[gavel] >> if you frequently travel before i van ness i might be surprised van ness will goodwill go the first transit corridor to have brt as more frequently known the goal to get conveniently van ness and geary boulevard one of the most reliable transit systems in the country van ness avenue is a major connecter between potrero hill and mission on the south side of san francisco correcting connecting us to the marina and state highway in the financial with the western edition neighborhood it is mostly residential a lot of the geography of van ness the rain that is wide it was uses is a firebreak in the 1906 san francisco earthquake a lot of building occasion that helped of hoped to stop the fire from jumping van ness had a light rail or sprash separating and along geary 0 when we came to the question of how to address the needs on haven because of its cost effectiveness we have found in the brt system with the new vehicles. >> the new mr. secretary is a change we will actually have transit in the middle ♪ the far legal unit and a broadly prom >> one of the reasons it is in the cent

shown it's ness has theater on van week. ( marty ) san francisco's a-m-c movie theater on van ness haslosing as major construction continues to along the street. the 300- plus- million dollar project is drastically affecting businesses on van ness. kron4's dan thorn spoke with owners of some of those businesses. the ongoing van ness avenue construction is hiding businesses behind chain linked fences and massive machinery.. business owners tell us it's almost like their restaurants and shops have become invisible. sot: you don't really see a lot of walking people customers because of all of those fences it's not really to inviting right now the construction has been not only been an eyesore but a financial hit for restaurants like village pizza..sara sot: it is pretty sad i like when there is something going on at my job.neighboring restaurant alborz is under the same stress..the uninviting chain linked fences outside of their dining room windows have kept people away..a general manager of the amc 14 van ness confirmed the closing. it's unclear if this ongoing construction played any fa

the ongoing van ness avenue construction avenue van ness the ongoing the ongoing van ness avenue construction is hiding businesses behind chain linked fences and massive machinery.. business owners tell us it's almost like their restaurants and shops have become really see a lot of walking people customers because of all of those fences it's not really to inviting right now the construction has been not only been an eyesore burestaura like village pizza..sara sot: it is pretty sad i like when there is something going on at my job.neighboring restaurant alborz is under the same stress..the uninviting chain linked fences outside of their dining room windows have kept people away..a general manager of the amc 14 van ness confirmed the closing. it's unclear if this ongoing construction played any factor..any other questions were directed to the company's corporate office. (ken) another big story tonight... more lane closures on the richmond- san rafael bridge are about to start tonight.are about to rafael bridge are about to rafael bridge richmond- san on the lane closures tonight... more story a

from two different san francisco hospitals will be moved into this campus here on the corner of van nessnd post in a building designed with technology designed to withstand the big one. medical equipment wrapped in plastic, patient rooms empty, nurses stations barren. one of our family lounges. >> reporter: these are the final few days before the new california pacific medical center campus opens for business on van ness avenue. >> this is our adult resuscitation room. >> reporter: tucked inside will be both adult and pediatric emergency rooms. >> this is the bed. it clicks into place. >> reporter: an extra bed in every patient room for loved ones to sleep on. 1,200 nurses training on state of the art equipment. while the hospital itself is bright and colorful and welcoming, the most reassuring feature won't be the staff or the state of the art equipment, but these metal plates scattered throughout the 11- story structure designed to withstand the big one. >> this particular facility was built with technology that has been used in japan. we have viscous wall dampers that surround inside

construction along van ness avenue in san francisco is hard to miss. however, many of the businesses are struggling to be seen..sot: it's invisible sometimes for people to really notice the pizza place..dubbed an improvement project..the construction has been not only been an eyesore but a financial hit for restaurants like village pizza..shop worker sara elgwahry (el ga vah her ree) says lunch still gets a bit of a rush...later than that it looks like this...empty tables..sot: it is really really worse right now..as far as traffic go there is really no parking spaces here so it's really hard for the customers even if they want to come here. neighboring restaurant alborz is under the same stress..the uninviting chain linked fences outside of their dining room windows have kept people away..a general manager of the amc 14 van ness confirmed the closing. it's unclear if this ongoing construction played any factor..any other questions were directed to the company's corporate office. the construction project is at least a year and a half behind schedule. s

