in support of the marsh. so, the marsh is one of the most fertile environments there is. it's up to its make the mosaic environmentally. it's the most theatrical vep u in the san francisco and bay area for the past 24 years and the solo performance venues in the world to develop it. you can check out the pink section, you will see in the 10 reviews, two of the reviews are for us if not 5. as a significant culture in san francisco, the marsh needs to be protect from the proposed development, noise and sound and vibration is in this concept. art #57d innovation is a huge part of what makes this area that needs to be protected. we ask that you look at these things so we can be protected from any financial lose caused boo i this proposed development. and that we are designated as a sensitive receptor. thank you very much. please contact me if you have any questions. >> next speaker. >> good afternoon supervisor. i'm charlie, i'm a resident at the marsh work are there for 22 years, play right, performer and direct

the marsh is 33 feet. the side of the street is the same size of the marsh. leaving the protisticing -- property -- sticking out. the hill street neighborhood and mission is considered the sun yes neighborhood in the city and it's going to be taken way with a 70-foot building. we are also a world class city. i'm lucky to run across many people who pick this area as a destination and we are going to lose some of that character. i want to say that we don't need it to be 70 feet. this is no the a -- request. i'm just asking for a sense of reason and the ability for the character that is there. thank you. >> president chiu. and supervisors good afternoon. i'm i have been going to the shows at the marsh as long as i can remember. i have friends that come to the mission toen jo en -- enjoy the shows. we need to protect it. sound from construction and from residents can affect the performances. applause and other sounds from performance can affect the residents. these issues need to be addressed. please support our character and culture. i urge you to vote to expand

, that no one is complaining about anything about the marsh because the marsh is a wonderful place. and i just can't they are not going to have a garage that boggles my mind. i must say. and as one who may not be driving too much longer i will know that it will make it impossible for all the traffic this last to be taken care of. thank you. >> thank you, next speaker. >> my name is annette roman. i have been take -- taking classes at the marsh. i have heard personal stories at the marsh about working as a bus driver, about native americans, italian americans, african americans, korean americans as marsh performers. watching in a solo and hearing a families most intimate stories. i don't know how to relate to people different from ourselves. these stories at the marsh are more quiet. my own stories are about the families at the holocaust. i performed in theatres in canada. i performed at screeching car alarms and shouting drunks. it would be impossible to tell my story of the legs of war if the lines are filled with the lines of construction and people outside a theatre. it's not jus

we met with the marsh directly after the dr meeting. we proceed actively went over and investigated some issues that they had on the property, some roof drainage issues and we also retained their sound consultant to come up with a report that should be floating around here with the planning department somewhere. we didn't find any issues with the sound. the building formally was a nightclub. back in 86 and 87 he received some complaints and on two occasions he pulled permits to do the soundproofing. all the complaints we heard tonight about the fees ability of the marsh is groundless because there is no reason they can do that now. there is open space in the back. there is large service area for the restaurant where the recycling goes on at night. that does not interfere with the performance now. the conditions are going to be even better as my counsel mentioned we are replaced the 2 x 4 wall in the former kfc building with an 8-inch thick concrete with a wall. it's like a bun ker. in. the feeling that there is going to be noise is comp

i want to support the concerns of the marsh. the idea of being quiet so they can perform and preserve it as a unique performance place. thank you. >> hi. i'm a resident of san francisco. i have developed and performed two shows at the marsh. it's not a cast where they are playing off each other. the audience is basically our partner in the shows and lots of us can over power the outside noise. basically the performers can feel each other's humanes. this is not something we can get at the media. it's important that we protect fr the marsh from outside noises and we have non-performers come and get up on stage for the first time. they are really scared and very vulnerable. so we need to have a safety place where they can express something that they wanted to their whole life that is really important for them. if you go e to the marsh.org, you will see on then season roster they have shows that really represent all the diversity in san francisco. if you go to the theatres they don't represent this. they represent one demographic fo

the marsh theatre. the mmd acknowledges the project would result in construction hearing noise. there would be perceptible noise. it's not to say there won't be any adverse environmental fkts. those would not be significant and short-term and intermittent and not rise to a level of significance. >> i would like to note too that during the discretionary review hearing the project sponsor agrees the further limit the noise. the noise from 7:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m. to holidays. 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. monday through friday and no construction on sunday. the agreements that were established at that hearing. any remaining concerns regarding noise is beyond the ceqa review and significant impact. we also heard that during the testimony that the m and d was alleged to be superficial and riddle with errors, unstantdubstantiated and filled with flaws. there were a few errors that were identified, one was that dr is -- is that the end of my time. over all i include that this project is not affecting the environmental an

