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. -- van be responsible to the citizens who elect you. -- van be responsible. -- than be responsible. [bell] president chiu: ok, we would like to move to our special accommodations at 3:30. you will be the first person to speak when that is over. the first will be provided by supervisor carmen chu. supervisor chu: thank you, president chiu. i would like to invite christopher of. as many know, one of the biggest tests we have is the graffiti. the city spends over $25 million in your painting over graffiti, and it is very likely -- $25 million a year painting over graffiti, and it is likely that it would be more. he has worked for nearly 10 years. he has met with hundreds of neighborhood groups, educate them on combating graffiti, establishing new programs to solve hundreds of problems. he has educated hundreds of juvenile. -- juveniles. he has worked with the department of public works, the graffiti task force, the public defender's office, and, of course, every single supervisor 's office, and he has an encyclopedia of tags. he put in a transfer years ago, and while we are very happy
. -- van be responsible to the citizens who elect you. -- van be responsible. -- than be responsible. [bell] president chiu: ok, we would like to move to our special accommodations at 3:30. you will be the first person to speak when that is over. the first will be provided by supervisor carmen chu. supervisor chu: thank you, president chiu. i would like to invite christopher of. as many know, one of the biggest tests we have is the graffiti. the city spends over $25 million in your painting...
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that doesn't mean you look action good on van ness, it means any violation you get will be double the baseline. some of the most notorious intersections are on van ness. it's not just drivers, pedestrians and bicyclists are to blame. at market, red light runners seem to come just about every light cycle. pedestrians you to take pride crossing at the last second. van ness has had its share of accidents. like this one where the driver of this bmw ask you feet hit the san francisco fire department paramedics truck. it was heading toward of emergency was lights and sirens, unfortunately they became the emergency. this handmade sign it is asking for anyone who may have seen a different accident on van ness to come forward. and gary and vanda said found dryer first try to beat the left hand turn signal resulting in more bread light runners. over broadway and van ness, even more red light runners, this time coming across van ness. i know it your thinking, something should be done to make vanna safer. city engineers did that but to no avail. i've come to the conclusion that drivers will be dr
that doesn't mean you look action good on van ness, it means any violation you get will be double the baseline. some of the most notorious intersections are on van ness. it's not just drivers, pedestrians and bicyclists are to blame. at market, red light runners seem to come just about every light cycle. pedestrians you to take pride crossing at the last second. van ness has had its share of accidents. like this one where the driver of this bmw ask you feet hit the san francisco fire department...
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. >>> tomorrow noel will move and be riding in comfort in a large passenger van. >>> texting could behe cause behind a health crisis in the next 30 years. >>> also taxi cab drivers, fighting for change. what they have convinced the city of san francisco to consider. >>> and a new campaign to target a certain type of smoker. people who might not even consider themselves smokers. >>> amtrak ridership is picking up steam. says more people have started riding. in november the capital corridor saw a 10.6 increase in ridership. 4.2% more passengers hopped on the pacific shoreliner. amtrak says ridership went up as the economy improved. >>> taxi cab drivers have convinced san francisco transit officials to consider an increase in fares. after cab drivers explained their costs have risen in the last 8 years. drivers say they want a moderate rate hike so passengers aren't scared away. >>> a judge has ruled that california regulate ors overstepped their bounds when they issued a memo to health insurance companies on how to handle complaints from parents of autistic children. a treatment that ca
. >>> tomorrow noel will move and be riding in comfort in a large passenger van. >>> texting could behe cause behind a health crisis in the next 30 years. >>> also taxi cab drivers, fighting for change. what they have convinced the city of san francisco to consider. >>> and a new campaign to target a certain type of smoker. people who might not even consider themselves smokers. >>> amtrak ridership is picking up steam. says more people have started...
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you have seen things being installed in areas of the city on the parklets. the zoning controls for the van ess special use district ended up being -- the final result of the legislation ended up being that it is going to be a discretionary -- discretionary with internal review with the planning department. there were some interesting dialogues with the planning department around the other entertainment uses, which ties in very well with what we are working on with supervisor mirkarimi's office. the congestion pricing study, the transportation authority board unanimously approved the final report. excuse me. the board unanimously approved the report and voted to approve additional studies. that means there will be additional studies being undertaken for the congestion pricing. they did exclude the southern gateway scenario of what is to be considered. then we have our city commissioner voted on by the board of supervisors as the interim mayor. i anticipate that will be ratified tomorrow. of course we would like to welcome our new supervisors. i also would like to congratulate jocelyn came f
you have seen things being installed in areas of the city on the parklets. the zoning controls for the van ess special use district ended up being -- the final result of the legislation ended up being that it is going to be a discretionary -- discretionary with internal review with the planning department. there were some interesting dialogues with the planning department around the other entertainment uses, which ties in very well with what we are working on with supervisor mirkarimi's office....
