members of the board, i'm the sfmta van ness project manager. yeah, we look at that approach, and we found a couple of challenges with it. one of them is that industry best practices is -- is not something that is codified. you can ask two experts in the industry what the best practices are, and they might give you two different results or two different answers, so we were hesitant to build an entire policy around what might be considered industry best practices without being able to nail down exactly what was a definitive answer. on the advantage project, as something that had happened, in order to issue the cmgc contract at 30%, we would have had to stop design for almost a year and basically stood down, and that would have delayed the start of construction. at the time -- hindsight is 20/20, but at the time, it was certainly preferable to get the contractor on earlier in the design process, it's not a deal breaker, and it's not a mandatory requirement. we decided that rather than delay the project another year, we made a decision as an agency

the main entry is on van ness street. curb cut provides access to below grade parking and service for the site, providing for six cars and 30 bicycles as well as an ada van. this cuts in half the existing parking spaces currently on the property. almost all visitors of the temple use public transit. in addition to opening up the center of the property, we've pushed the dormitory to the east as far as possible away from the condo windows. so for additional privacy, we reduced the dorm windows to 10%. and for further privacy referring to the upper right hand drawing, we positioned the dorm window to avoid direct views into the condo areas. -- windows. the cultural center building sets back and defers the -- while continuing the pedestrian street wall at the base of st. luke's and the condo building on van ness. so turning facing on van ness, the main facade, we placed a pavilion including classrooms. the pavilion rests on the base of the vertical ceiling base, continue to enlivens the pedestrian street wall. in addition to o

it's about improving speed and reliability for all along tens of thousands of customers along van ness. it's about improving street safety, especially for all pedestrians, but especially along van ness, and it's upgrading hundred-year-old infrastructure, some of which hangs above the road in the form of our muni overhead wires, some of which is deep below in the sewer and telecom utilities. next slide, please. so if you've been out on van ness, and i'm looking out of my office window at it right now, you'll know that

members of the board, i'm the sfmta van ness project manager. yeah, we look at that approach, and we found a couple of challenges with it. one of them is that industry best practices is -- is not something that is codified. you can ask two experts in the industry what the best practices are, and they might give you two different results or two different answers, so we were hesitant to build an entire policy around what might be considered industry best practices without being able to nail down exactly what was a definitive answer. on the advantage project, as something that had happened, in order to issue the cmgc contract at 30%, we would have had to stop design for almost a year and basically stood down, and that would have delayed the start of construction. at the time -- hindsight is 20/20, but at the time, it was certainly preferable to get the contractor on earlier in the design process, it's not a deal breaker, and it's not a mandatory requirement. we decided that rather than delay the project another year, we made a decision as an agency

it's a more residential area of van ness. and that's just an example. so, you know, i don't think any of us think the van ness project worked perfectly. there's a ton we need to work from it. we're trying to apply those lessons on a continuous use improved basis. >> chairman: thank you. and one of the other issues raised in public comment just around the m.t.a. board. can you clarify, are the m.t.a. responses presented to the board approved by the board 1234 has that happened? does that happen? what's the process there in terms of if the board weighs in and, if so, when? >> so these have gone through the m.t.a. board. peter, i don't remember what the date was, but the m.t.a. board has already weighed in on these. >> yeah. i think it was the second meeting of august. we had to have our responses approved by our board by the end of august. >> chairman: thanks. thank you for clarifying. supervisor mandelman. >> supervisor mandelman: thank you, chair preston, and thanks again to the staff who've helped us through this. and i'll thank the city attorney anne

so i am sure we are all aware of how important the van ness project is and very close to completion and with the revenue service in spring of the coming near. this contract mod is cleaning up a number of items and work that has been added and completed in the project work that was deleted to speed up construction or because we realize we could save money but not doing it and it wasn't necessary and toe l thats $717,000. the biggest piece of it is additional concrete paving and the next biggest additional piece is training, contractor personnel to do the job and to pay them to do the jobs of polling and there are a large number of other items and some sfpuc. >> thank you. given this is the last item, i would like to go to public comment and then director comment and question. on the line, press 1 and then 0 to comment on item 14. >> you have two questions remaining. >> david pillpal. two items. page two of the staff report refers to a september public officials brief. i have never heard of that before. please send me a copy and as i mentioned and item 12, i would like the budget page to

