wilderness wouldn't be wilderness without the animals of the west. controversy continues regarding the endangered species act and specifically grizzly bears and wolves. wolves are the most controversial animals in the wilderness war. wolves were re-introduced to yellowstone national park in 1995. wolves were largely extinct in the lower 48 states by the early 1900s. bruce babbitt was president clinton's secretary of the interior. he was instrumental in returning wolves to yellowstone. [bruce babbitt] it was a statement that says, there's room for grazing on the western landscape, but ranchers do not have a right to cleanse the landscape of all other forms of wildlife that, in any way, interfere with cattle and sheep. [narrator] martin davis runs a ranch near the banks of the yellowstone river. the ranch has been in his family for 45 years. the land is worth significant money; probably far more than can ever be made from ranching. it's a life he is reluctant to give up. [martin davis] the decision is being made elsewhere, be it east coast-washington,

wilder is a street that does have a market on the corner. that market was not designed with a loading bay which i understand the neighbors had issues with the plan. there was a trade off there and i think the community is concerned about losing additional parking for loading. looking at the timing we did for the pilot might be an interesting compromise there. it's work that we still have to do. what doesn't resonate with me is the comments about pedestrian safety. we are talking about three buses an hour traveling down wilder. this is a one way very tight loop. the muni drivers are professional drivers, safety is the highest priority in the agency. so i don't believe that we are do you think anything that is going to compromise that really wonderful environment that the glen park village provides and we've enjoyed working with stakeholders in glen park. i'm sorry we haven't gotten to a fully community supported proposal, but that's the choice before you today. we can operate on wilder or we can operate on arlington. there has not been outrea

we can operate on wilder or we can operate on arlington. there has not been outreach on arlington folks so that would be a change for this em to absorb. for the 3 jackson, we've also agreed with the community to monitor rider ship. in part because we continue to have concerns about the overall strengths of jackson as a corridor but also to address any concerns about rider ship, significant rider ship changes over time.

we can operate on wilder or we can operate on arlington. there has not been outreach on arlington folks so that would be a change for this em to absorb. for the 3 jackson, we've also agreed with the community to monitor rider ship. in part because we continue to have concerns about the overall strengths of jackson as a corridor but also to address any concerns about rider ship, significant rider ship changes over time. the lower haight issue it is a trade off. for the policy and governs committee we looked at three options, the proposal, compromise staff proposal or the proposal that would reduce on haight street and that proposal does address concerns for lower haight residents. it is expensive. we go from about 50 additional hours on haight street to 100. it was not cost-effective to address this trade off. you had a lot of questions. >> that's a good start. >> maybe just one other with the inner sunset you spoke to the landscaping concern which can absolutely be addressed. i think we got a letter on that one. there was some discussion ab

i'm strongly opposed obviously because i live on wilder street on the bus going down wilder and i'm against the idea of rerouting the 35 eureka without further discussion. i think any decision should be postponed with any meeting and public outreach scheduled well in advance. people impacted should be notified for rider ship along with forecast and targets should be reviewed. i noticed in the slide earlier one of the key points was data analysis. i don't believe that's part of the current planning process. it's not clear that rider ship forecast or targets were any type of planning has been performed in a scientific manner. once everyone has examined the problem we'll collectively find it doesn't do anything but perhaps to change to improve the reliability of 52 and diamond heights where they both share a common stop and today you can achieve the goal with muni bart with a 2-minute transfer. i have this all written. i'm going to leave a copy here. the 35 eureka has an average 900 riders a day and you get most riders. isn't muni supposed to plan changes delay buses before. aren't they suppos

the 35 wilder i would like to hear more about that one and the irving, the size of the bus bulbs will be important to hear as well. i'm sure other members have concerns. >> let's put them all out there. thank you everyone who showed up. i know that friday morning is not the time to be here at city hall and i appreciate your time to get sufficiently caffeinated to show up. a couple of over all comments. i was very grateful for the people who looked that the tep sort of holistically look at it as a systematic change and i think it's important to remember that when you are looking at the changes you can't assume that it's going to be what we see now. so when you are concerned about the 33 and the 9 sort of connections remember that that 9 is going to have significant improvements. so, yes, if we were to make a change to one without making a change to the other, it probably could be an ugly situation. again, this is going to be a systemic change, it's going to be staggered and put the in place so that you are not left hanging. we do understand and we under the policy and governance that p