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admittedly they already suspect that the van that could be a seaside bomber engaged in this in this terror act and if so when they find out who exactly was the bomber was then it will be much clearer which are getting additional responsible but you know after such terror acts it's very difficult to find any remnants or anything that could help identify the actually the perpetrator of the act and right now they are trying to link supposedly that try to link the. accident with some or again is a chanst some turn again as asian or some some cluster of terror again as they should here in russia. and i think the police are right now from the unused it's from other t.v. channels we know that they are increasing the security measures at the app or and the some of the flights are being redirected to other airports such as sure made of a second and look of all bets as well as as as you were saying a lot of the flights are being rerouted to i should imagine and from the all the other two of the three main airports here in moscow as we're saying don't yet have the busiest and largest airport in an en
admittedly they already suspect that the van that could be a seaside bomber engaged in this in this terror act and if so when they find out who exactly was the bomber was then it will be much clearer which are getting additional responsible but you know after such terror acts it's very difficult to find any remnants or anything that could help identify the actually the perpetrator of the act and right now they are trying to link supposedly that try to link the. accident with some or again is a...
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so how we are directly affected is that we will be the only property from van ness 2 market street that is not a historical resourced that will be limited to 50 feet, and that is pretty significant when you think about it. the only corner parcel that is not of a historic resource that will be limited to 50 feet, so we will be required to go for an sed. we did not have the certainty of the eir process that others are granted, so we support the guideline. we support the extension. we've been working closely with neighborhood groups, but we will have to come back. supervisor mar: thank you. >> thank you. supervisor mar: mr. kaelin? -- mr. cohen, how's it goin'? >> we are obviously a major supporter and hope to be part of the architecture with this. this is a long time coming. i think staff work hard to come up with a good solution to what we referred to as the orphan block. it was this last little part of the upper market. for a 20-some odd years, the entire stretch of the commercial district of copper markets -- this was back in the 1980's when the city went through a number of commercial
so how we are directly affected is that we will be the only property from van ness 2 market street that is not a historical resourced that will be limited to 50 feet, and that is pretty significant when you think about it. the only corner parcel that is not of a historic resource that will be limited to 50 feet, so we will be required to go for an sed. we did not have the certainty of the eir process that others are granted, so we support the guideline. we support the extension. we've been...
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van hollen: i'd be happy to yield -- mr. dreier: i'm happy to yield the gentleman time. mr. van hollen: certainly. mr. dreier: what was the vote in the house on that budget that my friend was just talking about? mr. van hollen: i don't remember the exact vote but it passed, mr. chairman. it was deemed, there was never a vote in this institution -- mr. dreier: i thank my friend for yielding. mr. van hollen: there was a vote on the resolution in the house. if you want to talk about deeming, whoa, whoa, whoa, this is -- that 30 seconds came from the chairman. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. mr. van hollen: i ask reckons because he yielded to me. i took three seconds and he yielded me 30. i thank you, mr. chairman. deeming. what we're doing today is the ultimate example of deeming. we are passing a resolution that deems in advance the passage of a number that we don't even know and it's going to be decided by one person. we are deeming that individual all the authority and the shame of it is that that's a process that i think we all recognize as flawed
van hollen: i'd be happy to yield -- mr. dreier: i'm happy to yield the gentleman time. mr. van hollen: certainly. mr. dreier: what was the vote in the house on that budget that my friend was just talking about? mr. van hollen: i don't remember the exact vote but it passed, mr. chairman. it was deemed, there was never a vote in this institution -- mr. dreier: i thank my friend for yielding. mr. van hollen: there was a vote on the resolution in the house. if you want to talk about deeming, whoa,...
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most dangerous intersections as double fein's own spirit will be enough from to keep people from behaving badly? >> if you ever driven on vaness avenue in san francisco you know how dangerous it can be. it is so bad it is designated a double find so. it doesn't mean you look extra good, it means any violation will be double the base fine. some of the most notorious intersection on the nest. not just drivers, pedestrians, bicyclists are to blame. at market red light runners, every light cycle. pedestrians take pride crossing at the last second. bns has has its share of accidents for this driver hit this fire department paramedics truck. it was headed toward the emergency with lights and sirens. unfortunately they became the emergency. this sign is asking for anyone who may have seen a different accidents on been asked to come forward. and kiri and vanessa i found drivers trying to beat the signal. over broadway even more red light runners. this time coming across van ness. i know what your thinking something should be done to make it safer. see indian city engineers did that but to no avail. i've come to the conclusion drive
most dangerous intersections as double fein's own spirit will be enough from to keep people from behaving badly? >> if you ever driven on vaness avenue in san francisco you know how dangerous it can be. it is so bad it is designated a double find so. it doesn't mean you look extra good, it means any violation will be double the base fine. some of the most notorious intersection on the nest. not just drivers, pedestrians, bicyclists are to blame. at market red light runners, every light...
