i want to recognize mayor ed lee and supervisor ed farrell and supervisor mar of district one and also our executive vp eric mcdowned and we have our beloved mascot thank you so much for being here. (barking) today is a very excited day for target in san francisco. i grew up in san francisco and everyone since i was a little girl but i didn't know i would be running one one day. as some of you know city target a relatively new development to commencement the consequence and friendly shopping experience to this neighborhood. this city take the will offer local manufactures to meet the needs off our guests. we are very excited to provide a place for people to work for those who live nearby and ride muni. we intend to continue our reputation of being a good neighbor in the local community. navigate in 2012 target attributed over 1 and a half million dollars to organizations in the san francisco community (clapping) thank you just last friday, a one hundred and 50 target team members from all over the bay air come out to volunteer their time in the excelsior district to make over their lib

ed lee mentioned that i got very involved in the gun safety issue after the san francisco massacre on december 14th last year. lots of people in the tech community thought i should get involved to stop gun violence and on mayor fourteen the anniversary we invited several of the parents of the san i didn't hook kids that were killed and one of those personalities what we mark barden and his son 7 years old was killed on december 14th. and mark barring done like my parents is devastated but mark barring done told us and standing with me in this conversation was the fourtd of twitter who ed lee referred to but guess you can't what the founder of with twooerlt is standing right here jack >> so jack dorsey is the person who intended twitter and he wanted to come and meet the san i didn't hook parents. jack and i had this fascinating discussion i wish my kid wasn't killed bus he wouldn't let anyone on the playground be alone interest so here's a child who instinctively understood his role and at 7-year-old multiple instances where he would go up to one of his school mates who was good eveni

welcome to our ceos for our live town hall with the live host along with san francisco's mayor ed lee and 3 entrepreneurs we're going to be hearing a lot about as they continue on the road to technology and on comprehensive immigration reform. to work within the time we have i'm going to dispense with long introductions but let me mention the enterprises. this people has gnltd from europe and she co- founded her company. born in columbia we have alexander he is the do founder of voice bunny and he's a recent father and returned almost right after his little girl was born to the white house to be honored and we'll be hearing about that. and the third narrator is the chief at bright sons. we received his masters in commuter science and other degrees from ucla. join me in welcoming our panel people. and as mayor as one of the finite cities in america why are you supporting immigration >> thank you carl. let me repeat my hangz or thanks for julia and kevin. this is the first company i visit in this city and carl thank you. and the carl bishop group is very important working with our chamb

tracked down mayor ed lee.vid? >> reporter: we were the only camera crew it catch mayor ed lee as he left city hall. he was set to fly to china this morning for a business trip but he got off the plane because of his concern about a possible bart strike. the mayor spent the afternoon working the phones with aids calling bart management and the governor's office just to see if it is audible to avert a walk off and he said the outlook isn't good. >> there is still hours. they will make another presentation at 4:00 p.m. but it didn't sound good. people were getting ready to go out. that is really bad. >> reporter: miscommunication between both sides on the financial figures brought bart to the brink of a strike. mayor ed lee launched talks to coordinate other modes of getting around because he expects increased car traffic will lead to major back ups during the evening rush hours. >> we want to stagger people. might have a conversation with employers and employees to stagger people going home. that is when it gets

i want to say that we have mayor ed lee in hanging this banner on the wall behind us.clapping) >> the future home of the mexican museum. (clapping) i want to take a moment to thank all the volunteers and all the people that came to all the hearings. there was 2 hundred and 64 people altogether that attended numerous hearings to let's please give them a hand and committee members please stand up and put our hands up and thank you very much for coming to all the hearings throughout all those most. i want to thank former commissioner of the redevelopment, commissioner sing. i also want to thank the latino club for their support, latino the historic chamber of commerce and the association and the latino leadership. at this time before we conclude i just want to have a few people come up. i want to thank a group it was a team of people that meet every thursday for doughnuts and coffee and they worked together karen johnson and marsha. marsha i can't see you. and, of course, victor marquis and the director david. and with that employing mr. and mrs. please

a deal to end the strike could be near. >>> san francisco mayor ed lee is back in the bay area because of the b.a.r.t. strike. he is pleading for management and the unions to get an agreement done today. >> they know i haven't taken sides but that -- the system is invaluable to everybody and we got to get it working today. >> mayor ed lee says both sides are close enough and that he believes work rule issues can be setted and he offered his condoleitances -- condolences to the workers killed. check with www.ktvu.com for more information. and get apodacea on facebook and -- updates on facebook and twitter. . >>> new information involving a patient found dead at san francisco general hospital. the attorney representing the woman's family is speaking out. ktvu's david stevenson reports on what the attorney says he uncovered in the case. >> the body of lynne spaulding was cremated today, two weeks after she was found dead. she was missing 17 days. ktvu channel 2 news confirmed there was a report of a person in the stair well in the days before the body was recovered. it is unclear whether

