football because we know that there's still a lot of work to do to restore confidence. >> reporter: the sports have been in a chaotic mess in the last nine months. business at all the west coast ports slowed to a crawl costing companies mills of dollars. >> we are going back to work immediately. everybody is working. >> it was a long negotiation. and we have a good fair contract for the next five years. >> we have all been in situations where we have strong feelings about something, what the parties recognize in these past few days is that principled compromise is noble. >> reporter: we learned in the last few days that there was one person that was holding up the entire negotiation and that was an arbitrator in southern california that the unions no longer wanted to deal with. well tonight according to one union spokesperson, that arbitrator is out. and ken, they will now have teams of three arbitrators that will no longer have life terms. >> that was the log jam holding things up for sure. what about the log jam of all this stuff sitting in containers in ships in the bay? >> reporter: the port of oakland it could take six to eight weeks to get back to normal. i talked to one truck company owner tonight and he says last time they did this, 2002, they locked out the units ten days and it took three months to get back up to speed. so it will definitely be months. it could be longer. >> a lot of material has to be moved. joe vasquez in san francisco. thank you joe. to give you some perspective, the port of oakland alone handles more than $40 billion worth of cargo each year. about 40% of u.s. trade overall. tonight, a man who was just trying to walk across the street is dead after a car that was street racing hit him. it happened at 3:30 this afternoon at 32 and san pablo in oakland where christin ayers picks up the story from there. >> reporter: a man's body wheeled off in oakland tonight after a hit and run that began as a drag race down san pablo avenue. police say the person in this gold car crashed into two men crossing the street. one man was hurt, the other thrown into the bed of this pickup truck where he died. the driver of the speeding car jumped out and took off. >> it is so unbelievable. >> reporter: the man who died, shavon lang's brother. maurice southerfield. >> they don't take the time to think they could affect a family's life forever because you want to drag race and have ten seconds of fun. >> reporter: maurice did odd jobs around the community and his friends said he was known as a giver. >> a kind and loving person. >> reporter: carol johnson spoke to maurice half an hour before the crash. as usual. >> he gave us a donation. he said it is not much, but the thought is what counts. >> reporter: tonight, family members embraced near the scene, too devastated to talk about what happened but hoping maurice gets justice. there were a number of people out on the street when the accident happened. they are asking anyone with investigation to contact them. christin ayers, kpix5. tonight in san francisco, a close call for a mom and her toddler. an suv ran a red light and hit them. it happened at 7th and gary street. one witness says the crash spent is mom and her daughter flying in the air. the mom a broken leg, the child, bumps and bruises. no word on if police cited the driver. a baby is safe after going on a wild ride. police tell us a man and a woman were trying to shoplift at the sports basement when for some reason, this guy takes off with the 18 month old inside the car leaving the woman behind. the baby turned up a short time later. still, tonight, no sign of this man. hayward police say a man resembling this sketch tried to kidnap a 14-year-old girl today. the girl says the man whom she does not know tried to pull her into his car. she fought him off and ran to a house for help. the suspect sped away in a white sedan. we are getting our first look at two men arrested in the murder of a san jose security guard. 22-year-old juan hernandez and 20-year-old richard cruz are in the santa clara county jail tonight. police haven't said if those suspects are the men seen in this surveillance video stealing cigars from a liquor store. 34-year-old manny zaniga was working at a nightclub next door. stepped out, tried to help. somebody in the robbery get away car shot and him. officers tell us more arrests could be coming. in just about 55 minutes from now, if you have a 415 number and you want to call another 415 number, you will have to dial 415. andria borba on the area code shuffle. >> reporter: three little numbers but a big change for bay area calls. >> so if i try to make a call it won't go through? >> reporter: the switch from 415 to 648 begins at maryland night. >> why do we have to change? >> reporter: not enough numbers in the 415 area code for the growing population. so new numbers will get 628. there's been plenty of warning from cell providers through text message. >> they did prepare me for this. i think i received one a month ago. >> reporter: rebecca has changed 80 415 contacts in her cell. but says as the 415 area code becomes antique, some people may be excited about the new digits. >> if we are expanding, 628 seems like a great area code for chinese people. we like that number. the 68 is luck. >> reporter: a man in san francisco said at&t hasn't given the go ahead to release those 628 numbers yet. so there is a possibility he could still get a 415 number because there are still a limited quantity available. in san francisco, andria borba, kpix5. >> if you are using a cell phone, just dial 415. if you are losing a land line, you have the dial 1-415. white house asking for emergency order to let the president's immigration plans move forward. a federal judge in texas blocked the programs that would protect millions of illegal immigrants from deportation. the department of justice plans to file a motion no later than monday. it will also appeal the ruling to get those programs restarted. and the feds are trying to sort out a mess with obama care. inaccurate tax information was sent to 800,000 people. the administration says those people should wait to file. they are notifying everyone by phone and e-mail. now this deals with people who get a government subsidy who help pay their premiums. meanwhile, bruce bochy is doing great tonight and should be out of the hospital soon. the giants manager had a couple of stints put in his heart. he is in arizona for spring training. he wasn't feeling well wednesday. went in for a check up and the doctor immediately sent him to the hospital. the city of carson down near los angeles held a news conference to talk about a possible new stadium for the raiders. but, the news conference was notable for who wasn't there. they officially unveiled the stadium plans today. $1.7billion beauty would be the home stadium for both the raiders and the chargers. tonight, oakland city leaders are saying not so fast. they aren't about to let the raiders head south so easily. >> this is is a very complex deal. this is a deal that can't get done in 30 days. >> and this is telling. no representatives from the raiders or the chargers were at today's stadium announcement in carson. so, we wonder, how serious could the teams be about moving? both the raiders and chargers have said they are committed to working out deals with their respective cities before ever going to la. meanwhile, levi stadium is sharks territory tonight. the football stadium is ready for its first hockey game. betty yu spoke to some anxious players. betty? >> reporter: ken, sharks players tell me that they have had many count downs to tomorrow's big game. today, they played their warmest practice yet for many of the players. and they say they are anxious, but mostly excited about tomorrow's big game. after one look at tomorrow's epic stage ... >> i was just in awe. seeing that many seats. such a nice stadium. >> our rink looks so small. smaller than usual. it doesn't look like an nll sized rink. >> reporter: the sell-out crowd will be four-times larger than what the sharks are used to. for many players, it will be a night of firsts. >> no game here yet before. just to play a game, it is unbelievable. you see some of the niners trainers here. you kind of walk around and see where certain players sit. >> reporter: the san jose sharks and the la kings took turns testing tout rink today. humidity has been the biggest challenge for crews who had to shoot mists of water onto the rink to keep it at 22 degrees under the warm sun. icing pads with coolant run underneath. >> it is a different feeling being outside. it is hot out there, the ice is a little bumpy, but those are circumstances that both teams are going to have to play through. >> you are breathing different. you used to breathing cold air. >> reporter: even the coach said something is different in the air. >> what is different is the emotion in the game. and that doesn't mean we don't play every night with a lot of emotion. but there is a different feel to it. the environment is completely different. the leadup. >> reporter: it will be a hockey night like no other for the fans, too. >> it should be a lot of fun. it is an experience that is not happened here in the bay area ever. so i want to be a part of that. >> reporter: a sharks victory of course would make this game even more memorable. both teams are at a neck in neck race for a playoff spot. live outside levi stadium, betty yu, kpix5. tonight, fire at the torch tower. one of the tallest buildings in the world goes up in flames. >> this pro wrestler was famous for the brain buster and the face breaker. tonight, he is fighting brain damage. the new lawsuit about danger >> five ripped through one of the world's tallest apartment buildings. the irony? it happened in a skyscraper in dubai known as torch tower. >> it broke out, then burning debris fell to the lower floors. >> i think at this point when it first happened, i thought let's take a video. then reality started to strike. all the debris that was coming, it was dangerous for the surroundings buildings as well. >> reporter: it is a crowded residential area popular with ex-pats. neighbors in four nearby buildings had to evacuate because of the strong winds. >> it was a windy day. there was a stand storm earlier. >> reporter: those neighbors are now allowed back inside. these are before and after photos of the tower. people say the dubai fire department did a good job of responding and getting everyone out. we don't know if anyone was hurt. there is still no word how the fire got started. a lingering problem on the bay ridge is getting worse. steel rods are rusting and cracking. they are supposed to be sealed in a protective grout. turns out 34 of them are not. that means they are getting wet with rainwater. but the dismantling of the old bay bridge piece by piece is moving along. they are moving forward with a plan to implode part of the old span. the agency sent us this animation today of what it might look like. pretty neat. charges would be detonated underwater on the bridge's peers making them wall into themselves. the process would take just six seconds. caltrans is meeting with environmental regulators about the plan to get a true reading on the impact to marine life. there has been a lot of concern on concussions in the football field. two former wrestlers are suing world wrestling entertainment because of what happened to them in the ring. but a south bay school says there is risk in every move. allen martin with the story you will see only on 5. >> reporter: in the ring, he was skull von crush. >> i'm famous for diving head butt. >> reporter: along with the brain buster and face breaker. now 50, vitto lagrasso has brain damage. >> the headaches, the deafness, the depression. >> reporter: vitto and evan singleton are suing the wwe in federal court. >> i knew something was wrong with me. >> reporter: singleton is 22 and said this one of his first matches, he was dropped on his head and suffered brain damage. >> what am i going to do with the rest of my life? i'm scared. >> reporter: the wrestlers claimed wwe's use of elaborate staging makes wrestlers particularly sus acceptful to injuries like brain damage. >> somebody has to stop. somebody has to say stop instead of enticing them back in. >> reporter: here at pro wrestling training academy in san jose where they teach and train wrestlers, the whole point is to avoid injury while giving the audience a massive hit. >> the difference between what we do and other sports is you are risking your body on every movement you do in the rink. >> reporter: gabriel ramirez owns the academy. >> we are trying to teach you to be a smart wrestler in that ring and protect your body and try to have a long career. >> reporter: but the lawyer for wwe says the company did not conceal medical information and the simulated combat never called for real injuries in the ring. >> it is in the best interest of the company to take care of its talent. because if the talent aren't healthy, they can't perform and the company can't put a show on. >> reporter: he also says as soon as the wwe better understood the dangers of concussions, they could look at which moves could be finessed or eliminated. you may see this, but a pile driver is banned by the wwe unless the wrestler gives permission. in san jose, allen martin, kpix5. >> well yesterday, the widower of nelson frazier filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the wwe. she claims his time in the ring brought on concussions and depression which ultimately led to his death. the calendar says fen, but it does not feel like it. it is official. this is the warmest winter on record in california. 93% of california is in a severe drought right now. and there's hardly any snow in the mountains. this is a time lapse video from squall valley. there is so little snow that next month's world cup ski event had to be canceled. it couldment be different on the east coast. 75 cities shattered low temperature records today. it was two degrees in new york today. two degrees! so cold the hudson river turned to ice! take a look at that! this is a shot of lower manhattan. some boats even got stuck in all that ice. navigating the snow isn't much easier. look at this poor guy in kentucky. he is trying to shovel and fails miserablely. oh man. he recovered though. he says he is mostly clowning around with the camera. but still, it is pretty realistic. >> first try. [ laughter ] >> that is impressive he didn't fall. when you go outside, you have a feel for the season, okay? that is the only way i can describe it. you go outside and i feels like winter. you wake up knowing it is going to be winter. we just don't have that. there is no winter here. >> and nature thinks it's may. >> it's the weirdest thing in the world. >> things are blooming. pollen is all over the cars. mother nature responds to the temperature and the temperature says it ain't february. no fog yet in san jose. but looking at levi stadium, a hockey game there tomorrow and it will be 60 degrees at 7:00 at night. not very conducive for hockey. san francisco 55. in philadelphia, it is 10. buffalo new york, it is 6 degrees. outside of boston, it is 8 degrees below zero with five feet of snow on the ground. winter is rough back east. fairfield tonight, 48. concord, 47. these are actually cooler than the past couple of nights because we won't have widespread fog and cloud cover. here the the other side of the equation. the snow pack is measlely, 21% of average and it will probably decrease before we see snow this weekend. there will be snow this sunday in tahoe. we will be talking snowfall. for tomorrow, carbon copy of today. look at the ridge in the middle where nothing is going on. look at all the stuff going on an it. rain, snow, you name it. but not under the ridge. we live under that ridge. the ridge doesn't move much tomorrow so we get a little morning cloud cover. a lot of afternoon sunshine and highs near 70 degrees once again. over the ridge, we find an area of low pressure sliding down the eastern flank of it. we missed the rainfall. snow in the sierra. but everybody on sunday will be cooler, cloudier, and breezy. a big difference if you are headed outside both weekend days. tomorrow, warmer and also sunnier. clear night tonight, patchy fog out there. mild day tomorrow with mostly sunny skies. breezy and cooler sunday. upper 60s , widespread tomorrow. palo alto, 68. hayward, 65. pittsburgh, 68. san ramon, 67. 64 san francisco. and we are looking at highs in the 70s again. in north sonoma county and mendocino county. we are cooler sunday, we will stay cooler monday. no rain. the earliest i see female announcer: through sunday, save up to $300 on beautyrest and posturepedic. even get three years interest-free financing on tempur-pedic. and of course, free same-day delivery. but hurry! sleep train's presidents' day sale ends sunday. ♪ food is more than just a meal. ♪ food is love. at monsanto, we believe everyone deserves a healthy, balanced meal. and a future that sustains us all. it's time for a bigger discussion about food. be part of the conversation at discover.monsanto.com >> tonight, we are learning that some of your favorite tv shows are getting shorter and faster. >> sounds crazy, but take a look. >> seems reasonable. >> a viewer posted these two episodes of seinfeld on youtube. the version below is sped up. it is 15 seconds faster than the original to make room for ads an money. courtney cox noticed it when she watched an old rerun of friends. >> my voice sounded so different. they sped it up a few frames to get a commercial in there. >> we can take a 30 minute i love lucy show and make it 28 minutes without editing out any of the content at all. >> adding two minutes of commercials can rake in another $68,000 in revenue. >> sometimes we have to talk fast to get the verbs fast. >> excellent anchor man as we get to commercial. you didn't hear? 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>> live, from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. >> tonight, we have a deal. late details on the breakthrough to end the port dispute and get a trillion dollar industry back to work. >> joe vasquez tells us what it took to get all this done and get lots of people back to work. joe? >> reporter: ken, it took a lot of tough negotiating. it didn't hurt to have a big push from the obama administration. just as the sunset on a deadline for an agreement, we saw hugs and pats on the backs in the negotiation room of 555 market. a breakthrough thanks to the secretary of labor. >> i told them it was first and gold all-star the eight yard line on tuesday. and i'm happy to report they have crossed the goal line. but nobody is spiking the football because we know that there's still a lot of work to do to restore confidence. >> reporter: the sports have been in a chaotic mess in the last nine months. business at all the west coast ports slowed to a crawl costing companies mills of dollars. >> we are going back to work immediately. everybody is working. >> it was a long negotiation. and we have a good fair contract for the next five years. >> we have all been in situations where we have strong feelings about something, what the parties recognize in these past few days is that principled compromise is noble. >> reporter: we learned in the last few days that there was one person that was holding up the entire negotiation and that was an arbitrator in southern california that the unions no longer wanted to deal with. well tonight according to one union spokesperson, that arbitrator is out. and ken, they will now have teams of three arbitrators that will no longer have life terms. >> that was the log jam holding things up for sure. what about the log jam of all this stuff sitting in containers in ships in the bay? >> reporter: the port of oakland it could take six to eight weeks to get back to normal. i talked to one truck company owner tonight and he says last time they did this, 2002, they locked out the units ten days and it took three months to get back up to speed. so it will definitely be months. it could be longer. >> a lot of material has to be moved. joe vasquez in san francisco. thank you joe. to give you some perspective, the port of oakland alone handles more than $40 billion worth of cargo each year. about 40% of u.s. trade overall. tonight, a man who was just trying to walk across the street is dead after a car that was street racing hit him. it happened at 3:30 this afternoon at 32 and san pablo in oakland where christin ayers picks up the story from there. >> reporter: a man's body wheeled off in oakland tonight after a hit and run that began as a drag race down san pablo avenue. police say the person in this gold car crashed into two men crossing the street. one man was hurt, the other thrown into the bed of this pickup truck where he died. the driver of the speeding car jumped out and took off. >> it is so unbelievable. >> reporter: the man who died, shavon lang's brother. maurice southerfield. >> they don't take the time to think they could affect a family's life forever because you want to drag race and have ten seconds of fun. >> reporter: maurice did odd jobs around the community and his friends said he was known as a giver. >> a kind and loving person. >> reporter: carol johnson spoke to maurice half an hour before the crash. as usual. >> he gave us a donation. he said it is not much, but the thought is what counts. >> reporter: tonight, family members embraced near the scene, too devastated to talk about what happened but hoping maurice gets justice. there were a number of people out on the street when the accident happened. they are asking anyone with investigation to contact them. christin ayers, kpix5. tonight in san francisco, a close call for a mom and her toddler. an suv ran a red light and hit them. it happened at 7th and gary street. one witness says the crash spent is mom and her daughter flying in the air. the mom a broken leg, the child, bumps and bruises. no word on if police cited the driver. a baby is safe after going on a wild ride. police tell us a man and a woman were trying to shoplift at the sports basement when for some reason, this guy takes off with the 18 month old inside the car leaving the woman behind. the baby turned up a short time later. still, tonight, no sign of this man. hayward police say a man resembling this sketch tried to kidnap a 14-year-old girl today. the girl says the man whom she does not know tried to pull her into his car. she fought him off and ran to a house for help. the suspect sped away in a white sedan. we are getting our first look at two men arrested in the murder of a san jose security guard. 22-year-old juan hernandez and 20-year-old richard cruz are in the santa clara county jail tonight. police haven't said if those suspects are the men seen in this surveillance video stealing cigars from a liquor store. 