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van ness avenue. secondly, there would be a conflict created? the limits personal uses are listed as permitted in the rv district. that's a little inconsistent, we all right have controls for how they shrug divided. we don't want to prejudice back to 231, but to keep consistent, we will just use the same nc controls, secondly we are proposing adding as use citizen limit. any use size over 6,000 square feet would be conditionally permitted. we feel this is a mine another change, most use of that size would already likely require a conditional use authorization. and then next providing that liquor sources be principally permitted on the ground floor in rc district, unless otherwise specified. much of the area in the tenderloin is in north of market special use district which has an outright prohibition on
van ness avenue. secondly, there would be a conflict created? the limits personal uses are listed as permitted in the rv district. that's a little inconsistent, we all right have controls for how they shrug divided. we don't want to prejudice back to 231, but to keep consistent, we will just use the same nc controls, secondly we are proposing adding as use citizen limit. any use size over 6,000 square feet would be conditionally permitted. we feel this is a mine another change, most use of that...
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vanness. you won't be able to connect along that stretch.f you need to head in that direction, you need to continue on to eastbound 80 and then get off at 7th street and then work your way back up. now, on the freeways traffic pretty light. a new accident just reported eastbound 580 but it's already in the center divide. here's a live shot for you on the san mateo bridge. you'll see it's flowing well in both directions. eric, kristen. >> thank you very much. it's 5:09. >> the new fees on travel. experts believe the airlines will hit passengers with this year. >> the recession forced more people to eat at home instead of going out. next why they may stay at home even when the economy improves. >> and a new smart toy that takes a classic game and adds a new dimension of human computer interaction. >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >> we begin your "moneyscope" report with companies adding jobs over the next six months. that's compared to 76 companies that plan to shed workers. that's the biggest gap since 1998. g.m. lo
vanness. you won't be able to connect along that stretch.f you need to head in that direction, you need to continue on to eastbound 80 and then get off at 7th street and then work your way back up. now, on the freeways traffic pretty light. a new accident just reported eastbound 580 but it's already in the center divide. here's a live shot for you on the san mateo bridge. you'll see it's flowing well in both directions. eric, kristen. >> thank you very much. it's 5:09. >> the new...
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van hol be from -- mr. van hollen from maryland. for what purpose does the gentleman from connecticut seek recognition? >> address the house for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. delauro: mr. speaker, words cannot describe the depths of my grief as i rise today. to pay tribute to the life of my former staffer and dear friend, ashley westbrook, who was taken from in a tragic accident last week. to say that she was taken from us too soon is an understatement. she worked for me for seven years, first as my press secretary and later my chief of staff. however she was much more than a former staffer. she was family. ashley was quite simply remarkable. a native of north carolina she was known for her soft southern accent, bright smile, professionalism and determination to get things done. after graduating from the university of north carolina she first made her mark working for governor jim hunt and then attorney general mike easily. combining politics, policy and communication. s
van hol be from -- mr. van hollen from maryland. for what purpose does the gentleman from connecticut seek recognition? >> address the house for five minutes. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. the gentlewoman is recognized. ms. delauro: mr. speaker, words cannot describe the depths of my grief as i rise today. to pay tribute to the life of my former staffer and dear friend, ashley westbrook, who was taken from in a tragic accident last week. to say that she was taken from us too...
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van hollen: i'll be happy to yield to the gentleman. >> they promised accountability but they're delivering hi pockrassy. they said that their number one goal wilbe job creation. there's not a bill, not a word, not an idea about job creation in the first two weeks of the congress. mr. andrews: they said they were going to reduce the debt and the deficit. well, mr. van hollen very accurately points out, this bill says we'll reduce the deficit except when we deal with health care or tax cuts for the wealthy in which case we'll pretend it doesn't exist. we'll pretend there's no deficit when it comes to health care, the largest expenditure, and then for the wealthiest. and then hours ago the majority said we're going to cut $100 billion from this year's budget. and then they said, we really didn't mean $100 billion. we are going to cut something but we'll tell you later what it is. americans who are concerned about the debt and the deficit should be very concerned about the lack of accountability they're seeing here today. a rule that blows open the deficit, a procedure that ignores job creatio
van hollen: i'll be happy to yield to the gentleman. >> they promised accountability but they're delivering hi pockrassy. they said that their number one goal wilbe job creation. there's not a bill, not a word, not an idea about job creation in the first two weeks of the congress. mr. andrews: they said they were going to reduce the debt and the deficit. well, mr. van hollen very accurately points out, this bill says we'll reduce the deficit except when we deal with health care or tax...