blocks the out portion end portion of wilder and diamond. so it is not even a great design. the business communities do use the streets to drop off their stuff and do deliveries. we do this to keep the traffic flowing along the main streets on diamond so we are working to make things flow. >> thank you. >> thank you very much. >> john decastro? >> good morning, john decastro with portrero boosters association. we appreciate the effort of the mta team including the organization. one of the key things that my president asked know call forward it was fact that portrero hill has 8,000 additional housing units in planning that is not included in your thinking. that is another 15,000 people plus in potrero hill. this is going to have to be monitored very carefully. there were comments that there was extreme desire from portrero hill to mission bay by muni and that was heavily overstated. i walked to the ucsf gym to my house. it's to service mission bay, not potrero hill. keep that in mind. the 22 changes which i believe is called the 55, you have

. >> hello, i'm vicky hoover i want to speak to item 26 this wilderness act. as a resident of san francisco and national chair of the coalition of environmental groups coming to coordinate the activities around the country i wish to thank you supervisor mar's and supervisor avalos. around the country entities is honoring this nuke wildernesses 4 states passed the proclamation to honor new mexico and colorado and other one we have lake county and san lose business and have 4 cities in 70 california it honor the act berkley and vallejo and barker field and most recently on earth day in a subdivision with eric garcetti so i think san francisco's resolution will help the involvement of more difference communities in enjoying the benefits of wilderness >> thank you. next speaker. >> good afternoon john from san francisco. this is about happiness and contestant time. aren't we all are the pursuit of happiness. they have had knee-jerk momentums of happiness we're also chasing after the next one how long did we play with a new toy before we were looking for another on

sites the fair wilderness and the seashore so again, today is earth day we commemorates the passage of this landmark legislation and celebrate the significance of our presently system and look forward to our support and thank you supervisor campos for you support. the last item is very important to my district and it's a resolution that i am proud to introduce today along with mayor ed lee. i want to thank you mayor ed lee office for their help in pitting this together including diana and parker torres from the office of office of economic workforce development. i want to thank the following community members who have been working eric and another gentleman from the social society and desiree from the heritage. 24th street features vibrancy and unmatched moifrlg in san francisco at least most of us who live in that area building so. this resolution establishes the latino currently district in so doing we're celebrating a richness of culture and entrepreneurs. this is the heart of the district. i'm proud along with the mayor i'm introducing this resolution which is the first step in

my mother who was coowner of wilder around the corner and her daughter is unable to be here. i'm speaking on her behalf as well. neither one of us were notified in writing. we found out about it with a map in the newspaper 15 days ago. the map is inaccurate. it shows a left-hand turn which doesn't exist. the bus has to turn onto diamond to an existing bus stop. the route currently as a bus stop on the corner on wilder at the side street intersection of arlington, two intersection points. the off ramp of san jose avenue and the northbound only of native for an existing stop. no need to add another. the intersection is dangers. when you turn to go to arlington you have no line of sight for the two crosswalks which is all traffic including kids going to three separate public schools and all of their day trips whether it's a field trip or learning exercise. they walk those pedestrian areas is extremely dangerous. i should also -- i helped design your district for fisherman. wharf. >> good morning. i don't want to take up anymore of why you are time. i was under the impression tha

in the wilderness, where there's no shortage of challenges.a disney nature true-life adventure. and i got a look at what it took to pull this project off. this new documentary called "bears," follows a female brown bear and her two cubs through the first year of their life in the alaskan wilderness. and it is a treacherous year. >> this momma bear is keeping a good eye on her cubs. >> reporter: not only does the momma bear, who the filmmakers named sky, have to defend her cubs, named scout and amber, from predators. but she also needs to find enough food to sustain the family through next year's hibernation. sometimes the search can be comical. >> mom? never mind, i got it. i'm fine. my claw -- mom, what do you do if your claw gets stuck in the clam? let go. >> reporter: you might recognize the guy who does the voiceover for this disney nature documentary. it's john c. reilly, who you might remember as porn star reed rothchild in "boogie nights." or race car driver, cal naughton jr. in "talledega nights." >> shake and bake. >> reporter: reilly

