dianne feinstein, willie brown, nancy pelosi, i can go on and on and on. 's an steroid list of accomplishments. you know everything she has done in the senate, but i want to just thank senator feinstein for all of the work she did to make this city better and i say this all the time. in baseball like, unlike politics, you get credit for saves. politics you don't often get credit for saves. the work she did to save this city from cuts, the work she did to fight for this city are extraordinary as well and that goes on an accomplishment list. i don't have time for that. i want to just close with this. my wife just finished a film called "misrepresentation." this is not an argument in favor of that film. we're 92nd in the world in legislative positions. in cuban they have woman more in legislative positions, in iraq, afghanistan, and china, an interesting fact. think about dianne feinstein. first woman, member of the board, president of the board of supervisors, first woman mayor, first woman u.s. senator from the state of california, judiciary committee, intel

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to my left, she will be on later on in the program, but we will start with dianne feinstein, the onlyoman who was ever held the mayorship of the city of san francisco. united states senator. [applause] start with the man who most recently left this job and went on to become the lieutenant governor of california, gavin newsom. [applause] frank jordan, former mayor frank jordan, former police chief of the city of san francisco. [applause] and my colleague from the legislative years and mayor of sanford says go, are new and tho san francisco. [applause] now that the stage is set, it is time clearly for prayer. reverend james, please come and give us the invocation. >> the per i offer todrayer i os on behalf of the more than 800 organizations in the city of county of san francisco. many of the agencies have served the people of san francisco for over 100 years. let us pray. got we come to you and prayer for our mayor, and when we. edwin lee. -- god, we come to you in prayer. as he renews his commitment to serve as our mayor, we ask you renewal his zeal for public service. grant him good h

sincerely yours, diane feinstein, united states senator -- dianne feinstein, united states senator."plause] >> i don't know what to say. i'm so overwhelmed. it really feels good to get some recognition from the politicians and top politicians. i'm glad that i lived to see this day. [applause] and i want to thank all who have made this day possible, including all the people at the library that put this event together. thank you very much. [applause] >> now, i would like to introduce the driving force behind this program, and award- winning, internationally known storyteller, recording artist, and educator. she is a truth teller and an artist for social change. she has made it her life's work to tell history through the words of its off forgotten witnesses. zero two one-women shows -- she wrote two one-women shows. she told the true story of the 1955-1956 montgomery bus boycott through the eyes of four women. please help me welcome her. >> i guess you are wondering why i'm standing here. [inaudible] my teachers have been teaching me a lot about standing up for what is right. it was a w

think about dianne feinstein. first woman, member of the board, president of the board of supervisors, first woman mayor, first woman u.s. senator from the state of california, judiciary committee, intelligence committee, rules committee, first woman that in every one of these categories. she has broken every one of these barriers. an extraordinary leader, i can say this as i introduce her, the best is yet to come. ladies and gentlemen, senior senator from california, dianne feinstein! [cheers and applause] >> thank you, thank you. thank you very much. thank you. thank you, thank you. thank you very much, gavin. ubiquotous, oh, that's what it means, all right. i'm just so happy to be home. i'm so happy to be home and look at this stage where you have got two young brilliant leaders in gavin newsom and kamala harris and where you have three mayors, a present mayor, two of us that are getting a little long in the tooth. wait until that. and all of us here to salute the next district attorney of the city and county o

francisco and also force in the public decision making of this nation like canada it for reelection, dianne feinsteinuse] thank you. and >> thank you. just a word if i might. for me, this is a time of hope and opportunity. i was sitting here, and some of it was bittersweet. i was thinking back to november 22, 1978, when i took my first oath of office as acting mayor in the mayor's office. then 1980 when i took my first oak of office 32 years ago as duly elected. i was thinking about those times and how sensitive this city can be, and how much we need to work as a team, and there is someone i would like to introduce to you from those days, and she is a wonderful woman, mrs. jean a moscogina mo. [applause] now mr. mayor, i would ask that you would join me at the podium right over here, and anita, tanya, a aurianbrianna, if you s well. mr. mayor, if you would read your -- raise your right hand and put your left hand on the bible and repeat after me. i, edwin lee, do solemnly swear that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the state of california against

