normal life for a young person. and when their child begins to act a little differently than they used to act 2 or 3 years ago, that should send some signals to go get help. jordan, your parents obviously saw signs in you. they may not have understood it, and that's okay. we are not asking everyone to be clinicians, but when you begin to see your young person changing their friends drastically, when they start to seclude themselves or they just don't seem right, that's the time to take them to the pediatrician or a doctor or a therapist or whomever. the worst thing they could do is nothing. jordan? a lot of times what parents ask is, "how can i start that conversation with my child?" because it might feel awkward, it might feel wrong to have that conversation. and two tricks that i always give to parents is: one, everyone asks how you are doing. in our society we all say, "how are you doing?" to make that positive connection, to start a conversation, i tell parents ask your kids how they are feeling, and that can cha

. >>> when we come back here tonight, the dramatic life and untimely death of a young woman with a soulfuloice. so much talent, and a lost battle with the demons of addiction. >>> back now with the sad news from over the weekend of the death of amy winehouse in london. she had a voice beyond her years, and it must be said for her part, she changed the music business. and yet she ran out of years on this planet and was chased down by addiction. questions remain tonight about how she died and whether anything could have been done to save her. nbc's stephanie gosk has our report tonight from london. >> reporter: it was a combination of the voice and the lyrics. at a young age, amy winehouse was already being called one of the best singer/songwriters of her generation. her second and final record "back to black" was nominated for six grammys. it won five. ♪ i go back >> reporter: winehouse launched her music career here in london's camden town, inspired by jazz, motown and occasionally hip-hop. ♪ you know i'm no good >> she sounded like she was from an entirely different era. and maybe more th

and it's a movie essentially about a young girl in harlem. she's obese, and she's brutalized by her mother and her father. and a lot of people kind of focus on the horrible things that happen both in the book and in the movie. but you really see this story about what? >> i saw it as a story of transformation. i saw it as a story of rebirth. i saw it as a story of someone who had been near dead or unable to live fully. and i saw it as a coming to life. and that is what has attracted so many people to the novel and especially to the movie, is that it doesn't... while we see the brutality, while we see the evil, we mostly see and exalt in this girl's coming to life, and, you know, we're rooting for her. and gabourey, our star, we're seeing her literally open like a flower, you know, become beautiful, become alive. >> hinojosa: and yet... and you know this, because, you know, the book was published in '96. and when the book came out, people were attacking you. they were like, "how dare you write this book? this is a horrible story. you are stereot

you have a young child you have a young mother you have parents involved you've got lying to the police you have a body that was missing as some of these talking heads on t.v. like to talk about it's a c.s.i. world pretty much every aspect of a crime show and that's what holds people's attention is c.s.i. and law and order of course shows that people seem to be very interested in watching from people like to play detective as well anything else michael i mean i know you wrote this piece what was the reason that you decided to take up this topic i mean is there any other reason is economic times that people are kind of stuck in and just need a distraction and just as a result i the reason i wrote this story was not so much because of the obsession but because you know in america where we have some of the most intelligent people the most motivated people the most intellectually curious people and we have pressing problems around our society whether it's jobs whether it's the debt ceiling whether it's a nuclear iran whether it's you know an overreaching obama administration whatever it is

and the gentleman says it is a young couple with young children. there is an additional old house and it is very close to me. building a four-story house is very costly. the question is, do they really have that much money? that they are going to build if they are a young couple? they do not know how to build the building are around, how to finish it. that is my concern. and we want our neighborhood to be quiet. there is lots of noise, lots of pollution, noise pollution, and there are two construction projects. this is all the population in the neighborhood. thank you chair miguel: miguel -- thank you. chair miguel: thank you. is there additional public comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. commissioner antonini: i can see this being said that to avoid it being visible from the street, and in terms of disruption, it will probably be a little while before they start construction. is typical, what usually happens. it would be a few months, at least. i would move to approve. >> second. commissioner antonini: i am sorry. approved

one of the frustrating things for me as a superintendent is i kind of believe we are educating all you youngr a world that just does not exist anymore. things have changed so much. when i was in school, there was not computers. things have changed so radically that if you do not have the tools of the world in which you are going to live in, how are you going to compete? one of the things we have been working on together, and it has been great because everybody has said, a "look, it is not about us. it is about what we're going to do in the city to make sure everybody gets the best education to be successful." that is what it is about. it is about you. if i were you guys, i would be pretty turned on to the fact that there are so many people who care about you. when i was in high school getting ready to go to college, there was nobody to support us. now, we have learned from all those bad experiences. we have learned that people are going to be successful, they need to have support not just from the first day but all the way through. so we start to make sure everybody gets there. it is not abo