.) >> mayor ed lee. good evening.n honor for me to be here this afternoon with you. >> welcome to the 2012 latino heritage celebration and awards (clapping) we would like to start off with thaik you the band for playing. they have clooz classes on monday evening from 6 to 7. we want to honor all our leaders. our theme about be honoring the latino community and the tremendous work that happens in san francisco. we know that the latino community has great contributions through economics but culture and every aspect of the cities life (clapping) >> (speaking spanish.) >> >> (speaking spanish.) >> (clapping). >> more many years we've seen latino impact san francisco for so many ways. we've seen san francisco grow and it's amazing celebrations alongside with impacting policies with the city of san francisco. this year once again, we're honoring young people and showing the excellence on and he impact our lives and families. this year we've identified many community based organizations and have highlighted a pitcher with th

i was thinking about the introduction of mayor ed lee lastity and we'll taking the time to think about ed as mayor and ed as leader. i've been lucky to know every single mayor in san francisco since my birth and mayor lee is quickly taking his place among the very best. i've seen ed grow into the mayor's role with great ease and aplomb and there's no surprise there. mayor lee is focusing on young people and guiding a rebust economic rebirth in san francisco. his interest in young people is quite genuine and he meets regularly with middle school principals, focusing on critical years for kids to stay engage the in school. recognizing that mayors can have tremendous impact in their communities, he co-sponsored the legislation to eradicate bullying from schools at the 2012 con conference of mayors. he is here today to address us on the vexing issue of bullying. it is my pleasure to introduce the mayor of san francisco, ed lee. . >> thank you, ann, for that wonderful introduction and i don't know where you got the ease of coming to the mayor's ofrs, there was no ease on that. ladies and ge

mayor ed lee called on san franciscans to vote yes on b. it calls for new parks, new affordable housing and restoring public access to the water front. the mayor says it will create new jobs. >> we are experiencing at this time a renaissance of the whole water front and i want this water front of our city of san francisco to be accessible to everybody. >> they are spending millions of dollars to sell it as a park, it is not. >> opponents rallied outside the campaign office. they said it would limit public access. >>> the california highway patrol reports hundreds of crashes in los angeles during the first storm of the season. during 24 hours there were more than 400 collisions. that is compared with 260 last week when the weather was dry. half inch or more of rain in some valleys and mountains. >>> let's talk about our weather now. just the opposite here. you couldn't ask for better weather. >> we were tracking clouds yesterday with that storm but we have a quiet weather pattern now. low clouds and fog in the morning and hazy sunshine for t

i want to recognize the dedicated support from mayor ed lee and the board of supervisors especially david campos and supervisor avalos and kim. thank you for your enthusiasm and commitment. and this is a rich and vast collection of the mexican museum. this projects are only done with the participation of the elected officials and the community working hand in hand for the same goal. san francisco is the rich cultural heritage. the presence of - i mention a few examples felt mexican enrichment belongs to all the san franciscans who proudly celebrate one of the most important assets. the mexican museums new home is a culture site that is made of various privileges that together represent one of the most complexities in this country. today mexicans all over the world proudly celebrate the independence of mexico which also marks the or begins of california. mexico and california work together and mexican california started the contrast of a very important relationship two hundred years ago. a few minutes ago the office of mayor lee the officials and diminished members of our community met wit

ed lee mayor thank you. and a try visionary and a great great citizen of san francisco and also our partner mr. benny thank you for being here (clapping) >> i'd like to recognize two corporate's partners here today mr. ken at zinc good who partnered u.s.s. from auto deck mr. carl he's not here but titus his entire team is auto deck thank you. just a couple more introductions, if you will, many of those conversations are ongoing but i personally remember a dinner that i tenant a little bit more than a year ago and we talked about the dream we had. but i also want to recognize susan keeping who is here from the creeping foundation. and then a person we've been working with hand and >> prayer by the chaplain. >> hand you choose the analog but helped us with a true partnering susan we appreciate your help (clapping). >> and then last but not least one person is here one is not by the two members the district staff that's been on the ground both visionary but making the trains won run on time and she's our specia

