[ringing bells]ight now ♪ i'm ready to go right now ♪ i'm ready to go right now [applause] >> beam me up, scotty jim scotty from koit and the koit martini posse. wow, i'm so thirsty now. ladies and gentlemen, today this man's plans are to shuck -- chuck the whole quiet storm thing and make some noise. local sales manager of the quiet storm, kbrx manager mr. aaron jones. >> can you -- thank you, thank you. kblx is celebrating its 30th anniversary of local radio in san francisco. please funeral -- tune in to 102.9 and join in our 30th year anniversary. right now i want to introduce the kblx steppers. ♪ [ringing bells] ♪ woooo ♪ oooooo ♪ ♪ i'd love to express it ♪ >> aaron jones, ladies and gentlemen, kblx. the quiet storm quiet no more. thanks, et great job. excellent job, part-timers. let's hear it for them. that was i guess the amateur portion if you can call it that because everybody rehearsed so hard the let's hear it for everybody. shanell wang, aaron and scotty. now time to move on to the profess

[bells ringing] [bells and chimes ringing] [music continues] ♪ ♪ [singing in italian] ♪ santa lucia ♪ucia ♪ santa lucia >> fantastic! wow! let's hear it for them. ladies and gentlemen, epiphany productions sonic dance theater, san franciscoance theater, san francisco trolley dancers. you will see them on muni jay church line. they'll be there all year. fantastic. nice work. well done. and now while we're still tallying our scores, our band today is called the slot blades but i bet you didn't even know what a slot blade is, do you? it's a piece of machinery the cable car operator uses to stop the cable car. it's a very important piece of metal. it's the official emergency brake that drives a metal wedge into the ground and pushes the blade and imbeds itself for a quick stop. but these slot blades keep us going. ladies and gentlemen, once more, the slot blades! [applause] ♪ ♪ oh, go bop ♪ go bop, bop, go bop, bop, go , go bop ♪ ♪ go jingle bop ♪ go bop >> the slot blades, ladies and gentlemen! >> thank you. >> is everybody ready? is everybody ready? to announce the amateur third place c

back in the 1930s. >> arthur bell, along with another innovation--arthur bell, along with students from the engineering department at berkeley invented the pitter-chopper. this lachine would basically takehe pit out of the olive at the same time it chopped the olive in small pieces. bell's chopped olives was widely used in the chopped olive sandwch, which was considered a delicacy around san francisco. the bell-carter family and all the dedicated employees have been processing top quality olives for over 97 years. >> then they're off to a pizza chain, restaurant, or grocerystore near you. in corning, charlotte fadipe for "california country tv." >> long known for being the salad bowl of the world, now one salinas based company is changing what we put in our salads. did you know that in terms of production value, lettuce is the leading vegetable crop in the ufited states? and each year, more than 80% of the salad greens consumed in the united states are grown in the salis valley. and while lettuce is consistently among california'top commodities, nobody has seen quite the success inhe sa

[bell] president chiu: thank you. next speaker, please. >> i am in no rush to get yes' votes. knocking on doors, the obama campaign, i work from 5:00 a.m. east coast but, 12 to 15 hours per day for over eight months. i travelled to and from other offices vote to maintain my sanity, and those hours are not really included. before polls closed, they said i was one of the top 100 telephone bankers in the country. i believe i am number two. i was impressed with the tenacity, intellect of another person. i made the decision 1.5 months before the election to the phone bank, and to put out the same energy i did for the obama campaign. i never doubted she would win, and my phone baking numbers were phenomenal. this letter of victory as supervisor in district 10. i was nicknamed the secret weapon. thank you very much. president chiu: thank you. next speaker. >> thank you for your time. i had a show on kusf since 2001 and also a band. each city has a station on which they can express themselves, and for san francisco it do not

a public relations coupe for bell. not that important commercially, but hugely important in the realm of public relations. but he loses in a number of ways. he doesn't control telegraph, during the first world war he tries to get control of cable, doesn't control cable, can't control radio. in some ways a tragic figure. but the bell system that he helped to establish and helped to really put on a footing where the stockholders are neutralized, no longer a problem for people like jay gould where the users are relatively happy and most important of all, where the independents are saved. because if independents had continued to fail and cause problems in the state legislatures as they have between 1907 and about 1913, it might have destabilized the telephone business. so everybody ended up happy. the independents got recognition that the claimed, and that was vail's doing too. >> so the question you are never supposed to ask a historian -- >> yeah. >> -- what is the lesson from this that would be interesting to help us un