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my books drawings easels and letters at six in the morning and i knew that i wouldn't be taken for questioning in a van with the word bread on it as it happened in the past and most importantly i wouldn't be confined to a madhouse where they didn't get me with god knows what. i was walking and happiness. and where money or poverty was concerned i wasn't frightened at all i didn't come to us from the sky i didn't think i was a genius do you believe you're one no it's because you said i didn't. know i'm describing the frame of mind i was in shock. and i felt the other way about it . nor would i make a new shows a ball. and be just marking time the big problem with some guys because at that time we were all nonconformists and had the same status regardless of how good. skills were but when we began making it to the west became clear that some were not quite so good painters others are not so good sculptors and it's natural if differences cropped up for me knowing full well that if i had to take a rino job take it without thinking twice i even have an article entitled. hand i keep it in my archives. by the
my books drawings easels and letters at six in the morning and i knew that i wouldn't be taken for questioning in a van with the word bread on it as it happened in the past and most importantly i wouldn't be confined to a madhouse where they didn't get me with god knows what. i was walking and happiness. and where money or poverty was concerned i wasn't frightened at all i didn't come to us from the sky i didn't think i was a genius do you believe you're one no it's because you said i didn't....
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be cut further. i hope we can do that together. mr. van hollen, congratulations on your new spot. >> welcome to the congress. our call on the floor of this committee, there was some complaint about the length of some of the bills. some are saying it was too long, 1000 pages. what has happened here is so far is that we have gone to the opposite extreme. with that series of 1-page bills, and the health care repeal bill may be 2 pages. i think we are in a similar situation here. three pages, some definitions, non-security spending -- what is non-security spending? could it have a definition? >> will the gentleman yield? i thank my friend for yielding and i did provide a definition earlier. i would be happy to repeat it. >> it would be defined by the committee? >> by definition it is as we have outlined it here. it is discretionary spending other than defense, military construction, va, and homeland security. those four areas. it is spending beyond those, because we feel very strongly about -- especially since you heard from mr. mcgovern -- >>
be cut further. i hope we can do that together. mr. van hollen, congratulations on your new spot. >> welcome to the congress. our call on the floor of this committee, there was some complaint about the length of some of the bills. some are saying it was too long, 1000 pages. what has happened here is so far is that we have gone to the opposite extreme. with that series of 1-page bills, and the health care repeal bill may be 2 pages. i think we are in a similar situation here. three pages,...
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van ness. i know what your thinking. something should be done to make it safer. they try to do that but to no avail. so i have come to the conclusion that drivers will be drivers. if you do not change their bad habits, all of the engineering in the world will not tell them. in san francisco m. stanley roberts for kron4 news. >> if you have the common to are as straight and e-mail us. coming up next. joined by his lovely wife of they open up the mail bag to answer your lovely e-mail's. could the lawyers really lend one of the biggest stars? gary has this story. all right, good evening everybody. the warriors are sticking their toes in the affair. the way this works quickly. the new owner of the out left is waving. he is staying at the spot light but to a is blank am doing the talking. earlier this week, the new jersey men said we are not going to trade half of our team. he is an happy and more to the point he wants to go somewhere where he banks he can win a championship. this, you would think it is not the place. give him some credit. we have better assets to go
van ness. i know what your thinking. something should be done to make it safer. they try to do that but to no avail. so i have come to the conclusion that drivers will be drivers. if you do not change their bad habits, all of the engineering in the world will not tell them. in san francisco m. stanley roberts for kron4 news. >> if you have the common to are as straight and e-mail us. coming up next. joined by his lovely wife of they open up the mail bag to answer your lovely e-mail's....
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. >> we will be back with more of a couple of minutes. vant mostly sunny clear skies. we will be right back.. 6:45 a.m. focusing on the weather because it is chilly, foggy around the bay. depending on where you are. jackie sizzle as at the benicia bridge. there is an advisory for drivers. jackie what have you seen with the wall? >> you see it on the north side of purging 780, it is patchy fog around the bay area. i drove in from marin and 37 isaak in nine days like today. but it really was not too bad. the closer you got to the race track very thick fog. when you get to now martinez area you hit fog here, there. it will hit them through the commute. a martinez bridge you have of fog advisory. once you get mid span you will see it. >> if fog is not in your neighborhood it is chilly there. >> not everybody has fog, everybody is dealing with cold. in many locations in the third is this morning, cooler spots san rosa, 32 degrees. we have been there for fast full of flowers. by noon time into the 50s, your eye to a 56. santa rosa is not the only o
. >> we will be back with more of a couple of minutes. vant mostly sunny clear skies. we will be right back.. 6:45 a.m. focusing on the weather because it is chilly, foggy around the bay. depending on where you are. jackie sizzle as at the benicia bridge. there is an advisory for drivers. jackie what have you seen with the wall? >> you see it on the north side of purging 780, it is patchy fog around the bay area. i drove in from marin and 37 isaak in nine days like today. but it...