next up is the van ness improvement project. a project that we have learned many lessons on and applied those lessons to our wildly successful projects like geary rapids. the van ness project is now approximately 88% complete with substantial completion expected at the end of this calendar yore and the start of bus rapid transit ?fs early next year. the red transit-only lanes are finished as well as the overheadlines and utility upgrades, work on the roadways, about 96% complete and sidewalk work about 91% complete. we're now finalizing the final elements like bus shelters, curbs, pedestrian mold-outs and landscaping and we're really proud of our partnership with the office of economic and workforce development that distributed $185,000 in direct grants to 23 businesses impacted by our construction. you'll see on the agenda later for this meeting, item number 14, is request for contract modification that addresses some roadway work that has already been completed. we've also been busy in our partnership with the recreation and p

it's a more residential area of van ness. and that's just an example.'t think any of us think the van ness project worked perfectly. there's a ton we need to work from it. we're trying to apply those lessons on a continuous use improved basis. >> chairman: thank you. and one of the other issues raised in public comment just around the m.t.a. board. can you clarify, are the m.t.a. responses presented to the board approved by the board 1234 has that happened? does that happen? what's the process there in terms of if the board weighs in and, if so, when? >> so these have gone through the m.t.a. board. peter, i don't remember what the date was, but the m.t.a. board has already weighed in on these. >> yeah. i think it was the second meeting of august. we had to have our responses approved by our board by the end of august. >> chairman: thanks. thank you for clarifying. supervisor mandelman. >> supervisor mandelman: thank you, chair preston, and thanks again to the staff who've helped us through this. and i'll thank the city attorney anne pierson and folks in

van ness avenue.th services from stephanie tran medical director at san francisco city clinic. we are here to provide easy access to conference of low-cost culturally sensitive sexual health services and to everyone who walks through our door. so we providestd checkups, diagnosis and treatment. we also provide hiv screening we provide hiv treatment for people living with hiv and are uninsured and then we hope them health benefits and rage into conference of primary care. we also provide both pre-nd post exposure prophylactics for hiv prevention we also provide a range of women's reproductive health services including contraception, emergency contraception. sometimes known as plan b. pap smears and [inaudible]. we are was entirely [inaudible]people will come as soon as were open even a little before opening. weight buries a lip it could be the first person here at your in and out within a few minutes. there are some days we do have a pretty considerable weight. in general, people can just walk right in

. >> van ness avenue runs from market street to bay street in san francisco. south vanness runs from south of market to cesar chavez street. originally residential after the 1906 earthquake it was used as a fire break. many car dealerships and businesses exist on vanness today with expansion of bus lanes. originally marlet street was named after james vanness, seventh mayor of san francisco from 1855 to 1856. vanness heavy are streets in santa cruz, los angeles and fresno in his honor. in 1915 streetcars started the opening of the expo. in 1950s it was removed and replaced by a tree-lined median. it was part of the central freeway from bayshore to hayes valley. it is part of uses 101. it was damaged during the 1989 earthquake. in 1992 the elevator part of the roadway was removed. it was developed into a surface boulevard. today the vanness bus rapid transit project is to have designated bus lanes service from mission. it will display the history of the city. van ness avenue. >>> all right.. good afternoon everyone. i'm san francisco mayor london breed. and i am

the store at van ness and eddie already closed for good. kron four's taylor. the second joins us now live from the city with more on these closures and with leaders in the city are. going to try to do about taylor's problem. >> hugh grant, as you know, this is something that we've been talking about for a while now and city leaders say that enough is enough. san francisco. absolutely need to do more and that's exactly why supervisor asha suffice says that he introduced legislation about 2 weeks ago that would allow sheriff's deputies to provide security at these local stores. i spoke to the sheriff tonight and he says he's in full support. >> we need to do better. san francisco needs to do better. we shouldn't be sitting back and watching anchor institution stores close videos like this explain it all. brazen daytime thefts happening at san francisco stores like walgreens. >> this video from last year at a walgreens store on van ness and eddie. that is since permanently. close its stores now walgreens says it's losing 5 more of its stores next month. blaming r