van ness was a big three-year project. we're not expecting anything remotely similar to van necessarness tohappen. i don't know the tree requirements for van ness. i don't know what that is. as part of our project, to accommodate d.p.w. and fund their needs, we took that work on to assure that the trees will be replaced end of the construction. >> president fung: thank you. >> i have her information. >> i like to move this forward. which means i will -- >> i would need four votes to condition the permit. you can continue it to next week week. >> president fung: i want the 90-day guarantee in our motion. i don't think it being in mr. buck's either verbal statement or written statement that it is affirmed. i like to make sure for the public sake, the promise is adhered to and condition placed upon d.p.w. performs. >> president fung: or we could wait for commissioner tanner to arrive. >> since she wasn't able to hear it portion of the hearing. she won't be able to vote. i'm not sure what president fung or commissioner lazarus

van ness avenue.(ken) the san francisco fire every to shelter in latest. g and e is on the scene of an explosion in the city... in tonight's case it's actially two transformers that blew.was at van ness and green... near russian hill. the other was some 50 to 100 feet east of the intersection. right now... there's a shelter in place and first responders are going door to door in that area... letting people know what's going on. this is new video of just in. no injuries reported. at least one building is without power as a result. p-g- and e crews are trying to determine trying to crews are trying to determine what potential danger zone. everyone being told to stay away from this area. we'll keep you posted as we learn more. (pam) more lane closures on the richmond- san rafael bridge are about to start tonight. even though no new concrete chunks fell down today ... there is a lot of work to be done to fix the problem ... that caused traffic jams yesterday. (ken) kron 4's justine waldman joins us live now from the toll plaza... with details on the repairs th

wheelchair users will be directed to the elevators at castro and van ness or f line streetcar service. this is one of the projects that is part of the muni elevator modernization safety project where we're replacing 11 older elevators. this is the second project to go. that entire body of work is anticipated to take about four years and it started last year. and then finally we have a couple of utility cabinet that are undergoing work. i mentioned this because it does require trenching around the church street market into both areas where we're installing underground electrical equipment that will help essentially reduce the power outages and shutdowns that occur for the j. church line. hopefully, this work will make sure this is more reliable. and that concludes my report. >> chair heinicke: thank you. directors, any questions for director hsu before we go to public comment? seeing none, i have a few, if i may ask. on the van ness incident, thank you for the report and the speed of the report, getting it to us that quickly. two questions. i assume that we're going to do what we can t

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tonight, the the amc van ness 14 on van ness at oak ferrell will be screening its final film. this video is from 1998 when the 14 screen theater made it highly publicized debut inside a building that had previously housed the cadillac dealership. a worker for the theater tells ktvu this is the theater's final night. attendant has been dwindling over the years, but there is no exact word on why the theater is closing. >>> the first round of the at&t pro-am got underway today in the monterey peninsula with the usual beauty shot and some familiar names at the top of the leaderboard. mark will have highlights. alright, i brought in ensure max protein... to give you the protein you need with less of the sugar you don't. (straining) i'll take that. (cheers) 30 grams of protein and 1 gram of sugar. ensure max protein. in two great flavors. i was on the fence about changing from a manual to an electric toothbrush. but my hygienist said going electric could lead to way cleaner teeth. she said, get the one inspired by dentists, with a round brush head. go pro with oral-b. oral-b's gentl