bell bell. [bell] >> i have been a resident here for over 10 years. community center neighborhood park, community gardens, coffee shop. missing from today. residents need a place to come together. talk about an impressive job for hosting over 250 meetings with the residents and neighborhood. the time for talking and learning about the project is over. it is time to approve the project tonight. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> i am a native san franciscoan. i use 19th avenue every week. i take lake merced boulevard every week. will i be inconvenienced by the park merced project? absolutely. am i for it? absolutely. we need to look big picture here. there are going to be inconveniences in this location. that is inevitable. this is a huge, new development. what we need to look at as san franciscoans is, what are the net benefits of this project. you can look and see the hundreds of millions of dollars in benefits. that's wonderful. let's look at what this does for local families. i go to a school where -- my kids go to a school where people have to

they include e-mails between bell's former police chief and the assistant city manager. they joked about acting like pigs and creating a paper trail to hide their misdoings randy adams wrote, i am looking forward to seeing you and taking all of bell's money. okay, just a share of it. angela wrote, you can take your share of the pie just like us. we'll all get fat together. >>> both sides in fact barry bonds trial trying to stifle testimony by the other side. bonds faces a federal perjury trial next month. yesterday his lawyers asked the judge to bar testimony from bonds' former girlfriend about him losing his temper at times and federal prosecutors are trying to keep bonds from suggesting the government has treated him unfairly. >>> michael vick is going on oprah. the philadelphia eagle quarterback who did 18 months in prison over a dogfighting operation is scheduled to appear on the show later this month. the production company says the interview will cover his time in prison, his work with the humane society and his big return to the nfl. >>> and taking a look outside

bell biv devoe!wn. ♪ girl i must warn you i sense something strange in my mind ♪ ♪ yeah yo, situation is serious let's cure it 'cause we're running out of time ♪ ♪ tell 'em slick it's all so beautiful relationships they seem ♪ ♪ from the start yeah, it's all so deadly when love is not together ♪ ♪ from the heart >> ladies and gentleman, put a right arm up there. help me out. come on. ♪ it's driving me out of my mind ♪ ♪ that's why it's hard for me to find can't get it outta my head miss her, kiss her ♪ ♪ love her wrong move you're dead that girl is poison i never trust a big ♪ ♪ butt and a smile that girl is poison ♪ if i were you, i'd take ♪ ♪ precaution before i start to leave fly girl you know 'cause in some ♪ ♪ portions you'll think she's the best thing in the world she's so fly ♪ ♪ she'll drive you right out of your mind steal your heart when you're blind ♪ ♪ beware she's schemin' she'll make you think you're dreamin' you'll fall in love and ♪ ♪ you'll be screamin' dreamin' ooh poison deadly mov

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the bell seems to be working. dusty's owners found this. >> it is not our glove. >> he is back at it. >> with all of the new perks he brought to his household maybe, just maybe crime does pay. vic lee, abc7 news. >> we hope dusty gets some help. >>> speaking of, after making controversial comments that stopped production on his sitcom, actor charlie sheen is telling his side of the story. >> there are rocks to be rightened and there are stories to tell. people need to hear my side of it. >> production was halted after the actor criticized the show's executive producer. the interview appears tomorrow on good morning america and on abc's 2020 magazine show tuesday at 10:00p.m. let's talk to leigh glaser now. we have rain on the way. >> we do. we warmed up as much as 10 degrees around the bay area and this next round of showers is going to be a little milder than what we had to deal with the past several days. be prepared for that. you are looking at our high definition camera you are seeing clear skies and in the no

hear what landon guard charlie bell in hot water with the highway patrol. so you always stay in balance. ...to crescent pose. chase what matters. just four more times. ♪ >>> player for the golden state warriors has been arrested for driving under the influence. warriors management says charlie bell was pulled over in oakland early friday morning. he was acquired by the team in the off-season from the milwaukee bucks as part of a trade. bell says he's cooperating fully with authorities and he looks forward to resolving the matter. >>> the big count down to the super bowl is on. >> yeah, there's a big game going on tomorrow. the super bowl day before is the day in which the pro football hall of fame announces its new class of inductees. no player who spent the majority of his career with the niners or the raiders made it this year. for deion sanders, sanders helped san francisco to its fifth super bowl championship following the 1994 season. sanders also spent five years in dallas and played for the falcons, redskins and ravens. the super bowl winner in 1985