it happened near south van ness avenue and 25th street on saturday.-old man woke up after realizing he had been set on fire. he was able to tell police what happened but then later died from his injuries. police investigated the case as a homicide and asking the public for help on these indicate. >> a thing as a woman pled guilty to faking cancer so she can solicit donations. thursday amanda riley admitted to federal and wire fraud charges in a plea agreement, she acknowledged that between 2013 and 2019, she lied since she had hodgkin's lymphoma and some live did when it thousand dollars in damages. riley could face up to 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. she will be sentenced in february. >> strange and still ugly story in norway. please a man armed with a bow and arrow killed five people and wounded others in an attack in the capital of oslo. two of the interventions included an off-duty police officer. they are now hospitalized in intensive care. i suspect arrested in custody but no motive yet for this deadly attack. >> the san mateo police d

there was very unfortunate traffic fatality at van ness and mcallister. a muni driver was traveling on van ness they saw a female throwing construction items in the street. the muni driver stopped. the driver pulled out into traffic and continue a short distance to avoid contact with the lady. the driver saw the lady lay down in the street and the driver contacted her dispatch regarding the incident. concerned about the welfare of the woman, the muni driver exited the bus, walked back to the woman, placed safety cones from the construction site around the woman to warn drivers that -- [ indiscernible ] after the cones were placed, a silver suv turned on to mcallister and sadly ran over the woman. muni driver was partially able to get -- [ indiscernible ] that investigation is ongoing as well. our deployment in the tenderloin we believe is helpful. that department will continue. we have officers in other districts at the goldengate and others where we were hit hard with car break-ins and the tenderloin deployment. we extended that coverage to 3:00 in the m

a brazen theft caught on camera at the store on van ness and thieves.'t even rush out that particular store the walgreens said closing next month. the stores that are shutting down there all over the city showing just how widespread the problem is. the closing dates range from november 8 through the 17th, the company says people who work on those stores are and other nearby locations for more details, including what happens to prescriptions. you can go to our website at kron 4 dot com. >> this is indeed the kron 4 news room. the house as just passed a short-term increase to the nation's debt limit ensuring the federal government has enough money to pay its bills into december. this temporarily avert a default that would have decimated the economy according to experts, the 480 billion dollars increase to the debt ceiling clear the senate last week. now it clears the house and now goes to president biden's desk for his signature. meanwhile, the latest red flag warning is set was set to expire just minutes ago. but well, as you said, this thing has been ex

along van ness from broadway to golden gate avenue. these districts provide for a mixture of high density commercial dwellings and van ness is home to various automotive uses and designated as u.s. route 101 after world war ii. the surrounding zoning on parallel streets consist of mc3 and polk street ncd zoning districts. the subject lot located on the southwest corner of van ness and austin street has 60 feet of frontage and 100 on austin. the subject site contains the circa 1906 commercial building and that is classified as an historic resource. following the retail mattress store operates on the ground floor. the second floor is currently vacant. the proposed dance studio use provides private and group lessons proposed hours of operation are a 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. exterior modifications are limited to new signage to be applied for at a future date. interior tenant ip proouchlts are limited to installation of appropriate flooring. of the 30 businesses within a 300 foot radius of the subject property, half are vacant. and seven are

police say it happened last friday morning at 25th street and south van ness that man had been sleepingfind a sleeping bag on fire. paramedics took him to the hospital where he died yesterday. the case is being investigated as homicide. >> next. new data on vaccination rates in the u.s. and the bay area where local county health officials are now focusing their attention trying to get more people here vaccinated. plus it will be high anxiety tomorrow. game 5 is the giants host the dodgers in a do or die contest in the national league division series rk re-live the ballpark tonight with we should be looking out for tomorrow night. ed, how about shatter about tesla. yeah. tesla. what is going on with this recall that officials there had to deal wi >> the cdc says deaths and hospitalizations from covid will likely decline over the next month. but overall vaccination numbers remain troubling information released this week shows and only 56.5% of eligible americans are in fact. >> fully vaccinated. jonathan mccall joins us live in the studio with

the second thing is does is it adds language around prioritizing the district arts center at 135 van ness. you know, i was wondering why are we reallocating these funds. i've spoken with the advocates of that project and they're saying this is a betrayal for us as well. i think there have been two betrayals of trust one to the bvhm community and one to the arts community who've supported this project. that commitment, clearly $100 million can't be used in the next -- i support that reallocation because it can't be used right away, but i think we need to commit to get that back into the next bond and most importantly, we've got to match it. so i tried to include some language around that. and, again, the logic is all these projects are really important. in my view, and one of the parents said this, i think luce just said this. how are we going to build new schools when our existing schools need work. for me, it's just timing. bvhm was promised this renovation in 2016. we set aside the funds and it if there's extra money, we use it for other things. i'd love to hear what my colleagues think