it belongs to the world. >> draifng these marshes and -- draining these marshes an driving out the people who lived here. huge dams in neighboring turkey stopped the seasonal floods that created an ecosystem thousands of years old. azzam built a life in california but in 2003 he came back, using his engineering skills, to break the damming system built by saddam to bring the flooding back. this is th the euphrates, this s the first embankment azzam broke through in 2003. >> when at 2003, opened this dike. >> along with the water azzam would like to see people flowing back here as well. >> imagine you are a bird and you are lifeless, we could built this into a nice bird watching center. you can see as far as the horizon, it's gorgeous. >> reflooded more than half the marshes since 2003. along the remaining embankments there's dry land. but just across the road where the water has returned, communities are coming back to life. kareem al abud came back, when they heard the water had returned. on his tiny island is the frame of a read guest house, the same design used for 3,000 years. he says

>> the cradle of civilization, the plan to rebuild the marshes of mesopotamia. are >> good evening everyone, thanks for joining us. joie chen is on assignment i'm adam may. meth amphetamine is continuing to ravage all across middle america. every time law enforcement contraction down on meth production, it pops up in different form. christophe putzel reports. >> veronica has been addicted to meth amphetamine for more than a third of her life. commonly referred to as speed, dope or ice, the drug is highly addictive and has been decimating rural communities like the one veronica has been living in for decades. >> they refer the to it as a walk away drug. you walk away from everything you ever valued for your next high. >> he says meth amphetamine after a dipping in consumption a few years ago due to drug enforcement, is at a new high. >> i don't know how something has had such a effect on someone's quality of life as the use of meth amphetamine. >> i was 26 when i started using. and i'm 43 years old now. that's how it goes around here, though. five miles from here

so there are, as a suggestion that the existence of the marsh and the fact that it is nighttime use, the fact that it will emit noise and it can be loud and applause and people will be coming and going at night and that will be disclosed to residents and they indicate they have received that notification with a signature so and this is one of the things that the marsh has requested wondering if the project sponsor would consider that. we can put those two out there. >> i think both of those are reasonable request and certainly things we will consider. as you just mentioned this body is not at a little bit at this moment to condition the project in this way. certainly those are valid concerns and if the board imposes that, we would agree with that. reducing the construction hours is going to reduce the construction. if there is no performance why wouldn't we get another hour or two of construction. moving on to your issue about self disclosure, that's not a problem at all. we would agree to mitigation measure. >> there is also a construction relations officer and if we are going to be

from the constitutional line than the state legislature's practice in marsh. because there, nebraska had one chaplain from one denomination for 16 years and yet, that was constitutionally permissible, and his prayers were not distinguishable in content from the prayers at issue here during the time that was relevant to the case. >> would it make a difference in your analysis if instead of, as i understand the hypothetical, there was a point of saying, all rise or something of that sort? would it make a difference if the hypothetical justice kagan posed were the same except people weren't told to rise or invited to rise or, in fact, were told to stay seated, something like that, so there would be no indication of who was participating in the prayer? is that a -- is that a ground of distinction that you're willing to accept or not? >> i don't think that is constitutionally significant, unless -- i mean, it might be different if people are compelled to stand, but whether they are or not -- i mean, in the marsh case itself, senator chambers testified that the prac

we don't think that the mere presence of the rabbi -- that's what marsh held, that marsh -- what marsh says is "advance" 21 does not mean having a single -- a single chaplain -- a chaplain of a single denomination or looking at the content of the sectarian prayer in light of that history. thank you, your honor. >> thank you, counsel. mr. laycock. >> mr. chief justice, and may it please the court: petitioner's answer to justice kagan's opening question is entirely formalistic. there is no separation in time between the public hearing and the invocation. people appear before this town board to ask for personal and specific things. our clients put shows on the cable channel. they were concerned the cable channel was about to be abolished or made much less usable. people appear to ask for a group home, parents of a down syndrome child. there are many personal petitions presented at this -- in the immediate wake of the prayer. >> but that's during the public -- that's during the public forum part. >> that's in the public forum. >> which is not really -- it's not the same thing as the hearin

this is the mission district, the marsh of mission bay went all the way up to 7th and mission. that's how big the marsh is. the bay went up to montgomery street. so all this is bay. all this is bay. all this is bay. do you see these city streets out here? this is a small section of the city. this has all been filled. >> if you look at this map was recently adopted by the state, as their hazhard map. that's what these green areas are. just enormous mission area. >> this is an interesting tid bit. most people don't realize. there was a creek that flowed out of a lake in the mission. the lake was three city blocks large. it was at 17th and valencia. there's a plaque out there. you could sail a boat up the creek that flowed out into the bay into the lake at 7 the and mission and go sailing. it was that big. that land was so valuable because everybody wanted to live east of twin peaks because the weather was better here. warm. they filled in as much land as they probably could. and then they were forceed to building on the other side of twin peaks. where the weather wasn't as nice.

