and i'm not aware of the pacific circumstance about somebody who wanted to help at helen wills, which is a clubhouse that actually is open and programmed. if that nern needed to be fingerprinted, if there were children in the room at the time , it's possible that was a requirement. it's possible whoever from my staff responded that way was conservatively applying a rule that they thought but that is not bleam matek of the culture of our department which very much wants neighborhood help. every weekend i go to two or three or four volunteer events and last year we had 134,000 hours on the both the park time and recreation time in our system and that has an economic value of us to about $3 million. and at a time when we're scrapping for every penny, i can't tell you how important it is to keep our parks clean and safe and rec centers open. we have people volunteering in both our recreational programming and park side. please volunteer. please get involved. our website is sfrecpark.org. it is very easy. one click can give you all of the information about volunteering in our parks and rec

and helen faces internal charges from the police department. the other two will be sentenced in june. jessica, back to you. >> thank you. >> helen who was in the passenger seat said he was not actively involved in the incident. >>> it is wet outside on a gray day in the area. take a look outside now a lot of clouds off to the east there. more rain could be on the way. and bernadette woods right now. good afternoon. >> good afternoon. we'll take you to doppler radar and show you the rain that's moving out of here. let's take you back an hour or so. there were passes of heavier rain. that is slowing edging its way out. with the rain around take a look at temperatures. this is the damage it has done t is 48 degrees. compared to yesterday, that's a 30-degree swing. cooler today. dress appropriately but we have more warm air coming our way. and something else to go along with that. here is marty. >> and. >> we'll bust into some sun tomorrow. a big weekend coming up. this is mother's day weekend. we want to you note that the jet stream will be placed in close proximity

it will impact the city's economy . helen bean is optmistic that another company will take over the plant. >> we have a low raicancy rate right now and our bioindustrial labratory space. it is up one percent. >> bayer is not leaving the area. they have a large manufacturing plant in berkeley. they are spending millions to upgrade the facility. the president of the biothinks that the laid off workers could find manufacturing jobs in the same plants. >> we have a lot of companies in the bay area that are focused on biologics . moving forward and looking for manufacturing. this may be an opportunity to actually keep manufacturing in the bay area within existing facilities. >> bayer will offer job train counseling to employees and a bonus to stay until the plant closes in two years. >>ine though the long-term outlook is rosy. it doesn't mean that the jobs for manufacturing will stay in the bay area. when they develop a new drug they have to bid against outside contractors to see who can deliver them at a low cost. those jobs may

i can see them in this book, a bunch of heroes and i think i will let helen talk. [applause] >> welcome the question we usually get and the one eric wants is to answer most is what motivated us, what motivated me as an individual to go to mississippi? i have a lot of family who is sitting here today and we share a grandmother, who had a farm in virginia. so often as i was growing up we would go down to my grandmother's farm and what used to bother me was that we live in philadelphia and in order to make the trip by car down to the southern part of virginia, which is lawrence phil virginia. it is only 70 miles north of north carolina, it was about a 14 hour ride really back in those days, but in order to get there, you could not stop him anywhere on the way to eat, and so my mother would be up all night long cooking chicken, florals, vegetables and stuff. her fee would be tired, she would be sweating and sometimes i was helping. just an order for the family to be able to go visit our grandmother for this summer or for several weeks, which was what usually was. that

president obama had a huge win last sunday, of course, what will it mean for him personally and politically, helene? >> personally, i'm not sure because this is one cool character. keep in mind that while he was deciding that he was going to order up this strike, he was releasing his birth certificate, working on his speech. he took a break on saturday from working on his speech for the white house correspondents dinner where he was going to needle donald trump. this is a pretty low-key guy when it comes to that sort of thing so i don't know if he's going to be jumping up and down and turning into a different person. as reporters and historians we always think presidents grow in the job. i think that's a romantic notion, particularly in the case of obama, he is who he is. it probably confirms the rational view of things he took into the office. >> i felt, watching the president sunday night, an american archetype of the strong, silent person. chris: the cowboy. >> i saw obama as a little bit of a cowboy. chris: donald trump is not the hero in these movies. >> it takes a while to learn how to be pre