there was one on october 4 at 10:20 at 1801 van ness a citibank.ubject entered and presented a note and threatened to shoot the teller and the video resulted in a possible lank to another bank robbery that occurred october 1. no arrests was made that day but our investigators were able to actually follow-up on leads and made an arrest of this individual. he was arrested living on the streets in a tent and was arrested at his tent and the search warrant was also conducted which resulted in recovery of evidence is good work. and two subjecs broke into a parked vehicle. the victim gave chase to the subjects and one subject pulled out a pistol and pointed it at the victim and escaped after the victim backed off after he saw a firearm was in possession of our suspect. the victim lost over $50,000 of camera equipment and that investigation is ongoing. we don't have arrests and can use the public's help on that one and there was one other assault at the 2500 block of mason in the central district on october 7 at 11:00 a.m. our victim 52-year-old hotel sec

the project site is on the southside of pine street against van ness and polk. at shown on this slide, it's -- as shown on this slide, it's above a one-story restaurant known as grub stake. the project would resist demolishing the restaurant and building an eight story building above. the appellant filed an appeal of the preliminary m.n.d. on february 16, 2021. the planning commission rejected the appeal and upheld the final m.n.d. on may 6, 2021. the planning commission approved the project's application for conditional use authorization and a state density bonus on july 22, 2021. following the approval action, the appellant filed an appeal of the final m.n.d. on august 20, 21, and the department issued an appeal response on september 7, 2021. next slide, please. here's a slide of the department's appeal response, response 1-a. ceqa focuses on a project's shadow impacts on publicly accessible open spaces, not privately accessible spaces on private properties. ed shadow analysis is consistent with the department's methodology for shadow impacts, and no further a

court on the findings and recommendations contained in the 2020-21 civil grand jury report entitled van ness avenue, what lies beneath and to urge the mayor through her department heads and through the development of the annual budget. >> president walton: thank you, madame clerk. seeing no one on the roster, we can take this same house, same call. without objection, this resolution is adopted unanimously. madame clerk, please call item 34. >> item 34 is a resolution to authorize the director of property to sell up to $1.2 million in gross square feet of transferrable development rights from city hall located at the number 1 dr. carlton b. goodlett place, at or above fair market value, to execute or record certificates of transfer. to -- >> president walton: supervisor peskin? >> supervisor peskin: thank you, president walton. i just want to express my gratitude to mr. pennic for incorporating a number of changes to the legislation as originally proposed. i was worried that some money might be left on the table. i think those issues have been ameliorated by the resolution in front of you. th

we are adjourning in the memory of mary goldman. >> thank you, chair gordon. >> thank you. >> van nessvenue runs from market street to bay street in san francisco. south vanness runs from south of market to cesar chavez street. originally residential after the 1906 earthquake it was used as a fire break. many car dealerships and businesses exist on vanness today with expansion of bus lanes. originally marlet street was named after james vanness, seventh mayor of san francisco from 1855 to 1856. vanness heavy are streets in santa cruz, los angeles and fresno in his honor. in 1915 streetcars started the opening of the expo. in 1950s it was removed and replaced by a tree-lined median. it was part of the central freeway from bayshore to hayes valley. it is part of uses 101. it was damaged during the 1989 earthquake. in 1992 the elevator part of the roadway was removed. it was developed into a surface boulevard. today the vanness bus rapid transit project is to have designated bus lanes service from mission. it will display the history of the city. van ness watching. >> ever wonder about pr

there was one on october 4 at 10:20 at 1801 van ness a citibank. our subject entered and presented a note and threatened to shoot the teller and the video resulted in a possible lank to another bank robbery that occurred october 1. no arrests was made that day but our investigators were able to actually follow-up on leads and made an arrest of this individual. he was arrested living on the streets in a tent and was arrested at his tent and the search warrant was also conducted which resulted in recovery of evidence is good work. and two subjecs broke into a parked vehicle. the victim gave chase to the subjects and one subject pulled out a pistol and pointed it at the victim and escaped after the victim backed off after he saw a firearm was in possession of our suspect. the victim lost over $50,000 of camera equipment and that investigation is ongoing. we don't have arrests and can use the public's help on that one and there was one other assault at the 2500 block of mason in the central district on october 7 at 11:00 a.m. our victim 52-year-old hot