i and the general manager of the holiday inn up on california in a van van ness pick i've had the pleasure of working with outside lands for the last seven years on the planning process, and also housing a lot of the folks that set up outside lands and take it apart. it is a three-day festival, capita starts about two weeks prior to the first day of the music, and we are the beneficiary, directly of that business but comes into san francisco. i have 200 employees are rely on this business. the folks that come into attend the music festival, along with the workers utilize a lot of the restaurants and goods and services along the van ness corridor, as well as polk street. i can't say enough about how the planning process has gone with outside lands. they have been a pleasure to work with. on behalf of my hotel and my staff, we are in support of this permit extension. >> thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> hello everyone. i am the associate director of the san francisco-based nonprofit women's audio mission. women's audio mission is a 15-year-old music and media nonprofit that serve

san francisco i can't wait to be there in march when we cut the ribbon to open the new hospital on van ness avenue. i also want to thank harland kelly and the guys and gals at p.u.c. for your work. thank you so much for finally getting this job done, because a randy, not only did he harass the mayor at the time, he harassed every mayor of the board of supervisors, and that is why we finally have got it done, and yes, in less bureaucracy years than typical. i also want to thank the san francisco police department. thank you for so much for the officers who continue to walk the beach and develop relationships with the community on a regular basis. it definitely means a lot to have community policing so that members of our community feel safe when they are walking the streets. thank you to so many folks who are a part of really the driving force. they are the reasons why we, as a city, pay a lot of attention to providing resources to the community, starting with randy shot in the tenderloin housing community clinic, essential safety s.r.o. collaborative, thank you so much. [cheers and applause

amc's van ness 14 theater on van ness near o'farrell is closed.ording to our partners at hood line, a source close to them would not say why the theater closed. another theater owner may be in discussions to lease the space. >>> now your morning money report. >> san francisco-based wells fargo says atm and mobile services have been restored after a widespread outage. customers who tried to use an atm received an out of service message yesterday. the disruption affected online and mobile banking also. in a statement, wells fargo said it was experiencing system issues due to a power shutdown after smoke was detected at one of its facilities. >>> a florida man getting a christopher larson on suspicion of drunk driving. when they went to perform a field sobriety test, he started busting a move while walking a not so straight line. in the end, he was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated. deputies said his bloot alcohol content was three times the legal limit. so, yeah. >> i guess he was trying to be creative there and not being able to g

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i remember going here, but last night on the amc on van ness showed its last picture.he theater opened in 1998 with 14 screens that could seat up to 3,000 people but in recent years it took a downturn. customers took to yelp to complain about closed concession stands, filthy and enkempt conditions and old seats. no word on what will replace the theater or the future of that building. >>> this morning, the "today" show will remember baseball hall of famer frank robinson. he died yesterday and he broke the color barrier when he became the first black manager in major league baseball history. robinson grew up in oakland and later managed the giants. at 7:30, a look on his impact on american sports and civic culture. >> all right, let's talk about weather and traffic together. that rain making its way already on the peninsula. >> it is starting to move in. we'll see it becoming more widespread and heavier as we go throughout the day. we'll be tracking it on storm ranger, and looking at our forecast, more showers off and on throughout the weekend, looking at also some chill

about 200 medical personnel will transfer patients to the new van ness campus that includes nurses, emtss. >> every single detail we have thought of from how we handle patients' individual needs to do they need a wheelchair, an interpreter. do they need someone next to them. >> the police will help with traffic along california street. >>> looks like we could have a soaking storm come at us monday. especially in the north bay. we wake up in the morning, there's light rain in the north bay at 4:00. notice how it slides south into the heart of bay during the evening. even touching the south bay a little bit. overnight, into tuesday morning, it's going to bow back up to the north keeping the north bay in constant rain for 24 to 48 hours. then it stays there. it gets moderate at times as you look at 9:00 tuesday evening with that yellow. by wednesday a slides down to the south and leaves us finally cleari how much rain will it leave? the potential is quite a difference between where you are. already by tuesday, nearly 2 inches in the north bay to a tenth of an inch in the south bay. by the t

