what about you asked amy. she was disapointed when i told her that i hadn't cared from dolls since i was in my early teens. in the late 1990's a friend wanted to give me a custom made doll. i requested a chinese young girl doll. and with my friend's permission i gaveamy the doll. the last time i saw the doll was in a collection of dolls aranged with great care in the house by the lake in madison where amy's memorial was held in 1999. last year, 7 years after amy's death i saw an old woman selling dolls right in front of the young federalist blocking the entrance to the [inaudible] and the conflict torn town. in 2006. and i thought of amy. and her passion for justice. and her love of dolls. later that evening, i thought of amy again. i found my friend shanty at the dining room table watching the television news about iraq. she was touching one of the most grotesque doll i had seen much the doll is 10 inches tall and look as if she was dying offan rexia. she was in a long gown, of course, blontd hair and green i

ami is area median income. when we talk about area median income, we will be using as our example, a family of three. this gives you a general idea, talking about media then come at 100% -- median income at 100%. for a family of three, it would be glad to 2007 hundred dollars. -- $92,700. that income and other districts would seem relatively high. in san francisco when i talk about homeownership prices, it is a very different story. let's talk about the change in households with and without children. you will see the number of households with children was about 63,867 back in 2000. in 2010, it remained relatively constant, it went down slightly to 63,577. you can see the number of households without children increased. it means that in 2000, a little over 19% of households were with children. it went down by about 1% over the past 10 years, we are down to 18%. supervisor farrell: just so i can extrapolate off of those numbers, the number of households with children have stayed constant, but the children i assue

she's amy purdy. pioneer in adaptive snowboarding, a sport she first introduced at the winter x games. my colleague cynthia mcfadden hits the slopes and gets major insights, from an athlete who has overcome seemingly insurmountable odds. >> reporter: i love to ski. i've been doing it since i was a kid growing up in maine. but snowboarding? not so much. okay. i admit it. i was nervous. but the chance to learn from a world champion -- well, that was just too much to pass up. >> i tried snowboarding at 14. and i absolutely fell in love with it. >> reporter: amy purdy and i met up recently in aspen, colorado. we decided to take a run first. >> woo hoo. >> reporter: she on the board. me, on skis. on the lift, she told me a little bit about her life. a kid, growing up in the las vegas desert, dreaming about snow. >> i snowboarded every day off i had. every weekend i had off of school. every holiday we had off of school. and it became a huge part of my life. >> reporter: until one morning 13 years ago, when

and amy went in for a battery of tests.ductive specialists say amy's problem is becoming too familiar among women under the age of 35. there is one test called an amh that checks the egg count. >> this actually can tell you on a score of less than .1, which is the lowest number up to four or greater how many eggs you might have left as your -- >> reporter: amy's doctor gave her that test and the results were shocking. >> the number came back incredibly low which reflected i had a low egg count. >> reporter: they were on their third round of artificial insemination when sage had a test. >> she said you have a .54. i looked it up online and my amh level where it was was that comparable of typical of a 40-year-old. >> reporter: you may not know a woman's eggs may not necessarily age in tandem with a woman's body. that means it's possible for a woman in her mid-30s to have the eggs and thus the fertility chances of a woman much older. >> we're finding that many of these ladies actually have lower ovarian reserve than ever antic

we can do it at 80% amide. -- ami. it does tend to grow proportionately. the darker blue become darker and the lighter become lighter. it does match where you're saying. this next table just talks about the affordability gap. you can see between 2000 after the housing bust, the housing prices went down dramatically. obviously, it is not as a household incomes increased to me that change. what is san francisco actually building? we have shifted to a higher density housing, largely condos. single-family homes tend to be much older. we are not building any of those. only 2% of new units built were single-family detached homes. we are not creating stock. for some families, that might be attractive. chairperson farrell: there is a bit of that the economy in san francisco. we want to attract war families. i think there has been a general policy, if not explicitly stated, to increase density across our city. how do you think about that? >> is an interesting question for us, in terms of our ability to finance affordable housing. the only financing vehicles that ar

