first up tonight, a conversation with pulitzer prize winning writer alice walker. the author of "the color purple" is out with two projects, overcoming speechlessness and "the world has changed." the latter is a collection of conversations with alice walker conducted over a 35-year period. also tonight, a visit from the only living original member of the temptations, otis williams, along with lead singer terry weeks, the tempt akeses are out now with a new cd and summer tour. next year marks the 50th anniversary of the legendary motown act. we're glad you have joined us author alice walker and >> and by contributions to your pbs station for viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] >> please welcome alice walker back to this program, the pulitzer-prize winner writer is out with two new projects. she's been busy overcoming speechlessness, and it's not what you think it's about but we'll get into that book in a second. a second text called "the world has changed," which is a collection of conversations spanning a 35-year period

commissioner walker: she did not come back. she did finalize it. >> this morning's case, the customer went out and got the permit. that stopped the process. once you have a permit you are compliant and we are waiting for you to finish the work. and it got lost. it was only years later when we were going to the files we said, "this was 2002. we have not heard from her in two years. let us put it on." today she was tried to get relief on the fees. commissioner lee: ok. bad example. president murphy: is there a time limit to when the permit is no longer valid? then it will not have the permit any more. you cannot just sit on the permit. >> most permits are good for one year. she took six months to get it. now we are at 18 months. we change the district inspectors every two to three years. so a lot of times the new inspector comes in and looks at a lot of new cases. president murphy: in every case that i have seen, as much time as could be reasonably given within the requirements and administrative code, we have given it. we have a

>> i will now put on my hat as co-director as the professional dog walkers association has to mclaren park. this may or may not be appropriate for mclaren, but it is definitely not compatible with the new outreach area where 10 of 18 holes are proposed. this would create conflict amongst dog owners and golfers. many professional dog walkers, in addition to dog owners, use one of the largest legal owned runs in the city. dogs being dogs will naturally want to chase the disk. people involved will be in danger of getting hit by disks weighing as much as one-third of a pound, averaging 25, 30 m.p.h. or more. that spca estimate is 40% of households own dogs. the need for this is critical. we, the professional dog walkers association, are in support of shared use, shared space with other recreational users, and many people without dogs walk in these areas. but disc golf is not a good fit. thank you. >> can i ask a question? are you just post to that one area? otherwise, in mclaren park -- >> definitely, we are definitely opposed to it being with that area. and the majority of it is in that

to mister and misses walker. why would they send my parents a check? chase what matters. ♪ >>> they say they feel vindicated. tonight, people who carry weapons legally say they have won when it comes to a police officer and the controversial comments he made about the open carry movement. lloyd lacuesta is live tonight with our report. >> reporter: the police detective of palo alto released this comment tonight. that the officer participated in misbehavior when he commented on open carry. if one of them makes a further movement, two weeks off. >> the fact that an officer would be joking about something like that, putting a person at risk by putting him at gunpoint and going so far as to say, get a bullet in them to enjoy two weeks of paid vacation, that's going a little too far. >> reporter: s h hahab protested -- shahab protested tonight because the group feels that the city is taking too long. >> those comments have been found to be sustained and it did violate department policy. >> reporter: the officer may get suspension but not termination. the po

commissioner walker: move to approve. president murphy: public comments? see non-. >> all those in favor? the next item is item 12, discussion and possible action on the annual performance evaluation of the director. item eight is public comment on all matters pertaining to the closed session. no public comment. b, item -- item b, move to go into closed session. all those in favor? >> good afternoon, welcome to the border supervisors' meeting of july 20, 2010. will you please call the roll? >> supervisor alioto-pier, present. supervisor avalos, absetn. -- absent. daly present. dufty present. elsbernd present. mar present. mirkarimi present. avalos, present. mr. president, all members are present. president chiu: can you please join me in the pledge of allegiance? [pledge of allegiance] president chiu: colleagues, you should have copies of the minutes. a motion by supervisor mirkarimi, second by supervisor maxwell. without objection? >> i have no communications, mr. president. president chiu: we have a special order in case the president wishes to appear in

walker -- commissioner walker: so rather than just send everything? >> right, it is very expensive to reproduce the packages and plans, and has nothing to do with the mayor's office and disability. that is at the cost of the applicant. >> how much cost are we looking at? >> it depends on the plans for a brand new building here you have to reproduce the whole set of plans. you cannot just reproduce a portion of the plans that it is applicable to. >> i believe that the mayor's office on disability also advises the mayor on disability issues as well. i think that is probably at the basis of this, just making sure that our new building construction is consistent with policies. >> that is the decision of the building official, not the mayor's office on the housing of the state. >> i think there's advisement that comes forward, and i think that is probably underlying this. >> are we going to get any fees for doing all this extra work? >> no. >> i have another question. for instance, if we did it for just the projects that the mayor's office on disability ha