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there will be street repaving along the 17 blocks of california street between van ness and drum street. on january 3, major shut down for the next six months of the california cable car line. however, it will be in good repair once it comes back next summer. director heinicke: one question or made the comment. obviously, notices to citizens who live here is handled by everything you have covered. but a great number of the people wanting to ride the cable car at the embarcadero are not here every week. rather than suggesting how to do it, i would encourage you to consider how we're going to get nervous to our visitors, perhaps working with -- how we're going to get notice to our visitors, perhaps working with the hotels that are at the starting point for many of these routes. executive director ford: we are working with the visitors bureau, and that is a great idea. that concludes my a report and i am available for any additional questions. >> item 8, citizens advisory council. mr. murphy is not here today. this is an opportunity for members of the public to address the board on matters
there will be street repaving along the 17 blocks of california street between van ness and drum street. on january 3, major shut down for the next six months of the california cable car line. however, it will be in good repair once it comes back next summer. director heinicke: one question or made the comment. obviously, notices to citizens who live here is handled by everything you have covered. but a great number of the people wanting to ride the cable car at the embarcadero are not here...
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protesters have also thrown bottles and rocks to tactical police vans, but citizens could be seen joining soldiers peacefully on top of tanks. mubarak has been considered a key u.s. ally for three decade, working with several administrations, including the current one. but president obama says the future of egypt is now at the hands of its people. joel brown, cbs news, the white house. >>> and today, president mubarak named a vice president for the first time since he came to power 30 years ago. the new vp is mubarak's intelligence chief, and that move is a clear step towards setting up a successor. >>> egyptians here in the bay area are praying for peace in their homeland. a special service was held last night at st. antonio's church in haywood. church leaders there support the movement toward democracy, as long as it's done in the right way. >> no business with any politics. we are taught to pray for the president, to give him wisdom and to give him strength to rule and to govern the congregation in egypt. >> the father says it's been difficult to get in touch with loved ones back home,
protesters have also thrown bottles and rocks to tactical police vans, but citizens could be seen joining soldiers peacefully on top of tanks. mubarak has been considered a key u.s. ally for three decade, working with several administrations, including the current one. but president obama says the future of egypt is now at the hands of its people. joel brown, cbs news, the white house. >>> and today, president mubarak named a vice president for the first time since he came to power 30...
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a van was seen leaving the area. police say they will beearching any vehicle that is passing through that area as well. steer clear of twin peaks in the city. >>> southbound 880 near the coliseum near oakland is completely shut down. there was a very bad accident overnight. we understand at least one person may have died in that crash. so folks are being rerouted around the area. of course, the hagenberger is in that area. use 66 avenue to get around. if you are taking 880 up through the area or down through the area, take an alternate route. moving on now, used iphones are going for big bucks on websites like craigslist and ebay. people are jail breaking the phones, so that phones can work on other carriers and allow any apps to be installed. the iphone underground is more common than many people think. >> reporter: he is working with his third client of the night. his job, jail breaking or unlocking iphones. >> once i found out i knew how to do it, then everybody started telling p telling me they want their phone unlocked. i thought, i mi
a van was seen leaving the area. police say they will beearching any vehicle that is passing through that area as well. steer clear of twin peaks in the city. >>> southbound 880 near the coliseum near oakland is completely shut down. there was a very bad accident overnight. we understand at least one person may have died in that crash. so folks are being rerouted around the area. of course, the hagenberger is in that area. use 66 avenue to get around. if you are taking 880 up through...
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you would think being around watermelons all day, you might get sick of eating the sometimes messy snack, but not for farmer dan vanningen. >> that's good. that's crispy. it's sweet. it's wet. it's everything a watermelon should be. >> but then again, he's had a lot of practice eating watermelons at his family farm in ripon. for more than 70 years now, they've been growing the picnic favorite and have loved every minute of it, seeds and all. >> 1939, we started growin' watermelons the first time. my grandfather did, and, uh, my father was young then, and he would do the harvesting. they would, uh, load the watermelons into small, little trucks and-- and bring 'em to the rail car and load 'em--stack 'em by hand in the rail car, and that's how a lot of the watermelons were shipped. >> dan's right. when it comes to the harvesting of watermelons, not much has changed over the years. the melons love the warm days and cool nights the central valley offers them, and they take about a hundred days to grow before they are plucked out of the fields by workers who transfer them to the harvest truck. while they still grow the
you would think being around watermelons all day, you might get sick of eating the sometimes messy snack, but not for farmer dan vanningen. >> that's good. that's crispy. it's sweet. it's wet. it's everything a watermelon should be. >> but then again, he's had a lot of practice eating watermelons at his family farm in ripon. for more than 70 years now, they've been growing the picnic favorite and have loved every minute of it, seeds and all. >> 1939, we started growin'...
