former president and supervisor of the board doris margaret ward. she was born on january 27, 1932 in chicago. she passed away this weekend at age 86. while in high school, in gary, indiana, doris became active in the civil rights movement. during college at indiana university, she participated in several sit-ins at bars and other public areas. after moving to san francisco in 1972, she became a community college trustee and was elected to the board of supervisors in 1979. it would be another 11 years before she became the first african american to serve as the president of the board of supervisors. doris didn't begin her career as a politician. she started as a teacher. and her passion for education and for helping young people never waiverred. she had a profund sense of compassion for all people, compassion which carried through all of her work as a community college trustee, a member of the board of supervisors, assessor, recorder for the city and county of san francisco, and a true community leader. doris always had the courage to stand up and sp

doris ward... resident of the san francisco board of supervisors has died. board president..london breed tweeted about ward's death saying, "doris paved the way for someone like me and so many others" ward also worked for the san francisco community college district... and was known for being compassionate, kind, and an admired leader. doris died at the age of 86. ( darya ) happening today... senate candidate paul taylor is hosting a news conference to announce that he will lead the non-sanctuary state movement in san francisco. the meeting is scheduled for today at noon at san francisco city hall. ( darya ) two u.s. officials say, california has now rejected the federal government's initial plans to send the state's national guard troops to the mexican border. just last week, the governor said, he would not allow california guard troops to do anything that is closely tied to immigration enforcement... even things like repairing vehicles or operating remotely- controlled surveillance cameras. now -

and for the late doris ward former assessor, recorder and president of the board of supervisors and on behalf of president breed and the entire board of supervisors for the late mr. james hennessy. >> president breed: supervisor cohen. >> supervisor cohen: i have a question that has to do with the imperative agenda that is item number 5 of an 56 and i'm not qe procedurally how to. >> president breed: we would need to rescind the vote. >> clerk: the california schools and community funding. >> president breed: i need to rescind the vote to discuss it, supervisor cohen. >> supervisor cohen: really? >> president breed: so you would like to make a motion to rescind the vote. supervisor cohen has made a motion to rescind the vote. is there a second? seconded. the vote has been rescinded. on the item, supervisor cohen. >> supervisor cohen: thank you very much for allowing an opportunity. supervisor fewer informed me and i want to make sure i understand this correctly. sorry, ladies. this resolution is there exemption for -- so the reason i'm flagging this when you talk about split rule i'm c

minor crowding on wb 580. 101 at the limit ( darya ) ( darya ) ( darya ) doris ward... tweeted about ward's death saying, "doris paved the way for someone like me and so many others" ward also worked for the san francisco community college district... and was known for being compassionate, kind, and an admired leader. doris died at the age of 86. ( james ) it was a wild morniing of weather yesterday was followed by a 3-point-8 meagnitude earthquake in san jose. the epicenter of the quake was about halfway between san jose and fremont on the calaveras fault.... which is known for unleashing quakes. the shaking coincided with heavy rain, thunder and lightning. <....i heard the thunder first and then i felt the car shaking..."butted withkeith knudsen/usgs "...this is a part of the fault that creeps so it moves more slowly, it's also a place where the calaveras fault and hayward merge so it complicates things with a lot of movement between earthquakes....>( james ) the usgs says there is no such thing as earthquake weather, so no connection with the rain, thunder and lightn