to mister and misses walker. why would they send my parents a check? chase what matters. ♪ >>> work is move ago head tonight in the gulf of mexico to permanantly seal the broken bp oil well. bp says it hopes to start plugging the well this weekend with mud and cement so it can complete the operation by next week. a temporary cap has been keeping the oil from gushing out for the past two weeks. the coast guard says crews are not fining many new patches of crude in the gulf of mexico. >>> the house ethics committee handed down a battery of charges against long-time democrat charles rangle. it includes accepting gifts of more than $50 and failing to pay taxes on a beach house. the committee brought the charges after settlement talks failed. >> testified the chinese and north korea and as a result, i wrote a book having survived that and hadn't had a bad day since. today i have to reassess that statement. >> if he is found guilty, the house would have a range of punishment options from issuing a report to reprimand and even expulsion. >>> home foreclosure

it was done by ned in collaboration with the peter walker associates and the pelley clark pelley team. so ned has worked on numerous projects in the past for san francisco, building a greenhouse starting with building a greenhouse at the county jail in san bruno, and almost 20 years ago. so we're well-familiar with him, and he's on our easiest and nicest artist to work with list. so here's ned. >> thank you, jill. good morning, everyone. >> good morning. >> so as jill mentioned, i was part of the initial competition team collaborating with pelley folks and with peter walker on up. and two things i mostly focused on was the top of the tower that may or may not get built someday, and then i also worked on the rooftop garden. and the main thing i ended up focusing on was this long linear water feature. a lot of the work that i've done over the years, i kind of approach a project with a questions of what kind of interesting energy sources or phenomena will naturally be existing at this place. so a lot of my previous work has dealt with wind patterns and air currents and water movement and

. >> an estimated 25,000 walkers showed up today for the largest aids fund-raising event in northern california and raised more than $3 million for local aids organizations. the annual aids walk san francisco took place in golden gate part. a crowd cheered as they walked 6.2 miles. the money raised will provide testing and care services at 60 bay area aids organizations. many walkers have very personal reasons to participate. >> we are doing the aids walk in honor of my dad. he passed away 16 years ago from aids. so we are walking in honor of him to keep his spirit alive. >> they raised more than $76 million since 1977. >>> bay area animal shelters hoping to find homes for dozens of pets to ease overcrowding. the east county animal shelter of alameda county has seen a sudden influx of pets because of the closure of a nearby shelter. today it held an adoption fair and dozens of dogs, cats and kittens were available. organizers say about 17 animals will be adopted this weekend. >> the animals are not adopted and we run out of room, there is no choice but euthanizing. that's what we are

. >>> about 25,000 workers raised more than -- walkers raised more than $3 million at the 24th annual a.i.d.s. walk in san francisco. as those walkers were crossing the finish-line, a new study presented by by a university in vienna says infections have been cut in half. >> every time there is a study by this, we know more and more about the science that can help with h.i.v. infections and care for those people who have the infection. >> the money raised benefits a.i.d.s. organizations in the bay area. the event has raised $76 million since if began. >>> yosemite park is making more campsites available for the summer. the park has opened up all of its sites including the yosemite creek campground that's been closed for the last 14 years due to flood damage. campgrounds that closed down over the winter are now accessible. even with the extra space, sites are available on a first come-first serve basis and people should arrive early to get a good spot. >>> time to check in with mark tamayo. >> the fog is constant. if you are heading to the coast, temperatures will be chilly. inland, pre

commissioner walker: move to approve. president murphy: public comments? see non-. >> all those in favor? the next item is item 12, discussion and possible action on the annual performance evaluation of the director. item eight is public comment on all matters pertaining to the closed session. no public comment. b, item -- item b, move to go into closed session. all those in favor? government television. >> good afternoon. everyone hear me all right? ok. i will try to talk loud, but sounds like the mikes are working. thanks for coming, everybody. welcome to the new great valencia street. i'm the director of public works in san francisco. it is a great honor to be here with you and all of the great folks we have around us. it is great to be here on a great day for the mission district, a great day for the ci city. the san francisco department of public works at the mayor's direction was able to secure $6.1 million, $5.3 million of which was federal funds, to make this project happen. i do want to acknowledge the u.s. department of transportation, the metrop

walker -- commissioner walker: so rather than just send everything? >> right, it is very expensive >> right, it is very expensive to reproduce the

