dr. garcia, and we've crossed paths in so many different avenues., i did not know she lived in my district at the time. this was over a decade ago. you have those voter lists. i said wait a minute. estella garcia, anyone she lived in my district. the more you go and find out when you knock on people's doors, you get to share their personal stories and see where they are and where they've laid their roots. it's an honor to have you here today. it's such an honor to have you as part of this celebration, and thank you for everything that you embody and how you've dedicated your life. please come forward. [ applause ] >> thank you, supervisor. i particularly wanted to acknowledge supervisor safai today because i think it's just a wonderful thing when we have someone in our district who cares so much about all of the families that live in the excelsior and acknowledge all the needs that exist. i want to be part of that solution. that's all i want to do. there is no other ascen a -- ag. it's about doing the right thing. i want to begin with this morning i

dr. ramon garcia is a kidney specialist in el salvador's capital, san salvador. ve>> seven to eight deaths day in this small country. it's 10 to 12 times more than the expected death rate. this is a silent massacre. >> reporter: adr. garcia and others began to investigate, they discovered that on some farms, nearly one-fifth of sugar cane workers were suffering from nronic kidney disease eve though they had none of fe usual risktors such as high blood pressure and diabetes. jose monjares has been a cane cutt most of his adult life the small coastal region that is the sease's epicenter. his father and uncle died from it. he got his diagnosis seven yrs ago. >> ( translated ): it came on very suddenly: back pain, fever, vomiting. >> reporter: the illness forced him to stop the grueng working as a cutter so he now works as a field assiant. he needs the job, he says, even though the wages barely cover the cost of medications to slow the disease. >> ( translated ): i have to take care of myself and watch my diet. because if i don't, i'll have to get dialysis and that j

dr. kirk operated on garcia in january. r pain is gone. >> and i can really say that "operation access" gave me back life. >> reporter: dr. kirk calls it good medicine for patients and doctors. >> we're all working together to do the right thing. it's what's right with medicine. >>> jeff ranieri is back. the are the radar isn't coming, it's here, the green stuff. >> yeah, the rain coming down in san francisco. a few heavier pockets. it's moving through rather fast. but we are getting some activity. if you're headed out in the next hour or two, you work an early morning shift, you've got to watch out for these wet roadways that will make it pretty slick there to get around. you can see on storm ranger, our mobile doppler radar, we have the wet weather into parts of the north bay, now entering the east bay, also for the peninsula. what i want to show you is the difference between storm ranger and regular radar. still new to a lot of you, we know. but just remember, storm ranger is live data this very second when most other rad

dr. kirk operated on garcia in january. her pain is gone. >> i can really say that operation gave my back life. >> reporter: dr. kirk called it good medicine for patients and doctors. >> we're all working together to do the right thing. it puts right with medicine. >> reporter: bay area news. >> good people too. >> making people happy. >> that's nice. >> we'll be right back. it )s ths newest show ) champions. ) the comedy centers around a >>> happening tonight, premier time for nbc's newest show, "champions," comedy around a washed up high school baseball star giving up his dream to take over his family's gym. plus, his life changes with his high school fling unexpectedly dropped off their 15-year-old son, yes, so anders home and andy star in this show, and you can watch "champions at 9:30 here on nbc bay area after "will and grace," and at 10:00, it's " "chicago fire" fired by news hat 11:00. >>> mark hammel got his star on the hollywood walk of fame. he played luke skywalker in "star wars", george lucas set to attend the c

from that stage, we're with jocelyn garcia, representing the oldest and biggest student association in this country, so big, so old, such a legacy that they worked for drentourage, you didn't have to do much to get the students to show up today. >> not me personally, because students understand their rights, they understand there is power in numbers. they're not just naive people who don't understand how things work. students have power. and they wanted to come here to demonstrate their power. they knew they'll be able to create policy and change and not have to sit with prayers and thoughts. >> reporter: where does gun control, gun reform fall into the list of things that you think should be important to students? you've spent time focusing on tuition, you work on daca. where does gun control play into all this? >> we believe in education justice. we believe anyone, no matter what your identity or background, should have the right to an education. you being able to feel on your campus is a part of that education justice. you being able to prosper in life after education involves you being alive. >> reporter: cameron kasky mentioned it, these young peo