. >> i do a lot of work for the city, including on some of van ness. -- south van ness. i am a at the south terminus of the rail. my wife is a deputy city attorney, who worked with crack houses. my mother-in-law, a superior court judge retired. i believe i can speak above single interests when i say that the rail spur is not a realistic route to that part of the city. it was established prior to any of the businesses occupying the area. it creates a bunch of unusually shaped properties occupied by those who could tolerate irregularly shaped lot street note -- shaped lots. i encourage you not to take a satellite view of the situation but a street-global view of the situation to realize that it is not attractive -- a street-local view. it is not expandable without impacting numerous businesses that employ numerous employees. i 25 employees. -- i have 25 employees. they have health care. if we are removed by eminent domain, this will be gone. once again, i am fully in support of this program. [bell] but i think this is a better choice for the city of san francisco. thank yo

people have been reported backups all the way to van ness, in fact yesterday at 7:30 when i left, thereas traffic on lombard backed up to van ness and across the tunnel or across the bridge into the tunnel. back in april we told you how bridge management had decided to stick with a three lanes north, three lanes south setup during the commute? the lanes, of course, can be reconfigured to allow more traffic to flow in one direction depending on the circumstances. and as you see tonight, the circumstance is that, well, they have more lanes for traffic going north into marin out of san francisco but the backup has reversed itself. so the question that some of you may have, why have we seen these significant backups in the city anyway for the past week or so? we asked a bridge spokeswoman. >> for quite a while, we have been at three lanes north and three lanes south. now we are trying to give a fourth lane to the northbound whenever we can if the volume can accommodate it on the south side. the south side traffic back is up through the waldo tunnel, the north side traffic is backing up to v

. -- van ness, delores. in this case, we have one full year. to sustain that, i agree, it will be challenging. we are going to need some additional tools to keep them going. i have requested a senior product manager that would be overseeing the r&r program and would be collaborating with the waterprise so maybe we can find a street where both need to repair replaced and we can have the optimization of cost. paving, excavation costs, closures, can really bring the price of a project of. and we are pretty proud of them. that is a credit to johnny wong. >> there is another graph where you show increase in the inspections, but not replacement, which i found curious. >> unfortunately, what that first line refers to, total must be inspected, those are responses when we have a problem. this is the chart that tummy passed out to the commission. -- tommy passed out to the commission. that first wrote is response to a simple, -- sinkhole, other calls. in the condition, the second row, that is mileage that will be used to identify what will be replaced. n

you remember its original home on van ness. now you are part of that transition to the center, the civic center, and of course your museum has been really the anchor of cultural tenants that has helped us transform this area of the city. >> to my mind, it is wonderful to be part of such a rich cultural community. when visitors come to this area, that have so many different options. >> let's talk about the anniversary show, which will be a phenomenal opportunity for san franciscans and all visitors of the city to get a real sense of how the city has grown and the importance of culture. >> we focus on moments where it was involved in pushing the dialogue about contemporary art forward. the jackson pollock exhibition in 1945 is a perfect example of that. our founding director was deeply interested in abstraction and was engaged in dialogue with the guggenheim about bringing the jackson pollack showed to the west coast. the original price for the painting, $750. are directors thought that was too much of a stretch before the board

van ness and lum bard are state highways. >> i will ltd. regina talk about that. well, the mta they have a specific traffic calming form you need a certain amount of residents that you send in. and they will come out and do a traffic calming analysis to give recommendations as to may be doing bulb outs or what have you. caveat is it's not necessarily one the most expedient methods. going back to the supervisor's office so that -- you can help because there may be things we can talk to dpt or mta and say, can we move this up? can we get this expedited and assist in that way. you can have a traffic calming analysis done. >> question back here? >> the question is when are the bathrooms at northern station going to be repaired. i put in work orders and quite frankly i'm completing my first mother-in-law there. the fir month involved an audit of the station. it -- the station i last worked at the station in 90-91. the station is in quite a bit of disrepair. i'm not happy with the facility at all. i'm disappointed with the facili facility. and i'm not pleased. that's al

