at san francisco city hall. thank you all so much for joining us here tonight. it is an honor to be here. my name is daniel homsby and i am the program manager for the neighborhood department networks. an honor to see you here. many of the same faces for the fifth year for the men awards. let's give you an a plays for coming back. (applause) >> and celebrating one of the most important things we have in san francisco, which is our neighborhoods. without further ado, i'd like to start the program off by introducing my colleague, christina palone, the new director for the mayor's office for neighborhoods. christina palone. (applause) >> good evening, everyone. i'm happy to be a part of such a great ebit that celebrates the contributions made by residents and organizations throughout the city to make san francisco one of the greatest places to live. the mayor's office of neighborhood services also known as mons focuses on neighborhood outreach and engagement. it is an honor to be here with community leaders who are dedicated to the same principles and are positively changing our communities.

these awards are important and they're an important opportunity for all of us at city hall to make aand salute the people and organizations that work hard every day to make our neighborhoods the very best that they are. so, i have the distinct pleasure to introduce one of my most favorite people, city employees here in san francisco. y'all just heard from mr. clean, and that's who we affectionally call the director of dpw mohammed nuru. and he has a right hand and that right hand, her name is sandra zanega. it doesn't matter what neighborhood you're in, you can call either one of them and they will tell you what's going on. they know what's going on in that neighborhood and they know the pumps of what's going on in that neighborhood. not only do they reach out to every neighborhood association, merchant association, but they also work hard with the corporate sponsors to make sure that they are committed to our neighborhoods, to making sure that they are clean, that the graffiti is removed, that the dumping is taken away, that we have vibrant commercial corridors, vibrant commercial -

i used to teach at city college i taught only evening class of nurses. i come into my class and many of them would have their heads down on their desks by the way, they worked all day but as soon as i started talking they were alert they were there. they were wonderful students. a number of years later i had a heart condition where i had a triple bypass i was happy to have some students that i had taking care of me. now i'm an advocate for seniors with disabilities and i can't emphasize enough the importance of those programs. someone wrote on interesting piece california he wrote cancels colleges provided retraining for folks who need to stay in the workforce. many of the decisions came about because the funds were insufficient because of disease or other unplanned events. those are targeted specifically for this phonetics to address their educational and number one educational. the human brain can be slowed down to prevent brighten deceased. so people can remain a vital part of our community >> thank you anything else want to speak please come forward.

at. science technology innovation all the list of elements from around russia we've got the future covered. the international landlord in the very heart of moscow. thank you for sharing your sunday with us here at city this week tensions around north korea's nuclear threats reached a new high with pyongyang putting tokyo one is a potential hit list japan was threatened after it said it was preparing to shoot down any missiles the north might launch or the u.s. secretary of state is in japan now on the last stop of his asian tour to rally support against pyongyang's nuclear program washington tokyo and seoul indicated talks with the north can happen only if it's ready for a de nuclearization the apparent deadlock is wiring not only the countries involved in the dispute but moscow as well sees alexia shift as this report. the city with a population of around seven hundred thousand people is the closest russian big city to the border with north korea literally two hundred kilometers away is the place where the russian the chinese and the north koreans meet at the same place of course the escalation of tensions on the korean peninsula has led to some serious. in moscow as well because should anything ha

children need to be -- children need us to be at our best and the parents who go to work need us to be at our best, as does our city. we are at our best when we know our city supports us on all levels. thank you for your attention. (applause) >> hello, i'm gretchen ames [speaker not understood] and several of our esteemed advisory board members are here. thank you very much for recognizing and honoring the work that we do, but more importantly the work that the people who care for children do. i think we also really want to recognize the board of supervisors has helped backfill a lot 6 cuts from the state which we very much appreciated. ~ of if you hadn't contributed city dollars to make up for the cuts, a lot more child care centers would be closing right now and we very much appreciate that. but i also want to keep it in the lens that even without the cuts we are a significantly undercut field. as nor nan talked about [speaker not understood] first five years of the development of a young child, parents need to work. they need to know their children are in a high care quality environment. and people who take care

kpix 5's linda yee is at the greyhound station in the city to tell us. >> reporter: well, juliette, they attorney has ordered an investigation now, because he just found out that at least 36 of those mentally ill patients were dumped right here, and in some of those cases, no one was waiting for them. it was a disturbing discovery. 1500 poor mentally ill patients from nevada getting one-way greyhound bus tickets and being dumped in other states. a sacramento bee investigation revealed the patients were coming from the rawson-neal psychiatric hospital in las vegas. >> patient dumping in itself is reprehensible and it's illegal and there are medicare and medicaid laws that are implicated. there are treatment laws that health care providers are required to adhere to. >> reporter: herrera sent a three-page letter to nevada's governor and the head of health and human services department, demanding answers and records. the bee reported in one case, r-d mebra 15hour bus ride to sacramento. he had a three-day supply of meds for his schizophrenia, some snacks and instructions to call 911 when he

