i get to the god of ancient babylon. i see what happened in ancient babylon. the god was ball.-l. this jumped out at me so much, it was like oh, my gosh. what it was, ancient babylon and the tower -- we'll do a show on this but i'll give you the highlights here. basically, the king says you know what? we're all going to be one. the first socialism -- >> totalitarianism. >> glenn: the god of ancient babylon, ball was the god of weather. and war. and commerce. in other words, the reason why is he who controls the weather, he who knows what is happening with the weather can make money because of the plantings and everything else. and also can wage war. if you know what the weather will be like, you are not getting trapped in a snowstorm or anything else. i thought to myself, that is the same god. we are now worshipping or the environmentalists are now worshipping the ape chient god of babylon. the god of weather that i fe. they're saying worship the god of weather so there won't be war and there will be commerce and we'll all live. it's repeating itself from the very beginning. >>

our december season of the month is david from babylon high school, one of our el teachers.e has traveled the world and settle at balboa because it is basically the united nations, a kaleidoscope of ethnicities and cultures. his goal has always been duplicitous riggers and give them a shot at the dance. he used to sit at the excelsior mcdonald's in the morning and a genius to preschool. now, they are in first. the class is. david, congratulations. [applause] >> this one is for my dad in heaven and my mom and my brothers. i want to say that when i got my first teaching job for the peace corps in morocco, i never thought i would come back to the united states, and i took a lot of teaching jobs and climbed all over the world, and they sometimes intervene in the very same way. 14 years ago, i was allowed to interview in high school that nobody wanted to go to in san francisco, and a net even inspired fear in some community members, and that was balboa. i want to tell you that it was the best place for me at the time, and it is still the best place. i think it has become one of t

teachers -- we have a variety of other goodies which include a bike rental, muir woods, beach blanket babylon, tickets to the opera -- we had so many gifts. a special thank-you to the world community benefit district and pier 39. they solicited for us and got a lot of wonderful things. without further ado, the awards are named after somebody who has really care about public education, somebody who has stepped up to the plate, who has made public education a priority and makes it easy for me to work for him. i want to introduce our mayor of san francisco, mayor gavin newsom. [applause] >> thank you, hydra. the guests get bigger and bigger every year, and more exciting. remember, last year we did this as kind of a pick and choose. some folks were left very happy. some were left wanting. that was not lost on us. we tried to have a stronger base line of gifts this year, which is appropriate because you deserve them. we are very grateful. that is the spirit that brings us together -- gratitude, the spirit that defines excellence. the work that you do continues l beyond your tenure and stewardship.

. >>> show stoppers on stage tonight at san francisco's famed beach blanket babylon, in the form of yestourist attraction mixed things up a bit. the longest running musical review is known for offering political commentary. >> and they have a whole lot of material to work with. >> good night. >> good night. tonight, jay welcomes --

there's a very energetic jewish population in babylon.there is a very wealthy, vigorous jewish population living in the major cities around the mediterranean. it's because of diaspora judaism, which is extremely well established, that... that christianity itself, as a... a new and constantlymprovising form of judaism, is able to spread as it does throughout the roman world. >> narrator: paul himself was a diaspora jew. convinced that god had chosen him to spread the word about jesus, he traveled to antioch, the capital of roman syria. >> antioch has one of the largest jewish communities outside of the jewish homeland-- it's been suggested that maybe something like 40,000 people in this jewish community. so we can... we must imagine a number of different jewish congregations and subsections of the city in and through which paul could have moved and still felt very much at home within the jewish community. >> wherever you have a sufficient number of jews, you have a jewish community. wherever you have a jewish community, you would have a je

the allen temple baptist church aids ministry that's bee has bo zimb babylon which for ten years.people. they moved to a different location to provide clinical services to more people. that is when the government charged them with operating in a location that was in the licensed. they were also charged with not having a pharmacist on site. >> after clearing up this misunderstanding, the charges were dropped and the ministry medical team was commended. >> for the work. >> david volunteered with the group for nine years. he says everyone was upset with the government for having them arrest. >> whether it was the inspectors that arrested us, whether it was the officers where we were in jail, whether it was people on the street that saw us in the news, they all thanked us and wanted us to continue. >> reporter: he says he will go back to zimbabwe. the others are too. they are urging the community to continue providing them with financial support. >> we are saying don't back up but continue down this path. >> reporter: so this is interesting. while in the holding cell one of the worker

all the way through places like iraq were students at the university of babylon will be working to puta solar panel. thousands of events, more than 2000 events across the u.s. as well. this will be a spectacular day. i think it shows there's new momentum out there for this building movement around, solutions. >> could you talk about what maladies is doing? we reported otheir eorts on behalf of climate change in the past. could you talk about what they have been doing? >> definitely. the president there made an announcement a little while ago before we got on the news about the obama white house, that he would be getting up on the roof of his official presidential residence and putting up the solar panels himself, not just making an announcement. just the other day the president nasheed was on the roof and put the finishing touches on a new set of solar panels donated by a california company. we'll have to wait until the spring to see a president obama will get up on the roof and help out with his installation as well. the amazing thing is, these types of moves from notable world leader

but trust me when i say the traffic is moving well in both directions those headlights headed north babylon0 on the opposite side of your screen as traffic was up on. no problems. james. >> thank you, it is time for people behaving badly in today's edition kron4 stanley roberts talks about currenb tips >>have you ever seen these little red stones in front of people's driveways? they are called curb tips, these little red zones usually come with the official city markings. circa 1999 it was this official sf pd logo with a star in the middle. then in 2000 it was this dpt logo with two stars. to get the official city tips on your driveway all you have to do is pay san francisco a little over 200 dollars. or call someone to paint it for you. however, that method is illegal. it must be done by a city curb painter. if you look around the city there are plenty of dpt curb tips infront of homes. but are they legal to tell the official curb tips for the not so official tips, here is a clue the official paint fades after a few months, the not so official paint almost never fades. and there is another