bell foundation. additional funding for frontline's expanded broadcast season is provided by the bill & melinda gates foundation. >> narrator: before they filled liberation square in cairo, down a side street, in a small office, they are planning a revolution. they call themselves the april 6th youth movement. >> narrator: they have a list of demands, and a plan: a national protest fueled by the internet. ahmed maher is their leader. >> ahmed maher is a civil engineer. almost compulsively quiet, compulsively limelight-avoiding young guy. but very tech savvy. >> narrator: david wolman from wired magazine has been reporting inside april 6th movement and watching maher use the web to spread antigovernment messages to eager young egyptians. >> in the real world, these governments are good at suppressing assembly. but short of shutting off the internet, the governments really can't prevent the people from communicating and convening in this new and incredibly powerful way. >> narrator: maher was plugged in

. >>> remember the bell salary scandal. why the city's next round of leaders just won't show up to work. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, fare hikes and service cuts. but while commuters are riding the wave of tran >>> no doubt times are tougher for bay area transit riders, but while commuters are riding the wave of transportation troubles one group is riding for free. mark sayer explains why some can hop on board without paying. mark? >> reporter: dana, the goal of this program is to remove yet one more obstacle to those who are homeless. that barrier being transportation. >> i have to ride the train and a lot of days i don't have $2 but i still have to get where i'm going. >> reporter: reginald taylor rides the system several times a week. he was homeless for two years and says transportation was always one of his biggest challenges. >> by being able to go and come and stuff like that, it is also good for your mental and your self-esteem. >> reporter: so taylor says it is good news that the v.t.a. along with the city of san jose and sant

i'm don bell, with your espn news update.ansas, ranked number one for the first time this season on monday. and the first game out of the box, tail take on kansas state. state up by two. that's jacob pullen. sticks the three. wildcats up by five. pullen was not done. how about this? another three. gets the lucky roll. and down it goes. he had 23 points in the first half. later on, pullen, he was not done. the senior guard, making it happen. sticks the long ball right there. he finished with 38 points. huge upset. kansas state wins 84-68. >>> women's college hoops. maya moore and number 2 uconn hosting number 12, oklahoma. maya moore, stutter step in the lane. goes straight to the hole. gets the roll. maya moore, doing it all. turnaround bank shot. she needed 11 points to become the all-time leading scorer in the big east. back door cut right there. she was absolutely on fire early. moore, now, making history with that scoop shot. the all-time leading scorer in big east history. huskies up 29-6. how about the maya cam? she pla

night after the bell. the maker of internet equipment like routers and switches have seen tough competition. stocks traded lower most of the day as ben bernanke told congress the economy is improving but unemployment will remain high for several years. we get new filings for unemployment benefits and wholesale trade. the dow was at 12,239 yesterday. if we finish higher today, it will be nine consecutive days above since 1986. >>> we have an app for that. the confession roman catholic app helps people keep track of their sins. it will take you through the ten commandments, a slew of questions and then an act of contrition. you still need a priest for that part. back to you, scott. >>> thank you very much. today is the day the country's most popular smart phone becomes a big part of the country's wireless network. here's chris clackum. >> reporter: doors are opening early at verizon stores nationwide for the onslaught of customers to buy verizon's version of the iphone. >> we anticipate high demand. we have

this system, this at&t, this bell south, verizon, pack bell system, it does not innovation -- innovate. not one home in america had broadband in february of 1996 when we passed the telecom act here. we had to order it. there were no broadband users in america in any home as we passed the bill. and so what we tried to do is to induce darwinian, paranoia-inducing competition. what did the broadband barons seek to accomplish? as the private sector they want to quash competition. they don't ever and they never will invent a google and amazon and ebay. they will never invent any of these thousands of smaller companies which are the engine of economic growth in our country. which leads to our ability to export these products. verizon's not going to invent anything new. what they want to do is squeeze the competitors, price them out of the market so that they can maintain a monopoly across the country. that's what this debate is all about. that's what the f.c.c. rules are saying. they're saying that the new steve jobs, the new bill gates, the new larry page in the garage somewhere, and there

