lily hitchcock coit died without leaving a specific use for her bequest. she left a third of her estate for the beautify indication of the city. arthur brown, noted architect in the city, wanted for a while to build a tower. he had become very interested in persian towers. it was the 1930's. it was all about machinery and sort of this amazing architecture, very powerful architecture. he convinced the rec park commission that building a tower in her memory would be the thing to do with her money. >> it was going to be a wonderful observation place because it was one of the highest hills in the city anywhere and that that was the whole reason why it was built that high and had the elevator access immediately from the beginning as part of its features. >> my fear's studio was just down the street steps. we were in a very small apartment and that was our backyard. when they were preparing the site for the coit tower, there was always a lot of harping and griping about how awful progress was and why they would choose this beautiful pristine area to do them in w

reporter: hitchcock is an interesting name. where did you come up with that? >> no comment. reporter: it's all stunning news at this charter school which is used to making news but not quite like this. just this year news week named mystic valley one of the best high schools in the country and fourth best public high school in massachusetts. now the attention is focused on the school's new hire who is not only a high school english teacher, but chair of his department and the crew coach. is this an appropriate place for him to be working? >> a school? i have my reservations. reporter: stephanie saffanaro's son is on the crew team. >> i'm disturbed. i'm surprised. the kids really love him. he's a great addition to the team. he's the new coach this year, new head of the english department. this is scary. reporter: other parents picking up their kids also can't believe it. >> what is my reaction? oh, my god. you know, everyone is innocent till proven guilty and i don't like to judge people. >> it's not a problem because they're kids. they're a young generation, under 18 years o

. >> reporter: the hitchcock family arrived early enough to miss the traffic backup but still anticipated a hectic flight. it was the kids' first time flying. >> you got us? >> yes. >> all right. >> traveling with your kids on a plane, any fear about that? >> a littlebit. yeah. we'll see how it goes. 2-year-old's patience is unpredictable. >> reporter: airport officials say 135,000 travelers are expected to hustle through its gates today. 35% more than on an average day. most flights are between 85 to 100% full. despite the fact that the cost of a roundtrip fare is up nearly 20% from last year. some passengers just needed to go. >> they have done so much preparation for us coming to nashville for the holidays. if we didn't show up, it would be really bad. >> reporter: and just who exactly is traveling this thanksgiving holiday? take a look at these figures. 42.5 million americans are traveling this thanksgiving holiday, whether by car, plane or train. but, of course, there's a lot more americans who are deciding to stay home and this is probably why. gas prices and airfares both up nearly

it was lily hitchcock coit to give money to the city to beautify the city she loved of the park project worked to develop this south side and still that's the basis of our future project to address the north side. >> you can see that it is amazing. you can hear that it is refreshing. you reach for it because it is irresistible. and the taste. simply delicious. san francisco tap water. it engages the senses. 311 is an important resource for all san franciscans. shouldld captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- supervisor chu: good morning. welcome to the regular budget and finance committee meeting. mr. young, do you have any announcements? >> please turn off all cellphone. please fill out a speaker card if you wish to speak during public comment. items acted upon today will appear in the board of supervisors agenda on november 8, 2011, unless otherwise stated. supervisor chu: please call item no. 1. >> item #one. resolution authorizing the office of economic and workforce development to retroactively accept and expend a grant in the amount of $5,724,203 from the

lily hitchcock coit died without leaving a specific use for her bequest. she left a third of her estate for the beautify indication of the city. arthur brown, noted architect in the city, wanted for a while to build a tower. he had become very interested in persian towers. it was the 1930's. it was all about machinery and sort of this amazing architecture, very powerful architecture. he convinced the rec park commission that building a tower in her memory would be the thing to do with her money. >> it was going to be a wonderful observation place because it was one of the highest hills in the city anywhere and that that was the whole reason why it was built that high and had the

news around the world a gruesome discovery in russia out of edgar allen poe and aflred hitchcock a man is arrested for stealing human remains from a cemetery and dressing them as dolls. authorities say they found 29 female bodies in the residence. several plaques from brave stones and maps of cemeteryies and doll making manuals were used and retrieved during the search. >>> well stampede of religious festival in northern indiakilled 16. it happened around 100 miles north of new dely. thousands came to celebrate the100th birthday of the founder. 32 people have sustained injuries. >>> three months of torrential rains and flooding is taking a toll on thailand's residents and economy. the prime minister order aid for those who lost homes and businesses to flood waters. she came to rallies for the people in the hardest hit industrial area north of the capitol. >> we have to accept that ththe humanity cannot protect the frt water but the thing that. [audio not understandable] we must do our best. >> the economy is going to need help. major industrial area is swamped and that's sending ripple