34-year-old manny zaniga was working at a nightclub next door. stepped out, tried to help. somebody in the robbery get away car shot and him. officers tell us more arrests could be coming. in just about 55 minutes from now, if you have a 415 number and you want to call another 415 number, you will have to dial 415. andria borba on the area code shuffle. >> reporter: three little numbers but a big change for bay area calls. >> so if i try to make a call it won't go through? >> reporter: the switch from 415 to 648 begins at maryland night. >> why do we have to change? >> reporter: not enough numbers in the 415 area code for the growing population. so new numbers will get 628. there's been plenty of warning from cell providers through text message. >> they did prepare me for this. i think i received one a month ago. >> reporter: rebecca has changed 80 415 contacts in her cell. but says as the 415 area code becomes antique, some people may be excited about the new digits. >> if we are expanding, 628 seems like a great area code for chinese people. we like that number. the 68 is luck. >> reporter: a man in san francisco said at&t hasn't given the go ahead to release those 628 numbers yet. so there is a possibility he could still get a 415 number because there are still a limited quantity available. in san francisco, andria borba, kpix5. >> if you are using a cell phone, just dial 415. if you are losing a land line, you have the dial 1-415. white house asking for emergency order to let the president's immigration plans move forward. a federal judge in texas blocked the programs that would protect millions of illegal immigrants from deportation. the department of justice plans to file a motion no later than monday. it will also appeal the ruling to get those programs restarted. and the feds are trying to sort out a mess with obama care. inaccurate tax information was sent to 800,000 people. the administration says those people should wait to file. they are notifying everyone by phone and e-mail. now this deals with people who get a government subsidy who help pay their premiums. meanwhile, bruce bochy is doing great tonight and should be out of the hospital soon. the giants manager had a couple of stints put in his heart. he is in arizona for spring training. he wasn't feeling well wednesday. went in for a check up and the doctor immediately sent him to the hospital. the city of carson down near los angeles held a news conference to talk about a possible new stadium for the raiders. but, the news conference was notable for who wasn't there. they officially unveiled the stadium plans today. $1.7billion beauty would be the home stadium for both the raiders and the chargers. tonight, oakland city leaders are saying not so fast. they aren't about to let the raiders head south so easily. >> this is is a very complex deal. this is a deal that can't get done in 30 days. >> and this is telling. no representatives from the raiders or the chargers were at today's stadium announcement in carson. so, we wonder, how serious could the teams be about moving? both the raiders and chargers have said they are committed to working out deals with their respective cities before ever going to la. meanwhile, levi stadium is sharks territory tonight. the football stadium is ready for its first hockey game. betty yu spoke to some anxious players. betty? >> reporter: ken, sharks players tell me that they have had many count downs to tomorrow's big game. today, they played their warmest practice yet for many of the players. and they say they are anxious, but mostly excited about tomorrow's big game. after one look at tomorrow's epic stage ... >> i was just in awe. seeing that many seats. such a nice stadium. >> our rink looks so small. smaller than usual. it doesn't look like an nll sized rink. >> reporter: the sell-out crowd will be four-times larger than what the sharks are used to. for many players, it will be a night of firsts. >> no game here yet before. just to play a game, it is unbelievable. you see some of the niners trainers here. you kind of walk around and see where certain players sit. >> reporter: the san jose sharks and the la kings took turns testing tout rink today. humidity has been the biggest challenge for crews who had to shoot mists of water onto the rink to keep it at 22 degrees under the warm sun. icing pads with coolant run underneath. >> it is a different feeling being outside. it is hot out there, the ice is a little bumpy, but those are circumstances that both teams are going to have to play through. >> you are breathing different. you used to breathing cold air. >> reporter: even the coach said something is different in the air. >> what is different is the emotion in the game. and that doesn't mean we don't play every night with a lot of emotion. but there is a different feel to it. the environment is completely different. the leadup. >> reporter: it will be a hockey night like no other for the fans, too. >> it should be a lot of fun. it is an experience that is not happened here in the bay area ever. so i want to be a part of that. >> reporter: a sharks victory of course would make this game even more memorable. both teams are at a neck in neck race for a playoff spot. live outside levi stadium, betty yu, kpix5. tonight, fire at the torch tower. one of the tallest buildings in the world goes up in flames. >> this pro wrestler was famous for the brain buster and the face breaker. tonight, he is fighting brain damage. the new lawsuit about >> five ripped through one of the world's tallest apartment buildings. the irony? it happened in a skyscraper in dubai known as torch tower. >> it broke out, then burning debris fell to the lower floors. >> i think at this point when it first happened, i thought let's take a video. then reality started to strike. all the debris that was coming, it was dangerous for the surroundings buildings as well. >> reporter: it is a crowded residential area popular with ex-pats. neighbors in four nearby buildings had to evacuate because of the strong winds. >> it was a windy day. there was a stand storm earlier. >> reporter: those neighbors are now allowed back inside. these are before and after photos of the tower. people say the dubai fire department did a good job of responding and getting everyone out. we don't know if anyone was hurt. there is still no word how the fire got started. a lingering problem on the bay ridge is getting worse. steel rods are rusting and cracking. they are supposed to be sealed in a protective grout. turns out 34 of them are not. that means they are getting wet with rainwater. but the dismantling of the old bay bridge piece by piece is moving along. they are moving forward with a plan to implode part of the old span. the agency sent us this animation today of what it might look like. pretty neat. charges would be detonated underwater on the bridge's peers making them wall into themselves. the process would take just six seconds. caltrans is meeting with environmental regulators about the plan to get a true reading on the impact to marine life. there has been a lot of concern on concussions in the football field. two former wrestlers are suing world wrestling entertainment because of what happened to them in the ring. but a south bay school says there is risk in every move. allen martin with the story you will see only on 5. >> reporter: in the ring, he was skull von crush. >> i'm famous for diving head butt. >> reporter: along with the brain buster and face breaker. now 50, vitto lagrasso has brain damage. >> the headaches, the deafness, the depression. >> reporter: vitto and evan singleton are suing the wwe in federal court. >> i knew something was wrong with me. >> reporter: singleton is 22 and said this one of his first matches, he was dropped on his head and suffered brain damage. >> what am i going to do with the rest of my life? i'm scared. >> reporter: the wrestlers claimed wwe's use of elaborate staging makes wrestlers particularly sus acceptful to injuries like brain damage. >> somebody has to stop. somebody has to say stop instead of enticing them back in. >> reporter: here at pro wrestling training academy in san jose where they teach and train wrestlers, the whole point is to avoid injury while giving the audience a massive hit. >> the difference between what we do and other sports is you are risking your body on every movement you do in the rink. >> reporter: gabriel ramirez owns the academy. >> we are trying to teach you to be a smart wrestler in that ring and protect your body and try to have a long career. >> reporter: but the lawyer for wwe says the company did not conceal medical information and the simulated combat never called for real injuries in the ring. >> it is in the best interest of the company to take care of its talent. because if the talent aren't healthy, they can't perform and the company can't put a show on. >> reporter: he also says as soon as the wwe better understood the dangers of concussions, they could look at which moves could be finessed or eliminated. you may see this, but a pile driver is banned by the wwe unless the wrestler gives permission. in san jose, allen martin, kpix5. >> well yesterday, the widower of nelson frazier filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the wwe. she claims his time in the ring brought on concussions and depression which ultimately led to his death. the calendar says fen, but it does not feel like it. it is official. this is the warmest winter on record in california. 93% of california is in a severe drought right now. and there's hardly any snow in the mountains. this is a time lapse video from squall valley. there is so little snow that next month's world cup ski event had to be canceled. it couldment be different on the east coast. 75 cities shattered low temperature records today. it was two degrees in new york today. two degrees! so cold the hudson river turned to ice! take a look at that! this is a shot of lower manhattan. some boats even got stuck in all that ice. navigating the snow isn't much easier. look at this poor guy in kentucky. he is trying to shovel and fails miserablely. oh man. he recovered though. he says he is mostly clowning around with the camera. but still, it is pretty realistic. >> first try. [ laughter ] >> that is impressive he didn't fall. when you go outside, you have a feel for the season, okay? that is the only way i can describe it. you go outside and i feels like winter. you wake up knowing it is going to be winter. we just don't have that. there is no winter here. >> and nature thinks it's may. >> it's the weirdest thing in the world. >> things are blooming. pollen is all over the cars. mother nature responds to the temperature and the temperature says it ain't february. no fog yet in san jose. but looking at levi stadium, a hockey game there tomorrow and it will be 60 degrees at 7:00 at night. not very conducive for hockey. san francisco 55. in philadelphia, it is 10. buffalo new york, it is 6 degrees. outside of boston, it is 8 degrees below zero with five feet of snow on the ground. winter is rough back east. fairfield tonight, 48. concord, 47. these are actually cooler than the past couple of nights because we won't have widespread fog and cloud cover. here the the other side of the equation. the snow pack is measlely, 21% of average and it will probably decrease before we see snow this weekend. there will be snow this sunday in tahoe. we will be talking snowfall. for tomorrow, carbon copy of today. look at the ridge in the middle where nothing is going on. look at all the stuff going on an it. rain, snow, you name it. but not under the ridge. we live under that ridge. the ridge doesn't move much tomorrow so we get a little morning cloud cover. a lot of afternoon sunshine and highs near 70 degrees once again. over the ridge, we find an area of low pressure sliding down the eastern flank of it. we missed the rainfall. snow in the sierra. but everybody on sunday will be cooler, cloudier, and breezy. a big difference if you are headed outside both weekend days. tomorrow, warmer and also sunnier. clear night tonight, patchy fog out there. mild day tomorrow with mostly sunny skies. breezy and cooler sunday. upper 60s , widespread tomorrow. palo alto, 68. hayward, 65. pittsburgh, 68. san ramon, 67. 64 san francisco. and we are looking at highs in the 70s again. in north sonoma county and mendocino county. we are cooler sunday, we will stay cooler monday. no rain. >> tonight, we are learning that some of your favorite tv shows are getting shorter and faster. >> sounds crazy, but take a look. >> seems reasonable. >> a viewer posted these two episodes of seinfeld on youtube. the version below is sped up. it is 15 seconds faster than the original to make room for ads an money. courtney cox noticed it when she watched an old rerun of friends. >> my voice sounded so different. they sped it up a few frames to get a commercial in there. >> we can take a 30 minute i love lucy show and make it 28 minutes without editing out any of the content at all. >> adding two minutes of commercials can rake in another $68,000 in revenue. >> sometimes we have to talk fast to get the verbs fast. >> excellent anchor man as we get to commercial. you didn't hear? 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anytime you want me to come down here and talk with you, happy to do that. with that, i'm happy to take any questions. >> i may permit consultant in the city. i want to thank you for coming to this because it shows that you really care. i want to ask you a question. some of then transfers for an eatery that serves beer and wine to patrons, when someone wants to transfer or someone else wants to buy the license, if it says on there now live music or no entertainment, and the new person that -- no live music or no entertainment, and the new person that purchases it, they want to modify the conditions. they realize if a petition to modify the conditions, they run the risk of maybe not having the license transfer to them should the modifications be declined. some of these laws on the books a little archaic, and i will give you an example. we now have live entertainment in san francisco, which allows amplified music until 10:00 p.m. if the conditions has no entertainment, and the entertainment, it also includes this limited live provision. we have determined in the city that this legislation is good -- good legislation. there's no conditional use requirement to have this. a lot of people today want to have food, drink, and be able to have some music. how can we get the limited live entertainment excluded from the know amplified or no live entertainment excluded on the transfers? >> that is going to mostly driven locally. most of the conditions you'll ever see on an abc license are because we rely, to a great extent, on the police department and local officials to determine what is best for their communities. i'm not trying to pin this on you guys or blame you guys, but we do try to work with you. we do not tend to want to overrule the police department very often. now that said, i get a fair number of petitions and appeals to me. typically, they are from the neighbors. i want to see that there is actually a practical problem posed -- that the condition is there to solve, not that this is the way the things have been or maybe there's someone who is satisfied by what is potentially wrought by having live entertainment. it is always a case by case. generally, very deferential -- i am very deferential to the removal of conditions that do not appear to be solving any problems, and by removing them we are narghile posing any problems that we cannot then thereafter solved. >> director apple smith, thank you for coming. i represent about 30 or 40 entertainment venues in san francisco, new york, and moscow is. i have a technical question about county transfers. -- and lost vegas. i have a technical question about county transfers. right now, there are very few buildings that you can lease in san francisco anymore. this town has gone nuts in the last five or six months. there are no liquor licenses to purchase. i have strong connections with the liquor licenses on line and some of these people. i am sorry that the top of the list. i have 48 license requests that i cannot fail. i have a two-star michelin restaurant that is moving from downtown out into the mission that the only thing i can do is throw a quick 41 on the place because we can -- because i cannot find a 47 or 848 to do it. i would like you -- or a 48 to do it. i would like to think about some injured county transfers. -- enter-county transfers. there are a lot of restaurants that have a million dollar construction costs and cannot find a license and are freaking out. licensing has gone to about 128,000 this month. we assume they will surely go to 150,000 and probably more. we need some more liquor licenses. >> to that, in part, i would say that is a structural problem, and largely driven by our statutes. this governor is very pro- expansion of business. and in favor of things that make this city and state great. there is mileage from your local representatives on this. the governor is going to be supportive of whenever you want to do in the city of san francisco. -- what ever you want to do in the city of san francisco. >> i own a corner bar and i'm basically in the same boat. i am an entrepreneur and i want to open another bar and not got a lease in hand. i'm in danger of losing the lease because i cannot find a license. what i am wondering is, is it possible for that number -- i did not know we were saturated. is it possible for that number to change? can we control the market driven licenses, perhaps? you hear of a license is going for sale in new york or new jersey for half a million dollars. that makes a small-business man like me, that boggles my mind. and it boggles my mind to think i might have to go up to two hundred thousand dollars. what is the likelihood of the supply increasing to meet the demand? the city is growing. in south beach, there are cranes everywhere. we will need these licenses. how will we get them? >> i can repeat what i just said, but in part, that is something that we need to have pushed from the local. right now, there is a bill applying to napa. i'm sorry, marin county. it is the same sort of problem. part of the argument is -- just like i it was a kid coming in, people come in from all over the area to eat in san francisco restaurants. they come from all over the world. again, this governor is going to support everyone locally. i lot of that will have to come from you to accomplish what is right for the city. how do we do that? >> [unintelligible] >> i blame these guys for conditions. this time, i will blame fee on the mall and senator leno. -- fiona ma and senator leno. their limited by statute, but that is very difficult to have much room to maneuver. >> you said to organize local bars. i have been trying to do that for a few years now. we have our sixth annual event coming up in september. we have been trying to get toger a long time. i am not a politician in do not care to be a politician. if i cannot raise the issue in that way, the way i have been doing it, personally i get quoted in esquire for what i have done, but i still have no connections. it is still up to me to do that? i am doing everything can. i do not know what else to do besides try to make a profit in a city that is over-taxing the and running down. [applause] >> i do think that you can do a lot through talking to your city supervisor and working through that process. i am telling you, there are ways that began help you. alcohol is a local issue on this type of matter. what we are behind would you guys want to do, whenever that is. a lot of times we do not always have statutes that make that much sense. it is partly the ways that the laws have evolved and we are the ones who are stuck with enforcing them the way that they are. that does not necessarily mean that we think they are particularly good ideas, but we certainly want people to grow, prosper, and be saved. that can be achieved in all sorts of ways. we want to work with you on that. thank you. >> i was the founding president of the entertainment commission. i retired and went on to found the culture association, the first trade association statewide for night life, bar, and restaurant activities. i am here with a question that plagues a lot of these license holders, who desire to have their establishment opened for all age dance parties, or 18 and up, and are being handed a restriction in the conditioning process that requires them to sell 50% food and 50% alcohol, in direct contradiction to the underlying statute that defines a bonafide eating place and put an onerous requirement that cannot be met and makes those business owners immediate felons and creates a situation where our all ages cultural institutions are challenged when ownership changes and there is an opportunity for this new conditioning. for a long time i have been the advocates for either aids license type or the relaxing of the 5050 rule, because i do not think it would stand up in a court of law. i am asking you to direct your staff to look at that. the problem that it purports to solve does not exist and we would ask you to have them removed so that those of us who seek to serve a larger, wider range for each region wider age range can do so without restrictions that makes us immediate crooks. [applause] >> i hope that does not make you a felon. i totally agree with you that that standard is silly. that is one that we have generally applied, basically, through accounts. on a case by case basis, when those come before me, i have generally not held to that, because it does not make a lot of sense. it very much depends on the establishment. there are certain places where you will never get that, like a fine dining establishment. with you guys, we are just trying to avoid a place that does nothing other than serves alcohol and every once in awhile microwaves a burrito. we have been working to find a better way to go with that. we have a crummy statute, and that is not an excuse, i am just trying to point out the challenges that we have. we really have tried to come up with something where we can have a target for what we're trying to avoid, fraudulent restaurants. >> i love the idea. >> the willingness to take this challenge on, if it needs to be done legislatively, as he has told me this past week, whenever we need to do, the impetus and strength behind the need for that change to be made is here, present right now. i would embrace your willingness to take a look at it. >> i promise you right now that i will call allison and talk to her about that, if that is an issue they want to take on. you guys are great for that, because that issue has really hit the logical mind. that would be great. >> thank you. [applause] >> thank you very much, director smyth. now the fun begins, i get to introduce the executive director of the entertainment commission, joycelyn came. [applause] look at all of these people here. this as twice as many people as last year. i'm sure it is a violation of the fire code. are there any fireman here? i didn't like them. i know it is hard to squish in. you in the back, i keep my panelists -- could you come up? the next part of this is going to be panel conversation. if you would come up? thank you all for coming, by the way. it is always a challenge. it is like having a party and hoping that people will come. now i am so proud of myself. what i want to do to practice this conversation, is carol johnson here somewhere? is that they pretty much relate to the breakout groups that we will put you in later. last year i tried a different thing, to apply location, and it did not work at all. we are going back to the way that we did it at all. i am notorious, and bought it -- and will try not to swear up here. obviously, we will be asking you again about your job and what you do daily. i will be asking you to go on to a breakout room. but we want to focus on is what audrey mentioned earlier, the creative content, the experience. we did not call this a safety summit for a reason. we are now moving on. well, patrons' safety is super important. we will be talking about that in the breakout session for security. in that break out section we will hopefully have -- hello. talking about guard cards, we are running around the city telling people they need one and we want you all to know why. we brought the authority on that, and a few other folks, to talk to you about that. i imagine there will be a lot of uniforms in that one as well. that is the breakout for you. again, we wanted to talk about outdoor events. indoors, outdoors, abc licenses, assignments, stuff like that. there will be three of them. there will be some refreshments after we're done here, outside in one of the rooms. we will break out. we will not try to come back. lesson learned from last year, when we tried to get everyone to come back to the room, that also sought -- sucked. i hope they will partake in the breakout. they are much more casual. thank you. >> an owner management group, we will be asking the permit officers to come in there as well. >> i have almost everyone. i am going to ask my panelists to introduce themselves. mike, commander, i will start with ranked first. >> good afternoon. i am the commander of the metro division, the five downtown stations that go basically to the southern, northern, mission, and prior to this new assignment, which i did for the last couple of months, i was the commander of the special crimes and victims in it. i am now the code-liaison to the alcohol licensing unit. my partner is here. charlie, would you introduce yourself? he is my partner. what we do is run the daily operations of the unit. we are also the sounding board for them when it comes to the various type of permits and licenses we may be having difficulties with. i have my units working with the permit officers at those stations, who are the first line, reporting directly to their captains. i wanted to say that my highest priority is public safety. when we review an application for a new venue, be it entertainment, a bar, or a night club, it is very important that we look at the impact the venue will have on the neighborhood, and the community itself. however, i must also keep in mind and be aware of entrepreneurship and small business owners as the backbone of our city. they had