to be a shred of hard evidence that miss spaccia did a single thing that was improper. >> reporter: bell, a city of fewer than 40,000 with a median household income of less than $30,000 had some of the highest paid leaders in the land, with salary and benefits, city manager rizzo made $1.5 million a year-- almost four times what president obama makes. assistant manager spaccia, more than $376,000. police chief adams made $457,000 a year, more than the chiefs in l.a. and new york. rizzo, spaccia, and most of city council, face charges of misappropriation of funds for gorging themselves at the public trough. bill whitaker, cbs news, los angeles. >> couric: and still ahead here on the "cbs evening news," the last time he was at the white house the president gave him a tie. today he gave him a medal. but up next, when two men match wits with a supercomputer, it's no trivial pursuit. kgng unlike other osteoporosis medicines... atelvia has a delayed- release formulation... so you can take it right after breakfast and help protect your bones. do not take atelvia if you have esophagus problems,

suburb of bell, california, are going to stand trial for corruption charges. they are accused of fleecing the city of more than $5 million. the judge told the defendants to stay away from city hall and cease any official city business. bell's mayor is among those facing charges. >>> and now, for this morning's weather from around the country. another stormy day out west. downpours from seattle to san francisco. showers around l.a. and san diego. up to two feet of mountain snow in colorado, utah, the sierras and cascades. 6 to 12 inches from cheyenne, to billings, and fargo, north minnesota. most of the country, good news here, feels like spring. >> 70s in dallas, new orleans and miami. 64 in baltimore. and 54 degrees here in new york. just shy of 60 in indianapolis. 71 in kansas city. le to salt lake city. >>> and when we come back this morning, one of the country's biggest bookstore chains declares bankruptcy. >>> plus, senator scott brown. the latest prominent man to admit he was sexually abused. why now? >>> and behind all that, the high-tech makeover for m

taco bell on facebook.com, you can get a coupon for a crunchie beef taco.hank customers for its business despite saying its tacos filled mostly with non-meat items. >> the 18-year-old san jose woman struck and then dragged by a hit and run driver is showing signs of improvement. doctors upgraded erica's condition from critical to critical but stable. san jose police say the driver who hit lunar early sunday morning actually dragged her 2,000 feet, much farther than first reported. the teen's family is offering a $2,000 reward for information on the driver. they've put up fliers all over town. they have not received any credible tips. >> for many women with breast cancer, a new study finds doing less surgically may be just as effective. it affects women with a tumor 2 inches smaller. >> it used to be a standard of care. doctor would remove that tumor but also remove the lymph nodes under the arm, 15 to 20 to make sure there wasn't cancer in there. the problem when you remove those lymph nodes, you can get swelling in the arm, infections in that arm. women ha

his latest project is getting terrific reviews and it's called "mission bell." later on, a special acoustic performance from amos. we're glad you've joined us. rod woodson and amos lee coming up right now. >> all i know is his name is james and he needs extra help with his reading. >> i'm james. >> yes. >> to everyone making a difference -- >> thank you. >> you help us all live better. >> nationwide insurance supports tavis smiley d. with every question and every answer, nationwide insurance is proud to join tavis in working to improve financial literacy and remove obstacles to economic empowerment one conversation at a time. nationwide is on your side. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. [captioning made possible by kcet public television] tavis: rod woodson spent 10 of his seasons with the pittsburgh steelers before going on to help the ravens win a super bowl title back in 2001 in 2009 he was inducted into the pro football hall of fame and serves as one of the lead analysts for the nfl network. he joins us leading up

