it's been many organizations that have been involved be, not just usf, but there's john adams campus but there's a high school very close by and many other parochial and public schools as well. for me it is a choice between public safety versus maintaining the number of parking spaces on the street and i accept that's a choice and if it comes down to that choice [inaudible] the efforts with the mta to mitigate the loss of -- i think it's 147 spaces that are lost because 20 spaces are being added on turk, i believe. so it's about cumulative loss of 147 [inaudible] or usf is planning a dorm that's close by off of golding gate as well so strong efforts from usf and other offices of supervisors number of cars and the need for packing. the masonic and /tkpwraoer /tkpwraoer target will un/tko*utedly cause more traffic to know through geary and masonic and that's inevitable given the approval of target, but my office the working with a number of your offices as well to try to make sure that will be accountable to reach out to the high school and the neighbors that are around it so we're mit

usf trying for two but the to the is wide. that's your score in 13th. >>> let's tee it up at the tournament that jack built, the memorial. always wanted to play like the pros and today i could. tiger woods shot a 44 on his first nine with two doubles and a triple bogey, highest nine-hole score ever on tour. tiger won't win this one. double-bogey on 12. awkward shot. on 15, another double, and shot goes way past the hole. 8-over, with a 79. 16 shots become of the leader, matt kuchar. two-shot lead heading into sunday. after shooting a 2-under 70. >> ncaa golf. semifinals, number one cal facing illinois. cal's joel stater, made a comeback with a great chip on 15 but falls. same hole, brian campbell. defeated michael kim. 2-1, as he chip inside. this match went extra holes. le needed this putt to send it to a playoff hole but misses. illinois upsets cal but face alabama in tomorrow's final. >>> first saturday of the french open was a busy day. for the men, novak djokovic was on to the fourth round with this 500th tour victory. ra

usf and the throw goes wild. we go to the 13th inning and no outs.ck fly and this time usf hangs on 4-3. >> detained pacers will not go away -- indiana pacers and they let them know they are in for a fight. pacer fans still believing, i think. paul george leading with 28 points. the heat led by 1 at the half. start in the third quarter, with a 14-2 run, pacers even the series and despite 29 from lebron. game 7 set for monday. >> to the ice, western conference finals, kings and blackhawks. kings scored first and patrick sharp, knocked in the rebound. we got a 1-1 game and dunking the shot and, and hawks take game one 2-1 your final. eastern conference finals, bruins and penguins, two goals in the game, right there, thomas, 1-0 bruins and doesn't miss it and that is six for the postseason. bruins shut them out 3-0. >> golf, number one cal and illinois. he was four down and made a comeback but he falls 3-2. same hole, brian campbell, defeated kim. he shifts in and went to extra holes where he needed this putt. he misses. he was three up at one point. il

. >> ncaa regionals, elimination gail toe usf and oregon. bottom three, may hue with a solo shot.hen 1-1 in the north. ducks answer power with power, sean chase crushes it. 2-1 oregon, and usf is eliminated 6-1 the final. >> there may be no more dominant team in bay area sports over the years than cal rugby. they won another national title today at the rugby championship. jack clark, 30th year as cal's coach. bears dominate the first half. two barrett tries, let the team in scoring. then the great cutback. the bears win their first ever rugby title, 19-14 the final. >> when you tee it up at the memorial you know jack nicklaus is watching. he's the host, and if you win the event, what thrill to receive the trophy from one of the greatest of all-time. muirfield village, the course that jack built. matt kuchar, birdie putt on 11. 11-under on the tournament. all kuchar needed was par on 18 to win, but how about a birdie instead. gets it to go. kuchar wins his second tournament of the year and gets confirmation from the golden bear. >> to asphalt. fedex 400 at dover. lap 300. david gil

