debra is here to present the award to christine and sheroline. good afternoon. >> good afternoon. thank you, mr. ford, members of the board. it's with us team pleasure that i stand before you today and recognize these two employees. as you all know for the past several months i've been coming before you, briefing you about our discussions and our partnering with labor. and none of this would have been possible without the commitment, without the support of employee and labor relations and these two individuals. i would be remiss if we did not come before you and acknowledge their hard work during these troubling times and we had to make such difficult decisions with less. so with that it gives me extreme pleasure to stand before you and present these awards. if i may just really quickly, one is with christine and the other one is sherline that says in appreciation of your dedication to improving the quality of lives for the employees of the municipal transportation agency and the residents of san francisco by the san francisco municipal transportation agency given this day, august

christine connolly is live in oakland with the latest. christine?is happening. >> the judge has made her

christine conley is live at the district attorney's office and oaf open where rallies been held to keep his memory alive. >> right now the people who are holding a rally are inside the district attorney's office. their meeting with them and trying to see if there's anything they can do to help move this case forward. they say it's been a year and they want to make sure it campbell is not forgotten and in the meantime they held a news conference earlier sang their investigation continues and they believe her son was the victim of foul play. let's roll video. >> this is lieutenant the lead investigator in the campbell case. he said the case hasn't gone cold it's an active investigation. his prime suspect is this man louis who is has on his foster father. >> the case is still classified as a missing persons case based on the investigation i feel campbell's and his stepfather means our primary suspect. >> here see jennifer campbell who is the saudis and to foster mother they're both arrested early on in the case but released to that act of black of evidence. he briefly left the sun inside h

>>reporter: christine hubs will be back in court here in one week. the judge did order her not to attempt to communicate with either of the 2 alleged victims in this case including any attempt to talk to them through someone else. if pleasanton abc 7 nichlts alameda county june blocked furlough friday which were to begin this week. the judge brick ruled governor schwarzenegger executive order is inconsistent with state law. that order would have forced state workers to take 3 unpaid days off a month until a new state budget is passed. >> as long as the legislature failed to produce a budget and facing i o u unfortunately we had to choice but to do the furlough to cut back on spending like every california family and business is doing. >>reporter: the governor is promising immediate appeal. he's hopeful there's still time to reverse the judge order and force the furlough to move forward this week. >> late tonight in sacramento lawmakers narrowly voted to take water off the november ballot. governor 11 billion dollar bond measure was designed to overha

the documents say christine helps send text messages new photos gives and money to the boys.hat is alleged meetings took place in the house gmc on earth that car was missing from the family driveway. racine house would become a registered sex offender for life after she gets out of prison. in pleasanton kron 4 news. >> look at our extended forecast growth of the weather continuing tomorrow but the fog will start to slack off towards the end the week with a warm-up in store. all have full complete details coming up in just a minute. ♪ [ horns honking ] ♪ [ male announcer ] come into an at&t store and experience tv like you've never seen before. ♪ for a limited time, get u-verse tv for only $29 a month for 6 months with dvr included. a jet to the attendant who flew off the handle after a confrontation with the passenger has become an internet hero. stephen slater's spectacular exit from his job as bond websites and three steven t- shirts. kimberly will join us with the on line story. but first of the key explains what the fuss is all about. >> he swung his tie off he was happy

our top story, christine connolly is an oakland. christine?ly a victory for these workers. the judge sided with the union and to throw out the new contract that was imposed on them two weeks ago. and ac transit said the drivers of calling in the seick the unin is saying that the new contract is wreaking havoc on the schedules. basically what is happening is that the new contract is gone. they will go back to the old contract. right now, the ac transit board of directors are meeting and trying to decide what happens now. they will meet with the lawyers, and decide on the judge's ruling and discuss the judge's ruling in whether or not they are going to appeal it. ac transit has said that they will lose $300,000 per week would of this new contract. it saves $15.7 million and now i have to go back to the drawing table and figure out where to get those savings. there could possibly be cutting service and threatening to cut weekend bus service. we spoke to the interim director. at ac transit and she said that if there were cuts? or click, there woul