at a residential component around the stadium as well. >> reporter: the city will look at whether a golf course can even be developed. city leaders will look to see if the public use facilities can be moved but says new development can be big money to santa clara. >> we're looking at generating long-term, which will be used for city services to keep police, city, fire, roads in good shape. >> reporter: but this led to the old downtown more than 50 years ago. and some say they shouldn't try to replace this with the -- >> they destroyed downtown for this shopping center. now they are gonna do the same thing. it didn't work in 1958. it won't work now. >> reporter: the city council is set to vote on this at tonight's city council meeting at 7:00 here in santa clara. in santa clara, christien kafton, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> caltrans will go before the metropolitan transportation commission tomorrow to talk about the big bolt problem on the bay bridge. caltrans will update the ongoing investigation and possibly fixes to the embarrassing problem. engineers recently discovered at least 31 huge bolts had snapped. tests later showed the damage bolts contained hydrogen whic

at a residential component around the stadium as well. >> reporter: the city will look at whether a golf course can even be developed. city leaders will look to see if the public use facilities can be moved but says new development can be big money to santa clara. >> we're looking at generating long-term, which will be used for city services to keep police, city, fire, roads in good shape. >> reporter: but this led to the old downtown more than 50 years ago. and some say they shouldn't try to replace this with the -- >> they destroyed downtown for this shopping center. now they are gonna do the same thing. it didn't work in 1958. it won't work now. >> reporter: the city council is set to vote on this at tonight's city council meeting at 7:00 here in santa clara. in santa clara, christien kafton, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> caltrans will go before the metropolitan transportation commission tomorrow to talk about the big bolt problem on the bay bridge. caltrans will update the ongoing investigation and possibly fixes to the embarrassing problem. engineers recently discovered at least 31 huge bolts had snapped. tests later showed the damage bolts contained hydrogen whic

earlier tonight, right across the street from us, at radio city music hall, was the first round of the. >> steve: ooh. >> jimmy: now -- [ applause ] -- it's big time over there. >> steve: scouts there and the players. >> jimmy: they have all the players. the scouts there. the scouts rank the guys on who's fastest, who's the strongest. but they also give out others as well. in fact, we got a hold of a few of them. let's take a look. first we have e.j. manuel. he was voted most likely to get confused and dump gatorade on his coach after a loss. we have d.j. fluker. he was voted liniest head. [ laughter ] yeah, interesting. we have, look at this, luke joeckel right there. he was voted most likely to eat a cigar by accident. [ laughter ] "i don't know what it was. i thought it was a snickers bar." there's sheldon richardson. he was voted least likely to be named sheldon. there you go. doesn't looks like a sheldon. >> steve: sheldon. >> jimmy: tyler eifert was voted most likely to spend his saturday going to a zac efron film festival. i just think he's cool. this guy here, bjoern werner, bj

construction of the pipelines would mainly use the trenching method would progress at a rate of 6 hundred or two weeks per city bloke. and the method would be used at the two intersections of 41 accounting avenue and the muni light rail lines are the duration of those two intersection is about 4 weeks. also the project will construct a ph lawsuit building on the west side of our sunset avenue. now to go through each well facility in a little bit more detail. this shows the over ail facility it would be located in the northeast corner of the parking lot. the particular cases associated with it the athletic playing fields it's not currently used for parking and the existing parking is that a would be for our new handicapped parking is that a. we'll have to concrete dividers so we can have a storage place. their mainly stored right now in the stockpile area. this would also have - the south sunset well facility will be in the south side of the play grounded area it's near the intersection of walnut street. that's area is outside of the actual field of play and bleach and stuff. the lake merced facility would be n

waiting on the world to change ♪ >>> a very special show took place just across the street from us at radio cityl of it. >> i covered this last year. with all the bad news from this week, it's great to be able to spotlight such a wonderful event. the madison square garden, garden of dreams foundation and gives some very deserving children a chance to perform in a very exciting talent show. ♪ sound checks, makeup, last-minute rehearsals. the finishing touches for the night's big event here inside radio city music hall. ♪ >> i am very excited. >> reporter: with a smile as bright as stage spotlights, 13-year-old alexis stewart has dreams of one day dancing at julliard. but when she takes the stage to dance on this night, all she'll be thinking about is her father. >> i was a major daddy's girl. >> you were? >> yes. and he was like -- he was pretty much my hero. >> reporter: her father dylan was a new york police officer killed in the line of duty in 2005. >> i feel like he'd be so proud. >> reporter: 16-year-old zachary loves classic rock. he's also a natural at the piano. how natural? well if you