a lot to the culture and flavor of san francisco and we do not want to lose that. we take these factors into consideration. ultimately be want everyone to have an enjoyable and safe time when they go out after hours to enjoy the city at night. that is my viewpoint. >> i am going to ask you to pass that over. >> good afternoon. i am a member of the san francisco police department alcohol and licensing unit. i have been in this department for 22 years. in the last eight months i have been designed to this particular unit, which is a different skill set for me. not investigating, but reaching out with training and enforcement hearings. we are the main unit that the commander mentioned. the first line would be the permit officers. if there is a permit, someone once transfer, that is where we talked about the code 47. we disseminate out to the stations. we get input from the station. essentially when they break up to the groups, you can ask them specifically what they look for. generally are concerned and cornerstone is public safety. environmentally when we look at the impact it will have, we look at the culture of service. i will talk about saturation. i agree with many of the questions that were brought up. it is over saturated. those districts and lots need to be updated. what we do is we handle licensing, education, and enforcement. we are liaison to the abc, as well as public health and the entertainment commission. last year we handled 637 licensing investigations, 385 involving premises conditions with no additional actions, 25 denials, and miscellaneous. we also conducted 28 minor decoy operations that involved 416 premises and 16 arrests. we did 20 impact subscriptions to see if they were handling the rules of procedure. for instance, the 47 that mr. allen brought up is something that we will go out and see. are they serving food at the bar or restaurant? generally, the license belongs to abc, however, i agree with the director of apple smith. it goes along with our input. we work really well hand in hand. with most of the speakers today, i feel i have worked very well with them. very flexible. in that case by case situation, personally i do not agree with the 50/50 rule. a $400 bottle of wine is in excess. we do go out with enforcement. one of the gentleman here that works with the entertainment commission will go out every weekend. myself, i do go out with another officer and an individual from the community to make sure that these rules are applied i welcome all of you who have licenses. it is a case by case situation. we are very open-minded in the police department. we do here with the mayor says, it is a big business. do not be afraid to contact our particular office. i could go in with more modifications, but if you deny one, the whole thing is done for a whole year. we will work with you on the conditions in the hours, i find the entertainment commission very agreeable, as well as most of lobbyists. i think they will tell you the same thing as well. >> are there pink cards? you can fill them out if you have a question. nicholas will collect them. we will ask those questions of these folks. dmitri, you are up. >> good afternoon. in the executive director of folsom st. events. we are the producers of many other events. particularly the well-known folsom street fair. there is a lot of work to do. we are actually a non profit. we donate back to charities. our model is different probably the most street fairs. but we do take it very seriously. i am here basicallyé@ to sharea lot of concerns, the issues of others, producers in the city, regulations, increasing fees. hopefully will have time today to talk about breast practices -- best practices. i noticed that in the opening remarks there were comments made around the entertainment commission in its ability to shut down places that are not doing what they are supposed to be doing. it would be great to explore what we would need for an incentive structure. how can we look at things like reducing as they do what they do in need to do it well. >> i have been a longtime promoter under the name of opal. the earning and community is the opulent temple. i am also a part-time psychologist, working with kids in the bayview, and a father. i was hoping to speak today as a small-business person doing various kinds of events in the city with similar challenges that illustrate the need for further reform in the city to make the process make more sense while still maintaining public safety. >> hello, folks. my name is jeff, founder of public works. i love good food, music and art, creativity in general. i tried to reflect that in the venue. by booking manager had an opportunity in lake tahoe. i love san francisco and the diversity here. i find that when you operate a venue and it is diverse and has a variety of things going on, there is a certain openness. when it is open to all the folks in the city, problems of violence and things like that do not tend to come along. thank you. >> thank you. i love my panel. in the producer of the largest fetish event next year. thank you, from the. [laughter] i wanted to start with you, jeffrey. this is a big thing of mine. everyone says that they love good food and music. i love a good cocktail. obviously, that is part and parcel of the issue that came up around all ages, 21 and over. other than looking great entertainment on the stage, how
there's no conditional use requirement to have this. a lot of people today want to have food, drink, and be able to have some music. how can we get the limited live entertainment excluded from the know amplified or no live entertainment excluded on the transfers? >> that is going to mostly driven locally. most of the conditions you'll ever see on an abc license are because we rely, to a great extent, on the police department and local officials to determine what is best for their communities. i'm not trying to pin this on you guys or blame you guys, but we do try to work with you. we do not tend to want to overrule the police department very often. now that said, i get a fair number of petitions and appeals to me. typically, they are from the neighbors. i want to see that there is actually a practical problem posed -- that the condition is there to solve, not that this is the way the things have been or maybe there's someone who is satisfied by what is potentially wrought by having live entertainment. it is always a case by case. generally, very deferential -- i am very deferential to the removal of conditions that do not appear to be solving any problems, and by removing them we are narghile posing any problems that we cannot then thereafter solved. >> director apple smith, thank you for coming. i represent about 30 or 40 entertainment venues in san francisco, new york, and moscow is. i have a technical question about county transfers. -- and lost vegas. i have a technical question about county transfers. right now, there are very few buildings that you can lease in san francisco anymore. this town has gone nuts in the last five or six months. there are no liquor licenses to purchase. i have strong connections with the liquor licenses on line and some of these people. i am sorry that the top of the list. i have 48 license requests that i cannot fail. i have a two-star michelin restaurant that is moving from downtown out into the mission that the only thing i can do is throw a quick 41 on the place because we can -- because i cannot find a 47 or 848 to do it. i would like you -- or a 48 to do it. i would like to think about some injured county transfers. -- enter-county transfers. there are a lot of restaurants that have a million dollar construction costs and cannot find a license and are freaking out. licensing has gone to about 128,000 this month. we assume they will surely go to 150,000 and probably more. we need some more liquor licenses. >> to that, in part, i would say that is a structural problem, and largely driven by our statutes. this governor is very pro- expansion of business. and in favor of things that make this city and state great. there is mileage from your local representatives on this. the governor is going to be supportive of whenever you want to do in the city of san francisco. -- what ever you want to do in the city of san francisco. >> i own a corner bar and i'm basically in the same boat. i am an entrepreneur and i want to open another bar and not got a lease in hand. i'm in danger of losing the lease because i cannot find a license. what i am wondering is, is it possible for that number -- i did not know we were saturated. is it possible for that number to change? can we control the market driven licenses, perhaps? you hear of a license is going for sale in new york or new jersey for half a million dollars. that makes a small-business man like me, that boggles my mind. and it boggles my mind to think i might have to go up to two hundred thousand dollars. what is the likelihood of the supply increasing to meet the demand? the city is growing. in south beach, there are cranes everywhere. we will need these licenses. how will we get them? >> i can repeat what i just said, but in part, that is something that we need to have pushed from the local. right now, there is a bill applying to napa. i'm sorry, marin county. it is the same sort of problem. part of the argument is -- just like i it was a kid coming in, people come in from all over the area to eat in san francisco restaurants. they come from all over the world. again, this governor is going to support everyone locally. i lot of that will have to come from you to accomplish what is right for the city. how do we do that? >> [unintelligible] >> i blame these guys for conditions. this time, i will blame fee on the mall and senator leno. -- fiona ma and senator leno. their limited by statute, but that is very difficult to have much room to maneuver. >> you said to organize local bars. i have been trying to do that for a few years now. we have our sixth annual event coming up in september. we have been trying to get toger a long time. i am not a politician in do not care to be a politician. if i cannot raise the issue in that way, the way i have been doing it, personally i get quoted in esquire for what i have done, but i still have no connections. it is still up to me to do that? i am doing everything can. i do not know what else to do besides try to make a profit in a city that is over-taxing the and running down. [applause] >> i do think that you can do a lot through talking to your city supervisor and working through that process. i am telling you, there are ways that began help you. alcohol is a local issue on this type of matter. what we are behind would you guys want to do, whenever that is. a lot of times we do not always have statutes that make that much sense. it is partly the ways that the laws have evolved and we are the ones who are stuck with enforcing them the way that they are. that does not necessarily mean that we think they are particularly good ideas, but we certainly want people to grow, prosper, and be saved. that can be achieved in all sorts of ways. we want to work with you on that. thank you. >> i was the founding president of the entertainment commission. i retired and went on to found the culture association, the first trade association statewide for night life, bar, and restaurant activities. i am here with a question that plagues a lot of these license holders, who desire to have their establishment opened for all age dance parties, or 18 and up, and are being handed a restriction in the conditioning process that requires them to sell 50% food and 50% alcohol, in direct contradiction to the underlying statute that defines a bonafide eating place and put an onerous requirement that cannot be met and makes those business owners immediate felons and creates a situation where our all ages cultural institutions are challenged when ownership changes and there is an opportunity for this new conditioning. for a long time i have been the advocates for either aids license type or the relaxing of the 5050 rule, because i do not think it would stand up in a court of law. i am asking you to direct your staff to look at that. the problem that it purports to solve does not exist and we would ask you to have them removed so that those of us who seek to serve a larger, wider range for each region wider age range can do so without restrictions that makes us immediate crooks. [applause] >> i hope that does not make you a felon. i totally agree with you that that standard is silly. that is one that we have generally applied, basically, through accounts. on a case by case basis, when those come before me, i have generally not held to that, because it does not make a lot of sense. it very much depends on the establishment. there are certain places where you will never get that, like a fine dining establishment. with you guys, we are just trying to avoid a place that does nothing other than serves alcohol and every once in awhile microwaves a burrito. we have been working to find a better way to go with that. we have a crummy statute, and that is not an excuse, i am just trying to point out the challenges that we have. we really have tried to come up with something where we can have a target for what we're trying to avoid, fraudulent restaurants. >> i love the idea. >> the willingness to take this challenge on, if it needs to be done legislatively, as he has told me this past week, whenever we need to do, the impetus and strength behind the need for that change to be made is here, present right now. i would embrace your willingness to take a look at it. >> i promise you right now that i will call allison and talk to her about that, if that is an issue they want to take on. you guys are great for that, because that issue has really hit the logical mind. that would be great. >> thank you. [applause] >> thank you very much, director smyth. now the fun begins, i get to introduce the executive director of the entertainment commission, joycelyn came. [applause] look at all of these people here. this as twice as many people as last year. i'm sure it is a violation of the fire code. are there any fireman here? i didn't like them. i know it is hard to squish in. you in the back, i keep my panelists -- could you come up? the next part of this is going to be panel conversation. if you would come up? thank you all for coming, by the way. it is always a challenge. it is like having a party and hoping that people will come. now i am so proud of myself. what i want to do to practice this conversation, is carol johnson here somewhere? is that they pretty much relate to the breakout groups that we will put you in later. last year i tried a different thing, to apply location, and it did not work at all. we are going back to the way that we did it at all. i am notorious, and bought it -- and will try not to swear up here. obviously, we will be asking you again about your job and what you do daily. i will be asking you to go on to a breakout room. but we want to focus on is what audrey mentioned earlier, the creative content, the experience. we did not call this a safety summit for a reason. we are now moving on. well, patrons' safety is super important. we will be talking about that in the breakout session for security. in that break out section we will hopefully have -- hello. talking about guard cards, we are running around the city telling people they need one and we want you all to know why. we brought the authority on that, and a few other folks, to talk to you about that. i imagine there will be a lot of uniforms in that one as well. that is the breakout for you. again, we wanted to talk about outdoor events. indoors, outdoors, abc licenses, assignments, stuff like that. there will be three of them. there will be some refreshments after we're done here, outside in one of the rooms. we will break out. we will not try to come back. lesson learned from last year, when we tried to get everyone to come back to the room, that also sought -- sucked. i hope they will partake in the breakout. they are much more casual. thank you. >> an owner management group, we will be asking the permit officers to come in there as well. >> i have almost everyone. i am going to ask my panelists to introduce themselves. mike, commander, i will start with ranked first. >> good afternoon. i am the commander of the metro division, the five downtown stations that go basically to the southern, northern, mission, and prior to this new assignment, which i did for the last couple of months, i was the commander of the special crimes and victims in it. i am now the code-liaison to the alcohol licensing unit. my partner is here. charlie, would you introduce yourself? he is my partner. what we do is run the daily operations of the unit. we are also the sounding board for them when it comes to the various type of permits and licenses we may be having difficulties with. i have my units working with the permit officers at those stations, who are the first line, reporting directly to their captains. i wanted to say that my highest priority is public safety. when we review an application for a new venue, be it entertainment, a bar, or a night club, it is very important that we look at the impact the venue will have on the neighborhood, and the community itself. however, i must also keep in mind and be aware of entrepreneurship and small business owners as the backbone of our city. they had a lot to the culture and flavor of san francisco and we do not want to lose that. we take these factors into consideration. ultimately be want everyone to have an enjoyable and safe time when they go out after hours to enjoy the city at night. that is my viewpoint. >> i am going to ask you to pass that over. >> good afternoon. i am a member of the san francisco police department alcohol and licensing unit. i have been in this department for 22 years. in the last eight months i have been designed to this particular unit, which is a different skill set for me. not investigating, but reaching out with training and enforcement hearings. we are the main unit that the commander mentioned. the first line would be the permit officers. if there is a permit, someone once transfer, that is where we talked about the code 47. we disseminate out to the stations. we get input from the station. essentially when they break up to the groups, you can ask them specifically what they look for. generally are concerned and cornerstone is public safety. environmentally when we look at the impact it will have, we look at the culture of service. i will talk about saturation. i agree with many of the questions that were brought up. it is over saturated. those districts and lots need to be updated. what we do is we handle licensing, education, and enforcement. we are liaison to the abc, as well as public health and the entertainment commission. last year we handled 637 licensing investigations, 385 involving premises conditions with no additional actions, 25 denials, and miscellaneous. we also conducted 28 minor decoy operations that involved 416 premises and 16 arrests. we did 20 impact subscriptions to see if they were handling the rules of procedure. for instance, the 47 that mr. allen brought up is something that we will go out and see. are they serving food at the bar or restaurant? generally, the license belongs to abc, however, i agree with the director of apple smith. it goes along with our input. we work really well hand in hand. with most of the speakers today, i feel i have worked very well with them. very flexible. in that case by case situation, personally i do not agree with the 50/50 rule. a $400 bottle of wine is in excess. we do go out with enforcement. one of the gentleman here that works with the entertainment commission will go out every weekend. myself, i do go out with another officer and an individual from the community to make sure that these rules are applied i welcome all of you who have licenses. it is a case by case situation. we are very open-minded in the police department. we do here with the mayor says, it is a big business. do not be afraid to contact our particular office. i could go in with more modifications, but if you deny one, the whole thing is done for a whole year. we will work with you on the conditions in the hours, i find the entertainment commission very agreeable, as well as most of lobbyists. i think they will tell you the same thing as well. >> are there pink cards? you can fill them out if you have a question. nicholas will collect them. we will ask those questions of these folks. dmitri, you are up. >> good afternoon. in the executive director of folsom st. events. we are the producers of many other events. particularly the well-known folsom street fair. there is a lot of work to do. we are actually a non profit. we donate back to charities. our model is different probably the most street fairs. but we do take it very seriously. i am here basicallyé@ to sharea lot of concerns, the issues of others, producers in the city, regulations, increasing fees. hopefully will have time today to talk about breast practices -- best practices. i noticed that in the opening remarks there were comments made around the entertainment commission in its ability to shut down places that are not doing what they are supposed to be doing. it would be great to explore what we would need for an incentive structure. how can we look at things like reducing as they do what they do in need to do it well. >> i have been a longtime promoter under the name of opal. the earning and community is the opulent temple. i am also a part-time psychologist, working with kids in the bayview, and a father. i was hoping to speak today as a small-business person doing various kinds of events in the city with similar challenges that illustrate the need for further reform in the city to make the process make more sense while still maintaining public safety. >> hello, folks. my name is jeff, founder of public works. i love good food, music and art, creativity in general. i tried to reflect that in the venue. by booking manager had an opportunity in lake tahoe. i love san francisco and the diversity here. i find that when you operate a venue and it is diverse and has a variety of things going on, there is a certain openness. when it is open to all the folks in the city, problems of violence and things like that do not tend to come along. thank you. >> thank you. i love my panel. in the producer of the largest fetish event next year. thank you, from the. [laughter] i wanted to start with you, jeffrey. this is a big thing of mine. everyone says that they love good food and music. i love a good cocktail. obviously, that is part and parcel of the issue that came up around all ages, 21 and over. other than looking great entertainment on the stage, how do you plan to make sure the or patrons have a great experience? aside from what they are seeing, maybe? >> it is artistic. right off the bat, when you enter a club, the first contact point is the door. if there is a hard asset the door giving you a rough time. from the beginning i start with a courtesy force. the bartender's that i have are not the kinds with attitudes, like to ignore some folks and go to others. on the first level, it is to you're dealing with at the venue. then it gets into the small art gallery of public works. part of the energy of the venue comes from having that art gallery. having a small workshop with a few resident artists who work on art during the day. it provides a certain energy. when that moves on to the employees were working there during the night, coming in contact with patrons, you have a great start and a good experience. great talent, visuals, who have done the other thing for the most part. lots of responses. >> thank you. dmitri, while enhancing your out dope -- outdoor event, how important is the creative contact to make