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be. meteorologist brian van de kamp has the first book. >> some thought it and some of that should clear out for this afternoon. we're looking at partly sunny skies for the afternoon hours. one clouts the farther north we go, more cloudiness, more sunshine. the temperatures are like they were yesterday. forecasted to the 60s this afternoon. up to 69 degrees and santa rosa, low 60s in san francisco and oakland has 67 in san knows it. if we to clear up the fog we might get into the 60s as well. now, the rest of this week, the rest of the holiday weekend and next week is looking really nice. will you know more about that. coming up. >> in tucson, ariz. this morning. the deadly attack as of walk scheduled as an hour from now. gifford is starting to show progress. they replaced her breathing tube and installed a feeding tube. another victim of the attack james tupper was released from the hospital. it was revealed that some of nine year-old christine jorgensen were donated to a child from boston. the father said she is than another amazing thing. >> in a bizarre twist to the ears of a shootin
be. meteorologist brian van de kamp has the first book. >> some thought it and some of that should clear out for this afternoon. we're looking at partly sunny skies for the afternoon hours. one clouts the farther north we go, more cloudiness, more sunshine. the temperatures are like they were yesterday. forecasted to the 60s this afternoon. up to 69 degrees and santa rosa, low 60s in san francisco and oakland has 67 in san knows it. if we to clear up the fog we might get into the 60s as...
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morning, and he is getting this text messages from the above folks down in south van ness that need help, and i could not be more proud of his work and his advocacy. he has been the delivery system to pull all these things together, so thank you from the bottom of our hearts. unbelievable. the best of the best. truly amazing. we will recognize him later. i'm going to do that somewhere else, though i now regret not doing it here. to all of you, this 37th project homeless connect, and we are about data here. companies like salesforce that, it gave us all this free equipment and free software. i can say this definitively -- 31,944 and duplicated clients have been served since we started this. almost 32,000 human beings. that is amazing. 21,644 of you. that is not folks that came back. many of you come back. 21,644 individual volunteers like yourself. that is amazing. big round of applause to all of you for making this happen. it is just amazing. truly. so you made a difference not only to people you are serving. you made a difference across this country. we are making progress. we used to be going this directi
morning, and he is getting this text messages from the above folks down in south van ness that need help, and i could not be more proud of his work and his advocacy. he has been the delivery system to pull all these things together, so thank you from the bottom of our hearts. unbelievable. the best of the best. truly amazing. we will recognize him later. i'm going to do that somewhere else, though i now regret not doing it here. to all of you, this 37th project homeless connect, and we are...
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so that remains to be seen how much entertainment we will see on van ness in that special use district, but given the fact that neighbor notification is not as onerous time wise as i think as special use authorization is, we could see some applications into time. and lastly, it ordinance that i spoke of last meeting regarding what the department of public works is moving forward, a delay in the changeover of the new board of supervisors, and this is at the committee level waiting for committee assignments. the new board members were sworn in, and a board president has yet to assign committee members, and was it today? i guess they snuck in the port assignment, so those should be up online, if not now, tomorrow, and we will find out what committees actually exist. we will continue to follow that for you. staff and office update. just briefly wanted to mention that the staff has a retreat on saturday january 8, and almost all of the commissioners were present, and all staff were able to attend. we spent about four hours assessing short-term and long- term goals. each commissioner took th
so that remains to be seen how much entertainment we will see on van ness in that special use district, but given the fact that neighbor notification is not as onerous time wise as i think as special use authorization is, we could see some applications into time. and lastly, it ordinance that i spoke of last meeting regarding what the department of public works is moving forward, a delay in the changeover of the new board of supervisors, and this is at the committee level waiting for committee...
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be shutdown for six months tomorrow. allowing for renovations in between embarcadero and van nuys avenue. hey will replace the system under the tracks and do work to the surrounding streets and sidewalks. at least one lane of traffic in each direction will be open during construction. a shuttle bus will be on the route to alleviate traffic. some residents are finally home from their vacations. many were stuck in the blizzard that slams the east coast the day after christmas. we have details of the weary travelers. >> reporter: find a flight coming from the east coast and you will find passengers will stories to tell. >> a lot of lay overs, a lot of time. >> a lost waiting, a lot of waiting. >> reporter: some of the passengers that we saw in all of that video of airport snowed in at the end of the last year. >> i am exhausted and hungry. i am excited to be here. >> reporter: he just touched down at sfo after a global ordeal starting when the christmas time snowstorm in europe stranded him. >> i have to call my recruiter, i can not start. >> reporter: he was due to start a new job this tuesd
be shutdown for six months tomorrow. allowing for renovations in between embarcadero and van nuys avenue. hey will replace the system under the tracks and do work to the surrounding streets and sidewalks. at least one lane of traffic in each direction will be open during construction. a shuttle bus will be on the route to alleviate traffic. some residents are finally home from their vacations. many were stuck in the blizzard that slams the east coast the day after christmas. we have details of...
