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people talk about the sky falling. well, it is falling. climate change is very real. there is nothing scare yer in this world. we are seeing incredible droughts in the midwest affecting our food crops. this is not the only time this will happen. we are seeing incredible floods and storms. theres nothing more threatening to our civilization than climate change. the only way we address it is by reducing our dependence on coal and fos it is fuels. we have a chance now to take an unprecede...

impact. so the 18 monthly impact is what is probable to people who will probably join. the 27 is what it would be if everyone joined because you would get larger homes, higher priced, all that kind of thing. it is the same numbers we are talking about, just splitting the total differently. so the 18 is the impact on those most probable to join in. >> thank you for your impromptu work. can we make sure to just go back so we can clarify for tuesday. before next tuesday that would be grea...

about, you know, the issue of job loss? i honestly -- i understand where mr. -- where the economist is coming from. i dont know that i necessarily agree with that. but im wondering what your thoughts are on that issue. >> sure, supervisor. i guess it is an economic model. economic models do things that are important. to take an analogy, lets talk about tomatos. they are good now, ripe, wonderful. you can go to safeway and buy a tomato for a certain price or go to the farmers market and...

said, to beg your consideration for us, to help us for this matter, thank you very much. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon, honorable supervisors. im mrs. lolit ramos. fixed income. i spend $6.50 a day for daily meals. if i spend more for utilities maybe i skip meals for three days. i have no problem with my present services. it is okay. im representing the sons and daughters and widows and spouses of the organization of san francisco, thank you. >> thank you. next ...

hours until the approach of the golden gate is shut down. starting at 8:00 tomorrow night, get ready for a traffic nightmare! the final clutches of a brand-new doyle drive will be put into place. we have team coverage on the closure, how it will impact traffic in san francisco, on the bay bridge and in marin county, and the detours youll need to get around. kate thompson is detailing the mess. >> reporter: getting around north of the golden gate in marin county this weekend could get u...

island. latest from our reporter in san francisco. >>reporter: the coast guard wants to make sure they dont have another tragedy like the one on the farallons islands. when i show you some video, look at this. this video was taken from the santa cruz 50 deception on april 14. it sho shows what the conditions were like during that yacht race that left 5 people dead when the low speed chase ran aground on the farallons. now again the coast guard is temporarily suspending all marine event...

disease hadnt been seen in california in years why the government says the diagnosis though is good news. a wave unlike anything ever seen the first head count from one of the survivors of that deadly accident and airlines and teenagers found a new way to get drunk the common household products. distilling into a cheap buys. mad cow disease surfaced again in california. it was found in a dairy cow the central valley to the good reason why the government says it proves what were consumi...

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farm. dairy farmers say the national food inspection for catless is working. >> reporter: cows are big business here in sonoma county. 6million-gallons of milk a day goes through this farm in petaluma. when people say mad cow disease, people here pay special attention. the diseased cow was found. the cow was randomly selected for testing after it died. about 40,000 cows a year are tested and this is the first case in the u.s. since 2006. u.s. agriculture officials say the cow was never...

kraska afternoon. i am -- good afternoon. i am co-president of the business association. we have spoken with the planning commission and stated our position on this matter a couple of times. last time being a year ago or last year when we were discussing the issue of chase moving into divisadero. we had the merchant association who thought the banks were already in the formula retail ban because of the retail and service component. that aside, we wanted to restate that it is crucial to...