>> we had a workshop. two workshops. >> part of the workshop did you have information about complaints? >> no. >> i think it's important because we have that in the puc about a grant. people know where to file their appeal or protest. that's not the case here. >> no, we certainly all of the plate -- applicants get a letter telling us when the plan is reviewing it and they could come. it's a learning experience. to my knowledge, the applicants know and it's in the application that it goes from there to committee and from committee to full commission. but, no, we do not specifically spell out what happens if they don't get it. >> i think you should. >> thank you. >> no. 2, i say that with all do respect. >> i appreciate it. >> getting back to the comments, is there is going to be a second round of $100,000 funding? >> yes. are all the applicants prohibited from applying? >> no. we have not set the criteria or guidelines. historically no, we do not exclude. >> so no applicant that was excluded would be exclud

this is the location of the workshop. the patios are interconnected, and focus on the main patio and the house of the noble. the noble is the head of the compound. he is the patron of everyone living here. david webster is the archaeologist who excavated much of the noble's house. this man probably had about 200 to 300 people who were dependent on him in some way, including his wives, his brothers, his political retainers, his economic specialists, living in this patio group and the other patio groups. they're buried here. there are about 250 or 300 burials here. which are the people who were his dependents. and essentially what this is is an elaborate household. keach: the maya noble could support his household because he controlled the rich farmland surrounding the compound. the land was so fertile it could produce a surplus which fed the noble's dependents, including specialists like the artisan, who were not themselves farmers. this was the basis of the economic system of the elites in ancient copan. for the noble, th

santa's workshop. we are all twerking. >> i didn't know i could twerk. >> nick is twerking. twerking, beth is twerking. >> what are you doing, beth? >> down and dirty. >> this is weird. >> don't worry, santa walks into the toy shop and says, what are you doing? you are supposed to be making gifts. >> merry christmas. all the indignities of this job. >> if you want to make your own jibjab video, head on over to jibjab.com. >>> that's our show. thanks for joining us. we'll see you for the next edition of "right this minute. >>> hi, everybody. i'm beth troutman. the best videos from the web are on the way "right this minute." >>> some dudes are out duck hunting in a boat. someone is about to pay them a visit. what it's like to be the target of an obsessed field. >> police try to stop a man throwing gasoline everywhere and then dousing the cops with that liquid. the moment they decide they've had enough. for military families, holidays can be hard. >> this is a salute to the troops. ♪

power enterprise and some recommendations and i think it would be probably best to maybe have a workshop to kind of address all of your issues in all the challenges that we are facing to make sure that we are all in alignment to make sure what direction to go as enterprise. >> that would be great even to have this bond question to see how this fits together . thank you. >> commissioner moran? >> thank you, todd. the slide on the rating challenges, we are an unusual credit in some regards one of which our revenues in large part come from rates that we charge to city departments and that's not totally in our control, it's also something the board gets to weigh in on. in dealing with that i guess the statement would be if we need to take action at the commission or proposed ordinance at the board that the deals with the risk issue from the bond holders standpoint and can maybe work in conjunction with covenants that deal specifically with those issues, i would expect that you will bring those to us to act on. i think you have to expect that rating agencies in doing their job are pretty cold

. >> hi, i'm jessica and performing arts workshop and armani is the artist. the workshop is -- we have been working in the bayview since the late 80s and we work with residents before and after school. we were a recipient of this grant program. we are very excited to be able to deepen our work through the elementary school. we actually hired armani who had been volunteering at drew where her children were students and she's quickly become a core piece of our staff. we are happy to give this opportunity to deepen her work at the elementary. >> thank you, as she said i volunteered for a few years. i'm a resident of the bayview. i live there and currently working with performer arts workshop and these types of grants allow me to come into these schools and teach children and give them an opportunity where they may have not had it before. they get a chance to explore different art forms. i teach ballet, jazz, hip hop, dance. i give -- get an opportunity to spend a lot of time with the children and they get a chance to perform with me. a grant like this helps them

