Hearings and please call item 1. Item 1 hearing hearing to consider the release of reserved funds, Arts Commission to build out the secure basement Storage Space and related location costs for the citys civic Art Collection. Great. We have tom mckinney here. Good morning supervisors. As you know it will move to the Veterans Building in september of this year and our request is for the release of reserve funds for 50,000 to complete the move of the Art Collection to the war memorial. We are glad that the Capitol Planning Committee has allocated a historic amount for the Art Collection and afford us to the opportunity to properly store the citys civic Art Collection and by many artists. This is where the documentation for the civic Art Collection is stored as well as any works that are coming through for conservation and care so i have our senior registrar here alice coming to answer questions and we appreciate youre considering this item. Thank you. Mr. Rose can we go to the report on i
And growing. The mayor promised more shelters will open and has requested more cots. A pair of Old Reservoir dams are now overflowing their levees adding to the rising flood waters. The flood gates are releasing water at twice their normal weight trying to leave the pressure. Five consecutive days of rain has set a new record. One station reported over 49 inches of rain as of tuesday morning. More than a trillion gallons have been dumped here on top of Harris County and to give you some perspective what all of that means, its enough to fuel niagra falls for 15 days. Countless neighborhoods in and around the city remain under water. Civilians are using their own boats to get to those stranded. Boats to gete caught a happy rer earlier today. Just talking to your sister here. I cant believe this. I just love these reunions when you get a chance to see families reunited. Take a look at this rescue posted by houston residents. Her neighbors formed a human chain to help get a pregnant woman
Colin kaepernick kneeling during the National Anthem three fourths knelt performing at another oakland as game. The band is made up of more than 100 students from five schools in the district, including west lake middle school. Tonight some students say they just kneel. I plan to put my fist in the air for black lives matter and black Power Movement pmt i plan to do that because im a black young fellow. I want to support the other black people in the world and around the world and its not fair how they were shot and killed tonight. Im going to take a knee because i think that our president our president is being very petty by going on social media and harassing athletes that students at my school look up to. The players kneel in the National Anthem in protest of racial inequality in the u. S. Other students want to kneel in solidarity with the nfl players who locked arms or knelt yesterday at games across the nation. Music director randy porter says he doesnt know what will happen or e
Jana katsuyama is at sfo tonight to tell us what travelers can expect. Jana . Reporter the homeland secretary says the laptops coming from Foreign Countries into the United States. He says it will be gradually safe. There will be a lot of concerns as it will impact travels at 208 airports worldwide. At sfo passengers arriving on International Flights had mixed feelings about security screenings. I mean its understandable. I dont think the standard should be different for different countries. I think they should be standardized and across the board. Reporter its the goal laid out wednesday by the secretary of Homeland Security john kelly. Our enemies are constantly working to find new methods for disguising the explosives, recruiting insiders, and hijacking aircrafts. Reporter kelly says new security measures will apply to all commercial flights coming into the United States. Were not standing on the sidelines while they hatch new plots. The u. S. Is determined on destructing these thre
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. Golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. Richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 darya back to our breaking news. President trumps travel ban is going into effect a 5 oclock tonight. mark will tran is here with the need to know. will under the new travel ban people in six countries who want to enter the us must prove a relationship with family already in the country. That means the person must have either a parent. Spouse. Child or sibling in the us. People who have already been admitted to schools in the us or have a job will also be allowed. The country included in the ban include. Libya. Syria. Somolia. Sudan. Iran and yemen. And relationships that will not be sufficient enough to get you in the country include. Grandparents, grandchildren, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, fiancees, brothersin law and sist