. >> caroline: in the news in morning, a young man that lost a hand to illegal fireworks is helping get the word out this year about the dangers. and san jose police shut down an intersection where one person was shot and dozens of shots were fired last night. >> good morning. 60s and 70s right now. another heat advisory in effect but today five to seven degrees warmer than yesterday. >> caroline: thank you, lisa. thank for joining us. i'm caroline tyler. authorities are cracking down on illegal fireworks again this 4ing ever july weekend. about 12,000 injuries are caused by fireworks each year in california, half of them to children. in oakland there's one young man who learned the hard way just how dangerous they can be. abc7 shares his story. >> good boy. >> 21-year-old josh myers of oakland loves playing catch with his dog. luckily he's right-handed because he lost his other hand to an explosion. >> it took off the hand, pretty much it was gone like just blew it off at the wrist. >> last year josh had illegal fireworks in his pocket equivalent to half a stick of dynamite. a spark ig

about to come to an end, from books to movies to a theme park in orlando, j.k rowling's story about a young boy's stories and a wizard is a pop culture phenomenon.

it was all the bad experiences that i have had as a child at that young age that i should not have had to have gone through. there was a lunch counter. i still tell everybody i love the smell of that by then 10 -- that five and ten. i looked over and saw these little white kids sitting on coca-cola -- sipping on coca- cola. they were eating double-decker'' sandwiches, and my mother was looking away, and i sneaked over there. i knew she would come over there and buy me one. she came back and grabbed me by the back of my collar and pulled me -- she said, "i told you, that is for white folks." you learn at a very early age. she said, "honey, are you hungry?" i was not hungry, but i saw what those white children had. those are the little things that stick in your mind as you grow up. and another thing you learn about trying on clothes in the department store. all of that was going on in my mind at a very young age. what really set it off -- i had two teachers -- during february, we did it for the whole month because we figured we had been cheated out of our history of america.

behind the sculpture is the site where the police officer killed a young man. this person study the communications and the united states and london on a scholarship for the gifted. in the town, he works and a call center. demonstrating gives the gunmen a feeling they are doing something useful -- demonstrating gives the young men a feeling they're doing something useful. >> week organize people who are not members of the political parties. >> the only television station that reported on the protests from the beginning, a private channel, is on the verge of bankruptcy. the prime minister has called on citizens to boycott the channel and several ms. piper's critical of the government. -- and several newspapers critical of the government. >> yes, we are afraid. if you want something so much, you don't give up. >> so they continue, now more than ever. they collect money to print out leaflets and banners. macedonians and albanians to get there. that in itself is already a minor revolution. meanwhile, the police officer who killed a student has been arrested, but the

and the gentleman says it is a young couple with young children. there is an additional old house and it is very close to me. building a four-story house is very costly. the question is, do they really have that much money? that they are going to build if they are a young couple? they do not know how to build the building are around, how to finish it. that is my concern. and

i had a consensual relationship with a young lady and it was made out to be like i was criminal number one. a crooked cop. everything happened so fast. if you have a serious felony

he was a promising young [laughter] athlete, who got a little drunk one night slipped and fell [laughterwas in a wheelchair for a while, but got back on his feet and now, he holds a world record in running down stairs past fires. [laughter] plus, he'd really help our relations with china. after all, his name is ped xing. [laughter] i gotta say, folks, the only knock on this guy, other than his head not being attached to his body, is that republicans don't need another candidate who spends a suspicious amount of time hanging around mens' rooms. [laughter] let's go in 2012. of course, the big story continues to be my summer concert series: [take: ots: stephest logo] stephest colbchella o-leven, the greatest journalist-hosted summer concert series since greta van halen week. a lot of great bands, the headliner, of course, is dr. pepper, my corporate sponsor. last night's kickoff was a huge success, but i want to apologize for using this t-shirt cannon to fire dr. pepper cans into the audience. [laughter] to those in the first three rows last night, let me just say-- and i mean this sincerel