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van hollen: i'll be happy to yield to the gentleman. >> they promised accountability but they're delivering hi pockrassy. they said that their number one goal will be job creation. there's not a bill, not a word, not an idea about job creation in the first two weeks of the congress. mr. andrews: they said they were going to reduce the debt and the deficit. well, mr. van hollen very accurately points out, this bill says we'll reduce the deficit except when we deal with health care or tax cuts for the wealthy in which case we'll pretend it doesn't exist. we'll pretend there's no deficit when it comes to health care, the largest expenditure, and then for the wealthiest. and then hours ago the majority said we're going to cut $100 billion from this year's budget. and then they said, we really didn't mean $100 billion. we are going to cut something but we'll tell you later what it is. americans who are concerned about the debt and the deficit should be very concerned about the lack of accountability they're seeing here today. a rule that blows open the deficit, a procedure that ignores job creat
van hollen: i'll be happy to yield to the gentleman. >> they promised accountability but they're delivering hi pockrassy. they said that their number one goal will be job creation. there's not a bill, not a word, not an idea about job creation in the first two weeks of the congress. mr. andrews: they said they were going to reduce the debt and the deficit. well, mr. van hollen very accurately points out, this bill says we'll reduce the deficit except when we deal with health care or tax...
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chill the last few winters they certainly have been in demand while in the van and keeps growing in popularity as well as being more and stylish they're also environmentally friendly when it was all this business case from strength to strength in russia she doesn't have the capabilities to meet the high demands flooding in from foreign countries let me give still material see the huge gap in the market well for some decorator. therefore you think you can sell off one hundred. or four thousand roubles. and since the. horse who can buy them for i don't. want to reward the beautiful marginal. but with a big export billing key remaining rent outside russia or one stylish chair why weren't they taken advantage of. and had huge success taking their billing key business to the world's fashion hog if. they're really popular they were a while ago no one even knew what the word founding he meant but they to acknowledge that when it comes to building there are still many barriers to trade the floor that is at a profit was a good i knew russian factories. in a way that they did fifty or sixty years ago even little things
chill the last few winters they certainly have been in demand while in the van and keeps growing in popularity as well as being more and stylish they're also environmentally friendly when it was all this business case from strength to strength in russia she doesn't have the capabilities to meet the high demands flooding in from foreign countries let me give still material see the huge gap in the market well for some decorator. therefore you think you can sell off one hundred. or four thousand...
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the cases in which ordinary people or on a much more solid ground ethically speaking van foot eletes it seems to be cued because of that, they have to make these appeals, the elites have to make the appeal based on the these values, not on interest. and it is a surprise to me on such an interest based -- it's a surprise to me that political scientists and historians didn't see this more clearly in part because they are so enamored of their own interest furies it seems to be. yes, sir. >> over 50 years ago, general dwight davis eisenhower, in his famous farewell speech, warned about the military-industrial complex. >> he did. >> i say that to all of my friends. do you cover that in your book, and the second half of my question is i worked hard to elect barack obama. i thought he was a wreck of -- would reconcile, and this probably happened since you bought the book, but he bought her clients and sinker, locks thought and they're all the industrial complex that he inherited from bush. any comments on that? >> no. [laughter] not really. all of the military-industrial complex i don't talk about that in
the cases in which ordinary people or on a much more solid ground ethically speaking van foot eletes it seems to be cued because of that, they have to make these appeals, the elites have to make the appeal based on the these values, not on interest. and it is a surprise to me on such an interest based -- it's a surprise to me that political scientists and historians didn't see this more clearly in part because they are so enamored of their own interest furies it seems to be. yes, sir. >>...
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he ended up being hit by a van but kept running.olice captured evans a short time later and took him to jail. >>> at 10:00 this morning a final vote is expected on a plan to replace human toll workers on the golden gate bridge with electronic ones. once the system is in place, cameras will snap pictures of license plates and drivers will get a bill. kiosks will also be set up. the plan is expected to save the bridge district about $16 million over the next 10 years. >>> a plan is mrs. in the -- also in the works to bring businesses to bart stations. i'm thinking it will be like an airport terminal. >> reporter: all these commuters you're seeing here, one san francisco-based company sees them as potential shoppers. the company called transmart wants to bring pretail to bart stations. bart's board of directors appear to be on board. they voted 8-1 to start negotiations. this is an examful of the re-- example of the retail -- farmers market, beauty supply stores and health and wellness stores, eye care services. some bart commuters say
he ended up being hit by a van but kept running.olice captured evans a short time later and took him to jail. >>> at 10:00 this morning a final vote is expected on a plan to replace human toll workers on the golden gate bridge with electronic ones. once the system is in place, cameras will snap pictures of license plates and drivers will get a bill. kiosks will also be set up. the plan is expected to save the bridge district about $16 million over the next 10 years. >>> a plan...
