front page photo caption, san francisco chronicle june 14, 2005. after the bleeding the blood spattered walls draw the gaze of children wanting to see what has caused such a noise. how can they not stair. arms and legs, pieces of torso scattered, the smell of new death and feared hair. they must be asking the same question. a person who blows themselves up must believe in something. must believe in something or else not. hopelessness degreesed in apnigzs, righteousness disguised in a tuxedo of death much the children don't understand. i being of the dead dying man the bleeding bystanders who left to buy cheese or tobacco. in car bombs suicide bombs and we keep talking as though this will end like the final judgment of that black man who looks white and sleeps with boys but doesn't touch them. after the bleeding the children's shoes will be forever stained in the crimson color of death. who will set the doves free then. >> the next is sdaefrt on the horizon. i'm sure many of you have seen or heard regularly in the news. my father came from iran so e

hotel officials told the chronicle that they settled in about six weeks ago. hotel workers have started handing out toy aisles to human guests. it is 621 right now, could it have been prevented? new details about what may have started the richmond refinery fire. >> the play of,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >> the oakland a's hope to continue their winning ways. there in chicago as they begin a road trip against the white sox tonight >> the san francisco giants apparently scored too many runs on wednesday. yesterday the cardinal carlo spelled rheims hit a homerun helping his team to a 3-1 victory over san francisco. the unveiling of a plaque in the honor of the giants' matt cain who pitched a perfect game earlier is scheduled for 330 behind the park's outfield wall. >> arizona is chris young, a hit in two short left, watch the right hand, he goes out and catches it, make it the left hand. i was close. the diamondbacks went on to win, 6-3. >> the 49ers and the city of santa clara settle [ female announcer ] safeway presents real big deals of the week. or how to get great pr

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. >>> according to the chronicle, we're learning he insulation around the pipe could've made things worse. chevron says at this point that is all speculation. contra costa county hazardous help materials tells the chronicle when the insulation was removed to repair the situation. the hydrocarbons started out and quickly ignited. ed 9:00 a.m. you can go to the nevin community center to file a claim. >>> i'm still feeling kind of lightheaded and dizzy with a stomach hastomachache and short >>> the client has to come to you, you cannot good to them >>> representatives where into richmond yesterday. they were regulating warriors tradlawyers to be limb from acty recruiting clients prayed >>> campbell police are warning people to prepare frothe wear os showing up on crags list and amazon that may be stolen. >>> they reopened the dining hall where the operated an open kitchen for the community >>> it's been amazing, many people have came and just cleaning. i took pictures because it is just a positive feeling to see people back together and dedicated to the place. civil rights leader jesse jacks

. >> you anticipated this very much in your series of novels about american empire and the chronicles of empire which is a series of seven novels, reaching back to colonial times and taking the panorama of american history until the year 2000. we see again and again a collusion going on between the press and the government. >> it has not been a happy experience. and the constitution does have flaws in it. i hear what i think are rather intelligent commentators who couldn't figure out why we had the electoral college. they couldn't figure out all kinds of things. why you had to be born in the united states. i thought anybody who knew american history knew that it was put into the constitution to keep alexander hamilton from becoming president. because he was born in the caribbean. and everybody hated him in government. that is a basic part of our history. nobody cares about it. suddenly in one week we lost a lot of habeas corpus, the thing that happened -- magna carta which is the last thing the president of england left us because they were heading to the east and out of here. that wa

and then when this incident happened and i got to witness the way the "chronicle" handled it, the way mayor ed lee handled it, the way the supervisors handled it, i lost my faith again in politics. i can't believe that anyone, after the joe indiana haze white incident several years ago, my god, that this man is being hung out to dry like this. i just ask that you guys find it within yourself that we as citizens depend on politicians to break the storyo types that so often we have of them. do you know what i mean? i wasn't ready to speak, but i just hope that you look and listen to what you said and do the right thing. thank you. >> hello, commissioners, my name is babette hogan, i'm a eighth generation san franciscan and in 12 years i have seen a lot of ross' work. when i first moved to that district, i was a little afraid of my neighborhood. but that was quickly overcome in part by the great work that ross did on the streets in my hood. so i am very appreciative of his work. i would like to also speak to you as a media professional, a media professional who not at all been falsely ar