it was lily hitchcock coit to give money to the city to beautify the city she loved of the park project worked to develop this south side and still that's the basis of our future project to address the north side. supervisor campos: good morning, and welcome to the thursday, november 10, 2011 meeting of the board of supervisors government audit and oversight committee. my name is david campos, the chair of the committee. i am joined by supervisor mar ferrell, as well as president david chiu. the clerk of the committee is andrea ausberry. covering the meeting for sfgtv are mark and derek. do we have announcements? >> yes, i would like to ask that you turned the cell phone ring nurse off. any documents presented will be included as part of the file and send it to the court. items acted upon today will appear on the november 22 board of supervisors its agenda unless otherwise stated. supervisor campos: thank you. please call item number 1. >> hearing on the status and effectiveness of the police in the community loan program. supervisor campos: this was introduced by supervisor mar ferrell

[laughter] but i think what happened is albert hitchcock died and then they said you got the job. doesn't pay? yes. but the questions come with that people want to know how that happened. and they come at it in this way to say what was your childhood like? what we like as a kid? this is the curse of fraught -- the curse of freud. what fucked did you up so badly you turned out the way that you did. [laughter] the answer is nothing. with the possible exception of when i was eight or nine might bedtime story was dr. jekyll and mr. hyde. [laughter] that is true. and what i remember, almost like the basis of what i do, not on purpose but i am drawn that way but when people say when you choose to do what you do what makes you assume i had any choice? with dr. jekyll mr. hyde period coming he walks along the side of the road and a mother and a young girl are walking. and he walks right over her and her bones are breaking and snapping in a little girl screaming and he turns around in walks over her again. i have never forgotten that. maybe that twisted me a little bit but who could say fo

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it's light a hitchcock movie. it's incredibly creepy and absolutely terrifying. finally, guiteau had what he believed was a divine inspiration. god wanted him to kill the president. it was nothing personal. he would later say. simply got's well. as strange and fascinating and nearly as dangerous as guiteau was senator roscoe conkling and that is -- [inaudible] [laughter] conkling was a burly powerful machine politician who appointed himself car foot's enemy. he bore a canary yellow waste code, lavender coming you can see the great choral in the middle of his forehead and he would play with the slightest touch. his vanity was so outside and he was famously ridiculed by another congressman on the floor of congress. but conkling was no joke. he was dangerously powerful. as a senior senator from new york, he

louis new management hitchcock make in his badge debut trying to make first impression bouncing back from sunday night not happening tonight first period score the scam storms the goal past corey crawford 1-0 and second right where he should be scores on the b direct for a 2-0 st. louis lead a ton of power play chances tonight. not want on the back of the net and making it hard here in the third a shot out the blues defeat the blackhawks 3-0 and chicago bears did not have to do anything today but bask in the afterglow of the game at philadelphia last night. detroit comes to soldier killed on sunday it will not last long can allow themselves some down time of the offense but really liked the defense against the eagles lance briggs and brian urlacher in particular august running linebacker combination in the nfl planned like kids last night keeping michael vick and his crew in check for the most part and looking like a playoff defense. >> getting better always going to say we are getting better still need more takeaways and more pressure need to be more physical and play harder but not

fact, right here the hitchcock family from san francisco, they got the roundtrip tickets for san diego for $200 each. is that a good bargain? >> yeah, i feel like we only got them a month ago so it was a good deal at that point. >> reporter: how hard did you work to get it? >> looked around for a week or so online and found it. >> reporter: you're flying with your two children for the first time to san diego. why didn't you drive? >> i think for a full day of travel woes and another day of rest on top of that, this seemed more economical time wise. >> reporter: how important was it for you to be in san diego for the holidays? >> it's our first family vacation not to visit family so it's a fun trip for the kids to legoland. we're excited. >> reporter: have a greatry. i know you're going to be checking in. if you aren't flying that's okay but have to let you know that the gas prices are up about 20% this holiday season so my best advice to you if you are going to be driving to your turkey destination, carpool so that you can all spend in the gas savings together. back to you guys. >> the