usf trying for two but the to the is wide. that's your score in 13th. >>> let's tee it up at the tournament that jack built, the memorial. always wanted to play like the pros and today i could. tiger woods shot a 44 on his first nine with two doubles and a triple bogey, highest nine-hole score ever on tour. tiger won't win this one. double-bogey on 12. awkward shot. on 15, another double, and shot goes way past the hole. 8-over, with a 79. 16 shots become of the leader, matt kuchar. two-shot lead heading into sunday. after shooting a 2-under 70. >> ncaa golf. semifinals, number one cal facing illinois. cal's joel stater, made a comeback with a great chip on 15 but falls. same hole, brian campbell. defeated michael kim. 2-1, as he chip inside. this match went extra holes. le needed this putt to send it to a playoff hole but misses. illinois upsets cal but face alabama in tomorrow's final. >>> first saturday of the french open was a busy day. for the men, novak djokovic was on to the fourth round with this 500th tour victory. ra

usf trying for two but the throw is wide. rub -- run scores. 13th, -- they face oregon sunday in another elimination game. >> all looking forward to the nba finals right here on abc7 news. san antonio waiting for indiana and miami to finish up, and the pacers force game seven in indiana despite mikes mike -- >> mike: the pacer will not go away. they let the heat know they're in for a fight in game seven. paul. >> -- paul george led the way. the heat led 40-39 at the half. pacers dominate the second half. third quarter, 14-2 run. roy hibt, double-double. 44 points and 11 boards. the series is even two apiece. >> let's go to the ice. came one, kings and lackhawks, kings score first but chicago answer. sharpe, knocks in the rebound in the second, the shot deflected. hossa past quick. hawks take game one, 2-1. >> eastern conference finals. bruns and ping -- penguins. the shouldn't slot, 1 or bruins, third period, two goals iced for boston. bruins shut out pittsburgh 3-0. >>> ncaa golf. semifinals, number one cal and illinois, cal

elimination game for usf and oregon. the solo shot, and usf up 1-0. now 1-1 in the fourth.n the answer, chase crushes this one. -1 oregon. they eliminate the dons with a 6-1 victory. >>> if i asked you who was the most dom inhabit team in the bay area i guess you would not guess cal rugby. they won another national title today. jack clark and his 30th year at cal residents head coach. ri. bears dominate the first half, thanks to two barrett tries, he led the tournament in scoring. in the second, great cutback for the score, and the bears win the first ever rugby title, 19-14 the final. >> when you tee it up at the memorial you know the tournament host jack nicklaus is working and if you win the event gocialght be a thrill to receive the trophy from one of the greatest of all time. to muirfield village, the course that jack built. which you char, 11-under. tried to close the gap. third birdie of the day on 13. four birds to get to 10-under. all kuchar needed was par on 18 to win. how about a birdie instead. thank you. can you char wins his second tournament of the year and g

elimination game for usf and oregon. the solo shot, and usf up 1-0. now 1-1 in the fourth. then the answer, chase crushes this one. -1 oregon. they eliminate the dons with a 6-1 victory. >>> if i asked you who was the most dom inhabit team in the bay area i guess you would not guess cal rugby. they won another national title today. jack clark and his 30th year at cal residents head coach. facing rice university. bears dominate the first half, thanks to two barrett tries, he led the tournament in scoring. in the second, great cutback for the score, and the bears win the first ever rugby title, 19-14 the final. >> when you tee it up at the memorial you know the tournament host jack nicklaus is working and if you win the event gocialght be a thrill to receive the trophy from one of the greatest of all time. to muirfield village, the course that jack built. which you char, 11-under. tried to close the gap. third birdie of the day on 13. four birds to get to 10-under. all kuchar needed was par on 18 to win. how about a birdie instead. thank you. can you char wins his second tour

the first pitch he sees, 1-0rbgs usf. 1-1 in the fourth. shawn chase. >> a little yard work of his own. oregon goes on to win 6-1. sadly, the don's season comes to andy in eugene. and the jack nicklaus award for the player of the year. first cal bear ever to win that awa award. speaking of golf, it's much too nice to be in here. if i'm not back in time, throw up some giants highlights. >> we'll wing it. i'll just talk about the bears the whole time. >> perfect. that will work. >> thanks a lot, scott. >> when we come back, dogs aiming for the guinness book of records today. >> we'll see if they made it next. >>> it was a shot at the guinness world record with the four-legged type. >> thousands took place in the first ever million dog match in mcclaren park in san francisco today. they were trying to break the world record for the largest dog walk. gorgeous views of the city. >> this is an attempt to have a heck of a good time. to have a walk with your dog, beautiful park. there's going to be vendors. there's an after party. there will be mus