to have some music. how can we get the limited live entertainment excluded from the know amplified or no live entertainment excluded on the transfers? >> that is going to mostly driven locally. most of the conditions you'll ever see on an abc license are because we rely, to a great extent, on the police department and local officials to determine what is best for their communities. i'm not trying to pin this on you guys or blame you guys, but we do try to work with you. we do not tend to want to overrule the police department very often. now that said, i get a fair number of petitions and appeals to me. typically, they are from the neighbors. i want to see that there is actually a practical problem posed -- that the condition is there to solve, not that this is the way the things have been or maybe there's someone who is satisfied by what is potentially wrought by having live entertainment. it is always a case by case. generally, very deferential -- i am very deferential to the removal of conditions that do not appear to be solving any problems, and by removing them we are narghile posing any problems that we cannot then thereafter solved. >> director apple smith, thank you for coming. i represent about 30 or 40 entertainment venues in san francisco, new york, and moscow is. i have a technical question about county transfers. -- and lost vegas. i have a technical question about county transfers. right now, there are very few buildings that you can lease in san francisco anymore. this town has gone nuts in the last five or six months. there are no liquor licenses to purchase. i have strong connections with the liquor licenses on line and some of these people. i am sorry that the top of the list. i have 48 license requests that i cannot fail. i have a two-star michelin restaurant that is moving from downtown out into the mission that the only thing i can do is throw a quick 41 on the place because we can -- because i cannot find a 47 or 848 to do it. i would like you -- or a 48 to do it. i would like to think about some injured county transfers. -- enter-county transfers. there are a lot of restaurants that have a million dollar construction costs and cannot find a license and are freaking out. licensing has gone to about 128,000 this month. we assume they will surely go to 150,000 and probably more. we need some more liquor licenses. >> to that, in part, i would say that is a structural problem, and largely driven by our statutes. this governor is very pro- expansion of business. and in favor of things that make this city and state great. there is mileage from your local representatives on this. the governor is going to be supportive of whenever you want to do in the city of san francisco. -- what ever you want to do in the city of san francisco. >> i own a corner bar and i'm basically in the same boat. i am an entrepreneur and i want to open another bar and not got a lease in hand. i'm in danger of losing the lease because i cannot find a license. what i am wondering is, is it possible for that number -- i did not know we were saturated. is it possible for that number to change? can we control the market driven licenses, perhaps? you hear of a license is going for sale in new york or new jersey for half a million dollars. that makes a small-business man like me, that boggles my mind. and it boggles my mind to think i might have to go up to two hundred thousand dollars. what is the likelihood of the supply increasing to meet the demand? the city is growing. in south beach, there are cranes everywhere. we will need these licenses. how will we get them? >> i can repeat what i just said, but in part, that is something that we need to have pushed from the local. right now, there is a bill applying to napa. i'm sorry, marin county. it is the same sort of problem. part of the argument is -- just like i it was a kid coming in, people come in from all over the area to eat in san francisco restaurants. they come from all over the world. again, this governor is going to support everyone locally. i lot of that will have to come from you to accomplish what is right for the city. how do we do that? >> [unintelligible] >> i blame these guys for conditions. this time, i will blame fee on the mall and senator leno. -- fiona ma and senator leno. their limited by statute, but that is very difficult to have much room to maneuver. >> you said to organize local bars. i have been trying to do that for a few years now. we have our sixth annual event coming up in september. we have been trying to get toger a long time. i am not a politician in do not care to be a politician. if i cannot raise the issue in that way, the way i have been doing it, personally i get quoted in esquire for what i have done, but i still have no connections. it is still up to me to do that? i am doing everything can. i do not know what else to do besides try to make a profit in a city that is over-taxing the and running down. [applause] >> i do think that you can do a lot through talking to your city supervisor and working through that process. i am telling you, there are ways that began help you. alcohol is a local issue on this type of matter. what we are behind would you guys want to do, whenever that is. a lot of times we do not always have statutes that make that much sense. it is partly the ways that the laws have evolved and we are the ones who are stuck with enforcing them the way that they are. that does not necessarily mean that we think they are particularly good ideas, but we certainly want people to grow, prosper, and be saved. that can be achieved in all sorts of ways. we want to work with you on that. thank you. >> i was the founding president of the entertainment commission. i retired and went on to found the culture association, the first trade association statewide for night life, bar, and restaurant activities. i am here with a question that plagues a lot of these license holders, who desire to have their establishment opened for all age dance parties, or 18 and up, and are being handed a restriction in the conditioning process that requires them to sell 50% food and 50% alcohol, in direct contradiction to the underlying statute that defines a bonafide eating place and put an onerous requirement that cannot be met and makes those business owners immediate felons and creates a situation where our all ages cultural institutions are challenged when ownership changes and there is an opportunity for this new conditioning. for a long time i have been the advocates for either aids license type or the relaxing of the 5050 rule, because i do not think it would stand up in a court of law. i am asking you to direct your staff to look at that. the problem that it purports to solve does not exist and we would ask you to have them removed so that those of us who seek to serve a larger, wider range for each region wider age range can do so without restrictions that makes us immediate crooks. [applause] >> i hope that does not make you a felon. i totally agree with you that that standard is silly. that is one that we have generally applied, basically, through accounts. on a case by case basis, when those come before me, i have generally not held to that, because it does not make a lot of sense. it very much depends on the establishment. there are certain places where you will never get that, like a fine dining establishment. with you guys, we are just trying to avoid a place that does nothing other than serves alcohol and every once in awhile microwaves a burrito. we have been working to find a better way to go with that. we have a crummy statute, and that is not an excuse, i am just trying to point out the challenges that we have. we really have tried to come up with something where we can have a target for what we're trying to avoid, fraudulent restaurants. >> i love the idea. >> the willingness to take this challenge on, if it needs to be done legislatively, as he has told me this past week, whenever we need to do, the impetus and strength behind the need for that change to be made is here, present right now. i would embrace your willingness to take a look at it. >> i promise you right now that i will call allison and talk to her about that, if that is an issue they want to take on. you guys are great for that, because that issue has really hit the logical mind. that would be great. >> thank you. [applause] >> thank you very much, director smyth. now the fun begins, i get to introduce the executive director of the entertainment commission, joycelyn came. [applause] look at all of these people here. this as twice as many people as last year. i'm sure it is a violation of the fire code. are there any fireman here? i didn't like them. i know it is hard to squish in. you in the back, i keep my panelists -- could you come up? the next part of this is going to be panel conversation. if you would come up? thank you all for coming, by the way. it is always a challenge. it is like having a party and hoping that people will come. now i am so proud of myself. what i want to do to practice this conversation, is carol johnson here somewhere? is that they pretty much relate to the breakout groups that we will put you in later. last year i tried a different thing, to apply location, and it did not work at all. we are going back to the way that we did it at all. i am notorious, and bought it -- and will try not to swear up here. obviously, we will be asking you again about your job and what you do daily. i will be asking you to go on to a breakout room. but we want to focus on is what audrey mentioned earlier, the creative content, the experience. we did not call this a safety summit for a reason. we are now moving on. well, patrons' safety is super important. we will be talking about that in the breakout session for security. in that break out section we will hopefully have -- hello. talking about guard cards, we are running around the city telling people they need one and we want you all to know why. we brought the authority on that, and a few other folks, to talk to you about that. i imagine there will be a lot of uniforms in that one as well. that is the breakout for you. again, we wanted to talk about outdoor events. indoors, outdoors, abc licenses, assignments, stuff like that. there will be three of them. there will be some refreshments after we're done here, outside in one of the rooms. we will break out. we will not try to come back. lesson learned from last year, when we tried to get everyone to come back to the room, that also sought -- sucked. i hope they will partake in the breakout. they are much more casual. thank you. >> an owner management group, we will be asking the permit officers to come in there as well. >> i have almost everyone. i am going to ask my panelists to introduce themselves. mike, commander, i will start with ranked first. >> good afternoon. i am the commander of the metro division, the five downtown stations that go basically to the southern, northern, mission, and prior to this new assignment, which i did for the last couple of months, i was the commander of the special crimes and victims in it. i am now the code-liaison to the alcohol licensing unit. my partner is here. charlie, would you introduce yourself? he is my partner. what we do is run the daily operations of the unit. we are also the sounding board for them when it comes to the various type of permits and licenses we may be having difficulties with. i have my units working with the permit officers at those stations, who are the first line, reporting directly to their captains. i wanted to say that my highest priority is public safety. when we review an application for a new venue, be it entertainment, a bar, or a night club, it is very important that we look at the impact the venue will have on the neighborhood, and the community itself. however, i must also keep in mind and be aware of entrepreneurship and small business owners as the backbone of our city. they had a lot to the culture and flavor of san francisco and we do not want to lose that. we take these factors into consideration. ultimately be want everyone to have an enjoyable and safe time when they go out after hours to enjoy the city at night. that is my viewpoint. >> i am going to ask you to pass that over. >> good afternoon. i am a member of the san francisco police department alcohol and licensing unit. i have been in this department for 22 years. in the last eight months i have been designed to this particular unit, which is a different skill set for me. not investigating, but reaching out with training and enforcement hearings. we are the main unit that the commander mentioned. the first line would be the permit officers. if there is a permit, someone once transfer, that is where we talked about the code 47. we disseminate out to the stations. we get input from the station. essentially when they break up to the groups, you can ask them specifically what they look for. generally are concerned and cornerstone is public safety. environmentally when we look at the impact it will have, we look at the culture of service. i will talk about saturation. i agree with many of the questions that were brought up. it is over saturated. those districts and lots need to be updated. what we do is we handle licensing, education, and enforcement. we are liaison to the abc, as well as public health and the entertainment commission. last year we handled 637 licensing investigations, 385 involving premises conditions with no additional actions, 25 denials, and miscellaneous. we also conducted 28 minor decoy operations that involved 416 premises and 16 arrests. we did 20 impact subscriptions to see if they were handling the rules of procedure. for instance, the 47 that mr. allen brought up is something that we will go out and see. are they serving food at the bar or restaurant? generally, the license belongs to abc, however, i agree with the director of apple smith. it goes along with our input. we work really well hand in hand. with most of the speakers today, i feel i have worked very well with them. very flexible. in that case by case situation, personally i do not agree with the 50/50 rule. a $400 bottle of wine is in excess. we do go out with enforcement. one of the gentleman here that works with the entertainment commission will go out every weekend. myself, i do go out with another officer and an individual from the community to make sure that these rules are applied i welcome all of you who have licenses. it is a case by case situation. we are very open-minded in the police department. we do here with the mayor says, it is a big business. do not be afraid to contact our particular office. i could go in with more modifications, but if you deny one, the whole thing is done for a whole year. we will work with you on the conditions in the hours, i find the entertainment commission very agreeable, as well as most of lobbyists. i think they will tell you the same thing as well. >> are there pink cards? you can fill them out if you have a question. nicholas will collect them. we will ask those questions of these folks. dmitri, you are up. >> good afternoon. in the executive director of folsom st. events. we are the producers of many other events. particularly the well-known folsom street fair. there is a lot of work to do. we are actually a non profit. we donate back to charities. our model is different probably the most street fairs. but we do take it very seriously. i am here basicallyé@ to sharea lot of concerns, the issues of others, producers in the city, regulations, increasing fees. hopefully will have time today to talk about breast practices -- best practices. i noticed that in the opening remarks there were comments made around the entertainment commission in its ability to shut down places that are not doing what they are supposed to be doing. it would be great to explore what we would need for an incentive structure. how can we look at things like reducing as they do what they do in need to do it well. >> i have been a longtime promoter under the name of opal. the earning and community is the opulent temple. i am also a part-time psychologist, working with kids in the bayview, and a father. i was hoping to speak today as a small-business person doing various kinds of events in the city with similar challenges that illustrate the need for further reform in the city to make the process make more sense while still maintaining public safety. >> hello, folks. my name is jeff, founder of public works. i love good food, music and art, creativity in general. i tried to reflect that in the venue. by booking manager had an opportunity in lake tahoe. i love san francisco and the diversity here. i find that when you operate a venue and it is diverse and has a variety of things going on, there is a certain openness. when it is open to all the folks in the city, problems of violence and things like that do not tend to come along. thank you. >> thank you. i love my panel. in the producer of the largest fetish event next year. thank you, from the. [laughter] i wanted to start with you, jeffrey. this is a big thing of mine. everyone says that they love good food and music. i love a good cocktail. obviously, that is part and parcel of the issue that came up around all ages, 21 and over. other than looking great entertainment on the stage, how do you plan to make sure the or patrons have a great experience? aside from what they are seeing, maybe? >> it is artistic. right off the bat, when you enter a club, the first contact point is the door. if there is a hard asset the door giving you a rough time. from the beginning i start with a courtesy force. the bartender's that i have are not the kinds with attitudes, like to ignore some folks and go to others. on the first level, it is to you're dealing with at the venue. then it gets into the small art gallery of public works. part of the energy of the venue comes from having that art gallery. having a small workshop with a few resident artists who work on art during the day. it provides a certain energy. when that moves on to the employees were working there during the night, coming in contact with patrons, you have a great start and a good experience. great talent, visuals, who have done the other thing for the most part. lots of responses. >> thank you. dmitri, while enhancing your out dope -- outdoor event, how important is the creative contact to make sure it you have customers who return over and over again? >> our creative content, you know, it is pretty out there. 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pushed from the local. right now, there is a bill applying to napa. i'm sorry, marin county. it is the same sort of problem. part of the argument is -- just like i it was a kid coming in, people come in from all over the area to eat in san francisco restaurants. they come from all over the world. again, this governor is going to support everyone locally. i lot of that will have to come from you to accomplish what is right for the city. how do we do that? >> [unintelligible] >> i blame these guys for conditions. this time, i will blame fee on the mall and senator leno. -- fiona ma and senator leno. their limited by statute, but that is very difficult to have much room to maneuver. >> you said to organize local bars. i have been trying to do that for a few years now. we have our sixth annual event coming up in september. we have been trying to get toger a long time. i am not a politician in do not care to be a politician. if i cannot raise the issue in that way, the way i have been doing it, personally i get quoted in esquire for what i have done, but i still have no connections. it is still up to me to do that? i am doing everything can. i do not know what else to do besides try to make a profit in a city that is over-taxing the and running down. [applause] >> i do think that you can do a lot through talking to your city supervisor and working through that process. i am telling you, there are ways that began help you. alcohol is a local issue on this type of matter. what we are behind would you guys want to do, whenever that is. a lot of times we do not always have statutes that make that much sense. it is partly the ways that the laws have evolved and we are the ones who are stuck with enforcing them the way that they are. that does not necessarily mean that we think they are particularly good ideas, but we certainly want people to grow, prosper, and be saved. that can be achieved in all sorts of ways. we want to work with you on that. thank you. >> i was the founding president of the entertainment commission. i retired and went on to found the culture association, the first trade association statewide for night life, bar, and restaurant activities. i am here with a question that plagues a lot of these license holders, who desire to have their establishment opened for all age dance parties, or 18 and up, and are being handed a restriction in the conditioning process that requires them to sell 50% food and 50% alcohol, in direct contradiction to the underlying statute that defines a bonafide eating place and put an onerous requirement that cannot be met and makes those business owners immediate felons and creates a situation where our all ages cultural institutions are challenged when ownership changes and there is an opportunity for this new conditioning. for a long time i have been the advocates for either aids license type or the relaxing of the 5050 rule, because i do not think it would stand up in a court of law. i am asking you to direct your staff to look at that. the problem that it purports to solve does not exist and we would ask you to have them removed so that those of us who seek to serve a larger, wider range for each region wider age range can do so without restrictions that makes us immediate crooks. [applause] >> i hope that does not make you a felon. i totally agree with you that that standard is silly. that is one that we have generally applied, basically, through accounts. on a case by case basis, when those come before me, i have generally not held to that, because it does not make a lot of sense. it very much depends on the establishment. there are certain places where you will never get that, like a fine dining establishment. with you guys, we are just trying to avoid a place that does nothing other than serves alcohol and every once in awhile microwaves a burrito. we have been working to find a better way to go with that. we have a crummy statute, and that is not an excuse, i am just trying to point out the challenges that we have. we really have tried to come up with something where we can have a target for what we're trying to avoid, fraudulent restaurants. >> i love the idea. >> the willingness to take this challenge on, if it needs to be done legislatively, as he has told me this past week, whenever we need to do, the impetus and strength behind the need for that change to be made is here, present right now. i would embrace your willingness to take a look at it. >> i promise you right now that i will call allison and talk to her about that, if that is an issue they want to take on. you guys are great for that, because that issue has really hit the logical mind. that would be great. >> thank you. [applause] >> thank you very much, director smyth. now the fun begins, i get to introduce the executive director of the entertainment commission, joycelyn came. [applause] look at all of these people here. this as twice as many people as last year. i'm sure it is a violation of the fire code. are there any fireman here? i didn't like them. i know it is hard to squish in. you in the back, i keep my panelists -- could you come up? the next part of this is going to be panel conversation. if you would come up? thank you all for coming, by the way. it is always a challenge. it is like having a party and hoping that people will come. now i am so proud of myself. what i want to do to practice this conversation, is carol johnson here somewhere? is that they pretty much relate to the breakout groups that we will put you in later. last year i tried a different thing, to apply location, and it did not work at all. we are going back to the way that we did it at all. i am notorious, and bought it -- and will try not to swear up here. obviously, we will be asking you again about your job and what you do daily. i will be asking you to go on to a breakout room. but we want to focus on is what audrey mentioned earlier, the creative content, the experience. we did not call this a safety summit for a reason. we are now moving on. well, patrons' safety is super important. we will be talking about that in the breakout session for security. in that break out section we will hopefully have -- hello. talking about guard cards, we are running around the city telling people they need one and we want you all to know why. we brought the authority on that, and a few other folks, to talk to you about that. i imagine there will be a lot of uniforms in that one as well. that is the breakout for you. again, we wanted to talk about outdoor events. indoors, outdoors, abc licenses, assignments, stuff like that. there will be three of them. there will be some refreshments after we're done here, outside in one of the rooms. we will break out. we will not try to come back. lesson learned from last year, when we tried to get everyone to come back to the room, that also sought -- sucked. i hope they will partake in the breakout. they are much more casual. thank you. >> an owner management group, we will be asking the permit officers to