. >> an estimated 25,000 walkers raised over $3 million for aids related programs. the money will go to 60 bay area organizations for prevention and testing. the walk begin and ended in golden gate park. walkers say the weather was just perfect. >> inception got a dream any reception at the box office. >> let me ask you a question, you never know the beginning of a dream, do you. you wind up right in the middle of what is going on. how didwe end here? >> leonardo dicaprio, it earned $60 million. biggest opening weekend for him. strong reviews and big audience. despicable me slipped to second place with $32 million. family sorcerer's apprentice got $17 million. twilight saga slipped to number followed by toys story 3. >> it might be a matrix. >> this there is a lot of twists and turns. and leonardo, good actor. >> and routine traffic stop turns that a fiery encounter. [ gun shots ] >> just ahead, new video hitting youtube captures the chilling shootout with a man armed with body armor and high powered rifle. >> live in oakland where overnight officers came under fire

we are in the city with the live report. >> reporter: walkers cooled their heels here in golden gate park. they rested after raising more than $3 million. 25,000 walkers took part in the san francisco aids walk. the money supports the aids foundation and dozens of other aids organizations. it's the 24th yearly walk but this year even though most runners didn't know it they had something extra to cheer about. >> congratulations everybody. thank you for walking. >> reporter: as they crossed the finish line after the walk around golden gate park a new study was being presented. researchers followed canada aids patients and found as they went on aids drugs and lowered the amount of virus in their system the chances they would spread the disease fell. >> every time there is a study like this we know more and more about the science that can help prevent new infections. >> reporter: the study found that the number of new infections has been cut in half since 1996. matching a rise in treatment. that's encouraging for volunteers here at the walk. john who is hiv positive worries such studies

i am a major walker. i think we should support this. it involves a lot of surface lots. i see empty lots that turn into activated sites during the day and night. it really changes the neighborhood. president fong: thank you. will travis? >> thank you, mr. president, members of the commission. i would like to offer bcec's staff support for the study. i think we can all be extremely proud of what we have accomplished here on the waterfront. in fact, bcdc regularly takes credit for the good work you have done here. [laughter] i think we have to acknowledge that we have only partly done the work. our goal is to reconnect san francisco to the waterfront. you have done a great deal of work here on the water side of the embarcadero. your executive director and i regularly engage in quality control assessment at the many restaurants along there. [laughter] obviously, i take my responsibilities more seriously than she does. what we have decided to do is look at and the determination of what this side of the embarcadero should look like. what do we want? and then we went about doi

i am a major walker. i think we should support this. it involves a lot of surface lots. i see empty lots that turn into activated sites during the day and night. it really changes the neighborhood. president fong: thank you. will travis?

to mister and misses walker. why would they send my parents a check?tters. ♪ >>> welcome back. tonight the city council could approve a plan to add the valley to its general development plan. city leaders say adding the land does not mean that they want to develop the area, but would prevent the county from allowing it to be developed. several environmental groups oppose it, saying that could open the way for a developer who has worked with the city council before. >> 5:53. the city of sonoma could soon be buzzing with the sound of bees. the city council will talk about a proposal to allow bee keeping within the city limits. the council members recently made it legal to keep chickens and rabbits. the planning department will present a draft ordinance for a bee keeping at that meeting. >> this week facebook is expected to report a doubling of users over the last year to 500 million. the palo alto based company reported 250 million users on jewel 15th of 2009. internet analysts report almost 35% of people who use the internet have a facebook profile and

to mister and misses walker. why would they send my parents a check?t matters. ♪ when we can all breathe easier. we're fighting to make every section a smoke-free section. for a day when even vehicles quit smoking. we're fighting for clear skies over every city and healthy lungs throughout the country. the american lung association isn't just fighting for air. we're fighting for all the things that make it worth breathing. join us in the fight at fightingforair.org. >>> runners taking part in tomorrow's san francisco marathon. it was all available at tonight's pa that feed at one market plaza. runners are encouraged to raise money in the fight against cancer. >> this is an issue that's close to my heart. my uncle passed away a couple of years ago. my grandmother had lymph oma. 20,000 runners are expected to compete this year in the five events ranging from a full marathon to a progressive marathon. there's also a kids run. >>> a gave way in iowa today. these counties failed as a result of the massive rains. the national weather service reported a gap i

