in vacaville, ann rubin ktvu channel 2 news. >> the red cross says its blood supply is at its lowestevel. they blame the shortage on the heat and storms and that combined with the usual summer slow down in donations has caused the blood supply to drop to emergency levels of the red cross officials say in fact, at some point surgeons may have to cancel elective operation. >>> groups came together to help clean up some neighborhood organizations including the old oakland neighbors, parishioners from the first urinetarian andellia baker center for human rights. we caught up with some of them at l.a. square park. organizers say one reason for today's clean-up is that the city has little money to do it. >> we come in and do what the city is not able do. and what no individual is able to do, but coming togethers a group, we can get a lot down. >> it's the second year for the clean-up called throw down for the town. they gathered at 19th and harrison near lake merritt for a community concert. a new smartphone has helped samsung climb to the top of the heap when it comes to mobile phone sale

ktvu's ann rubin is live with what the park is doing for the riders and when superman may reopen. >> reporter: crews were inspecting the structure and while they say it looks fine they won't be reopening the ride till they understand what went wrong. >> reporter: they have tested the tracks and surveys the structure of the superman ride, officials at six flags discovery kingdom concluded one thing. >> we determined that the situation was not mechanical. >> reporter: now they are running for tests looking for programming tests. >> that god that we weren't upside down. >> reporter: riders got more excitement than they bargained for when superman got stuck. >> somebody climbed up and told us to rock back and forth. i don't think that was working. >> reporter: crews with six flags discovery kingdom brought the riders water and sun block but then they rolled the car down. >> it did what it should do in terms of the safety system. >> reporter: if anything the system may have worked too well, they will do one more test running the ride empty and then superman could reopen tomorrow. >> i mig

ktvu's ann rubin talked with family and strangers determined to find a match and she explains why itill not be easy. >> reporter: she goes by sea rod, and she likes to win. she thought she beat leukemia till a few months ago. >> we thought it went away but unfortunately she had a relapse. >> reporter: she needs a bone marrow transplant to survive and her chances of finding a donor are slim. >> the community, we have lower survival rates because there is not enough of us. >> reporter: so the family is trying to change that with help from the oakland police department and the mayor. setting up bone marrow drives. >> i say why not to help to give life to somebody who is just starting living. >> reporter: matches can be found, she is living proof of it. the family shouldn't give up hope. >> i am here. >> reporter: dozens lined up, the family hopes one can help her beat leukemia this time for good. >> she makes you laugh. so, you know, i -- i just -- that is how i want to see her again. >> reporter: time is a factor. the family is trying to plan another drive as quickly as possible. they

but ann rubin has why neighbors say no way. >> reporter: they're talking about hiring a lawyer to stop it from being built. >> reporter: residents here keep up their yards and update their homes but a potential new addition to this danville neighborhood has them worried their property value is about to take a hit. >> not happy at all about the idea of having human ashes this close to my home. i mean you can see the area right from here is just in those trees. >> reporter: so we're calling it the peace memorial garden. >> reporter: peace lutheran church wants to build this. a colombarian which will contain urns filled with human remains. >> the local cemetery has been

institutional investor delivering alpha conference, steve liesman sat down with hank paulson anne robert rubineve, what really struck me, a fascinating session, was how they both zeroed in on the need for america to keep or really regain the competitive edge. >> yeah, tyler, what was interesting is everybody's focused on the fiscal cliff and the european crisis. they talked about and then the medium and longer term challenges in the united states faces. we can't get out of the existing problems if we don't address the longer terms. let's listen to what they said. >> i think there's a longer term, secular decline. it's structural issue in u.s. competitiveness. i define competitiveness this way. can u.s. companies successfully compete with those around the world and the united states have a rising standard of living? if i'm right then the economy isn't going to get to where we want to just by waiting. it takes policy actions the address the competitiveness issue. >> i think we could have a successful economy in this country. we have an enormous natural resources. we have a lot of advantages. rul