we need to take advantage of cooperation and support from the international community this workshop is a chance for us to have to know what we need and what they can give. they don't know if i don't think they can be quite tough. the joint advisory to meet us and given its agencies also convened a meeting to discuss remediation of destin are spots in vietnam that support health programs. anything the next meeting at the beck show on one of tim's book arts was added to believe the possible intangible heritage of humanity the artist court didn't get back to a type singing unique to the mekong delta. i miss you put tells you why it's so valuable and what it should be a working teach were hammered teach the one in the nineteenth century. then i created to do so come by to comment on working people it's unique to the southern delta ricky who live and prosper on the banks of the mekong river. there's a reason why he didn't die that is so popular. any body can think of them got back to songs you don't need to eighteen dollars dish to farm dogs. morgan got back to some more one can she not bec

still the home have workshops. we have lectures we also have collected recently lee is on. upon the heart who likened the zionist government and the lookalike in the sea and cake and go war as some of the major achievements that you think the accommodation has achieved over the years team turns up making this cold troop movement of the bill for the reading and seeing the connection between light and see if i knew i would incarnate each month but i think it's a small step one step at the time so deadly and the events that you actively reach out and outreach and education put them on as well as people while the kids and the ninety s that they haven't really thought about like the workshop. we had the first year that sense my workshop on the likely mentioned before people think about why they think of other you can get to it. terry and function of lights and we encourage them on by his lines as the creator he can and i kissed me and help in these light on a list along with the lead up to it. can they use like trying to distance of the building that goal is to break away of our

we offer classes and workshops in digital camera, digital printing. we offer classes basically in the shooting, ton the town at night, treasure island. there is a way for the programs exploring everyone who would like to spend the day on this program. >> hello, my name is jennifer. >> my name is simone. we are going on a field trip to take pictures up the hill. >> c'mon, c'mon, c'mon. >> actually, i have been here a lot. i have never looked closely enough to see everything. now, i get to take pictures. >> we want to try to get them to be more creative with it. we let them to be free with them but at the same time, we give them a little bit of direction. >> you can focus in here. >> that was cool. >> if you see that? >> behind the city, behind the houses, behind those hills. the see any more hills? >> these kids are wonderful. they get to explore, they get to see different things. >> we let them explore a little bit. they get their best. if their parents ever ask, we can learn -- they can say that they learned about the depth of field or the rule of th

post office on evan street in san francisco is turning to a santa's workshop. these are some of the volunteers making those christmas wishes coming true. >> we are blessed and i know a lot of people are blessed and struggling in it and it is a good time to help out. >> marcus and his wife is santa's helpers for the first time this year gifting presents to 7 children. it is not easy when a child want a picture of a raindeer. >> i was not able to pull it off, they're not in selfies. >> folks found traditional favorites like a barbie bike or legos and cars. >> some kids are not asking for toys, one kid ask santa for food. so santa's helper got the kitchen set and included $100 gift card inside. >> growing up i did not have a lot of money and now i can give back. >> simple things like a pair of walking shoes. this boy tells santa he has problems with his feet and wants to stay healthy and another letter a mother asks for gifts for her daughter that she cannot afford. >> i cannot talk about what santa got out of the workshop but we are going to make some kids happy

the next workshop is december 5th at the jolie work center watch this on the sf website. approach thanksgiving it's not too soon to start thinking about basketball it begins december 5th registration for our popular baseball legacy and our fire department begins department december 5th boys and girls are inadmissible to join and pitches report in february and log onto rec online to sign you been. to two quick presentations and then our video. today is matt. we're joined by matt and want to report that the 2013 park alliance party was a great success we had 5 hundred people that showed their support by attending and it was held at the golden gate park and i want to thank all the commissioners who showed up. i want to give a big shout it out to the park alliance for doing the aesthetics it was quite wonderful and a fun event and most significantly the proceeds are going to benefit our parks in san francisco. and matt can come up the parks and alliance got $50,000 to the renovation this year is - the park alliances is 2rib thai thousand dollars to the department to fund a va

