. >> that contributes dramatically to the way that the city as a whole can recover. >> absolutely. >>f you are able to control your own environment and house and recovery and your neighbors are doing the same the city as a whole will be a more resilient city. >> we are all proud of living in san francisco and being prepared helps us stay here. >> so, thank you so much for joining us today, alicia, i appreciate it. >> absolutely, it is my pleasure. >> and thank you for joining us on another edition of building >> hi, i'm corn field and welcome to doing building san francisco, we are doing a special series, called stay safe, how you can stay in your home safely and comfortable, and we know that an earthquake is coming and there are things that you can do to reduce the effects of the earthquake on your home. let's take a look at that. >> here at the spur urban center on mission street in san francisco talking about staying in your home after an earthquake. i have guests today, pat buscavich and his dog, harvey and david, and both structural engineers and we want to talk about things that

and that is something that you could do for yourself, and for your neighbors and for the whole city is make sure that your water tank is braced. >> if you look at the studies that are predicting on fires, we are going to have a lot of fires and for every water tank that is braced there is a potential of one less fire that the fire department is going to have to fight and we don't want to have any more fires than we need to. so bracing the water heater is the first thing that you want to do. >> and so easy, and you go on-line and you google, earthquake, water and heater and you google the sites where you can find the details and you can put them out there on the hardware store and you can hire a small contract tore do that for you. that is a couple of hundred bucks, the best investment. if you are in other types of building it is complicated. if you are in a high-rise building you just can't anchor your building down because there are no anchor bolts, but at that point, the tenant should be asking questions of the owner's and the managers about earthquake preparedness >> and don't take

>> it's still a very fluid situation, the whole city is on lockdown. the whole city is on alert. they're not quite sure what is out there right now. i can tell you that we have seen a police helicopter here for the past few hours. these military helicopters, two of them came and have been circling. they got here in just the past few minutes. i want to give you an idea of where i am. i'm a few blocks from where michael isikoff is, and a few blocks from where kerry sanders is. right down the street and to the left is where the shootout between the two suspects and police happened very early this morning. now we know that tamerlan tsarnaev was shot and killed. and when police approached him he was wearing an improvised explosive device on his body. his brother, dzhokhar fled the scene. and they're worried that he may be wearing something similar. we are not quite sure what's happening in watertown right now. but i can tell you the scene has been very fluid. it's quieted down. it picks back up. the cars have been coming in and out of here pret te steadily for the past few hours. >> n

one of the purposes you are sitting here is to serve the whole city. i'm not objecting to any of the apps but you have to preserve the system for the old and also for the people that don't have credit cards. i would estimate that probable 20 or 25 percent of the population of this city does not have a credit card. without a credit card you can't use any of the legal or legally apps so you have to take that into c. in the higher report they suggest more part time cabs. the only solution for you if you want to have part time cabs is to continue the single operator program. thank you >> (calling names) and a good afternoon, commissioners. thanks for having had me. and travel is one of the major economical drivers of san francisco. last year the 16.5 million visitors that came to san francisco spent $1.8 million and contributed $800 million to support road maintenance and fire services. the city is taking steps to grow the industry like growing moscone. one of the major complaints we receive is the lack of taxi service in san francisco. it would be a shame

and in 6 days our incredible 49ers will take the field with the whole city behind them. my fellow san franciscans i would smut to you our city a vital and strong. this renewed strength of our city and the renewed confidence we're the best city in 2012. the newspapers called us the best place for parks urban parks in the united states and we're among - yeah. go for our parks >> and we're among the smartest cities and the most walkable cities. yes. and continuing the environmental marketplace under our prior mayor we're the green tech capital of north america and the number one for green jobs according to the best magazines and we're also rated highly for losing weight. in the case of san francisco i believe we're so burglarized. the progress of our city is no accident. indeed we're vital, we're strong city because of the fiscally responsible direction we've teen, deliberate choice we've made to attract people into our city. whether it's a reform of our housing or infrastructure on the significant challenges we've faced we put the people's priorities head of city hall. and

their family and themselves and have contributed in the workplace contributed to the quality of the whole city and affects other industries as well. i know that being the mayor of the city for two years. i know with repercussions that this agreement has with other hotels and other industries that want to be successful in the city. you have to treat your workers with the highest quality their deserve and when they are happy, we are all happy and i'm happy. that's the goal of being in san francisco is that you have to have a happy work force, you have to have them looking that they don't have doubt and they are taking care of their families and taking care of visitors. this hotel is the largest hotel in san francisco, 1900 rooms and we are going to use them up is as much as we can when we invite organizations like the warriors to come or america's cup or the super bowl bid that we are putting together. this is going to be one of the center hotels and i will be the first to say that i'm very proud of this work force, of what you have done today for taking care of not only yourselves, but your fam

