annette young smith to the stage.lady, ladies and gentlemen, is a lifetime achievement award winner. please, please welcome her to the stage. (applause) >> i can't think of a more deserving woman. thank you. come on in. jeffery, i love you. >> i love you, too. >> hello, neighbors. good evening. you know, first i have to say that i "heart" the portola, i really do. [laughter] >> this is an amazing win frankly for the whole southeast sector, from progress park down, and it's a wonderful night. great to be here with all of you. my name is jeffery betcher. i am the executive director of the organization that emerged 10 years ago from annette young smith and carl page's work on the block where i live. annette lived across the street from me and started planting flowers here or there around the block. and that changed everything mysteriously. and we figured out over time what it was that really created the change, and it wasn't the garden. it wasn't the plants. it was that annette was unafraid to cross the street and give a

too late for annette, who now hopes her costly lesson can help other consumers. >> i trusted my bank.> reporter: wells fargo recently forgave annette's loan but only after she went to a shareholders meeting and confronted the bank's president about her situation. both wells fargo and u.s. bank offered these types of loans although u.s. bank calls them checking account advances. if you have a consumer problem, give us a call 888-5-helps-u. >> thank you. we'll be right back. ,,,,,, as you might expect - drivi one of those is something oa >>> the sythe, the sounds of monster trucks -- the sights, the sounds of monster trucks and driving one of those something of a boys club but as kiet do shows us one bay area woman is driving her way in. >>> reporter: it's a question stay-at-home moms ask themselves a lot. when you already do everything -- >> you want to go to willie's place? >> reporter: -- how do you set the example for the kids that you can do anything? jennifer smith a mother of four in san martin showed us her dirty side at the hollister hills state vehicular recreation area. you k

congratulations, annette young smith. (applause) >> first of all, i thank god for being here and i thank god for all of you being here. >> amen. >> and i'd like to thank jeffery for nominating me and i accept the award. thank you. that's all. [laughter] (applause) ♪ ♪ (applause) >> what a fantastic way to end this evening. a standing o. that's fantastic. (applause) >> and a woman who obviously practices actions speak louder than words we need here in city hall. without further a do, we conclude this year's nen awards. i want to acknowledge my partner michael pollack back there. (applause) >> not only does he make me look old and fat, but he's an incredibly talented young man. these amazing videos, we'll get all this up on the web for you to share with your friends in the years to come. look forward to future announcements. with that i'd like to conclude the fifth annual nen awards. we'll see you next year. and now we invite you to join us in north light park for a fantastic of food and wine for you to enjoy. thank you all

they were with their students, making matters worse for annette brown and gina janssen.were also with them at briarwood when they were trapped, as well. first of all, how are you both doing tonight? >> good. >> we're doing well. >> how is your arm? your arm got trapped. >> yes. it's fine. has occasional numbness, but -- other than that, it's fine. >> explain what it was like during the storm. >> scary. we just didn't really know what was going to happen next. we just kept talking to the students and reminding them to be calm and to pray and think about their angels. >> what room did you put them in? >> we put them in the bathroom -- the hallway, and we have a small hallway where there are bathrooms and a water fountain and we put them in there. >> how about for you? what was it like? >> yeah, it was just terrifying. we had our kids lined up in our rooms against the inner walls, is where they're supposed to be. but my room is the furthest west so that's the outer -- like, took a direct hit. so i decided to move on to the bathroom. and annette did too, so moved them into t

. ~ annette >> good evening, my name is nat prieshoff for live nation in california. we've been doing business in san francisco for almost 50 years, presenting over a thousand events last year in san francisco alone and about 400,000 people visiting the city for special events and concerts. live nation has a plan for this venue to present world class talent like sting, train, jason more as, the san francisco december to any orchestra and we've put a lot of time into various plans working with the neighborhood and listening to the neighborhood concerns over numerous meetings over the course of the last four months. we have a communications plan that updates neighbors about when our events are and when -- how many people we expect at those events. we have a security plan with california guard carted security ushers and ticket takers, a cleaning plan that not only cleans the inside of our venue, but adjacent streets to the venue. we have a medical plan with both kaiser permanente and rock medicine. we have worked very closely with the sfmta who will speak a little bit la