current repaving is scheduled from stewart to van ness.a team, we determined octavia is a functional breaking point. the design of market street as it moves west changes that octavia. we want to be inclusive of that in our planning, even if the paving does not continue in that direction. i wanted to add, we acknowledge on the southern end of market street, there is a lot of overlap, in terms of project needs. we have included those three blocks to the south to make sure that we are being inclusive, from a transportation perspective. the three main goals of the project are making market street the signature sustainable street in san francisco and the bay area, creating a memorable identity, the ability to promenade in a vibrant public space. clearly, market street is a key corridor, so optimizing sustainability mobility modes is a party for all users of the street. economic development. insuring plans are coo with the market redevelopment efforts. we are trying to foster an economically productive and resilience corridor, looking at the thr

in addition to the heroic fire break that stopped the fire on van ness. >> dynamited around here. just earthquake or fire damage, it was dynamite damage. >> one of the interesting stories is the amount of dynamiting they were doing in some cases was so excessive it was damaging buildings that survived the earthquake and fire because they were blowing up the building 2 blocks away. the classic story is on the post office. it survived the earthquake and fire fine, but didn't survive the dynamiting of the next-door neighbor's building. >> they threw up flaming shards. and set the buildings alight. >> for an old steel frame, you see the beam and column and you can see the frame is shown there. on the side of the building, it is more solid with brick. the older steel frame correct relies on participation of the infill masonry and other stuff in there. they new steel frame building 101 california the high-rise down the block relies basically on the steel. you don't have that infill brick because that becomes a hazard sometimes too if it falls away from the building. a newer steel frame

straight from the front line as do the ninety thousand documents released this week showing the on van ness troops of a bloody conflicts and going by clinton's account of the support he received from other soldiers during his time in prison there is dissent inside the armed forces something the government could have a hard time ignoring nor emmett's r.t. london. experts from russia believe a south korean warship which sank in march fell victim to the mine and not a north korean torpedo that's according to newspaper reports in south korea and there's been no statement from russia to confirm the story though north korea house continues he denied firing on the ship despite being blamed by an international investigation and u.s. secretary of state hillary clinton has said there was a welding evidence pyongyang was to blame the incident has made the tense situation on the divide opinion even worse when it's got more on this now from powell at a coffee he drank two of korean studies at the mosque a state university many things with. coming into terms of now do you think that there is any truth in

straight from the front line as do the ninety thousand documents released this week showing the on van ness truce of a bloody conflicts and going by clinton's account of the support he received from other soldiers during his time in prison there is dissent inside the armed forces something the government could have a hard time make nor read nor emmett's r.t. london. parts of a controversial immigration law in the u.s. state of arizona which faced accusations of racism have been blocked by a federal judge the new legislation have been designed to make believe the liberation of crime and penalize anyone helping undocumented workers but the judge drop the crime part and a requirement for immigrants to carry papers at all times the states government has vowed to appeal the changes and critics of the law say violates people's freedoms while the standards argue rights have nothing to do with it my colleagues to both sides. it's a victory first and foremost for civil rights and human rights. and so-called the illegal immigrants are part of our community there are millions of people who are in the

will assure you that now the ride in bound from the golden gate bridge heading towards van ness at buchanan there was a water main break to lanes shut down three lanes is valid or invalid on long mark or we have potential for trouble if they don't get that cleared up we will look at traffic jams and region all the way back to the toll plaza of the bridge along doyle drive and through construction. we will keep an eye on that through the morning so far ace train caltrans the atrocities there. >> are developing a story of a car fire at s of all seven cars are torched to get you more news faster solo reporters the yoli is out there taking a look at these yoli i'm assuming the owners have no idea if its long- term parking they're not around. >> they are trying to track down the owners by using the license plates. they have to call them at their home is impossible to track them down on what ever vacationer location they too out to. all they can do is contact somebody at the home and hopefully the word will get to them. if not there's a possibility somebody could come back from a trip and look fo

