. >> in communist east germany, the sed was known solely as "the party." this footage came shortly before the berlin wall came down. she was a member of the party, but today, she heads up its successor, the left party korean at an exhibition in downtown berlin, she looks back at her party's history. -- the left party. at an exhibition in downtown berlin, she looks back at her party's history. >> it was a huge party. after the wall came down, an awful lot left. >> she stepped up to the plate, like another became a party leader. in a unified germany, the sed initially tried to hold onto its power and its assets, but to no avail. they have nothing in common with the old sed. >> the big difference with the left party is that we have parties in what was formerly koppel part of germany. we are no longer just an east german party. -- formerly part of germany. >> civil rights activists met senior officials for a round- table talks on the country's future. the people whose commitment had helped to topple the berlin wall, wanted a democracy. they call their grids no

i have the miller sed association -- i have the merced association news and articles. i would like to leave that with you. chair maxwell: ok. thank you. sara? >> i live at park merced. i live in a carden apartment. i have -- i live in a garden apartment. i have been there six years. i am very much in favor of their vision plan. i see that park merced really needs to move into the future. i am concerned about the environmental issues that we're probably going to be facing, if not even now, and that's water conservation, energy use, and i'm really serious about the -- i'm real enenthused about the organic farm, and i would be really enenthused about having one of those energy efficiency apartments, because the one i have now, i have to call them in about leaking roof, there are hot water issues that don't really neat my needs, and as far as installation, it is not very good. in fact, it is nonexistant. there is quite a few issues with that property if i had owned it, it would probably be a lot of money for me to fix. i would probably never have bought it. so park merced

if you take a sedative, you are experiencing some tranquilized effect. but a lot of this is complicated by the fact that people mix these medications when they're not designed to be mixed. they add alcohol to these medications, and that's not designed, that's not a designated purpose. so when you're looking for the short-term effects, while you may be trying to get high or euphoric, you may wind up having a short-term effect called death because people often overdose on these medications, because they underestimate the power of the medications. they are prescribed by the physician to the designated patient for the condition that the designated patient presents with when they see the physician. they're not prescribed for somebody else, and so- nor are they prescribed to have a party, and we occasionally have people who overdose, and we're seeing that a lot with prescription opiates. people overdose because they underestimate the power of the medication. are most of the overdoses when, is when the medication is misused or is improperly taken while it is pr

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both need to be healthy for the offense to sed.ken thumb in my day, he can carry the ball with his right hand. catching will be tough so will be interesting to see. >> carolyn: that's tough. >> mike: especially in a preseason game. >> carolyn: a low-budget documentary draws a big crowd. we show you the box office winners when we come back. >> carolyn: two new movies were in a photo fin official the top spot at the box office. the last exorcism made $21 million. officials say the two movies are to close the rankings could change after the final numbers are released. last week's number one movie dropped to third place with 9 million. >>> and that does it for this edition of abc-7 news. i'm carolyn johnson. thanks for joining us. we hope to see you again tonight thanks for joining us. we hope to see you again tonight at ♪ getting your kids to eat more fruits and vegetables can be hard. [ mom #2 ] finding out that one of your kids had type 2 diabetes, that'd be a lot harder. saying no to my kids when they want afternoon sweets is hard.

and another first time winner, bust supporting actress and kyra sed wich's fourth nomination proved toe charm and best actress for "the closer." and best variety music or comedy series. but "amazing race" ended at seven. "top chef" took top honors. julianna marring golies. and back to you. >> get some sleep. how do the fans feel about getting the emmy's? here are the backstage moments. >> how will i celebrate? i am the lamest, old man, tired. i think this gives me enough energy to make it to 10:30 or 11:00 tonight. i could rock out with ice cream or something. >> like having a great meal to do the show, and then to be awarded an emmy is a beautiful flambe desert. >> you kind of think you haven't got a chance of hell of winning after five times. it is such a gift and surprise to be invited to the party. >> this is obviously a very different award than getting something for acting. it's embarrassing because you don't want to be awarded for doing what you're supposed to do. it feels like you're being celebrated for something that you're supposed to do. >> we have a lot of big projects in