annette from our sister station in los angeles, she has the latest. >>> good morning, guys. pacific coast highway will remain closed until firefighters are able to get a handle on the blaze. right now, we are on pch just north of deer creek. we have been out here for the next hour or so. it has been interesting to see these flames right up there and flaring up and dying down as the fire continues raging through the night, traveling where it originally started until it reached the malibu shoreline where it continues to burn out of control at this point. close to 1,000 firefighters are on the ground battling the blaze, working on protecting structures. nearly 2000 homes have been threatened by the flames. so far, none have been destroyed. since water dropping aircraft cannot be used at night, crews have been hard at work using only hand equipment to dig out fire lines and while the winds have calmed down, fire officials say that's the battle to fight this blaze is still far from over. today, crews will be preparing for another hot, dry, and windy day. with winds again being so

actress annette bening turns 55 and la toya jackson is 57. >>> here's what's coming up on the "today"atching extreme weather, tornadoes and severe thunderstorms in the central plains. and a reunion of the popular 1980s sitcom "silver spoons" as cast members share their memories. >>> now keep it to this channel for continuing local news, weather, sports and more. i'm dara brown. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. have a great one. >>> a bay area congresswoman targeted by threats. now the fed and facebook are entering the fray. >>> first, the bolts, then the rods. another problem has surfaced on the new span of the bay bridge. >>> and inside the debate of how to fight a common disease as california courts prepare to make a landmark decision. we take you live to san francisco, give you a live look at the bay bridge. looks gorgeous as always on this wednesday, may 29th. you're watching "today in the bay." >> good morning, it's 4:30

annette went to san francisco to hear the plan. >> that was house state senators opened up their hearing on the bay bridge project, leaving no doubt they were concerned about caltrans handling of this project. >> i have to be honest about it. >> you don't think they have been honest? >> whether it's honesty or a translation problem, i don't think they communicated to me satisfactory or to the general public why this happened. >> what has happened is a bridge that months from its debut is in question. 32 snap bolts on the east pier with a fix that will cost up to $10 million. more than 400 bolts that are vulnerable on the signature tower and thousands were bolts that need inspection. caltrans says its chief engineer has come up with a unique test. >> a sense of how these belts will perform over the long- term. we don't need them to last a week or a month, we need them to last decades. >> eyes wide open to use bolts that deviated from the usual specifications by a list of experts. >> we don't have a problem. every bolt on this bridge is not just like the bolt that broke and every bolt is n

and good evening, i'm annette. >> tonight we have the biggest jackpot in power ball history. >> okay, it wasn't the largest, but it did come close. lottery officials say tonight's official power ball jackpot is the second largest at just over $590 million. so, get out your tickets because here are the winning numbers. 10, 13, 14, 22, 52, and the power ball number was 11. don't forget, if there was a jackpot winner, but two tickets in california match the first five numbers without the power ball. one in san jose and one in currin county. it won't be known until later how much ticket will be worth. there was no shortage of people looking for the power ball fever here in the bay area. liquors has sold several winning tickets in the past. and people lined up all day. if no one wins the big jackpot tonight, next week's drawing will be just shy of a billion dollars. >>> well, the bay area's biggest fun run begins in just hours. it starts tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m. at howard and main street. it ends at the great highway and along the 7 1/2 mile course. a lot of changes in the wake of the

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funding from these foundations and individuals: and by: and the annual financial support of: hello, i'm annettensdorf. i'm chair of the film division at columbia university's school of the arts and i'll be moderating a discussion on hollywood style and the contemporary american cinema. our panel has four outstanding writer-directors. to my immediate right is paul schrader. his credits as writer-director include american gigolo, cat people, mishima. as a screenwriter for other directors he's responsible for the script of obsession for brian depalma mosquito coast for peter weir and for martin scorsese, taxi driver, raging bull and the last temptation of christ. to his right is joan micklin silver whose credits include hester street between the lines chilly scenes of winter and crossing delancey. to my immediate left is james toback. his credits include the gambler and bugsy, for which he received an academy award nomination for screenplay. and in terms of directing his credits include love and money, exposed and the pick-up artist. to his left is whit stillman whose first feature, metropolitan e

