it was great that we finally got all the commissions -- permissions sorted, and virgin america is up and running, and it has achieved incredible things. we were voted best airline in america this year, we have been voted best business airline in america. that is down to the 2000 wonderful staff both on the ground and in the air that make virgin america so special. today is a great day. the first international route to canada. we're looking forward to one hell of a party tonight in canada to celebrate. i think i can also announced that we will be doing our second international route later on this year mexican cities as well. [applause] that is the beginning of a big expansion program. there is a very big announcement later on this year about lots more cities to be flown to, but that will come later on in the year. i want to say thank you very much for coming, and thank you very much for getting up so early and everybody else for getting up so early today. and a look forward to seeing a lot of you on board in a few minutes. thank you. by the -- [applause] >> thanks, richard. good to see

would move to our right, we will have a representative officially open the gates to toronto for virgin america. supervisor maxwell: welcome to land use. i am chair supervisor maxwell, and i am joined by a member, supervisor chiu. i want to thank the folks from channel 26 for bringing us live. madam clerk, you have some announcements. >> please make sure to turn of cellular phones and pagers. completed speaker carts and copies of documents to become pleaded as part of the file -- completed as part of the file should be submitted. supervisor maxwell: thank you. will you read items one, two, and three together please? >> item 1, ordinance accepting irrevocable offers up public infrastructure improvements associated with mission bay north lot n1. item two, ordinance dedicating a portion of state trust parcel 54 open space public use, naming the new park, and spark. item three, ordinance dedicating a portion of the trust partial 5 mission bay south part for open space public use and naming the new park bayfront park. supervisor maxwell: thank you. staff? >> good morning. and with the department of

virgin america and american airlines are expected to go in and out of that terminal. >>> newpasses will be transferr to the clipper card. they're reusable and people can add money to them whenever they want. >>> 3-d'd lately? blockbuster titles like "toy story," "avatar," and " "despicable me" is making people sick. 3-d isn't for everyone. >> reporter: joshua brown is a filmmaker, a self-proclaimed movie buff but when it comes to a certain type of film he can't bear to look snow after a while it starts to hurt. >> he has a relatively common problem where the eye has trouble focusing on 3-d images. >> it's like your eyes are moving frequently, trying to adjust themselves, you can feel them like working too hard. >> when he goes into a 3-d movie, there are two images to see, one out of each eye. the way his muscles are controlling his eyes, the muscles get tired very quickly and so they tend to have a problem maintaining that same viewing angle. >>> dr. glasser says as they become more popular, he's seeing an influx of patients who actually get sick from watching these types of pictures.

virgin america has just ordered 40 new jets for a total of 3.2 billion.ll more than double the company's fleet of planes. the 3-year-old airline says the planes will be used to expand service as it adds two or three new routes every year for the next few years. >>> the website yelp is launching in germany. the company was founded in san francisco and claims it attractses 1 million users a day in the bay area. it already has sites set up for france, england and ireland. >>> 8:50. an investigation has found that california schools are spending just too much money fixing roofs. state lawmakers say that's because school districts follow a practice that restricts competitive bids. the study was an assemblyman and claims san francisco will pay an extra $60,000 for one roof because the bidding is limited by demand for a specific roof by a certain manufacturer. >>> a teenager from stockton has now been arrested for vandalizing that new haunted castle ride at the secure beach boardwalk. police say the 16-year-old dragged a prop onto the tracks. one car hit the tra