. >> other news of the day san francisco mayor ed lee ordered an investigation into event surrounding a death of a woman. the 57-year-old disappeared and was found dead two weeks later just feet from where she disappeared. the red arrow shows where it was discovered just one floor below. >> now, the mayor's office involved in this case. he was involved today calling the family of lynn spaulding and then went to the hospital meting withed. >> ad minute straightors retraced steps to the hospital and came out on a parking lot and made announcement there will be a full independent investigation to get to the bottom of what happened here. >> this should not have happened. we all agree. and we want to prevent this from ever happening again. >> when san francisco mayor ed lee spoke today, he echoed sentiments heard from administrators yesterday. what he hadn't, however, was a cloud of his office in launching an investigation in san francisco general hospital's system, staff and sheriff's office searching for lynn spaulding and missed her in that stairwell. >> if a search was done for a woman

if you don't see it from where you're sitting it says go to state warriors mayor ed lee. talk about the future. this is simply an example of where technology and innovation is taking what we described as the maker manufacturing movement in san francisco that when designed property typing and all innovations matched together that's itself question we put forgot how do we sustain that flat line and grow it and innovate just to sit on our laurldz twitter is a great company let's just watch them grow but he want to create the talent and then take it to the next generation of those companies. they'll be like the second or third generation there will be thousands of employees here and they see the education institution and local government and policies supporting them and they in turn use their fluoroscopic genus and get involved like we've annuity other companies that introduced the ipads and training. this is that wonderful circle that i think innovations is going to bring us so we're back here really to ask companies how do we create the talent pool and sustain this employme

mayor ed lee and the director of the department of health will hold a press conference.here and we will have the latest at 5:00 p.m. >>> making san francisco streets safer for some may have made them more dangerous for others. ktvu channel 2 news learned making streets more pedestrian and bicycle friendly could be slowing down for identifications and police officers -- firefighters and police officers responding to emergency. we road along with teams in the city. >> making bike lanes and putting palm trees in the middle. taking out a lane of traffic. >> we don't want to pile on challenges. >> those leading the fight for pedestrians and bicyclists insist it is possible to keep streets safe and have room for first responders. >>> new information on a police stand off in santa rosa. a man believed to have barricaded himself inside his home was found hiding in a neighbor's backyard. he was arrested following a tense stand off that began last night. we got video of s.w.a.t. teams moving into his home before he was located. police say officers were called to the scene last nig

strike may keep mayor ed lee from making a important trip. he was scheduled to travel to beijing on a trade mission. 70 business leaders are supposed to accompany the leader but he may have a more important job that will keep him here. >> i had to tell just a large number of people that there is one thing that i may have to consider and that is if there is a b.a.r.t. strike, if the shut down continues, if they create the worse conditions i think as a mayor of san francisco i need to be here to help make decisions. >> a b.a.r.t. leader is scheduled to travel with the mayor. >> b.a.r.t.'s general manager took to the airways today. >> b.a.r.t. thanks you for your patience during the negotiations and for your support. for all b.a.r.t. information sign up for b.a.r.t. e-mail alerts. >> ktvu's tom vacar sat down yesterday with the general manager and she said b.a.r.t. has the highest paid transit workers in the bay area. you can watch that interview on www.ktvu.com. and stay with ktvu for continuing coverage. we will keep you posted if a deal is re

i don't want envy daughter to be exposed to that or i taped mayor ed lee's speech at the recent off ramp the library and i was so expressed we want to make the bayview a better place. if that's a homeless warehouse the way to go about it making this neighborhood a better neighborhood i don't think so. i would like you to remove the address and location from this grant proposal and table this decision until the community has the chance to have more input. we don't need more homeless beds in the bayview >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> hi, i'm samantha i'm nervous i've never done this before. i used to be homeless for about a year and the only reason i was able to not become homeless was because of the program affordable housing. and i don't see that here. i think that there. >> need for more homeless shelters it's not in the bayview but it needs to be open for discussion as to whereabouts in the city and there's got to be more programs on the homeless for them. so that's all i have to is. thank you >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> supervisors good afternoon. i'm robert i'm a b

261 but i do have to admit that it was actually oscar before him that worked with the mayor, and ed lee at the time who was the head of dpw, and they put together the first public sector apprenticeship program and it was the first of its kind, a public, private partnership and we were able to capture a lot of local residents and create these job opportunities for them. what i was able to do was simply, dot the eyes and cross the ts and so i am getting far too much credit but thank you, brother. >> it is important though, to this commission and to the mission of this department, because the gardeners are incredibly dedicated to the work that they do. and when we talk about the open space, and the green space and the playing fields and the trees and the golf courses and whatever it is. these are people who are giving their entire lives to the city and county of san francisco and also times, we focus on some negative stories or negative information that comes up. and it was our rank and file, and community union of brothers and sisters that urged us to move forward with this program and ea

.) >> we also have heard from ed lee the mayor thank you for being here because we are closing the accomplishment gap and missions schools have a wait list people trying to goat into those schools. >> (speaking spanish.) >> but before i mention i bring the students such as we've accomplished as a community we have some struggles and challenges the biggest challenge right now is people in the mission especially but throughout san francisco working people in latino are being pushed out of this place in the city and county of san francisco. >> (speaking spanish. >> so i hope that as we move forward we keep the middle income people in san francisco especially our cabinet latino families (clapping) >> (speaking spanish.) >> so i'll call some amazing young people beginning with marvin. so marvin miss diaz says he's articulate and loves to take on leadership roles from the classroom marvin moved here last year from honduras and he times to make his mother proud. >> (speaking spanish.) >> marvin. >> came to this country at the same age i have a law degree from harvard law school so anything is possible.

