it was soft and feminine. >> it is rougher in the slums in west africa. >> however, dianne is equallyt home there. a few years ago, she taught 300 women how to make a living. >> it's actually eating daily. it's actually having your child educated. >> next spring, dianne is going back to sierra. >> we are trying to get hair conditioners and shampoos so each woman has three months of product. >> dianne does similar work in the metro dc area mentoring young girls through her cinderella foundation. >> we need our girls strong. we need them smart. >> dianne is excited about some of the things she has learned and she is hoping to transmit that knowledge to the girls at washington, d.c. who are part of the cinderella foundation. i'm armando trull, 9news now. >> armando is giving a one-on- one tour and some tips. you can find the bonus interview at wusa9.com. that's our report. derek and anita will be back here at 11:00. tonight we are working on a medical mystery that sounds like something out of the bible and it plagued a maryland woman for many years. don't forget, you can log on any time

senator dianne feinstein telling the hill newspaper, quote, it should not be done before an election, it should be done after. how come, because voting for tax

"barbara boxer" y "dianne feinstein", el alcalde de san bruno y el presidente de "pg&e"), discutieron las posibles causas de la explosion, la cantidad de tiempo que llevo cerrar el flujo de gas en el ducto, y la manera de prevenir una tragedia similar.---la semana pasada, "feinstein y boxer" presentaron una medida para mejorar la inspeccion de los gasoductos en todo el pais. ---la agencia federal para el manejo de emergencias, mejor conocida como "fema" por sus siglas en ingles, rechazo el pedido de ayuda para las victimas de la explosion en san bruno.---la agencia determino que los gobiernos locales y estatal, asi como el dueÑo del gasoducto (que viene siendo "pg&e") pueden cubrir los gastos del siniestro sin ayuda del gobierno federal. ---"fema" Ólo reembolsara 75% de los gastos relacionados con las labores de los bomberos para sofocar las llamas.---el alcalde de san bruno se reunira con funcionarios federales para pedir otro tipo de ayuda del gobierno estadounidense, y el gobernador de california tiene 30 dias para decidir si apela o no la decision tomada por "fema". ---entre tanto

speaker nancy pelosi and dianne feinstein have stepped up in ways that you cannot fully appreciate until you are really out there and you know the story. they have done everything to leverage this with their colleagues. they have done everything to make this happen. again, a big round of applause for those two for their work. [applause] now, it is my privilege to introduce a number of supervisors. supervisor maxwell first. no one has lived through this -- the good, the bad, every election, the naysayers. all the folks who i thought were arguing for the status quo. i always save the windshield is a lot bigger than the rearview mirror. she was always looking out, as opposed to looking back. i want to congratulate supervisor maxwell. no one is filled with more pride and more fulfillment. no one deserves to be than supervisor maxwell. [applause] supervisor maxwell: thank you. thank you. thank you. let me just say that all that belongs to the community as well. yes, this has been a long time coming, but it has been worth all the time it took to get us here. along the way, what have we done? w

this is a 30 relationship that stretches back to win dianne feinstein was the mayor of san francisco. we premiered a new work of art here in san francisco called the three heads, six arms. welcome to san francisco. thank you for bringing your extraordinary sculpture. can you tell me about what inspired you to create this sculpture? >> this started with some trips that i took years ago. i went to to bed and i saw a lot of statues and i started to really feel the spiritual life of people in tibet. it really inspires me and i went back to shanghai and i started the creation of this. >> we see that one of the heads of the bullet it is your face. can you talk about the significance of that? -- we see that one of the heads of the buddha is your face. >> i started doing public art almost 10 years ago. what i want to express this as an extension of my our practice. this is an accumulation of my own experience as a performance artist. >> we see that the scale is very important. we have seen other works where a limb of this culture is on the floor but everything is very big and large scale. wha

i want everyone to recognize today as the former mayor and dianne feinstein's leadership. as mayor that preserved these cars. they were on the press at this of going away. -- press thprecipice of this gog away. cable cars connect us to our proud past. this is an expensive endeavor. i know that things come at a price. this investment into this cable car was roughly $800,000. it was a lot of money. it was worth every penny. it could be possible to bring these together. these are historic cars. you cannot bring a new cable car and bring some plastic and refurbished sheet rock. you have to bring it back to its original glory. we will put some local dollars up so this was not a bigg

i want everyone to recognize today as the former mayor and dianne feinstein's leadership. as mayor that preserved these cars. they were on the press at this of going away. -- press thprecipice of this gog away. cable cars connect us to our proud past. this is an expensive endeavor. i know that things come at a price. this investment into this cable car was roughly $800,000.

