i went from kia to another city. during that trip when a still in key have -- kiev, i was exposed to gunfire from automatic weapons. this was subject to gunfire. i did not leave alone. we did not flee. we were supposed to meet with some of the activist and our supporters from the regions. there was a for a that was supposed to take place, a conference. we arrived there late at night. we had to do that. when we arrived in the city of park of -- the city, february the 20 and from early morning to the service and the radical elements. it was not about fear. i did not have any fear. i needed to comply with the safety conditions to maintain these conditions. it is not my job to accept security rules. i accepted the decision. the speaker of the ukrainian parliament and i asked them to fly to another city. we had a plane ready. they gathered the supporters and to tell them everything that what had been happening in kiev. i decided to take a trip. we took two helicopters and first be dispatchers warned us that needed to stra

does survive the democratic primary which is packed with city council members, he'll be facing another city councilman this fall. independent candidate david cantania filed his paperwork to run this morning. can tan that will take -- tan tanya will take on the primary -- cantania will take on the primary winners. he is one of two openly gay council members. >>> a virginia family has a little more hope today after a deal is reached to help their son. that story is coming up. >> plus, the government's health care website sees im diate ruts from president obama's venture on to funnyordie.com. >> the potholes on 16th street northwest are driving saralee crazy. at least a dozen potholes are in the southbound lanes of 16th street stopping traffic. she said please help us to get through to d.c. to fix these. fell, saralee, we drove that stretch of road and counted well over a dozen potholes just between colorado and oglethorpe. we have reported them to ddot which promises to fill potholes within three business days after receiving a complaint. in fact, they were starting this morning on that stret

and people who relocate to another city with the illegal unit that mr. chiu proposed when i do an o m i you can only get think the one floor but not the lower unit the ellis act is the only ways to get back bottom floor. and you live in one unit and rent the others we have to ellis act to get back the other floors. at this it's mind boggling f it in any circumstance during retirement or volunteers or death bankruptcy or out of business or probate issue or inheritance issue we can't do the ellis act. we're not able to dispose our property it's costly to our lives. most of the times - >> thank you. thank you >> and also being penalized. >> thank you. ms. thank you >> everyone gets the same amount of time. >> it's hard to get - >> many thank you. everyone gets the same amount of time >> the same - >> appreciate it. >> i just wanted to testify we get some testimony about evictions in this ceremony we heard we're in the midget of a eviction epidemic from last week to this week and the ellis act is the driver and if we're in the city and county of san francisc

committee has all of the evidence on occasion from meeting at the zee and at city hall we'll meet anothers city hall for the next meeting. that concludes my comments >> that i comments from 9 president report seeing none, we're on item 3 the general manager's report audience deploring borrowing groundbreaking we're hosting a groundbreaking on saturday on march 4. it's been opened and san franciscans have enjoyed the festivities we love that park to death but thanks to a over 71 thousand san franciscans have voted for improvements and prepare the park for the next generation of park lovers. when the project is completed you'll find no courts and restrooms and designated areas like irrigation improvements and access. because the community relies on the park the first phase is construction on the nestling part of the park then when the north side is reopened the south end which the playground will close if you understand that. we're very existed for the groundbreaking and the incredible renovations to come. registration for awe our spring classes begins march first and our programs remain some of

>> just a couple of things i had coffee with the president of a university in another city this city has some serious economic problems and she asked me the question why is there opposition to the things in san francisco so far as job creation and increased property values and i was hard-pressed to give me her a reason in her city that would like those things happening but i have a question. the question is in regards to last week's legislation rewarding in-law units and i'm not entirely clear i don't need an answer today there was some confusion when i asked commissioner president wu whether the legislation toom took place in no fault evictions in the last year's we were assured it takes place after the passage of law but it's confusing how does this apply. let's assume have a single-family home with an illegal unit and this unit is not a legal unit i don't think so how it can be considered a eviction or if you have a family member move in there needs composer o more clarification and seems odd even if that were to happen if someone moved a relative in you want to improve the unit h