[bell ringing] >> good afternoon, commissioners. i am liz clark and an adjacent neighbor to have 721 sanchez street. ever since the project sponsors said we know someone in the planning department so you're going to lose, the events that have led us here today have been frustrating at best and appalling at worst. as beginners, we have had no choice but to trust and respect the city's process and we have exerted every effort and explored every avenue per city documentation and city recommendations to discuss and comprise on a scaled down version of the submitted plans but gotten nowhere with the professional developers and the high-powered team. instead, we have been bullied, threatened, and derided throughout. today we are asking that you please modify the plans. please take a look at section 241 of the dolores special use district and ply it to this project. building out 11 feet into the special use district is taking a huge chunk out of very limited and valuable green space that should be protected at all costs. as described in th

they ate food with absolutely no meat in it, or as i call that, taco bell. [ laughter and applause ]um requirement of -- you see this? a spokesperson for senator john mccain said that he won't meet snooki this week, even though she was in d.c. do you really need to announce that you're not meeting with snooki? [ laughter ] that's like obama going, "welcome to the state of the union. i'd just like to let everyone know i will not be having brunch with amber from 'teen mom' tomorrow." [ laughter ] i just saw this. a police department in texas is letting bicycle cops wear cameras on their helmets. [ one audience member laughs hysterically ] [ laughter ] the department said -- yeah. it's all part of their plan to some how make the nerdiest form of law enforcement even nerdier. [ laughter ] "you must wear these regulation black socks with sandals." "why?" "and put these baseball cards in your spokes." "why would i do that?" "it makes it sound like a motorcycle. now get on the beat." [ laughter ] this is interesting. the russian navy is getting a new nuclear submarine that has been under co

taco bell says they use 88% usda meat. hair and mascara, a lethal combo.aber of alto music. my business is all about getting music into people's hands. and the plum card from american express open helps me do that. you name it, i can buy it. and the savings that we get from the early pay discount has given us money to reinvest back into our business and help quadruple our floor space. how can the plum card's trade terms get your business booming? booming is putting more music in more people's hands. >>> well if you don't get enough of glee on fox you can catch the stars on the show as they make a tour across the country later this year. glee live in concert is scheduled to hit the hp pavilion in may. tickets on show go on sale to the general public later this month. >>> football is over let's talk a little hockey. >> you got me there. we will do it. we can always use a new superstar to talk about here in the bay area. the sharks you know what i don't think it's overstating to say we may have one. logan coture shows up in the highlights every night tonight

he said rizzo ran the city of bell. rizzo is facing charges that could land him in prison for more than 50 years. when rizzo left bell he was making more than $850,000 a year. >>> it is an odd collision of elements. on one hand a high tech company on the forefront of the digital revolution. on the other, a part of san francisco that has been more or less left behind. so how could the two come together? mike sugerman on the area that could become the bay area's latest tech neighborhood. mike. >> reporter: well, this is the story -- it deals with twitter. san francisco wants to keep twitter in the city. so it may offer tax breaks if it moves to a grimy part of town. san francisco in all its splendor. one of the most enchanting cities in the world. and this is the main artery through the heart of the city. it is market street. the mid-market area. let me give you a tour. i'll tell you who might not realize what this street is about. might be working for one of the companies that might get a tax break to relocate here. here

>> can i first join the prime minister for sergeant bell. he showed bravery and dedication and as the prime minister we send condolences to his family and friends. last weekend i saw myself the bravery and the commitment of our troops in afghanistan and all of those involved in our wider effort there. i think everyone who visits i came away with an overwhelming sense of admiration and humility and i pay tribute to everyone who's based in afghanistan. can i stop by asking the prime minister of the unfolding situation in egypt? can i ask him to update the important issue of the security of british nationals? can he inform us of the arrangements being made for his who want to return to the u.k.? >> can i thank the right honorable gentleman to his visit to the troops to the troops and i think it's very important that we go on this difficult endeavor and i braise him for what he said. in terms of egypt, of course, he's right. the first concern should be for our own u.k. nationals and for the situation that they're in. of course, there are around

there's a lawsuit against taco bell that the beef in their beef products is not actually beef so i'm sure chopped up mortgage paper would substitute what it's like a story we did last year about the chinese bone manufacturer that sold cardboard and called the. pants cardboard so let's move on to the next headline also related to all of this mortgage giants leave legal bills to the taxpayers so even if bear stearns or j.p. morgan have to go to court to defend this it looks like you know the taxpayers. you know our being stiffed with all the bills since the government took over fannie mae and freddie mac. taxpayers have spent more than one hundred sixty million dollars defending the mortgage finance companies and a former top executives in civil lawsuits accusing them of fraud the cost was a closely guarded secret until last week of course the guy was keeping the secret was high on dope really let it go to wiki leaks yes this is in order to defend fannie mae and freddie mac. executives like franklin raines and timothy howard and of course fannie mae and freddie mac. ball a lot of these