dianne feinstein and barbara boxer are among 23 senators who signed a letter calling on, and to reconsider its decision. >>james: 40's and 30's, chilly to start. this afternoon we will look great. the fog in the north bay is pretty dance. this afternoon is looking great. we are a degree or to cooler than yesterday but we will more than make up for that this weekend. we will take a look at the extended forecast coming up in a little bit. >>george: we are continuing to monitor an easy ride. no hot spots delays or problems. a bit of a backup on the bay bridge for the westbound ride. for the san mateo bridge is an easy trip as you head westbound. in the upper right-hand corner of your screen the changeable message signed is activated but that is with an alert for the closure of the westbound bay bridge coming up on president's day weekend. >>mark: in the nfl is finally coming of the 200 million promised to help fund the construction. >>jackie: i am across the street from the 49ers headquarters next to great america parkway, this is the parking lot where that 68,000 $1 billion stadium is going

. >> and senator dianne feinstein said the komen foundation's change of heart was the right decision. she called the reversal a victory for women's health. >>> a family court judge will hold a hearing on visitation rights. he filed for visitation, and if the judge grants it, he can be come in next wednesday for orientation. >> the parties meet separately with a mediator, and then after that the parties see if they can reach an agreement on visitation and then the judge will consider the agreement and either accept it or modify it. >> a criminal court judge has refused to remove the stay away order for his wife. >>> we're just getting word that the chairman steve appleton of micron technology has died in a plane crash. he died when the small plane he was piloting crashed in boise, idaho this morning. he was the only one onboard. trading in micron stocks has been halted on wall street. he was 51. >>> a hiring surge in january pushed the unemployment rate back to its lowest level in three years. according to the labor department, employers added 243,000 jobs last month. that dropped the

i am confident that dianne feinstein and nancy pelosi would be able to take care of us in that regard. without amendments, 40 years of historic preservation will likely be brought to a halt. president miguel: we have to pause for a moment until the koran reasserts itself. -- quorum reasserts itself. >> a two minute recess? just for the benefit of the public, the commission will take a two minute recess until we reassert our quorum. thank you. president miguel: thank you, supervisor. >> single pages. i think that represents an enormous amount of positive process. we should be very pleased. i am just going to comment, kind of go down the list of the proposed amendments by the hpc to supervisor weiner's amendments. with regard to the secretary of the interior standards, we are very positive about the department's recommendation, and very pleased that the hpc has for the most part agreed with that recommendation. the one place we would disagree is something that was highlighted by a supervisor weiner. we would like to see the planning commission and historic preservation commission about

warren hellman and myself, and i know dianne feinstein and mayer brown as well, helped convince the end lead to run. it is one of the best meetings that warren and i have had, when we sat in his office for one hour, and we felt like we meant some headway, and we must have, because he is here. it is not a coincidence -- it is a coincidence, that the tech community it is following the example that warren hellman has set for this community. warren hellman and i were very close friends, and i think upstairs right now, he has a huge smile on his face. he cared as much about san francisco as any of us. he loved the tech community. a majority of his investments were in tech. he really gets what we are trying to do, and we should advance his cause of civic engagement. after ed decided to run, the tech community rallied around him. in an effort today, not to lose any of them momentum, we are forming this organization called sf citi. we do not want to lose the momentum for the tech agenda in san francisco, and we think this is an exciting day for us. we heard from ed in his neck inauguration when