deadly blasts rocked the country during its milestone democratic vote for the former prime minister annette of the muslim league claiming victory. there were more ballots than bullets in this historic preliminary election results coming out will keep you up to date from islamic. and immigration in germany to the twenty year high with economic troubles fueling the flow of people hoping for a better life in europe's largest economy and the only e.u. member boasting growth. over the morning is kevin owen here at r.t. this morning just after midnight now more top story this morning. rocks a turkish town near the country's border with syria authorities put the number of dead at forty two scores more injured no word yet claimed responsibility for the bombings but he is focusing on syrian involvement middle east correspondent paula sleep with the latest. two car bombs have exploded one was in front of the city hall the other was in front of a local post office in the turkish town of gray hundred which is not far from the syrian border according to the turkish foreign ministry at least fourteen peo

funding from these foundations and individuals: and by: and the annual financial support of: hello, i'm annettensdorf. i'm chair of the film division at columbia university's school of the arts and i'll be moderating a discussion on hollywood style and the contemporary american cinema. our panel has four outstanding writer-directors. to my immediate right is paul schrader. his credits as writer-director include american gigolo, cat people, mishima. as a screenwriter for other directors he's responsible for the script of obsession for brian depalma mosquito coast for peter weir and for martin scorsese, taxi driver, raging bull and the last temptation of christ. to his right is joan micklin silver whose credits include hester street between the lines chilly scenes of winter and crossing delancey. to my immediate left is james toback. his credits include the gambler and bugsy, for which he received an academy award nomination for screenplay. and in terms of directing his credits include love and money, exposed and the pick-up artist. to his left is whit stillman whose first feature, metropolitan e

. >> annette was embarrassed by the situation. her financial situation was in the one she'd shared with anyone before now that. is what she told news january. >> you know, i had to tell my children and friends. >> then, last month she was able to address the ceo of wells fargo bank at the meeting. >> then, i tore up notes and said since i'm here i'd like to take the opportunity to tell you that as long i've been a wells custor i've done this direct deposit advance you call a service. >> stumps maintained it's a program customers wanted intended as a short term loan for emergencies. the program meets current guide lines that stumps promised to review it. since then, wells fargo has forriven the debt. her story caught at tension of the new york times and national public radio. and it's also caught attention of regulators. both office of comptroller and occurrencey and fdic proposed new rules regular yug yaiting programs like ones offers by wells fargo and u.s. bank. >> first they'd roirt banks to say what the interest rate is for th

annette in michigan you are on with jacki.cer, i worked in the medical field for many years, and many people would not have the testing done to see if they were predisposed to breast cancer, because if it came back positive, the insurance companies wouldn't cover anything afterwards and say it was a preexisting condition so a lot of people chose not to have that test done. and i got sick about a year ago, and i just got disability and i have to pay $520 per month for cobra health insurance because you have to be on disability for two years before you a are edgeable for any of the government programs. so that's almost half of my income every month. so that's all i wanted to say. >> stephanie: jack any thoughts on that? >> well, it is going to go down. there are some affordability requirements in the affordable health care act. you can't be required to pay if i's more than 9% of your income. companies that are going to be asked to contribute are going to have to make sure that the plans they offer are within the parameters of af

. >> i'm annette, i'm from studio city, california. i'm a mother of three, i weight 155-1/2 pounds.viest i've ever been. i'm a size 10. ...and this is me now! i lost 25 pounds and went from that size 10 to this size 2 in just 12 weeks. how did i do it? i became a food lover. >> i'm aood lover and i lost 36 pounds. >> i'm a food lover and i've lost 50 pounds. >> i'm a food lover and i lost 60 pounds. >> i'm a food loveand i lost 82 pounds in eight months.

. >> i'm annette, i'm from studio city, california. i'm a mother of three, i weight 155-1/2 pounds.s is the heaviest i've ever been. i'm a size 10. ...and this is me now! i lost 25 pounds and went from that size 10 to this size 2 in just 12 weeks. how did i do it? i became a food lover. >> i'm a food lover and i lost 36 pounds. >> i'm a food lover and i've lost 50 pounds. >> i'm a food lover and i lost 60 pounds. >> i'm a food lover and i lost 82 pounds in eight months. >> what if you could actually lose weight eating bread, pasta, sweets, even wine and chocolate? when you're a food lover, there