can do better at the green infrastructure and leverage our dollars differently for example, if another city department had a bond that maybe they would include some money in their bond to do green infrastructure like tearing up a major artery but i think it's approximately 12 people they're like developers, green infrastructure specialities and folks that can help us what plant materials and folk folks with are policy expertise but this is call previously the kitchen cabinet and we renamed it. >> well, i know what a kitchen cabinet is but would there not be no one from 24144 because i have a great concern about the red. >> the red okay. >> yes. i'd like to among my own appointee. >> good afternoon emile crews while the lion share the phase one of our ssi p is happening in the southeast community clearly the sewer system will operates sfrarl to there are technical groups broke up by areas one is the mroont where there's a lot of work in the community other efforts like green infrastructure spread throughout the city that's critical for two thing one is that the representatives the entirety o

were taking up a separate matter relating to what i saw as the ethical failure of another agency, another city agency, to do its job, which is under our mandate. that's why i put in that whereas language that we have that mandate to make sure that the departments of government operate ethically and that the public also has our recommendations and that we educate the public as to the ethical obligations of other departments. i did not see this -- i still don't see this -- as -- in terms of that stipulation as precluding us from going forward and saying some other agency had an obligation now to do something ethically. they didn't do it. we as the ethics commission see that as an ethical failure. if there is a finality to something, i agree. i didn't see this as reopening anything that had been made final. it had moved on to another level. >> commissioner andrews. >> so, could we within the stipulation more clearly outline what we thought should happen, disciplinary action, that we would only agree to the stipulation if indeed -- and not necessarily saying that it would be termination, but it wo

dispatchers plug them, gps mapping software will determine which units are closest, even if from another city. >> you know right away you can dispatch that system, it's going to get there much faster. >> first responders will always tell you seconds count in any emergency. >> most of the public is aware safety agencies, time is of the essence in catching criminals or doing cpr. >> the new system is step one. the three cities plan to join the 911 call centers. >>> federal agents are investigating a fire at a san jose church that broke out around 5:30 this morning in the office of the church of god. crews managed to knock it down before the church was damaged and no one was hurt. most of the church's records were destroyed. friction between president obama and facebook's mark zuckerberg prompted a white house meeting today. a rare look for the facebook co-founder. he showed up at the white house in a tie. last week, he criticized the administration for moving too slowly to -- >> the goal is to minimize damage during a tsunami. the santa cruz harbor will be one of five harbors participating in t

projects include building a high speed rail line linking the capital bangkok with another city the legislation would allow the government to borrow than sixteen billion dollars over the next seven years. members voted in favor of the bill in november on opposition members filed a suit but the court that could send laws allowing the government to raise huge amounts of fines should be limited to the urgent matters the knights says it's regrettable that the country cannot go ahead with the projects she said she heads the next government will pursue the works. an international tender for the railway project was supposed to be held later this year several japanese fans are hoping to take part mike is nice to say the ruling could have an impact on the country's economy. the sea the decision can see investors withdrawing funds. the central bank though that thailand has cut its key interest rate for the first time in four months the bank's policy makers say they need to get more support as the country's political turmoil is slowing down its economic growth. they decide to cut the band's my brain bad q

in another city, we saw large pro-russian demonstrations. in the last hour, the russian foreign ministry has said gunmen opened fire on some of those demonstrators. absolutely no evidence to verify or corroborate that information. the russian foreign ministry is complaining about general lawlessness in the east of the country. goinga'sse for into crimea was to protect the russian speaking people there. 's comment was that he would do whatever is necessary in the future if he fell russian speaking people's danger. will this be the pretext for further intervention in ukraine? it is something to keep your eye on. gasother big concern is disruption -- how likely is that now? >> it's possible. it is why some people think the next front will not involve troops at all. they effectively may find the tap turned off and the ceo of the gas company that there could be a repeat of what happened in 2009. we saw supply disruptions in western europe. it prompted a western government to accuse russia of using gas as a weapon. we have the threat. up, and ther