attention to the district, to be engaged in projects in the district, but we also represent the whole city. any supervisor that just focuses on the district without addressing the citywide issues is not doing his or her job. every day, i'd make sure i am working both on the citywide issues and on district issues. >> i just want to make a public statement to acknowledge that appointments to the police commission and any commission which is a policy-making body is very important. i want to encourage about keep in front of our minds the importance of not only to elect women, but to work to get more women appointed to these bodies that help make legislative decisions for our city and county of san francisco. >> i am from san francisco. i grew up in the local neighborhood. i did my under deprad wait work at fisk university, where i studied political science with a concentration in public administration and worked eight years largely in the public sector. then i earned a master's degree from carnegie melon in pittsburg, pennsylvania. i spent some time as assistant executive director for a non-pr

these two individuals held this whole city hostage for five days. and they should not do that. what these terrorist events want to do, hold the city hostage. stop the economy of the city. look at what happened on friday, the whole city was on lockdown, no businesses open, no one was leaving their homes. it's about stopping the economy of america. we got to stop that. we got to move forward. we're a much stronger city than they want us to be. we'll be even better as we move forward. it frustrates me that we have these events going on in our country. americans have to wake up. we have the fear of terrorism. our lives are changed forever. >> let me ask you more about that lockdown, because some have suggested that it was an overreaction to lock down the city, are you convinced it was necessary? >> at the time the decision was made, it sure was. i had information that there were other things going on during the decision that was made. i agree with that decision at the time, because of the information we had. at that time, we found a pipe bomb in another location in the city of bost

potential attack here to justify the huge amount of money and resources it spends on monitoring the whole city. >> the role of surveillance cameras in identifying the suspect was essential in saving lives. we have made major investments in camera technology, not withstanding some ejections of interest, and the attack in boston shows how valuable those games can be. >> officials say that they have photographs of the brothers in time square in 2012. they have no information that new york city is still an attack on future. >> mexico's government has introduced new rules to curb the influence of unions. but they are not giving up without a fight. >> two months into a strike that has now grown violent, guerrero 's teachers are now back in the streets. they say they will not stop protesting until their demands are incorporated into the government education reform. back into their time, this biology teacher says that he would rather be back at his school teaching students, but that this fight imore important. he says that his students aren't too poor -- his students are too poor to be measured agains

that's why we thought it would be best for the whole city to make this project happen because of the laws of the state of california that require that seismic upgrade of our health institutions, because of the tremendous pressure to improve san francisco and bay area and the economical structures that face this hospital and so many other hospitals. the job is never done. this is an announcement of where we are today, but we have to get this thing built, we have to make sure it's furnished like we are working on to make sure everything happens at a time when there is economic pressure and institutions coming from national decision that don't necessarily compliment the economic recovery that we are experiencing in the bay area. so, i want to put this into perspective for one great acknowledgment that i want to make is that this was not easy to do. lou's assignment here and i don't know why he took this up because it really accounted for hundreds of hours of his time to keep everybody at the table , but it is an acknowledgment that i want to make to thank the board president chu, and su

the whole city will be blocked. applause. this city will be blocked they are so angry they are telling me. nobody will be able to enter the city please listen to the drivers do not be dumbing anybody it's a serious issue. you are scared. you are talking little bit little bit no. you need an intelligent smart guy more smart than hube r give me the power i'll show you how to stop huber if you don't know i'll show you how to stop the illegal limosines i will show you how to stop it but you don't have the brains here. it's not a joke it's serious. i have a plan and we will stop them you please get out of your seats and do something. the others are hurt very badly. thank you. applause. >> bill mo u.n. dsey david besada. >> how do you follow that? any way i'm a taxi driver in san francisco i've been a taxi driver for 24 years and i have enough experience belief me you people do not get on the street. you think you know how the cab industry works you don't i promise you you don't. this business is out of control with uber you know no

the whole city of boston basically shuts down to celebrate and watch this. you cannot live online. i have been watching it a little bit this morning. 30 degrees is the temperature right now in boston. it may be a little cool. last year they had record heat. they are happier to see this this time around. let me show you what we have here. 60's.atures in the a little bit of light rain and mist and drizzle in washington. for the most part it's to the south and west of that. take a look of the rainfall totals, it hardly amounted to anything. everyone under a quarter of an inch. had 600th of an inch in culpeper. if you spots drizzly at this hour. -- a few spots are drizzly this hour. for the most part it will be on the cloudy sky. our temperature is 61 degrees at this hour. the winds are southeasterly this hour at 6 miles per hour. it is kind of pleasant out. this just fizzle away and for the most part we are on the ceiling chances. -- we're going to see rain chances. we're glad to take a look the best pitcher for today, this area of low pressure is pushing off the shore right now. a co