>> reporter: good morning i'm amy hollyfield live in oakland with breaking news. fatality on southbound highway 13 a section is shutdown this is because a tree fell down. the latest coming up. >>> live look at downtown san francisco. hard to see the drizzle falling but definitely moisture still left on the roads this morning. we have the possibility of flooding in the forecast and -- and snow this weekend. >>> [ inaudible ] >>> good morning 6 a.m. i'm eric thomas. >>> and i'm kristen sze. >>> we begin with breaking news in oakland. the latest tree taken down by the storm has caused a fatality on highway 13. >> amy what can you tell us? >> reporter: i just -- let me tell you what happened. i just got a briefing from the battalion chief on the scene. she said a tree had fallen down on the roadblocking all lanes at highway 13 a car full of four young people in their early 20s hit the tree. they say a woman in the car was ejected. a 21-year-old man in the car got out to go look for her to check on her, he was hit by a car and kill. here's the scene behind me -- car an

by andrew hardisty here in the studio he is chair of democrats abroad in russia and atlanta we have amy kramer she is chairman of the tea party express and co-founder of american grassroots coalition and also in atlanta we have laura bramble she is a freelance writer and blogger i cross talk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want amy if i can go to you first in atlanta mitt romney he see is there seems to be an inevitability about the man but as things stand right now is the electable you know i use the word and have a bit and have that ability but i don't see it that way i mean we are only a third of the delegates have been awarded there this is still an ongoing process and anything can happen we've seen all of these candidates rise up and fall and you know the people have a voice with their vote and so i just don't see that we already have a nominee right. or if i can go to you i mean i but the number the numbers are out there i mean the numbers seem to the say a lot about you know which states we're going to have as the process continues and mitt romney has a muc

amy worked for mackenzie and company as a strategic consultant the. she has public sector experience serving as a white house fellow. amy will discuss key characteristics of high impact entrepreneurs and offer some practical policy solutions to help foster an entrepreneurial culture in our state. jeff weed man is president of the procter & gamble company. he leads p&g's technology to identify partnerships that drive innovation and create value across p&g and around the world. jeff's team manages mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures outsourcing technology and trademark licensing, and p&g's connect and open innovation efforts. jeff has also led development of the first ever comprehensive agreements, between p&g and the public university systems of ohio and michigan, to streamline how academia and business work together to drive breakthrough innovations and local business creation. his team formed several agreements with government research institutes, and entrepreneurs around the world. jeff will talk about the p&g open innovation efforts. let's begin.

amy?ow, lester, you arrived just a short time ago. it was dark when you got there and you talked about when the sunrise rose, what you saw pretty much in every direction. >> reporter: i got here a little before daybreak, so when you looked around, you saw just these silhouettes of what appeared to be this kind of moonlight scape, but then as the sunrise came up, we could see everything in ruins. this is the school. it's the elementary, high school, junior high. it's a complex of schools. the school itself let out early but some kids couldn't make it home safely in time and took shelter with teachers. school buses tossed about, cars. this is a road sign here. but this looks like a big air conditioning unit that was on top of the school. everywhere you look, trees down, bark from terese. no official reading but looking around you don't have to be a scientist or meteorologist to know this was incredibly massive. it did a lot of damage. it is daybreak. we saw the choppers up a moment ago. the

amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> amy rain jacket on that pooch she had that tells the story. >> do whatever will taper a little during the afternoon and evening until then the morning commute is going to be rough with the best radar returns now north of the san mateo bridge out to the coast into the santa cruz mountains. if you live south of the san mateo bridge into santa clara valley, you are not getting as much rain as everybody else, but you will get some upper 50s to low 60s today, mild temperatures scattered showers tomorrow, heavier rain friday before the weekend snow down to 2000 feet. >>> good morning, a look at the bay bridge toll, metering lights on, minor flooding westbound earlier that is cleared up this is a look at an accident westbound 580 past keller three lanes blocked. you can join our traffic spotters. >>> thank you for join us for the abc7 morning news. >>> keep track on twitter and talk about it facebook.com/abc7news. facebook.com/abc7news. have a great day! m=tade with sweet cream, canola oil and salt. just three natural ingredients.

i would agree with amy. i'm glad we could leave it this morning with the two of you agreeing on something. james carville and amy holmes, thank you very much. have a great day. tomorrow in our 8:00 hour be sure to join us in a special conversation with nicholas chris tauchlt read his sunday column and tune into cnn to see what inspired it. >>> the health care reform bill clocked in at nearly 2,000 pages longer than "war and peace," so no wonder it seems complex. wait till you see how they break it all down for us. i think it's a cool car. i think it's stylish and it makes a statement at the same time. and i've never had a car like that. people don't totally understand how the volt works. when the battery runs down the gas engine operates. i don't ever worry about running out of battery power... because it just switches over to my gas engine. i very rarely put gas in my chevy volt. i love my chevy volt and i've never loved a car. ♪ excuse me, sir. i'm commandeering this booth. the people need to save. ah. hid

amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> covering from it all angles, amy, thank you. >>> mike told us yesterday it was going to be breezy, was he right. >>> it was breezy yesterday we'll still have breezes today. won't be as aggressive or frisky as they were yesterday. still have gusts to be concerned about up to 32 miles per hour fairfield, 30 sfo, 20 half moon bay and livermore. we'll settle into a 10 to 20° range this afternoon with possibly 20 to 30 mile per hour gusts over open bodies of water. right now one degree warmer in san rafael, san francisco same redwood city everybody else cooler than we were 24 hours ago a little wind chill out there also with temperatures in the 30s and 40s and sunshine at 8:00 as we head towards the lunch hour total sunshine low to mid 50s just keep climbing through the afternoon event actually settle around 4:00 with total sunshine temperatures upper fives along the coast and low to mid 60s for the -- and low to 50s lange the coast and low to mid 60s -- you can see the 70s return tomorrow and friday away from the coast. slightly cooler with more clouds saturd

amy has a diverse private and public sector background. she is an entrepreneur having started and led a mexican art export company, an investment bank we are an mba from stanford university, amy worked for mckenzie and company as a strategic consultant. amy also has public sector experience serving as a white house fellow and special assistant to the u.s. trade representative. amy will discuss key carc try trystitrys trysting trystics of high-impact entrepreneurs and offer practical policy solution. jeff wiedman is vice president of global business development for the procter & gamble company. he leads p&g's team of technology entrepreneurs to identify and deliver partnerships that drive innovation and create value across p&g and around the world. jeff's team manages mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, equity investments, outsourcing, technology and trademark lice e licensing and p&g's connect and develop open innovation efforts. jeff has also led development of the first ever comprehensive agreements between p&g and the p

amy? >> ron mott, thanks so much. >>> let's get more of the headlines out from msn nbc's thomas roberts. >> good morning, everybody. we start with the sold wloer who killed 17 afghan civilians. he's going to get a psychiatric examination. john robert brown to represents bales made the announcement friday. he also accused the government of hiding details from the defense team. they say he left his base and went on two shoots rampages on march 11. >>> more questions are being asked in the disappearance of a utah woman. investigators found susan powell's blood in the family home. there was also a hand-written note in which she expressed fear about her husband. this raises questions as to why he was never charged in d disappearance. he killed himself and his two sons at an estate in february. we'll have more coming up. >>> new jersey police are investigating whether the parent suicide of a 15-year-old boy is linked to reports that he was bullied at school. he died in his home by hanging himsel

amy hollyfield is live at city hall. this starts with a charge of official misconduct, right?>> reporter: that's right. it all began with that fight that ross mirkarimi had with his wife on new year's eve. he pled guilty a charge stemming from a -related issue. now it is like watching a chess match here. -- ross mirkarimi made a bold move yesterday and the mayor responded with his own big statement. mirkarimi dug in yesterday with when he said he refuses to resign. he said what he did -- what he did does not constitute official misconduct in his opinion a hour later mayor lee held his own news conference and said he was spinsing mirkarimi as sheriff. saying since -- he was suspending mirkarimi as sheriff. saying since mirkarimi refused to resign the mayor must act. >> it is -- there is going to be a lot of of circumstantial evidence it is going to get uglier. big mess not going to get better. >> reporter: mirkarimi was sentenced monday to three years probation after pleading guilt to false imprisonment for not letting his wife leave the house for hours after the two had a figh

yes, that amy poehler.and rolling in chicago in the mid '90s along with friends matt besser and ian roberts. >> look at the screen, you dumb monkeys. >> they were a group with a unique style. their skits runs of outlandish improv that pushed the limits of comedy and sanity. >> this is my friend, bleached costco. >> it's been described assault active, absurdist, collaborative, smart and weird. what makes it different than other improv? >> that's nice. those five words aren't bad. >> i picked them. there were a ton of terrible ones. >> struggling in a town dominated by the second city, poehler and the rest of the ucb floor decided if they were going to make it, they were going to have to head to new york and start improvising. their stage was often the streets, where they filmed themselves pulling public pranks, like this one where santa tries to sell booze outside a toy store. >> would you like a shot? >> not everyone was in on the jokes. >> they would not lock up santa claus. >> yeah, i think they would. >>

amy. >> my name is david. i am a member of community youth center of san francisco. i am here to support free muni for youth. i have had a lot of problems with money. it costs $21. if you buy for 12 months, it would cost a total of $252. i have trouble paying for that. all of my other family members had trouble, too. not to mention my mom and uncles. they had to pay $62 a month because they could not pay for car insurance and everything else. they take. bus. $744 per parent. for low-income families, it is a lot to pay. we hope that you will help us. >> and victoria followed by amy. >> my name is victoria. i am a sophomore at galileo high school. this is a part of the community youth center. i support free muni for youth. i do not think that kids should have to pay to go to school. public education is free, but public transportation is not. >> amy followed by roberto. >> my name is amy. i am also a peer leaderin young asian women against violence. i am here today to support free muni for yo