economic development director helen pwaen bean is optimistic another company will take over the plant. >> we have a very low vacancy rate right now and our biotech laboratory space and one percent they are fought leaving the bay area. it has a large manufacturing plant nearby in west beforecly. spending 100 million dollars to upgrade that facility. the president of bay bio, the biotech association thinks the laid off workers could find jobs in other field even in the same plant. >> we have a lot of company in the bay area that are l focus on biologic and that are moving their product forward and looking for manufacturing. so this may be an opportunity actually to keep l manufacturing in the bay area with an existing facility. >>reporter: they will offer job training and counseling to the employees along with bonus to stay until the plant close ins two years. even though the long-term outlook for the biomedical field is rosey it doesn't mean that the jobs for manufacturing will stay in the bay area. even bayer points out when it before has new drug they have to see who can deliver them

and graduation from high school, real world learning skills that will be used for the rest of their lives. finally, we're going to have helen parker, which is one of our advisors, read for one with of our students who couldn't be here tonight. the poem is entitled "me" and it's a.m. an example of the positive -- and it's an example of the positive transmation big picture brings about -- transfer mation big picture brings about. >> me. i feel like i'm not me, like i lost myself at sea, something's changing, i don't understand, i feel like a whole new woman. i'm becoming mature, it's time to be me. to change my ways for me, my family. and to -- i feel refreshed and i feel whole. maybe i finally found my soul. through all the darkness i see the light. i'm a new person and this one i like. by rochelle swanson. thank you. . . claque that concludes the students -- >> that concludes the students' presentation. commissioner maufas: thank you so much for coming, students. i really appreciate you being here. can you tell me -- you are called the principal center. can you come here so you do not have to keep getting up? that way i can

look forward to, newt gingrich will be in iowa, 18 stops coming up this week, will be the focus on foreign affairs, helene speech to talk about the middle east. lindsey graham is somebody, senator from south carolina i interviewed this week as part of the week's opinion awards, and he said the following about the challenges on the foreign affairs scene for the president. he "deserved a bump from the bin laden operation, but i think he will be judged not just on the economy. if iran has a nuclear weapon by 2012, that's not going to bode well for the president. if gadhafi is still in power in october 2012, that doesn't bode well for the president. if afghanistan is going backward, not forward, that doesn't bode well for the president. so, at the end of the day, foreign policy is still very much in play." specifically, how much of an issue is afghanistan in the campaign? >> i think it is going to be probably a little bit less of an issue in the campaign than i would have said two weeks ago. i think there's not that much -- there was never any appetite among the democrats for staying in afghanistan much beyon

burton, and gordon brown, and so it looks like they are all beginning to walk in and helen mirren -- no arrival yet, but we willtry to dip in as we drop in on the speeches and the toasts there. but brianna keeilakeilar, i wan go back to you shg, because everything was tilted forward because of the volcanic ash, and any notice that they will change the itinerary again because of the ash from the volcano? >> yes, we came in last night instead of this morning as planned from iceland. and everything is on schedule, but the white house says they are keeping an eye on the ash and a lot of flights are cancelled from london to areas north of here. >> and the real work happens tomorrow, but let's talk about the presidential ping-pong, and guys we have the video, but can you explain how this came about? >> okay. so what you had is prime minister cameron and let me tell you, brooke, i can't see the video, so i am going to go with you, and vice president cameron and president obama went to the globe academy and they are doing amazing things there at the school, and they wanted to highlight. and there is a lot of low-income

god help us, we will save this property for the people in san francisco that need affordable housing. thank you. supervisor mar: thank you. pete anderson, helen thomas. >> hi. my name is michelle. i'm a journalist and attorney and a proud residents of our city. i'm here today because i'm concerned about the legal violations that have committed, particularly those involving procedural due process and state and federal anti-housing discrimination laws. i only have two minutes. the parkmerced redevelopment plan, as currently written, will never be implemented in our city. i can guarantee that if city officials approve this plan, it will be handcuffed by lawsuits from our city's civil rights community and affordable housing advocates. this is san francisco. we are blessed with a greater concentration of public service and civil rights advocates than any other community in our nation. i implore you to avoid yet another lawsuit that will tie up city attorneys for years, as was the case with laguna honda. instead, take the time to do it right to postpone approval until the concerns raised by the planning commissioners, rent board commissioners, and