we did a workshop with them recently. we will do a workshop about wireless technology in the future. it is a technical conversation. but it is also getting to know people individually and personally conversation. >> the status report on rural areas, how a quick survey? -- how equipped are they? gaps, asare still some the commissioner will tell you in getting broadband to people individually. the fcc is creating some exciting action in that regard. that is part of the universal service fund, like lifeline. it is a pretty exciting partnership. medicare is also the managed care. thepower of health and power of broadband, getting it into individual's hands as will as groups that are related but operate in different ways. fundealth care connect only subsidizes broadband to health care organizations. other programs are aimed at connecting people. and also bringing broadband service that to the rural areas. fda,out meeting with the being at the fcc, how much of your job involves explaining what is happening in this world to the

you've heard this in a series of workshops there's the actual property plan. with that, i'll to ask tracy for oc ii to present this item >> thank you executive director. still having technical difficulties interest it doesn't show the whole screen. well, we're having technical difficulties. as executive director mentioned today, we're before you to seek our recommendation to the oversight board for the successor agencies for long-term management plan for the dissolution law it's more a a plan based on your recommendation we'll be going before the board. on monday november 25th before we submit it to the state department of the finance. my presentation today i've tried to organize it more by disposition plan than by the area to make it a little bit easier to digest and i'll make it shorter. >> there you go. >> just briefly i want to remind everyone quickly about the 4 alternatives that the state has given us for deposition. one is recipe for governmental pretty much which the the transfer to the city. the second is tofully fulfill an enforceable obligation that

. >> reporter: just like santa, jessica labors out of her workshop. >> by day it's my workshop, by night it's my son's room. >> reporter: she's whipped up sweaters making even scrooge smile. >> it's just a neat thing to see something that you took and you made it and someone else is showing it off. >> reporter: two years ago she decided to make a business venture out of her hobby. she sells them on facebook and the craft website etsy. >> this would run about $20. the one i want you to put on is $55. >> reporter: okay so i had to. i have to admit the ugly made me feel pretty. >> look how cute. r: once the holiday season ends, all of this goes away. >> i will be sad because i'll come in here in the morning with my coffee and my christmas music and it just puts you in a happy mood. >> reporter: until next year of course. >> just wear them around christmas. 4:50 now. for some families a trip to the movies is much a tradition as a sweat perp we'll show you what's new in theaters. >> specialist anthony locket out of germany. i want to say happy holidays to my family, my mother, my father and m

they get lock picking workshops, they learn how to hack devices. your daughter discovered a venerability in apple's ios operating system when she was 9 and disclosed that to apple after a long internal debate about whether or not the kid should use it secret and use it to improve their scores on network video games. what an amazing ing program. you bring them to those programs. not in year, interestingly enough. you uninvited the dod this year. >> only one year because the year before i think that balance and having both sides is really what we all need. we can't be afraid of the other side we disagree with. >> you know, it's always interesting to hear people from the nsa who are /aeu /k*us accustomed to a tame press and audiences, address a very free wheeling, incredibly smart hackers who really understand security and who can distinguish between security and security theater and who are not shy about standing up and explaining to the general the difference. that's pretty awesome. >> the kids got them alone. >> they are pretty tough crowd. >> we'r

the elves in this workshop never stop working. they own mistletoe u.s. they grow their own mistletoe. >> we'll go harvest at the farm and we'll pull it it down. we can pull down, harvest probably 500,000 pounds an hour. >> reporter: they package it up with love and ship it across the united states. >> this is going from here to san diego, california. >> reporter: this labor of love grew into real love. it must have been the mistletoe. >> we don't need the mistletoe. but it does help. >> we always grab. it. >> reporter: their marriage is two months away. donating the plant to help kill cancer is their ultimate plan. >> the european version is used for cancer treatment in certain colon cancers. >> reporter: in the meantime, it's crunch time. the clock is ticking closer to christmas. but there's always time for a quick kiss underneath the mistletoe. >> very swt. >>> time is 5:1. caught on camera. how one man found a special way to give his girlfriend the ultimate christmas gift, an engagement ring. >>> taking a look over san francisco here. merry christmas