i have another option i want to see how you feel is to get a help from general service agency, another city agency to help me to conduct this bpr process, you know, to scope the work and then, you know, to open up the discussion to see which way we can improve our process. especially we need to update, it's already seven years old and enlarge the new ordinance and enlarge the parts of processing we he want. that's what i want to see how we can improve it. those are two different options. option a is [speaker not understood] may not have anyone to come, any consulting interest to do this kind of work. and then option b is going to ask other agencies to help me. thank you. >> all right, thank you. one question that i do have is regarding your second option to potentially work with gsa. is that a conversation that you've had with that department moving forward, seeing as that the responses to the rfp has been lacking, is that a conversation you've had already? >> i already talked with them. they are -- actually right now, [speaker not understood] one staff from gsa to help me. his name is gary

another city has restrictions on where this can be used. ♪ >> welcome back to "market makers." s angeles has become the latest city to ban their use in public spaces, and a new study suggests that teens who have tried e-cigarettes may be more likely to smoke regular ones. what is the future hold for this new business? jason healy is the president of blue e-cigarettes. tried to tell you, i have e-cigarettes. i understand how they work. as a mother in new york city, i love to never see them in the street, because my kids do not know what cigarettes are. they do not even recognize them. if you bring e-cigarettes into this town, they are going to be part of the conversation, and i do not really want them to be. >> i would disagree that hiding it, especially with the overwhelming benefits it is showing to get smokers away from tobacco cigarettes -- it is not normalizing smoking. normalizing cigarettes and saying, why are you using something that is so unhealthy? look at an e-cig product. hiding it is exactly what you do not want to happen. >> if you walk down a street in new york cit

this is the city's 10th homicide this year. another man was found shot to death in south san jose in what might have been a marijuana grow house. >>> police in san mateo are asking for help in identifying this man. police say he was burglarizing a home when 66-year-old homeowner walked in. they say he tied the woman up and then used her atm card to withdraw money at nearby afms, and that's where this picture was taken. the woman was tide up for 24 hours. the man is described as his pan wick about 30 years old. >>> the fib says a gang is displanted after warrants were serve across frt washington community center. 19-year-old rafael cardanas and 20-year-old george martero were taken into customers. they say they used a tattoo shot to sell methamphetamine. 20 suspected gang members were taken into custody, and today's arrests capped a multiyear operation. >> we believe we got all of them. >> the fbi says the men arrested today were involved with both drugs and weapons. >>> winter is just about over whereby not that we've been having a lot

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told reporters he's growing tired of finding a new stadium deal and would enter taen moving to another cityke los angeles. it's ridiculous. stay tuned. nfl banned players from dunking on goalposts after touchdowns. players will get a 15 yard penalty if they do. and we end on a sad note buffalo bills owner ralph wilson died at the age of 95. he was the founder and sole owner of the team. he was instrumental in helping bring about the merger. bills went to four super bowls but never won. this sports report brought to you by orchard supply, hardware he owned channel 36 in san jose back in the 80s. >> big loss for nfl. >> yes. >> join me tonight at 9:00, a terrifying moment on camera. a construction worker trapped in a fire. mazing rescue at 9:00 >> then at 11:00 a high school team with big league hearts the gift to a group of little leaguers. it's a touching very you don't want to miss >> march develops agents of shield airs at 8:00, and we'll be back with abc7 news at 11:00. >> go to watch abc.com or down load the app from your app store. >> that is this edition of abc7 news. our breaking new

told reporters he's growing tired of finding a new stadium deal and would enter taen moving to another cityt's ridiculous. stay tuned. nfl banned players from dunking on goalposts after touchdowns. players will get a 15 yard penalty if they do. and we end on a sad note buffalo bills owner ralph wilson died at the age of 95. he was the founder and sole owner of the team. he was instrumental in helping bring about the merger. bills went to four super bowls but never won. this sports report brought to you by orchard supply, hardware he owned channel 36 in san jose back in the 80s. >> big loss for nfl. >> yes. >> join me tonight at 9:00, a terrifying moment on camera. a construction worker trapped in a fire. mazing rescue at 9:00 >> then at 11:00 a high school team with big league hearts the gift to a group of little leaguers. it's a touching very you don't want to miss >> march develops agents of shield airs at 8:00, and we'll be back with abc7 news at 11:00. >> go to watch abc.com or down load the app from your app store. >> that is this edition of abc7 news. our breaking news continues now o