. >> today allen martin talked to san francisco mayor ed lee today to find out what he nosiest aboutt barge. >> we keep working our way up the food chain looking for answers. still, no response from ghoul as to what the barge and the sister vessel in portland maine will be used for so today we went to the mayor. >> it is the elephant in the water that no one seems to know anything about. listen to san francisco mayor ed lee when we caught up with him today and asked about his knowledge about google's mystery barge and any approval from the development authority. >> listen, we have been on this story. do you have any comment about that? do you know what's going on over there? >> no. they kept the secret from me as well. i was trying to see what the people were saying. they have done a lot of high level secrecy that even the mayor doesn't know what is going on. i'll have to wait to see what happens. >> the barge is hidden in plain view. it is four stories built out of shipping containers 70 feet wide and 200 feet long, yet no one is telling the mayor anything. >> i have been kept out o

san francisco mayor ed lee said he's ordering an independent review. before make the announcement he toured the floor where lynne spalding disappeared. he checked the alarm on one of the doors leading to the stairwell where the body was discovered. >> as soon as it opened there was not an alarm you could hear. it's a very busy floor. there is constant motion on that floor. you have to put all the facts in perspective of the daily operation. >> the mayor said he did not see any security cameras leading to the stairwell. >>> cooling off period between bart and bart unions. are we minutes away from a strike? we're live from oakland, next. look at them with that u-verse wireless receiver. back in our day, we couldn't just move the tv wherever we wanted. yeah, our birthday entertainment was a mathemagician. because if there's anything that improves magic, it's math. the only thing he taught us was how to subtract kids from a party. ♪ let's get some cake in you. i could go for some cake. [ male announcer ] switch and add a wireless receiver. get u-verse tv f

mar ed lee and i are asking for the shaping of the events. we want to know what it will take for our children and youth are there smarter efficient ways that can together help our kids to success. please coupling come to one of the meetings. we have available this evening this flier i'll show to everyone that lists all the dates and the dates i'm about to read are on www daughter uc sf c we'll be in the western edition in the fillmore from 530 to 8:30 and it will be for the western fillmore community at the african-american cult conflicts only fulton street. we'll be meeting for the sunset richmond neighborhood 55 concourse drive in the golden gate park at the bay view ymca lane street in san francisco for the china attain northern beach community are on october 12th on 950 clay street and for the other november 14th at the elementary school school in san francisco. in terms of a pointed of privilege thank you to all ask the and administrators and everyone for their absolute extraordinary response for the bart strike p there were huge efforts

but it's speak symbol and lastly on a personal note ed lee and i joked about this. a one hundred and 50 something years ago there was a very famous picture of another great transportation and i'm not talking about this 77 years ago i'm talking about the trans conditional railroad came together. and in this picture of asian america studies i know that the bankers in the middle then the irish workings and the chinese workers who did the most dangerous part of it and today two chinese mayors are going to be bringing it together here in san francisco (clapping) and so on a personal note in the years of victorys of the martin luther king speech and that come out said everybody should mayor whoever they want. this is how beautiful it is to have a place like the bay area where we dream and innovate and change the world >> ladies and gentlemen, please welcome congresswoman 13th district. >> well good afternoon. let me first thank mayor quan for your tremendous leadership to all of our elected officials to marry lee and, of course, to marry willingly i didn't brown. let me j

---el alcalde "ed lee" visit hoy las instalaciones del hospital y all prometi hacer los cambios que seancesarios para reforzar la proteccin de los pacientes. ---an se desconoce la causa de la muerte de la mujer. cesar --- estudiantes en la universidad estatal de san jos vivieron hoy momentos de temor despus de que se reportara una persona con una pistola dentro de un edificio en el campus. pitch blanca --- el pistolero nunca fue encontrado, pero el incidente trajo recuerdos de masacres como la "virginia tech". ---jaime peluffo tiene el reporte.. take pkg :01 - :06 :17 - :23 :29 - :33 :57 - 1:03 1:05 - 1:11 trt: 1:51 o.c. falsa alarma. el edificio sweeney hall fue rodeado poco despus de las 9 de esta maÑana y unos 300 estudiantes y personal docente fue ordenado a quedarse en sus salones y oficinas.. s.o.t. dianey causor/estudiante 19:14:13 dos horas duramos ahí adentro en puro susto. esta estudiante fue una de ellas. s.o.t. dianey causor/estudiante 18:44:25 trancamos la puerta, cerramos las cortinas, y de repente un montón de policías entró con rifles, esculcando la clase y de allí no más