>>> not many of us get to gaze at the african wilderness.t an unfettered bird eye view, no wings, no motorsch tonight taking you on a soaring journey across one of the most pristine places on the planet as one man attempts to sail into the skies on an extreme challenge. >> just about anyone who inflates a parachute does it for one reason, to slow down. but not greg, the only thing he wants from his sweeping state of the art para glider its to cut through the air like a blade. sailing through the sky in an attempt to break one of the toughest aerial speed records. >> it is supposedly the highest concentration of crocodiles in kenya. >> "nightline" followed the 52-year-old father of two young boys as he takes on the extreme challenge of a lifetime, flying without touching the ground for 5 1/2 hours straight. using nothing but his paraglider like flying a giant high tech kite over a 125-mile racecourse in record time. much of it over african wilderness. >> really get some saddle time. >> bye-bye. >> i will miss you too. >> just trying to decomp

there are a large number of delivery trucks on wilder street everyday. there are even some as long as 48 feet long. those are awe fully big trucks to try to get around. with people double parking waiting to pick up relatives from bart, at the end of the day, beginning of the day, it's very dangerous. that's it. thank you. >> elliot schwartz. hello, my name is elliot schwartz. my family lives a couple blocks east of portrero avenue. here to speak in favor of the portrero streetscape project. we take our four yield to a preschool a couple blocks west. i have him on the back of my bike and my wife picks him up on foot. crossing potrero can be scary on foot so the bulbs really help. there is already bike lanes on potrero. it's nice having an extra bit of space when cars are passing. i often see other cyclist ahead of me when i'm walking on potrero. for anyone who says bike lanes aren't used on portrero they aren't seeing them. i'm a lil disappointed that these changes don't go far enough. in 5 or 10 years we'll regret that we are putting in the reserve lanes

they know the law is unpopular but they are deal wilderness generati generation -- deal wilderness generation a system that is there to sta we would like you to chime in on this issue. medicare is tackling issues and is this a preview of what to come as the health care spending climbs again? what do wyou want to know about the afford. and you chose the news. what stories are we missing. perhaps there is a great local story we are missing. go to foxnews.com/happeningnow or you can tweet me directly and i like to answer you during the show even. we are looking forward to new additions to "happening now." >> sometimes you tweet like right now. coming up, a breaking story, a new york congressman has been arrested and he is under indictment for fraud, perjury and filing false tax returns. michael grim and the latest charges against him and what prompted the investigation. and we will have the fallout after the los angeles clipper's owner making shocking comments made on type >> i support them and give them food and clothes and cars and houses. who gives it to them? does someone else? do i know tha

he test this theory in the minnesota wilderness had its limits and it worked. he comes back and not only wins the praise of his military commanders but of thomas jefferson as well. within three days he gets back to st. louis with another high-profile assignment with another opportunity to sacrifice or with glory on behalf of the nation isn't the second assignment letter brings me to the end of the first part of my presentation now i would like to fast forward to the middle of the expedition. this is an overview. this begins here in st. louis july 15 in the first part takes them across the great plains to play a diplomatic visit. thank those of the arkansas of river and wanders around lost and then was arrested growing into the spanish army. so they call him a trespasser anand the first taken to santa fe then the city of of july lot to explain himself to civil authorities to march across back taxes to redeposit on u.s. soil july 18 '07 almost a few days sure to of one year from when he left st. louis . one of the chapters in my book follows him across the plains

dutch politician geert wilders has become the latest are a critical figure in europe to join in when you're putting in cleaning the west or decreases in ukraine. wilder said the european union was responsible for stirring unrest in ukraine by offering closer ties to the twenty eight member bloc up and going to do is widely debunked claims that you create a revolutionary leaders were very radical splinter said that european leaders to support the protests in kiev for supporting action. wilders is among a number of nationalist politicians have rallied to his defence in recent weeks real attendant who has france's far right national front party recently visited moscow where she claimed that the european union was declaring a new cold war russia. routine is awesome and support from countries far easily party which won nearly twenty percent of the party was towed to the country's latest parliamentary election russia under blanket region has fostered close ties with the radical group which many labels a new party for its anti semitic views and radical nationalism. it's a european parties a