. >> the mess on van ness. >> abc 7 is committed to building a better bay area.eport. it measures equity in five categories. , health, policing, the environment, education. julian glover is on the story. he joins us with a live sneak peak. >> good evening. it is incredible to learn that the air-quality really came block by block. and latino residents across the bay area have worse health outcomes from breathing in that dead air. how bad is it? you cannot improve what you can't measure. >> to better understand the differences in the quality of the air we breathe, this company collaborated, mapping differences in air-quality block by block. because they can have concentrations that differ by a factor of 5-8. second we drive down the road. >> this is generated by tens of thousands of trips over the course of years, showing the concentration of air pollutants like black carbon's viewed from diesel heavy-duty trucks crisscrossing over the streets. >> means the diesel emissions which are major contributors to the -- to these are sequestered. >> the hope is that these b

supervisor mandelman led and is leading on the van ness report, which is the one item that is still in committee and will be here soon. i want to recognize all our staff who have worked on those responses. the van ness report, was continued in committee to allow our committee to get further clarity and guidance on the important issues raised in that report. we'll be hearing that again this thursday. hopefully before the board soon. lastly, i want to recognize again as i did in committee, our g.a.o. clerk, john carol, who put in lot of time and energy in coordinating with departments and the san francisco superior court. finally, the various departments who also had to provide responses in mayor office. i want to thank them for their thorough responses as well. finally, turning to the one grand jury report that i took the lead on. i wanted to make some brief remarks on that. that's breaking through a living wage report. civil grand jury report. came out at a really critical time a moment when many san francisco residents are living with unrelenting financial insecurity. they are looking

we are adjourning in the memory of mary goldman. >> thank you, chair gordon. >> thank you. >> van nessvenue runs from market street to bay street in san francisco. south vanness runs from south of market to cesar chavez street. originally residential after the 1906 earthquake it was used as a fire break. many car dealerships and businesses exist on vanness today with expansion of bus lanes. originally marlet street was named after james vanness, seventh mayor of san francisco from 1855 to 1856. vanness heavy are streets in santa cruz, los angeles and fresno in his honor. in 1915 streetcars started the opening of the expo. in 1950s it was removed and replaced by a tree-lined median. it was part of the central freeway from bayshore to hayes valley. it is part of uses 101. it was damaged during the 1989 earthquake. in 1992 the elevator part of the roadway was removed. it was developed into a surface boulevard. today the vanness bus rapid transit project is to have designated bus lanes service from mission. it will display the history of the city. van ness avenue. valencia has been a const

court on the findings and recommendations contained in the 2020-21 civil grand jury report entitled van ness avenue, what lies beneath and to urge the mayor through her department heads and through the development of the annual budget. >> president walton: thank you, madame clerk. seeing no one on the roster, we can take this same house, same call. without objection, this resolution is adopted unanimously. madame clerk, please call item 34. >> item 34 is a resolution to authorize the director of property to sell up to $1.2 million in gross square feet of transferrable development rights from city hall located at the number 1 dr. carlton b. goodlett place, at or above fair market value, to execute or record certificates of transfer. to -- >> president walton: supervisor peskin? >> supervisor peskin: thank you, president walton. i just want to express my gratitude to mr. pennic for incorporating a number of changes to the legislation as originally proposed. i was worried that some money might be left on the table. i think those issues have been ameliorated by the resolution in front of you. th

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supervisor mandelman led and is leading on the van ness report, which is the one item that is still in committee and will be here soon. i want to recognize all our staff who have worked on those responses. the van ness report, was continued in committee to allow our committee to get further clarity and guidance on the important issues raised in that report. we'll be hearing that again this thursday. hopefully before the board soon. lastly, i want to recognize again as i did in committee, our g.a.o. clerk, john carol, who put in lot of time and energy in coordinating with departments and the san francisco superior court. finally, the various departments who also had to provide responses in mayor office. i want to thank them for their thorough responses as well. finally, turning to the one grand jury report that i took the lead on. i wanted to make some brief remarks on that. that's breaking through a living wage report. civil grand jury report. came out at a really critical time a moment when many san francisco residents are living with unrelenting financial insecurity. they are looking