quan and now it's my pleasure to introduce the mayor at the end of the bridge of san francisco mayor ed lee. (clapping) >> thank you malcolm. if i may start off by saying i just want to join in everyone else's great presentation and deep presentation for all of the contractors and the men and women who have built and designed this bridge before also want to thank steve because we've grown accustomed to a assuring voice positive face on this promise and i just want to say thank you steve because you helped all of us think as a bay area not just as an individual cities and counties. thank you to steve (clapping) aqua net and i rode over the oops way on the new span and marveled at being able to do that. perhaps the only time in our lifetime expect if you're in the custody of the highway patrol. in 193 of the east and west came together to celebrate this largest bridge of its time. and i know while it took a while today wire once again coming together to celebrate this innovative design we know will be an icon around the world. thank you, mayor brown for your push for a that iconic design the

. >>> san francisco mayor ed lee has pledged to respond to all change.org petitions with a certain number of signatures. he is the first in the country to make that pledge. the white house has been responding to on-line petitions since 2011. topics have ranged from wall street reform and gun violence to questions from star wars fans about the possibility of building a real life death star. >>> petitions for ed lee have called for an end to stop and frisk programs and for protections for occupy protesters. >> all right, our time is 6:10 a new push for immigration reform, how president obama will challenge house republicans later today. >> plus an 11-year-old boy under arrest, what he is accused of doing and why it led to his school being locked down. >> good morning. we are getting word of a new crash in the east bay and also looking at the existing commute where the fog is not a big issue but we do have other problems causing slow downs. >> well not as foggy today visibility wise but low clouds in fact more so making a stronger push inland that means cooler inland temps, we will show you

next up my good friend and an awesome mayor, mayor ed lee (clapping) >> thank you well jeff and kari congratulations. i've just been allotted a tour with s o m and plant organizations to take a at the theatre. let me tell you it is transform active for this corridor. i know how hard supervisor wiener and kim and mark leno when we all had been thinking about how to reinvest in this whole life corridor on market street. we were waiting for moments like this. to truly signal a big transformation change along market street and k c e t strand is wonderful you'll see the 3 hundred seats in the theatre and wonder why didn't we do this long time ago. i've often said market street is a big priority but i have to tell you the truth it wasn't twitter it began with arts grassroots organizations taking the risks the costume shop and others joined supervisor that kim and i and said can you take the risk first and a attract some of the small businesses. they went about it when twitter and is an desk and other wonderful companies that are located here now were then ref the compliment. we talk about

but it gives me great, great honor to introduce the mayor of our city, mire ed lee (clapping) >> thankch and good morning, everyone i'll speak quickly before the next interlude. thank you richard for your expert leadership for the board. open occasion my. i've had a number of dinner meetings and they'll i couldn't me what's our passion and the things you have to get done. in any. what's on my mind was a lot of different problems. in the backdrop wove having had cutbacks from the state and that was already surging with governor brown's leadership but again the statistics with ron andcytes invited us to her house and we talked about that with friends. so rendering and i reviewed with the folks the statistics and we've gotten one big one was the improvements of our schools being the number one improvements last year in all of the public schools in california the rainy day fund in our school district was beginning to pay off. what's going on behind that and we discovered the big drop off in the middle schools that's where the truancy starts and the resources were very much lacking even tho

. >> mayor ed lee addresses the outrage over a missing patient who was found dead at san francisco general hospital. >> this should not have happened. we all agree. >> the action the mayor announced today to make sure it never happens again. >> a day of were any frustration. -- worry and frustration. daphne webb's second birthday as they hold out hope she will be found. >> complete bay area news coverage starts right now, this is ktvu channel 2 news at 5:00 p.m. >>> hello. i am gasia mikalian. >> and i am frank somerville. >> there are now just under 7 hours, that is when the 60 day cooling off period expires. that mean physical no agreement is reached -- means if no agreemental is reached bart work --greement is reached bart workers -- agreement is reached bart workers could stand. the unresolved issues, wages, healthcare contributions and staffing. ktvu's tom vacar joins us live  from oakland. >> he has the latest on the talk and what union members said today. tom? >> reporter: they are upstairs, negotiating, trying to reach a settlement, both understand that a strike would be disastrou

