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Treasure island. A great milestone there. And then my last notes is, one of the things they talked about, the great executive team that we have, what we have had a couple of holes. And one of the things that i have been very focused on is filling those holes, but also making sure that the central subway stays on a continued strong path to get to the finish line, so i am pleased to announce the appointment of someone who started yesterday as the new Central Subway Program director. Nadeem, as i s...

Directing traffic or working in the back office, there are so many people who work so hard. They are why those good things happen, that and the leadership of the board and there are a lot of things we have brought you that have not been politically popular or easy for you to contemplate. With your direction and leadership there is a lot of good things that happened in San Francisco for transportation. There are some things that havent happened well as we would like. I will talk about some of the...

Responsible for all of them. Hermela Aregawi tongiht a serial car arsonist is still on the loose in contra costa county. Five cars have been set on fire this week alone. And Police Believe the same suspect may be responsible for several othersrobert marshall contra costa fire marshall we are not being specific about those commonalities and theres some information that we need to withold for the integrity of the investigation. But these fires all have somethings in common and because of that we b...

A slight chance of rain regionwide late monday into tuesday as another system approaches from the north. A warming trend is then expected late in the forecast period as a result of building high pressure. No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. San mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. james breaking news this morning. Two more car fires are reported in the east bay overnight. Bringing the total to seven car fires this week. This comes as investigat...

Afternoon. Bay shoreline temps will peak near 65 today, while coastal communities will stay in the mid 50s. Your weekend outlook shows temps staying flat. Mothers day sunday will see mostly sunny skies and highs in the 60s. Your extended forecast shows a chance of rain returning on tuesday. No major hot spots. Bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. darya breaking news we are following this morning. Two more cars set on fire overnight in Contra Costa County. mark this brings th...

A west wind at 13 at the golden gate bridge. If it makes the righthand turn, well let you know. 7 00 this morning, your 12hour day planner. 54 to 61. The bottle line is the coastal conditions. Mainly upper 50s at noon, 4 00, and 7 00. The middle number is the bay. 73 to 77, and really nice this evening. 83 to 87 noon inland. There are areas in the east bay that will be in the 90s. But everybody falls back into the 70s in the evening. One more nice day and then the hat is on. How about the commut...

This had been a gentry fid neighborhood, rising rents the reason many suspect arson. Some people say gentrification is good for business, some say its not. Some say its leading to displacement and higher rent. Reporter hard times for the eateries on 23rd street. El burrito gordo should have been filled with construction workers. It looked like a ghost town instead. Used to get 20 of them. Now no more. Reporter in short, still more questions than answers. From oakland, wayne freedman, abc 7 news....

They get a 90,000 equity jump start for permits transferrable, and they can get 240,000 for it after paying 150. So, they have something most of them are going to want to build equity. The second thing which is more subtle is once they have the medallion, theyll typically give about 2200 in lease income from having the permit, pay 800 towards the loan, 400 in income tax. That gives them 1,000 income increase as a quality of life improvement. And it is such a major thing to these people, 55 years...

These people, 55 years old and typically have families. I think that you look at the revenue you get, 1,000, like myself, prop k medallion and the [speaker not understood] together, when you have us surrender the permits and sell them for 100,000 profit, that generates 100 million. Youre also leasing medallions to color schemes now. You get fees. If you look at what im proposing, 300 medallions at 150,000, thats 45 million. Typically theyll retransfer in 10 years. 60,000 is going to be another 1...

Ended at 9 oclock last night, our board of directors with 30 people we have a very large board of directors unanimously voted to support option 4 at the pagoda theater. It is rare that 30 people agree, especially the 30 people with whom im involved. I come from a family of 45. Rarely we have collaboration, rarely consensus. So, ive been involved with ive been with north beach library, so, different opinions. I respect and everyones opinion that has come before me today, but this just happens to ...