right? >> uh-huh. >> she's going to look at trees and talk about tree issues. and we invite your questions. she knows all about trees. we have a whole pile of trees ready to put b put in the ground. what kind of trees are they. >> victorian box trees. >> what size are they? >> a 24 inch box, which is the new standard. we do at least 24-inch box or larger unless the site is to constrained that we have to go small every. er -- smaller. it increases the survival rate of the tree. so this is our new standard. >> it takes a little while until they can adapt to the location. how long does that usually take? a couple of seasons? >> it does. we normally will water a tree throughout the dry season which we estimate about nine months of the year. so if it is -- has not rained, we have to go water the tree. once it is established, then it does not need our help. >> there's a particular problem with trees that are in boxes or in

he calls himself an urban explorer, exploring urban areas and industrial facilities. it is not always easy to get in, but the thrill of the forbidden keeps him going. >> i feel like an archaeologist. you do not have to go to egypt to find pyramids. it fascinates me. >> at 100 year-old power station, abandoned 20 years ago. but he is not alone. other urban explorers have come here. >> in belgium they offer the most opportunities. many dings adipidated. th cannot maintain or rebuild them. y>> in brussels protection of architectural heritage leaves a lot to be desired. all thee decayed buildings are slowly being renovated. some are slated for shopping centers. preservationists are up in arms. >> it is a shame. it is unique in belgium, perhaps even in europe. >> the original route from the mid-19th century. business interests have won out. >> in brussels there is a lot of pressure coming from property speculator is. the region is a small enclave. there is an enormous amount of pressure from property developers who] have a great capacity to lobby politicians. >> 45 ildings

francisco's greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets and to recommend that the city incorporate urban greening and green infrastructure into its larger climate planning efforts in regards to both greenhouse gas mitigation and adaptation to climate change. we have a number of specific recommendations, and they are guided by these principles. one, the city, when forming green-space management policies, should consider local ecosystem functioning and climate science, first of all. two, the city should work towards managing and investing in its green infrastructure with the same policy, vigor and performance expectations as it does its man-made infrastructure when addressing ecosystem functions for climate mitigation and adaptation. and he three, when planning for urban green space, the city should support the activities of neighborhoods and community groups in their roles as local stewards of our green spaces. our specific recommendations as far as how the city should organize these efforts are, one, the mayor's office should coordinate an interdepartmental panel on green space policies

schombert: the urban impacts on that watershed have been enormous. flooding flows, combined sewer overflows, gave it the nickname of "stink creek" for many, many years. hecht: before the stream restoration, when you have a rain event, the stream would just be barreling, just filled with tons and tons of water, and the water would move very quickly, eroding the stream banks further. narrator: the rushing water ran all the combined sewage straight into the monongahela river, which is a main supplier of drinking water for the region. hecht: what has happened because of the restoration is the water overflows its banks, it floods into these nice flood plains with native plants. and then slowly the water percolates back down into the stream. narrator: this allows the land to naturally filter and clean the sewer overflows before they enter the river. the restoration included extensive environmental changes to improve the stream and infrastructure changes to reduce the csos into the watershed. hecht: when i first started talking with people about stream rest

here the downtown area is now no town the main commercial street and urban desert as the economy here collapsed so did countless businesses small and large creating a town where sites like this a common and what was long term by. george shut windows locked mom and pop shops abandoned growth businesses are strip clubs and. truck stop meeting places city hall stands right across from a former hotel a haunting sight during barry's peak years places like this would become a temporary home for out of towners visiting this place the hotel is now deteriorating there are no windows left and the police cars outside making sure squatters don't get in there's no other hotel left in this town there are no investments flowing into this area nowadays instead there's only hopelessness building up to it makes me sad maybe piss me all right it's like. well i think it would be best if i relocate you know the way i see it anywhere is here another here. completely there is not much to be found elsewhere either well gary is a symbol of collapse industry has been dying all across the us promises of a manuf

all of our urban forest benefits benefit everyone in san francisco, and i look forward to finding those solutions with you and the rest of the board. thank you. supervisor chiu: our final question today will be provided by our colleague from district 10, supervisor cohen. supervisor cohen: thank you. good afternoon. mr. mirkarimi -- mr. mayor, will you provide us an update of improvements that cities have been working towards? specifically, what has been accomplished around a facade improvements and employment opportunities for community members? furthermore, what is the status of the redevelopment agency and

urban farming.land has the urban part down but where and how the residents can farm is pretty much up in the air. the city wants to lay down some rules. >> reporter: those rules could answer questions like what kinds of animals should people be allowed to raise in their backyard. maybe more importantly how many of them. we're standing in a lot that has a coop of 20 chickens. they're all scattered around this lot. it's run by a nonprofit group that teaches kids how to cook. but it's one of many lots in oakland transformed into agriculture space. >> these are my hens. this is their home. >> reporter: a home for five chickens, three rabbits and a few thousand honey beans. they're raised in esparansa's backyard. >> what i have going here is for us to eat. >> in the far side we have some zucchini. >> urban farmers have few guidelines to follow. >> what's confusing is what one person is doing in their space may not be okay to be doing in another space. it just depends. >> reporter: eric emstad wants to ch