insinuated and passed for our commission in support of the resolution that has been submitted by our mayor ed lee. i'm on a the time combhant i constraint here. after the mayor's office of office of hope the commission at its regular meeting on february 27 unanimously passed a resolution hereby expressing their support in its efforts to convert jen's street into a one hundredhi. they already serving 80 people and let those supervisors do what they need to do they've got to get on the mayors housing. their krashthd with this man laws and a market whatever they say but they've got to go. >> thank you and thank you. and thank you, dr. shelton >> it's one of my vivacious so good afternoon again, i apologize but i believe in being heard. i'm dr. shelton and i'm the second vice president of the naacp which has been in san francisco for 91 years. so i'm here to say on above of the naacp vote for this if anythingable loan so we can do more for the homeless. all of us in this room and city of san francisco wore one event away from ann homelessness it's called an earthquake. it didn't matter how bigor home

and last and not least the mayor of city and county of san francisco, ed lee.ould like to start with vice president turman and president mazzucco to say a few words for you. >> thank you very much, inspector monroe, distinguished guests. tonight i ask my vice president turman to be present, because he actually participated in the selection of these awards. on behalf of the police commission i want to congratulate the officers and their families. we have had a busy week at the san francisco police department, on friday night we graduated 46 brand-new officers from the 235th recruit class, and during my speech to the officers, i talked about being courageous. you are courageous. i talked about becoming san francisco's finest. you are san francisco's finest. on tuesday we had a promotion ceremony and another speech speaking to officers and commanders and i spoke to them about their role and what is expected of them training the next generation of san francisco's finest. and during that i talked about leading example. i said lead by example by the plan there, chief

mayor ed lee said it was no accident the funds from sales force were spent on middle schools. >> we discovered when we lookbed at all the schools -- looked at all the schools we saw the drop off. that is where the truancy starts. that is where the resources were very much lacking. >> at a morning tour of the school leaders saw the effect of the grant earmarked for buying ipads and increasing wireless access for the students. sales force founder, that is him, vowed to continue to help the san francisco school district. >> this is not our first contribution to the school district and not our last. we are here for the long haul. >> the teacher cools are aimed at improving student performance in science and math. >>> one stop shopping for help with housing,iotomy and mental health -- employment and mental health services. among them -- >> i am transgender and i have been homeless for two years and i am desperate for help. it is been way too long. i am hear to get information about housing or what i can do to further -- better my situation. >> the san francisco health department says they are tryin

. >> as the clock ticks down ed lee postpone aid trip to china, hoping to help forth an agreement. >> bart negotiations continue the bart board president is speaking live. >> it's become crippling for the district. we're unique in this clause. few people in the world, if anyone still has this. i will give you an example. if you have been faxing, a report, to people we can't access e mail anymore without a mutual agreement. union would have to say we're e mailing it. you can imagine this filling out that existed it's become the very, very expensive proposition getting in the way of our providing service we need to provide. another important issue for us is 40 hour week. currently you can call in sick, not show up. then come in and get overtime. most workers don't abuse this, but some do. workers that don't and riders are paying for this, now we need to clear this out of of the contract. we want to give them a fantasticly good contract that is what we've offered but we need our workers to meet us part way getting rid of some of the thing that's get in the way of providing service that w

. >>> ed lee and city officials held this ribbon cutting ceremony for the new 100-unit affordable housing project in the city's western edition neighborhood. the complex officially opened a few months ago. it was named after mary helen rogers, community activist. >>> burlingame police are asking for the public's help to find a missing man. family members say 79-year-old scottie morris was last seen yesterday morning leaving his home on ralston avenue. his wife says she believes he went for a walk on lur lirng game avenue several blocks from the home. morris was wearing a light sweatshirt and black sweatpants. >>> the u.s. department of justice has filed a lawsuit against the owners of a fremont apartment complex. the suit claims the woodland garden apartments on bell street discriminates against families with children. the justice department said they decided to sue after receiving complaints from five families who live there. they say management does not allow kids to play on common grass areas of the complex. federal officials say families with children should have the same ability as o

. >> ed lee vows to get to the bottom. his plan going forward. >>> the debt ceiling before the deadline and despite the shut down show down. >>> low clouds and fog around the bay. you can expect some of the clouds first thing tomorrow morning and i'll let you know if we have any rain drops on the five day forecast. female announcer ] now you can turn pillsbury crescents into an easy dinner with crescent dogs. just separate, add hot dogs, cheese, roll 'em up, and bake. lookin' hot, c-dog. pillsbury crescents. make dinner pop. but press them flat, add sauce... and some pepperoni and cheese... and school nights turn into grands mini pizza nights. pillsbury grands biscuits. make dinner pop! >>> american scott carpenter has died. seen here was the fourth american astronaut to fly in space and the second to orbit. earth. he died this morning in denver. he was 88 years old. >>> president obama met with a group at the white house to discuss the government shut down and a new plan to raise the debt ceiling. wall street soared highe