terrors say among their priorities this election year are reelecting president obama and senator dianne feinstein and pushing to regain control of the house of representatives. >>> a big rig driver is in jail accused in a suspected road rage incident on the bay bridge. the chp says the big rig driver threw a large metal object at a veterans affair van. now the object shattered the van's windows but the van driver was not hurt. kenneth thinks he attacked him because he refused to go over the speed limit. >> trucker comes along tailgating me. and gives me the finger. i go around him and as i go around him i heard a shot a loud sound. my window shattered. >> the chp arrested the 50-year- old big rig driver near the port of oakland. he is now in the san francisco county jail facing felony charges. >>> the piedmont man accused of shooting a federal customs agent will return to court. the 61-year-old is charged with shooting robert outside his newark home. we are -- in a police report suggests that bagwell became obsess with the wife and wanted an intimate relationship. >>> we have new details on indep

there were representatives from dianne feinstein and barbara boxer. it takes a village. we are going to make it happen. we have the job of raising money to make it happen. nothing will incentivize sponsors or donors more than seeing the visuals you are about to see when i shut up. we will move from a promise to a reality. thank you very much. >> thank you, mr. chairman. our last speaker is a very patient man, and a native son of san francisco, a graduate of balboa high school. he is a second-generation longshoremen. he has handled every type of cargo, including passengers. he is the newly elected president of the local union. please welcome him. [applause] >> hello. i just wanted to thank mayor lee, the port commission, for directors, and board of supervisors. it is an honor to stand here today with you to honor our second international president, jimmy herman. we thank you for your leadership and the hard work that has moved us at last to start the construction. i just wanted to thank you for that. we waited 20 years to get this going. i also wanted to think staff, and

>>darya: of the reelection campaign as for dianne feinstein said as though she is working to overcome the disappearance of about 44 $7 million from her campaign, she enfilade a treasurer of ford discovering that the campaign accounts have far less money than they thought. >>mark: let's get an update on the forecast. it is what out there in some spots. james fletcher has details. >>james: most of the activity is to the north in these few if cuffed the heaviest fog is north of santa rosa. general uneasiness over the heart of the bay with 2-5 mi. visibility. for its in san jose, 47 is the current temperature. some slight dropping amid temperatures, that along with the general unsettled weather that we see outside. we are not looking for too much of this to continue on. by this afternoon the skies opened up and temperatures will be right around 60 degrees. things will get better as we head into thursday, friday, saturday and sunday. as we headed to the first bits of february, near 70 degree weather. monday and tuesday, clouds rolling in into the possibility of an occasional sprinkle or tw

among them barbara boxer and dianne feinstein. >>> raiders fans may be encouraged by in news.issionered if goodell says the league would rather -- add is expansion team rather than have an existing team move there he says the nfl would likely add two new franchises bringing the total to 34 because an odd number of teams would cause scheduling problems. there's been speculation raiders might be interested in returning to l.a. if a new stadium is the raiders don't necessarily listen to the league on these things. >>> gorgeous out there if you can take a tv to the beach or your ipad or whatever means you have of watching the game. looking down on san francisco from sutro tower, look how clear it is. we have fog around fairfield and santa rosa. let's check out temperatures how should you dress when leaving the house? how about 30s up around santa rosa and in fairfield 30s in the east bay valleys. places like livermore will be coolest during the morning. we have 52 in oakland for the warm spot. monterey bay you can see 38 santa cruz 32 inland to gilroy. highlights, mostly sunny, mi

this time it's iran and israel is a big decision maker here know what was really interesting is dianne feinstein who's a very pro israel person admitted that she had been meeting this over the weekend with the head of mossad the israeli cia so that petraeus will work with the talking about the iranian threat well you know why don't they talk to the radiance about the threat you mean so willing it's really really really unconscionable the way the americans are being rallied around a new war. and that was former cia analyst ray mcgovern. well from the hundreds of protesters arrested in oakland to a massive action in washington coast to coast the occupy movement faces big hurdles this week the vet now in its fourth month demonstrates against the growing income inequality gap in the u.s. as well as corporate influence in politics but much of the media has dubbed those that take part in the protests as dirty happy of with nothing better to do here is an example of that coverage. i think if you put every single less wind cause into a blender and hit power this is the sludge you'd get there so most uni