i was walking with someone named andre, he was from another city. i'm going to put flowers on the spot where he died. >> reporter: mean many people died against the riot police. the riot police are long gone, but this is the sign of the fight of democracy mere. the barricades are still up because many people here feel they need too maintain a presence until the country is stabilized and they feel that their voice is being listened to. >> you can keep up-to-date on everything regarding the events in ukraine around the clock. head to our website for the latest update, the headlines, background and agendas in terms of time lines of who is meeting who at www.aljazeera.com. now a little bit of what is coming up on this news hour. accused of interference, saudi arabia withdraw their ambassadors from qatar. >>> the investigation that has found more than 60 million women in the european union has experienced sexual or physical violence. >>> and brazilian football gearing up for his first appearance with his adopted country. >> the syrian government accused

for kids on the streets. >> the resources - we'll send you to the truck stop hoping you'll find another city to go to. >> it's called greyhound therapy. many do this with adult homeless, using bus tickets to pass off the problem of the lack of shelter in their community to a larger city. >> the occasion we had, we talked about the homeless and homeless children in washington d.c., but then we looked to maine. suburban, world, we see high levels of homelessness among young people. >> we do, it's a national crisis. there are folks who are homeless. i have seen homeless people in afghanistan lunt community, in -- aff luent communities, in rural and poor areas, where folks live in poverty and on the brink of homelessness. there's problems there. >> jerry johns is national director for the national coalition for the homeless. >> stay tuned for special coverage of our series "homeless in america." >> ahead in final thoughts - schooli school ties. how would you feel if you played for the cotton pickers. we look at stereotypes. >> the name on the front of the jersey is what matters, not the back. it

and more women made the list this year with 172 or 10 percent of the list. >> makes me proud. >> another cityanning the box on education leading them to hire criminals. >> good morning to you ainsley. if you have a criminal record and you are looking for gainful employment, the ordinance comes in august. employers in san francisco will be forbidden to ask perspective workers about much of their criminal history among the off limit topics and arrests that didn't lead to conviction juvenile convictions or convictions more than 7 years old. it's only after the first interview or initial job offer they can follow up on some of the questions. employers who don't abide face an initial warning and are fined for each infraction up to $100 each time. more than 50 u.s. cities and counties passed laws protecting workers with criminal history cluck philadelphia, s -- includ philadelphia and buffalo. hawaii, massachusetts, minnesota and rhode island. >> good to see you. >> likewise. >> the time is 10 minutes until the top of the hour. >> almost. almost. >> a teen honor student suing her own parents. this

. >> reporter: campbell police say they are helping him relocate to another city.ing the attack may have been gang related, and they fear retaliation. >> there have been several graffiti taggings at the park. >> reporter: the family declined to comment, except to say they're glad tharp moved. in campbell, robert honda, ktvu news. >>> san jose police are trying to find the man who stabbed a man to death this morning. police say the victim was found near north 2nd street, and east st. john's street shortly before 3:00 a.m. this morning. investigators say he may have been killed during a fight or an argument, and are hoping witnesses will come forward. this is san jose's tenth homicide of the year. yesterday, another man was shot and killed in what may have been a marijuana growing house. >>> a man is in custody following a disturbing incident near a middle school. witnesses said a man tried to kiss a boy. >> reporter: it happened about 8:15 this morning in the shell station parking lot just across the street from bancroft middle school. the cashier says the man who a

. >> reporter: campbell police say they are helping him relocate to another city. saying the attack may have been gang related, and they fear retaliation. >> there have been several graffiti taggings at the park. >> reporter: the family declined to comment, except to say they're glad tharp moved. in campbell, robert honda, ktvu news. >>> san jose police are trying to find the man who stabbed a man to death this morning. police say the victim was found near north 2nd street, and east st. john's street shortly before 3:00 a.m. this morning. investigators say he may have been killed during a fight or an argument, and are hoping witnesses will come forward. this is san jose's tenth homicide of the year. yesterday, another man was shot and killed in what may have been a marijuana growing house. >>> a man is in custody following a disturbing incident near a middle school. witnesses said a man tried to kiss a boy. >> reporter: it happened about 8:15 this morning in the shell station parking lot just across the street from bancroft middle school. the cashier says the man w

