mae sinclair was the only other girl on the team. >> she would stand up to the boys, if they say, she's a girl, she's not allowed to play, and stuff, she showed those boys how to play baseball. >> reporter: supported by her

in local government land, we always talk about the sinclair paint decision. in 1977, the california supreme court ruled on a fee that imposed -- the state was imposing a fee on sinclair paint and other paint producers that manufactured things that contain lead. they were using it to treat children from lead poisoning and to mitigate environmental harm. the state found this was an acceptable fee. proposition 26 is getting at areas where you're charging a specific individual but there is a broad public benefit. it is being used for something that has nothing to do with the person paying the fee. it is not helping the paint company conduct their business. it is helping children suffering from the effects of the product you are creating. this is a whole class of regulatory fees they want to eliminate. that is really what proposition 26 is trying to stop. just some broad examples of things to put the kibosh on, if you will. a lot of these types of fees are typically enacted at the state level. a lot of state environmental programs are entirely funded by these type

sinclair retired in the '90s and died at the age of 81 in 2003. he graduated from uc-san francisco medical school. >>> we are getting details on an ugly incident this past weekend that happened just before a san francisco giants game. a fan at at&t park said a pitching coach used gay slurs, made crude comments, and even threatened him. what's worse, he says it all played out in front of his young daughters. robert lyles on what about behind is involved. robert. >> reporter: elizabeth, at the center of this controversy is a once popular pitcher with the new york mets. but a giants fan says what roger mcdowell pitched from the field here at at&t park was a vile threatening and homophobic rant and he said it all happened right in front of his 9-year-old twin daughters. now, it all happened last saturday during batting practice just prior to the atlanta braves taking on the giants. roger mcdowell, who is now pitching coach for the braves, was on the field when allegedly three men in the bleachers started hedging him. mcdowell in turn is accused of sho

kevin sinclair. and i'll keep calling names. >> good afternoon, commissioners, my name is kevin sinclair and live at 880 presidio. i think it almost feels like this is a save booker t. rally and it certainly isn't because the whole -- as a neighbor, in that community, we're all behind a new center and absolutely for it. i think it's going to make our neighborhood a better place but it's zoned for 40 feet, and in working with the community, going above and beyond that and asking for an approval to add on more floors doesn't make sense of what the whole community work process does. and, you know, i also think that adding 41 units is no small feat itself. that is the improvement rate there. if it's 41-50, you know, you're dealing with a small increment versus 0-41. and as also a neighbor of another project down the street, we're very accepting of reaching out to the community and i mean more so than probably most neighborhoods in san francisco. but i think you do need to take into consideration the peop

mae sinclair put a baseball cap there. did you write anything on the hat?i will miss you. because i would miss her a lot and i still do miss her. >> reporter: april 1st was little league opening day. this field that once seemed so empty, now filled with people, parents and kids, gathered together to celebrate christina's life. as her beloved field 1 was renamed in her honor. afterwards, christina's family made their way past the outfield fence, to see unveiled the statue of an angel. >> i know she would be looking down on us from heaven and she would want everyone to be happy. >> reporter: when you think about her now, what kind of memories make you happy? >> that she played baseball with me. i'm still going to play base billion and i'm going to follow her footsteps. >> reporter: why do you want to follow her footsteps so much? >> because she's one of my friends and a great baseball player. >> reporter: chris connelly, e: 60 for espn, abc news. >> thanks to our friends at espn for sharing that story. for diane sawyer and all of us at abc news, have a good n

many years ago, upton sinclair wrote a classical study of journalism. he said that the advertising model does not work. clearly, it does work, but the main thing that is missing from what everyone has been talking about so far is the consumer. when i read long form of journalism, which i write, i print it out. when i mounted an investigation of the region's last year of california, i collected about $7,000 from individuals and parlayed it into six print journeys, seven weeklies. got a lot of national coverage. it made some difference in people's lives, but i did not take a dime from any corporation. ok? so let's talk about how we go back to the model where people who need investigation, news -- because my duty is not to reflect corporations. let us not be proud that we are moving forward because we do not have journalist unions anymore. that's going back to selling the news that people need, and get rid of the middle man, which is turning out to be a lot of publishers. >> first, thank you for bringing that up. a great question. it gives me the opportuni