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van hollen: i'll be happy to yield to the gentleman. >> they promised accountability but they're deliveringhi pockrassy. they said that their number one goal will be job creation. there's not a bill, not a word, not an idea about job creation in the first two weeks of the congress. mr. andrews: they said they were going to reduce the debt and the deficit. well, mr. van hollen very accurately points out, this bill says we'll reduce the deficit except when we deal with health care or tax cuts for the wealthy in which case we'll pretend it doesn't exist. we'll pretend there's no deficit when it comes to health care, the largest expenditure, and then for the wealthiest. and then hours ago the majority said we're going to cut $100 billion from this year's budget. and then they said, we really didn't mean $100 billion. we are going to cut something but we'll tell you later what it is. americans who are concerned about the debt and the deficit should be very concerned about the lack of accountability they're seeing here today. a rule that blows open the deficit, a procedure that ignores job creati
van hollen: i'll be happy to yield to the gentleman. >> they promised accountability but they're deliveringhi pockrassy. they said that their number one goal will be job creation. there's not a bill, not a word, not an idea about job creation in the first two weeks of the congress. mr. andrews: they said they were going to reduce the debt and the deficit. well, mr. van hollen very accurately points out, this bill says we'll reduce the deficit except when we deal with health care or tax...
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to do with the conditional use for formula retail and while some of the areas would be -- it seems like a lot of the van ness corridor is a lot like downtown. a lot like market to the east of van ness, which i believe most of that does not have the controls on formula retail that other areas of the city do. >> actually, along van ness is the one place where the formula retail controls requiring c.u. are currently in place. also parcels from van ness are include and do require a cu and the remainder of the rc parcels do not. commissioner antonini: so we already have the controls on van ness avenue. >> that is correct. commissioner antonini: and we're extending it to tarsz off the street -- to the areas off the street, which are the tenderloin and some others and wherever else the other parts of the rc-3 and 4 areas are that you put in. okay. it sounds like that probably is just redefining something that's largely in place anyway. because i think a lot of those areas are more similar to the downtown area and you add to at least along van ness and if it's already in place, it isn't going to make any differ
to do with the conditional use for formula retail and while some of the areas would be -- it seems like a lot of the van ness corridor is a lot like downtown. a lot like market to the east of van ness, which i believe most of that does not have the controls on formula retail that other areas of the city do. >> actually, along van ness is the one place where the formula retail controls requiring c.u. are currently in place. also parcels from van ness are include and do require a cu and the...
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van ness and sacramento? >> i sure will. >> i have had a number of drivers be really helpful in terms of getting passengers toe down a few seats so i can sit in the front. >> can somebody give this lady a seat? >> the bus driver was say, "please wait a moment. i want to make sure you have a seat." and i hear him or her announced that he needs a seat for a person with a disability. >> as soon as the person gets on the bus, i ask the passengers if we can have a seat for this person. >> anybody help us? thank you, sir. >> thank you. >> sides, federal law requires that the customers give their seats to the elderly and disabled if they should need it. >> buses should stop in zones that can accommodate multiple lines will stop behind one another. i cannot see what bus is behind -- i'm not even sure if there is a bus behind. the second bus does not come up to the front. oftentimes, it has caused me to be passed up by bosses, by trains, and again, it makes me late for appointments. it makes me late for my job. >> i'm often anxious that i'm going to miss the bus that i need, simply because i'm not fast enough to scamp
van ness and sacramento? >> i sure will. >> i have had a number of drivers be really helpful in terms of getting passengers toe down a few seats so i can sit in the front. >> can somebody give this lady a seat? >> the bus driver was say, "please wait a moment. i want to make sure you have a seat." and i hear him or her announced that he needs a seat for a person with a disability. >> as soon as the person gets on the bus, i ask the passengers if we can...
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van jumped out. and my neighbors approached me with this teaser why yearswiresd appeared to be everything was fine but from these people got out of this white fan and started running on foot. police were scowling ebert neighborhood, with combined and tasers. >> the suspect is white, male, 40's, with eight mustache/goatee, brown here, thin build. and brown hair--, and this man attacked a woman a campus. >> and police say an anonymous individual drop of a computer hard drive containing 100 hours of video. footage was shot at several locations including one that appears to be a residential care facility. it was abuse on elderly and handicapped people. video footage dropped off on a hard drive to local authorities. >> more troops in afghanistan. >> 5:30, trash pickup. they get >> and stanley roberts, and more people behaving badly, 5:55. coming up. [ male announcer ] rockin out to the big hot pastrami. big. hot. pastrami. don't dare call it a cover band -- unless you're talking about covering freshly baked bread with layer upon layer of flavor-packed pastrami. this sub lays down power cords of tasteocity
van jumped out. and my neighbors approached me with this teaser why yearswiresd appeared to be everything was fine but from these people got out of this white fan and started running on foot. police were scowling ebert neighborhood, with combined and tasers. >> the suspect is white, male, 40's, with eight mustache/goatee, brown here, thin build. and brown hair--, and this man attacked a woman a campus. >> and police say an anonymous individual drop of a computer hard drive...