i was walking with someone from another city, he was one of the people that was killed.ut a flower on the site where he died. >> reporter: now the riot police have long since gone, but people are coming here, taking photos, getting a reminder of exactly the price that was paid for what they call the fight for democracy here. the barricades are still up, and that's because many people here feel that they should maintain a presence. they should continue to come to independence square until the country is stabilized, and they really feel like their voice is being listened to. >>> a reminder that you can always keep up to date on ukraine around the clock by going to our website. there's a live blog with the latest updates at aljazeera.com. >>> and still to come on the program, venezuela marks the first anniversary of the heard who empowered the poor, but left behind an uncertain legacy. >>> plus more than 60 million women in the eu have experienced sexual or fiscal violence. >>> and a footballer gears up for his first appearance with his adopted country, world champion, spai

end the council decided on mandatory vote any time there's proposal to raise the flag of another nation over city hall. in san leandro, allen abc 7 news. >> friends of san jose team stabbed to death gather tonight to remember him. 16-year-old diaz died after stabbing at the park in campbell. his friends lit candle and shared stories about him. police say diaz and homeless man suspected of killing him todd thorpe into a fight but then led to the stabbing. friend of diaz and thorpe told us tonight the other person is to blame. >> he wasn't he wasn't aggressive. the he was just homeless guy. somebody rolled up on him. >> honestly like we all live like right there gang neighborhood but one thing you know what i mean. we weren't affiliated. >> thovrp says he was defending himself. police looking into the claim and remains in santa clara county jail. >> man crossing track on the peninsula nearly hit and whole they think caught on camera. watch. >> how scary is that? cal train treated a link to the video man inches from being hit. by a speeding train. close call happened last month and illustrates how d

city is selling just the house. the buyer would have to move the house to another location. >> you would have to agree to preserve theto its original condition. >> a home like this, a person's got to care more than just flipping the home. >> the city had planned to renovate the house itself but doesn't have the money. civic leaders decided it would be better to have someone else move it and fix it up than have the home demolished. >> very interesting. >> yes, i know. a beautiful house. >> i know. i love it. >>> a massive mystery right now in silicon valley. who might be moving into the biggest office project in san jose's history? >> a mendocino county sheriff's deputy is killed in the line of duty. find out about his bay area roots and how he is being remembered. >>> good morning. in the south bay we have a lot of slow traffic as you drive through. i want to tell you the traffic on 280 is slow, but it's also slow in other bay area freeways. >>> a mixed bag of sun and high clouds inland. the low clouds are definitely enhancing closer to the coast and bay. we will see how that plays out for your forecasted highs today

so inside the city of new york there is another city and its called new york city public housing in a has about 380,000 people living in that city within a ready in apartment houses and etc. so what we do is train the resident to do jobs of the public housing project. cable-tv, maintenance, things of that sort. public housing authority under the contract to hire these people back. so we trained a number of people, mostly women, to do these electrician jobs and etc. because we do contract with the unions to take on the trainees and make them part of the union and placed them in jobs. it's tough and it's grinding, there are no silver bullets to this business grade but it is the right thing to do. and it's all positive. we do get returns on these. positive returns could we make progress. it's not spectacular progress. >> i will actually add to this and some of the details of the eastlake story, which is if they did bring in job training programs but it doesn't actually solve the issue. and so they have a lot of poor neighborhoods nowhere near where the jobs are. so we have a lot of singl

that's another city in the east on the ukrainian/russian border where troops moved on to the russianduct drills. they would familiarize themselves with unfamiliar territory. that's causing alarm bells to ring right now because there's been a clash between pro-russian and pro-ukrainian in another eastern city in donetsk. we don't know their affiliation politically. that violence is causing many ukrainians to be concerned about what we might see in the east of the country. most consider crimea to be a done deal. it will happen on sunday regardless of the last-minute diplomacy between john kerry and his russian counterpart sergey lavrov tomorrow in london the fear is does it stop here? is what we're seeing on the eastern borders of ukraine perhaps a harbinger of something to come in the days ahead, wolf? >> and this referendum that's supposed to take place on sunday, by all accounts the vote in crimea will be for crimea to leave ukraine and become part of russia, is that the expectation? >> reporter: well, certainly, the ballot paper doesn't give you much choice. it says do you want to