usf trying for two but the throw is wide. rub -- run scores. 13th, -- they face oregon sunday in another elimination game. >> all looking forward to the nba finals right here on abc7 news. san antonio waiting for indiana and miami to finish up, and the pacers force game seven in indiana despite mikes mike -- >> mike: the pacer will not go away. they let the heat know they're in for a fight in game seven. paul. >> -- paul george led the way. the heat led 40-39 at the half. pacers dominate the second half. third quarter, 14-2 run. roy hibt, double-double. 44 points and 11 boards. the series is even two apiece. >> let's go to the ice. came one, kings and lackhawks, kings score first but chicago answer. sharpe, knocks in the rebound in the second, the shot deflected. hossa past quick. hawks take game one, 2-1. >> eastern conference finals. bruns and ping -- penguins. the shouldn't slot, 1 or bruins, third period, two goals iced for boston. bruins shut out pittsburgh 3-0. >>> ncaa golf. semifinals, number one cal and illinois, cal

. >> live tweeting from eugene, oregon, usf. trying to keep it alive. tied at 4th.he solo home run. oregon wins 6-1. knock usf out of the post season. that was the third time in post season history to get this. congratulations on a great season for them. french open, williams, beating vinchey to advance. she has not dropped a set in her four matches. pga. final round. 1 name missing from the leaderboard in a big way. tiger woods. he has one of the worst weeks ever on tour. highlighted by 2 triple bogeys this weekend. it would finish tied for 65th. 20 shots behind that man. he needs the scoop but on 18 he choses it out in style. -- closes it out in style. he joins tiger as one of the other players with more than one win this season. >>> nascar, newman got too chose for comfort on the bumper here and the wreck would end the day. i don't think he is happy. do you want to come to dinner at my place tonight? i don't think so. three laps to go. watch him make his move. watch him pass montoya. he lands the finish. >>> how about the nba. none, nobody gave the pacers a shot

college baseball and usf and rice. ncaa regionals and oregon. he belts a two-run homer for the owl rice takes the lead. bottom of 11 and two down and the dons pitcher strikes him out. the ball gets away. instead of the inning being over the runner advances to third. and then he scores on what looks like a routine flyball. derrick atkinson lost it in the sun. he wins it 3-2 and usf plays an elimination game tomorrow. they have reached the ncaa semifinals. it was not easy. if michael weaver sinks this putt cal moves on. he loses that on the first playoff hole. michael kim lost his match. so cal and arizona state were tied, but have no fear. brandon is here. his approach is right on the money. he misses the birdie putt and cal wins it 3-2 and faces illinois in the semifinal. and a great surprise pulled off by 49ers quarterback colin kaepernick last night showing up at his old high school graduation, pitman high in turlock. he honored his high school coach brandon harris who is retiring. >> i have had a lot of great memories with him. he worked with

college baseball and usf and rice. ncaa regionals and oregon.s a two-run homer for the owl rice takes the lead. bottom of 11 and two down and the dons pitcher strikes him out. the ball gets away. instead of the inning being over the runner advances to third. and then he scores on what looks like a routine flyball. derrick atkinson lost it in the sun. he wins it 3-2 and usf plays an elimination game tomorrow. they have reached the ncaa semifinals. it was not easy. if michael weaver sinks this putt cal moves on. he loses that on the first playoff hole. michael kim lost his match. so cal and arizona state were tied, but have no fear. brandon is here. his approach is right on the money. he misses the birdie putt and cal wins it 3-2 and faces illinois in the semifinal. and a great surprise pulled off by 49ers quarterback colin kaepernick last night showing up at his old high school graduation, pitman high in turlock. he honored his high school coach brandon harris who is retiring. >> i have had a lot of great memories with him. he worked with me a lo

