Waste system improvement project, and we were not, i repeat, not lose on the sewer system improvement project. Because i have over 500 young men, i brought some of them here. I dont want to fill this chamber with some strong men. I dont want to go there, but we will not lose unless we have meaningful discussion with the union involved. Thank you very much. Thank you very much. Yes, sir. Thank you, commissioners, art jensen with bosca. I think this is a great thing the commission did when they extend it had to a Regional Program to include workers outside San Francisco that are paying twothirds of the water bills and contributing to the success of the system. One question i had about the wording, and i think its fine the way i interpret it. It talks about projects done in conjunction with bosca member agencies where there is a cost sharing arrangement. And i wanted to mayke it simply matt i can this afternoon. If that includes projects not only on behalf of member agencies and with memb
48 homicides, 73 had video evidence. Of that 73 , 66 resulted in arrests. Thats huge for us. How do juries react to this . They like it. They get to see firsthand in which nowadays the color the actual incident unfold. I think all these things have had an impact. Obviously, our arrest rates are up. When the word spreads cops are arresting people, there is fear they will get caught so they think twice about committing crimes can. Now, the flip side is that prosecutors and jurors are become more and more sort of demanding and reliant on videos. As a matter of fact, some of the times thed the tells the cops to go back and try to find video because they dont trust the witnesses. W whatever seems to be working appears to be working at least here on the streets of San Francisco. Phil matier, cbs 5. If you want to check out the video San Francisco police have on file, go to sfpolice. Org. San francisco isnt the only city with reduced murder rate. San jose, oakland and richmond have all seen a
Walls and ceilings of their home. And Heather Holmes has the story. Reporter frank, with no spare the air alert, bob alvarado decided to put a couple of logs on the fireplace. Soon after an explosion so powerful it lifted the roof of the house. It was like a bomb went off in there. Reporter in a moment he saw the home he built go from beautiful to blackened. He saw billowing in an electrical outlet. Thats when i put my hand on the wall and the wall was hot. So i screamed to them get out. Reporter when they got to the driveway, boom. Lifted the roof off the house. It blew out the back wall about two feet. And blew all the sheet rock off the ceiling to the floor. This is exactly what happens. This is a back draft. Like the sequel back draft, a hazardous condition that played out in real life. Reporter it doesnt happen that often but you can tell by the devastation to the wall and all the material that was blown out to the yard. This is an extremely dangerous situation. Geez, look at all
Spare the air alert, bob alvarado decided to put a couple of logs on the fireplace. Soon after an explosion so powerful it lifted the roof of the house. It was like a bomb went off in there. Reporter in a moment he saw the home he built go from beautiful to blackened. He saw billowing in an electrical outlet. Thats when i put my hand on the wall and the wall was hot. So i screamed to them get out. Reporter when they got to the driveway, boom. Lifted the roof off the house. It blew out the back wall about two feet. And blew all the sheet rock off the ceiling to the floor. This is exactly what happens. This is a back draft. Like the sequel back draft, a hazardous condition that played out in real life. Reporter it doesnt happen that often but you can tell by the devastation to the wall and all the material that was blown out to the yard. This is an extremely dangerous situation. Geez, look at all the glass. Reporter the investigation is centered around the fireplace. Including this disco
The chinese consulate in San Francisco. The suspect told authorities he was hearing voices. The front of the consulate was completely damaged by the fire. The fbi say as Chinese National says a Chinese National turned himself in two days later. He said the voices he was hearing were in chinese so he believes dense lat was somehow involved. There are no indications at this time that suggest it was motivated by terrorism, politic or civil rightsishes. He is facing two charges of maliciously damage property. No one was hurt in the blast. A san jose state student awe caused of hazing his African American roommate pled not guilty to hate crime and battery charges. 18yearold faces up to a year in jail if convicted. He and three other students are accused of clamping a bicycle lock on the victim and tormenting him with a series of racial slurs. All four have been suspended from san jose state. A blast of arctic air has sent much of the nation into a freeze. This thermometer in st. Paul minnes