in christine connolly. >> fed's but investigation >> and new information, the elements station is that is came from a front desk of a hotel. it was the hampton inn in alameda. at the front desk said that the man on the phone had an accent but th he mentioned the flight number which is why they acted on this threat. this is video of people taken off this plane was moved to a remote part of the airport. passengers say they saw two different people that were taken in handcuffs. police say that nobody was arrested. passengers were left on that airplane for several hours and there were told three little breakfasthe only said that thera security breach in the we did on that plane in taken off in small groups. six people at a time, onto buses. here is the latest. >> somebody made a verbal threat regarding a hijacking. subsequently, the aircraft was moved from the runway area to a remote site. passengers were taken off of the airplane and put on buses and returned to the terminal. the fbi, is actively taking a role in this matter and there also conducting an investigation. >> some of those pas

they keep for having this. >> and one thing i do want to add it is that as christine mentioned, and when we get back to our director's report, we are having a meeting with the merchants associations on wednesday, but i do know that at one point, the residence and the merchants association kind of work together on a concept like this. though not quite having the resources there, the concept of the village working together to support our kids. >> do you have a website or more information so we can share it we are in the process of developing that as part of our campaign. the department of children services site, there will be links, and we will definitely be out there with the small businesses. president yee riley: thank you. we will return to the regular agenda. clerk: thank you, commissioners, so we will return to item no. 8. item number five, a discussion and possible action to make recommendations to the board of supervisors on board of supervisors by a number petc100. president yee riley: excuse me. since korea presenters for item number six, item speaking is that ok with you, commiss

by christine kron4 news. pretty chilly out there right now temperatures are very close to what they're good be overnight. as the fall continues to roll into that date. fifth still hanging in the '60s at this hour. ballistic a look of the weather this hour. already pushing back into the bay. in tonight and into tomorrow bergen have another round of dense fog. even the work is the sunshine in the afternoon is to be on the peaceful side. but this week we artemisia warm-up at the end of the week, will talk more about this during the forecast. will do more after this short break. announcer ] jobs leaving. a budget disaster. california on the brink. jerry brown's plan? you run for office and the assumption is, oh, i know what to do. you don't. i didn't have a plan for california. [ female announcer ] with our state in crisis, we need a governor with a plan. you need a real plan, something i'll acknowledge i did not have. [ female announcer ] jerry brown. no plan then. no plan now. meg whitman. a plan for jobs. log

and christine connolly is in the castro district with the reactions. christine? >> joining us live is john lewis. the marriage equality u.s.a. and he married his partner and 2008 india's been helping people that were hopeful to marry on wednesday. reaction? >> a lot of couples, we're so disappointed of course because people are in the midst of making their marriage plans. very special day. however, we are also more determined and hopeful than ever. that is because the court has put this on a release super and expedited schedule and they really have questioned. really-slow super schedule. and it the " state " has any merit. we are heartbroken that-stay has any merit. and we're going to be going forward and nothing is going to stop us. >> is that the message for couples the were planning on going to go to city hall on wednesday? >> this message is that every loving committed couples of the freedom to marry the person that they love. in the this struggle, will continue to stand up for our friends, families. and if it takes just a little bit longer? will always be th

. >> reporter: christine hubbs entered the courtroom today, was in serious. a marked difference from her of paris last week when she broke down appears. >> she is in a protected place with this media circus going on i did not like to have any click in jail but it is not a bad place. >> the 42-year-old mother of three seduce her daughter's 14- year-old boy friend in december 2008 and carried on a sexual relationship. the mother reported her suspicions after she found a new photo. in the course of that investigation they found another 15 year old dictum. hubbs did not enter a plea today and per lawyer says he and the prosecutor are exchanging evidence. >> it is allowed in permission to go through and you can tell by what i have already received. i will have to pick up more christine hubbs' husband, a private dentists was their best to support his wife. >> my kids are hanging tough i will tell you that. >> how are you doing? >> i.e. do we okay. >> reporter: christine hubbs is also facing misdemeanor charges and will enter a plea to all of the charges september 3

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thank you. >> and i will ask christine to come up and talk to you about our more recent opportunities. >> good afternoon. we have made substantial progress toward compliance in the planning code of the academy of art. when we heard the concerns of the planning commission and as well as your land use committee, one of the things we first started out doing was to essentially convene a coordinated interdepartmental task force. this is actually pretty much unheard of. although the city attorney does have a bit of a model they use in very, very few cases. but they wound up getting cases from the fire department, the department of health, the city attorney, and actually the department of building as well. in the department of building inspection, it covered representatives from code enforcement, from electrical, from plumbing, as well as from housing pertaining to the residential properties. >> well, is this -- if this follows in the institutions, why haven't we done this before? there haven't been any other institutions that have housing or have bought buildings? why is this special? i mea