. >>> finally found, more than 48 hours lost in the wilderness, a frantic search with a happy ending. >> amazing survival story out here. just incredible. >> what he did to stay alive wearing very little in freezing temperatures. >>> and drop of doom. this one is not for the faint of heart. 41 stories up, our first look at the world's tallest drop ride. >>> good wednesday morning. it has been a sleepless night for many as aftershocks continue to rock chile. >> a powerful earthquake there last night triggered a small tsunami forcing people into the streets and causing widespread panic. >> the 8.2 magnitude quake struck off the country's northern coastline. authorities posted tsunami warnings for several south american countries but have since canceled them. >>> right now the death toll is now at least six people. two other people died from heart attacks. others were crushed to death as people fled buildings. more than two dozen strong aftershocks followed the initial quake. [ sirens ] the quake forced evacuations along chile's entire pacific coast, but people were urged to stay out of

[inaudible] because there were not living in the wilderness. and there were not living in secret either. >> right. there was -- you mentioned the brazilian example. there was a film of a few years ago about brazilian, but that a gigantic some. so given that they are secret, but it's one of your criteria, how did you find information about them? the maroon did not leave diaries, letters, publish newspapers. they were in secret. what kind of solicitors did you manage to find? >> that's a surprise. i started thinking, while, he going to look for information. and i use for example 1600's, used legal documents ian. a very early on those mentioned maroon. we can see where the maroons work, what they were up to and what threat posed. then you have put the books, the plantation books, trees. and i also used newspaper articles mentioned when a settlement was discovered or one -- what the maroons were doing, their activities. runaway slave at, very detailed. and you can follow people. and i did that fares several maroons, including the african maroons, w

and the maroons -- they were not living in the wilderness and they were not living in secret either. >> right. you mentioned the brazilian example, very well known that there was a film a few years ago, about the brazilian this great brazilian -- a gigantic settlement. so given that they are secret, that's one of the criteria, how did you find information about them? the maroons didn't leave diaries, letters. they didn't publish newspapers presumably. they were in secret so what kind of sources did you manage to find? >> yes, that was for me kind of a surprise because i stopped thinking well where am i going to look for population? i just, for example, in the 1600s, i used the occupants. it was very early on those mention maroons, again they did his bedroom but we can see where they were what their activities were. then you have all the books treaties were mentioned as well. i also used newspaper articles that mention when a settlement was discovered as was what the maroons were doing, their activities. one very good source was runaway slave ads. they are very detailed. you can follo

he tests this theory in the minnesota wilderness, at its limit, and it works. he comes back, and he not only wins the praise of his military commanders but he gains the attention of president thomas jefferson, who lauds his accomplishments as well. within three days -- think about how his wife felt. he's been gone for nine months and within three days he gets back on to st. louis and given another high-profile assignment. with another opportunity to sacrifice and win glory on behalf of the nation. and it's this second assignment that is going to bring him to the valley where he had to abandon sparks and daugherty. that brings me to the the end of the first part of my presentation. now i'd like to fast-forward and join him in the middle of his expedition. this an overview of pike's second expedition. it begins here -- actually i have a pointer here -- begins here in st. louis, on july 15, 1806, and the first part takes him across the great plains, to a little detour to pay a diplomatic visit to the pawnee indians who the united states was courting an alliance wi

>> i think governor wilder is absolutely right. and i think there is going to be a large turnout, even though this is a midterm. i hear the people presume that there's some reason black voters aren't going to vote and that's absurd. this is the most important election. but this will -- winning these races will justify and support president obama's agenda. that's what this is also about. otherwise he's a totally lined up president for the next two years. this is something people fought for a long time. and i think there will be a strong turnout. what we're seeing here is fascina fascinating. you see that people assume or that the south is solidly republican now. but i think there's been a high water mark reached and that tide is receding. that's what we're seeing in these polls. people are tired of hearing the agenda of obamacare, obamacare, now it's out there, had some success, it is the law. people do want to strengthen it and fix the flaws, but they don't want to repeal. >> when you ask people about the individual components of t

