ron and carolyn are the founders of royal polk neighbors and these two individuals shaped how i have thought about neighborhood activism because they were the very first neighborhood activists who i ever met over a dozen years ago. as some of you know, i live in the polk street neighborhood and over a dozen years ago at a time when the lower polk neighborhood was pretty challenged, i was looking around to see who was doing leadership and i came across ron and carolyn. and the two of them had moved into the neighborhood to start their small architectural firm in 1998 and a few years later after taking stock of the issue in the neighborhood they founded lower polk neighbors and they have been managing lower polk neighbors for the better part of a dozen years. i came across ron and carolyn when their organization was meeting monthly with a hearty band of volunteers. and over the years they have tackled everything. organizing monthly clean ups, dealing with the drug dealers, ensuring appropriate development. just within the last few years they have been helping to organize farmers market

i'm carolyn tyler along with lisa argen. folks, but i will be back and look forward to seeing you sometime in july. the news continues now online, on twitter, facebook, and all your mobile devices with our new abc7 news app. abc7 news continues at 5:00. have a great day and a great sunday and a great week ahead! ♪ >>> welcome to "beyond the headlines." i'm cheryl jennings. today's show features a special roundtable discussion in celebration of a national commemoration known as juneteenth which

hi, carolyn.t wasn't enough for the entrepreneur here to buy sprint and rumor has it possibly ink a deal for that company to buy t-mobile. he has to be in all sorts of businesses. today it was a dream come true who's been talking about robotics and artificial intelligence for quite some time. that's why two years ago he bought that a french robotic company and this is the latest creation. meet pepper. he's a humanoid robot. he says it's the first robot that actually has feelings. well, when you say humanoid robot it sounds like a lot. basically it's a cute computer. going to be on sale next year in japan. this is the clincher. it's going to be price at 1900 u.s. dollars, a lot more affordable, probably the first affordable humanoid robot out there. it's about 120 centimeters. when i say it can tell emotions, basically it's a computer, coming with operating software but sim lack to your mac there's going to be an applications store where customers can download software that tailors to your needs an

my name is carolyn brown. pardon my [speaker not understood]. i'm the chief dental [speaker not understood] for the san francisco community clinic consortium. i was also the dental director for the native american health center in the mission district for the past 13 years up until about a week ago. and the dental safety net in san francisco works very hard to try and address all of the dental decay in our city. however, it continues to be one of the highest unmet needs among any type of vulnerable population polled or evaluated in this city. [speaker not understood] exposure to unhealthy diet and sugar sweetened beverages. so, san francisco community clinics partners see about 38,000 dental patient visits per year and it's all in the low-income and minority patients. all of our centers are located in the neighborhoods that were previously described by my colleagues and really we're the people who can tell you on the ground what we see when we look in the mouth. tooth decay is something that is often called the silent epidemic by the surgeon gen

. >> carolyn wheeler is an under grat at the shark and research lab. is one of the most crucial jobs using this veterinarian's ultrasound to see if the shark is pregnant. >> we can't get the whole uterous in one shot. >> it showed this shark wasn't pregnant. the next major task, surgery, to implant the acoustic transmitter inside the shark. >> the size of a double a battery. to transmit these ultra sonic signals for seven years while swimming. >> the shark is flipped over. dr. duncan, a morphologist takes detailed measurements. >> tiger sharks, which are predatory sharks are built for, in many cases, ambush, so they speed. >> when you are looking at more following of a tiger shark, what behavior? >> the most distinctive thing is the large, blunt head and very unique. tiger sharks eat larger prey. their teeth are almost designed like a can opener. >> blood and fin samples are also certain before the hook is removed from the mouth and the shark is released. >> are you ready? >> the whole process takes about 20 minutes. >> one, two, three. it is spectacul

carolyn. >> lisa, thank you. we have developing news out of san francisco this morning. where fbi agents are looking for a man believed to be armed and dangerous. authorities raided the apartment yesterday of ryan chamberlain and uncovered a large amount of what is believed to be ricin, one of the deadliest poisons in the world. abc7 news reporter tiffany wilson has the story. >> dressed if full haz mat suits and mask, investigators were in and out of the polk and jackson street ground-level apartment all day. they removed a toolbox from the one bedroom unit and examined it in the courtyard. at one point robot x-ray machines and bomb disposal robot were both used. they watched from the rooftop. they claimed no one was in danger and no one needed to evacuate. >> there is no risk to public safety. >> reporter: residents of the 16-unit building, subject of the searched apartment as a quiet man in his late 30s. >> i met him once or twice before. he's kind of a quiet guy. nice enough. >> he's not been seen all day. >>