the chronicle editorial every day for the first couple of weeks -- i knew there was something fishy going on and much more than just the case of the share collect -- the sheriff's elect getting into an argument with his wife. [tone] i do not know your background. i do not know the background of the commission and what politics are involved in the commission. i just hope that you make the right decision, because if you do not, i believe there will be a very strong movement against the mayor and against the policies that have brought this on. thank you. >> i will be brief. i really like ross mirkarimi and i like the work he did as a supervisor. but in the position of one of the lost law enforcement officials in the city, i wonder as a woman if i said to my husband, if he were an abuser, i'm right to get out. and he said to me, the sheriff, they let him keep his job. do you think anyone will listen to you? you need to think about the position that the ads and the message that sends to our city. >> can i ask for a status update as to how many people out outside? eight more. can we bring every

according to the chronicle he is thinking about public, private partnership. possibly with a nonprofit to deal with anyone that might be after curfew hours. still very early if this latest installment. obviously one of the things they are looking at as a possible solution to the rising crime problem in oakland. claudine wong channel 2 news. >>> oakland church is missing its bell this morning. st. john church is at 19th and market street. a parishioner said someone stole the church bell on wednesday. the bell weighs more than 1500 pounds. >>> a pedestrian was seriously hurt at a san leandro part station after being hit by a car driven by an elderly driver. the car being driven by an 80- year-old driver smashed through a hedge, ran across a bus zone, and then hit a 63-year-old man. the car also crashed head on into another car. all this happened at 5:45 last night. the elderly driver was treated for nonlife threatening injuries. the injured pedestrian is still in the hospital. no one was hurt. the investigation continues. >>> brand new for bart. it is temporaril

the chronicle reports that one possibility fire began when a fumble vapours reached a truck. the only problem is the pipe is still in a danger zone. so far more than 9000 people have visited area hospitals concern of possible effects of the possibl smokes. gas prices jumped. up 25¢ from just a week ago. " when it hit $4.13 a gallon praye. >>> a lawrence you a week? >>> temperatures are dropping off a bit around the bay area. a little to resolve out toward the coast line. numbers outside, a little cooler as well prayed we have 59 degrees and livermore. 6 c degrees in san jose. and 56 degrees right now in san francisco. 83 degrees and pleasant in san jose for the high today. in several cisco today >>> we're falling promise that a couple stretches of 580. there was an accident evolving and one of the cars over turning on its roof. a ambulance is heading there right now. the eastbound lanes of 580, a big rig flipped on to its side. april spilled debris. we have a crew on the scene and they say the big gray eggs still there. in the meantime, we're not seeing delays just yet. a 80

that this explosion could have been prevented he was caused by a pipe failure in the san francisco chronicle is reporting that chevron officials knew that the pipe had problems last year chevron officials noticed unsafe levels of corrosion within the pipe and scheduled it for replacement. but that never happened at some point after discovery of pipe corrosion and before it was replaced a decision was made by chevron to forgo the repairs and instead deem the pipe safe for service for another five years and then last week that pipe failed triggering yet another environmental disaster and sickening nearly a thousand residents in richmond california so if what the san francisco chronicle alleges is right and chevron knew of the pipe failure and did nothing about it once again proving that we can't trust the oil industry to police itself what happens next do some executives go to jail. chevron lose their corporate charter to operate in the state well probably not after all there's pretty clear evidence that corners were cut in safety tests ignored aboard the deepwater horizon oil rig belonging to

the chronicle was told they were hanging out near the bridge at utah ave.dolphins were also spotted back in july in this waterway. >> a touching moment under the sea. >> a diver in england had an amazing encounter with a seal and it was all caught on camera. lookout cute that is. they held hands not once but twice. the diver says the front flippers of the seal can grasp much like a human hand canned but did you see those claus? >> if probably thinks it tastes like rubber. in the next half-hour, one of your friends might be $52 million richer. the mystery lottery winner in the bay area. >> the impromptu convention speech that has everyone talking this morning. melissa griffin gives her reaction to how people really felt. >> if you haven't heard, the dumbarton bridge will be closed all weekend long.,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

the san francisco chronicle " sources as saying that the 8 in. pipe might need to be replaced but they later decided it would be good enough for another five years. it martinas the shell refinery was the site of a small fire. the county briefly issued a health advisory as a precaution but crews put out the flames in just a matter of minutes. state senate transportation and housing committee will meet in sacramento this afternoon but the bay bridge is new eastern span. there are allegations that concrete quality tests were falsified. >> police shut down >> the site has used mostly by squatters since the '70s. we will have a live report coming up in the 6:00 hour. paul ryan has some work ahead to win over the american public. 39 percent of u.s. voters surveyed say that he is excellent or pretty good for running mate. 45 percent told usa today gallup poll that the choice is fair or poor. those are the lowest number for a vice-presidential pick since dan quayle back in 1988. >> she must not be from iowa. >> a few members of the 45 percent heckled pau