would not use it against american citizens and yet we should remember that nancy nancy pelosi dianne feinstein proposed legislation or or passage to be inserted into the legislation that would exempt u.s. citizens and this was rejected by the obama white house and rejected by the democratic party all of the struggles over the wording of the bill with carl levin's office it was co-sponsored by carl levin a done. in crowd in john mccain a republican was over who would decide which american citizens would be swept up in the military dragnet and denied due process and which would be granted exemptions who would have that power the obama white house wanted that power for themselves they got it and once they got it they signed the bill into law but it was never a discussion over whether or not americans should be stripped of due process so these are not the kinds of tools we want to to hand.

. >> and dianne feinstein called it a huge win for men and women who made voices heard this week, end of quote. senator boxer said it's a great day when our beliefs that breast cancer can only be wiped out if we work together triumphed. >> and this was an emotional day for san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi, trying to get permission to see his son. he asked a judge to give advice taigs rights. he's not seen his wife or their 2-year-old son since being charged with misdemeanor domestic violence, battery and child endangerment. charges stemming from new year's eve. the judge would not give mirkarimi access to his family, instead a hearing was set for wednesday and an emotional mirkarimi said continue to fight for his son. >> if you've been forced separated i hope any time i would return back to court i would leave with a more expedited opportunity to be reunited with my son. and that is kinld of what i was hoping. i miss my son, terribly. he misses me. >> the pretrial hearing on the domestic violence charges is set for february 22. >> and coast guard cruise crews are searching for a 6

california senator dianne feinstein said today in san diego she regrets that president obama changed his stance but she said she also understands that he had no option but to change course. senator feinstein told a meeting of the california democratic party that affordable healthcare and protecting a woman's right to choose are among the party's priorities. >>> it is an emotional story of survival. a dog near death at the oakland animal services is making quite a come-back. noel walker talked to the family who nursed van winkle back to health. a warning, some of the video might be upsetting. >> reporter: the care-free cocker spaniel this family has been fostering is going up for adoption. van winkle is special. his big paws match a big heart with a capacity to love people despite a horrific past. >> he's just the most lovable dog i've ever known. i just -- i don't know, there's something about him i could see. >> reporter: hard to believe this is the same dog. >> your ears are huge. >> reporter: he arrived in oakland animal services last summer bruised, emaciated, his fur matted beyo

major ed lee plans to gather with senator dianne feinstein and congresswoman nancy pelosi to honor tony 50th anniversary year of his signature song i left my heart in san francisco. >> coming up in two minutes, we have more on our breaking story happening now in vallejo. we've been covering it for you since the start of this newscast. a home that was surrounded by police has burst out in flames. you saw it all play out here on this newscast. we'll go back to that frantic scene in just minutes. instead of a pyramid. old el paso. when you gotta have mexican. the progresso chicken noodle you made is so good. it's got tender white meat chicken. the way i always made it for you. one more thing.... those pj's you like, i bought you five new pairs. love you. did you see the hockey game last night? [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. >>> and good evening everyone i'm mike mibach in tonight for frank somerville. >> and i'm julie haener. breaking news now from vallejo. a fire is burning at a house that was surrounded by police. we want to go now to ktvu's eric rasmussen. he w