come in there as well. >> i have almost everyone. i am going to ask my panelists to introduce themselves. mike, commander, i will start with ranked first. >> good afternoon. i am the commander of the metro division, the five downtown stations that go basically to the southern, northern, mission, and prior to this new assignment, which i did for the last couple of months, i was the commander of the special crimes and victims in it. i am now the code-liaison to the alcohol licensing unit. my partner is here. charlie, would you introduce yourself? he is my partner. what we do is run the daily operations of the unit. we are also the sounding board for them when it comes to the various type of permits and licenses we may be having difficulties with. i have my units working with the permit officers at those stations, who are the first line, reporting directly to their captains. i wanted to say that my highest priority is public safety. when we review an application for a new venue, be it entertainment, a bar, or a night club, it is very important that we look at the impact the venue will have on the neighborhood, and the community itself. however, i must also keep in mind and be aware of entrepreneurship and small business owners as the backbone of our city. they had a lot to the culture and flavor of san francisco and we do not want to lose that. we take these factors into consideration. ultimately be want everyone to have an enjoyable and safe time when they go out after hours to enjoy the city at night. that is my viewpoint. >> i am going to ask you to pass that over. >> good afternoon. i am a member of the san francisco police department alcohol and licensing unit. i have been in this department for 22 years. in the last eight months i have been designed to this particular unit, which is a different skill set for me. not investigating, but reaching out with training and enforcement hearings. we are the main unit that the commander mentioned. the first line would be the permit officers. if there is a permit, someone once transfer, that is where we talked about the code 47. we disseminate out to the stations. we get input from the station. essentially when they break up to the groups, you can ask them specifically what they look for. generally are concerned and cornerstone is public safety. environmentally when we look at the impact it will have, we look at the culture of service. i will talk about saturation. i agree with many of the questions that were brought up. it is over saturated. those districts and lots need to be updated. what we do is we handle licensing, education, and enforcement. we are liaison to the abc, as well as public health and the entertainment commission. last year we handled 637 licensing investigations, 385 involving premises conditions with no additional actions, 25 denials, and miscellaneous. we also conducted 28 minor decoy operations that involved 416 premises and 16 arrests. we did 20 impact subscriptions to see if they were handling the rules of procedure. for instance, the 47 that mr. allen brought up is something that we will go out and see. are they serving food at the bar or restaurant? generally, the license belongs to abc, however, i agree with the director of apple smith. it goes along with our input. we work really well hand in hand. with most of the speakers today, i feel i have worked very well with them. very flexible. in that case by case situation, personally i do not agree with the 50/50 rule. a $400 bottle of wine is in excess. we do go out with enforcement. one of the gentleman here that works with the entertainment commission will go out every weekend. myself, i do go out with another officer and an individual from the community to make sure that these rules are applied i welcome all of you who have licenses. it is a case by case situation. we are very open-minded in the police department. we do here with the mayor says, it is a big business. do not be afraid to contact our particular office. i could go in with more modifications, but if you deny one, the whole thing is done for a whole year. we will work with you on the conditions in the hours, i find the entertainment commission very agreeable, as well as most of lobbyists. i think they will tell you the same thing as well. >> are there pink cards? you can fill them out if you have a question. nicholas will collect them. we will ask those questions of these folks. dmitri, you are up. >> good afternoon. in the executive director of folsom st. events. we are the producers of many other events. particularly the well-known folsom street fair. there is a lot of work to do. we are actually a non profit. we donate back to charities. our model is different probably the most street fairs. but we do take it very seriously. i am here basicallyé@ to sharea lot of concerns, the issues of others, producers in the city, regulations, increasing fees. hopefully will have time today to talk about breast practices -- best practices. i noticed that in the opening remarks there were comments made around the entertainment commission in its ability to shut down places that are not doing what they are supposed to be doing. it would be great to explore what we would need for an incentive structure. how can we look at things like reducing as they do what they do in need to do it well. >> i have been a longtime promoter under the name of opal. the earning and community is the opulent temple. i am also a part-time psychologist, working with kids in the bayview, and a father. i was hoping to speak today as a small-business person doing various kinds of events in the city with similar challenges that illustrate the need for further reform in the city to make the process make more sense while still maintaining public safety. >> hello, folks. my name is jeff, founder of public works. i love good food, music and art, creativity in general. i tried to reflect that in the venue. by booking manager had an opportunity in lake tahoe. i love san francisco and the diversity here. i find that when you operate a venue and it is diverse and has a variety of things going on, there is a certain openness. when it is open to all the folks in the city, problems of violence and things like that do not tend to come along. thank you. >> thank you. i love my panel. in the producer of the largest fetish event next year. thank you, from the. [laughter] i wanted to start with you, jeffrey. this is a big thing of mine. everyone says that they love good food and music. i love a good cocktail. obviously, that is part and parcel of the issue that came up around all ages, 21 and over. other than looking great entertainment on the stage, how do you plan to make sure the or patrons have a great experience? aside from what they are seeing, maybe? >> it is artistic. right off the bat, when you enter a club, the first contact point is the door. if there is a hard asset the door giving you a rough time. from the beginning i start with a courtesy force. the bartender's that i have are not the kinds with attitudes, like to ignore some folks and go to others. on the first level, it is to you're dealing with at the venue. then it gets into the small art gallery of public works. part of the energy of the venue comes from having that art gallery. having a small workshop with a few resident artists who work on art during the day. it provides a certain energy. when that moves on to the employees were working there during the night, coming in contact with patrons, you have a great start and a good experience. great talent, visuals, who have done the other thing for the most part. lots of responses. >> thank you. dmitri, while enhancing your out dope -- outdoor event, how important is the creative contact to make sure it you have customers who return over and over again? >> our creative content, you know, it is pretty out there. [laughter] >> sort of spices up the meeting. >> for us, i think the most important thing we are offering is something quintessentially san francisco. something that they cannot find anywhere else. we have two fetish fares in san francisco. there are only three other cities in the world that do that. new york, toronto, and berlin. i have been to all three and they are not nearly the same size as well we produced, or nearly as diverse. what we are always thinking about is what we are offering people that is so quintessentially san francisco that we get -- it cannot be gotten anywhere else. we are also told the switching of the entertainment this year. we have dance areas where the slides used to be. i think that for us it is about making sure that people, even if they came to san francisco in particular five years ago, that they are not experiencing the fight -- the same thing. it speaks to one of the priorities. the never-ending city. or something. i do not remember, exactly, but it is the same basic concept. even if you come here several times over and over, you will not have the same experience. as we do that, enhancing certain things. live stages have big-name bands. headlining the folsom street fair, people are now looking forward to our entertainment in ways they did not 10 years ago. >> commander, how do we prepared to assist an outdoor event? what training do the folks on the street have when engaging with patrons of the event? >> i am sorry, i have never heard of little booth. not my genre, i guess. you know, all of our officers receive a lot of training at the academy level and the special operations group on crowd control. you all know the chief was year earlier. an outstanding job, he spoke to everyone, it all comes down to us all, all the way down to the online troops. i believe that we are the best in the entire country, if not the world. [applause] just recently, thank you, i had the deputy chief of shanghai coming over to ask us how we manage events here. i just wanted them to understand how we do it differently and how they can improve. this is not the first time i have had that happen. from what i have observed over my 32 years in my time on line as an officer, i was an officer before my first promotion, i have received, and we have all received, thanks to our outstanding training, if there is any need for some kind of tactical response, our team is the best in the country. >> thank you for reminding me that we are at the top for the new academy class, working with officer buckner -- right, gary? to talk about the new entertainment. this is what we do and how we do what we do. it is my vision to have some kind of special team in place in the department that focuses in understands my life. we are a little bit of a ways off, but that is what i would like to do. >> how can a new club owner in gauge so they know the rules and regulations and what is expected of them? >> essentially, we tend to reach out to club owners. there are 3600 licenses within 49 square miles. the director will tell you it is the largest in the state. so, for the inspectors assigned to that unit's, we tried to
today, much of the united states government will be forced to shutdown tomorrow. i want to be very clear about what that shutdown would mean. what will remain open and what will not. with regard to operations that will continue, if you are on social security, you will keep receiving your checks. if you are on medicare, your doctor will still see you. everyone's mail will still be delivered. government operations related to national security or public safety will go on. troops will continue to serve with skill, honor and courage. air traffic controllers, prison guards, those who are with border patrol will remain on their posts. but, their paychecks will be delayed until the government reopens. nasa will shut down almost entirely. but, mission control will remain open to support the astronauts serving on the space station. i also want to be clear about what will change. office buildings will close. paychecks will be delayed, vital services that seniors and veterans, women and children, businesses and our economy depend on will be ham strung. business owners will see delays in raise zing capitol, infrastructure permits or rebuilding after hurricane sandy. veterans who sacrificed for their country will find support centers unstaffed. tourists will find every one of america's parks and monuments from yosemite to the smithsonian to statue of liberty immediately closed. the communities and small businesses that rely on these will be out of customers and out of luck. in keeping with the broad ramifications of a shutdown, i think it's important that everybody understand the federal government is america's largest employer. more than 2 million civilian workers and 1.4 million active duty military serve in all 50 states and around the world. in the event of a government shutdown, hundreds of thousands of these servants who stay on the job will do so without pay. several hundred thousand more will be immediately and indefinitely furloughed without pay. what will not be furloughed are the bills that they have to pay. their mortgages, their tuition payments and car notes. these americans are neighbors. their kids go to our schools. they worship where we do. they serve their country with pride. they are the customers of every business in this country. they would be hurt greatly and as a consequence, all of us would be hurt greatly should congress choose to shut the government down. a shutdown has a real impact on real people. right away. past shutdowns have disrupted the economy significantly. this one would, too. it would throw a wrench into the gears of our economy when the gears gained traction. five years ago now, our economy was in meltdown. today our businesses that created 7.5 million jobs over the past three and a half years. the housing market is healing and our deficits are falling fast. the idea of putting the american people's hard earned progress at risk is the height of irresponsibility. it doesn't have to happen. let me repeat this. it does not have to happen. all of this is entirely preventable if the house chooses to do what the senate has already done, that's the simple act of funding our government without making extraneous and controversial demands in the process, the same way other congresses have for more than 200 years. unfortunately, right now, house republicans continue to tie funding of the government to ideological demands like limiting a woman's access to contraception or delaying the affordable care act all to save face after making impossible promises to the extreme right of their party. let me be clear about this. an important part of the affordable care act takes effect tomorrow no matter what congress decides to do today. the affordable care act is moving forward. that funding is already in place. you can't shut it down. this is a law that passed both houses of congress, a law that bears my signature, a law that the supreme court upheld as constitutional, a law that voters chose not to repeal last november, a law that is already providing benefits to millions of americans in the form of young people staying on their parent's plan until they are 26, seniors getting cheaper prescription drugs. making sure insurance companies aren't imposing lifetime limits when you already have health insurance, providing rebates for consumers when insurance companies are spending too much on overhead instead of health care. those things are already happening. starting tomorrow, tens of millions of americans will be able to visit healthcare.gov to shop for affordable health care. americans who lived for years with the fear one illness could send them into bankruptcy, americans priced out of the market because they have been sick once, they will be able to afford coverage. quality coverage. many of them for the first time in their lives. some of them may be sick as we speak. and this is their best opportunity to get some security and relief. tens of thousands of americans die every single year because they don't have access to affordable health care. despite this, republicans have said that if we lock these americans out of affordable health care for one more year, if we sacrifice the health care of millions of americans, then they will fund the government for a couple more months. does anybody truly believe we won't have this fight again in a couple months? even at christmas? here is the bottom line. i'm always willing to work with anyone, either party to make sure the affordable care act works better, to make sure our government works better. i'm willing to work with anyone to grow our economy faster or create new jobs faster, to get the fiscal house in order for the long run. i have demonstrated this time and time again. oftentimes to the consummation of my own party. but one faction of one party in one house of congress in one branch of government doesn't get to shut down the entire government just to refight the results of an election. keeping the people's government open is not a concession to me. keeping vital services running and hundreds of thousands of americans on the job is not something you give to the other side. it's our basic responsibility. it's something that we are doing for our military and our businesses and our economy. and all the hard working people out there, the person working for the agricultural department in a rural community helping farmers make sure that they are making some modest profit for all the hard work they are putting in. they are the person working for hud who is helping somebody buy a house for the first time. there's somebody in a v.a. office who is counseling one of our vets who has ptsd. that's who we are here to serve. that's why we are supposed to be carrying out these responsibilities. it's why we should avoid the constant bricksmanship. it's something we do in the ordinary process of this extraordinary system of government we have. you don't get to extract a ransom for doing your job. for doing what you are supposed to be doing anyway or just because there's a law there that you don't like. the american people sent us here to govern. they sent us here to make sure that we are doing everything we can to make their lives better. to create new jobs, restore economic security, rebuild the prospects of mobility. that's what they expect. they understand there are differences between the parties and we are going to have tough bites around those differences. i respect the fact that the other party is not supposed to agree with me 100% of the time like i don't agree with them. but they also expect they don't bring the entire government to a halt or the entire economy to a halt because of those differences. that's what they deserve. they have worked too hard for too long to recover from previous crises just to have folks here in washington manufacture yet another one that they have to dig themselves out of. so, congress needs to keep our government open, needs to pay our bills on time and never, ever threaten the full faith and credit of the united states of america. time is running out. my hope and expectation is that in the 11th hour, once again, that congress will choose to do the right thing and the house of representatives, in particular will choose the right thing. thank you very much. >> president laying out who will be impacted and who won't. it does not have to happen. it is up to the house to choose, he said today. moving on, meanwhile, here is a live look at the national mall. tonight, the park service is getting ready to put barricades up around the monuments and memorials. it could begin tomorrow morning. jackie bensen is live on the mall with more on the prep going on there now. >> reporter: the world war ii memorial behind me characterized by the fountains these and other fountains would be turned off overnight if the government goes into shutdown. that's fountains on the national mall and smarter parks like dupont circle. i'm joined with carol johnson of the park service. how will people be able to tell the monuments are closed? >> maintenance staff is coming in tomorrow morning and barricading the memorials so that right here at world war ii, home front drive will be barricaded, lincoln barricaded, martin luther king, fdr. they will go around and turn off all the fountains. >> reporter: in addition to the pictures, the images that are not heart warming to the rest of the world, i understand a shutdown could have a personal effect on what's called on honor flight, they are world war ii vets coming to the country. you have one coming to washington, d.c. tomorrow. >> there was an event, 200 vets were coming from mississippi for an honor flight and coming to the world war ii memorial. we have 3,000 events on the mall every year. the government is shut down, all the permits have to be canceled including that one. the honor flights are ones we love in the park service. we have a wonderful time with the vets who come here and visit. a superintendent comes out and greets them. >> reporter: not tomorrow? >> i have been on the phone with a number of honor flights. they come almost every single day. this is going to be a big disappointme disappointment. >> carol, thank you very much. what we can also tell you is that the fountains that when they go up, it will be around the city, up on the hill, everywhere as well as the very personal, personal impact as you heard talking about the honor flights of world war ii vets. for more on how the government shutdown would affect the nation's capitol, tom sherwood is at freedom plaza. tom? >> reporter: we are on freedom plaza. that's a national park service fountain. it hasn't been shut off for the shutdown. it's been broken more than a year. the shutdown will affect the big business of tourism here. she was out on a walk around the national mall, a retired federal worker after 41 years with the agriculture department, she feels sorry for family tourists. they long ago planned visits to the smithsonian. along with the monuments and the capital, closed to visitors. >> sad, especially for the younger people who came to see history here in washington. >> reporter: this time of year, about 400,000 visitors a week troop through the smithsonian museums and the national zoo where crowds flocked to see the giant pandas. a shutdown would close the whole zoo and cut off the popular 24 hour panda cam focused on the new cub. come back tomorrow, it might be closed. >> i heard about that. we are from north carolina so, it would be a sad thing if the zoo shuts down. but, hopefully, they will work it out. >> reporter: overall, of the smithsonian, 6,300 workers, only 600 will remain on the job during the shutdown for security and care and feeding of the animals. >> it's a pity and a shame that we, as smart as we are can't count our figures to come up with a way to keep the government running. >> reporter: tourists and locals alike, be warned, the d.c. government including ticket writers won't be shutting down. mayor vin sense gray declared all 33,000 city workers essential for public safety and services. coming up at 6:00, more on those ticket writers and the effect of the shutdown, if it comes here in the nation's capital. in the district, tom sherwood, news 4. we will be staying on top of this impending shutdown and how it could impact you on www.nbcwashington.com. you can find a break down of what you can and cannot do. we will post the latest on what's happening on congress an facebook and twitter. a d.c. family is searching for answers after someone shot and killed a man who wanted to devote his life to helping others. >> it happened on a street in d.c. that neighbors complained about for some time now. pat collins is live outside the seventh district police station in southeast. patrick? >> reporter: wendy, the battle, the father of four boys, shot and killed in a place some call the graveyard street. devar battle wanted to be a medic. he completed emergency medical training course. september 24th, he registered to become an emt. four days later, devar battle shot and killed in the 3000 block of 30th street southeast. he was 34 years old. now i talked to his mother but because of what happened, and because of where it happened, she asked that we not show her face or reveal her name. >> it destroyed me, really. i mean the loss of a child. he had a good heart. he loved people. he really had no enemy's that i knew of. >> reporter: the murder scene, the 3000 block of 30th street southeast. some of the people who live here say there have been so many shootings here that so many people have been murdered here, they call it the graveyard street. hear now from larry who has been living in this neighborhood more than 20 years. seems like everybody on the street knows somebody who got killed. >> i know several. three or four, i talked to them one night, the next morning they were dead. they call it graveyard street, it's a good name for it. >> reporter: devar battle grew up here but his mom moved him away because it was too dangerous. he kept coming back. he had a lot of friends here. look at the names and signatures on the r.i.p. poster, near the murder scene. >> i hoped i pulled him away from there and the people in the area he knew and was comfortable with. that's what i guess kept him from coming back. >> drew him back. cost him his life. >> yes, it did. >> reporter: a vigil tonight for devar battle, 7:00 p.m. at the murder scene. live in southeast, pat collins, news 4. tonight, we have learned that a generator is to blame for the fire under the deck of the chesapeake bay bridge. drivers took pictures. the bridge was closed two hours and cars had to be backed off the bridge. the fire did not damage the bridge itself. >> we had another amazing day. we need rain. >> yeah. >> we don't think about it on days like this but we are at a deficit. it's getting serious. >> we had a lot in june and july. august and september, almost nothing. one or two days of rainfall. right now, sitting 2.5 inches below average. we need to see rain. continuing on this fantastic weather pattern, more sunshine. yes, we need to see the rain, but when you consider the fact we have been seeing nothing before great weather, i don't know where the rain is coming from. it's not coming anytime soon. temperatures 75 degrees, plenty of sunshine. wind southwest at 7 miles per hour. something else to take into consideration, here we are, early october. october starting tomorrow. heading through fall, take a look at the average temperatures. this will kind of get you. i know it got me looking at the numbers. the average high temperature, 74 degrees at the beginning of october. by the end of november, by the end of next month, the average high drops to 52 degrees. that's how cool we get and that's how fast we do it. we go from summer into late fall, early winter as we move toward late november. how about that? dropping nearly 20 degrees or more than 20 degrees in the next two months. currently, 75. 