we don't think that the mere presence of the rabbi -- that's what marsh held, that marsh -- what marsh says is "advance" 21 does not mean having a single -- a single chaplain -- a chaplain of a single denomination or looking at the content of the sectarian prayer in light of that history. thank you, your honor. >> thank you, counsel. mr. laycock. >> mr. chief justice, and may it please the court: petitioner's answer to justice kagan's opening question is entirely formalistic. there is no separation in time between the public hearing and the invocation. people appear before this town board to ask for personal and specific things. our clients put shows on the cable channel. they were concerned the cable channel was about to be abolished or made much less usable. people appear to ask for a group home, parents of a down syndrome child. there are many personal petitions presented at this -- in the immediate wake of the prayer. >> but that's during the public that's during the public forum part. >> that's in the public forum. >> which is not really -- it's not the same thing as the hearing.

we don't think that the mere presence of the rabbi -- that's what marsh held, that marsh -- what marsh says is "advance" 21 does not mean having a single -- a single chaplain -- a chaplain of a single denomination or looking at the content of the sectarian prayer in light of that history. thank you, your honor. >> thank you, counsel. mr. laycock. >> mr. chief justice, and may it please the court: petitioner's answer to justice kagan's opening question is entirely formalistic. there is no separation in time between the public hearing and the invocation. people appear before this town board to ask for personal and specific things. our clients put shows on the cable channel. they were concerned the cable channel was about to be abolished or made much less usable. people appear to ask for a group home, parents of a down syndrome child. there are many personal petitions presented at this -- in the immediate wake of the prayer. >> but that's during the public that's during the public forum part. >> that's in the public forum. >> which is not really -- it's not the same thing as the hearing.

over the years the oil and gas companies have dredged canals through the marshes. >> allowing salt water from the gulf to invade. environmentalists say that eroded the land and changed the eco-system. it's not just a small the one shoreline area it's pervasive across the entire louisiana coast. father wants to live out his life on the only island that he has every known. >> i told them that this island is worth saving. if it's not saved wei we are leg a barrier island wash away. >> where do we draw the line? if we let one community go where is the line drawn along the coast? >> as they await it's fate, several parrishs have filed lawsuits in court demanding that the oil and gas companies restore the coast that is disappearing ♪ >> i'm meteorologist dave warren we are going to get right into the forecast here because a large storm will impact much of the southeast and the mid atlantic states over the next few days. it looks like it's just a lot of rain here. this is 4:00 tuesdays and starting to see the storm develop sa along the gulf coast. we'll see a mix along virginia and west virgi

and now the question is how to manage the problems that arise 0 from that. >> well, marsh is not the source of government involvement religion in this respect. the first congress is the source. >> fair enough. the tradition to which marsh points. >> the first congress that also adopted the first amendment. >> that -- that's correct, and that had prayers that did not address predestination or having to accept jesus as your savior or any point on which listeners disagree. >> many of them were very explicitly christian, were they not? >> they were very explicitly christian, but that was not a point of disagreement at the time. they stayed away from any issue that protestants disagreed on. >> in a way it sounds quite elitist to say, well, now, we an do this in washington and sacramento and austin, texas, but you people up there in greece can't do that. >> well, it's not that the people in greece can't do it. it's just that this board is functioning in a fundamentally different way from what 0 congress or the state legislature functions. and also >> my understanding is that the first chap

will have on the marsh and it's not just saying that you did the analysis when the very institution that you are talking about is not even mentioned in the document. i think it's pretty hard to come here and say that you give it due consideration. i also have concerns about the fact that even though we are not talking about ceqa. we are talking about asking the develop er to do something to interact with this community that should have been done a while ago. i am concerned that no meeting has taken place sense september of last year. so, for all those reasons, i will be voting against this motion. you know, this is one of those interesting cases where even though this is one of those cases that is not in my district, this is a project that impacts my district tremendously. and i think that we are unfortunately by some of the actions that we have taken putting ourselves in a position where we tell people that we are transit for city but we don't really do anything within what the environmental law allows us to actually acquire mitigation by the people that come forward with these pro

car was in the marsh. jessica cooley is a crime and court reporter at the lufkin daily news. she and other journalists discovered when house purchased the 2006 bugatti for a little more than $1 million, he insured it for more than double that, $2.2 million. just three weeks after the policy goes into effect, the bugatti lands in the water. philadelphia indemnity insurance investigators are suspicious of house's claim. >> it went from, you know, the quote/unquote soggy bugatti to maybe something larger going on here with the insurance fraud. >> the insurance company notes that house put 1,200 miles on the car in just 3 weeks and he leaves the engine running for more than 15 minutes after the crash. causing unnecessary damage. but it's garza's video, widely circulated by the press and online, that becomes the linchpin of the insurance company's argument. when philadelphia indemnity reviews the footage, it claims house's story of the pelican rings false. >> there's the question that everyone wants to know. wh