here's a list of the routes being temporarily suspended one california 30 stockton, 49 van ness and the 14, our mission. all of these are short line sos last 2 will only be stopped on the weekends. it's unclear when services will resume. with pfizer's covid vaccine expected to get final approval for children. aged 5 to 11 s soon as next week. preparations are underway here in the bay area. and today the santa clara county health department outline its plans which could get shots in arms by wednesday. four's maureen kelly has details. >> santa clara county health department is already gearing up for the possibility of getting shots into those little arms next week while older residents got their boosters or even first shots today at the county fairgrounds just steps away. a mirror image mass vaccination site stands ready and empty. and while they were halloween decorations up today. a physician's assistant says. >> they are planning a scavenger hunt and other activities for kids to help calm their nerves and privacy screens have been put out. so those waiting in line can't see other kids

limited to cars with valid disabled person parking placards or license plates and high street lower van nesstreet talking fisherman's wharf aquatic park area. all those roads are going to be closed. >> the mother of a teenager killed in a shooting in east oakland pleaded with the community in a police video to come together and find out who shot her child 15 year-old tomorrow. young was shot late wednesday night young was riding in a car when someone just opened fire on the vehicle. according to police, she suffered from several a severe gunshot wounds and then died at highland hospital. >> she was always pushing to strive for the best. she loved her family. a lot love her little brothers. hard to community to know that this. this is senseless and we need to get together and find out who did this and put them where they belong as we don't need people in the street who artist killed for no reason. >> at 15. are young. was the 109th homicide victim in oakland this year. equaling last year's total oakland police chief leronne armstrong called this shooting a tragedy. >> new details tonight, fed

. >> this video from last year at a walgreens store on van ness and eddie. since permanently. close its stores now walgreens says it's losing 5 more of its stores next month. blaming rampant thefts in crimes. in a statement to kron 4 news on tuesday. the company said, quote, organized retail crime continues to be a challenge facing retailers across san francisco. >> we are not immune to that. retail theft across our san francisco stores has continued to increase in the past few months to 5 times our chain average during this time to help combat this issue. we increased our investments in security measures in stores across the city to 46 times archean average in an effort to provide a safe environment. the locations are spread out across the city. some of them include 300 golf street 3400 cesar chavez street and 7, 4, 5, commence street. here's a full list of those closures. first thing i think of is the elderly. >> seniors. children and families that that need these. >> access points for essential services. also for the front line workers that have been work

police say the man was asleep on 25th street and south van ness last friday morning when he woke up to see his sleeping bag and fun flames paramedics took him to the hospital. unfortunately, he did not recover from his injuries and passed away yesterday. police are investigating this now is a case of homicide. walgreens says that prime in the san francisco area is so bad, they're having to close even more stores. 5 stores will now be shut down next month. walgreens is already closed more than a dozen others in the city because of this uptick in crime. this is a video example from which is a few months ago of a wall. greece are being robbed by someone who came in just grabbed bunch of stuff and left. in response, one city supervisor has introduced legislation now to allow for sheriff's deputies to contract with businesses for private security. now we talked to sheriff paul miyamoto who says that deputies working private security are actually whole lot more effective because they can actually make arrests. >> 3 people were hospitalized because of a shooting that happened last night in sa

the second thing is does is it adds language around prioritizing the district arts center at 135 van ness. you know, i was wondering why are we reallocating these funds. i've spoken with the advocates of that project and they're saying this is a betrayal for us as well. i think there have been two betrayals of trust one to the bvhm community and one to the arts community who've supported this project. that commitment, clearly $100 million can't be used in the next -- i support that reallocation because it can't be used right away, but i think we need to commit to get that back into the next bond and most importantly, we've got to match it. so i tried to include some language around that. and, again, the logic is all these projects are really important. in my view, and one of the parents said this, i think luce just said this. how are we going to build new schools when our existing schools need work. for me, it's just timing. bvhm was promised this renovation in 2016. we set aside the funds and it if there's extra money, we use it for other things. i'd love to hear what my colleagues think

limited to cars with ballot disabled person, parking placards or license plates and high street lower van ness and beech street will all be closed. so if you don't want to deal with all of that. you can join us on kron 4 tomorrow to watch blue angels live. >> that's 2 hours of high flying stunts featuring the navy's best pilots. the fun starts. >> saturday afternoon. 2 o'clock right here on kron. 4. i'll be hosting it. and again, it is live. so you're not missing anything. that's right. and we are, of course, hoping for good weather for this weekend. so let's find out what we can expect that chief meteorologist lawrence karnow standing by with the fleet week forecast looking good to boil can ask for much better weather coming just in time for this weekend. you can see a lot of sunshine around the bay area today was kind of cool outside tomorrow. we're watching those numbers go way up compared to what we had today. expect those temperatures even in the san francisco, sunny skies are going to be the upper 60's getting close to 70 degrees. i think by the early afternoon. >> it will stay sunny all

