in dorchester, a section of boston.se of my parents, my brothers and i were all blessed to go to harvard university. that is where i went to school. it was intense. i stayed there for law school and have a master's in public policy from there. those are subjects i decided to study because i was interested in public service and public policy issues and government. >> you grew up in the boston area. what made you want to make the transition and moved to san francisco? what motivated you to get involved in politics question marks before i ran for office, and worked in san francisco as a criminal prosecutor and civil rights attorney. i got to understand how much of a be in san francisco is to the rest of the world for social justice. i spent a number of years helping to grow a small business. i got to understand the innovative spirit in san francisco. at night, i volunteered as a neighborhood leader and as feature of an affordable housing organization. i learned so much about the challenges facing our neighborhoods and the

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as we slide towards the south, we'll be looking at wet weather around dorchester county. be prepared for that as you will take you and rigins corner. taylors island getting in on light rain across the area even in cambridge this morning. we slide towards the north. we're at the times of extreme this morning. the rain to the south and to the north. dealing with a wintry mix. tough cross the state line to get in on some of that wintry weather this morning. that's what they will get. we'll see a cold rain this morning and even as we go into the afternoon. showers. 36 degrees now in union bridge and 33 and this is what you can expect throughout the day. temperatures are still coming in around 46 degrees. >> i see you did not forget your purple. best of luck to the ravens as they take on the redskins. hopefully they win. >>> traveling on 895 good news a crash has cleared from the southbound lanes. a look at the tunnel. and everything is moving along. it will take you the normal 8 minutes to travel northbound from the beltway. all the way up to towson and over on the west side

to the south around dorchester. cambridge wet weather and lighter rain across the area. more of the same in indian bone, brick house landing. showers there. and that's going to be the name of the game. as we continue through the afternoon we will be seeing off and on showers. keep that around. handy all day long. and the big coat. and the temperature is coming in at 33 degrees depending on where you go. you will see the temperatures going up as we go throughout the day. it will be cold. 40s in annapolis and 41 in davidsonville. thiss is what you can expect as you plan your day. as we go into lunchtime, showers and more of the same at 3. 49 and that is chilly weather out there. again not a steady rain off and on showers throughout the day. let's get a check of the time saver traffic with lauren cook. >> good morning. it is starting to feel like december. cold out there this morning but no delays to tell you about here. and 97, nice and clear here at no problems getting down to route 50 or traveling north to 695. if you are using 95 as we check in and take a look forth of

dorchester picking up. the county picking up some wet weather. rippling waters. be prepared for that as we slide towards the north and west now. we're seeing a mix. maybe sleet across the area. again this is a this could be further to the north. further to the south. if you want to get in. head into pennsylvania where we are seeing it this morning. be prepared and the temperatures are on the chilly side. and make sure that you have that big coat. >> we are dealing with rain and sleet in frederick county and maryland. baltimore, nice and clear now. we have an accident right in lutherville on york road. but you are taking a look at 83 now. north of the beltway. and everything is moving along. no delays heading into the city. here is what 695 looks like in parkville. a normal conditions, 11 minutes now to travel to the outer loop from 95 up to 83. as we look at the other drive times. a 12 minute ride on the outer loop from 795 down to 95. and there are no problems to report through the fort mchenry tunnel from the beltway all the way to the toll plaza. over to you.

quintessentially british experience says on aware that they're run by foreign companies harrods the dorchester hotel and even the queen's grocer fortnum and mason keeping the fortnum and mason is a british store. is it not. it's been here for ages so i assumed it was wholly owned by british people. never mind everything's ok now you know the reason that things are beginning. to almost half the companies in the u.k. and now in foreign hands the coalition government in britain likes to talk about the march of the makers have a march of the makers if we're selling of all that is good household names like boots the chemist cadbury's chocolate and weetabix cereal have all been gobbled up by foreign corporations your traditional bacon butty hardly imaginable without h.p. source the name stands for houses of parliament the label even has westminster on it but the white house might be more fitting h.p. now belongs to heinz and as you're spreading your hartley's jam or your son pat peanut butter over your morning toast you might be surprised to learn that these british brands were just bought up by ano

. >> smoke and fire filled a 3 story apartment building late last night in cambridge, dorchester county. as firefighters battle the flames residents were forced to jump from the windows. >> in 35 years i've never seen people jump out of building. >> robert phillips describes the terrifying moments. >> i had 5 or 6 people laid out in the alley way. these people jumped from 2nd and 3rd floor windows. you strike that concrete that was the end of it. they couldn't move. >> tyrone roy saw the fire and one man's quick actions to help people stranded up stairs. >> all we could see was this thick black smoke coming from the roof. this guy pulled up in a red van and he was letting people climb out of the window and onto his van to escape. >> 21 residents suffered injuries as they tried to escape. two firefighters were also hurt. one man who lives in the building says he's thankful he made it out alive. >> i'm lucky i'm not injured. i'm scare ed d to think what everybody else had to go through. >> five of the eight apartments were occupied. fire officials add that smoke alarms did alert residents

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marks area of dorchester. it's mixed use, mixed income as well, and we have an incredible community there. but back to the issue of restaurants before i turn it over to the next question, um, i'm working on the issue of liquor licenses. and i have to say that one of the reasons why, um, our student population and our residents are in conflict is because the second someone starts talking about greater access to liquor licenses, people think you want to convert main street into new orleans' bourbon street and that you want more bars. what i want are more social venues and an equity in that opportunity, someplace that people can go and raise a glass and, you know, celebrate a christening or a graduation. and the reality is that right now we're seeing an inequity in access to those opportunities. so a neighborhood like the north end has a density of 91 liquor licenses and a depressed neighborhood or neighborhood that could be even more successful like a rocks burg or hyde park is having difficulty procuring those