but he had a 409 battle average at usf, those of you who follow baseball it's a pretty incredible feat. and gary, i think, as well that i remember was in contract talks to host a radio show here in the city of san francisco. and i think we would have all loved his candor on the air for a number of years. before he gets to speak, and i don't know if anyone else wants to speak, gary, i want to say thanks for all your service, all of years. i've known your family for a long, long time. and also i want to let you know that i have a few gifts for you as you head into retirement, some books for you to keep your mind occupied. we have bridge for dummies, we have 399 games, puzzles and trivia challenges to keep your brain young as well as birds of california so when you go bird watching you can use that in your spare time. anyway, gary, congratulations and thank you for all you've done. (applause) >> i'm sorry chris daly couldn't be here. we got along so well. this is a surprise. i didn't know this was going to happen. i want to compliment the board of supervisors because i believe that there

but he had a 409 battle average at usf, those of you who follow baseball it's a pretty incredible feat. and gary, i think, as well that i remember was in contract talks to host a radio show here in the city of san francisco. and i think we would have all loved his candor on the air for a number of years. before he gets to speak, and i don't know if anyone else wants to speak, gary, i want to say thanks for all your service, all of years. i've known your family r

college baseball and usf and rice. ncaa regionals and oregon. he belts a two-run homer for the owl rice takes the lead. bottom of 11 and two down and the dons pitcher strikes him out. the ball gets away. instead of the inning being over the runner advances to third. and then he scores on what looks like a routine flyball derrick atkinson lost it in the sun. he wins it 3-2 and usf plays an elimination game tomorrow. they have reached the ncaa semifinals. it was not easy. mich michael ws putt cal moves on. he loses that on the first playoff hole. michael kim lost his match. so cal and arizona state were tied, but have no fear. brandon is here. his approach is right on the money. he misses the birdie putt and cal wins it 3-2 and faces illinois in the semifinal. and a great surprise pulled off by 49ers quarterback colin kaepernick last night showing up at his old high school graduation, pitman high in turlock. he honored his high school coach brandon harris who is retiring. >> i have had a lot of great memories with him. he worked with me a lot. he

. >> usf baseball eliminated in oregon today. >> way to end on a low note. >> have a good evening and be happy.

usf will play an elimination game today.he cal golf team, number one in the nation trying to capture the team timings in the ncaa championship. they have reached the semifinals. it was not easy, though. quarterfinals of match play action in georgia. michael weaver sinks this putt on 18 and cal advances. he loses on the first playoff hole. and then lost his match. have no fear, brandon here. his approach on 18 right on target. asu's john misses his birdie puts and then concedes. cal wins, they face illinois in the semifinal. >>> nice surprise by quarterback colin kaepernick, showing up at his oiled high school graduation. honoring his high school coach, bran con harris, who is retiring. >> i have had a lot of great memories with him. he's worked with me a lot. i mean, he was the first person to actually let me run the ball a couple times. i think i had a negative 2 in rushing yards in high school? >> he turned out to be a pretty fair running quarterback and the coach was completely surprised. he had no idea he was coming. tha

usf will play an elimination game today. the cal golf team, number one in the nation trying to capture the team title in the ncaa championship. they have reached the semifinals. it was not easy, though. quarterfinals of match play action in georgia. michael weaver sinks this putt on 18 and cal advances. he loses on the first playoff hole. then michael kim lost his match. have no fear, brandon here. his approach on 18 right on target. asu's john misses his birdie puts and then concedes. cal wins, they face illinois in the semifinal. >>> nice surprise by quarterback colin kaepernick, showing up at his old high school's graduation. honoring his high school coach, bran con harris, who is retiring. >> i have had a lot of great memories with him. he's worked with me a lot. i mean, he was the first person to actually let me run the ball a couple times. i think i had a negative 2 in rushing yards in high school? >> you got it. [laughter] >> he turned out to be a pretty fair running quarterback and the coach was completely surprised.