another feature of industrialization is the large movement of population to urban areas. [montanari] we can list various problems. for instance, we can list the housing problem, the difficulties of finding housing, of moving in these areas. the necessity of earning more in order to survive in these cities require to the wives in the families also to be employed and then less time to be devoted to the family. susanne carella sigra lives in rome with her husband alessio and her son orso maria. [translator] i work because i was brought up to do so. my mother always taught me that independence is a fundamental, even for a woman, so when i finished studying, i started to work immediately. [speaking italian] women now do lots of things. they take responsibility for a lot of things, always according to the family problems that they may have. undoubtedly, women without children get around more easily and get involved in more things. also, they have more time available, and therefore they can produce more and commit themselves to more-- both to their own job and to their different

just twenty five miles from downtown chicago gary indiana the symbol of urban blight by some compared to post evacuation sure noble by others it is a sad thing really is and very depressing. when you see something like this in this kind of condition. just continue to age and continue to fall apart this is the city methodist church today it's an abandoned shell with rusted ceilings rotting john and graffiti on the force of sites fall into this kind of disrepair. it's almost like a lot of lawns all. historical soul built in the one nine hundred twenty s. first a place of worship leader a community center that is now at the forefront of gary's decline were used to be a symbol of architectural might and brought the people of gary together is now an enormous streets filled with ruins where the only form of life for the pigeons that flying through the walls and the ceilings urban explorers historians and architects are saying that the chances of this place ever being rebuilt are close to zero so it looks likely that this place as well as many others throughout gary are on their way to compl

if maintained properly urban waters can also yield positive impacts for populations in both urban and upstream communities. revitalization of waterways can spur ploist employment -- -- can spur employment -- the chair: the gentleman will suspend. pursuant to the chair's announcement of earlier today, the house will now observe a moment of silence in memory of officer jacob j. chestnut and detective john m. gibson. will all present please rise for a moment of silence. the chair: the gentleman may proceed. mr. cleaver: mr. chairman. community as i cross the country are coming together, working with the e.p.a., state and local agencies and taking steps to access, restore and benefit from their urban waters and the surrounding lands. my missouri five district, a large section of which is kansas city, is one such community. the e.p.a. regional staff are working with the kansas city and local citizens groups to monitor water supply and plan and conduct improvements to the blue river watershed and brush creek, covering 270 square miles, the blue river complices the largest watershed -- compr

i am the executive director of friends of urban forest. thank you for having this hearing today. i am speaking directly to the better streets plan. your question about how effective the working relationships are between various departments and various non-profit in the city -- a good example of that is that we live in the public right of way, as supervisor marr said. this is a right of way everyone in this city shares. basically all of our work all year long is trying to beautify the public right of way, either by planting trees or by maintaining gardens. at cesar chavez, we are currently installing 6000 square feet of gardens. we have done that in conjunction with the planning department, the bureau of urban forestry, and the puc. this has been a project that has taken two years in working. i think the end product is that we have come up with a much more beautiful plan for that area, and it has been completely consistent with the better streets plan. we benefited from all the work that has gone into the creation of that plan, and we have adhered to it throughout. the communicati

if you're walking around in an urban area, you're probably stepping on a pipe. man: our grandparents paid for, and put in for the first time, these large distribution systems. woman: and in many cases, it's not been touched since. man: we're at a critical turning point. much of that infrastructure is wearing out. narrator: our water infrastructure is made up of complex, underground systems that function continuously. these 10 locations take a look at the history, design, and challenges of our water infrastructure systems. each one represents a small part of what's at stake on a national scale. but understanding the challenges starts with understanding the value of the three basic systems. generations of americans have never experienced living without a constant, unlimited supply of water delivered straight to the tap, or without their waste flushed immediately away. i think people often forget -- because, you know, water utilities have made it very convenient for people to get water -- how important this is. man: in terms of water supply, wastewater, stormwater

the rapidly shifting political tides and how it might impact you are mark moreale of the national urban league, dr. marty merry of princeton university and author of the new book "more beautiful and more terrible, the embrace and transcendence of racial inequality in the united states" and david webb, coparty of the tea party 365. this is an interesting moment. ei are a little bit beyond this historical webb where barack obama comes on television and announces osama bin laden has been killed. >> the united states has conducted an operation that killed osama bin laden, the leader of al qaeda, and a terrorist who is responsible for the murder of thousands. >> i saw celebration in the streets. i saw democrats and republicans all in agreement. does this signify a new political moment? >> obama got osama and what it does, it's a bit of a return to what the mood of the country was after 9/11, when i think there was a unifying sense and a unifying force that the tragedy created that and there's a bit of closure, particularly for the 9/11 families with osama bin laden being killed by those navy