it's abc 7's carolyn johnson. >> this is the type that got us all started. >> if arceologist, she's certainly fascinating by it. she spent tracing the earliest use of the people of california and the pacific coast. >> tobacco in the united states was present 8,000 or 10,000 years ago and hunter gatherers probably figured out the special properties of the plant quite eay. >> she says the clues were burned into ancient pipes and some found in nearly pristine conditions during digs at the swiss river basin near the oregon border and another undisclosed site here in the bay area first to document what was being smoked and when. her colleagues at uc davis used test pipes to plant different species. th were able to compare it to the residue still in stone pipes. >> the residue inside the spaces will preserve over thousands of years, relatively unchanged. >> so when we started obtaining positive results, it was a very exciting thing. >> still, for more accuracy, the microscopic samples were analyzed using advanced technology including glass tomography and glass spectrometers. allen runs the lab at t

carolyn, i know supervisor cohen would like to be added to this. carolyn grow up in canada. she was a very well regarded public affairs professional, transportation professional, government relations professional who and who was the director of relations. she's someone who we all knew to be brilliant and an amazing activist and someone's life who was cut way too short. she will be dearly missed. i also want to add my voice to what supervisor wiener ha

carolyn, i know supervisor cohen would like to be added to this. carolyn grow up in canada. she was a very well regarded public affairs professional, transportation professional, government relations professional who and who was the director of relations. she's someone who we all knew to be brilliant and an amazing activist and someone's life who was cut way too short. she will be dearly missed. i also want to add my voice to what supervisor wiener had announced about moving forward with vehicle license fee for 2016. in 2009 i asked our board to consider the vehicle license fee which i sponsored. there were nine of us that were willing to move it forward but we didn't at that time despite the fact that it was supported by a wide coalition. and i want to thank senator mark for working and allowing jurisdictions like san francisco to move forward

carolyn. >>> thank you. developing news oust san francisco with fbi agents are looking for a man believed to be armed and dangerous. authorities raided the apartment yesterday of ryan cunningham and uncovered a large amount of what is believed to be rice in, -- ricin, one of the deadliest poisons in the world. >> investigators were on the poke and jackson street ground level apartment all day. they removed a toolbox from the one bedroom unit and examined it in the courtyard. at one point robot extra machines and bomb disposal machines were both used. they watched from the roof cop. they lamed no one was in danger and no one needed to evacuate. >> there is no risk to public safety. >> residents describe the actions of the search department as a quiet man in his late 30s. >> i met him once or twice before. he's kind of a quiet guy. nice enough. >> he's not been seen all day. >> where is he right now? does he know? did he know it was going to happen? it's so random and weird. >> investigators were straight off

well, carolyn, thank you. much for having us back. i needed to do this. i needed to do it because i was wrong. >> well, that's very big of you. we appreciate that. still learning for you. all the best. thank you very much. >> thank you so much. >> all the best going forward. >>> we're going to get another check of the weather, sicily tynan is in, of course, for ginger zee from wpvi in philadelphia. >> robin, we have some light rain in times square but i want to show you the severe weather threat today. it extends from west texas all the way into tennessee. we're looking at the threat of large hail, damaging winds, even some isolated tornadoes, and with that, heavy rain, flash flood watches or flood watches in effect for eight states, 3 to 4 inches of rain. >>> and this weather report has been brought to you by angie's list. george? >> we got to take a break. good from steve coburn. that was some apology right there. >> quite an interview. >> couldn't have been easy. >> absolutely. >>> coming up, the surprise o

carolyn, to you, will people be safer using this card? >> yes. the chip technology has been used around the world and so we're looking forward to bringing it to the u.s. it immediately reduces counterfeit fraud. gerri: well, you know the technology is everywhere else. just not in the united states. i think there are something like 3 to 5% of u.s. cards have this technology. charles, how much, i'm sorry, charles, how much more is this costing your company to have this kind of technology? i realize there are some more bells and whistles to this card but the secure card, the chip, does it cost a lot more? >> i'll tell you what, there is no additional cost to the member speeds the mem -- membership fee with the company card. we've been working on getting this technology in our terminals for years and years. this is something our members asked for and we're ready to deliver. this is not just a day, or week or month program. this is something we're working on for some time because we're very focused on that. gerri: caroline, it's a competitive world ou