meanwhile, san francisco mayor ed lee says he is ordering an independent review of hospital securityin the light of the tragedy. before making that announcement he toward hospital floor when lynne spalding disappeared. he also check the alarm on one of the doors leading to the exterior stairwell where her body was discovered. the mayor said he didn't see any security cameras in the hallway leading from spaulding to run to the stairwell. new this morning the man arrested for performing acrobat--acrobatics while naked at a san francisco bart station has been released. 24 year-old yenier perez was doing handstands and flips and accosting customers and employees at the 16th street workstation. perez was released on the condition he continue to receive mental treatment. his lawyer says his actions stemmed from a mental breakdown. prez's due back in court next wednesday. we will be right back. [ female announcer ] now get high speed internet at home on our newly expanded advanced digital network, a connection you can count on. at&t u-verse high speed internet offers more speed options, rel

mayor ed lee was but then decided not to. now we will have tom talking. we will keep you posted as to what happens next. >> phil, thank you. let's listen in on that press conference right now. >> thank you all for coming out today. i am the president of the board of directors. here to talk about the offer b.a.r.t made last evening. we feel like we have reached the limit, the outer limit financially of what we're prepared to offer to settle this. now, the bargaining seam is -- team is inside. they stayed there until 2:30. they are there again today to talk about this offer. we want to keep the conversation about it going. we have been asked in total for 150 days at this point. we think it's time for the union leadership to let us know, to let the people of the bay area know whether they're going to take an offer to their members yet. it is the middle of october. ac transit negotiations have been going on at the same time. there have been two offers in these negotiations, even though we are months beyond the deadline. the reason we want that to happen is we

san francisco mayor ed lee says he's launching an independent review of the city-run hospital. >>> police in fremont have released new video they say shows a young man and woman targeting and attacking a 70- year-old woman for her gold chain necklace. this is surveillance video from the walmart last friday. the male suspect is seen targeting his victim as if he were holding a rifle. later the victim leaves. the suspects follow behind out in the parking lot, the young man grabs the victim's necklace and the victim falls to the ground, breaking her hip. >> for him to do this to somebody, that's weak and frail and to break her -- you know, fracture her hip, something that she will be permanently hurt for for the rest of her life, it makes you boil. you want to get these people. >> the victim was it having from out -- was visiting from out of the country. a female drove the getaway car, a silver or gray hyundai with tinted windows. if you recognize the suspects call fremont police. >>> san francisco police are investigating two bank robberies yesterday afternoon. the first was at 1:00 p.m., t

meanwhile san francisco mayor ed lee says he is ordering an independent review of hospital security andhe light of the tragedy. before making that announcement he toured the hospital floor where when spalding disappeared. he also check the alarm on one of the doors leading to the exterior stairwell where her body was discovered. -lynne spalding. >>: there was an alarm that you could hear. it's a very busy floor as well. there is constant motion on the floor so you have to put all the facts and perspective of the daily operation. >>: an addition to testing the door is alarm we took a look at the security cameras and >>darya: kit the man arrested for performing acrobatics like it at a san francisco bart station has been released. 24 year-old yenier perez was doing handstands and flips and accosting customers and the police at the 16th street bart station. perez was released on the condition he continue to receive mental treatment. his lawyer says his actions them for a mental breakdown. peres is due back in court next wednesday. >>george: all have a look at your traffic on the female anno

ed lee. i'm here tonight to celebrate with an actual proclamation. if we can just take a moment. can the individuals that are being honored tonight, can you just stand for a moment? [ applause ] >> [ cheers and applause ] >> i like how they stood to face the tv cameras and not anybody else. i appreciate that. because i want to recognize you. part of why we are here tonight is in recognition of all of you as leaders. and really when we are talking about the civil rights movement, it almost doesn't matter if that movement stops. and having you here representing what civil rights looks like today and the work that all of you have done is really important. so i just wanted to acknowledge that and i know it's why everyone else is why celebrating the work that you have done and the commitments that you have made to civil rights in the past today. that's a big deal. i want to acknowledge it and recognize that. this afternoon when i was speaking to the mayor about this event and he had a conflict which is why he couldn't be here this evening and he asked me to speak. i had something to s

mayor ed lee met in august with the bond rating agencies moodies, fitch rate ins and standard & poor's, standard upgraded the city's general obligation bonds to double a minus to double a plus. moodies and fitch also affirmed their double a credit rating, citing a strong local economy and budget flexibility. >> well, 4:52 is the time edid you hear about the 9-year-old boy who stowed away on a flight to las vegas? well, we are now hearing from his father, talks to reporter. >> samsung's newest cell phone, how much it costs and why it has a curved screen. >>> welcome back, and this certainly was not a fun ride, thrill seekers got much more than they bargained for there. yeah, it broke down, trapping riders for two hours, they were stuck in the ride 170 feet up in the air at an angle of 90 degrees, they think it was malfunction. >>> the boy from snuck through squirt and flew there on his own without a ticket is expected to be returned tomorrow. the boy's father spoke to reporters yesterday with a hoodie pulled tight to hide his face, he said his son is a troublemaker who does not listen t

