carolyn tyler is hearing what he has to say. they are getting back to assistant chief, he was right there, and now interim chief. they say it will hope it will be on an interim basis that the next chief has to be chosen in a current roster of local officers. here is what the president of the pea had to say. >> certainly they understand the culture of the department. they will understand the membership and the things that make us different from most police departments and we are different than the los angeles police department and we like it that way. >> he says even with an interim mayor the board of supervisors have to make a choice for permanent chief in the next three weeks or so. so the chief is not being welcomed by the rank and file. george gascon met with his staff at 10:00 and meeting with reporters and carolyn tyler will have the story at 5:00 and 6:00. terry mcsweeney, "abc 7 news." >>> appointing george gascon was the mayor's final act before leaving office at 1:00 afternoon he will take the oath 6 office as lieutenan

carolyn tyler is hearing what he has to say. they are getting back to assistant chief, he was right there, and now interim chief. they say it will hope it will be on an interim basis that the next chief has to be chosen in a current roster of local officers. here is what the president of the pea had to say. >> certainly they understand the culture of the department. they will understand the membership and the things that make us different from most police departments and we are different than the los angeles police department and we like it that way. >> he says even with an interim mayor the board of supervisors have to make a choice for permanent chief in the next three weeks or so. so the chief is not being welcomed by the rank and file. george gascon met with his staff at 10:00 and meeting with reporters and carolyn tyler will have the story at 5:00 and 6:00. terry mcsweeney, "abc 7 news." >>> appointing george gascon was the mayor's final act before leaving office at 1:00 afternoon he will take the oath 6 office as lieutenan

carolyn tyler has a look at the decision and the controversy over it. >> ladies and gentlemen, could you please join me in the pledge of allegiance. >> reporter: it is in the city charter that every san francisco board of supervisor's meeting begin with the pledge of allegiance, but there is no requirement that members actually say it. and newly elected supervisor jane kim chooses not to. she objects to the final words, telling the san francisco ext examiner" i don't believe we have a nation with liberty and justice for all, yet. kim's long-time friend, the board president david chu defends her perspective. he recites the pledge, but doesn't see a controversy in her refusal. >> i think supervisor kim is expressing her patriotism, her love for our country by letting folks know she hopes that, again, some day we will be in a place that truly reflects the values that are embodied in that pledge. >> we all learned the pledge as children, so jane kim's stance particularly as an elected supervisor has become a hot topic on blogs and talk shows like kgo radio's ron owens. >> i think her bei

carolyn tyler has a look at that decision and the controversy over it. >> ladies and gentlemen, please join me in the pledge allegiance. >> every san francisco board of supervisors meeting begins with the pledge of allegiance but no requirement that members actually say it. newly elected supervisor objects to the final words, telling the san francisco examiner, i don't believe we are if a nation with liberty and justice for all yet. kim's long time friend board president defends her perspective. he recites the pledge but doesn't see a controversy in her refusal. >> i think supervisor kim is expressing her patriotism by letting people know that we will be in a place some day that reflects the pledge. >> we learned the pledge as children. so the stance particularly as an elected supervisor has become a hot topic on blogs and talk shows like kgo radio's ron owens. >> she is public official, she has an image she is supporting the country. >> strive to make it better but don't turn your back to it. >> kim told the examiner i've expressed my patriotism of doing organizing work, being a civil

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as carolyn tyler reports, they say the job is passing them by. >> no work nobody works. >>reporter: desperate for jobs at this construction site. uc sf is building a 1.5 billion dollar hospital xlechblingts admission bay in san francisco. >> i want to say like everybody else. i want an opportunity to work. >>reporter: bobby richardson and other protestors live in the city. many in the nearby bay view and portrero hill neighborhood. uc sf officials say they are hiring san francisco an. no figure yet for this month but in december when the construction project broke ground uc sf says 22 percent of the workers hired were from san francisco. here are their numbers. 78 workers hired. 17 of them from the city. uc sf says there's more to come. >> we are just in the stages of putting in piles right now and so the work p.m. opportunities won't really grow until around may this year. >>reporter: she says uc sf goal is to hire 20 percent local this year. increasing by 5 percent each year until 2014 when the project is complete. but these demonstrators are tired of waiting. >> i hav