. >> as was pointed out by commissioners to dianne, we have a different process which i think is a protectionthat we did not have when this first came through. certainly if there was a future fast-food certainly in this category, it would go through this commission. that is a protection against the fear that we would get a mcdonald's or another tampa fast-food that the neighborhood did not want. this seems overly restrictive. i am in agreement that part of this should remain and there are two ways that this can be done. one way is that we would add to the types of uses i guess you could call this a mexican restaurant and this would allow this to be approved. we would have to ask mr. washington what the possibilities are. the other way we can do this is to change parts of condition 36 which eliminates the specifications of it having to be pizza parlor, store, a delicatessen, a bakery, sandwich, bar-b-q, candy or nuts. in 1992, motion 11543 added large fast-food but unspecified that it had to be a bakery. that remains as far as i know. perhaps if this specification of the fight -- type of food

this was a demonstration outside of dianne feinstein's office. and demanding it not be torn down. the new deal moved in and gave rural areas water and electricity. this is one in modock county and we have cheaper electricity. and then, there were sustainable communities, people think they are discovering this at this time. this one was done in georgia. this is one in maryland green belt outside of washington d.c. this is right outside of the co-op. and then urban roads like this in the los angeles river and this is being built. this is mira loma park. this is lark merced blvd. it's all made of clay. it's going to slump. these are the roads built in the oakland hills. nate, red woods. skyline. and enabled them to go up and develop the hills. the rural roads that go through the coast range. this enabled them to get their stuff to market. this is at road built by the ccc. this is a bridge. this is highway one and you won't know, except you look at the bridge and you will see dates, 1938, 1939. the airstrips are ccc. and the one out at treasure island. long beach, burbank. this is oak

de esta movilizacÓn. á --a nivel local, decenas de Óvenes acudieron a las oficinas de la senadora diannein en san francisco para pedir su apoyo al acta de los sueÑos.-- los jovenes quieren que la legisladora federal de publicamente su respaldo a la medida.-- muchos de los manifestantes son indocumentados y no quisieron ser identificados, pero dicen que a pesar de los riesgos, salieron a la calle para alzar su voz en favor de este proyecto. es una situacion moral, dar oportunidad a un joven, estamos hablando de niños! y darles la oportunidad de estudiar, de trabajar, tener un futuro, tener un sueño y quitarles eso es una violacion de los derechos humanos.-- los manifestantes -- los manifestantes dicen estar acostumbrados a enfrentar obstaculos, y a pesar de la derrota en el senado, aseguran que seguiÁn luchando para que el acta de los sueÑos se convierta en una realidad. ---los legisladores estatales aun no han aprobado un plan de gastos para california... y esto deja en el limbo a 189-mil niÑos que necesitan un subsidio estatal para que los cuiden en las guarderias... uno de los centros

he was also one of dianne feinstein's advisers, and he served for 16 years. the boarding area at the terminal is slated to be renamed in his honor. he is survived by his wife, a sister, his daughter, his son, and four grandchildren. a memorial service will be held on october 18 in san francisco, and i would like to extend i think it would be nice if we could send it from the entire building. clerk calvillo: thank you supervisor alioto-pier. supervisor? supervisor: there were a lot of rock bands, and that was very interesting. he talked about his early career, having rock bands coming to see him and how much fun and enjoyment he had. also, in particular his work as a region. also, i would like to have this closed in honor of one sergeant, the nephew of one of the wonderful people who gives tours around city hall. he lost his life in afghanistan in will be greatly missed. also, haute fred passed away on september 9. -- also, fred pastoring on september 9. he was born in 1933 and at the age of 14, he attended and graduated from a high school, where he played on

this is a 30 relationship that stretches back to win dianne feinstein was the mayor of san francisco.e premiered a new work of art here in san francisco called the three heads, six arms. welcome to san francisco. thank you for bringing your extraordinary sculpture. can you tell me about what inspired you to create this sculpture? >> this started with some trips that i took years ago. i went to to bed and i saw a lot of statues and i started to really feel the spiritual life of people in tibet. it really inspires me and i went back to shanghai and i started the creation of this. >> we see that one of the heads of the bullet it is your face. can you talk

" ---"barbara boxer" y "dianne feinstein" quieren que la "administracÓn federal de ductos y materiales una cultura familiar. una cultura con sus valores. una cultura que respeta sus tradiciones. y que ama celebrarlas. >> quÉ piensas de los estereotipos y los sentimientos antiinmigrantes que hay en la poblaciÓn. >> un sentimiento de tristeza por todas las personas y los hermanos que se rompen las espalda trabajando, cultivando las frufrÁs las verduras, las tierras de otros. no? donde no son bien cuidados, no son bien tratados, bien apapachados, pagados, protegidos por las leyes. entonces, eso me duele. >> mucho celebra 200 aÑos de independencia, 2008 quÉ le falta a méxico? >> que los niÑos jueguen pelota sin pensar que algo puede pasarles. que se manden a la escuela o que vayan a las fiestas o que los seres humanos se sientan libres de asistir a lugares de recreaciÓn sin ser de pronto atacado, balaceado sin saber si vas a regresar. los mexicanos siempre ambicionamos con ver a nuestro paÍs libre. >> cÓmo educas a tu hija en cuanto a sus raÍces latinas. >> con ella hablo solo en espaÑol y