next i wanted to mention on behalf of mayor ed lee that the affordable care act open enrollment period is under way, he has asked all of the city departments to help to put the word out to the public that the open enrollment is occurring now. the city has set up their own website to help people understand the difference between the affordable care act and healthy san francisco. the website is called sfgov.org/ health reform, or you can go to coverage ca.com for information. the new healthcare options take effect on january first, 2014, so it is very important that everyone enroll, if they need to, now. and also, you could go to the port's website sf port.com and click the button that will take you over to the city's website at sf gov.org/ health reform so hopefully everybody will do that in the next month or so. i wanted to mention, again and i probably will one more time that in december we are holding a special meeting instead of being on tuesday, december 10th. it will be on the 12th, the same time at 3:15 here in this room but just a special note that it is two days later than it w

. >> today, san francisco mayor ed lee toured the hospital, including the fifth floor where she was lastalive. >> the city is responsible for what happened here. >> the mayor also vowed to make changes to protect

strike put ed lee's business trip to china on hold. we caught up with the mayor yesterday. he says he and an aide spent the afternoon calling b.a.r.t. management and labor leaders along with the government's office in an effort to urge both sides to find common ground. he was scheduled to attend this morning's warrior's game in china before meeting with beijing and metro officials. >> i think the saddest person was anita my wife because she expected to be on that flight with me but i told her to be the best representative she could along with the others, and i'll be here trying to avert what i think is devastating to the whole public and the bay area. >> now one person who doesn't have to worry about juggling her trip is oakland mayor jean quan who left friday for china with a separate delegation from the bay area council business group. >>> it's 4:40. millions of dollars worth of merchandise missing. it may not be the work of a thief. coming up at 5:00, the dispute at a high end store inside one of san fransisco's most famous hotels. >> and a new plan to catch criminals. h

today mayor ed lee said he is hiring an independent consultant to investigate the hospital's security protocols. >>> this is going to be a [ indiscernible ] opportunity to do so because this should not have happened. we all agree. and we want to prevent this from ever happening again. >> the family is completely satisfied with the mayor's involvement. it shows the level of human concern the mayor has and also as mayor of san francisco. the family is [ indiscernible ] that the mayor is here today. >> the coroner has not yet identified a cause or time of death but perry says he has been told that investigators have ruled out foul play. >>> san carlos city leaders aren't convinced that a pg&e pipeline is safe so they turned to the public utilities commission for help. line 147 runs underneath busy britain avenue near holmes, a church and playground. don nap reports on the battle. >> reporter: the trouble with pipeline 147 is that it's 84- year-old old and it's been buried for 84 years. despite claims it's say, officials say no one knows what's going on. >> at this point in time we don't

mayor ed lee announced that an independent review of the hospital would be conducted to find out hown spalding's body was discovered in a stairwell oct. 8. sheriff ross mirkarimi pledged his support friday of the independent review. the sheriff's office is conducting its own internal investigation of its operations at the hospital. spalding was admitted to the hospital sept. 19. she had been losing weight and may have been suffering from some kind of infection. on sept. 21, spalding disappeared from her hospital bed 15 minutes after a nurse attended to her. >> coming up on the kron4 morning news. a man speeding through a hayward neighborhood crashes his car through a hayward neighborhood crashes his car into a house. i want you to know stuff i want you to be kind. i want you to be smart. super smart. i want one thing in a doctor. i want you to be handsome. i want you to be awesome. i don't want you to look at the chart before you say hi...david. i want you to return my emails. i want you to keep me doing this for another sixty years. at kaiser permanente, we want you to choose the do

. >> the a bart strike may force ed lee to postpone a important overseas trade mission. and he a delegation scheduled to travel to china monday. but lee does not want to be out of town if there is a bart walkout. meantime today, mayor lee accepted blame on behalf of the city for the death of a woman who was found in a stairwell at the hospital that reported her missing. lynn spaulding went to san francisco general hospital for treatment but died in that stairway near her room. wayne freedman is live with the new details tonight. >> well, the mayor's revelation ask admission was remarkable. let's go right to it. >> city is responsible for what happened here. >> with those eight words, san francisco mayor placed full clout, and power of the office into finding out what led to disappearance, and death of san francisco general hospital patient lynn spaulding. >> this should not have happened. we all agree we want to prevent this from happening again. >> in two and a half weeks the 57-year-old went from being a patient under treatment to a missing person when she disappeared