a poll walker. you just check the box and the need to be one. >> this man under the umbrella is running for san francisco male mayor in 2011. >> in just three hours i learned to save the wells vote for deborah and overturn prop.. well i think in even nap. >> and if get a common our story ideas for stanley to see millicent people behaving badly at kron 4 doc,. >> new info on the bay area housing market. and where people are losing a lot of bikes in the bay area. arts of their bike. and a tea party member who has been giving his walking papers. we will be back with more news, weather and traffic in a few moments. >> she it out on interstate 580 this happened early this morning. it has caused a freeway to be shut down for hours. it happened on harrison street on ramps. this is the man was driving a radically in the toyota pickup and officers say that when they tried to approach him the armoand was armored with weapons and body armor. >> lanes were closed third investigation. >> well we do know a little

it's been held 24 years, but this year, even though most walkers didn't know it, they had something extra to cheer about. >> jai! about. >> reporter: a new study was presented at an international aids conference in vienna. researchers found as patients went on aids drug and lowered the amount of virus in their system, the chance that they would spread the disease flumetted. >> every time there is a study like this, we know more and more about the science that can priest new hiv infection. >> reporter: the study found that the number of new infections has been cut in half in british columbia. that is encouraging four aids activists and volunteers here at the walk, but this man who is hiv-positive worries that such studies give a false sense of security, especially among young people engamed in a new trend called "charging." someone with positive blood having an intimate relation and it's common. >> reporter: he spokes to youth groups trying to convince them of the difficult of living with aids. >> 16 tubes of gload every six months. you have to go through all kinds of toasting and eating e

so much foot traffic that there is no room for a wheelchair or walker to go by. >> san francisco is aively street life, it can be an issue with people with visual disabilities as well. they have these diverting barriers on other side of this tables and chairs area. if people can find thraeur way around it without getting tangled up, it is still fully accessible. >> we don't want anything special. we want people to basically adhere to the regulations and laws as they are on the books now. people can also, just be cognizant if they have stuff on the street, they thaoed to have 48 inches so we can pass, think outside your own spectrum of yourself that there are other people you need to share the sidewalk with. we will all get along better. >> although san francisco is a hilly place for a whraoel chair user, we seem to be better at most. that doesn't mean we can't continue to improve upon ourselves. >> the public has a clear are -- of travel. we can't be every to make sure that is the place. we have to rely on the place. call 311. give them your name. that goes into a data base. >> it is

to mister and misses walker. why would they send my parents a check? chase what matters. ♪ >>> a los cados man died in south carolina when the plane he was piloting crashed. the flight originated in florida. the faa says the aircraft was built from a kit. ray bran a business faring planes from the u.s. to europe. >>> state health officials say a sixth child has died from whopping cough this year making the need for vaccinations more urgent than ever. the contra costa county will offer free vaccination at the concord farmers market on thursday. the county had 62 cases so far this year. >> the risks of getting whooping cough are far greater than the consequences, any bad consequences of the vaccine. >>> parents, siblings and child care workers should all get vaccines against whopping cough. whopping cough cases are five times higher than last year. >>> in china, authorities open the flood cage today on three dams sending water down the river. more than 700 people mostly in southern china have been killed since the rains began, mostly by flooding and mud

to mister and misses walker. why would they send my parents a check?e what matters. ♪ >>> the contra costa county sheriff's department is looking for three people whoever shot two at a party. a neighbor says around 2:00 a.m., he heard gunshots. a few minutes later, sheriff deputies and paramedics arrived. investigators are not releasing information about the victim's conditions or a possible motive. >>> a candlelight vigil is planned for tonight in san jose to remember verna lisa hollins. she was shot to death by a neighbor last wednesday. police say she may have been trying to help another woman turner stabbed. turner was arraigned friday and charged with murder and attempted murder. if convicted, he faces life in prison. the vigil is set for 7:00 this evening outside the family's apartment complex on red soxford way. >>> scientists in arizona and here may have discovered something that could have eradicated a disease that kills a million people every year. scientists say they've created a malaria-proof mosquito. they changed a single gene in 0 mosqui

to mister and misses walker. why would they send my parents a check? chase what matters. ♪ >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld.uuuuuñ >>> it's in the mid-60s to upper 70s. 70 for new oakland heading inland back up to normal for this time of the year. warm day in antioch and brentwood. 90s there. danville 89 degrees and around the bay, 65 in monterey. 64 carmel. getting out towards morgan hill, it's into the 80s, here is the accu-weather forecast. a wide range of temperatures, typical for summer. 60s to 90s, notice temperatures coming up saturday. mid-90s inlnld. less of that marine influence, temperatures starting to slide heading into next week buchl still pleasant upper 80s inland. >> okay. good deal, thank you. >> coming up late night hoops returns to san francisco. >> stay with us. bqbqbqbqbqbqbqbt >>> midnight basketball is back in san francisco. first game played tonight at joseph lee gym in the bay view district. san francisco police department restarting this program after a year-long hiatus, tonight the team took on the h

