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with. [applause] >> thank you. i really appreciate everyone being here today. let me first of all give you a little history. some of you may know mrs. westbrook and some of you may not know mrs. west work. but she is a dynamic leader in san francisco. her history is outstanding. it is so outstanding that we did not hesitate in naming this the westbrook plaza. she has done a lot for health services, not only in san francisco, but throughout the nation, and she has done a lot for housing...

sewage, and dangerous reptiles like water moccasin snakes. many residents are huddling in shelters. >>we are here on riverside drive in downtown memphis which you can see is a complete washout. the mississippi river does not even normally start until those power lines. the river crested curets 5 ft. this morning -- crested here at 5 feet this morning. and now it will break the 1927 record in vicksburg mississippi by nearly 2 feet. and then on to batten ruched -- that baton rouge. then ...

sergeant gordon and lt. parra did not hesitate. they confronted the suspect, shouting out that they were the police and ordering him to drop his weapon. with nothing between them and this murder, they used their tactical expertise to triangulate on the suspect. they chose to close the distance between them. advancing on the murder in a purposeful manner. they knew every foot of sidewalk or st. they could close would reduce the number of pedestrians and civilians exposed. the suspect tu...

plaza. buses wont be picking up thousands of kids that count on a ride to school. sharon chin is in san francisco to explain these so-called cost saving moves. sharon, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, robert. yes, the school board voted to cut bus service by more than half and that means more than 3,000 san francisco public elementary, middle school students are going to have to find another way to get to school. the examiner reports that the district pays $100,000 a year to ...

that they can do these things in a way to grow their economy, create jobs, and at the same time, reduce greenhouse gas emissions. a number of years ago, we had a big press conference. i remember some of the reporters saying that it was a waste of time. we had a bunch of folks from think tanks, and we must have had other people at the city hall, committing to this vision of electric vehicles. we all talked in terms, the day that we converted our taxicab fleet, how we could do a electric...

this is more toward the saudi, yemen region of the gulf. susan is wearing a traditional yemeni dress from a mountain region. this is a traditional form of a tire -- attire. ♪ ♪ >> this is the last part of our show. this is the part of the show that features lebanon, jordan. she is wearing traditional garb from damascus. i do not know if you can tell but there is a lot of handstitched detail at the top. lena is wearing a traditional jordanian start out with handstitched work. these ...

obtained from the building evaluations into the new permit tracking system. this is another area where that new system is going to be very valuable to us. on behalf of the volunteer advisory committee im happy to respond to questions and comments. we certainly appreciate the support we have received from the commission. president murphy: do you have any questions for mr. paxton? none. >> thank you, commissioners. president murphy: any further public comments? three minutes. >> good aft...

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>> two things that came out last week in particular i was very proud of, that was the comptrollers report on parks and the comptroller support on streets that showed significant improvement, not just year-to- year improvement, but the cleanliness of the streets and sidewalks. lets start with the streets. support came out just a week ago showing that the cleanliness of our sidewalks had improved by 10%, and the aggregate is the best we have seen in years. we have also shown a substantia...

curriculum program committee meeting on november 3, and we had a couple of items that were informational. what was expectations of eighth grade counselors and assisting students to meet graduation requirements. very exciting, they are moving in the direction of adopting the american school counseling association national model. that means that it is very much similar to a chaired service system. all of our students would receive counseling. rather than some. the challenging thing about...