i need to apologize to a lot of people including my wife carolyn., they deserve that. i did not even to take anything away from them. so i want to apologize to everybody associated with tonalist, his trainer, mr. clement. i sincerely apologize. i want to apologize to all the horse racing in the world. i want to apologize to my wife carolyn who literally stood behind me since we started this journey. i want to apologize to my partner perry martin and his family. >> people are going to say the reversal now -- i mean it's very good of you to own up and people were highly critical because it was such a wonderful story leading up to this giving people such hope. carolyn, what were you trying to tell your husband on saturday then? >> i'm going to be honest, i don't remember exactly what i said. i just know, you know, he was very emotional and i was trying to calm him down and remind him that he was speaking loudly, but exactly what i was saying i don't know but i know what i was trying to get across to him. >> and so having time to think about it and givi

i'm in nor carolyn tyler, happy father's day, everyone. let's start with a quick look at the weather. here's meteorologist lisa argen. good morning, lisa. >> good morning, cornell. we are starting out with partly cloudy skies. low clouds and fog have formed around the monterey bay and you will see some of those if you head out this morning. temperatures cooler. 57 oakland, 58 mountain view. and today we are featuring cooler air as the on shore flow six up. starting out with the coastal clouds. by moon time 60s and 70s. but the afternoon you have to go far into the east bay to reach the lower 80s. mid-70s around the bay. coast will remain breezy and another cooler day on tap for the week ahead. i'll have that for you in a few minutes. >> looks good. thank you, lisa. we have breaking news out of san francisco where an off-ramp near westbound 80 has reopened following a fatal accident involving an s.u.v. it happened just after 1:00 this morning at the fifth off-ramp near harrison street. that's fifth street, rather. the ramp was closed for ab

-- the voice department head, carolyn grant. i sang for her. she asked us to wait outside the class in vocal edit go to. vocal pedagogy. old are you? are you doing well in high school? i said, i am on the honors list. she said, your high school transcript will have to bear that out, but when you have finished high school, i would like to teach you. of course, i could hardly believe that. she was a wonderful teacher. i the time i got to her, she had been teaching voice for 45 years. there was nothing about the voice or vocal production or physiology that she did not know and could not explain. it was really -- it was wonderful. >> what have you learned about your voice over the years? >> i have learned to take care of it, that it needs rest as much as it needs exercise, and that i have to respect the fact that i must not sit in a draft, thinking, i will be all right. that is very dangerous. i cannot be around people who are coughing. one has to take care of one's physical body and one's voice. >> a chapter on growing up in german

many of them left behind. 7 news reporter carolyn tyler on the story. >> if you were looking for your muni bus today this may have been where it was. parked in the yard. two-thirds of the system bus light rail cable and streetcar were idol -- idle today as operators called in sick. >> about 4 outside out of 600 morning runs not out today. and so what we are trying to dies balance service the best we can throughout the system notch advance warning so passengers were caught off guard. >> i waited about 30 minutes. it was a bit the upsetting but all right. what can you do. just deal witness. >>reporter: transport worker union which represents the 2000 operators is involved in contentious contract dispute. recent news letter to members said we are truly confused with the disdain they have. why do they hate us so much? this driver who did not want to be identified showed up to drive the 13 bus near fisherman wharf. he says he fully supports his union. >> out here doing a job. but you just want to be compensate compensated. the that's all it is. want to be fair and quit aichbility on friday

of knocking doors and asking for help you want to acknowledge bill chin that's the co- captain and carolyn ferry religious who helped were indebted with the friends of the library board that was helpful. we've got neighbors my friend maude and so many people that dug deep but especially touched by all of you who gave enough so it pinched i know there are a lot of people they had to give up something they wanted or needed in order to contribute money to the project and those of you the ones who had to thing two or three times before signing this check thank you we've put our money to good use (clapping) and perhaps most important does this have a banner on it - most important ♪ my neighborhood we believe in imagination and in the power of design to solve problems and to make things better. design figured out thousandth how to make coit tower accessible without a ram and how to make our north beach pool to have is a new clubhouse you without rebuilding the entire pool and research hills a great urban playground and design has come to bear in this project. and i'm grateful to the tenanted arc

. >> good afternoon, supervisors i'm carolyn johnson. i'd like to talk about the word bio diversity. as the previous speaker said it means different things to different people. my idea of bio diversity is lots of species of animals and plant we have far more in san francisco then the days pictured. i don't know if you know with the christmas pound are something that the audubon society has been doing here in san francisco they started in 1915 they counted the species of birds every christmastime and it's a good way to keep with bio diversity we have far, far more species of birds than in 1915. and while we've lost maybe a hvenl of species we've gained dozens and dozens and dozens of bird species so when people are talking about the authors of second 4.2 is a different five of kind of bio diversity we have to increase areas that have natural we have to somehow make a it better for bio diversity i don't think it's true their idea of bio diversity is to restore it to the way it used to be maybe when there were slithering different species b

