alicia johnson, the most recent to our department of emergency management. about one month on the job now, and she has hit the ground running. >> thank you. we have two events coming up. one on october 17 in commemoration of the loma prieta earthquake in 1989. the department of emergency management is partnering managementkqed -- partnering with kqed to present a symposium that will feature a keynote from fema's deputy administrators and will additionally include a panelist discussion and question and answer session from the audience regarding the aspect of whole community preparedness and disaster recovery itself. that will take place beginning at 8:30 on the 17th, as i mentioned before, here in city hall, and it is by invitation only. the second event we also have coming up is the fourth annual great california shake out, the drop, cover, and hold drill that will be held on october 20 at 10:30 a.m. right now, we have slightly over 290,000 attendees registered for that particular drill. we would like to exceed our number from last year, which was 350,000. w