it's like a hitchcock movie that's incredibly creepy and absolutely terrifying. finally, he had what he believed was a devine inspiration. god wanted him to kill the president. there's nothing personal, he'd later say, simply god's will. as strange and fascinating and nearly as dangerous as buteau was senator roscoe conkling. conkling was a vain, preening, brutally powerful politician who appointed himself garfield's enemy. he wore -- there's conkling. he wore canary yellow waistcoats, used purple ink, had a curl at his forehead and recoiled at the slightest touch. he was ridiculed by it for another congressman on the floor of congress, but conkling was no joke. he was dangerly powerful. as a senior senator from new york, he controlled the customs house, the largest federal office in the united states controlling 70% of the country's customs revenue. conkling tightly controlled patronage within his state, and he wanted complete and unquestioning loyalty. in fact, his participant in new york -- apartment in new york was known as the morgue. he was enraged when gra

my name is ian hitchcock, mr. mccullough, i would like to thank you for all your contributions to bringing history alive for all of us. my question is about the founding fathers and the way we interpret that history. i've recently been reading a people's history of the united states by the late historian and activist howard zinn. [applause] will >> amen. and he proposes our awe toward the founders, our sense of their nobility and the grandeur of their ideas can sometimes mask what the true effects of the constitution might have been. in particular, he should we should analyze the constitution through its economic rather than its political methods and i wondered about your thoughts on that? >> guest: well, i knew howard zinn. i liked him very much and i agreed with much he professed and i don't agree with everything he professed. i think it's important to take an economic interpretation of lots about life and history. but i would not make it dominant any more else history is composed of. i think it's a great mistak

it's like a hitchcock movie. it's incredibly creepy and absolutely terrifying. finally, guiteau had what he believed was a define inspiration: god wanted him to kill the president. it was nothing perm, he would later say, simply god's will. as strange and fascinating and nearly as dangerous as guiteau was senator rosco congressling, and that's chester arthur. we skipped a pingture -- picture. [laughter] he was a vain politician who appointed himself garfield's endmy. he wore, there's conkling. he wore canary yellow waistcoats, he had, as you can see, this great spit curl on his forehead, and he recoiled at the slightest touch. his sapty was famously ridiculed by another congressman on the floor of congress. but conkling was no joke, he was extremely powerful. he controlled the new york customs house which was the largest federal office in the united states and controlled 70% of the country's customs revenue. conkling tightly controlled patronage within his state, and he expected complete and unquestioning loyalty. in fact, his apartment in new york was known as

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my name is ian hitchcock, mr. mccullough, i would like to thank you for all your contributions to bringing history alive for all of us. my question is about the founding fathers and the way we interpret that history. i've recently been reading a people's history of the united states by the late historian and activist howard zinn. [applause] will >> amen. and he proposes our awe toward the founders, our sense of their nobility and the grandeur of their ideas can sometimes mask what the true effects of the constitution might have been. in particular, he should we should analyze the constitution through its economic rather than its political methods and i wondered about your thoughts on that? >> guest: well, i knew howard zinn. i liked him very much and i agreed with much he professed and i don't agree with everything he professed. i think it's important to take an economic interpretation of lots about life and history. but i would not make it dominant any more else history is composed of. i think it's a great mistak

it was lily hitchcock coit to give money to the city to beautify the city she loved of the park project worked to develop this south side and still that's the basis of our future project to address the north side. >> this is holly lee knox. there are some proud pet owners in san francisco and they have brought all their pets here to strut their stuff. >> it's an annual event that we've had. this is our 18th year. we bring in rescue groupers, vendors, supporters, lots and lots of animals. it's a proud day for us and for the animals of san francisco. >> the costume contest is really fun. people get really creative. it's a really fun event. people go all out, create costumes, buy costumes, whatever it is. but there's some really fun ones. >> we're just celebrating the pets and just their companionship and how they are invaluable. so everybody's having fun. >> we're the city's open door shelter. that means we take in every animal that comes through our door regardless of age, condition, species, everything in the city comes through us that is in need. >> animal care control, it is such an i