have never understood the basis of, i was asked to look into the question of whether or not the old bell system, the old at&t telephone system might be a violation of sanctions to of the sherman act. i began that process in september of 1973 and that has caused me to address communications related issues almost constantly ever since. >> host: that 1973 work you did lead to what? >> guest: well it eventually led to the 1974, the bringing of anti-trust complaint against old bell system and overtime, actually i want to be very clear about this after i had safely moved onto other things, it led to the breakup of the phone company into several different pieces. this was something that we had theorized in the antitrust division would increase the dynamism in the sector and that turns out to have been proven correct and very very dramatic ways, i'm foreseeably dramatic ways. >> host: what was your work at the fcc? >> guest: i was the chief of the table table -- not cable television bureau in the broadcast bureau and the common carrier bureau. >> host: what kind of work did you do what you were

the latest coming up. úw getting ready for the opening bell.the delta and s&p both the record points right now. the dow back over the 12th of the mark for the first time in two and a half years. s&p up over 1300 for the first time in two years. mud mattel with good of the cells, time warner, hbo all with quarterly report coming out. we may see wall street up again today. will follow the numbers read the morning. >> the big story is a horrible weather on monster lizard hitting one-third of the nation while we enjoy sunshine. here's a reporter getting ready for a live shot. this is milwaukee. public schools in chicago or closed the first time in 12 years. sandra and dope is battling the elements. >> this is the epicenter of the blizzard. chicago is getting slammed with snow falling three- 4 in. an hour. severe gust as well. this system will affect several states across the country, the weather service says its life-threatening situation. >> an enormous winter storm hitting much of the united states. spreading snow and ice across thousands of mile

new insight into the corruption scandal in bell. the e-mails that helped cover up the massive salaries. >>> and the new fountain of youth? the diet staple that could be the secret to living longer. >>> and chopper 5 is on storm watch tracking how this bout of wet weather is impacting your morning commute. you can see golden gate fields there off in the distance. your traffic trouble spots all coming up. ,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> rain shower activity winding down this morning. still some wet streets out there. we have a few scattered light showers over the east bay hills and a few in the north bay, as well. generally, this is the pause between the storms here as the next one is due in the area this evening into tomorrow. it looks to be stronger, windier and wetter which amounted to an inch of rain in the north bay, less than .25" across the bay area and that activity is tapering off now as we see a chance of light showers around the bay. this afternoon, rain, gusty winds, rain developing through the day, a little bump in temperatures u

he smoothed the wrinkles on my bell and he sucked my bitter fruit. we plowed an ocean in my navel and sowed mountains of regrets into fields. we allowed only the memory of water to sustain our thirst. we dreamt of rain and listened for our trees to bare fruit. >> the next is inspired by my mother, are we all? this is garden. the gate to my mother's garden opened always trees flirt with shadows and the grass says my same. asleep in flowered boxes pay for rain. i open always the gate to my mother's garden. i will plant my sum in a clay pot an offering to jealous gods and stretch my arms like branches bearing fruft foregiveness. this was inspired by my mother who likes to sew. always had an old singer sewing machine and i bought her a new one but she never uses it. this is called cloth. her cracked lipped clenched to thread a dulling needle. the folds of my mother's dress are sewn with blody hands. tattered promises and button holes filled with bottomless dreams. her she was held up with borrowed strent. she asked, when will i have a home? one day i utt

. >> reporter: the sound of the baseball bat tells you all you need to know about brandon bell.e tore apart the minor leagues in 2010, was a .352 average, 76 extra base hits, and even 22 steals. the most often-asked question is how far away is brandon bell from being the giants starting first baseman. who better to ask than a former giants all-star first baseman who also happens to be his coach. >> in pro ball you play so many games. last year heed did a good job, went to a to aaa. he was wore out, gassed at the end of the year, but he is one of my top prospects. >> reporter: why have you been able to adjust so well in the minor leagues up to this point. >> i get asked that question quite a bit. my answer pretty much every time was i just was mentally ready. that comes from i think my dad. he had the football coach mentality, was a football coach, just made me as mentally tough as possible, that kind of helped me keep prepared for the season. >> reporter: even with a good spring general manager brian sabian will almost surely start at aaa fresno just as buster posey did last yea