i'm carolyn tyler. eastbound interstate 580 has just reopened in oakland after being shut down due to a fatal crash near duttorn avenue. involving an suv and sedan occurred after 6:00 this morning the traffic alert was lifted ten minutes ago so you can expect delays for quite a while. there are also reports of minor street flooding around the east bay and the north bay. let's get the latest on our rainy weather with lisa argen. good morning. >> this is the loop of the past three hours you notice the rain becoming more widely scattered and the heaviest concentration of rain is here in santa cruz mountains. morgan hill and gilroy looking at more rain and widening out the bulk of the activity shifts south in the southern california high tide occurring at 10:16 this morning at over seven feet but a change in the weather forecast is on the horizon. >> thank you lisa. >> history has been made in oakland and now that city's mayor-elect is celebrating. the party of gene kwan will be the first asian-american and

i'm carolyn tyler. oakland police are investigating an officer-involved shooting that left a man dead last night. school district police made a traffic stop just after 9:00 near the intersection of joaquin miller road and butters drive. they were patrolling that area because there was a dance nearby. a school district official tells abc 7 the driver tried to stab the police officer with some kind of tool. investigators say when the suspect reached force a weapon, a second officer fired into the car killing the driver. oakland police later recovered a gun they say belongs to the man. a female passenger was injured, taken to a local hospital. the officer was protected by his vest and suffered only minor injuries. a woman is in critical condition this morning after being shot by a daly city police officer in san francisco. investigators say the woman was shot after she backed her car toward the officer. it happened near the cow palace around 7:00 last night. officials say the woman crashed her car into a h

i'm carolyn tyler. jose police are investigating the deaths of two men in what's believed to be a case of murder/suicide. officers responded to the report of a shooting at pete's coffee. the saratoga shopping center just before 9:30 last night. they found two men in their forties dead of undershot wounds. witnesses say one man shot the other in the coffee shop then ran a short distance and killed himself. the identities of the victims are not yet been released. there are a series of new developments in the tucson shootings that happened last weekend. first there is more good news about the recovery of critically injured gabrielle giffords. doctors have removed her ventilation tube. yesterday was an emotional day at the spot where it all happened. one of the victims of the shooting was been arrested for threatening violence. leslie has the details. >> thank you so much for being with us. (applause) >> at a town hall style taping of abc this week program in tucson on saturday, one of the shooting victims

carolyn tyler salutes jeff feinberg and his unique program. >> they are celebrating the 10th anniversary of what he called sojurn to the past. he'll visit dozens of schools encouraging students to follow him along the civil rights trail. >> i don't call eight black studies program. this is shared history of americans. >> this is lesson learned outside the classroom. in his one of a kind program, high school students board buses and head to the epicenter for social justice and equality. they take a ten-day trip to the south, tracing the places and meeting some of the people who propelled the civil rights movement. we went along ten years ago. >> it's been overwhelming being here in birmingham. >> in the past decade more than 6,000 bay area students have taken journey and for some, touching the living history of the civil rights movement has been life changing. >> we met gomez on the inaugural trip. >> is this going to go away from me after i leave or it going to stick with me? >> he followed the path of the pioneers, like wowt little rock nine. she was there age when she braved an angry m

carolyn tyler has the story. >> asian americans make up about one-third of san francisco population.but the top job in the city has been elusive until now. >> finally today, you know, we have just chinese american mayor. >>reporter: 58-year-old lee is currently the city administrator in charge of numerous departments. he has emerged as the top candidate of most supervisors. lee is out of the country but in a statement released today said if appointed i pledge to spend my energies to balance the budget, create jobs and make our city more financially secure. that the gathering a show of support directed at the supervisors not supporting lee. >> asian leaders point to this building as an example of lee's progressive roots saying yooering years ago as a member of the asian law caucus he transformed deplorable living conditions by striking. >> i think sometimes the progress has gotten and where he came. >>reporter: supervisor says item not about lee but the process. at first the vote at tuesday board meeting were tied for lee and sheriff mike. >> supervisor max or somebody in the mayor of