to provide a briefing for you, but i have been not able to attend the meetings, so i cannot, and christine is here to give us a presentation on it. >> great, thank you. commissioners, item eight, the commissioner's report, an update on the small business assistance center and small business, an update on programs and legislative matters to make announcements regarding small business activities. >> and i would just make one clarification. i am calling this one item not for the director's report, and then we will hear the rest of the director's report later in the meeting. >> thank you very much, commissioners. thank you very much for giving me the time to speak with you. mayor newsom is deputy chief of staff, and there are some issues of truancy, but we are now at a place where we would like to engage the business community and would like to bring this to all of your attention, and we have been working on this, and we'll forward to your continued support. truancy and closing the graduation gap is one of the priorities. we began last school year with some great new programs that are involvin

i jeffrey -- i just need to give christine credit for thfment they have visited all academy properties and all the code violations -- not just about the planning code but the city's code with respect to building code and fire code and all that. they have a detailed report on that. all outstanding environmental information has been transferred to us. we now have sufficient information to proceed twt e.i. r. we expect in the nex few months we will have the notice and scoping period for the e.i.r. to proceed. i know you have had concerns about housing. the housing that is within three different types of use classifications for the code. one is tourist hotels and then there are residential hotels. a third are regular apartment buildings. we think the housing concerns are being addressed. we are looking into that to see whether there are changes that should be made to address that concept. and as you will hear from chris, there are a number of issues with respect to signage. there are many properties on the academy's -- signs on the academy's property that are not legally -- have not been l

christine hubbs a 43-year-old mother of three cried today in the courtroom as she heard the charges she faces. hobbs engaged in sex with a 14- year-old and a 15-year-old, one of whom had dated her daughter. >> to respect the privacy of the family so that they are not hounded, okay. there's press outside of their house every day. there's children, mr. hobbs, just leave them alone. >> hobbs is being held on $5.3 million in jail. she did not enter a plea and is due back in court on monday. >>> 38-year-old st. nick stanley was found shot to death yesterday afternoon inside a truck in the parking lot of the deluxe inn in solano. he was the second man found dead inside a vehicle. he is the city's seventh homicide victim so far this year. no arrests have been made in either case. >>> the tough work of drilling

christine conley has the details. >> vaccines for given to patients at 14 medical foundation care centers across the bay area. the foundation says 3000 people who got shots there between january through june of this year, may not be protected. they discovered the vaccine were stored in refrigerator is that may not have the correct of the church. reducing the effectiveness of the shot heard as a precaution the what patience to be read vaccinated. here's a look at some of the center's the foundation said was affected. in san francisco these care centers on buckingham way sutter street and cesar chavez on the list. in marin county the novato primary care center and in sonoma county 10 care centers were affected you will find a link with a complete list on www.kron4.com. some of the vaccines for use to prevent contagious illnesses like will been cough which has become an epidemic in california swine flu and meningitis among others. the foundation is encouraging read vaccination they say there's no short or long-term harmful effects from the original vaccine or from being read vaccinated. they

and help step up efforts for $10 billion for school districts, ain christine connolly walks us through what this will do for california. >> and take a look to these figures! if this would provide $1.2 billion for education. legislators say that it would save 16,500 of teachers' jobs in this state, alone. just in the nick of time, as this is about to start. with san francisco unified, this is a welcome relief. for pink slips to 200 teachers and they say the federal funds could help rehire laid-off teachers. and reinstate the cut school days to help balance the budget. it is too early to know the details and also the impact would have to wrap around these rules. this jobs bill would also give california $1.5 billion for macau. the governor's office says that would help the state's budget $19 billion deficit. it cannot say exactly what the reduction will mean it but it will help prevent deeper cuts in job losses in california. i am christine connolly, kron 4 news. >> however, critics blast this as a rerun of the economic stimulus bill and republican leader mitch mcconnell says that it wil

christine connolly, kron 4 news. >> cable cars were shot down on high street because of a tree brokeon the roadway. jeff bush shows you the damage. >> today, 10:15, the north on high street and from the entire thing. >> i looked up, and i just saw the tree. and i said oh my gosh!! and you can see that this tree trunk broke and the remaining pieces fell. and eventually over on this truck. and he says this is not the first time a tree has fallen on high street. >> and right here, about one- half locked up, and other tree. and i do not know why they're t trimming these trees. >> and with workers using a chain saws, and finally got the branch and there was little- no damage to the truck thing to the metal contractors. and his quick reaction. and no injuries in san francisco, jeff bush, kron 4 news. >> and cable cars --and were don just a bit, after this. >> and those solar canopies. you are looking at a monster version of that right here. 600 kw, and just opened its power integration in a san jose. and it is one of the world's largest. and to huge buildings on the campus and the san jose

