Item, please. Clerk item number 2, general Public Comment. This item is to allow members of the public to address the Treasure Island Development Board on items within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Treasure Island Development Board that do not appear on the agenda. You will hear a single chime when there are 30 seconds remaining. Please state your name and the organization you are representing, if any, for the record. Are there any members of the public who would like to address the board . Yes. Im here to challenge this board that was put together by the former mayor, willie brown, to develop a former radio active site. Theres corruption here, and when we talk about corruption in the city and county of San Francisco, we have to look at this commission and at this whole project, and at robert beck, the director because there has been a cover up at Treasure Island. Students have got sick, people have got sick, families have got sick. Theres radio active material that has been f
Kevin briggs has accumulated many stories from his time spent talking with people ready to jump from the golden gate bridge. Hes been the subject of documentaries, written a book now hes bringing his message to iowa as suicide rates climb across the country. Its so empowering when the individual comes back over that rail, they did it, it takes a lot of courage to come back over that rail and face everything that pushed you over that edge. Briggs says the key is communication people something many people do. In johnson county, the Crisis Center offers a crisis hot line that gets one thousand calls a month, and recently started a mobile Crisis Center where Mental Health professionals actually go and visit with people who are considering harming themselves. We were averaging 15 calls a month, and that has sky rocketed to 34 or 35 calls a month the last couple months. Briggs says everyday people can going to say to their friends or lovedones. And be ready with resource materials and a plan
Towards the north. Our next area of low pressure is not far off though, and will begin to impact our weather beginning tomorrow. Plan on some showers and storms in the area for friday and especially on friday night. This weekend continues to look great with highs into the 70s and lows into the 50s. The plan weatherwise for saturday night continues to be unchanged with clear sky and comfortable temperatures for football into the 60s. Today gradual clearing. Wind nw 515. High 82 tonight increasing clouds. Wind light e. Low 62 tomorrow ho heavy rain possible. Wind s 510. High 78 tom. Night lingering showers and a few thunderstorms. Wind nw 5 10. Low 57 thanks kaj. Were going to send it back to our studio in cedar rapids where brea is standing by with a look at todays top stories. Mondayits the day for the minimum wage in the county. The board approved the second reading of the ordinance yesterday. One more yes vote would boost the minimum wage from 7dollars and 25 cents an hour now to 825
In meteorologist kaj omara. Kaj, what are we looking at for temperatures today . Plan on the rain to exit the area very quickly this morning leaving the Daylight Hours dry and quiet. Temperatures will bounce back into the lower 80s south and upper 70s towards the north. Our next area of low pressure is not far off though, and will begin to impact our weather beginning tomorrow. Plan on some showers and storms in the area for friday and especially on friday night. This weekend continues to look great into the 50s. The plan weatherwise for saturday night continues to be unchanged with clear sky and comfortable temperatures for football into the 60s. Today gradual clearing. Wind nw 515. High 82 tonight increasing clouds. Wind light e. Low 62 tomorrow showers and thunderstorms likely. Locally heavy rain possible. Wind s 510. High 78 tom. Night lingering showers and a few thunderstorms. Wind nw 5 10. Low 57 now that this facility is complete, performers will take to this stage very soon. Of
Thunderstorms. Wind nw 5 10. Low 57 it was in june of 2008 when the massive flood destroyed the old Hancher Auditorium in iowa city. Walk through the front doors for the first time at the new facility a little higher up and a little further off the iowa river. Walking into the lobby is the first part of the Hancher Auditorium experience. We had executive director Chuck Swanson take us through the lobby a part of hancher that will be well worth your time. Chris so as people first walk into Hancher Auditorum, chuck, their eye is drawn there right. Can you tell us a little bit more about what it is and what it represents . By a west african artist, ellena suey is his name and hes actually a professor in west africa. Its the result of the iowa state and art buildings law that, when construction happens, we spent 0. 5 of the construction budget on visual art. To 1 03 this is a piece of art that is tied togth of copper wire. Ellena suey, just two years ago, got the golden lion award in venic