hardware now never mind scientists workshop they talk about a secret workshop that would install chips into computers that may be sold in certain areas that the n.s.a. deems to be worth looking into. so that means that anybody that received a computer for christmas have a look inside it may well be something you didn't quite expect in there know as well as that it also the latest revelations that were reported and also go into the fact that the underwater cables that connect us all around the world have also been hacked by the n.s.a. and yes we're all being split on and they all they know everything what we're looking at and not only can they access what we are sending over the internet but in case it may well be that the hardware that we send those messages with is already being tampered with or indeed another reason to be happy so i thank you very much for that who appreciated. and of course we're closely watching the latest developments in the wake of the bombings in volgograd on and online as well as suicide blast as you know has killed fourteen people on a bus injuring over forty

based upon those questions, we will direct them to the sba for workshops, courses. there is other entities that also provide workshop courses score as well in terms of helping to write business plans. also helping to educate the distinction between the micro lender, our bank, and our larger financial institutions and how those lending -- what is the difference in how this entities will lend, in addition to the sba loans that are available. also in response to the economic crisis, which hit a couple of months after we open our doors, the mayor reinstated the revolving loan fund, and we partnered with tmc working solutions, which is a micro lender, to provide a loan fund for start of an existing businesses to help them. today, that loan has given out 23 loans, and they are averaging around $15,000 or $25,000 each. another unique thing that the city is doing in terms of helping our businesses and dealing with capital needs is as a city, sometimes, we implement regulations, and you would think that might require some substantial capital for small businesses to do an und

i checked with some of my family and one runs a sheltered workshop so they are finding it's okay. but we're not suggesting this be done freely. we're suggesting that meter payment exemption ought to be coupled with a requirement that a town, city, county, could only do this if the parking technology was fully accessible so there's an if and only if before you can get to a possible local decision, and again this is all local option we're suggesting the state authorize. okay, so nobody would be forced to do anything. if the state passed this authorizing legislation it would still have to come back to any consider that wanted to consider it for their own local decision-making process so there would still be lengthy hearings here or elsewhere. . >> this next recommendation is to direct revenue to accessibility improvements and what's pictured on the screen is an audible pedestrian signal. this is one example of a disability improvement that could be eligible for these funds. the committee felt very strongly that if we were going to be asking people to pay at meters, if we were basical

it cuts the same tedious late decision will ensue and workshop are located in the same building they are the company's staff uses both hands free minute fracturing of clothing for children women and men experts say that these design field or reduces its production costs for goods inside sewing workshops are becoming more competitive during the first nine months of twenty thirteen the regional branch of the demo entrepreneurship development fund in our seats allocated more than one point five billion team get this part of the twenty twenty these installed the program to help calm of the entrepreneur is to develop their business in souls all over the three years of the program's existence county businessman has received a call for the link to get the loan subsidies the eye the eye. be in. . the i do the eye. it is. it's cheese. sure or scolding the book is a rusty so uber rock show. two of the markham site as its director since two thousand and six. still makes show up all the students arrive on time with them i still get to it. one last ditch bid to help get the boondocks he is the is

the organization is also provides free health education and workshops about hepatitis b all throughout the city as well speaker so the supervisor couldn't be here tonight but wanted to make sure i give a special shout out his words are thank you rock star. she's been active in serving as the director for the filipinos network acidic director and advising many organizations from the filipino caucus to the filipino association and helped to fund the filipino americans for progress. on behalf of the supervisor chiu, i wanted to thank you for your commitment to knapp public health and being an incredible role model. so thank you so much for all your hard work (clapping.). speeding i know there's other folks here. i want to say thank you actually to my mentors if it wasn't for my mentors mary lee and al perez and rebecca and rudy i didn't and all of you guys to invested in me and my generation i wouldn't be where i'm at today and use the same strategies to overcome things and be able to reach out to english community. we we were able to lied the biggest hepatitis best recollection projects.