. >>> new york sed jeweler tiffany is ringing up big sales and the company boosted profits by 20% inthe second quarter, making $67 million. customers in europe and asia are buying more expensive items. business especially good in china, where the company has 12 outlets. its test sre oned recently in shanghai. >>> bahn has completed its acquisition of arriva, who has some 42,000 employees in europe. i>> london's hallmark double decker buses are now driving the deutsche bahn. so are these trains, which is part of the takeover. that is costing the national rail operator 2.8 billion euros, a hefty price tag considering ar-15 billion in the red. but arriva promises access to new markets. one of the biggest transport companies, they operate truss at -- train and bus services, but that will have to divest their operations after ruling by competition regulators. they said it will boost their position on european market, but observers think there may be another reason behind the takeover. with its portis acquisition, the german rail operator may have its sights on the u.s. or india, where the

system and harvest rain water into new open green space, therefore replacing the aquifor in lake miller sed. -- in lake merced. chair maxwell: i just said, that's great. i'm really impressed with that. are you working on perhaps daylighting parts of the water shed? >> we can't venture out beyond our property lines, but our intention is to daylight all the water sheds within this department. we've worked with the lake merced task force, and they are enthusiastic about this, because they believe this will help to address the serious problems lake merced is having with water levels. as you know, much of park merced's open space is captured by lawns and it is basically nonuseable. it is public open space. the intention is to make these public spaces really socially active, vibrant, and productive. the public recreation area will be accessible and very flexible. it will be adoptable to ladross -- lacrosse, for example. the neighbors are particularly excited about the opportunity to share these facilities that park merced will be providing. interesting, also, in this new open space we are providi

it is sed to start at 5:00 p.m. >>> the fremont police officer wounded in the line of duty is expected to have even more surgery very soon, possibly today. doctors at oakland's highland hospital there are signs that officer todd young is improving. his condition was upgraded from critical to serious. on friday, he was shot and critically wounded while trying to arrest a man on domestic violence charges. the union city man who done fessed to -- who confessed to shooting the officer is expected to be transferred here later this week. court documents show andrew barrientos has a history of running from police. in san diego, police arrested him just a few feet from the border. a 23-year-old man with barrientos at the borter was also arrested. >>> a scary time for some when a mountain lion came into town. >>> the bay area weather will be warming up again. but will the temperatures last for labor day? >>> also -- >> reporter: a shark sighting in pacifica was not enough to keep some people out of the water. i will bring you that story -- coming up. >>> a contract dispute between ac transit an

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charged with causing her overdosed death, they're accused of illegally providing her with opiates and sedatives. >>> charlie sheen is due in a colorado courtroom on charges stemming from a christmas day dispute with his wife. last month's hearing was postponed giving more time to negotiate a plea bargain that would have required him to serve 30 days in jail. >>> and today marks the 20th anniversary of iraq's invasion of kuwait. in 1990, saddam hussein's forces moved into the country, which led to the first gulf war. >>> all day long, you can stay on top of the very latest developments in those stories and others as they break on msnbc. and tonight be sure to watch brian williams with nbc "nightly news." >>> and, finally, here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. with just three months until the midterm elections, msnbc's joe scarborough weighs in on how president obama will affect democrats at the polls. and full fashion details from chelsea clinton's elaborate wedding you won't want to miss. >>> now keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather, spo

mark miller sed is different than any other community that stellar is involved in. chair maxwell: ok we will continue the items to the call of the chair. we're going to take a five-minute break. chair maxwell: read the next item please. the clerk: item number 5. institutes of arts master plan and environmental review. chair maxwell: thank you. colleagues, this committee previously expressed a desire to receive quarterly updates on the city's enforcement efforts related to the academy of art university. today's hearing is the next session in that conversation. first fwirs we will hear -- first we will hear from the planning department and then we will hear questions that i hope representatives of a.a.u. can answer and if not today, then at our next session. so why don't we hear from the planning department. >> thank you, supervisor. john ram with the planning department. i'm just going to give you a brief summary of activities for the past few months with respect to the art academy, and then i will ask christine hobbs to give you more detail on that. in summary, the

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>> what we would like to do is to contruck a sed indicate radio -- which paul allen -- one of the co-found, of microsoft. >> that's right. >> that will allow to us look for extra terrestrial signals 24 hours a day, seven day as week and currently we've only looked out at the 1,000 near stars in the galaxy of 200 billion stars. once it's completed assuming we get the private funding for it we'll be able to look out at the millions, over a decade. that is a tiny fraction of our entire gallon axe. >> do you want to get this on the conversation, dr. michael meyer? >> i'll repeat what has been said. and that is we are in an era of such paucity of information that the only real thing to do is a lot of visionary technologiologists. >> a final word from dr. pete err ward. >> i agee with seti, we got to keep looking. >> doctor michael meyer. >> we got to keep looking but looking on several different fronds are fronts and the universe is looking more and more interesting with the possibility of life going further back in time. >> you share both those view, do you not? >> i do. nasa's cepler mission