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on 95 speeds still looking good over all in the southbound direction white marsh and the tunnel. 49 is your outer loop large now. in delays at cold spring lane on the jfx. no delays on 795 either. now wjz has the stories people are talking about this morning. here's don. >> thank you. >>> this city is turning up the heat on dangerous street gangs. this week several members and associates of so-called black guerilla family were arrested this predawn raids. as rochelle richie explains, the mayor said she's just getting started. >> these are the faces that the baltimore police say are responsible for violence on the streets. this is maurice hill, a confirmed member of the black guerilla family. >> our cameras as there as they go into action and arrest members. >> hands up. hands up now. get down. >> seven people were taken into custody. police also found heroin and cocaine. according to a baltimore city gang expert one of the gangsmany moneymakers. >> they use some of that money to help with their day-to-day activities. in other instances they pay a tax to the command structure of the bgf

insects and spiders how were these populations in the marsh areas around the impact zone being impacted and they'd started to collect data or studies were going well and then she started running into a problem of. sheriff's departments people working for the u.s. coast guard as well as people working for fish and wildlife who would come out all of them always accompanied by someone working directly for b.p. and then moore's barring her from going back into these areas where she had previously collected data barring her from going back in to continue her studies. despite the fact that she had permits issued from the relevant states where she was carrying out her research that of course granted her access into these areas so she was being directly barred and then when she took this up with them and said look i have the proper permits i'm a scientist trying to do my research for my major university here they said look we can have you arrested if you if you try to push this matter so that she was literally barred from continuing that all and then this prompted her out of frustration to writ

insects and spiders how were these populations in the marsh areas around the impact zone being impacted and they'd started to collect data or studies were going well and then she started running into a problem of. sheriff's departments people working for the u.s. coast guard as well as people working for fish and wildlife who would come out all of them always accompanied by someone working directly for b.p. and then moore's barring her from going back into these areas where she had previously collected data barring her from going back in to continue her studies despite the fact that she had. it's issued from the relevant states where she was carrying out her research that of course granted her access into these areas so she was being directly barred and then when she took this up with them and said look i have the proper permits and the scientists is trying to do my research for my major university here they said look we can have you arrested if you if you try to push this matter so that she was literally barred from continuing that all on and then this prompted her out of frustration t

insects and spiders how were these populations in the marsh areas around the impact zone being impacted and they'd started to collect data or studies were going well and then she started running into a problem of. sheriff's departments people working for the u.s. coast guard as well as people working for fish and wildlife who would come out all of them always accompanied by someone working directly for b.p. and then moore's barring her from going back into these areas where she had previously collected data barring her from going back in to continue her studies despite the fact that she had permits issued from the relevant states where she was carrying out her research that of course granted her access into these areas so she was being directly barred and then when she took this up with them and said look i have the proper permits i'm a scientist just trying to do my research for my major university here they said look we can have you arrested if you if you try to push this matter so that she was literally barred from continuing that all on and then this prompted her out of frustration

car was in the marsh. jessica cooley is a crime and court reporter at the lufkin "daily news." she and other journalists discovered when house purchased the 2006 bugatti for a little more than $1 million, he insured it for more than double that, $2.2 million. just three weeks after the policy goes into effect, the bugatti lands in the water. philadelphia indemnity insurance investigators are suspicious of house's claim. >> it went from, you know, the quote/unquote soggy bugatti to maybe something larger going on here with the insurance fraud. >> the insurance company notes that house put 1,200 miles on the car in just 3 weeks and he leaves the engine running for more than 15 minutes after the crash, causing unnecessary damage. but it's garza's video, widely circulated by the press and online, that becomes the linchpin of the insurance company's argument. when philadelphia indemnity reviews the footage, it claims house's story of the pelican rings false. >> there's the question that everyone wants to know.

car was in the marsh. jessica cooley is a crime and court reporter at the lufkin daily news. she and other journalists discovered when house purchased the 2006 bugatti for a little more than $1 million, he insured it for more than double that, $2.2 million. just three weeks after the policy goes into effect, the bugatti lands in the water. philadelphia indem anity insurance investigators are suspicious of house's claim. >> it went from, you know, the quote/unquote soggy bugatti to maybe something larger going on here with the insurance fraud. >> the insurance company notes that house put 1,200 miles on the car in just 3 weeks and he leaves the engine running for more than 15 minutes after the crash. causing unnecessary damage. but it's garza's video, widely circulated by the press and online, that becomes the linchpin of the insurance company's argument. when philadelphia indemnity reviews the footage, it claims house's story of the pelican rings false. >> there's the question that everyone wants to know.