can't talk about what santa got at the workshop. but we will make kids happy. >> they love helping santa in a pinch. >> in san francisco, channel 2 news. >>> teachers but the brakes on a terrifying situation on a school bus and it was caught on video. >> you can hear the screams when the school bus driver runs a stop sign and missed a turn. when the driver fell out of his seat the teacher got behind the wheel. it took another teacher to bring it to a stop. i asked if he could reach the brake and he said no. i stopped the bus. >> both teachers near charleston said they would do what anyone would have done. i wish it didn't happen. it was very scary. it's nice, it's very nice, it feels strange. >> none of the 26 students were seriously hurt. that school bus driver is no long we're the bus company. >> that was frightening. >> let's check in with bill martin and what's happening with the weather front. still dry. more of the same, we haven't had a big rain event orser's of rain -- or series of rain events. outside clear skies, a beautif

and, you know, we did a workshop with them recently, we're going to do some workshops on things like wireless in the future. so it's a technical conversation, but it's also, you know, getting to know people individually and personally conversation. >> host: you brought up the health care connect fund, so give us a status report on rural areas across the united states. how equipped are they to handle these new technologies? >> guest: well, there's two sides to this. one of them is health care organizations themselves. so the institutions and connecting those. and we're getting a lot of progress on broadband to those folks. there are still some gaps, as commissioner clyburn talked about earlier, in getting broadband to people individually. and the fcc has taken some pretty exciting actions in that regard through the other programs. the other is just getting phones in people's hands that need them who are underserved, and that a's other parts of the universal service fund like lifeline. we've seen some pretty exciting partnerships between those who -- the phone companies who provide tha

pascal oversees the prosthetic workshop . he is optimistic. >> how will the little boy that we see, how will his life be when he is 30, 40, 50? >> he is not safe. he miss a part of the leg. he continue to evolve like a normal boy. >> reporter: one big challenge like host countries like haiti is the eventually departure of the program. self-run and self-sufficient. >> at the same time, we started a training program for the medium term to ensure that at some point there would be a transfer so that maintenances would be capable of providing the care for themselves. >> -k so that haneys woul haitians be capable of it themselves. >> the velcro straps will hold the prosthetic to the patients. there are ten technicians that make about 30 prosthetics a month. there is a trainer on the center. >> so it's a good gig, good job. >> few places in port au prince are accessible for the handicapped. lead therapist alice says the tragic earthquake could have a silver lining. >> a lot of people before the earthquake, they used to reject the ha

and saturday workshops expose youth and adults to photography classes. >> >> >> good morning, everyone. welcome to the san francisco board of supervisors budget and finance committee meeting for wednesday december 11, 2013. my name is supervisor ferrel. i will be chairing the meeting joined by john avalos and scott wiener and supervisor malia cohen many i would like to thank sfgtv for covering this meeting. >> any announcements? >> the clerk: yes, please silence all cell phones and electronic devices. items for today will appear on the 2013 board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. >> okay. we have a number of items 1-9 and a hearing which is scheduled as item no. 10. we are taking that first. please call item no. 10. >> the clerk: item 130946: agenda[hearing - impact of sugar sweetened beverages to the san franciscans' health and health care sector]13094610.sponsors: mar; wiener and avaloshearing on the impacts that sugar sweetened beverages have on san franciscans' health and the health care sector. 9/24/13; received and assigned to the neighborhood services and safety com