van ness near owe fairly is is s closed.y be in discussions to lease the space. but it basically suddenly closed down last night. >>> facebook held a big summit at its menlo park headquarters to focus on the original goals, bringing people together. more than 400 community leaders from across north america were invited for the facebook community summit. >> that spanned -- - >> for us people better off financially in the group and they can pass. now the lack of oh, i didn't know this or i don't know that, facebook has to erase that narrative. >> facebook announced new tools to help group administrators grow and manage their communities as well as a new mentorship program to help more people connect. >>> let's talk about what to expect weatherwise during the commute today. scattered showers will be the easier of the two commutes. as the storm system comes in, making the evening commute tougher. the showers will create slick roads everywhere and even localized ponding. here's a look at the rain potential through sunday. we've g

if you take a look, green between van ness and polk right now are closed to traffic for this work. 911 calls initially came in reporting some sort of explosion. it sounded like transformers had blown, but that turned out not to be the case. san francisco fire says that there were high volt eric wires that fell. they were live and so they ordered a shelter in place as a precaution. now that shelter in place has since been listed. you can see wires did fall on several cars on green. the wires eventually were deenergized and there are no injuries thankfully to report. the san francisco fire department said it spoke with pg&e and it turns out that it was a cross arm which supports the power lines that was somehow damaged or broke in all this and that caused those lines to come down. so again the transformers are fine. they are intact. we did learn that at least one car was damaged the fallen lines. right now as you can see, pg&e is busy trying to do repair live and 2:00in the morning. >>> from bullying to verbal abuse, tonight a new report raises some troubling questions about what it's li

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. >> i'm here with john francis pavement to parks manager and this parklet on van ness street first of a parklet and part of pavement to parks program basically an expense of the walk in a public realm for people to hang anti nor a urban acceptable space for people to use. >> parklets sponsors have to apply to be considered for the program but they come to us you know saying we want to do this and create a new space on our street it is a community driven program. >> the program goes beyond just parklets vacant lots and other spaces are converted we're here at playland on 43 this is place is cool with loots things to do and plenty of space to play so we came up with that idea to revitalizations this underutilized yard by going to the community and what they said want to see here we saw that everybody wants to see everything to we want this to be a space for everyone. >> yeah. >> we partnered with the pavement to parks program and so we had the contract for building 236 blot community garden it start with a lot of jacuzzi hammers and bulldozer and now the point we're planting trees and f

activspace's attorney said he has no comment at this time. ( james ) major construction along van nesssco is affecting businesses on the street. the construction is hiding businesses behind chain linked fences and massive machinery...and some business owners say it's almost like their restaurants and shops have become invisible. they says the eyesore is turning people away and hurting their businesses. ( james ) the improvement project costs around 300 million dollars. ( james ) bart's new schedule officially starts today and will last the next three years. ( darya ) it comes as bart begins a massive project to the transbay tube. kron 4's will tran is joining us now live with more on the change. starting today....bart is opening one hour later. the schedule shift is part of a massive project to the transbay tube. the plan is to strenghten it against the possibility of flooding if there was a catastrophic earthquake. bart says

implementation, and the small business impact fund, i totally support the city providing that, but the van nessly an muni project. it is also a major utility infrastructure replacement project. the replacement of those underground utilities is what's causing all of the delays and the interest expenses and so with the other interested and other pucs should be contributed to that as well. >> i want to stick to the speeches i wrote when i was delayed this morning 20 minutes on muni metro. now by now each of you should have received the letter on behalf of the organization and on behalf of the board of directors and the 500 member. thank you, supervisor stefani, for bringing that up. this letter expressed concerns with the funding priority that happened today. i felt compelled to be here today. i don't know how much of an influence i will have on where the money is spent at this point, but i am a daily rider and i feel it is important to speak up on behalf of the 170,000 and growing people who rely on muni every single day who are literally left stranded, late to appointments, late to work because