. >> reporter: carolyn is part of the movement pressuring stars like target and home depot to ban open carry this their stores. >> companies need to provide a safe environment for consumers. >> reporter: but grisham and supporters believe more guns means greater safety, and his movement is growing. gun owner by gun owner. >> anybody want a flag or t-shirt? >> as long as there are people that don't think law abiding citizens should have guns, this is going to be a struggle that's going to go on forever. >> reporter: for "nightline," byron pits, in san antonio. >>> up next, one minute he's having chest pains. the next, he's fighting for survival. what happened when we visited the e.r. with dr. oz? ♪ ♪ ♪ great rates for great rides. geico motorcycle, see how much you could save. it really made the difference between a morning around the house and getting a little exercise. unlike the bargain brand, depend® gives you fit-flex™ our best protection. it's a smooth and comfortable fit with more lycra® strands. get your free sample at depend.com it's a smooth and comfortable fit with more lycra

my name is carolyn douglas i live on 2140 sacramento across the street from the new construction. i do support the project. and actually, i'm looking forward to it i'm looking forward to seeing what they're going to do how they're to do the building and everything. and it will reduce traffic and improve the sidewalks. and it's a very nice neighborhood i doa blame them for being being there thank you very much for listening to me this is my first time and it's been a good experience >> thank you (laughter). >> good afternoon, commissioners. and commissioner president wu i'm berryly winning cuff this is not my first time here i'm representing lung ray been there 28 years and included in the imply building is 2480 that's elite jewelry opposed by simmon and the owner of the existing building. we're living out our dream that's owning our own business. we've heard about and seen all the lovely end relatives the property project we're concerned about is the process that will probably take two years of challenges with construction i say challenges because you see we're next door to the ex

of men's in general her legacy will be part of our heritage although she spent her last year's in carolyn we should be proud she spent most of her years in san francisco she attended george washington high school where she took drama and dancing classes and soon dropped out and began her streetcar construct job. ms. andrew reflected in her streetcar 10 you she loved the uniform that's why she did that in 1960 she got her first dancing at the nightclub she used the name andrew even as her recognize continued she remained a close relationship with the church who described her as at the conductor where she broke down barriers from her performances to her short stories and novel mia will be part of our rich heritage i want to conclude with mississippi judge's own word i've learned i shouldn't go through life with a catches admit on both hands you need to throw back we ask you adjourn today's meeting in honor of a literary hero dr. mia angelo >> thank you supervisor breed supervisor campos. >> if i may ask the adjournment in memory of dr. mia angelo on behalf of the whole board. >> colleagues

mayor goodman of las vegas, carolyn goodman, thank you so very much. dan simon, our thanks to you as well for the terrific reporting. encourage you at home to stay with cnn for more on this story. it is developing. we'll have more coming up at noon eastern. ashleigh banfield will speak to a friend of one of those murdered officers that will be coming up next hour on "legal view." >>> the community there trying to heal as we heard from the mayor there. >> absolutely. >>> let's look at other stories we're looking at right now. it sounds like something out of an action movie. three prisoners escape from a detention center in quebec city by helicopter. it happened saturday night and police are still searching for the men. get this, this is the second time in just over a year that inmates busted out of the canadian jail by chopper. my advice, canada, you may want to be on the lookout for this. >> you think? >> one, it's beyond the statue of limitations. >>> a team will head to australia tomorrow to plan the next stage for flight 370. it's not clear exactly

the women from apps and girls are fighting their way into the digital world, as carolyne ekyarisiimalains. >> for secondary schools, we go there at least weekly. together with my team, because i always call for girls, who are willing to volunteer to train the girls. so we go there and introduce them to coding. in teams, secondary schoolgirls get to know new programs, and fledgling businesswomen learn how to program websites themselves. >> some of us are shy when we are with males. and all our competitions, like the hackathons winners, used to be men. once you are a woman or a girl, and you are sharing together, you don't have this feeling. he is the most matter. oh, he is competing with me. no! we are all the same, and we are doing one thing. >> the small country of rwanda wants to become the silicon valley of africa. its economic growth is running at more than 6%. kigali is the first city in africa to have high-speed wireless internet, ideal conditions for creative spirits. >> my name is clarisse iribagiza, and i run a software company that focuses on building mobile applications. w