this is going to affect drivers coming off the golden gate bridge heading to van ness. two right lanes are blocked off. they don't know when to expect it to be reopened. so things could get backed up on lombard street. you may want to consider marina boulevard as an alternate. second hot spot is in hayward. an injury accident southbound at tennison and right now two left lanes are blocked. you could see some delays here, as well. i'll check out drive times in my next report. >>> 6:09. vote coming today in congress that could be a lifeline to hundreds of thousands of out of work californians. new numbers show the housing crisis appears to be easing here in the bay area. >>> good morning. it's 6:13. we have a lot of clouds assaulting over the bay area once again. looks like we have a gorgeous sunrise. we'll check in with kristine hanson and see when we'll see the clearing today coming up. >>> a newly released poll finds a growing number of californians back the death penalty. researchers say 70%6 people support the debt penalty in especially heinous crimes. 24% oppose cap

the group rallied outside the california public utilities building on van ness. >> in my mind this is one of the biggest health impacts we're experienced on earth. we're being told by the feds that smart meters are going in every house and building all over the country. >> reporter: studies by the world health organization and fcc have concluded that smart meters are safe and emit radio frequencies lower than radio and tvs. >>> months after she attempted to pass through massive insurance rate increases the president of anthem blue cross in california says today she is leaving her job. she tried to raise anthem's rates by an average of 25% in february. the move drew public outrage, even a rebuke from president obama. anthem backed down. that was in april. but later the company announced rate increases of 14%. she says she's going into health care consulting. >>> well, a huge the pro of land formerly known as the oakland army base is one step closer to becoming a major job source for the city. we're talking over 400 acres of land located between the nimitz freeway and the toll plaza. a

that rally starts at noon on van ness and mcallister. >>> a small majority of california voters now support guy marriage according to a field poll out today. 42% are opposed. 7% have no opinion. these are roughly the same numbers as two years ago. proposition 8 passed anyway banning gay marriage in the state. >>> the center of the cell phone universe of course right here in silicon valley and it's drawing even more companies in. >> this huge gravitational pull like a black hole. there's news this morning that chicago-based motorola may send its cell phone division out to the west coast at some point. now, motorola is actually the oldest cell phone company. they had the very first one. they just sold part of its business to the finnish company nokia and analysts suspect it will spin-off the handset cell phones into its own company and move it to california. motorola makes the new droid phone and has a resurgence ever since. now, apple is not the world's largest cell phone company. darned close though. technically research in motion is quicker. watch numbers relating to its i-pad sales and al

the rally starts at noon on van ness and mcallister. >>> lindsay lohan is preparing to start her jail sentence. she is going to the lynwood prison in southern california and will begin serving a 90-day sentence later today. there is a little new confusion going on because rumors started swirling that her newly hired attorney robert shapiro quit overnight. last night this is video of people packing up some of her belongings at the southern california rehabilitation clinic where she was staying. this is video from when she had different attorney. she has been through a couple now. >> been through a lot. wedding plans are in the work for the clintons' one and only daughter chelsea set to get married in less than two weeks. she is now 30 and marrying marc mezvinsky an investment banker. the bride and groom first met as teens but didn't become a couple until several years later. the vows are set for the last day in july. word leaked out this month it will be held in a very secluded mansion about two hours north of new york city. >> we have the answer to the question about how do you open a