democrats say among their priorities this election year reelecting president obama and senator dianne feinstein and pushing to regain control of the house of representatives. >>> 6:08 is the time right now. sal is keeping an eye on traffic as usual. how is this friday commute? >> it looks pretty good despite a couple early morning problems. let's take a look at some of the pictures. this is actually a map i made of 780. there is an injury accident there. it sounds like minor injuries. also watch for slow traffic on 80 westbound as you drive past there. the morning commute also looks good at the bay bridge toll splay. no problems getting into san francisco. if you are driving this morning on any of the other bridges it's fine. some people use 237. so right now is a good time to go. let's go to steve. >> thank you, sal. very happy friday morning. i cannot take that thursday weather and carry it into today. we have a pattern change here. sonoma reporting very light rain. i doubt much of this is reaching the ground. if it is it's very light. back over to 101 and back over the russian river area. bu

the party's top leaders, nancy pelosi, dianne feinstein and governor brown all addressed the crowd.rown urged state activists towards winning a two-thirds super majority in both the assembly and state senate. that's the margin needed to pass new taxes and get measures on the ballot without the cooperation of the republican party. we will talk politics with our analyst larry gerston a little later. >>> a few families were allowed to leave opposition neighborhoods in homs. hundreds of people died in the past week in the military's efforts to stop the revolt against the president. human rights organizations are calling for an end to the violence while protesters are criticizing how the world is reacting. >> we have to act now because people are losing their lives today, and that's why many of the solutions which are being proposed which are long term are also important, but what we need today is an end to the violence and that will happen only if the syrian government stops killing people. >> i think that the international reaction is very appalling of what's happening in syria. it's a

are asking the national komen foundation to reverse its decision among them barbara boxer and dianne feinsteinfornia. >> raiders fans may be encouraged by this news. commissioner goodell says the league would rather add an expansion team in los angeles than have an existing team move there. he appeared on the sports network last night he said the nfl would likely add two new franchises bringing the total to 34 because an odd number of teams would cause scheduling problems. there has -- >> i'm old enough to remember pete roussel saying the same thing to the raiders a -- pete rossel saying the same thing to the raiders. >>> let's talk about the weather at home and what is happening in denver. quite a difference spring weather in the 60s to near 70 denver blizzard conditions, people being told to stay home, flight arrival delays nearing two hours cancellations of 150 flights into denver international airport. it has let up a little, 20 to 40 mile per hour winds that are going to blow it around and create mighty drifts. it is going to be dangerous. i-80 is closed eastbound out of the denver they a

. >>> senator dianne feinstein starting to rebuild her war chest for re-election after she lost morelion in a scam involving her treasurer. feinstein's campaign reports she raised nearly $950,000 in the final three months of 2011. she and several other politicians employed a treasurer before discovering last year their campaign accounts were dwindling. >>> san francisco's former mayor is listed as a donor on steven colbert's political action committee's website. newsom confirmed to the "san francisco examiner" he had in fact donated $500 to the colbert super pac. newsom said he wanted to support colbert for "exposing the absurdity of our current political financing system." >>> 5:56. still to come on "today in the bay," people all over the bay area will find out today if they won a lottery of sorts. burning man tickets about to be released. we'll have details next. >>> an east bay teen accused of killing his adoptive parents expected in court this morning. details in a live report. >>> and a weak front brought some live showers to the bay area overnight. now fog is forming and it is

amidst chaos and confusion, the president of the city's board of supervisors dianne feinstein made theouncement. >> as president of the board of supervisors it is my duty to make this announcement. both mayor moscone and supervisor harvey milk have been shot and killed. >> quiet! >> the suspect the suspect is supervisor dan white. >> reporter: for a city and 14-year-old jon moscone, the world was turned upside down. >> i only remember picture frames of the day. someone sat me down on the couch-- it was my mom's best friend-- and she told me that my dad had been killed. and then i don't remember much after that. >> ♪ amazing grace how sweet the sound. ♪ >> whenever i remember you in my prayers as i do constantly night and day, recalling your tears when we part, i yearn to see you again >> he said the world went silent. the world went silent for a very long time. >> reporter: tony taccone is the artistic director at the berkeley repertory theatre. he's known jon moscone for over 20 years. they are fast friends, but in all that time, the topic of jon's father was always off limits. >> so