72 in gaithersburg. 79, near 80 in culpeper. the areas along the eastern shore and the bay, cooler. temperature there 70 degrees in annapolis. storm team 4 radar, nothing to show. we are dry. where is the rain? back to the northwest and washington state through florida. around us, we have nothing but sunshine. we saw clouds move through earlier today. now the sun and to the west, more clouds. they are not making their way to the mountains. we stay on the clear side. mostly clear skies tonight. another cool night. temperatures about where they should be. 60 degrees in d.c. 51 in gaithersburg. 48 in frederick. martinsburg, 49 degrees. annapolis 59 degrees. tomorrow afternoon, temperatures will warm up a lot. we're talking mid-70s today, tomorrow low 80s. 82 in d.c. it's five to ten degrees above average. 78 in winchester. 82 in culpeper and 83 in fredericksburg with plenty of sunshine. the next couple days, sunshine and warm. 86 on wednesday. that should be the warmest day of the week. 83 on thursday. clouds thursday and friday. for the weekend, 85 on saturday then watching a frontal boundary that could give us rain sunday, but the likelihood is most likely on monday. that is something we are going to watch out for. hopefully we get the rain we need. for the next couple days, enjoy it. the weather is looking nice. all right. a virginia father is on the trial for the death of one of his twin daughters. why a medical condition could be ♪ for a store near you go to benjaminmoore.com/dcmetro. i was honored to serve as governor of virginia. we brought folks together in richmond to focus on creating jobs and getting results. that's the virginia way. and that's why i'm backing terry mcauliffe for governor. terry won't let ideological battles get in the way of making progress. terry will work with democrats, republicans, and independents to create jobs and move virginia forward. it's important for virginia that we elect terry mcauliffe as our governor. i'm terry mcauliffe, candidate for governor, and i sponsored this ad. ♪ for a store near you go to benjaminmoore.com/dcmetro. we have breaking news on the washington hospital centered around the shootings. a d.c. police officer that was shot has been releaseed from the hospital that's scott williams. he survived after two officers carried him down the stairs and got him to the medics that day. he was the last survivor in the hospital and tonight he is now out. >> good news. >> yes. >> we took four weeks, but the redskins are finally in the win column. dianna russini joined cooley on the field as the team members came in off the field. >> chris, you have to describe to me the difference in this locker room compared to when you have been sitting here. >> they are so excited. it may not have been a pretty win, but it was a win and a much, much needed win. i'm going to address the fact i'm wearing this silly thing on my head. i switched from a redskins hat to a rally cap. now i have to wear it the next couple weeks. >> reporter: not a good look. >> this is unbelievable. they can turn it around. they get a lot of confidence from this win. i don't care if it's matt flynn or who you have to have a good game to say hey, we are good. this is what it will take for them to get better and better throughout the season. >> reporter: they came in today with eight sacks and today they totalled six. what differences did you see in their play versus the last three weeks? >> they were able to put pressure throughout the defensive line. you see ryan bowling them back. very good in those past situations. itis better than the run downs. they have third long plays. you don't get the third and two and three and four. you put them in a longer situation and it's easier to put your legs back, put your hand down and get after the quarterback. >> reporter: a play where they were barrelling through, but he fumbles. do you remember watching that play, understanding what he was trying to do there, which was just keep going? >> he has a lot of pride as a runner, a ball carrier. if you watch him, he finishes all the way through the whistle. there are times you have to realize i'm not going further and getting down is best not only for yourself, but the team. he'll get that. he's giving outstanding effort and you hate to see that happen because of the way he's working on the field. he has to get down there. he knows that. chris sporting a new look. how do you like that? >> it's in these days. when we come back, the clock ticking down on capitol hill. the government shutdown is looming. we have more live team coverage. >> find out what the white house is doing about the battle over obama care that has hundreds of federal workers faces furloughs. >> who took off with a commuter train and crashing it? we have more details on the collision in chicago that is now a crime scene. a couple teenagers are banning a fast forward through the top headline. >> the house is set to vote on another bill that ties government funding to a delay in president obama's health care reform law. the president spoke out 30 minutes ago. erika gonzalez has an update. >> the president called this threatened shutdown the height of irresponsibility. he's accusing the tea party members of the republican party of holding the government hostage because they don't like health care reform. >> all of this is entirely preventable, if the house chooses to do what the senate has already done, and that's the simple act of funding our government without making extraneous and controversial demands in the process. >> house speaker john boehner says a stand alone spending bill without delaying the health care is not going to happen. i'm erika gonzalez. >> thank you. the house bill goes one step further than the one rejected by the senate. the new provision, it makes health insurance more expensive for members of congress and the people who work were them. >> peter alexander joins us live from the white house. what is the angle here? >> reporter: here is where we stand now. this is more of the game of ping-pong. the senate says no, the house tries again. the latest incarnation as you indicated would force congress members, their staff and white house staff to have to buy their own medical insurance without subsidies and government help. it would force a delay for all individuals who are required to buy their health insurance, specifically those uninsured. it is another nonstarter for the senate. in fact, as soon as the white house heard about it, they said they would veto it. >> where does it end? >> reporter: it's a good question. it doesn't look like it's going to end by midnight. if it does, a lot has to happen in a short period of time. the president is trying to ramp up the pressure on republicans, trying to make it clear before the american people that right now, in his words, a small group within one party, the republican party, in one house, the house of representatives is basically holding the country hostage to use his language effectively right now. even if they do solve the present situation over the budget, in a couple weeks from now, we are likely to do it all over again with the debt ceiling that's basically the nation's credit card, it's borrowing limit. it's set to, well, reach the limit by october 17th. >> i have a question. does anyone in the house or the white house, is anyone going to suffer consequences from this back and forth? >> reporter: it's a good question. specifically, essential versus nonessential, you hear them talking about that. it's the essential employees that will be allowed to stay at work in terms of federal workers. nonessential workers will be forced home. they will be furloughed. we asked specifically who it applies to. it's not exactly clear at the white house. some of the people most impacted by this, wendy and jim, are the people who can least afford it. the people who make the least. some of the hard working people within the congress and here at the white house including the youngest members of the star. >> thank you. the news 4 team is covering this story from every angle. we will keep you up to date. along with continuing online coverage with the impact on our area at www.nbcwashington.com. maryland's new gun law goes into effect tomorrow. some gun owners are fighting to the end to try to stop it. this new law is one of the toughest in the country. chris gordon reports on the arguments made by both sides of the gun battle. [ gunfire ] >> reporter: here at the maryland small arms range in upper marlboro, the new gun restrictions are illegal. >> we have a right to own a gun and for their own protection. >> reporter: as of tomorrow, the maryland gun law requires fingerprinting of gun buyers, bans the sale of assault style weapons and limits magazines to ten bullets. >> i don't want to have to go through the class or the fingerprinting. >> reporter: these are the latest court papers filed this afternoon as gun advocates are prepared to go to federal court asking a judge for a temporary row straining order to stop the tough new gun control law from going into effect. the state of maryland argues the challenges are made too late and the court should deny the request to set aside the assault weapons ban and the limit on high capacity ammo clips. there's been a high demand to buy guns here before the law takes effect. the maryland state police background checks that should take seven days now take 115 days. >> we are getting cleaned out. sales out of sight. the busiest i have ever seen it. >> reporter: there's the issue of how to enforce the new restrictions. >> they have a firearms unit that work directly with the state police and we are tied into their systems so we'll be assisting them and ensuring the laws are enforced fairly. >> reporter: they fear the new laws will force their customers to go to nearby states like virginia, pennsylvania and delaware to buy guns. chris gordon, news 4. new driving laws take effect in maryland tomorrow, too. talking on a handheld cell phone becomes a primary offense with a $75 fine. everyone in a vehicle is required to wear a seatbelt and children under 4'9" required to sit in a child safety seat. drivers required now to change lanes for emergency vehicles on the side of the road if it can be done safely. all of this talk about the government shutdown, but the president said his american health care act is still moving forward. finld out what sister in d.c. with the threat of the government shutdown, there are a lot of questions surrounding the president's health care law, mainly, will it still happen. the short answer, yes. main parts of the affordable health care act will move forward even if congress doesn't come to an agreement. starting tomorrow, you will be able to apply for coverage. for those who enroll by december 15th, new insurance available by the start of next year. the reason why it's not impacted by the shutdown, you may be asking. money for the program does not rely on appropriations for americans. this is a first for all americans. >> you have never, ever been able to do that in the insurance market. you have never been able to do much price comparisocomparison. you have never been able so see what the policies offer and what the fine print says. this will finally be a brand-new day. >> we have a section of our website dedicated to what you should know about the health care law. find it by searching affordable care on www.nbcwashington.com. in news 4 your health, a first in the treatment of breast cancer. it involved perjeta. it's approved as the first drug to treat breast cancer before surgery. women who receive it reduce the size of tumors dramatically compared to traditional drug combinations. smaller tumors usually mean less invasive surgery down the road. the team that brought down california's proposition 8 is challenging the same-sex marriage. they are representing two gay men turned down back in july. the virginia attorney general says he would defend the ban against this lawsuit. voters approved the commonwealth same-sex marriage ban back in 2006. a violent train the "l." we are just getting new information in from the amanda knox retrial from florence. knox and her former boyfriend are in a plea trial. today, the court accepted a request to run additional dna test after a court order discredited it because it was too small. neither knox nor her boyfriend are expected to go for the trial. a father took the stand in his own defensz. he's accused of shaking and abusing his 6-week-old twin girls. julie carey reports his confession to the police was a lie. >> reporter: david thatcher leaving court after telling jurors he confessed to hurting his baby girls because he thought the police would go easier on him. he wanted them to permit relatives to fight for their life. news 4 first learned of the unusual case last year in the search warrant documents. 6-week-old twins were born prematurely to his live-in girlfriend. thatcher testified she would have choking fits and both had trouble eating. june 7, 2012, thatcher and the baby's mother called 911 when she stopped breathing and soon died after. her sister was admitted to the same hospital. they saw the crucial piece of evidence, a video tape confession. in it, thatcher admits to hurting his baby girls describing in detail how they received injuries from bruised legs to a poked eye. he failed a polygraph exam. on the stand, he told jurors he made it all up. he asked why confess? he said i thought it would be better if i told them what they wanted to hear. his attorney, did you ever do anything to hurt or injure either of your daughters? thatcher, no. while medical examiners report shows evidence of blunt force trauma. ct scans show they had encephalitis, it could cause brain hemorrhages. the defense rested their case. closing arguments don't begin until wednesday. in fairfax county, julie carey, news 4. what the doctor for the defense says caused the death. a man is charged with driving drunk and slamming into multiple vehicles. chopper 4 over the scene as officers arrested the man and pulled a cooler and beer cans out of his car late this morning. the driver hit two cars in forestville and kept going toward montgomery county hitting several more cars on the way. no one was seriously hurt. an off duty officer was able to stop the suspect. a crazy rush hour commute. two "l" trains were on the same track. the train was empty with no driver and slammed into another train full of passengers. that train stopped in forest park. at least four dozen people are nursing their injuries. a section of one train car was crashed. they are trying to determine how the empty train was able to move down the track without a conductor. a major development project is expected to bring more places to live, work and shop in rockville. officials broke ground today on the two for twinbrook project. it's on 26 acres near the twinbrook metro station. more than 1,000 residential units there, shops, restaurants and office space. it will be anchored by a brand-new grocery store. >> we hope with the addition of safeway and over 1,000 new residents, the community continues to grow and evolve into a desirable place to work and call home. builders say they will include affordable housing units as well. october is about to kick off with warm numbers. >> no rain in the forecast, doug. >> not the immediate forecast. we have it on day seven, that's a long time away. let's see how things are. reston, the rest of town center looking good. the current temperature out at the airport sitting at 75 degrees. a nice, mild day today. that's actually the average for this day, around 74, 75 degrees under mostly clear skies. sun goes down at 6:52. the temperatures going down, too. 7:00, 67. by 11:00, 63 degrees for us. temperatures around the rest of the region here, in the metro area, 80 degrees in rockville. the number seems high. 72 in reston. 70 degrees over toward annapolis. cooler closer to the water. that's the way it's going to remain. i think we are in for a warm up. storm team 4 radar, no rain to talk ability. here is what i'm talking ability. the temperatures tomorrow, prince george's county. arlington, alexandria, 81 degrees. burke and fairfax county, 82 degrees. inside the district, 82 tomorrow. nice and warm for sure. temperatures running five to ten degrees above average for tomorrow. that's the same case for the rest, la ray and winchester and shenandoah. looking good. temperatures in the upper 70s with plenty of sunshine. the mountains looking good. if you are thinking of getting out to look at the fall foliage, here is the area. low color around the region. now seeing moderate color in frederick county and virginia. you have to go north to see peak color in up state new york. 82 tomorrow. 86 wednesday. we stay in the 80s thursday, friday and saturday. temperatures on saturday up to 85 degrees. next best chance for rain comes late sunday into the day on monday. of course, we'll keep our eyes of course, we'll keep our eyes all over that one i'm terry mcauliffe, candidate for governor, and i sponsored this ad. for 30 years i've worked as an obgyn, my job is to protect the health of women. so i'm particularly offended by ken cuccinelli. cuccinelli wants to make all abortion illegal ... ... even in cases of rape and incest. ... even to protect a woman's health. i want a governor who's focused on schools and creating jobs, not someone who wants to do my job. who's ken cuccinelli to interfere in the lives of women across virginia? >> how a pair of teens are taking a stand for students everywhere. right now, a man in north carolina is awaiting extradition for the murders of a brother around sister here in the district. officers arrested kevin walker pick chired here in winston salem yesterday. he killed this aspiring singer and her brother july 20th in northeast. a mother and her 2-year-old chirld are recovering after they were hit by a car in georgetown around noon. this was 26th and "p" street. it's not clear if they were in a crosswalk. the driver of the black mercedes stayed on the scene. we have a tragic update on a wrong way accident in fairfax county. a man was going the wrong way on the fairfax county parkway when he crashed into a car with a pennsylvania couple. the pregnant woman went into labor prematurely. the baby died. both parents died. police are investigating if alcohol played a role in the crash. tsa busted passengers after they spotted fake ids in a carry on. they had a number of new york state licenses with credit cards that investigators say all phoney. police pulled the two from security and cited them. they have been identified as two men from nevada. two local teenagers fighting back against bullies. they have begun a campaign to empower peers. >> they are calling on people to stand-up for their friends. how the power of friendship can make a difference in a victim's life. >> reporter: these two middle schoolgirls never imagined it could happen to them. last school year, they found themselves the target of bullying. >> they made it hard to walk through the halls and get our stuff and have it easy to go to classes. >> it was confusing and like why are you doing this? >> reporter: they are both 13. they say the bullies spread hurtful messages behind their back and used social media to reach friends and classmates and turn other students against them. >> the scared seventh grader comes out. >> reporter: it might sound out like typical teenage angst, this can cause lasting damage. >> their education. it impacts their growth. >> reporter: studies show a third of all students between the ages of 12 and 18 are bullied in school. there's noticeably more bullying occurring in middle school. because of the association with depression and suicide, the center for disease control considered it a public health problem. >> a child can be bullied once. that can be sufficient because of the vulnerability of the child. >> reporter: they wanted to take the strength away from bullies. they started i'm a friends, not a bully or bystander. it gets other kids to stand-up to bullies and reach out. >> you are strong and going to be friends with them. >> reporter: the girls are developing a website to let other students know they are not alone. >> anyone can be a victim. >> reporter: to provide a resource for information and support. they are sharing these green bands with their signature slogan, i'm a friend, not a bully or bystander to spread the message. >> we are trying to empower kids to be there. >> reporter: in hopes they will become a symbol of solidarity and hope. eun yang, news 4. right now at 6:00, the president pleaded with congress to get a last minute deal done to avoid government shutdown. we have your covered on how the shutdown will impact millions of people here in our area and all over the country. from museums to monuments, a long list of closings. the president's health care law will take effect tomorrow. what it means for tens of millions of americans. good evening. i'm jim vance. >> good evening, i'm doreen gentzler. a shutdown show down. bills have been going back and forth between the senate and the house. 800,000 federal employees will not be working tomorrow. here is a look at what's happening on capitol hill. harry reid says house republicans need to, quote, get a life and accept obama care will not be defunded or delayed. house republicans aren't making a move. president obama wrapped up a news conference outlining all the agencies affected. the president says the shutdown doesn't have to happen. it's something he repeated several times during the news conference. steve handelsman is on capitol hill monitoring the voting and negotiations. he had a live report. >> reporter: good evening. here on capitol hill, the bill is back in john boehner's house. there's a plan to keep government going through midnight. it pushes back on obama care. the president, himself, pushed back, boehner, the republicans and particularly the tea party who backed the plan.