contra costa and county hazardous material tells the chronicle, with the hydrocarbon started out a quickly ignited. bay area residents intend to follow claims against chevron projec. the least a thousand fire related claims were filed. >>> everybody was sick from the explosion thing in the fire. i think they should get paid for something. the center will be open until 7 in the week. chevron says they will strive to pay a reasonable claim spurred representatives were in richmond yesterday. we will tell you why they were hanging out to lawyers offereofs coming up. >>> once police let the mother yesterday, they promptly began repair wake sweeping, and cleaning up. >>> it's been amazing, how many people out have came and cleaning. i took pictures because it is such a positive feeling seeing people claiming and dedicated to the place. >>> in memorial service is planned today with the attorney general being one of the scheduled speakers. local vigils are intended to be held in honor of victims in indy seek shooting occurre. law-enforcement would be notified whenever anyone buys more than a thous

ed lee told "the chronicle" he doesn't know where the board stands. >>> all right. 8:02.ead to sal. >> we don't a lot of major crashes, which i say is on the good side there. let's take a look at the east shore freeway. we have a lot of crowded conditions, though, on the east shore as you head out to the macarthur maze. it is crowded coming in from richmond into el cerrito and berkeley. also at the toll plaza, things are improving a little bit. we had a backup all the way to the maze. 880 is very crowded. now, you are seeing some improvement at the bottom or the top of the picture where there are more -- there's more room there. san francisco traffic a little bit slow on 101 and 280, you heard tara saying this is the first day of school for city college. also the first day of school for riordan high school across the street. that area is gonna be a little more crowded. some of those areas there, you might see more people on 280 as well approaching ocean geneva. >>> let's go to steve. 8:03. >> thank you, sir. >> we have multiple clouds. there's sun for some already. didn't

the san francisco chronicle cite sources that inspectors determined 8 in. pipe may need to be replaced but they decided it would be good for five years. in martinez, a shell oil refinery at the scene of a small fire yesterday contra costa county officials say it began to in the afternoon at a processing unit the county issued a health advisory, crews put out the flames in minutes the cause under investigation. the state senate transportation and housing committee meets in sacramento to discuss safety concerns of the bay bridge new eastern spanned. allegations concrete quality tests falsified caltrans officials expected to be on hand. >>> bacon library in east oakland now vacant after police remove squatters from the building. from oakland the very latest >>> the raid on the people's library happened last night after a poetry reading the front building at miller and international home to squatters the former library shutdown in the 1970's last night after a 11 police arrived and said everyone had to get out. department of public works have boarded up the bui

there was another mention in the chronicle. i was honored to be compared to mitt romney and antonin scalia. i told the reporter i would be just as honored to be compared to president obama or justice stephen briar. we did not make all our elected officials, but we did make the supreme court, judges and commissioners and others, appointed positions that are not subject to periodic votes of the electorate. that's important in a democracy but also has its downfalls because sometimes it keeps officials such as judges are commissioners from being completely objective in their vote or in the positions they take because they are subject to not only the feelings of their constituents but their contributors. it is important we keep the separation of powers and i think this is a key issue when you talk about comparisons to judges. finally, i'm very happy to report that when i go to work coming from the west side to my office, frequently when i'm not taking muni, i will drive, happy there are eight projects under construction along that r

bancroft library is having an exhibit that highlights the women's suffrage movement, chronicling what happened in california, bringing women the right to vote. >> how long does this mean going on? >> the week of the 20th. people do not realize that women were allowed to vote as early as the 1920's. in the library collection we have a manuscript from the end of december, possibly longer. >> in commemoration of 100 years of voting in california. 100 years ago this year, we won the right to vote. around 1911, this is how it would have addressed. and here we are, dressed the same. [chanting] >> we have the right to vote. >> whether you are marching for a cause or voting in the next election, make your voice heard. thank you for watching. >> everyone deserves a bank account. in san francisco, anyone can have a bank account, things to an innovative program, bank on s.f. >> everyone is welcome, even if you are not a citizen or have bad credit to qualify for a bank account is simple. just live or work in san francisco and have a form of id. >> we started bank on s.f. six years ago to reach ou