the day and a test to the cooperation that we get from not just the port and staff but from the whole city and community. just a few facts about the project is that we've been dying to play in the outdoors for 43 years since our opening in 1969. we have 2-and-a-half acres to play with. all these years shrinking it down, we get the chance to play with mother nature. 87 percent of that outdoor space is free to the public. it will be experiences happening throughout. in fact if you noticed already, our explainers don't respect the property lines, they moved their carts all the way down to fisher man's wharf and we feel we own the whole embarcadero. it's ann mated space all the time. as we may have one million people that enjoy the tiktd part of the exploratoria tourm, we may see 3-5 million people a year just for the experiences at the end of the pier and we'll have experiences back and forth as they exit the property. so we are really pleased to offer that free amenity to all the visitors in san francisco. we hope this will help with attendance and not take away from it. we have a beautiful

and you need to act now and then the properties will be gone and too expensive but we need the city as a whole to own the decisions and support us in that endeavor so to that extent i think we are working with the board of supervisors and we made that need very well don't that we would like to work with the board to identify maintenance resources for this and the other acquisitions that we are considering. lastly the time line for this acquisition again with the goal of having the property under recreation and park department jurisdiction by july 1. we have already submitted a letter of intent for the property for grant proposal and a pre-application and they decide whether or not they would like to hear more from you, and then we introduced legislation to the board of supervisors this week for the acquisition and we are going to wait for 30 day hold so that we expect to be at the board of supervisors either hand use committee or budget or finance the week of the 20 and targeting the full board of supervisors and once they vote we need a few weeks to close the deal out fully so with that calen

hall we are enacting policies, laws and legislation that move the city forward as a whole. these are the neighborhoods i grew up in, so for me it is fun to be in them to really understand what is going on and be able it fundamentals some of the thinking and some of the people that are making decisions. >> right here we played football. flag football right here every year. we hung out right in the gym. directors looked after us. parents used to check in but not only one parent, they checked on all the kids. that is what is great about this district, the community. the family base of everything. >> exactly. and look how you turned out. you are doing ok. >> doing all right. two local city guys. >> there you go. supervisor chiu: i fully appreciate the concerns raised by some tenant leaders. i would never supported the project if i did not feel comfortable that tenant rights have been protected here with parker said -- part merced. i say this as one of the few tenants on the board of supervisors, who has been a staunch advocate of tenants before i was elected and with my votes

you could feel the whole city was very sullen. >> reporter: after the tragic events in boston on monday and for many sleepless night, passengers arrived here at reagan national airport with their emotions feeling raw. still many report to us that they felt safe to fly today. department of homeland security police patrolled the airport while a bomb-sniffing dog paid close attention to garbage cans. despite the safety concerns, this runner is undaunted. she says she will run the boston marathon again. >> i told my family members, you can live your life in fear but then you're not really living your life and running is about living your life. >> reporter: truly the spirit of a marathon runner. they just don't quick. jessica doyle, wusa9. >>> was it domestic terrorism? international terrorism or could it be a lone bomber? those are some of the key questions that the f.b.i. will be asking after yesterday's attack. with me now is a counterterrorism expert with a lot of backgrounds. he's an author. from your perspective, what reaction do you have right now? >> well, this is one thing that we h

the whole city has been traumatized by what happened and they want to see progress. i think that is what fuelled speculation and inaccurate reporting. we're still waiting to hear from the police and the fbi here in boston. >> a reminder that we are not to jump ahead of ourselves in terms of what we know and do not know. for more now, i'm joined on this investigation by a 25-year veteran of the fbi. he was also part of the new york joint terrorism task force and also joined by the former state department spokesman, p.j. crowley. you're involved in the investigation with the bombing of the uss coll in yemen, the al qaeda plot. describe the scene. what are they looking at? >> these are still photographs and video they have been able to obtain from various sources, department stores, individuals, television stations, and this is figuring prominently in to the investigation. it was reported earlier today that the photographic evidence is what has led to the identification of a person. it is important now to not jump the gun. there's a lot of difference between identifying

europe as real centers for the square, so we think this is exciting, not just for noe valley but the whole city of san francisco. thank you. >> thank you. >> [calling speaker names] >> i am peter gable. i am a long time resident of noe valley and one of the organizers of the noe valley farmers market. about 10 years ago some of you may know that the real food health food 24 on 24th street closed under controversial circumstances and a group of us rose up in the neighborhood and came together and we actually held meetings at the noe valley ministry in the public space. 200 people per week came to the meetings and we developed a determination to provide a context for -- to the extent that real food flattened the spirit of the neighborhood we were determined to reignite it and build it up again, so we're were determined to provide healthy food to our own community and we gathered in a smaller group to create the noe valley farmers market. thanks to the partnership of the noe valley ministry we were available to use their vacant parking lot -- not always vacant. sometimes there were cars in it but