president norton and commissioners and superintendent carranza, i am happy to announce that usf is here to present 9 scholarships four from uasf and actually five from uasf and we had a tie, and four from sue shider in honor of her twin sister kathleen and i would like to call (inaudible) to the microphone to announce the awards. >> along with us we have jenny horn and also our vice president (inaudible). >> good evening, president, i mean superintendent carranza and president norton and board members. and we are very proud every year we give united administrators gives $8,000 in scholarships. we usually give four $2,000 scholarships but this year we had one that was so close and it was a tie. so we are giving 3, $2,000 and 2 $1,000 and sue, administer her scholarship and she is giving four people $1,000 and another $5 on 0 and another $250. >> we did have grad you lacings going on so not all of the students are here and so i would like to read the names but she will give out the checks to the people that are here. and shara. >> and come up here and just say where you are going. >> and

usf elimination game tomorrow. back to the major. funny game at wrigley. sparky. the save. way to good pops. sparky don't throw souvenir back don't do that again. yesterday cal senior won individual medallist honor at the ncaa championship. quest for the team title continued on no shortage of drama here. quarter final in georgia and weaver putt on 18 to sen the bears to the semifinal. lost on the first play off hole. top rank kim lost the match to arizona state even at 2 appease brandon 1 up laetd 6 approach on 18 so asu coach has to make the birdie putt. he concedes cal moves on 3-2. face illinois in the semi-finals tomorrow. most of would you say dream about that i elusive hole in 1. australian golfer did it not wins but twice at the tour. even with the 2 is a birdie on the 18 hole to make the cut that he did. jacks. tournament. couple of weather delay today. double in ohio. tiger 2 over 74 double bogey on 15. 10 back of haas missing the cut. check out ken duke here. still not sure he make the cut but this is spectacula spectacular. shot of the day on 18. sec sh

. >> in oregon, bottom of first, justin solo shot, 1-0 usf. 1-1 in the fourth.e a blast of their own. absolutely crushes it. oregon goes on to eliminate the don west side a 6-1 victory. >>> to the ice, return of blackhawks and kings with the hawks having no trouble. scoring less than two minutes in the game. in the second period, second goal of the playoffs. a pull back to allow four goals on 17 shots. blackhawks win it 4-2 and take a two nothing series lead. >> who is most dominant in the bay area, i bet you want guess, cal rugby. they won a national title today. zach clark, 30th year as head coach. he led the tournament in scoring. 14-nil at the half and here is a great cut back for the farther try. bears win their seventh title, 19-14 that score. >> if you win, it's a thrill to receive a trophy from one of the greatest of all times. the course that jack built. birdie on 11, gets him to 11 under for the tournament. they tried to close the gap on 13. he had four of the final six homes to get to ten under but all he need was par on 18 but he settled for the bird

usf baseball opener, they weren't backing down. in fact, they got on the board first.e in, zachary turner in the 2nd. but this one, folks, went extras. bottom of the 11th, here's how they lost it. darren atkinson. and the run scores and they lose 3-2. brian, mr. gold olympian. front and center in santa clara closing out. 52-29. that event going on all weekend. it's a preview to the world trials next month in indianapolis. >> swim teams this weekend, lucky. it's going be hot. >> i'll be front and center at 1:00 tomorrow. >> see you at 11:00. ,,,,,,,,,, ,, female narrator: through sunday, it's posturepedic through sunday, it's posturepedic versus beautyrest with up to $400 off. serta icomfort and tempur-pedic go head-to-head with three years' interest-free financing. mattress price wars end sunday at sleep train. ♪ your ticket to a better night's sleep ♪ [sighs] bleaah! okay, where does it hurt? just...right there. (dwight) "abdomen." "menses." maybe. "the uterus contracts after your egg passes through it." not it. i don't have eggs. so when did this start? about ten min