more than 30 people marched down van ness this afternoon we spoke to one of the protesters who said sheied about the public health problem the smart meter costs. >> i think the biggest goal here is that smart leaders are being deployed in every home in business through our business in human health impact. we have no idea what sort of radiation will do to all of us. >> is protests was led by a number keenness turning green it pushes for environmental safety and schools and communities. >> 5 people are interested san francisco if after they took over part of the building of the protesters took over the second floor of a building at 20 is in addition street in 7 cisco the will nor the building issued organized and sponsored by direct action to stop the cuts. a group that objects to a potential budget cuts that could affect the city's homeless population. >> to the kron 4 news room fire to tell you about it's been issued for state highway 12 the cells of fairfield. where fire is burning this according to the california highway patrol east on highway 12 a shutdown of back avenue in smoke as

those mark meters they were during signs they call the meters, and dangerous. 30 people marched down van ness ave we talk to one of them she says she is worried about health problems. >> i think the biggest goal here is that smart meters are being deployed in every home in every business read our states and countries with no testing for human health impact so we have no idea what radiation will do to wall loss. >> the protests was led by a member of teen's turning green it pushes for environmental safety in schools and communities. >> we will be back with more in just a couple of minutes let's take a peek at our live camera on top of my at mt. tam. it is clear out there we will [ meg whitman ] if we could only do one thing, putting people back to work would be the most important thing. the human cost of 2 million californians out of work is devastating, and i think, often, politicians forget about that because they don't see it every day. i see it every day. i think raising taxes on californians today is absolutely the wrong thing to do. we have to streamline regulations, we have to cut taxes

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happened though inbounds central is struggling to recover it did backup not to octavia about past south van nesscheck for you again its even with the light traffic we saw this morning mm rely snow back up at any time from 5:00 p.m. sorry 5:00 a.m. until 10:00 a.m. then we see this same second wave of traffic folks are taking advantage apparently of a lower price and at the bay bridge bit of a back up in the right-hand lanes. if you are fast track user you could use any lane at the bay bridge toll plaza. a check of the san mateo bridge and light traffic both directions no problems your golden gate bridge ride 1 01 south dealing with fog but smith traffic for years of bound ride. apple holding a big press conferences morning to discuss the problems with reception on the iphone for years james fletcher in the newsroom with the latest. >> that is happening at cupertino headquarters here's a snapshot from inside a projection screen that is the job is talking about what they will do to make customers happy. they announced three things there and put into place one day release the os 4 so that day get a

look at san francisco traffic there was a problem reported on the outbound central freeway by says van ness not backed up the traffic looks pretty good. the sewing is from the ninth street off ramp. still enjoying a good chance to ride no major problems from bird, a caltrans or a strained. >> thank you, rb story of oakland for violence erupted over the weekend the latest incident involved a possible sniper. to get to more disaster was her torso a reporter julie t. is add ob the headquarters for calling the story. >> good morning, i was about 11:30 p.m. when officers called aurora car ran eighth in our line, if in the midst of searching this vehicle they got fired upon in fact the turn of that somebody from a nearby building was shooting at the officers with a rifle, they immediately took cover called for back up. when the backup officers came to the scene there able to figure from one building the jobs were being run from so they immediately went into lockdown, search the whole building. they're not able to find any weapons nor as suspect as far as the two officers their words and a shot at

start early next year on cathedral hill, that means traffic delays for surrounding streets, post, van nesstersections in all. >>> the hospital will hold 550 beds and an underground parking lot. i'll have another local news update in about a half hour or so. "today" show returns in about a minute. have a great day. twizzlers. the twist you can't resist. >>> from nbc news, this is "today" with kathie lee gifford and hoda kotb. live from studio 1 a in rockefeller plaza. >> we're so glad you're with us on thursday, jaul 22nd. did you know that most people are angrier on thursday than any other day of the week? did you know that? >> it would make sense, because you're not at the weekend yet, and i can see where you get angry. >> i've angered you and annoyed you ever since monday. >> yes. >> do i do that to you, hoda, really? >> yeah. here's the drill. i was angry yesterday. here's what happened. i went to the post office to get a -- >> listen to this. >> a registered letter, and you know those are always bad. it's irs or lawyer thing. >> you throw every notice away, jury duty, irs, junk mail. >