entertained moving to another city like los angeles.ers have to play half the games on baseball infield with service of grass and dirt. raiders and a's not continue to co-exist at the coliseum. stay tune. dunking on goal post following touch down is band. first started by cowboys back in the 80's. they receive 15 82 beyond all reasonable doubt penalty but don't worry davis shoots the jumper after scoring next season. >> we end on sad note. wilson way at the age of 95. founder sole owner of the bills. stabbing the team with the original afl back in 1960. served as president of the afl and bringing about the merger. never won and induct nude the football hall of fame in 2009. big loss for the nfl. this 7 sports report brought to you by toyota. >> got a text from a friend and it echo a lot of people sentiment i would really be upset if the raiders moved. i had my heart broken the first time they moved to l.a. >> a lot of question but they have to come up with a stadium. talk about the niners and raiders sharing but i'm not sure it would wo

shootings and we're hearing that at least one hundred people were injured and this number is rising in another city of donetsk thousands again are on the streets shouting pro russian slogans and we're hearing that local authorities there claim that they would not obey kiev and they voted today to have a referendum over the region's taters while the majority of the population in east and south of ukraine say that decisions and laws taken by the country's new authorities are illegal. earlier we spoke to andre three thirty kings the organizer of the rally in the city of new property in eastern ukraine he explained what drew people to the streets in the first place and why they want protection from russia. people who come together they. never take their way of course claiming the power or cultural differences in this country generally imply that we need protection and that's this frighten the police all around the country they get them they kill them and the police now is just. has just lost its moral and the only way for us when protection and we have gathered today. all around the eastern ukraine rem

shootings and we're hearing that at least one hundred people were injured and this number is rising in another city of donetsk thousands again are on the streets shouting pro russia slogans and we are hearing that local authorities there claim that they would not obey kiev and they voted today to have a referendum over the region's taters while the majority of the population in east and south of ukraine say that decisions and laws taken by the country's new authorities are illegal and his my report about one of such decisions that was never recognized here. this is the golden eagles swan song the bear cook's ukraine's elite police force after weeks of deadly clashes in the capital kiev on the orders of the ministry of internal affairs to protect government buildings from rioters the barricades are no more. ukraine's new authorities were quick to dispense a thousand strong and to write unit. former officers were made to publicly kneel in western ukraine and beg for forgiveness while locals shouted shame pelting them with objects the country's acting interior minister posted on his internet page that

end the council decided on mandatory vote any time there's proposal to raise the flag of another nation over city hall. in san leandro, allen abc 7 news. >> friends of san jose team stabbed to death gather tonight to remember him. 16-year-old diaz died after stabbing at the park in campbell. his friends lit candle and shared stories about him. police say diaz and homeless man suspected of killing him todd thorpe into a fight but then led to the stabbing. friend of diaz and thorpe told us tonight the other person is to blame. >> he wasn't he wasn't aggressive. the he was just homeless guy. somebody rolled up on him. >> honestly like we all live like right there gang neighborhood but one thing you know what i mean. we weren't affiliated. >> thovrp says he was defending himself. police looking into the claim and remains in santa clara county jail. >> man crossing track on the peninsula nearly hit and whole they think caught on camera. watch. >> how scary is that? cal train treated a link to the video man inches from being hit. by a speeding train. close call happened last month and illustrates how d

usually from another city in australia. but he's expected to arrive here perhaps to talk to some of the search teams. >> all right. we'll listen out for updates for what he has to say. we've talked a lot about this u.s. pinger locater that had been flown to australia. it's now been loaded on that ship, the ocean shield. we saw some pictures of it. do you know when that heads to the search zone? i suppose the goal, since they don't have a debris field, is just to head out in the general direction of the search zone at this point because that's all they can do? >> reporter: that's exactly right. it is expected to go out there to sort of be poised to be used. it takes about three days to reach this area. we're expecting that it leaves some time this morning. we haven't been given an exact departure time but it is about this morning, in the next few hours or so, that it will leave. and as you mention, it does -- it is just getting to be poised there. it's going to take about three days. and they want it there. because if there