jeff and christine mclean, really fun talking to you. great story. thanks for what you both do. jenna. >>> lester, thanks. now to the story of oscar, the cat. earlier this year oscar nearly died when a combine harvester ran over him and severed both of his hind legs. miraculously he survived and is on the road to recovery thanks to revolutionary surgery. here's his tale. >> reporter: he looks like an ordinary cat, but oscar is anything but ordinary. he's a bionic cat. his hind legs were severed by a combine harvester as a nearby field last year, so those aren't white paws you see, they're bionic legs. >> i felt he was a fighter. and i felt he wanted to live. he dragged himself all the way home. >> reporter: noel using a vet practice with state-of-the-art equipment. when oscar arrived, his chances were 50/50. >> the real key was to design a foot, a blade that would not only allow oscar to run but would also break before the metal inside his body broke. >> reporter: the design saved oscar and helped him to fight back. >> it's very much like a professional football player coming ba

. >> the ruling does interrupt wedding plans, kron 4's christine spoke to sporters about this disappointment. >> reporter: this is eric ross, he has been carrying these wedding rings for days. he wanted to be ready when the decision came down. >> i was there when city hall hopenned and there until it closed. >> eric and his partner were hoping to be one of the first in line on wednesday when same- sex marriage were set to begin. now they have to be canceled. eric says it's disappointing. >> one minute we have it, then we don't. things are going in our favor and we know marriage equality will come soon. >> you could also feel the sadness as news about the decision quickly spread. >> it's awful. the fact is we are still being discriminated against. we are the last minority that's it's okay to discrimnate against. >> every day is a day that real life human beings are hurt. >> reporter: the state may not be ready but he is. he will move ahead with plans for a wedding. >> we will have the wedding regardless. >> reporter: i am christine, kron 4 news. >> mayor gavin reacted to today's ruling. he sa

christine connolly explains the low numbers have been allowed to do with the high rate of what employment> the nine countries 6800 were in escrow, that is down 22% to the same time, last year. it is the worst, we've seen for the month of july since 1995. this is a sense california reported the highest increase in new unemployment claims in the country. legions of real-estate and hide real-estate numbers with the bleak outlook for the economy keep potential buyers on the sidelines. fog is, as mortgage rates hit historic lows. this, now this is 4.42% at 30-year fixed. faddist the lowest since 1971. still,--that is the lowest-- >> and also, the aspirations and with the expiration of the home buyer tax credit km decrease in value its name last year. santa clara has been hit the hardest with a 27% decline in home sales. alameda, then contra costa county, a 23% decrease in sales compared to the same time last year after if san mateo come, they're down 19%, san francisco, they're also down 16% from follow closely by marin county, 15% i am christine connolly, kron 4 news. >> and $7.5 million, tha

people wanting to share ok christine if i can go i just want them to be able to have control because you know if i go to you i mean every time we buy something with our credit card for example it's tracked by the credit card company obviously for payment and they sell that information off to other people so they can send you junk mail they can do all these kind of things facebook's going doing no differently on site. i think that the difference is is that you know when you there's transaction costs to everything and i think that's you know ben's alluding to as well i mean there's a transaction cost for joining facebook i mean i do minimal if you want to go in and change all your privacy settings like you are still giving up some information in a same thing when you do a credit card transaction the credit card industry they always have a regulated even though there are those trade offs i think the issue is and my particular concern is going to jump i think i'm going to jump in right now i'm going to let you finish when we get back from the break after a short break we'll continue our

her kids and husband they're a fantastic family. >> christine hubs will be back in court. the judge did order her not to communicate with either of the two alleged victims in this case. and this is including any attempt to question them through someone else. >> thank you. and there is a german tourist visiting san francisco to celebrate a big birthday with her husband was shot and killed in the cross fire of a gun battle in the downtown theater district. this is the chaos after the shooting and people ran for cover, it was caught on surveillance camera. vic lee joins us now with more. >> there is a police source describes it this way. was like the wild wild west. gunfire erupting from this corner of mason. people shooting and at the end an innocent tourist killed. two other bistanders wounded. >> there is when they checked into the king george hotel celebrating her 50th birthday in san francisco. last night shortly after 9:00 she was walking down mason near gehry just a block from the hotel. >> all of a sudden there is like some yelling and shots going off. i looked and th