us a lot of advice. and particular thanks to elaine warren, our city attorney at our office for working so diligently on our legislation as i know that she is working diligently on supervisor wiener and other land use legislation here for the city. so, we appreciate her ability to get this to us in timely manner so we can look at both legislations side by side. i really look forward to the discussion and the debate as we move forward. i think that there are two distinct perspectives on how reform should happen. but i think the message that reform must happen is clear on every single one, and the rest i submit. >> thank you very much. supervisor kim. supervisor mar. ~ >> thank you. colleagues, as you may know, i sit as a member of the association of bay area government or abag, along with a number of other from san francisco. and i wanted to announce an important open house and public hearing on a statewide effort that is part of the sustainable community strategies that we're building regionally throughout the state. this open house will focus on our regional plan bay area that will help hopefully create

come on up here, let's have everybody get a look at you. [ applause ] >> okay, let me tell you about what patricia did for us for the city. >> on march fourth, at 6:25 p.m., public safety dispatcher patricia marcuchi. received, i am just waiting for her to look at me mean and say that they said it wrong. >> received a call from a 9-year-old boy named jason, now he called 911 that day and he reported his grandfather who was having an asthma attack. during this call, she provided jason can medical instructions and assistance and most importantly comfort and reassurance. there is an added level of difficulty for her in that jason was translating for adults who only spoke chinese. even under these difficulty situations they worked to help to insure a successful out come. unfortunately he and his family were unable to join us today. but that is not going stop us from celebrating the fine work of this city employee and the job that she did to save the lives here in our city. so we will take a brief moment to hear this conversation, but what i want you to keep in mind is that this 10-year-old child is translating for adults who

using only one shoulder strap. suspects. >> president obama and the first lady were in boston today. the president telling the people of that city --- quote - "every one of us stands with you." he was speaking at an interfaith service at a boston cathedral. honoring mondays victims. the president was emotional - as he saluted the city for its strength and resilience. >> boston, you are my home. ash for millions of us what happened on monday is personal. it is personal. they do not have any success on shaking us or they have picked the wrong city to do it. (cheers & applause) >> pam: after the service, the president and first lady those injured in the bombings. 11-year-old aaron hern of martinez was one of the victims who got a surprise visit from the first lady. aaron was injured while watching his mother finish the race. aaron's mother posted on facebook, that her son is almost completely free of most of the medical tubes, and his neck brace has been removed. while he is improving, it is still not known how long aaron will remain in the hospital. more chilling video coming out of the city of west, in texas, as rescue workers continue to search for survivors of the deadly fertilzer plant explo

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but they have been very helpful in us really monitoring and having some proof at city effectiveness becauseomebody asked me in the other presentation, you've got all these programs, you've got clean up programs, how much are you spending on your program? we're spending a million dollars a year and everybody is saying, well, you know, how do you justify where you are putting those dollars? and i'm justifying putting those dollars because i can take my graffiti audit and say i know that this is where the graffiti is happeninging in the city. this is where the taggers are moving around and that information is then also shared with the edmonton police service and they are using that information in terms of going after which taggers so it's critical for a city to really look at not just anecdotally look at whether your graffiti is going up or down, it has to do with how effective you can make your programming. the graffiti audit program we have come up with, we looked everywhere to see if there was anybody doing any type of statistical analysis on graffiti vandalism in cities and we weren't able

city police commissioner batts will have a conference at 6:30 telling us how the city will react.joce sterman did a breakdown of all the local run ares in boston. we're on top of this story on twitter on facebook on tv mall night long. have a safe night and we'll see you back here at 11. >>> this is a special edition of "world news." tonight, terror in boston. bombs explode at the marathon. the first explosion as runners cross the finish line. seconds later, a fiery second blast. >> a blast of fire and smoke and i just ran as fast as i could. >> injured spectators, children raced to the hospital, harrowing scenes on the pavement. >>> tonight, the latest from the terror investigator, the response from washington,

those five days are not being used maintaining the current city stock. so, at one time we were able to get to a tree every 7 years. we are looking leak 10 to 11 years now. as we reduce our resources and have to maintain the trees, the cycles become longer. that means the maintenance becomes more needed and that means the tree could be more of a hazard. so, we're trying to figure this out. a number of supervisors have been working with us. but on the city side is just -- the resources are just not there. >> i'd be interested in knowing -- and i know this isn't in your upcoming proposed budget, but i'd be interested in knowing the level of support necessary in order to be more efficient. i realize that there should be property owners who are maintaining their trees because they do have the resources to do so. but there are a lot of other neglected properties for various reasons. and i want to make sure that the city is being responsible, especially because the neighborhood beautification, we're encouraging people to plant trees, but not necessarily communicating

