and safety is a key priority.sot keith stahnke/sf bay ferry-weta 23- 31our vessels exceed coast guard requirements for safety equipment.the 13 vessels in the fleet vary in size, but not in safety sytems... rafts to accomodate more than the total passenger load are standard, as are life jackets which can be found under seats and in cabinets. sot keith stahnke/sf bay ferry-weta 23- 31in over 25 years of operation we ahve never had any of thse equipment deplyed by ferries on sf bayadditional safety system can be found here sotwe have advance communication and navigation equipment we have monitoring system to detect for fire smoke and engine conditionsbut ferry operations manager keith stahanke says being safe is more than equipment. while the boats are designed to tackle all kinds of weather on the bay, there are times in the winter when winds and tides prove to be too much, and service suspended. but not all that often sotwe typically cancel one or two service trips a yearstandup dan kerman/sf 108-118and when it comes to safety it is more apt for a ferry to come to the aid of another ve

we had this wonderful partnership with our transportation partners, sfmta, weta, and golden gate ferry, where we had a twitter conversation that really fook fire because b.a.r.t. has a number of twitter bfollowers. we're starting to talk to our port tenants, talking about the king tides that are coming up, and how that affects the port of san francisco. and then, we have a lot of people -- over 15,000 people going to our website. we have had radio ads, press conferences on funding for the seawall, which i think some of you attended. it was a great event. we have had op eds, over 50 stories on the seawall, a number of media engagement and more to come, and we have been engaging in some innovative outreach with some local san francisco partners. we have a seawall beer that has launched, thanks to black hammer brewery, and we have an event next -- meet the engineer event next week at black hammer brewery. we have seawall espresso coming out from ritual coffee coming out in the fall. we have a surprising snapchat filter about the seawall, and we have an event planned with sports phase. i t

weta se tigrt radar return develop in the central valley. those will work towards us. for toward, 78 ine. w90seepernt the south y. we'll theto mid-60s along the coast with upper 60s i downtown.n south san francisco and sausalito. we'll have mid-80s hrgoing to cloverdale and up towards lakeport, mid to upper or mosofhe east bay. 80s around san leandr herculo,es and >> see that s wath of green, that's the chance ofre in the upper 50s to upper 60 gng t our warmest morning. temperatures 90s across the board inland. 70s around the bay.60 here's alexis. >> good morning, mike. so far off to a fairly quiet start. no major trouble spots on the roads. just slowly starting to see our typical busy areas fill in. westbound 92 across san mateo bridge. if you're leaving hayward to the foster city area, not going to have any trouble getting there at this hour. mass transit off to a great start today. b.a.r.t. 31 trains in service. no delays. ace, we have the signal issues yesterday in the tracy area much delays with ace 1. today, not seeing that. they're on time so far. normal service

these two hundred fifteen people have died in isolette attacks in the southern syrian province of so weta that's according to the province's health department and rescuers in greece are searching for survivors from the wildfires near the capital greece with eighty people now confirmed dead. donald trump's top diplomat is apparent before a senate panel in washington d.c. and top of the agenda for secretary of state mike pompei it will be what was actually discussed between china and russian president vladimir putin of the health inky summit nine days ago rolls in jordan is in capitol hill for us right now is that runs plenty for one player to be question about is long a lot of explaining to do. there is a lot of explaining to do the chairman of the senate foreign relations committee bob corker of tennessee has already issued some choice words that will be repeated much much frequently on this wednesday here in washington saying that the white house's foreign policy is nothing more than a troop ready fire and aim and saying that when he watched the president with vladimir putin last monday

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have targeted a government held city in southern syria at least fifty people are feared dead in alsa wetathe city is near to a pocket of territory that is held by isis. local media in laos. reporting that at least nineteen people have died after a dam collapse on monday and evacuation was ordered after the government was notified of cracks in one of the sporting downs of many living nearby didn't have enough time to escape. all right we're going to go back now to our top story and that of course of the general election taking place in pakistan we can talk to share as predator who is in islamabad is the director of abdul wali university dan thank you for talking to us i'm just wondering as to what the overall impact could be of this attack on question where we think more than thirty people have died the death toll certainly rising whether this is likely to have a a big impact on the way people's enthusiasm for voting. well it's a horrific incident it's a tragedy one of the see the spread of which have been happening here and one would expect with the incident like this. in the early hours

fighters killed dozens of people and abducted around eighteen more in attacks in the province of so weta the armed group is now restricted to a few pockets of territory in the southwest. all this comes as another round of diplomatic talks to find a solution to syria's seven year long civil war begin in the russian city of sochi . is there. it's a time of the year when the beaches of sochi are filled with holiday makers many seemingly oblivious then not too far away diplomatic efforts are underway to solve the bloodiest conflict of the twenty first century. this is the tenth round of the talks sponsored by russia iran and turkey u.n. special envoys to fund the mistura is also here much has changed underground in syria since the last round in mid may the government has made thirty three tauriel gains recently taking control of the border areas with jordan and israel and the escalation zones in their eyes and the homes region heading up the syrian delegation un ambassador bashar is jaafari looks like a guest of honor unlike his usual stomping grounds this is friendly territory talks of remo