know amplified or no live entertainment excluded on the transfers? >> that is going to mostly driven locally. most of the conditions you'll ever see on an abc license are because we rely, to a great extent, on the police department and local officials to determine what is best for their communities. i'm not trying to pin this on you guys or blame you guys, but we do try to work with you. we do not tend to want to overrule the police department very often. now that said, i get a fair number of petitions and appeals to me. typically, they are from the neighbors. i want to see that there is actually a practical problem posed -- that the condition is there to solve, not that this is the way the things have been or maybe there's someone who is satisfied by what is potentially wrought by having live entertainment. it is always a case by case. generally, very deferential -- i am very deferential to the removal of conditions that do not appear to be solving any problems, and by removing them we are narghile posing any problems that we cannot then thereafter solved. >> director apple smith, thank you for coming. i represent about 30 or 40 entertainment venues in san francisco, new york, and moscow is. i have a technical question about county transfers. -- and lost vegas. i have a technical question about county transfers. right now, there are very few buildings that you can lease in san francisco anymore. this town has gone nuts in the last five or six months. there are no liquor licenses to purchase. i have strong connections with the liquor licenses on line and some of these people. i am sorry that the top of the list. i have 48 license requests that i cannot fail. i have a two-star michelin restaurant that is moving from downtown out into the mission that the only thing i can do is throw a quick 41 on the place because we can -- because i cannot find a 47 or 848 to do it. i would like you -- or a 48 to do it. i would like to think about some injured county transfers. -- enter-county transfers. there are a lot of restaurants that have a million dollar construction costs and cannot find a license and are freaking out. licensing has gone to about 128,000 this month. we assume they will surely go to 150,000 and probably more. we need some more liquor licenses. >> to that, in part, i would say that is a structural problem, and largely driven by our statutes. this governor is very pro- expansion of business. and in favor of things that make this city and state great. there is mileage from your local representatives on this. the governor is going to be supportive of whenever you want to do in the city of san francisco. -- what ever you want to do in the city of san francisco. >> i own a corner bar and i'm basically in the same boat. i am an entrepreneur and i want to open another bar and not got a lease in hand. i'm in danger of losing the lease because i cannot find a license. what i am wondering is, is it possible for that number -- i did not know we were saturated. is it possible for that number to change? can we control the market driven licenses, perhaps? you hear of a license is going for sale in new york or new jersey for half a million dollars. that makes a small-business man like me, that boggles my mind. and it boggles my mind to think i might have to go up to two hundred thousand dollars. what is the likelihood of the supply increasing to meet the demand? the city is growing. in south beach, there are cranes everywhere. we will need these licenses. how will we get them? >> i can repeat what i just said, but in part, that is something that we need to have pushed from the local. right now, there is a bill applying to napa. i'm sorry, marin county. it is the same sort of problem. part of the argument is -- just like i it was a kid coming in, people come in from all over the area to eat in san francisco restaurants. they come from all over the world. again, this governor is going to support everyone locally. i lot of that will have to come from you to accomplish what is right for the city. how do we do that? >> [unintelligible] >> i blame these guys for conditions. this time, i will blame fee on the mall and senator leno. -- fiona ma and senator leno. their limited by statute, but that is very difficult to have much room to maneuver. >> you said to organize local bars. i have been trying to do that for a few years now. we have our sixth annual event coming up in september. we have been trying to get toger a long time. i am not a politician in do not care to be a politician. if i cannot raise the issue in that way, the way i have been doing it, personally i get quoted in esquire for what i have done, but i still have no connections. it is still up to me to do that? i am doing everything can. i do not know what else to do besides try to make a profit in a city that is over-taxing the and running down. [applause] >> i do think that you can do a lot through talking to your city supervisor and working through that process. i am telling you, there are ways that began help you. alcohol is a local issue on this type of matter. what we are behind would you guys want to do, whenever that is. a lot of times we do not always have statutes that make that much sense. it is partly the ways that the laws have evolved and we are the ones who are stuck with enforcing them the way that they are. that does not necessarily mean that we think they are particularly good ideas, but we certainly want people to grow, prosper, and be saved. that can be achieved in all sorts of ways. we want to work with you on that. thank you. >> i was the founding president of the entertainment commission. i retired and went on to found the culture association, the first trade association statewide for night life, bar, and restaurant activities. i am here with a question that plagues a lot of these license holders, who desire to have their establishment opened for all age dance parties, or 18 and up, and are being handed a restriction in the conditioning process that requires them to sell 50% food and 50% alcohol, in direct contradiction to the underlying statute that defines a bonafide eating place and put an onerous requirement that cannot be met and makes those business owners immediate felons and creates a situation where our all ages cultural institutions are challenged when ownership changes and there is an opportunity for this new conditioning. for a long time i have been the advocates for either aids license type or the relaxing of the 5050 rule, because i do not think it would stand up in a court of law. i am asking you to direct your staff to look at that. the problem that it purports to solve does not exist and we would ask you to have them removed so that those of us who seek to serve a larger, wider range for each region wider age range can do so without restrictions that makes us immediate crooks. [applause] >> i hope that does not make you a felon. i totally agree with you that that standard is silly. that is one that we have generally applied, basically, through accounts. on a case by case basis, when those come before me, i have generally not held to that, because it does not make a lot of sense. it very much depends on the establishment. there are certain places where you will never get that, like a fine dining establishment. with you guys, we are just trying to avoid a place that does nothing other than serves alcohol and every once in awhile microwaves a burrito. we have been working to find a better way to go with that. we have a crummy statute, and that is not an excuse, i am just trying to point out the challenges that we have. we really have tried to come up with something where we can have a target for what we're trying to avoid, fraudulent restaurants. >> i love the idea. >> the willingness to take this challenge on, if it needs to be done legislatively, as he has told me this past week, whenever we need to do, the impetus and strength behind the need for that change to be made is here, present right now. i would embrace your willingness to take a look at it. >> i promise you right now that i will call allison and talk to her about that, if that is an issue they want to take on. you guys are great for that, because that issue has really hit the logical mind. that would be great. >> thank you. [applause] >> thank you very much, director smyth. now the fun begins, i get to introduce the executive director of the entertainment commission, joycelyn came. [applause] look at all of these people here. this as twice as many people as last year. i'm sure it is a violation of the fire code. are there any fireman here? i didn't like them. i know it is hard to squish in. you in the back, i keep my panelists -- could you come up? the next part of this is going to be panel conversation. if you would come up? thank you all for coming, by the way. it is always a challenge. it is like having a party and hoping that people will come. now i am so proud of myself. what i want to do to practice this conversation, is carol johnson here somewhere? is that they pretty much relate to the breakout groups that we will put you in later. last year i tried a different thing, to apply location, and it did not work at all. we are going back to the way that we did it at all. i am notorious, and bought it -- and will try not to swear up here. obviously, we will be asking you again about your job and what you do daily. i will be asking you to go on to a breakout room. but we want to focus on is what audrey mentioned earlier, the creative content, the experience. we did not call this a safety summit for a reason. we are now moving on. well, patrons' safety is super important. we will be talking about that in the breakout session for security. in that break out section we will hopefully have -- hello. talking about guard cards, we are running around the city telling people they need one and we want you all to know why. we brought the authority on that, and a few other folks, to talk to you about that. i imagine there will be a lot of uniforms in that one as well. that is the breakout for you. again, we wanted to talk about outdoor events. indoors, outdoors, abc licenses, assignments, stuff like that. there will be three of them. there will be some refreshments after we're done here, outside in one of the rooms. we will break out. we will not try to come back. lesson learned from last year, when we tried to get everyone to come back to the room, that also sought -- sucked. i hope they will partake in the breakout. they are much more casual. thank you. >> an owner management group, we will be asking the permit officers to come in there as well. >> i have almost everyone. i am going to ask my panelists to introduce themselves. mike, commander, i will start with ranked first. >> good afternoon. i am the commander of the metro division, the five downtown stations that go basically to the southern, northern, mission, and prior to this new assignment, which i did for the last couple of months, i was the commander of the special crimes and victims in it. i am now the code-liaison to the alcohol licensing unit. my partner is here. charlie, would you introduce yourself? he is my partner. what we do is run the daily operations of the unit. we are also the sounding board for them when it comes to the various type of permits and licenses we may be having difficulties with. i have my units working with the permit officers at those stations, who are the first line, reporting directly to their captains. i wanted to say that my highest priority is public safety. when we review an application for a new venue, be it entertainment, a bar, or a night club, it is very important that we look at the impact the venue will have on the neighborhood, and the community itself. however, i must also keep in mind and be aware of entrepreneurship and small business owners as the backbone of our city. they had a lot to the culture and flavor of san francisco and we do not want to lose that. we take these factors into consideration. ultimately be want everyone to have an enjoyable and safe time when they go out after hours to enjoy the city at night. that is my viewpoint. >> i am going to ask you to pass that over. >> good afternoon. i am a member of the san francisco police department alcohol and licensing unit. i have been in this department for 22 years. in the last eight months i have been designed to this particular unit, which is a different skill set for me. not investigating, but reaching out with training and enforcement hearings. we are the main unit that the commander mentioned. the first line would be the permit officers. if there is a permit, someone once transfer, that is where we talked about the code 47. we disseminate out to the stations. we get input from the station. essentially when they break up to the groups, you can ask them specifically what they look for. generally are concerned and cornerstone is public safety. environmentally when we look at the impact it will have, we look at the culture of service. i will talk about saturation. i agree with many of the questions that were brought up. it is over saturated. those districts and lots need to be updated. what we do is we handle licensing, education, and enforcement. we are liaison to the abc, as well as public health and the entertainment commission. last year we handled 637 licensing investigations, 385 involving premises conditions with no additional actions, 25 denials, and miscellaneous. we also conducted 28 minor decoy operations that involved 416 premises and 16 arrests. we did 20 impact subscriptions to see if they were handling the rules of procedure. for instance, the 47 that mr. allen brought up is something that we will go out and see. are they serving food at the bar or restaurant? generally, the license belongs to abc, however, i agree with the director of apple smith. it goes along with our input. we work really well hand in hand. with most of the speakers today, i feel i have worked very well with them. very flexible. in that case by case situation, personally i do not agree with the 50/50 rule. a $400 bottle of wine is in excess. we do go out with enforcement. one of the gentleman here that works with the entertainment commission will go out every weekend. myself, i do go out with another officer and an individual from the community to make sure that these rules are applied i welcome all of you who have licenses. it is a case by case situation. we are very open-minded in the police department. we do here with the mayor says, it is a big business. do not be afraid to contact our particular office. i could go in with more modifications, but if you deny one, the whole thing is done for a whole year. we will work with you on the conditions in the hours, i find the entertainment commission very agreeable, as well as most of lobbyists. i think they will tell you the same thing as well. >> are there pink cards? you can fill them out if you have a question. nicholas will collect them. we will ask those questions of these folks. dmitri, you are up. >> good afternoon. in the executive director of folsom st. events. we are the producers of many other events. particularly the well-known folsom street fair. there is a lot of work to do. we are actually a non profit. we donate back to charities. our model is different probably the most street fairs. but we do take it very seriously. i am here basicallyé@ to sharea lot of concerns, the issues of others, producers in the city, regulations, increasing fees. hopefully will have time today to talk about breast practices -- best practices. i noticed that in the opening remarks there were comments made around the entertainment commission in its ability to shut down places that are not doing what they are supposed to be doing. it would be great to explore what we would need for an incentive structure. how can we look at things like reducing as they do what they do in need to do it well. >> i have been a longtime promoter under the name of opal. the earning and community is the opulent temple. i am also a part-time psychologist, working with kids in the bayview, and a father. i was hoping to speak today as a small-business person doing various kinds of events in the city with similar challenges that illustrate the need for further reform in the city to make the process make more sense while still maintaining public safety. >> hello, folks. my name is jeff, founder of public works. i love good food, music and art, creativity in general. i tried to reflect that in the venue. by booking manager had an opportunity in lake tahoe. i love san francisco and the diversity here. i find that when you operate a venue and it is diverse and has a variety of things going on, there is a certain openness. when it is open to all the folks in the city, problems of violence and things like that do not tend to come along. thank you. >> thank you. i love my panel. in the producer of the largest fetish event next year. thank you, from the. [laughter] i wanted to start with you, jeffrey. this is a big thing of mine. everyone says that they love good food and music. i love a good cocktail. obviously, that is part and parcel of the issue that came up around all ages, 21 and over. other than looking great entertainment on the stage, how do you plan to make sure the or patrons have a great experience? aside from what they are seeing, maybe? >> it is artistic. right off the bat, when you enter a club, the first contact point is the door. if there is a hard asset the door giving you a rough time. from the beginning i start with a courtesy force. the bartender's that i have are not the kinds with attitudes, like to ignore some folks and go to others. on the first level, it is to you're dealing with at the venue. then it gets into the small art gallery of public works. part of the energy of the venue comes from having that art gallery. having a small workshop with a few resident artists who work on art during the day. it provides a certain energy. when that moves on to the employees were working there during the night, coming in contact with patrons, you have a great start and a good experience. great talent, visuals, who have done the other thing for the most part. lots of responses. >> thank you. dmitri, while enhancing your out dope -- outdoor event, how important is the creative contact to make sure it you have customers who return over and over again? >> our creative content, you know, it is pretty out there. [laughter] >> sort of spices up the meeting. meeting. >> for us, i think the most
driven locally. most of the conditions you'll ever see on an abc license are because we rely, to a great extent, on the police department and local officials to determine what is best for their communities. i'm not trying to pin this on you guys or blame you guys, but we do try to work with you. we do not tend to want to overrule the police department very often. now that said, i get a fair number of petitions and appeals to me. typically, they are from the neighbors. i want to see that there is actually a practical problem posed -- that the condition is there to solve, not that this is the way the things have been or maybe there's someone who is satisfied by what is potentially wrought by having live entertainment. it is always a case by case. generally, very deferential -- i am very deferential to the removal of conditions that do not appear to be solving any problems, and by removing them we are narghile posing any problems that we cannot then thereafter solved. >> director apple smith, thank you for coming. i represent about 30 or 40 entertainment venues in san francisco, new york, and moscow is. i have a technical question about county transfers. -- and lost vegas. i have a technical question about county transfers. right now, there are very few buildings that you can lease in san francisco anymore. this town has gone nuts in the last five or six months. there are no liquor licenses to purchase. i have strong connections with the liquor licenses on line and some of these people. i am sorry that the top of the list. i have 48 license requests that i cannot fail. i have a two-star michelin restaurant that is moving from downtown out into the mission that the only thing i can do is throw a quick 41 on the place because we can -- because i cannot find a 47 or 848 to do it. i would like you -- or a 48 to do it. i would like to think about some injured county transfers. -- enter-county transfers. there are a lot of restaurants that have a million dollar construction costs and cannot find a license and are freaking out. licensing has gone to about 128,000 this month. we assume they will surely go to 150,000 and probably more. we need some more liquor licenses. >> to that, in part, i would say that is a structural problem, and largely driven by our statutes. this governor is very pro- expansion of business. and in favor of things that make this city and state great. there is mileage from your local representatives on this. the governor is going to be supportive of whenever you want to do in the city of san francisco. -- what ever you want to do in the city of san francisco. >> i own a corner bar and i'm basically in the same boat. i am an entrepreneur and i want to open another bar and not got a lease in hand. i'm in danger of losing the lease because i cannot find a license. what i am wondering is, is it possible for that number -- i did not know we were saturated. is it possible for that number to change? can we control the market driven licenses, perhaps? you hear of a license is going for sale in new york or new jersey for half a million dollars. that makes a small-business man like me, that boggles my mind. and it boggles my mind to think i might have to go up to two hundred thousand dollars. what is the likelihood of the supply increasing to meet the demand? the city is growing. in south beach, there are cranes everywhere. we will need these licenses. how will we get them? >> i can repeat what i just said, but in part, that is something that we need to have pushed from the local. right now, there is a bill applying to napa. i'm sorry, marin county. it is the same sort of problem. part of the argument is -- just like i it was a kid coming in, people come in from all over the area to eat in san francisco restaurants. they come from all over the world. again, this governor is going to support everyone locally. i lot of that will have to come from you to accomplish what is right for the city. how do we do that? >> [unintelligible] >> i blame these guys for conditions. this time, i will blame fee on the mall and senator leno. -- fiona ma and senator leno. their limited by statute, but that is very difficult to have much room to maneuver. >> you said to organize local bars. i have been trying to do that for a few years now. we have our sixth annual event coming up in september. we have been trying to get toger a long time. i am not a politician in do not care to be a politician. if i cannot raise the issue in that way, the way i have been doing it, personally i get quoted in esquire for what i have done, but i still have no connections. it is still up to me to do that? i am doing everything can. i do not know what else to do besides try to make a profit in a city that is over-taxing the and running down. [applause] >> i do think that you can do a lot through talking to your city supervisor and working through that process. i am telling you, there are ways that began help you. alcohol is a local issue on this type of matter. what we are behind would you guys want to do, whenever that is. a lot of times we do not always have statutes that make that much sense. it is partly the ways that the laws have evolved and we are the ones who are stuck with enforcing them the way that they are. that does not necessarily mean that we think they are particularly good ideas, but we certainly want people to grow, prosper, and be saved. that can be achieved in all sorts of ways. we want to work with you on that. thank you. >> i was the founding president of the entertainment commission. i retired and went on to found the culture association, the first trade association statewide for night life, bar, and restaurant activities. i am here with a question that plagues a lot of these license holders, who desire to have their establishment opened for all age dance parties, or 18 and up, and are being handed a restriction in the conditioning process that requires them to sell 50% food and 50% alcohol, in direct contradiction to the underlying statute that defines a bonafide eating place and put an onerous requirement that cannot be met and makes those business owners immediate felons and creates a situation where our all ages cultural institutions are challenged when ownership changes and there is an opportunity for this new conditioning. for a long time i have been the advocates for either aids license type or the relaxing of the 5050 rule, because i do not think it would stand up in a court of law. i am asking you to direct your staff to look at that. the problem that it purports to solve does not exist and we would ask you to have them removed so that those of us who seek to serve a larger, wider range for each region wider age range can do so without restrictions that makes us immediate crooks. [applause] >> i hope that