>> reporter: good morning amy.check from the federal government. that will happen later this morning here in san jose when the santa clara valley transportation authority will get 900 million dollars in federal funding for the silicon valley project. if you are a south bay bart commuter this will impact you. here's that plan it is a 10 mile fremont to berryessa extension it will cost 2.3 billion dollars. the federal money the 900 million they will get will help, 650 million from the state and local sales tax initiative there that will help cover the rest of the cost. this project stands to create 5500 construction jobs. it could get underway as early as next month. santa clara valley, vta will not get all 900 million dollars today. it will receive 100 million today for starters to get going. those that have been on the frontlines of this extension project have lobbied hard for the last 10 years this is a very big and important day for them. why do the extension now? why the money? vta says it is to help prepare for

amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> it is just about 6:33.co sheriff ross mirkarimi is already proving difficult. the jury pool is big for a misdemeanor case nearly 200 people picked for the pool. they've been given a 9-page questionaire it includes questions like how many hours a week do you spend on social media? have you ever had an argument in front of a child you have regretted? one juror is city supervisor who worked with mirkarimi when mirkarimi was a have adviser. the sheriff is charged with domestic violence, child endangerment, his wife is not cooperating with the prosecution. >>> this morning we are learning six redwood city elementary school employees will be disciplined for failing to report possible child abuse bay a teacher. the case involves this 5-year-old autistic boy and a 4-year-old boy both special ed students at roosevelt element . their teacher is accused of hitting and kicking them. she will be arraigned today. the district will discipline six other employees who knew of possible abuse and didn't meet their legal oblig

amy's with scotusblog. thanks for the time. >> thanks for inviting me. >>> donna christensen represents the virgin islands in the house of representatives, and she's also a board-certified physician, the first woman doctor in congress and joins us this morning. congresswoman, it's nice to have you here. i want to highlight a financial figure from "the washington post," there's $116 billion in health care costs for the uninsured in the year 2008. now, if the individual mandate or the medicare expansion is overturned by the supreme court, how much would it hurt this country financially in the short term, and then give us the long-term projection as well. >> well, it would absolutely hurt this country in the short term and in the long term because we see how the costs of health care is skyrocketing. it's already 17% of gdp. and it also affects families who pay on an average of $1,000 just for people who are not getting -- who are not insured d receiving health care. so we're all paying for it in one way or ano

amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> our time is 6:03. armed security guards will soon be patrolling food trucks in oakland. the mobile merchant as social rising sun trefps, tells us its 129 members will be -- entrepreneurs, tells us its 129 members will be pitching in for the security after violent crimes targeting food vendors including this shootout between a taco truck owner and would be robber kwaoeufpt >> it is scary when our taco truck owners have to get up in the morning and put on a bulletproof vest. >> association says every one of its member has been robbed. they will spend up to $1200, per month on a security company. the group says it is also coordinating with the oakland police department. >>> san francisco city college students are reeling after learning of surprise budget cuts that may prevent some from graduating on time. the sudden loss of 3.6 million dollars in state funding is forcing the school to consider cancelling 100 classes mid semester furloughing employees for up to 15 days. [ unintelligible ] the community col

amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> it is 5:04 now. israeli president's visit to the bay area takes him to facebook's headquarters today. shimon peres will meet with mark zuckerberg and silicon valley movers and shakers. you might be able to ask him a question today. terry mcsweeney is live at facebook headquarters with more. >> reporter: the president of israel peres come fog facebook today not just to have pictures taken he's going to -- to get business done starting a new facebook page. there's going to be a live chat 9:00 this morning. take a look at president peres in washington this past weekend. he came to the bay area sunday night. does have a current facebook page it is his official one. today's page is going to be a personal one. he hopes to open a dialogue with young arabs who live in countries with no diplomatic ties with israel. on hand for the launch facebook ceo mark zuckerberg. there is going to be a talk back about 9:00. president peres and ibm yesterday motorcade there a part of a tour of the silicon valley. today at