usf faced oregon in an elimination game.kes an early lead 1-0. top of the fourth, tied at 1. shawn chase breaks the tie with a solo shot. ducks go up 2-1. they wi&ilp 6-1. but a great season by usf. their season is now over.;or >>> over to golf. after setting the ncaa modern era single season record with 11 wins in 13 regular season mat!ces, cal's golf team is earning more national recognition. bears star michael kim is your national player of the year, becoming the first cal bear to win the jack nicklaus award. congratulations to e1him. >>> to the ice now. kings and blackhawks, game 2, chicago. series lead. ñ a kings turnover victor staalburg. drop pass to andrew shaw. he beats jonathan quick. hawks up 1-0. a minute left in the first. marian hossa leaves it for brent seabrook. he beats quick. 2-0 blackhawks. and they would not look back. up 3-0 in the second.çó former shark michal handzus scores with the wrister. 4-0 chitown. kings pull their goalie. blackhawks win 4-2. they take a 2-0 series lead. that'll do it for sports.

and also there are many students that go to usf and the overflow from taking away parking spaces will cause those students to not have parking spaces. i dunno what we'll do because a lot of residents are department on those parking spaces. we need those parking spaces. i hear that a lot of bicyclists prefer baker because it's more level and there's a lot less cars there and much more conducive to being a bike route so that's where they should have the bike route, on baker, not on [inaudible]. thank you. >> thank you. >> i, i'm fairly new to the city. i've been here for four years, i've been cycling for about three. i used to /tkraoeuf a lot and when i drove i drove out of the city. now that i cycle, i can bike around the city, i can shop here and i can gets places, but i need safe streets. i need separated bikeways because i'm not comfortable to be fighting with traffic, i'm not that strong of a cyclist. i've only been doing it for a little while so it would be really great to have safe streets with separated bike streets for me to go visit friends and shop and everything. >> thank yo

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and attach those to vocational training and attached to the work academy at san francisco state and usf, and continued hospitality industry, we have a growing cadre of young people who are ready to step and begin treating citizens in our city. if you have young people send them our way. they can go to uabw.org, or they can call 211 and get more information. what we want to do now is bring up briana white, to talk about the value of experience. we wanted get the exposure and access to the kinds of opportunities also blend industry and two quickly connect those opportunities to the value and import of what they do in their classrooms every single day. breanna white slut interest from last summer as a result of her experience to change her course in terms of what she wanted to focus on in terms of her career. please welcome brianna white. >> hi everyone, my name is brianna white, a student at san francisco state. that summer as a freshman i experienced my first internship at prometheus real estate; i worked at the human services department where my duties were to assist my supervisor and e

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. >> and i should clarify the physicians at usf general. >> it's for the general hospital the positions in the hospital. >> okay thank you. >> colleagues any further questions? why don't we go to mr. rosen and the budget analyst report please. >> did the department comment on -- >> no. i was going -- mr. wagner do you want to -- >> we are working on it so with the committee's permission and mr. rosen's agreement we would like to spend more time working through the recommendations. we started working with them but we hope to be able to reach an agreement by next week's hearing. >> okay. mr. rose. >> mr. chairman, members of the committee regarding item five mr. chairman pertaining to the various patient rates we do recommend that you approve that proposed ordinance. again we would note that the dph budget is balanced based on the assumption that the board of supervisors does approve the patient rates. our recommended reductions, and this is on page 47, total is listed there in 13-14. that amount 2.4 million is on going savings and we have one time savings. those reductions would still al

applause ] so father, we have been together on many occasions, like this and father is the president of usf and he knows that this city of st. francis has been a city. when they talk about san francisco values, i take it in the most complimentary way. the values of st. francis and that is exactly what we are doing on this corner today, being channels of god's peace, giving love and light where it had not existed. but to thank each and every one of you for what you do. our mayor has been sort of the catalyst. he is where a lot of this comes together, public policy, private philanthropy and non-profit collaborations all works with the spark that makes it just ignite in a much bigger way. and he has been really a champion in that regard, not just as the mayor of this city, but long before that in his various capacities in leadership in our city. so we thank him for that leadership. because of each and every one of you sitting here, and most of all because of the vips today, the vips, the people who will live here. they are the very important people today. [ applause ] because of those very imp