. >> it's not quite santa's workshop, but it's close. the efforts underway to bring smiles to bay area children on christmas morning. >> and a reminder, you can get a subaru... ...are the hands that do good things for the whole community: the environment, seniors, kids, and animals. that's why we created the share the love event. by the end of this year, the total donated by subaru could reach 35 million dollars. you get a great deal on a new subaru. we'll donate 250 dollars to a choice of charities that benefit your community. it feels good to be a helping hand. of happier holidays. time to enchant, delight and amaze. safeway will help you gather everyone 'round. a smoked, shank half ham is only 99 cents a pound. starbucks is just $6.99, that's a cup of good cheer. get sweet clementines for $4.99, enough for everyone here. turns out this season less is really so much more. so make your holiday merrier than ever before. safeway. ingredients for life. >>> new at 10:00, san francisco's glide memorial church is getting ready for the toy giv

she visited traditional dying workshops around japan. he learned the industry is in decline as fewer people are taking up the tires time on corrupt that case it could not see it would be really sad if this craft disappeared along with the up and coming and things can be made simpler and one or two days since i began to wonder if there was something i can do. i came up with the idea of reviving classic dyeing techniques by using them in her designs. in two thousand and eight she launched her own brand featuring colors and motifs inspired by japanese tradition. his unique designs with the eastern you need a big splash last year when she debuted at the paris club. he once made foods combined traditional craftsmanship with the latest digital technology. inkjet printers use to chivas little tradition of corners on the pampered. he is now working with the to do it everytime country that has a rich history. a craftsman with more than fifty years of experience applies the finishing touches. he draws a sunflower on the fabric using a hand printin

of other proceedings so it takes more resources to follow them all but they are conducting some workshops so that should help focus some attention on that topic and give us a venue to talk about our concerns on that together with other interested community choice aggregation advocates. >> so that's the run down on things happening in the regulatory arena in terms of other programs i just want to give you an update the sonoma clean power program recently announced that they have made a deal with some suppliers for their program and they are now in contract with cal pine for geo thermal power and they also have a contract with constellation to provide the balance of their power supply needs they are estimating that at sixty mega was watts and a one hundred percent deep green kind of offering one hundred percent renewable and the start clean program 33 percent renewables and the balance of power is ghg free so they are moving along and marin energy authority is looking at the study work associated with including napa the county of napa in their program and they have already successfully inte

i definitely want to show you what it looks like santa's workshop.ake you into the other room to show you what it looks like. sacred heart community service is 3,000 toys short. you know, they have enough to give away today but this giveaway lasts two days. on monday there won't be enough. so many people registered to receive. there are surprised at the amount of people in need. even though the economy is improving, some are still struggling. i want to show you outside about an hour and a half ago, parents were waiting outside. they were huddled in the cold, they wanted to be the first to go in and pick out a toy. some of them were laid off their jobs. some of them who are still working, they just don't have enough extra to spend on gifts. >> we want people to focus on taking care of their family, make sure they can continue paying the rent have a warm and safe place in their household. we want to make sure they can pay their utility bills. it's cold. >> we want to make sure they are buying enough food for their families. >> i feel blessed. some day

think we had nine, we have a series where adults learned home cooking and we did a teacher training workshop san francisco unified public school teachers came and learned to use cooking for the core standards. we range all over the place. we really want everyone to feel like they can be included in the conversation. a lot of organizations i think which say we're going to teach cooking or we're going to teach gardening, or we're going to get in the policy side of the food from conversation. we say all of that is connected and we want to provide a place that feels really community oriented where you can be interested in multiple of those things or one of those things and have an entree point to meet people. we want to build community and we're using food as a means to that end. >> we have a wonderful organization to be involved with obviously coming from buy right where really everyone is treated very much like family. coming into 18 reasons which even more community focused is such a treat. we have these events in the evening and we really try and bring people together. people come in in grou

she presents workshops and conference begin about educational access and native identity and the political, legal, social, cultural and a higher education let's role the video. >> when i first meet a student their unusual in high school then i meet theory parents and brothers and sisters you can't leave anyone out. and in some cases they don't have you can anybody to support them i might be they're only support. we looked out for each other's children. i feel in a sense i'm looking at, you know, for other people's constrain in college. but i feel like they've evenly trusted me with their child and they're going to be okay. and save and have someone to go to interest, you know, our grandparents paid in advance to be here. they had to go through what they had to go through so we could get here today, we shouldn't have to pay anymore and help us to teach our young people not trying to take it away. they need people to help them or they get lost in the multiple cultural, you know, mix of people. you know, i'm really honored and blessed to be given this opportunity to do the work i do and havin