as people don't know charlotte, but she was a young artist from berlin. during the holocaust, her sent her to the south of france to live with her grandparents. she ended up painting 1800 works of art in a very short period of time. we have about 300 of them on view. she has created a story about her own life, and it's with text. she even scores with the music was. it is so powerful and meaningful. of course, the story has a very sad ending, which is that she was taken away and sent and died. she was pregnant at the time, she had just been married. she took these paintings and in a stack she handed them to a friend and said, take good care of these area this is my life. >> and we have one to show. >> yes. the paintings, we have been told that she only had three different colors of paint to work with. red, blue, and yellow. she also had white, but these paintings are so expressive and so meaningful. this is a self-portrait of her. as i said, we have over 300 on hand. >> and what is the medium here? >> it is paint wash on paper. there are these beautiful obj

and in a few more days i will be a young man. and you can be present when i become a young man again. [applause] >> congratulations, commander. we look forward to celebrating or 45th birthday, next year. -- your 45th birthday, next year. i understand that the department of public works has resolved the issues they have been available to finish at this time. i would like to ask the representatives to return to finish this off. >> we're working with the property owners on some of the outstanding issues, we are excluding the properties, and i asked that we proceed with excepting for the -- accepting for these fefees and we will wok to resolve any outstanding issues. >> unless there is anything else, this hearing was in closed. and our staffer has a revised report of the assessment costs. unless there are any questions, first of all, if we can adopt the amendments to report without objection? this is without objection. the last item having been unanimous, we will adopt the resolution. without objection, the resolution -- now we will

instead of saying a young person has a fight and hurting someone, instead of sending that young person ought to be incarcerated immediately, what we do is we put him or her and supporters, family members in a circle with the person who was harmed along with their family members and a facilitator, and that young person has the opportunity to sit face-to-face across from the person that was harmed and hear that person say, "you have devastated me. this is how. here are the human consequences of his or her actions, and the circle all together will come up with an action for the person to repair the harm. this is just an example -- say it is a case of a young person who has burned down a building, someone's home or business. instead of sending that person off to be incarcerated, he or she could be by the circle sentenced to serve 200 hours, being the personal assistant for a burn patient. that is the kind of thing that will really transform lives. [applause] in oakland, what we are trying to do is engage in these restorative actions, have restored a justice instead of punitive justice. wit

a group of young men were standing at the corner of laguna and eddie around midnight when an argument started. one pulled out a gun and started fire. two straight bullets came through the house. >> up here and the window and hit her. >> his niece is in stable but critical condition at the hospital. she was visiting for a few days. she was getting ready for bed when the shooting started. >> i started hearing shots, one shot into the bedroom window and shot here in the lung and in the back. she ran out and says i'm shot. >> it's really sad. it's a young girl. >> it's a tragedy, a complete tragedy. >> even san francisco police are outraged by this crime. investigators did arrest a two men. the city's gang unit is now in charge of this case. >> we've been seeing an increase in some random shootings so the officers have been more foot patrol. they have been in and out of developments more. >> the uptick in crime in started a few weeks ago. just as supervisor says the focus needs to specifically be on young people, ages 17 to 26. >> it has to be that, and law enforcement, on the other end i

we have a team of staff people who work with our young people. e have one staff person that we call a cases manager. we consider them the flight controller there, coordinate can everything there. staff people that focus on employment and education. we understand if young people aren't educated enough, that they are pretty much doomed for a level of poverty. we are trying to increase the number of young people that have the opportunity to lead with some type of marketable skill. >> how do they reach you and what do you serve? >> four counties, alameda, solano, san francisco and contra costa. we have offices in all these counties. the way young people find out about us is through word of mouth. they say i found out from another young person. you get on the phone and call anyone and say i have a young person that is transitioning without foster care. four people will call first place for you. >> how easy it to apply? >> it's pretty easy to plae apply, but we do have wait lists we don't have enough housing for all of the young people that come to us b