i'm carolyn tyler.he party begins this afternoon and the swearing in of oakland's new mayor. the first female mayor and the first asian american woman to take the top job in any major u.s. city. her priorities are fighting crime, creating more jobs especially green jobs, and bolster the city schools with volunteer mentors. today's preinauguration celebration is at the science center. tomorrow's inauguration will kick off from a walk from renaissance plaza and end at the fox theater where the swearing in ceremonies will take place. san francisco firefighters are still looking into the cause of a blaze at a downtown apartment building new year's day. none of the residents were seriously injured but the fire has left them homeless. thomas roman reports. >> the african american community in the bay area have made national news. the situations have not always been in the best of light. >> the people of the baptist minister's union or bmu are committed to change. they say they don't like what they're seeing i

in the unless you room, carolyn tyler, abc 7 news. >> 4:55 now.-old time capsule at san francisco elementary school was opened yesterday. (cheers and applause) >> the time capsule was pulled from the cornerstone of cleveland elementary school. it was placed there in 1910. the contents included pictures of students and several booklets. one listed teachers salaries. they earned about $2,460 a year. >> i'm excited the kids get to experience it. a once in a lifetime thing. >> former student volunteers at the school found out about the time capsule by researching the school's history. they will install another time capsule to share with future generations. >> you know an i-pod is going in there, right? >> or i-phone. >> at 5:00, a high speed police chase ends in a deadly shoot-out. >> a search for a ross woman will focus on golden gate park. the details coming up. can i eat heart healthy without giving up taste? a man can only try... and try...and try. i heard eating wle grain oats can help lower my cholesterol. it's gonna be tough...so tough. my wife

i'm carolyn tyler.he streets in egypt seem a bit more calm this morning now that cairo's riot police have been replaced with military troops but there are concerns about hundreds of criminals that escaped from jails. they have a curfew and are quietly mingles with demonstrators. last night there was plenty of unrest as demonstrators rampaged and looted after police with drew from the streets of cairo. egyptian president hosni mubarak has appointed intelligence chief as vice president, clearly setting up a hand-over of power. >> let's face it. what they are doing is setting up a scene for mabark to leave. never had a vice president for one reason because he knew if you have a vice president, somebody can take over. >> the president, not mabark. >> meanwhile the u.s. embassy is advising americans to consider getting out of that country as soon as possible and will help with departures. this morning's travel warning is an escalation in how the u.s. is assessing the situation. some 3,000 foreign travelers r

. >> the newsroom, carolyn, tyler. >>> jackie spear introduced a national pipeline safety bill. she says the damage from the san bruno explosion could have been prevented if her bill had been enforced. it requires the installation of remote shut off valves and require operators emergency plans in the event of a pipeline rupture. it also requires operators to notify residents. >> and federal government is making urgent safety recommendations for pipelines because of what happened in san bruno. so now the state public utilities commission is under pressure. heather ishimaru sat down with the director to talk about pipeline safety. >> the pipeline that killed eight people in san bruno in september was made from pieces of pipe welded together but pg&e's records showed it was seamless. it might have been operated at unsafe pressure level to the n.t.s.b. recommended that they verify all their records and they oversee the process. cpuc says the recommendation has accelerated work begun in september. >> the first thing we had them doing, is looking at all the records, purchase records o

i'm carolyn tyler along with lisa argen. have a great sunday. out there and enjoy never ie did i think i could walk 60 miles in 3 days. 60 miles in 3 days-- i can do that. 60 miles compared to what a cancer patient goes through is a walk in the park. from the moment i registered, people started immediately supporting me. we had an outpouring of-- of support. i wanted to do something bigger than myself. the 60 miles-- it makes a statement. i know i'm stronger than i was before, both mentally and physically. i walk with my sister. our relationship has gone to a whole new level because of training together. you meet the most wonderful, inspiring people. i knew that there was something really special about this event. when you accomplish those 60 miles, it's truly life-changing. it was three days of hope. of love. of empowerment. it was three days the way the world should be. here i am, second year in a row, and i'm already signed up for next year's. (man) register today for the... and receive $25 off your registration fee. because everyone deserves