i read the chronicle. so what i've done is put together a montage of the murder of public sector, which is going on everyday. in fact all of the public sector is in body shape. public libraries, parks from the municipal to the national level. our character is among the worst in the world. the new deal deals with things in a different way. when i was going to school, california school's were the best. now they are among the worst with the new budget cuts. of course, my university is being privatized. all of the higher education is being privatized. all through the uc system. how do you run a modern state with tax cuts? we resort to desperate, back last november, we were asked to vote to make four indian casinos in san diego county pony up money. i thought this was a joke. they voted to do it. now, the governor proposes to borrow against future revenues. how did they deal with these social problems when the economic problems were far worse than what we can imagine today? this is from larry halprin's. and it

bancroft library is having an exhibit that highlights the women's suffrage movement, chronicling whatd in california, bringing women the right to vote. >> how long does this mean going on? >> the week of the 20th. people do not realize that women were allowed to vote as early as the 1920's. in the library collection we have a manuscript from the end of december, possibly longer. >> in commemoration of 100 years of voting in california. 100 years ago this year, we won the right to vote. around 1911, this is how it would have addressed. and here we are, dressed the same. [chanting] >> we have the right to vote. >> whether you are marching for a cause or voting in the next election, make your voice heard. thank you for watching.

this friend of the family told the chronicle he was planning to leave the marines and go to law school and plan to become a public defender others talked of his service in afghanistan and made an effort to work with people of afghanistan and to learn the afghani language this was his third tour he was highly regarded and respected and comes from a respected family the whole community has turned out to wish him good bye. >>> efforts to help veterans return from war in the wake of a record number of suicides one bay area lawmaker organized and a van cbs 5 reporter lisa washington on what is needed and offered. >>> ricardo apps knows firsthand the importance of resources for soldiers returning from war >>> for six or seven years i was lost in sacramento >>> in the gulf war veteran spent 17 years and active duty and dealing with a list of physical and mental issues >>> i'll have p. d. sd i have back injuries, i have a screw in my shoulder, i hit my head on something when i was at desert storm >>> and ricardo says he spent the last seven years fighting for disability benefits from the depar

is about to the great recession chronicling in is culturally changing us with what kind of long-term change takes place around the country with the white male underclass. it is said good way i am thinking of making it required reading but every politician should read this because it explains the chronic pessimism. why are we so pessimistic about the future? we don't have optimism and a more. there is a pall of pessimism umbro

. >>> we turn to our political insiders former mayor willie brown incentives is a chronicle that cafe roma and talked about a time when candidates worked we call the line going up there and shaking hands talking to reporters with a chance to interact with them but now it's like they just do their event and they're gone. the first question is what's going on with american politics >>> evolution people have no longer have the skills to be spontaneous according to their handlers in half to stay on the message and believe me if you have trouble passing and examine high-school status messages: to be a problem. we politicians have that problem >>> only if the people that can be spontaneous and press conferences that quality of politician are so afraid now of the you-tube moment so fretted that the media has been strangled and we can't get to joe biden of the most accessible people out there he's been unafraid and now the last week he said seven about being in chains he's the gang chains now they are shutting him up. >>> it's too bad we in politics those still in the arena cannot understand

---de acuerdo a un reporte del "san francisco chronicle" esto pasa con alumnos que no viven con sus padresar ---un reconocido actor nominado al oscar, se ha unido a un esfuerzo por educar a ms mexicanos en estados unidos.. ---se trata de la campaÑa 'ime-becas, por una mejor vida.' blanca ---jaime peluffo nos tiene los pormenores.... :01 :04 :35 1:21 1:46 martha guzmn recien se gradu de asistente de maestra. s.o.t. martha guzmán/becada 2:06:00 y para mi fue algo muy bueno porque asi pude lograr estudiar lo que yon siempre soñe. y todo ocurri gracias en parte a una beca del instituto de mexicanos en el exterior. s.o.t. martha guzmán/becada :37:00 me ayudó muchísimo la beca porque el curso me costaba más de 9 mil dólares. con la ayuda de actores mexicanos como imagen del proyecto, hoy los consulados lanzaron la campaÑa de becas 'por una vida mejor,' un esfuerzo por expandir su ya existente programa que otorga becas a mexicanos que quieran continuar su formacin acadmica. s.o.t. carlos ponce/cónsul de mx en san josé 10;50:00 tenemos un universo muy, muy grande de gentes que al migrar a los esta

