the ymca of san francisco is currently going through a needs assessment with each branch of our ymca. we will be reporting and getting those findings together in march and april. we will be glad to invite you to come to our breakout sessions, where we will present our findings. the market hayward park, besides doing the programs nicole has mentioned, will do a summer carnival, which we hosted for the last three years at margaret hayward park. we have games, free barbecue, activities for kids throughout the day. last summer, we had over 700 kids from not just the western addition, but throughout the city, participate. we also do a holiday dinner for families in the western addition. this last holiday, we served 100 meals to the kids and families of the western addition. we truly do work with the community to provide services we need in the margaret hayward park. >> i am executive director of the girls 2000 agency, doing business at the hunters point family. we serve both girls and boys. i spoke at the last committee meeting about services we provide. instead of presenting more to you,

ymca san francisco is in the excelsior clubhouse. the sunset beacon center is in the west clubhouse. girls 2000 is in the gilman clubhouse. in response to feedback from the community at the last meeting we had concerning this subject, the operations subcommittee two weeks ago, we went with all the executive directors of the recconnect program. they have offered to host community open houses to receive feedback on how their programs are addressing the needs of the community, as well as to figure out how to best serve the community. i will describe a little bit about each program and in by the directors to provide more insight about the particular programs. ymca at the excelsior provides an after-school program that focuses on homework and academic support. there is a child observation course by city college of san francisco that takes place. there is a martial arts program which is non-combative. there is a summer day camp. the next community open house will be on march 5, from noon to 4:00 p.m. at the sunset neighborhood beacon cente

i was looking at are the people under the different ymca organization is going to be fingerprinted? in san francisco county, volunteers have to be fingerprinted. that is a process that they have. whether not have prior military and their fingerprints are on file and fbi. the security issue on one part where you have to have security on those in charge of our kids and community, that we do not have no off the wall of the action that happens with the other person would have been a known felon. that is putting it lightly. that is the security part. the other part having to do with the facilities, i talk to a few people, and some have already taken some other occupation. would have been there for a long time, but they are going to be going. our recreation and park apartments working, are we going to look after them through this commission? that is one part i wanted to really get across. i noticed that commissioner levitan touched upon it a little bit. i look at the security, and i looked at maintenance. there is going to be hundreds of kids at small facilities that is going to splash a lot of water, use

. >>> a $54 million federal investment is getting a san francisco project off the ground. house minority leader toured the ymca along with sfrangz mayor. it's being converted to help the homeless. the project will create nearly 400 jobs. >> creating jobs, growing our er deficit, and taking us to a better place. >> when it opens up next year, e building will offer 174 housing yunltds and services for the homeless. >>> taco bell responded to a lawsuit claiming that the filling in their beef tacos is only 35% beef. they issued a statement saying(thank you for suing us. )they said their filling is 88% beef and 12% other ingredients. it includes water, spices and oats and meant to make tacos tastier. >>> stock fell 14% after it missed analyst's estimates for the fourth quarter. u.s. sales increased 7%, but sales in europe were weaker than expected. >>> for those that saw it happened, the space shuttle challenger is a memory years ago. all seven astro naughts died. she said it's hard for her to believe that 25 years have passed. >> we know it when we look at our kids how they've grown and we have nine grandchildren,

ymca. it's called contagion. the action thriller is about preventing the spread of a deadly virus. the producers need 2,000 extras for the san francisco scenes, and filming will take place between february 9th and 17th. at it set to be released in october. >>> up next, hundreds of dogs compete in one of the biggest dog shows in the state. and as one storm clears out, can we expect another? we'll ask leigh glaser. >> mike: a couple of great finishes today in sport. a not so familiar name winning the australian open, and a guy named buck buck won [ male announcer ] eakfast for breakfast. breakfast for lunch. breakfast for dinner. with three new breakfast lovers dishes, who needs a break from breakfast? denny's. america's diner is always open. >> alan: we got a sneak peek at one of the biggest garage sales in the state. the annual white elephant sale has been a fundraiser for the oakland museum since 1959. shoppers wandered the aisles of the warehouse in the hunt for unique treasures and it's all donated by the public. >> i've been coming here for 30 years. i bought everything out of the white elephant sale, and now i'm going to eat pa l

san francisco next month. the film star's matt damon, kate winslet and skwraoud law. there are two casters this weekend. first today in san francisco. the second is tomorrow at the embarcadero ymca. all applicants must bring a pen and a photograph of themselves. >>> the people i know rosemary who ski are complaining they need new snow. could they get it? >> they are going to get a fresh doze but they are going to be with the blowing snow as well. we do have that winter weather advisory starting later today. giving you a live look at bay point where rise and shine. we can actually see a little bit of cloud and sunshine mix there this morning. again low clouds as we start the day and some of the east and north bay valley locations dealing with just a little bit of fog. but not as pesky as what we've seen in recent days. by tonight into early tomorrow morning. the rain begins to move in. it'll start right above the north bay and slide its way south. how much are we expecting? any where from a quarter to an inch. and up to an inch in high of the higher elevations. that's what we can expect for your sunday morning. some of the heaviest rain expected to move through sunday morning. by

ymca, where she served on the national board, and she traveled extensively. june always remained involved in social causes, and she is survived by her husband jack, who is an engineer with the city of san francisco, and her children, and her grandchildren. the celebration of her life will be held in oakland on january 22 at 11:00 a.m.. the rest i will submit. thank you. clerk: thank you, supervisor mar. supervisor elsbernd? supervisor elsbernd: thank you, madam clerk. in terms of my role as a member of the san francisco retirement system. just today, the board of trustees established for the next fiscal year the employer contributions. it was unanimous, and the rate was set at 18.09% of payroll. achy take away from that last year at this time, we established it at around 13.5%, so it is an increase of about 4.5%. roughly speaking, each 1% is equivalent to about 30,000 -- $30 million, $35 million. you can mathematics. the takeaway for me is that last year, the actuaries predicted that this point today, the 2010-200011 contributions would only be 17%, and i remember very well at the gao committee hearing we had, where one speaker, it typically representing our employee groups vilified the grand ju

ymca. bring a pen and a small photo of yourself. >>> the american conservatory theater is talking about adding a new location in san francisco.act is looking at the triangular loft. it would include a 300 seat theater. act will still keep it's original location. before going ahead, act must first find financial partners. >>> tomorrow's state of union address can bring something to the government. some think the movement is more show. >> reporter: it's the biggest political show in town, where everything is scripted from the lawmaker speech. republicans on one side, democrats on the other. typically they are like oil and water, but this year a change. politicians want to mix things up. determined to show unity after the shooting of one their own. >> the fact that folks want to make that more public and talk about specifically sitting with someone. besan francisco congresswoman says that tomorrow's chumminess will soon wear off and it'll soon be back to business as usual. >> it's certainly not going to change the agenda of the speaker, mr. boehner or his representative majority. >> so these things are actual conflicts. almost l