does not make you a felon. i totally agree with you that that standard is silly. that is one that we have generally applied, basically, through accounts. on a case by case basis, when those come before me, i have generally not held to that, because it does not make a lot of sense. it very much depends on the establishment. there are certain places where you will never get that, like a fine dining establishment. with you guys, we are just trying to avoid a place that does nothing other than serves alcohol and every once in awhile microwaves a burrito. we have been working to find a better way to go with that. we have a crummy statute, and that is not an excuse, i am just trying to point out the challenges that we have. we really have tried to come up with something where we can have a target for what we're trying to avoid, fraudulent restaurants. >> i love the idea. >> the willingness to take this challenge on, if it needs to be done legislatively, as he has told me this past week, whenever we need to do, the impetus and strength behind the need for that change to be made is here, present right now. i would embrace your willingness to take a look at it. >> i promise you right now that i will call allison and talk to her about that, if that is an issue they want to take on. you guys are great for that, because that issue has really hit the logical mind. that would be great. >> thank you. [applause] >> thank you very much, director smyth. now the fun begins, i get to introduce the executive director of the entertainment commission, joycelyn came. [applause] look at all of these people here. this as twice as many people as last year. i'm sure it is a violation of the fire code. are there any fireman here? i didn't like them. i know it is hard to squish in. you in the back, i keep my panelists -- could you come up? the next part of this is going to be panel conversation. if you would come up? thank you all for coming, by the way. it is always a challenge. it is like having a party and hoping that people will come. now i am so proud of myself. what i want to do to practice this conversation, is carol johnson here somewhere? is that they pretty much relate to the breakout groups that we will put you in later. last year i tried a different thing, to apply location, and it did not work at all. we are going back to the way that we did it at all. i am notorious, and bought it -- and will try not to swear up here. obviously, we will be asking you again about your job and what you do daily. i will be asking you to go on to a breakout room. but we want to focus on is what audrey mentioned earlier, the creative content, the experience. we did not call this a safety summit for a reason. we are now moving on. well, patrons' safety is super important. we will be talking about that in the breakout session for security. in that break out section we will hopefully have -- hello. talking about guard cards, we are running around the city telling people they need one and we want you all to know why. we brought the authority on that, and a few other folks, to talk to you about that. i imagine there will be a lot of uniforms in that one as well. that is the breakout for you. again, we wanted to talk about outdoor events. indoors, outdoors, abc licenses, assignments, stuff like that. there will be three of them. there will be some refreshments after we're done here, outside in one of the rooms. we will break out. we will not try to come back. lesson learned from last year, when we tried to get everyone to come back to the room, that also sought -- sucked. i hope they will partake in the breakout. they are much more casual. thank you. >> an owner management group, we will be asking the permit officers to come in there as well. >> i have almost everyone. i am going to ask my panelists to introduce themselves. mike, commander, i will start with ranked first. >> good afternoon. i am the commander of the metro division, the five downtown stations that go basically to the southern, northern, mission, and prior to this new assignment, which i did for the last couple of months, i was the commander of the special crimes and victims in it. i am now the code-liaison to the alcohol licensing unit. my partner is here. charlie, would you introduce yourself? he is my partner. what we do is run the daily operations of the unit. we are also the sounding board for them when it comes to the various type of permits and licenses we may be having difficulties with. i have my units working with the permit officers at those stations, who are the first line, reporting directly to their captains. i wanted to say that my highest priority is public safety. when we review an application for a new venue, be it entertainment, a bar, or a night club, it is very important that we look at the impact the venue will have on the neighborhood, and the community itself. however, i must also keep in mind and be aware of entrepreneurship and small business owners as the backbone of our city. they had a lot to the culture and flavor of san francisco and we do not want to lose that. we take these factors into consideration. ultimately be want everyone to have an enjoyable and safe time when they go out after hours to enjoy the city at night. that is my viewpoint. >> i am going to ask you to pass that over. >> good afternoon. i am a member of the san francisco police department alcohol and licensing unit. i have been in this department for 22 years. in the last eight months i have been designed to this particular unit, which is a different skill set for me. not investigating, but reaching out with training and enforcement hearings. we are the main unit that the commander mentioned. the first line would be the permit officers. if there is a permit, someone once transfer, that is where we talked about the code 47. we disseminate out to the stations. we get input from the station. essentially when they break up to the groups, you can ask them specifically what they look for. generally are concerned and cornerstone is public safety. environmentally when we look at the impact it will have, we look at the culture of service. i will talk about saturation. i agree with many of the questions that were brought up. it is over saturated. those districts and lots need to be updated. what we do is we handle licensing, education, and enforcement. we are liaison to the abc, as well as public health and the entertainment commission. last year we handled 637 licensing investigations, 385 involving premises conditions with no additional actions, 25 denials, and miscellaneous. we also conducted 28 minor decoy operations that involved 416 premises and 16 arrests. we did 20 impact subscriptions to see if they were handling the rules of procedure. for instance, the 47 that mr. allen brought up is something that we will go out and see. are they serving food at the bar or restaurant? generally, the license belongs to abc, however, i agree with the director of apple smith. it goes along with our input. we work really well hand in hand. with most of the speakers today, i feel i have worked very well with them. very flexible. in that case by case situation, personally i do not agree with the 50/50 rule. a $400 bottle of wine is in excess. we do go out with enforcement. one of the gentleman here that works with the entertainment commission will go out every weekend. myself, i do go out with another officer and an individual from the community to make sure that these rules are applied i welcome all of you who have licenses. it is a case by case situation. we are very open-minded in the police department. we do here with the mayor says, it is a big business. do not be afraid to contact our particular office. i could go in with more modifications, but if you deny one, the whole thing is done for a whole year. we will work with you on the conditions in the hours, i find the entertainment commission very agreeable, as well as most of lobbyists. i think they will tell you the same thing as well. >> are there pink cards? you can fill them out if you have a question. nicholas will collect them. we will ask those questions of these folks. dmitri, you are up. >> good afternoon. in the executive director of folsom st. events. we are the producers of many other events. particularly the well-known folsom street fair. there is a lot of work to do. we are actually a non profit. we donate back to charities. our model is different probably the most street fairs. but we do take it very seriously. i am here basicallyé@ to sharea lot of concerns, the issues of others, producers in the city, regulations, increasing fees. hopefully will have time today to talk about breast practices -- best practices. i noticed that in the opening remarks there were comments made around the entertainment commission in its ability to shut down places that are not doing what they are supposed to be doing. it would be great to explore what we would need for an incentive structure. how can we look at things like reducing as they do what they do in need to do it well. >> i have been a longtime promoter under the name of opal. the earning and community is the opulent temple. i am also a part-time psychologist, working with kids in the bayview, and a father. i was hoping to speak today as a small-business person doing various kinds of events in the city with similar challenges that illustrate the need for further reform in the city to make the process make more sense while still maintaining public safety. >> hello, folks. my name is jeff, founder of public works. i love good food, music and art, creativity in general. i tried to reflect that in the venue. by booking manager had an opportunity in lake tahoe. i love san francisco and the diversity here. i find that when you operate a venue and it is diverse and has a variety of things going on, there is a certain openness. when it is open to all the folks in the city, problems of violence and things like that do not tend to come along. thank you. >> thank you. i love my panel. in the producer of the largest fetish event next year. thank you, from the. [laughter] i wanted to start with you, jeffrey. this is a big thing of mine. everyone says that they love good food and music. i love a good cocktail. obviously, that is part and parcel of the issue that came up around all ages, 21 and over. other than looking great entertainment on the stage, how do you plan to make sure the or patrons have a great experience? aside from what they are seeing, maybe? >> it is artistic. right off the bat, when you enter a club, the first contact point is the door. if there is a hard asset the door giving you a rough time. from the beginning i start with a courtesy force. the bartender's that i have are not the kinds with attitudes, like to ignore some folks and go to others. on the first level, it is to you're dealing with at the venue. then it gets into the small art gallery of public works. part of the energy of the venue comes from having that art gallery. having a small workshop with a few resident artists who work on art during the day. it provides a certain energy. when that moves on to the employees were working there during the night, coming in contact with patrons, you have a great start and a good experience. great talent, visuals, who have done the other thing for the most part. lots of responses. >> thank you. dmitri, while enhancing your out dope -- outdoor event, how important is the creative contact to make sure it you have customers who return over and over again? >> our creative content, you know, it is pretty out there. [laughter] >> sort of spices up the meeting. >> for us, i think the most important thing we are offering is something quintessentially san francisco. something that they cannot
out of pacifica tonight. good evening. a i'm dan ashley. >> i'm carol johnson. a tense standoff ended in >> officers used a flashbang grenade and then the sound of gunfire. this happened on san pedro avenue hours after it it began. >> family members called police to say their son was armed with an ax and displaying paranoid behavior. the neighborhood was evacuated. >> the man stabbed one of the s.w.a.t team members and other s.w.a.t officers opened fire killing him. the injuries to the s.w.a.t officer stabbed were not life-threatening. and security concerns at sfo. a woman who was relentlessly trying to sneak past checkpoint stepped in again and did it tonight. she didn't make it through, but she has in the past. >> she was arrested at sfo. that's where you can see her photo and that's where abc7 news reporter alan wang is live tonight. alan? >> dan police arrested this woman before she even got to the security checkpoint. they are pretty sure she was trying to make it on a plane again because she had two carry on bags with her. the tsa says she is not a bow gnaw fight -- bonafide threat, but it pointed out a weakness. airline passengers were surprised to find a woman has been sneaking past this checkpoint. >> that's hard to believe with how how much they make you go through security. >> they arrested marilyn hartman not far from the checkpoint. >> she is not supposed to be there. she has a court order preventing her from being to the airport unless she has a lawful reason to be there, like a ticket to go somewhere. >> she was arrested three times last february for trying to sneak on board a flight to hawaii. she simply sliped under and bypassed both security guards including the tsa agent who checks your boarding pass and id card. she was caught twice in the boarding area, but once made it on to a high high-bound flight without a boarding pass and was found siting in a ticketed seat before take of yo. she lives in a homeless shelter and says she has cancer and wants to go someplace warm. >> may not be the woman who wants to go to hawaii next time. it may be somebody who wants to cause trouble. >> reporter: since then they put up barriers to keep people from sneaking under. meanwhile she is in jail on $7,500 bail. alan wang, abc7 news. a routine traffic stop was anything but in the east bay where a driver is now in the hospital and under arrest after being shot by an alameda county sheriff deputy. this happened in san lorenzo where deputies say the driver tried to run them down and forcing an officer to open fire. cornell bernard is there live for us tonight. cornell? >> carolyn, we know the alameda county sheriff deputy who fired the shots is a seven-year veteran of the department. it happened here on hisperion boulevard. he will survive after they say he tried to run the deputy down. >> i heard some shots. >> carlos molina heard shots and then saw police swarm the area. sky 7hd was over the scene moments later where an alameda county sheriff deputy opened fire on a suspect. it began about 5:30 p.m. when deputies made a routine traffic stop on a black bmw. but the driver took off. there was a brief chase on on 880. officers lost sight of the car. minutes later the car was spotted at a stoplight and when a deputy approached the bmw with his gun drawn officials claim the driver tried to run him down. >> the deputy in fear for his safety fired two shots at the vehicle. the vehicle continued to flea southbound on hisperion boulevard. >> the suspect was wounded and shot once in the arm. hayward police captured the man a short time later near the san mateo bridge. >> i want to go home with my kid. >> the police investigation kept neighbors like carlos and his two from coming home several hours. authorities don't know what caused the suspect to run. cornell bernard, abc7 news. developing news, the justice department reached a settlement worth hundreds of millions of dollars and an announcement could come as early as tomorrow. the settlement has to do with the handling of consumer complaints tied to unintended acceleration. the government was investigating whether toyota misled authorities about the complaints. the acceleration problem prompted toyota to recall millions of vehicles beginning in 2009 and may have contributed to dozens of deaths. under the deal they are expected to avoid criminal charges. the search for the missing malaysia airlines jet expanded to a vast area covering 2.9 million square miles. they say the plane changed direction at least 12 minutes before the copilot sign every off. they found nothing to indicate it was planned. thailand's military revealed its radar spotted the plane turning west. a pilot who flew the same jets say it is one of the youngest in the malaysia airlines fleet. >> it is more solid than anything else in the world. for it to disappear the way it is, lots of questions. >> they say it is just a key stroke to take them off course. if they suffered mechanical failure it would not fly silently. the jet flew for hours with no distress calls. >> a news chopper in seattle made an unusual noise before it crashed. it went down feet from the space needle downtown. two people on board were killed. they say there was a wining sound as it took off. flames from the explosion spread to three vehicles and then trailed down the block. one person in the car was critically burned. the victims were a pilot and a long-time photo journalist. the anchors at the station tearfully reported the news today. >> as we have reached the point here where we can talk about the two people we have lost, this will be a very difficult time. >> the plane a's wreckage has been removed. plane investigators will look through it to see what went wrong. we are expressing our condolences with our colleagues on our facebook page. go to facebook.com/abc7 news to share your thoughts with the family and friends of gary and bill. a fremont man is one of those facing charges in the on-line child 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historic landmarks even as the owner shuts them down at the end of the month. lisa amin gulezian has the story. >> an -- angry and sad voices. they want them to get on board with their vision to save the theaters on winchester boulevard. the real focus on their plea is on century 21. a single screen movie theater built in 1964. this is the flyer for the grand opening 50 years ago. >> it is significant both because of the building and the history and the architecture. >> but the theater's owners are ready to sell and get out of the movie business. >> we believe with careful planning our property can once again be reimagined into a development that will serve the needs of our vibrant community. >> still designating the theater could make it harder to do monthly leash it. to demolish it. the committee does want the city's input. several council members aren't on board with the idea. >> the movie theater is not very old and not very historical. it is premature to give it a historic designation. >> it is a plan for higher density development. many long-time theater goers want the dome preserved and used. >> maybe hold some concerts or some theater shows. have this be a multi-use facility. >> the council voted 7-4 not to deem century 21 a his historical site. that's at least until an investigation is done. lisa amin bough lesion, abc7 news. >> a new honor tonight for a bay area olympic figure skater. san jose city council presented pauline edmunds for accommodations for her work representing the u.s. and her hometown of san jose. she came in 9th place in women's figure skating. she is looking forward to competing in the 20 on 8 olympics. >> we are looking forward to watching her. a ticket sold in florida and maryland matched all six numbers in the $400 million mega millions drawing. and someone would bought a ticket at huntington liquor in san bruno has five winning numbers worth $2 million. here are the numbers, 11, 19, 24, 33 and 51. the mega ball is 7. tls the 6th -- it is the 6th largest lottery prize in history. a stanford professor won an award for his work on the big bang theory. and it has gone viral since its review yesterday. >> what? >> phi sigma. as clear as day. >> .2 plus minus. >> he then celebrated with some bubbly. back in the 1980s he devised models showing how the universe expanded and he needed one more piece of evidence to prove it. it was proven this week after they proved there is tbraf stational waves in space time. >> life's work realized. >> a dream came true for a teenager suffering through heart surgeries. the 17-year-old is an avid sharks fan. he spent the day with the team and was one of the rare players to escape through the shark's head before the game. the crowd even gave him a standing ovation. he was born with a heart defect. make a wish set him up to rub elbows with his favorite hockey stars. >> they were given me advice. >> you can look at his face and you know what it means to him. he is smiling ear to ear. >> sam received his own jersey, and a sat and a contract showing he is a official member of the team. what a special night. >> that's our favorite story of the day. let's get a check of the forecast. >> sandhya patel is here. >> yes, dan and carolyn, that is a great story. we are almost closing out winter and there is no rain. we will continue on with nice weather. even warmer weather for the last day of winter. from our east bay hills camera, look across the bay and it is great visibility. 57 in san francisco and 54 in oakland, redwood city. still close to 60 in san jose. one of our cooler spots, half moon bay at 47. from our exploratorium camera, the trans america pyramid under star econ decisions. 47 in santa rosa. you can see the temperatures are dropping into the upper 40s and 50 in livermore. warming end from continues for your wednesday. spring arrives at 9:57 and there is a chance of rain early next week. as the seasons change we may see changes in our pattern coming up next week. the high pressure for the time being is deflecting the storms to our north. we are going into the weekend with some dry weather. we will see some changes though as we head toward spring. high clouds out here over the pacific will move in on thursday. as the clouds move in, the temperatures will come back down a few degrees on thursday and on friday. you will see that in a moment. more than clouds coming in early next week. watching this cold front on tuesday, march 25th, we are looking at a chance of light rain in the bay area. don't put those umbrellas away. you might need them as we head toward early next week. one thing is for sure. dress warmly tomorrow morning. it will start out chilly. 45 in san jose and 48 oakland and 50 in san francisco. and it is going to be a clear start tomorrow afternoon. a beautiful day and even warmer weather for the south bay. 75 in san jose and 77 in los gatos. mid70s around morgan hill and sunnyvale and close to 80 in gilroy. these temperatures are where they should be. normally we see low to upper 60s. not tomorrow on the peninsula. closing out winter on a worm note. 75 loss altos and 67 on the coast in half moon bay. downtown san francisco, 70 degrees. 64 in daly city. and in the north bay plenty of 70s here. 75 santa rosa and napa in the east bay. blue skies and mild weather. oakland sift 2. you are all in the low to mid70s. 74 for livermore and antioch. a look at the accu-weather seven-day forecast. we are going to take the temperatures down for the first day of spring on on thursday. cooling continues on friday. and then we will see a slight warm up for the second half of your weekend. as you look at the seven-day forecast it is something we haven't seen in awhile. a chance of rain on tuesday. we will be hopefully banking on the possibility of needing those umbrellas. >> we hope. thank you very much. let's talk warriors now. gee did you see 78 and sunny tomorrow? >> you are not looking well. >> it is a fever. dan, check me. two starters out. will the warriors be in trouble? they are de tear yes, sir rating quickly -- deteriorating quickly. this was bobblehead night. but he is out with knee tendonitis. the absence of bogit and andre giving guys scoring opportunities. this is harrison showing up and showing up angry. steph curry the dribbling machine. look at these moves and the rainbow jay. 21 years old and this is with authority. 20 for clay and knocks down the three. steph with three of his 23. warriors roll 103-89. it is an emotional night. so emotional in the tank. starting and finishing tay make it 1-0 sharks off the deflection. but florida answers with 17 seconds. he knocks it in. the panthers end the sharks' win streak 3-2. football. pro day at cal. they are watching some of the guys working out. he pulled his hamstring. starts. and the first thing that came to mind is, "can i afford to go to the hospital?" now that i've got covered california, i know that if something happens to me that i'm 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