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she is the former mayor of san francisco, one of the senior senators in this country, and dianne feinsteinshe said, "i love this program. i did not know much about this program. i cannot believe other states are not taking advantage of this program. you should meet with some of my colleagues. " we went out and did that. she got her other colleagues, barbara boxer, to sign up and say we need to promote this. and we got a few dozen other senators to sign to commit to this bill. here is what happened. a few weeks back -- this is stuff you have been reading about our hearing about. there is a lot of debate in congress now about spending money and concerns about deficits. they had a jobs bill in the senate that included an extension of $2.50 million for this program. it would have allowed us to hire thousands of additional people and support every single one of you for at least the next year. and it got stripped. it got drawn back. i do not want to be partisan here, but let's call balls and strikes. the republicans pulled it out. that is just a fact. and now we have to step up and step in. that

he was also one of dianne feinstein's advisers, and he served for 16 years. the boarding area at the terminal is slated to be renamed in his honor. he is survived by his wife, a sister, his daughter, his son, and four grandchildren. a memorial service will be held on october 18 in san francisco, and i would like to extend i think it would be nice if we could send it from the entire building. clerk calvillo: thank you supervisor alioto-pier. supervisor? supervisor: there were a lot of rock bands, and that was very interesting.

senator dianne feinstein's initial push to buy this land seven years ago for a third of the $3 million price tag, set in motion a huge project, what she calls a good start for protecting the bay area. >> one, two, three! [ cheers ] >> this is a remarkable beginning. it is programs the most costly of all because of various things that had to be accomplished here and were accomplished. but now everybody must remain together. and we must find the most cost effective way to complete this job. >> reporter: the south bay salt pond restoration project encompasses more than 15,000 acres which includes trails. >> this is exactly what i had been working for since i came here. been here about five years. this is exactly what i wanted to see. >> reporter: this project is the largest title wetlands project on the west coast and funds came from the state, federal and private level. reporting live, jade hernand, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you, jade. >>> crews are back at petaluma river cleaning um an oil leak. the oil has spread across the two-mile stretch of the river between downtown petaluma an

it was dianne feinstein. it was barbara boxer that brought us over the edge. guys, this is a legitimate stimulus project. this is a legitimate shot already project that would not have taken place a year ahead of schedule. it saved the taxpayers $90 million. that was for the leadership of speaker policy and president obama. 6200 jobs will be created over the course of this project, direct and indirect. 2600 direct jobs. you're seeing the hard hats and some of those folks. not just pictures. they are here physically with us. their lives have been enhanced because of the stimulus project. it was noted $100 million or more with the tiger grant got us a year ahead of schedule. in 2013 this will be done. what an extraordinary thing. this is right around the corner. this is real time construction and real leadership. thank you, speaker policy. thank you, barbara boxer. thank

dianne feinstein gave me my first appointment. so i will always be grateful to her. we have become good friends, and i got another appointment from her, human rights commission. then, mayor jordan appointed me to this commission. prior, he had appointed me to public utilities. then, mayer brown, to me, is the biggest hero on the waterfront. his dynamic personality and leadership and charisma and fortitude -- whatever you call it -- the driving force was really instrumental in the whole waterfront. then, there -- mayor newsom. i had a hunch that the last time he appointed me, it would be the last appointment to the board. he was very open with that. but i did not share that with anybody until just now. [laughter] commander -- my father's brother is a commander. he is a hero. fortunately, he survived and became a commander and now lives in denver and moved out of the bay area about 20 years ago, so i'm going to have to tell him there is another commander in the family. so i'm trying to make sure, earlier today, my mentor was at the luncheon. he had to leave, but john i

senator barbara boxer came to the site and joined with fellow senator dianne feinstein in calling for an inspection of gas transmission pipe that come under federal control. back in washington, congressman john garamendi joined in a call for an investigation into the age of the pipeline. >> what was considered to be the riskiest pipeline in california travels through livermore, turned out it was not the riskiest. it turned out to be the second riskiest pipeline. the first in san bruno. >> reporter: locally, state assemblyman jerry hill, whose districts include san bruno, called on pg&e to release the location of its 100 highest risk lines. >> everyone has a right to know what's under their home. the legislation... >> reporter: hill also wants a requirement that automatic remote shutoff valves be put on all high risk gas lines. >> last thursday night this fire and the explosion in that -- that inferno that was coming out of the ground lasted for over two hours because pg&e could not get their crew, according to them, could not get their crew to the valve to turn it off because it was s

. >> the san bruno mayor of the president of pg&e and senator dianne testified and capitol hill today speaking about the san bruno gas line explosion to the senate panel of pipeline safety. a pg&e was in the hot seat the panel demanding answers why it took more than one-and-a- half hours to shut off the valve. the mayor of san bruno said he was disappointed that fate by denied the city's request for disaster funding. kate thompson kron 4 news. >> and san francisco the school board is putting out a new system for assigning students to school at the controversial issue the devoting a new attendance area boundaries around elementary schools. the countries have been changed since the 1980's and in the past didn't play a big role in deciding students but under the plan there will for elementary students. parents we'll address on where to send their kids to school but if it's a high demand school that these attendance areas could be a factor. on >> live look outside traffic on this tuesday. this is highway won a one of the headlights' are southbound traffic moving well north and southbound

it was dianne feinstein. it was barbara boxer that brought us over the edge. guys, this is a