. >> what officials say he has that could increase his chances of survival in the cold, wet wilderness. >>> plus, a car found in a steep embankment, and the connection tesoro a man who went missing averment ago. >>> roberta gonzalez on top of mount diablo. lots of lightning strikes in the past so minutes. we will track this storm together as the news continues right here on kpix 5. ,,,,,, missing snowboarder from san francisco. rescuers have set up this command post at bore re looking for >>> the search is underway in the sierra back country for a missing snow border in san francisco. rescuers are looking for 25- year-old abraham finklesteen. he got separated from his dad during the storm. >> hopefully he gets back safe. just goes to show you, you have to be safe when getting out in the wilderness like that. >> abraham is an avid outdoorsman. he was dress ed for the weather. deputies say he does have watt we are him, but they don't know if he has any food. >>> the search for a missing san rafael man may have come to a tragic end. kpix 5's brian webb is in marin where missing man's car

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he tests this theory in the minnesota wilderness, sort of at its limit, and it works. he comes back and not only wins the praise of his military commanders, but he gains the attention of president thomas jefferson who lauds his accomplishments as well. within three days, you can think about maybe how his wife felt about this. he's been gone for nine months and within three days he gets back to st. louis, and he's given another high profile assignment with another opportunity to sacrifice and win glory on behalf of the nation. and it's this second assignment that's going to bring him to the valley where he had to abandon sparks and doherty. that brings me to the end of the first part of my presentation, and now i'd like to fast forward and join him in the middle of his expedition. so this is an overview of pike's second expedition. it begins here. actually i have a pointer here. it begins here many st. -- in s. louis on july 15, 1806, and the first part takes him across the great plains to a little detour to pay a diplomatic visit to the pawnee indians whom the united s

after that, john day was done with the wilderness. he had to go back the same way he can and he had what looked like to me to be ptsd. he tried kill himself. he tried to shoot himself. he didn't survive. but he sent back. so i read that and thought that was incredible. the more i looked into john day's story i realized he was just one tiny part of this undertaking john jacob astor took to the west coast. that is what got me intrigued and the more i looked into it and i thought this should be told in a book. i write exploration history. these are the stories i love. so i took it on as a book publisher. and luckily i found a publisher with harper collins and becker. in the introduction you heard a little bit about what the expedition was. john jacob astor had a vision of global grade on the pacific rim. this is five years after lewis and clark were here. and thomas jefferson had the same vision. astor had this idea, approached jefferson and he endorsed it at the whitehouse. it was astor's idea to capture all of the furs through and funn

i want to see wilderness and wildlife. i needed it as a way of life, and income.s something i loved to do and was getting paid to do. >> your life seems to have had a guardian angel for the most part. you agree? >> i think i am very lucky in my life. >> father was an architect that lived in connecticut -- you went to yale? >> i went to yale. i don't think my folks would have chosen me to become a writer, but they were encouraging and open. they were wary that i might write about them in the first couple of books. people always think you are writing about them. >> published early? >> my first story at yale i sold to the atlantic monthly. >> long association with the new yorker? national book award? for "the snow leopard?" it is not your best book in your judgment. >> it has been a nail in my coffin. it is the hook most closely associated with me. >> you think you would be remembered in time for your fiction. >> maybe i am whistling in the dark, but i don't think so. i began as a short story writer. three of my first four books were novels. not very good. but the st

i was written about wilderness is that are going down the tube.d off to south america before he could change his mind. that was the beginning. that produced a nonfiction book and a fiction book. int encouraged my interest indian people. i have been interested in traditional people. i have been a certain kind of anthropologist. i am interested in how they relate to the world. im not much interested in -- am much less interested in cities. i like people on the edge. denominator do most good writers have? >> that is an interesting question. i don't know. i do know -- i think i kind of know. i think there has to be an element -- in good writing, there has to be an element -- it has to be kind of intact. i don't want to depend on anything for identification on the part of the reader. i make them work too hard, maybe. it has to be complete in itself and heavy mystery inside of it. the sense of something mysterious. even if you never spell it out. i think the reader has to feel in the presence of something they cannot quite define. thatlke wi spoke about