. >> annette was embarrassed by the situation.ancial situation was in the one she'd shared with anyone before now that. is what she told news january. >> you know, i had to tell my children and friends. >> then, last month she was able to address the ceo of wells fargo bank at the meeting. >> then, i tore up notes and said since i'm here i'd like to take the opportunity to tell you that as long i've been a wells fargo customer i've done this direct deposit advance you call a service. >> stumps maintained it's a program customers wanted intended as a short term loan for emergencies. the program meets current guide lines that stumps promised to review it. since then, wells fargo has forriven the debt. her story caught at tension of the new york times and national public radio. and it's also caught attention of regulators. both office of comptroller and occurrencey and fdic proposed new rules regular yug yaiting programs like ones offers by wells fargo and u.s. bank. >> first they'd roirt banks to say what the interest rate is for th

as annette explains not everyone thinks immigration is an issue that sacramento needs to take on. >>o wins illegal power to the people. >>reporter: bus load of im grant from all over california. rally at the state capitol for more rights. hundreds had stores of how difficult it is to life in the shadow because of the immigration status. >> 51 was being pointed at me this. >>reporter: uc berkeley graduate too afraid to report being robbed at gun point. for fear he would be handed over to the feds for deportation. >> i knew that that could mean throwing away all the sacrifice that is my family had sacrificed up until that point. i couldn't do that. >>reporter: others admit to driving around without a license. >> really hard reality to kind of live with saying i need to do this yet i'm breaking the law. >>reporter: immigrant group hope to build onless year success. california now allows college students living here illegally to apply for taxpayer funded financial aid. >> this year among the proposal they are pushing the trust act that limb local authority ability to hold suspect for dep

l capitol correspondent annette reports now on move to protect you and your wallet. >> tomorrow frustratedter finally finding a spot that allow her to park for 4 hours. meter won't let her pay for any more time than 48 minutes i two to doctor appointment rate nowok and if it should take more than one and a half hours the meter stopped at 48 minutes so now then could i get penaltyize. >>reporter: california law already allows drivers to park at broken meters. local city are passing their own ordinances giving the go ahead to the tickets. citation very widely but definitely cash cow. assemblyman mike wants to take the local authority away and allow drivers to park at broken meter for the maximum time posted. >> city want to get the revenue from the parking they should get it the correct way which is making sure they stay in good repair. making sure motorist can pay. >>reporter: own district los angeles issued more than 17,000 tickets of broken meet interone year. opponent lick the california public parking association say local jurisdiction develop their own policy when it comes to broken me

capitol correspondent annette has the story now from sacramento. >> unmanned drones are already beinged in california for things like helping farmers survey the land and geologist look at remote areas. lawmakers say it's now time to regulate them. federal aviation administration provides jebingting the number of commercial drone in u.s. airspace could exceed 10,000 by 2020. >> i first heard that drones were used in agricultural sector that's one thing forestry another thing. rumor that tmz want operate their own droneha raises a red nraichlingt the safety committee okayed senator's fwhail protects the people privacy. essentially making ate crime to spy with a drone. and it would require law enforcement to get a warrant to use one. american civil liberties union says the proposal need to be tougher on government. >> as californians we have the trite privacy in our constitution. and the court have protected that pretty strongly. wise thing to do would be to actually have moratorium. >>reporter: privacy issue already led the l.a. sheriff to order realtors to stop using drone to take pict

capitol correspondent annette has the story. >> this is not the time to brick out the champagne.orter: after weeks of talk about a budget surplus nearing 5 billion dollars, governor brown revised spending plan is 1 billion dollars lower than his original budget proposal in january. >> the news about the economy has dropped. 4 percent growth has now become 2% growth. >>reporter: add to that boo booming federal sequester cut and higher payroll tax forcing workers to spend less and surplus really isn't that big. >> i'm trying to find the right balance between spending and holding the line evening. >>reporter: thanks to sorority approval of higher tax under proposition last november public schools big winner in the budget revision. nearly 3 billion dollars more. billion dollars will help implement more rigorous academic called common course standards. the rest will pay for his controversial plan to give more money to ask districts to have a hair ratio of low income and english learning students. as california begins to implement the federal affordable care act governor brown added bi