. >> it's not quite santa's workshop, but it's close.he efforts underway to bring smiles to bay area children on christmas morning. >> and a reminder, you can get ktvu news to go. just click on the ktvu app to watch all of our newscasts live on your mobile device. >>> new at 10:00, san francisco's glide memorial church is getting ready for the toy giveaway this weekend. heather holmes is live where volunteers have been hard at work. >> reporter: just beyond these doors here at st. mary's is a real life santa workshop. games, and basketballs. i saw lots of basketballs. all of it donated, and sorted tonight by volunteers. >> we've got a little stuff there. >> reporter: kyle coffman couldn't bear the thought of a child in san francisco without a present to unwrap christmas morning. >> just trying to make sure that everyone goes home with something for their little one. >> reporter: joined dozens of other volunteers tonight who gathered in this large room at st. mary's cathedral with thousands of toys. >> my wife and i donated to glade for 6

permanent location would allow us to continue housing our mostly family nights offering academic workshops and a hypothetically our parents advisory committee meetings as well our community events. the current space is not welcoming or inviting. in the past a permanent location gave the families a sense of community and a plays to go and have immediate access to academic sport in the educational setting. however, with all this in mind soft our successes we've accomplished we offered directly tutoring sires for family science night and have to 2 week summer program. we provide family nights with cultural fun themes. we have an active committee that helps to determine the goals and objectives of the program biensz or based on the data. we have our student elected representative. provide expanded educational stunt with college tours to stanford and u.s. santa cruz. support parents and guardians to understand the positive and campfire them to help with the agriculture needs. and to help with the educational language. collaborates annual event and the wisdom of moving forward event >> and our d

he used to make his living selling wood toys he hand crafted in his san jose workshop. that's why denver's present part-time gig is just so darn perfect. >> some things happen for a reason. >> reporter: denver is the man these days who keeps christmas in the park running. christmas in the park is a 30-year-old san jose tradition. 40 exhibits spreading over two acres hosting a half a million people a year. but for all this to succeed, the lights need to light, the man kens need to move, and the train needs to be on time, which is where denver comes in. hired two years ago, denver is the jack of all trades. the man folks turn to when things aren't working. >> i come home just exhausted. >> reporter: still with a background not just in toy making, but in maintenance, it's a job denver figured he'd have no problem doing. he just didn't figure how much it would mean to him. >> i had no idea it would warm the cockles of my heart so much. the magic is there of christmas. >> reporter: if you're too old to see it for yourself, you can catch his reflection in the faces of the you

joseph, in his carpenter's workshop, is depicted with detailed realism-- the tools of his trade and the townscape visible through the window. one sign of bruge's success as a trading center was s wealthy communit of italian merchants and bankers. out of this community came the most famous wedding portrait in western art. here in 1434, jan van eyck shows giovanni arnolfini, a hugely wealthy italian moneylender and tapestry dealer to duke philip the good of burgundy. he's about to marry an equally wealthy young italian, giovanna cenami, whose family lived in france, and here you see the shifty, rabitty banker, one hand raised and the other joined to that of his new bride. the artist proclaims his witnessing presence in a bold, gothic legal inscription in latin. this reads, "jan van eyck was here." while italians were developing their illusionistic art with the assistance of mathematically reasoned perspective, northern painters, led by jan van eyck, used many translucent layers of pigments in quick-drying oils to produce uniquely convincing pictorialism. among jan's most compelling portra