helen and told me that u.s. senators are preparing to rein in any further moves by the president doesn't look like he's willing to push very hard i think part of the problem certainly is the republicans forty jumped on this and mitt romney who's the republican candidate for president in two thousand and twelve said that obama had thrown israel under a bus how he drew their conclusion to certain mazing over the years nevertheless i think the republicans are going to hound him and the democrats will probably run scared on this issue so i think this will unfortunately just be a statement. across the atlantic to palestinian factions fatah and hamas are due to come together for talks here in moscow on solving another year's long conflict in the region the former political rivals have been touching things up as they prepare to plead for u.n. recognition later this year i think sarah firth reports. the representatives of the rivals. along with. palestinian factions represent a rising in most gay continue the into palestinian dialogue now after four years as the hostilities between fatah and hamas. organizations signed a

helen st. this is where the event will start with the cancer tow or a seller is a writer or it's a group in theeport. a prelease defense as you can see here surrounded by people here on people standing on the curb and they're getting things ready the actual rate south began as at 11:45 a.m. they will head down to san jose and a lens at 11:45 a.m. week. no admission fee if you get here early to assess view 11:45 a.m. to fight the cancer thai community by a race down and has jose like to get a starter or finish line to the hills east of town you have to get a shuttle bus to various church to give up the hill to 1:15 p.m. at the latest. it will end around 3:30 p.m. >> 8:28 a.m. at a live look outside for mark and chem it's now cloudier or stockton will be right back >> piddling and welcome back amount kem chem about 10 minutes and now it's often with going on >> it looks like and stayed dry for most of the day right on through jordan valley heavy downpours in that area and the rest of us are credited trying sunshine quite appearance as we head into tomorrow pretty nice weather on top for us. it ca

helen fisher of chemistry. >> so many rumors out there that will continue to surface in the days to come as to why on both sidese" magazine as to what maria's reasons are? >> so far anyone hoping for a sensationalistic reason behind this, they'll be disappointed. there's no smoking gun, at least nothing anybody has been able to discover. it seems to be a situation where arnold has ended one phase of his career and is launching into the previous career he had had. maria is really at a loss right now. she's trying to figure out what she wants to do next. she's uncertain of how to handle this transition. she's lost many of her closest family members in a short period of time. she's at sea. they found themselves in completely different places. >> we're looking at this youtube posting that she posted talking a lot about transitioning. what do we think that's code for? >> i think clearly, she's at a loss right now. she says herself that, you know, she's in a place where she just doesn't know what she wants to do with the rest of her life. it happens sometimes when people's children grow up and go to school. in this c

. >> i will read almost anything bella press puts out. lightning rods by helen dewitt. >> i forgot to bring it. >> i'm not stealing thunder or anything. it's exactly when you get to hear of somebody else in your mouth when you're eating or drinking something. you are like, i've got, i've got to figure this out. i've got to get past this but i've got to do something about this. you can't not pay attention to the book. there's no way to not pay attention. and is something only a very grave and female writer would do in sort of a cold-blooded way. it's kind of like sales but for corporate prostitution so it's kind of like glen ross meets deep throat or something like that. [laughter] .. >> i made a nice hat, and i have been keeping her mucus in this ball, so thank you, thank you very much, i went over. [laughter] [applause] >> i'm so glad i put robin next. [laughter] >> i know that i've already signed the book on knitting with dog hair, so, you see, dogs or cats, you don't have an excuse now. whatever animal is in your home, you can knit. my recent favorite is knit