according to the chronicle of philanthropy, households that earn between $50,000 and $75,000 a year it donated more than 7% of discretionary income to charity, compared to 4% for folks who make $100,000 or more. >> now, your 11 insta-weather forecast with tony pann. >> i thought we would start in the atlantic. we have a tropical depression in the atlantic. this is number nine grade it will probably become tropical storm is it over the next 24 -- excuse me -- to 36 hours. it has a good chance of affecting the east coast of the united states. you saw the possible storm tracks. we will have to keep an eye on i said. watching a little disturbance out of the ohio valley this afternoon as well. this will produce as get a shower or thunderstorm. -- a scatter shower or thunderstorm. dew points are still in a comfortable range. if you have outdoor plans, there is only a 20% or 30% chance of a shower or thunderstorm. it is not going to be like yesterday we had widespread showers. the forecast for today, a mixture of sunshine and a few clouds. we will have a 20% or 30% chance of a shower or thund

. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> on behalf of all of us at nbc, it's been great to chronicle your career as the greatest olympian >> thank you. >> michael phelps, folks. for now, good night from london. >> and it is the end of an era. the most dominant in history. >> this morning, going out on top. michael phelps hits the pool for the last time in his olympic career. a final swim for the world's greatest olympian. why he is -- why he says now is the time to retire. >> that does not mean the games are over. >> you are watching wbal tv 11. live, local, late breaking. [captioning made possible by constellation energy group] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> good morning. thank you for staying up with us. we begin with a curtain call for michael phelps. the baltimore native and his career with a win. that gives him the 22 medals in his olympic career. he stands as the most decorated olympian of all time and says he will not be swimming in the 2016 olympics. more on his retirement in just a moment but first pete gilbert joins us with the highlights. how about going out on top? >> 12

i read an article from the chronicle and it said that the candidates disagreed on everything, exceptrack down on entertainment violence. i did

call tonight for oakland a's fans hoping to keep the team in east bay phil matier writes in the chroniclehe baseball commissioner we look at possibility of a waterfront ball park for the athletics in oakland a committee held a meeting at a downtown oakland office last wednesday mayor jeanne quan's and other officials were there fell said the most likely location is that the port of oakland. the commissioners committee met with senators and officials this as state controller john chiang assign a team of auditors to examine san jose is an effort to assemble a ball park site. the key question whether the san jose redevelopment agency properly spent $25 million even after the governor ordered agencies disbanded. as for now on the a's are in oakland. >>> if they keep winning baseball games, i think that 13- 3 season help them immensely in the stadium deal if the a's keep winning that will help them. they had one run and in oakland. can the giants get a,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> giants traded 400 pence he bats 182 in his first four games since coming to san francisco. peyton manning hopes the broncos' se

new hope for oakland a's fans hoping to keep the team in east bay phil matier breck's in the chronicle the baseball commissioner maybe looking at possibly of a waterfront ball park for the athletics in oakland the committee held a secret meeting at a downtown oakland office mayor jeanne quan's and other officials were there phil says the like the locations at the port port of oakland. >>> they also met with san jose and officials. john chiang assigned a team of auditors among them san jose is efforts to assemble a ball park site the quick key question if the san jose redevelopment agency property spent $25 million even after the governor ordered such agencies disbanded. fire stair crossbones dry oklahoma destroying homes there's still a danger even though the weather is in firefighters and favored. in china takes the lead in the olympic medal count an inside look how the country turns out young olympians. >>> we look for increasing sunshine around the area that >>> fires that have consumed 91 square miles in northeast oklahoma continue tonight. people were evacuated and creek county al

not quite ray bradbury's "martian chronicles.. >> this is a wonder drus moment. >> reporter: and the most expensive mars mission to date, curiosity, a $2.5 billion robot, a size of a mini cooper that dropped down to the surface last night. >> this is all pretty much to scratch. >> reporter: here on earth, there are people already planning the logical next step. >> i think we'll be able to send the first in roughly 12 to 13 years in my estimate. >> reporter: meet elon musk, a high-tech executive who recently entered the space race. accomplishes a feat so difficult only the united states and the soviet union and china have ever done before. that is, developing a spacecraft capable of taking a man into orbit and returning him safely to earth. elon musk did it with rockets designed himself. what was inside? >> well, our biggest was a wheel of cheese. >> reporter: musk has big mans for mars. not just taking people there, but making it possible for people to live there. >> we know it's possible to get there. the question is is a much m