i have come to see homelessness as a really important time in a young person's life. this is something that can be moved beyond. it is not a permanent condition, and that larkin street has a track record of making sure people move beyond homelessness. we are effective at what we do at housing is the cornerstone. providing housing is not enough. we need to do it in a way that really reflects how much we care about our clients and makes them feel welcome. i ask you all to think about the young adults that you know, your children, your grandchildren. think about what you want for those young people. i think we all agree what we would like is for them to live in a situation with support and oversight from caring adults. i think we all agree that we would like the young people we know to live in a safe neighborhood, and that is what we want for our clients. our young people at larkin street have had the misfortune through no fault of their own to be without permanent housing. they are full of potential. providing affordable housing to them in a safe neighborhood is the righ

riddel cannot comment on any pending litigation. >>> some good news about a young man who suffered atic brain injury. he was a comedian named will carter. thanks to technology and laughs, will is back in the spotlight once again. take a look. >> will carter always loved making people laugh. when he was a child, he dreamed of becoming a comedian. if you asked him at 17, he would have said his biggest hurdle was fear of failure. that changed a horrific car accident. >> they had to remove part of the brain flap. >> he lost his spleen. >> he was in a coma for three weeks. i was driving home one night. i thought, my son has a brain injury. does he have a future? >> will, do you need somebody to pick you up tonight? >> robert can give me a ride. >> after years of physical therapy, will did recover. he lost a lot of his independence. he could not drive. he had to depend on his parents to give him rides. he relied on his friends. he had to put his dreams on hold. >> i love doing comedy. there is no energy in this world like being on stage. >> will did not give up. he was determined with the

her family described her as a young woman who was trusting to a fault.er that trusting nature may have cost this 20-year-old college student her life. here's keith morrison. >>> just outside charlotte, north carolina, the catawba river winds its sweet placid way between thick green borders that hide the city's sprawling suburbs. it's a river to play on. so it was passing jet skiers who saw it first who called 911. >> 911? >> i'm a boater on the catawba river. there's a car that's run off an embankment and there's a body laying there. >> when the call came in, it was unclear exactly what was going on. >> a young homicide detective named william terry of the mt. holly police department took the call from dispatchers. there was something he should see. >> we just knew it was on the river. we headed that way. >> detective terry had to fight his way through the thick underbrush until he came across the tire tracks and followed them down a steep embankment. >> saw the back of a blue vehicle, and then immediately to the driver's side was the body. >> the body o

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until a young boy came. and he sat between us. that gave me an awful lot of hope. it took him to teach us. children have a renewed effect on us. finally to conclude. i had a great complement. most teachers who are here with respect. you are the reason we are here. you give us hope. this complement, he said, doctor revelez. you are pretty cool. nice, huh. but then he said. do you want me to hook you up with my mom. doctor adachi, thank you very much. >> all right. my name is is an swan right. according to a 2001 survey. 84 percent said they were satisfied with high school safety. 22 percent said they were not. >> my name is matesh. whether students were asked if they felt safe on their way to school. 43 percent said no. they do not feel safe riding the bus. >> my name is daniel, i live in san francisco. when youths were asked where they carry weapons, 77 percent said it was for protection. >> hi, my name is scott, i live in oakland. 66 percent of youths surveyed believe it is never right to carry a gun to school. >> my name is bianca. when asked if they believed it w

we'll have the's where a young man rescued his son and daughter. >>> two women discovered hidden camerasn their apartment. now they are afraid the video is circulating online. >> he looked like a security detective. >> the two women came from romania to work for a man who owns several businesses in tam amount of he also leased the apartment to them. they found cameras in the bedroom and bathroom. the cables snaked back to a box in a locked closet. the girls say they no long are work for the man. they posed for the new website but we they demanded payment for the work, he fired them. they plan on returning to bulgaria in september. >>> three stolen exotic pets have been returned to a pet store in lodi. two women were caught on vanes vanes -- vanes surveillance video stuffing the animals in their purse. they were found in a box along with a letter of apology. police in lodi will keep investigating. >>> a collector is breathing a sigh of relief. we first showed you this picture of a man stealing meme bowl yay. >>> and a quick trip to the care bean, but this was no vacation. >> on the move,