will run you about $15, which is great. >> your total is 140 bucks. >> exactly. >> not the 10,000 that we saw. it's a beautiful dress. helen, thank you.ly a lot of eyes were on pippa at the wedding, as well as the after-heart. she had that beautiful emerald green dress. it was made by -- >> temperley, london. and we found a great dress that we love from zara, which was -- which is about $100 and has this great silver sequin belt which kind of makes a whole dress and paired it with a pair of forever 21 pumps for $25 and a pair of nine west earrings for about 18. >> the original dress was $3,000. we got this one down to 143 >> $143, which is great. >> fantastic. and it wasn't just people that were in the bridal party. we were also talking about some of the guests that were famous and beautiful, as well. victoria beckham comes to mind. she looked fantastic. >> she looked great and she's pregnant, of course. but we found a great dress from asos for $80. which is a fantastic price. our model looks great. she's wearing an amazing fascinator by fascinatorsnyc.com and a pair of forever 21 pumps for $23. >> and victoria beckham we should say w

helene knauss has had .08 -- saint -- st. helena has had .08. upwards of .50 to .75 for some. breezy to windy, but too bad but it willurn windy as the lows get closer. a south wind means some mild conditions until the low gets here but it will be here tonight, tomorrow and then that will produce snow in the mountains. today, cloudy to mostly cloudy. off off-and-on rain. cools on the highs. the rain's been picking up in the north bay, so expect that to be the main call prit today. chilly, showers, thundershowers on thursday. thursday is not bad, friday is okay. it looks like rain sleeping over the entire area. >>> this could be a very critical day in the case of giants' fan -- bryan stow. what the attorney for the suspect, giovanni ramirez, plans to do this morning. >> reporter: at this hour, police are following leads into the case of a missing nursing student from hayward. we'll tell yu they are looking into whether this is related to another woman who went missing in fairfield. >>> one of the sidewalks on the golden gate bridge is closed. we'll explain why and some some of the changes you'll have to deal with becau

helen keller said, i am only one, but still i am one. i cannot do everything, but still i will do something. i will not refuse to do the something that i can do. to bucknell graduates of 2011, keep climbing, keep reaching. climb high. thank you very much. [applause] >> that completes our saturday coverage of commencement addresses. but starting tomorrow we have numerous speeches, commencement addresses all this memorial day weekend, starting at 3 p.m. eastern. as president obama wraps up his european trip today, vice president biden presents the address. then the republican address by house majority leader, eric cantor, he also focus on the economy, and discusses his plan for job creation. >> i hope you are having a safe, and enjoyable memorial day weekend. i have good news, not only is our economy growing, but one sector of the economy is on the rise again, the american automobile corporation. chrysler corporation announced they are repaying the loans in office, and this announcement came six years ahead of schedule. and just two years after chrysler corporation emerged from b

helen keller said, "i am only one, but still, i am one. i cannot do everything, but still, i will do something. i will not refuse to do the something that i can do." to bucknell graduates 2011, keep climbing. keep reaching. climb high. thank you very much. [applause] >> that complete our saturday coverage of commencement addresses. tomorrow, we will show you several other speeches starting with a speech given by florida senator marco rubio. after that, new york city mayor marc -- michael bloomberg speaks. the speeches start at 3:00 p.m. eastern on sunday. tonight at 7:00 p.m. eastern, supreme court justice samuel alito gives a speech about the top 10 things you do not know about the supreme court. here is a portion of his remarks. >> some of what is written about us is misleading or just plain wrong. i will give you two examples. first of all, something that is misleading unintentionally, but nevertheless misleading. i was struck and somewhat this please -- displeased by a flurry of articles regarding justice thomas' practice of not asking questions during oral argument. if he ask

helen to make sure that we did that. chairman, ranking member brown and the members of the subcommittee. i am pleased to discuss the work on the postal service. i will briefly discuss the financial condition, a key issues, and the postal delivery fleet. addressing the broader challenges. the postal service is on the risk of the agencies because it needs to realign the business model. total volume decrease 3% in the second quarter of this fiscal year. that is compared with the same time last year. the postal service is reporting a loss of $2.6 billion. the project they will reach the debt limit this year had defaulted on a $5.5 billion payment for health benefits. the postal service needs to modernize its operations and prepare to upgrade delivery fleet. the delivery fleet has 192,000 vehicles, most of which are custom built in the 16-23 years old that are approaching the end of the operational lives. the commercially available minivans with respect to the operational life of 10 years. maintaining the delivery fleet costs about a billion dollars or $18 a day for a vehicle. the analysis of the data found that direct maintenance costs was a bit underst