all the dog walkers know each other. if you go to pine lake day camp now, you will see 50 kids there. the r directors are wonder. >> the pine lake is natural. they take of the area around the lake. they plant natives that are drought tolerant. one that stands the dry summers here. the whole park is under going quite a bit of reconstruction. they will renovate the trails around the lake. and the big project is the capital project for pine lake meadow. they are going to returf the dog run and the meadow by the day camp. we are looking for a very busy fall. by the spring of next year should have major renovations to the mark thal make it an outstanding park. i don't ever refer to it as my park. all the parks belong to all the people. this park belongs just as much to the families in the bay view sdrishth as it does to the gentlemen that lives across the street. i'm happy and proud to be the caretaker for them. i wake up every day and thank that i have they interfere with the sound system in the room. please refrain from fla

through the mail and through politically and what not, this that and the other, both here, charlie walker, stiffing my constituents who are homeless. my first motion tonight passed on affordability. even with my concerns about environmental issues and what not. the affordability was there in the plan despite other shortcomings that i would be voting in favor of. we the promised all of this in the 60 ponce and 70's. they did not build this for us. that is one to be the legacy. that is unfortunate. i hope that the african-american community in san francisco can weather this and lives on. i hope that poor people can continue to make their way here in the city of st. francis. i'm not sure that that will be in the cards. i will see more of a paris and vienna type of situation. hopefully, this is the resolve and determination and the communities of color and low income community is to keep struggling in the making projects like this that don't really have them forced -- first and foremost. i will be casting a dissenting vote. >> thank you, mr. president. i don't want to be labor the point. i th

seismic upgrades will force bicyclists and walkers to share the walkway.ike riders will be added into the mix of walkers and tourists during the weekends and weekday evenings. >> san francisco's rolling out new high-tech parking meters in hayes valley today. this is the follow-up it to the story we've been telling you about since last month. the city will turn on 200 meters on hayes street and the civic center area. hourly rates are based on demand for particularly spots. the cost could be a quarter or up to $4 an hour. the new meters will start showing up in several other neighborhoods over the next few months. >> although you'll feel like when you drive up it goes up to $4 automatically. >> not that good of a spot. come on. >> there comes money bags, mike. >> southbound 680, geary read, reports of two separate accidents. chp hasn't heard whether the lanes are open. folks trying to clear both incidents. another incident southbound 242 in the slowing. a problem through concord and walnut creek. you can take hambrough over to pleasant hill. livermore, also

to mister and misses walker. why would they send my parents a check? chase what matters. ♪ >>> san jose police say two recent stabbings at parks were gang related. police say young men shouting the name of a gang stabbed two teenagers multiple times. police say the second incident tuesday at great oaks park, involved a clash between two gangs and ended with two people hospitalized with stab wounds and lacerations. >> i think what's concerning to us is when we see one or two in success. our concern is will there be retaliation. >> reporter: none of the people suffered life threatening injuries and their investigation continues. >>> arson investigators are taking look at surveillance tapes from long term parking lots. this after two cars were damaged in a suspicious arson fire overnight. sal castaneda is live now. >> reporter: i want to show you as cars come in and out of this lot, every car has their license recorded. sheriff's investigators will be looking at license plates to see who came in or left as the fire began. a shuttle driver noticed a mini v

to mister and misses walker. why would they send my parents a check? chase what matters. ♪ >>> a bay area police department hits the air waves trying to catch criminals. we will show you how you you can help solve a cold case coming up. >> reporter: nine years ago today, jeanine harm disappeared after visiting this south bay bar and restaurant. we'll tell you where it stands today. >> thanks for joining us. >> time is 5:30. it is tuesday, july 27th. we want to check in with mike. >> easy drive for 101 and 280. no problems. speed sensors show you at the speed limit in all directions in sa san mateo, one-way traffic control in place for another half hour as they continue that project through mid-august. also, some thick fog, maybe windshield wipers, you think? >> some drizzle out there. let's show you the forecast through breakfast time. right around the same time, later this morning, skies clear inland. stay cloudy on the coast. 60, san francisco. 75, san jose. cool and breezy 78 around livermore for the afternoon. brent? >> it's a somber day for the fa