and on to champions league news where garrett bell will miss totems last sixteen first like match of ac milan on choose day after failing to recover from a back injury as harry redknapp has taken a much depleted side to italy the twenty one year old wales left back who has been an inspiration this season didn't travel with the squad on monday make up ground zero and rather than develop will play peter crouch and luke a month which adapts alone for all that absentees but bell's absence is a big blow following his hat trick on tom's last visit to this on zero of the english premier league side hang about for it for no doubt to lose four three to interval and also start and spurs transfer into a three one and then return to white hart lane. i mean what ac milan are themselves hit by injuries for tuesday's match and miss three ineligible january signings but the summer purchases of. even him of each have significantly bolster their ranks and they're aiming to break the chinks of the ladder sixteen the italian side has fallen at this stage for the last three seasons and it was english clu

they're visiting their ceo ringing the bell. they're involved in semi- conductors, consumer electronics, networking. a lot of things. there's the opening bell live. we have a lot of other local companies to keep an eye on as well. hewlett pack hard, apple. >>> some big ones too. we'll smile and say good morning to you. thank you for joining us here on the ktvu morning news. middle of the week wednesday february 23rd. i'm dave clark. >>> good morning. i'm pam cook. time now 6:30. new for you this morning police in oakland still very busy still at the scene of a violent overnight attack. police officers arrested one suspect at 81st and international about 2:30 this morning. a ktvu received this exclusive video. we were there as this arrest taking place. police say this suspect is one of three men suspected of viciously beating and robbing a man in his 50s. that victim was very badly hurt. police are still trying to determine a motive here. ktvu's claudine wong is talking to investigators as we speak. she'll give us a live update c

stars of the show are ringing that bell.gain, trafficlight will premier tonight right here on ktvu. i think it's on at 9:30. it's a comedy. >> how did you do that? you have them both. >> very interesting stories. >>> time now 6:30. we thank you for joining us good morning here on the ktvu morning news wednesday february 9. i'm dave clark. >>> good morning. i'm pam cook. time now is 6:30. >>> big story to tell you about. two schools in the mt. diablo school district will close at the end of this year. there's a new twist and this could effect even more students. good morning, claudine. >> reporter: good morning, dave. just within the last minute i talked to a teacher as she walked in to westwood elementary school. she said, look, i know why you're here. this has caught us all by surprise. the idea that this school could possibly close makes sense but really no one even knew this was coming. in fact monitoring what happened in the school board meetings last night they were only focused on two schools, glen brook and hol brook.

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after the bell it raised its profit outlook thanks to rising sales from its wealthier customers. >>>he new york stock exchange is near a deal to be acquired by germany's deutsch bors. according to cnbc if the deal is approved the famed nyse name will stay the same. >> hewlett-packard unveiled its new touch pad tablet yesterday, hoping to give apple's ipad a run for its money. pack light if you're flying. u.s. airways this valentine's day weekend, the airline just upped the price of overweight luggage to 90 bucks. >>> and looks like all those offers for future super bowl tickets, didn't help. the first of at least two lawsuits this one for $5 million, has been filed against the nfl and the dallas cowboys, claiming league and stadium officials knew for at least a week they would be short hundreds of prepaid seats at last sunday's big game. >>> well, coming up -- the night of the rivals in college hoops and another night to forget in cleveland. plus, the nba's best rookie blows by one of the league's top all stars. your early morning sports headlines are straight ahead. >>> now that the

[bell] chair chu: thank you. >> good afternoon, supervisors. ken. we are in support of the agreement, and there has been a great deal of assessment and why this agreement should be approved. i would like to give you what our experience has been. we represent about 275 office buildings, about 75 million square feet of office space. we created with recology in the past a high rise recycling program starting in 1987, which before it was ever required by law, and that kind of partnership kind recology, with the department of environment, which the city, and with the commercial community -- with the city has created the best recycling programs in the country. i think we can all be proud of that. in a way, you do not want to mess with success. this has been a long and laborious process, to find the place to put the residuals of what we do not recycle. but i think we have a good situation with a good partnership. the city has a good partnership with recology. the building owners' association has certainly had a very good relationship very recology, and we