his daughter carolyn remembers the promise the police department made to her mother. >> we vow to youhat no matter where you are, no matter how much time goes by, we will find you if we ever solve this case. >> police soon discovered that the murder suspect had been driving a car stolen from the teenagers. they had been robbed and assaulted. dewar described the assailant as a white male in his early 20s, 6 feet tall, 190 pounds with dark blond hair, and an unfamiliar accent. >> he wasn't from this area, and he was soft-spoken, and he was slow, not educated, and he kind of had a drawl. >> howard speaks examined the stolen car for evidence. >> when they called me that there had been two policemen shot and killed, so i knew the importance of the situation, if there was any evidence that i could get, i'd have to get it. >> speaks was initially disappointed with what he found. >> nothing on the rear view mirror. that's usually a good place if you're going to get a fingerprint, if it's been moved, adjusting it, you know, for the driver. but nothing on the rear view mirror at all. >> but the

i'm carolyn tyler. thanks for joining us on this sunday, june 1st. fiast look at the weather with our meteorologist lisa argen. >> hi, carolyn. the marine layer is shallower this morning by about 1,000 feet so it's pressing down on the atmosphere and creating dense fog along the shoreline. here's a look at emeryville this morning. not everyone experiencing the low overcast. some of you warming up with sunshine.

he will replace carolyn today purzell. fired in november. >> all students who complete their senior year will have a chance to walk at graduation but not everybody gets a standing ovation for it. this is new video of the emotional moment that jared brown received his diploma. these were first steps that the park land high graduate has taken in three years. brown was diagnosed with cerebral palsy when he was just two years old and thanks to a lot of hard work and determination brown now knows that nothing can stands in his way. >> don't ever give up. >> he goes like this. >> i mean, that finished it for me. >> jared plans to become a sign language interpreter and it's a skill that actually he taught himself. >> great accomplishment there. 6:27. accuweather is tracking the chance for pop-up storms. meteorologist, david murphy has your day planner next. >> a fire ball outside of philadelphia international airport. see more of this fire at the af [ michael strahan ] i'm michael strahan, and i love new york. there's no place li

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>> good morning, i'm cornell barnrd, in for carolyn tyler. let's start with a quick first look at the weather with meteorologist lisa argen. >> good morning. we may be looking at live doppler 7hd showing raindrops by the middle of the week. here's the east bay hills camera. not much fog. a little at the surface. 56 concord. and hook for temperatures to slowly climb through the 60s and 70s by noontime. we will get into the warmup. but by the afternoon mid-60s should do it for the inland east bay. 70s bay, 60s coast, and what about the rain? we will talk about it in a few minutes. cornell. >> thank you very much, lisa. breaking news out of the east bay. several people are displaced following a house fire in concord. the two alocker room fire broke out just after 6 :00 a.m. crews had the fire undercontrol about an hour later but it caused damage to neighboring homes. no reports of injuries and no word yet on what started that fire. >>> well, this morning firefighters warned that fire season is only going to get worst. the warning comes after a f

i am here in support of -- my name is carolyn mcdaniels and i'm a product of the bay view hunters point as well. and i'd love to talk to these folks that just left here, but i wanted to say that miss marshall -- this young lady that just left, i call her my daughter. our daughters all went to school together. miss marshall taught them how to run programs when my daughter graduated from high school. she not only ran the summer program for the bay view hunters point baptist church, she also ran an after school program. she was -- they were the first ones to be involved in the african american parade and i've always been with her as the parents. i support her and everything she does, everything she has put her finger on, i can actually say has been successful and i really would like very much if the board would hopefully support her as well as we do in the bay view hunters point area. thank you very much. >> hello board of directors -- school board people. i usually listen to you on the radio so it's kind of interesting to look at you. i'm here because virginia marshall came into my life t

kennedy, junior, married carolyn bissette. >> it was extraordinary. there was no light.it was just the most magical moment. >> gogo who hag been the eye lapped for seven generations arranged the wedding. >> by then i'd known him for 20 years he was very attached to cumberland. a place he knew he could have his privacy, he was very passionate about this history. >> but this story is about her love of that history. and how it shaped her life. once native americans lived on the island then the spanish, the french and the british came and went. their missions and forts gone now. revolutionary war hero, general nathanial greene bought thousands of agers of land in 1783 his wife and daughters' graves remain. the chimneys of few slave cabins are all that is left from the island's year ascot ton plantation before the civil war. it's next in carnation was rich man's vacation playground. the story is truly all about family. >> the family in question, carnagia. >> some orchard is 22,000 square feet it's monstrous. >> in 1880s, thomas, iron and steel mag nature andrew's boar and par