and then also we have high street a lower van ness it be treat. that's going to be completely shut down too parking as well. so you have to find other places to park that car. >> 8. '08, is the time. and coming up on the kron 00:00am morning news. still ahead, a new plan to fight the drought and the north bay. they are going underground to solve some of the the i was to fight the fight for more water to water down there. hopefully and flight sessions, a fights and some violence breaking out after earthquakes game at park in san jose will tell you what police telling us about what happened. >> and this morning conditions out. there were a bit on the cloudy side. but we're growing brighter and brighter now and that are these bright skies. you would expect that temperatures would warm up, but we actually stay pretty cool. today. highs only in the 60's and a brisk wind along with it. >> i'll tell you what this means for your busy weekend. still to come and far from friday light in terms of our traffic we've already had hotspots and issues on. >> and w

police say the man was asleep on 25th street and south van ness last friday morning when he woke up to his sleeping bag in flames. paramedics took him to the hospital. he did not recover from his injuries. unfortunately passed away yesterday. police are investigating this as a case of homicide. walgreens says that crime in san francisco is so rampant they've now decided to close 5 more stores. walgreens has already closed more than a dozen of its stores in the city due to an uptick in crime and this is video of a theft at a local walgreens just a few months ago in response, one city supervisor has introduced legislation to allow for sheriff's deputies to contract with businesses for private security. sheriff paul, a moto believes that deputies providing private security would better be better equipped to handle crimes like this. >> in the event that something does occur. the ability act on a year. it's something that we have an advantage over over privately contracted services because as police want peace officers, we have the ability to act on something. obviously to provide de escala

the bond money was intended to be used to convert a historic building on van ness avenue into a modern campus for the district's ruth asawa school of the arts. the cost of that conversion is now estimated at $400 million in the district says the money would be better used now for pandemic related upgrades at existing schools. things such as air filtration systems and making repairs on schools with urgent needs. also happening today the superintendent of the san francisco unified school district is presenting the school board with a new report showing san francisco public schools have lost 3500 students in the past two years, a drop in enrollment. that could mean the loss of $35 million in state funding. according to the chronicle, the superintendent says the new numbers mean the district needs to adjust to a new normal. the san francisco unified school district already faces a $116 million deficit for the next school year. labor shortage may play a big role on a beloved holiday tradition in the south bay. as ktvu azenith smith reports christmas in the park desperately needs more santas

that bond money was reportedly intended to be used to convert a historic building on van ness avenue into a modern campus for the district's ruth asawa school of the arts. but the cost of that conversion is now estimated at $400 million, and the district says the money would be better used now for pandemic related upgrades, an existing schools, things like air filtration systems and to make repairs on schools with urgent needs. the drought is having a serious impact on lake tahoe this week, its water level is expected to sink below its natural rim tahoe's natural rim rested just over 6200 ft of elevation. the water level has fallen below the rim four times since 2004 the last time was back in 2016 at the height of the state's historic drought, according to tahoe water officials, the sinking water level is due primarily to low snowpack in the mountains. bringing the lake as well as evaporation. well, it's interesting in some of the e could have more of a wet weather back half of october. thatd t would be nice. i w of fire sease been tracking the stronger offshore winds over the past c

this video from last year at a walgreens store on van ness and eddie. that is since permanently. closed its stores. now walgreens says it is closing 5 more of its stores next month because of these retail thefts. in a statement to kron 4 news on tuesday. the company said, quote, organized retail crime continues to be a challenge facing retailers across san francisco and we're not immune to that retail theft across our san francisco store is has continued to increase in the past few months. >> to 5 times of our chain average during this time to help combat this issue. we increased our investments in security measures in stores across the city to 46 times are chain at ridge an effort to provide a safe environment. here's a full list of those closures. the company says prescriptions at these stores will be transferred to nearby locations instead to go to the walgreens. >> even the ones that are still in business. everything's under lock and key some of the items have been removed because they can no longer really defensively put them on the shelves knowing that they're going to be t