at any point is having an effect and you guys are not happy. it's going to be imperative for us to succeed. yes, it's great we're a city organization i support the intelligence with complications and understanding whose picking you up but at the same time, we have a track record and we must - i know myself if i say the 3 different services we talked about today i'd jump into the standardized cab because i know they're regulated. we want to create a sustainable industry that allows people to thrive. i appreciate your comments chairman nolan and i certainly am looking forward to the rest of the work 80 so we can provided the drivers more than anything else a comfortable lifestyle that will make our city more attractive >> this resolution give us the authority to issue up to a one hundred and 20 this year. what did you have in mind. i think at any time a urban stable condition right now in the industry could you comment on 2014 >> yeah, it's a good question and first of all, if you authorizes a hundred and 20 it won't be possible tomorrow. it takes a minute. so i think that gradual approach is something that doctor is rel

us feel wonderful and accepted and celebrated. >> there is a lot of city agencies, city departments, divisions that offer up their employees to help us out since overwhelming response, it's unbelievable at how city government works. this is the time that san francisco city employees have really outshined san francisco's clerk's office didn't need to hear from the mayor to say what's your plan. they offered a plan and said here is our strategy. here is what we can do. we can add all of these computers here and there. we can connect our databases, we can expand our capacity by x. we can open up early and stay late and stay open on the weekends. it's unbelievable. we can coordinate all of the training for our volunteers and them in as deputy marriage commissioners and make sure it's signed and certified. that's an example and a model for others. this is -- what happens is when people prove that things can be done, it just raises the bar for what is possible for everyone else. >> it kind of went cooled plan and this is what we planned for. in some respects, people have kind of commented to me, oh, my god, you were a part of history and how many couples did we mary? how many families did we

as we take a look at wind of us there currently at 26 mi. in redwood city.san francisco it is very breezy around the bay area with temperatures in the '50s. it is not as warm as it was 24 hours ago. today, we're at 54 degrees. we are tracking the numbers into afternoon. by noon it will be a split decision for 60's right around the heart of the bay and '70's in the inland every yeararea. though orange is indicating 80s but we did break records yesterday. it will be about 15 degrees cooler especially along the coastline. by 8:00 p.m. if you are out you can expect the temperatures to be widespread in the '60s. >> 73 degrees for santa clara and 724 out toll. for paut to allpalo alton. we have a couple of things going on. a few of us are waking up to fall outside and we are seeing some clouds that are streaming through. we do have westerly winds and it feels very breezy if you're headed out to work in school. there is a ridge of high pressure and we are looking at a relatively mild conditions. and expect the conditions to a return for the we can repaiweekend. >>

grid square over the city of san francisco that tells us how much rainfall is going to fall in san francisco in any given period. and we have radar to assist us to actually look at what's falling in the city in real time. what we're looking for noaa to help us do is understand on a much finer scale for our city, how much rainfall is going to fall, 6 to 8 hours from now, that kind of window so the operators can use that information to empty storage boxes and turn on pumps ahead of time. and the grid we would be using is much finer than the current grid. and we're just pulling up the slide. one more. so, the map on the left of san francisco shows us the grid size that is currently used in our forecasting. and the map on the right shows what forecasting grid we're trying to go to to really understand where the water is going to fall, in which subbasin. and, so, these are cutting edge technologies. it's not a commercially available tool. it's one that would be developed for san francisco with very specific topography and weather patterns and other things in mind. >> will we be able to sell this information to the network television in san francisco? >> we're -- righ

these sites as well and real estate informed it's a similar plan they implemented at other parking lots in the area used by city vehicles and they are happy to report they're been successful in stemming the homeless tide and other things in the parking lot and while that responsibility ultimately falls to real estate and the parcel is managed by them i wanted to address the questions that were brought up at the operations committee, so the other item that you have before you is an amendment to the park code, and moving forward on this mou it became clear were we to be responsible for maintaining a lease property not under our jurisdiction we couldn't enforce the code. our rangers couldn't go out to the site and cite violators of the park code, so we have brought forward an amendment to the park code that would allow the department to enforce the park code so that we can take advantage of the provisions that are relevant to the city parks. that amendment has been introduced by supervisor kim at the board of supervisors and we are hopeful they will approve it in the next month or so so with that background i woul

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