david sinclair's signature was on the president's birth certificate. his surviving family members say they are the ones who are honored. dr. sinclair died in 2003 at the age of 81. graduated med school at uc san francisco. for anyone that can't get enough of that birther thing you're in luck. look what is due out may 17th. where is the birth certificate? the case that barack obama is not eligible to be president. this is by the same gentleman that gave us the swift boat attack suggesting john kerry lied about his service in vietnam. the new book on why the president has not released his birth certificate is now sitting as number 1 on amazon.com. >>> the royal wedding upon us. do you care? are americans more excited than royal subjects? gauging the excitement level before the wedding of the young millennium. >> i'm going to see what i can do to make a difference in someone else's life. >>> it started with that simple decision. how this week's jefferson award winner found a way to make a difference for countless families. >>> warriors searching again for

sinclair has a bay area connection. he went to medical school at uc san francisco. and we have posted a copy of president obama's birth certificate at ktvu, ktvu.com. you will find it by scrolling down to the right now section. >>> president obama is scheduled to announce a major shakeup in his national security staff tomorrow. cia director a former congressman will be named secretary of defense. he will replace roberts gates who is retiring this summer. gates recommended him for the job six months ago. general david patreas is to become the head of the cia. he is currently the top commander in afghanistan. >>> congresswoman gabrielle giffords is in florida tonight to watch the shuttle launch commanded by her husband. a camera some distance away took these pictures today t.v. gabrielle giffords slowly climbing the stairs of a small plane in houston. she is still recovering from that gunshot wound to her head in january. but her doctors gave her the clearance to travel for the launch. endeavor is scheduled to lift- off friday afternoon. [ music ] >>> and some sunshin

sinclair has a bay area connection. he went to medical school at uc san francisco. and we have posted a copy of president obama's birth certificate at ktvu, ktvu.com. you will find it by scrolling down to the right now section. >>> president obama is scheduled to announce a major shakeup in his national security staff tomorrow. cia director a former congressman will be named secretary of defense. he will replace roberts gates who is retiring this summer. gates recommended him for the job six months ago. general david patreas is to become the head of the cia. he is currently the top commander in afghanistan. >>> congresswoman gabrielle giffords is in florida tonight to watch the shuttle launch commanded by her husband. a camera some distance away took these pictures today t.v. gabrielle giffords slowly climbing the stairs of a small plane in houston. she is still recovering from that gunshot wound to her head in january. but her doctors gave her the clearance to travel for the launch. endeavor is scheduled to lift- off friday afternoon. [ music ] >>> and some sunshin

they are related to david sinclair, the doctor who delivered the president. they say they had no idea until they saw the document on t.v. today. he died in 2003 at the age of 81. he graduated from med school right here at u.c. san francisco. >>> tonight a veteran cop with a rollercoaster career is officially in charge of san francisco police. >> i have spent the last 30 years of my life working side by side with the community and the incredible men and women of this place department are the best police department in this city to keep the citizens safe. >> gregg cyr was sworn in today. he cut the homicide rate in one of san francisco's most crime ridden neighborhoods, the bayview. he is very popular with the rank and file and has tremendous community support. >>> parents still have to give their permission still but some say that's not good enough. the push to make it illegal for teens to use tanning beds. >>> they say beauty is pain and men lined up for a walk in san jose to prove it. the stance they took by walking a mile in her shoes. >>> and warehouse prod

many years ago, upton sinclair wrote a classical study of journalism. he said that the advertising model does not work. clearly, it does work, but the main thing that is missing from what everyone has been talking about so far is the consumer. when i read long form of journalism, which i write, i print it out.

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. >> if i can, what led up to that was the bravest -- i antron heckler and jim sinclair came in on sunday. we want to camp david. there were talking about the tape of june 23. we did not know what it contained, but that is what was being demanded. we called steve bowl and we got the tape and we found out the tape in the 23rd contained statements that seem to contradict what president nixon had been saying for three months and the president himself had heard that take three months before when he said i will not send it over to the special prosecutor. that led us to believe that when that tape was dropped there would be perceived credibility crisis. >> that was called the smoking gun. >> what we decided was that the tape was fatal, and that what we should do is go back to the white house and proceed to drop the tape, and when it hit, the support that still existed for the president, frankly the bottom would drop out and then our friends and our allies and the present supporters would see that it was not survivable, so that it was not some kind of staff pushing the president out or pushing h