i'm carolyn tyler.akland police are investigating an officer-involved shooting that left a man dead last night. school district police made a traffic stop just after 9:00 near the intersection of miller road and butter's driver. they were patrolling that area because skyline high school was having a dance nearby. a school district official tells abc 7 that the driver tried to stab the police officer with a tool of some kind. investigators say when the suspect reached for a weapon, a second officer fired into the car killing the driver. oakland police later recovered a gun they say belongs to the man. a female passenger was injured and taken to a local hospital. the officer was protected by his vest and suffered only minor injuries. a woman is in critical condition this morning after being shot by a daly city police officer in san francisco. investigators say the woman was shot after she backed her car toward the officer. it happened on towers treat near the cow palace around 7:00 last night. the woman c

i'm carolyn tyler along with lisa argen. happy new year and "good morning america" is next.

i'm carolyn tyler.he streets in egypt are a bit more calm this morning now that cairo's riot police have been replaced by military troops. the military are quietly mingles with demonstrators. demonstrators rampaged and looted after the police with drew from the streets of cairo. the egyptian president hosni mubarak has replaced vice president clearly setting up a hand-over of power. >> let's face it, what they're doing is setting up the scene for marbark to leave. he knew if you have a vice president, somebody can take over. >> the people will choose their president. not marbark. >> meanwhile the u.s. 'embassy s helping americans leave the country. some 3,000 foreign travelers remain stranded at cairo international airport trying to book flights out of that country. egypt's internet and cellphone have been shut down to keep protestors from organizing but slowly being restored in some areas. john alston has more on the impact of social media. >> unrest in egypt. it's a political uprising in a world of mo

here's carolyn tyler. >>reporter: muni drivers aren't feeling it. >> every day we are under attack. item terrible. >>reporter: first vote pro-g in november the second highest nation in the salary no longer guaranteed. then in december the traditional 3000 dollar bounce eliminated. >> we are not being treated fairly at all. i don't think so. >>reporter: but so far in january they have gotten a big break. this month they were supposed to start paying for parking in the the muni property. 80 dollars a month. that would bring the cash strapped agency half million dollar this year and more than 1 million next. but that hasn't happened. even though it flies in the face of the city transit first policy. >> i don't think it fair to ask people to pay meters downtown than drivers downtown if they don't ask that of mta employee as well. >>reporter: but item more complicated for operators who work odd hours and often come from outside the city to drive the buses. >> if today the muni board of directors was scheduled to put in place fines for those who continue to park for free but decided inste

at pier 70 in san francisco, carolyn tyler, abc 7 news. >>> it was a gorgeous day to be along the waterfront in san francisco. really anywhere in the bay area. >> great day for cruise and swim. we had high pressure up in the 70's today. we will repeat that tomorrow. live view from high definition east bay camera in emeryville looking west ward across the bay. just a beautiful evening. clear sky. few thin clouds around. pretty mild outside. temperatures will be dropping though quite significantly in some of the inland areas overnight. here's look at high temperature up to 72 degrees in santa cruz and clover dale 71 in santa rosa. 70 half moon bay and numerous mid upper 60's and we see that pattern continuing at least for one more day. right now it is kaling down in the inland areas of north bay where we have 44. 49 in santa rosa 49 and 50's everywhere else and the highlights clear and cold in some spots overnight tonight sunny mailed day will continue. remainder of the week turning cooler by the weekend. still pleasant. satellite image sho shows fog in the central valley retreating south ward

i'm carolyn tyler.an jose police are investigating the deaths of two men and what they believe is a case of murder/suicide. officers responded to a report of a shooting at a pete's coffee in the el paso saratoga shopping center. two men were dead of gunshot wounds. one man shot the other in the coffee shop and ran a short distance away and killed himself. the identity have not yet been released. there's a series of new developments in the tucson shootings that happened last weekend. first more good news about the recovery of gabrielle giffords. doctors have removed her ventilation tube. yesterday was an emotional day at the spot where it all happened. one of the victims of the shooting has now been arrested for threatening violence. leslie brinkley has the details. >> thank you so much for being with us. >> at a town hall style taping of abc's this week program in tucson on saturday one of the shooting victims was seated in the front row. 63-year-old james fuller was shot last week in the back and knee