the mission district, where we worked to get the temporary navigation center opened at 1515 south van ness and in the civic center, we had a safe and clean initiative, which is focused on people who are out there in substance abuse crisis, and also can be out there experiencing homelessness, and the dealing and using is all kind of wrapped up and happening at once, and trying to desegregate that and help people where we can and clean up where we can. so we launched this. we started to notice we had all these pilots, and it was the same people in different meetings, and we're running to different meetings to meet with the same people. we said, you know what, we need to be together all day long and go to meetings with other stuff that we're doing, but in the meantime that we're meeting together all day, and really focusing our resources to all of these different places that need it. we came up with some core values, to believe in change, and we'd seen change happen through naf navigation centers. people 30 years homeless, people who said they would never go into housing, came into housing an

retail is already fragile when we heard about this on van ness with the bart, and stockton street andhe chinatown merchants. there will be an impact on business. people don't want -- castro street was dug up, the sidewalk, and we were walking down plywood planks. people don't want to come to those types of places. if any of you -- if you can make something out of it, to better, because a lot of businesses did close in the castro as a result of that. >> commissioner johnson? >> thank you. i also agree that this vision is really exciting. i'm excited about the future of the market street corridor. i was really delighted by commissioner moore's comments, and just thinking about how we can make this experience more playful as we think about how we make the corridor more engaging. i remember the urban prototyping festival that this department and others were part of to really activate, in any type of programming in play, not only to pull people out into other corridors and protect the city's community fabric as we do go through the transition. i will say, echoing on some comments earlier t

a park between 15th and 16th sty mission and van ness would be on top of a building where the kids could go to school, and the senior centers would be there so they could get plenty of sunshine. a swimming pool on top of this building. the cafeteria underneath, where you are going to the cafeteria, you can see the swimmers through a glass ceiling. it would be affordable housing for people in need, and underneath there, it would be businesses. i have been here since 58, my kids went to school here. they were born here. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon chair, and members of the planning commission. thank you for allowing me to speak. i'm a member of the local 22. i'm here to speak in favor of the project at 1979 mission for the benefits it brings to surrounding keen communities for job creation. i am first here to practice. a big job like this could get built and i could spend my entire apprenticeship at that job, which is basically working for four full years, no breaks, that would be huge for me and any other apprentice that would get on that job. this dev

are the numbers given to me by the people coordinating the move pick our office is moving to 49 van ness. a one-stop shop permit centre where all the dvi, planning, public works, the goal is to make it efficient for the public, and we will be there, and it has been estimated that our moved cost will be $160,000. that is supposed to be all new furniture, the move, et cetera. that would be at the end of fiscal year 20. that would be a one-time cost. and fiscal year 21, our rent would increase significantly. right now we pay about $49,000 a year, and the rent at the new building, which is city-owned, we have been given a preliminary estimate of a hundred $30,000 back which it seems crazy, -- >> sorry, so the 160 is -- >> that is what i have been told. it is furniture, computers, moving, i'm not sure what we have to move if we are buying furniture. i have asked myself the same question, but i think they are telling departments very high numbers so that they can budget it. i don't know if this will be the actual number. on the weekend we rent a u-haul. save the board $100,000. >> but what you

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amc van ness theater near owe farrell is closed. a source close to management wouldn't say why it closed. another theater owner may be in discussions to lease the space. >>> the first sign that baseball season is almost here is just a day away for giants fans. tomorrow the giants will hold the team's annual fan fest at oracle park. players and coaches will interact with fans signing autographs, taking selfies. they can tour many parts frt ballpark. admission is free. the event ends at 3:00 p.m. catchers and pitchers arrive for spring training in arizona. on tuesday. >>> the ntsb is at the site of the san francisco gas fire. what officials are revealing about the investigation this morning. >>> plus, the concrete concerns on the richmond-san rafael bridge, all lanes are open now. why more repairs still need to be made. >>> a live look outside as we head to commercial break. a live look at the embarcadero in san francisco and t - ( phone ringing ) - big button, and volume-enhanced phones. get details on this state program. visit right