years ago is taking a new approach now to stop prescription drug abuse. 7 news capitol correspondent annettelains how in this story from sacramento. >> jury convicted the driver who killed 2 bay area children 10 years ago because she was under the influence of prescription medication. she had gotten from several different doctors. the kids father bob pack sued for medical malpractice. maximum he could get under california medical injury compensation reform act or micra 250,000 dollars for each child. >> my road block of justice was a punch in the gut when i learned about the micro law in california. >> california family who have experienced death or injury due to medical malpractice say it's time to eliminate the quarter million dollar cap set nearly 4 decades ago. they have teamed up with consumer watch dog to get lawmakers to change it or else they will get a ballot measure ready for 2014 to let voters decide. >> if you eliminate the cap it's a risky maneuver. >> doctors say removing the limit will result in sky rocke rocketing health care cost. >> plus they predict merit less lawsuit will

says that the gravity of the situation didn't sink in until yesterday makes you wonder if he was annettetood when we heard from the justice department last week that he not only signed off on the search warrant but he discussed it if he had only signed off. he could have done a hillary and said on the stuff about the security in benghazi she signed it but she never read it. it's true there is a lot of stuff that a secretary signs and doesn't read. so it's plausible. but, if you discussed it, it's not plausible. so, either he lied, or, the other explanation is he forgot. but if he forgot, then he is utterly incompetent and if he goes and speaks about this under oath and doesn't check into the past into what he he had done is a couple of years before. it's more incompetent. i feel sorry for him. i'm not sure how he escapes this. to the extent that he involves a president who stands with imhad and says i have all the confidence with him. the president puts holder in charge of his own investigation, i think if you hurt the president then you are truly a liability. >> bret: daily beast unname

annette in michigan. >> caller: good morning. >> stephanie: hello. >> caller: hi, i would like to commentaround for many years. this isn't something that just happened when president obama came into office but the republicans have done everything they can to discredit him and we have been using drones for years. it only became an issue when president obama came into the office. >> stephanie: uh-huh. yeah. >> caller: and the other thing on the boy scouts you know, they are saying, okay. it's all right if you are gay, you can be in the boy scouts, but you can't be a leader. >> stephanie: right. >> caller: maybe they should push it further and say okay you can be a leader if you are gay, you just can't be a flaming homosexual. >> stephanie: it makes no sense, and sends a really poor message to the kids. it's like, okay but it better be a stage you get over when you grow up. >> stephanie: barb in phoenix, you are on the "stephanie miller show." >> caller: hi, stephanie. thanks for taking my call. first of all i want to tell you i'm a huge fan. i have seen your sexy liberal tour. i saw you in

. >>> annette, we do -- lynette, in baltimore county we're dealing with a crash.n road down to 28 lgt street. there is a crash on the top side of the beltway. here's a live look actually back in parkville. here at harford road outer loop clocking in at 16 miles per hour. inner loop will be free of delays. you are looking at a 19-minute ride to travel from 95 all the way up to 83. as we head over to the west side, congestion will continue. [ dog barking ] george stop it. stop. ooh. it was a nice thought. [ male announcer ] some business decisions are better than others. the best decision is switching to verizon. you're good to go. that was fast. thank you. [ male announcer ] choose verizon fios and get 100% fiber optic fast internet and business class phone both with 99.9% network reliability on an unparalleled fiber network. you'll get consistently fast speeds and unlimited internet usage that's never capped. all for just $99.99 a month with a two year price guarantee. plus get an additional line included. call 1.888.410.4404 to sign up today. it's all backed by o

she's not crazy and annette benning knows the answer. >> and dr. that means it's about you. >> nobody asks me how i am. >> okay. i'm here for you. >> thank you. >> let me get to the other people. here is one question. my wife has over 100 pairs of shoes. i know the cliche but don't tell me this is normal. doctor? >> here's the thing. i wouldn't know, this guy wouldn't know but it's normal for women to love shoes. it helps them express themselves. it's not something that a male psychiatrist will be able to fathom. red bottomed shoes might set you back a couple thousand dollars. >> a high school student and i can't seem to pay attention in class. the whole hour turns into a bunch of gibberish. i get distracted easily. is it normal? >> it's not. this person is describing potentially add. potentially major depression because that can lead to distractability. despite the fact that many systems don't command attention, this is an outlying case. not normal. get help. >> you got to go see a psychiatrist. hand gestures. why do some people use hand gestures