throughout the country most notably near the occupied golan heights in the countryside outside alsa weta and in the rural parts of the east near the iraqi border stephanie decker is our correspondent in the occupied golan heights. according to syrian state media one suicide bomber they say belonging to ice will bloom in a market in the city of suede us weight has been under the control of the syrian government for a very long time it's majority dru's area they say that two other suicide bombers were killed by security forces before they could detonate their vest so it is a concern of course it's the first time in a very long time an attack of this nature has happened also i sill the campaign against eisel continues particularly where we are behind us a very active assault by the syrians and the russians has been ongoing to push eisel the groups affiliated with out of this pocket once they do that they will be in control of all of southwestern syria but the bashing is very close to the border this is of course also where that syrian jet was shot down by two israeli patriot missiles that w

but these vessels have strict opearational requirementssot keith stahnke/sf bay ferry-weta 09-19 coast guard has safety equipment on passenr vessels these vessles operate under those guidellines in some cases we have eceeded the requirements in life saving equipmentkeith stahnke showed us the safety equipment that is standards on san francisco bay ferryssot these are large rafts that would deploy and have a 100 person capacity, life jackets are located throughout the vessel under the seat and in cabinets, the vessel is equiped with modern communications and electronics and closed circuit tv and extensive monitoring systems for engines and other systems but stahnke says being safe is more than just equipment.. it's knowing when to weather conditions might cancel a trip. sotwhen we do cancel service its in a storm condition and certin tide condtiions when the wind opposes the tide creates larger waves that are steeper causing more bouncing and we are concerned about the passenger comfort and safety aboard the vesselbut that doesn't happen very often... in fact they might cancel only one

throughout the country most notably near the occupied golan heights in the countryside outside alsa weta and in rural parts of the east near the iraqi border we can go live now to our correspondent stephanie decker she's in the israeli occupied golan heights in your very close to the area we're describing stephanie many people will be surprised to learn that affiliated fighters are still active in this particular area. well i'll just step out a shot martin so you can actually see what is happening behind us that we've been here for the last couple of days this is that pocket it's called the base and it is controlled by a group affiliated with eisel there's been an intense campaign underway here martine for a couple of days now by the syrians backed by the russians can see there is intense bombardment going on it's been going on throughout the morning particularly air strikes we've seen russian jets in the sky syrian jets in the sky and also shelling from the ground we understand from sources that the syrian government has now sent reinforcements ground reinforcements to this area it is t

weta, the ferry operator in the bay area is partnering with the first electric ferry in the bay area. that's kind of an experiment, and cap and trade it's our goal to aggressively seek and receive those federal funds and fund all kinds of pilot programs in the bay area. >> any other questions? if not, we'll go to public comment. public comment on the three presentations? okay. i guess, hearing none, anthony, the next item. okay. hearing none, going to the next item. >> president bermejo, if you wouldn't mind, would you miepd to pass the reports? >> no mind. >> clerk: okay. the next item is item 10, director's report, this item is for discussion. >> okay. well, director's report. this could be really long, but i won't do that because our last commission meeting in this formal capacity was in april, which, when i looked at my director's report, and i saw the mayor's earth day breakfast on, i thought what? how can that be? that feels like ancient history, but to -- for full accuracy, yes, i want to announce that we had a wonderful earth day breakfast back in april. and it feels like a lo

saw fighters killed dozens of people and abducted around eighteen more attacks in the province of so weta the armed group is now restricted to a few pockets of territory in the southwest. all this comes as another round of diplomatic talks to find a solution to syria's seven year long civil war begin in the russian city of sochi . is there. it's a time of the year when the beaches of sochi are filled with holiday makers many seemingly oblivious that not too far away diplomatic efforts are underway to solve the bloodiest conflict in the twenty first century. this is the tenth round of the talks sponsored by russia iran and turkey u.n. special envoys to fund the mistura is also here much has changed underground in syria since the last round in mid may the government has made thirty three tauriel gains recently taking control of the border areas with jordan and israel and the escalation zones in their eyes and the homes region heading up the syrian delegation un ambassador bashar is jaafari looks like a guest of unlike his usual stomping grounds this is friendly territory talks of removing p

but these vessels have strict opearational requirementssot keith stahnke/sf bay ferry-weta 09-19keith stahnke showed us the safety equipment that is standards on san francisco bay ferryssotbut stahnke says being safe is more than just equipment.. it's knowing when to weather conditions might cancel a trip. sotbut that doesn't happen very often... in fact they might cancel only one or two service trips a year... a year (dan) telegraph hill neighbors have filed a lawsuit trying to stop the reopening of the historic julius' castle.kron4's maureen kelly talked to people on all sides of the legal battle. after being closed for 10 years....the historic restaurant perched high on telegraph hill had been inching closer to reopening.....until this new legal setback. the planning commission allowed the new owner of nearly 100 year old hot spot an exemption so he could skip getting an enviromental review....that move brought a lawsuit against the city from a neighborhood group called the friends of montgomery street..alledgiing the granting that exemption violated the california environmental qu