>>> no one knew why roxanne ellis and michelle abdill were murdered. the motive didn't appear to be robbery. blood patterns indicated the women had been shot inside the truck. four shell casing from a .25 caliber pistol were found near the bodies. there were no foreign fingerprints inside the truck but there were several overlapping shoe prints from a man's shoe. >> this was on kind of the chrome-plated bumper area that had kind of a dirty grime, kind of oxidized layer on it. and when the individual stepped on the bumper, he left a negative impression. >> the autopsies revealed the women were killed the day they went missing, and there were no signs of sexual assault. the medical examiner found bluish-green polyester fibers in and around the fatal wounds. >> either the gun was fired through an item like a blanket or some intermediate object or intermediate target and then fired into the victims' heads. >> and there was a gash in roxanne's calf near the taped bindings, which suggested the killer bound the women inside the apartment, led them down to gar

can you believe this, ellie? ellie? hey, ellie! could i keep the bird? russell: uh-huh. uh-huh.e. go on! get out of here! shoo! go annoy someone else for a while. dug: hey, are you okay over there? (kevin squawking) uh... hello? carl: oh! hello, sir! thank goodness. it's nice to know someone else is up here. dug: i can smell you. what? you can smell us? dug: i can smell you. hey. (snickers) you were talking to a rock. hey, that one looks like a turtle. look at that one! that one looks like a dog. (exclaims) it is a dog! what? we're not allowed to have dogs in my apartment. hey, i like dogs. we have your dog! whoa! wonder who he belongs to. sit, boy. hey, look, he's trained. shake. uh-huh. speak. dug: hi, there. (carl and russell gasp) did that dog just say "hi, there"? dug: oh, yes. my name is dug. i have just met you, and i love you. (carl stammers) my master made me this collar. he is a good and smart master, and he made me this collar so that i may talk. squirrel! my master is good and smart. it's not possible. dug: oh, it is, because my master is smart. cool! what do these d

i have informed that the puc, gave miss ellis something like a five-day suspension. and we have accepted a stipulation in which she admitted to some fairly important and agregious corrupt conduct in my opinion, influencing a government decision in which the official has a financial interest, so my motion for next time for discussion is going to be that we recommend to the puc, in light of her admissions, contained in the stipulation, that she did indeed commit these violations of influencing a government decision in which the official has a financial interest, that we recommend to the puc that she be terminated. >> is that something that we need to vote on? >> you can't, this is a discussion item only, that is for the in-coming chair to take under advisement when he and i plan the next month's agenda. >> thanks. >> dually noted commissioner keane. >> anyone else? >> and any public comment on matters appearing before the commission, or not appearing on the agenda? >> actually, you have to have public comment for items for future meetings. >> okay. >> comments on the m

she thought that miss ellis would be good for the community. >> if i recall i believe that they said when she was new she thought that she would be good for the community but it turned out not to be that way. >> the way that it is characterized here it has her making a statement saying that they thought that she thought she would be good for the community. >> i agree. >> that mischaracterizes the tone. >> we will review the taped record and fix that. >> okay. >> any other corrections or changes? >> any public comment on the minutes? >> commissioners, ray hartz director of san francisco open government. i only on these minutes want to comment on item number 2. first i want to acknowledge dr. derek hur for all that he did and continues to do to raise the ethical level of city government. what dr. kurr endured sends a large and clear message for the employees of the city, don't report wrong doing and don't trust the whistle blower program and don't trust the people that you work for who are doing the illegal actions that you are trying to report. follow the example of this ethics commis

because of the ellis act. the requirement, the cop program certificate holders still have -- there's three units in a development that are available and three certificate of preference folks want those three units, they're going to the certificate of preference -- >> okay. sorry to keep everyone -- >> no, okay. >> just the last thing i would say is on the digital methods of reaching out. i know that's what the mayor's office of housing is doing in terms of building the portal and presumably it will be done before the block 49 lottery july 2015. >> yes. >> but i would love to see something about how digital outreach will be done in the dda, not making it necessarily a developer requirement, but every other method of outreach is prescribed, specifically called out like what newspapers you're going to reach out through, what neighborhoods. i would just like that mentioned in the same way that i would like the clarification of the connection between the developer arrow down to the mayor's office of housing for the

[speaker not understood] we need to change the ellis act. in the meantime unless we make it so that relocation costs are sufficient for people to live in san francisco, you're not going to have a lot of people remain in san francisco who are being evicted. and i forgot to thank the tenant advocates who have been working with my office on this piece of legislation, including the tenants shallv union, casa justa and the housing rights committee and there are so many others. and the rest i submit. thank you. >> thank you, supervisor campos. supervisor wiener. >> thank you, madam clerk, for rereferring me. i did neglect to thank a couple people. i agree with supervisor mar that this would not have been possible getting us this far without our legislative aides and jeff kreton in my office has been a yeoman's work in helping to move us forward with peter lauderborn and yoyo chen. our aides make us look good and do just incredible work so i'm very grateful to jeff in my office. i also want to thank the deputy city attorney, carol brewer who did ph

county of san francisco some protections in the unfortunate event that they face eviction under the ellis act. what this resolution does is that consistent with the case law that has recognized the right and the responsibility of jurisdictions to help tenants who are evicted stay in the city, this legislation gives tenants in san francisco who are evicted under the ellis act the chance to continue to live in our city. the reality is that under the current existing law a tenant can receive no more than 50 to $100 in the event of an ellis act eviction, and the total for a unit -- for one unit cannot be more than 15,000. anyone who knows the state of affairs of the rental market in san francisco knows that $5,000 is simply not enough to allow these tenants to be able to stay in this city. and while it is true that we collectively not only on the board of supervisors, but working with the mayor's office -- mayor's office are working to reform the ellis act in sacramento, and that's an important piece of this strategy. as that work continues, there will still be many san franciscans who will b

and if you do get an ellis act eviction, you can fight it. the more people who fight it, the better it will be. >> reporter: there is a bill right now at the state capital that would close loopholes in the ellis act including a profission that requires ellis wanting to use it to own the building at least five years first and the group is planning to hold more events like this to draw attention to what it calls an eviction crisis. anne makovec, kpix5. >> thank you ann. that bill was introduced by mark lemo. he would apply it only to the city of san francisco. >>> happening today in oakland, a protest on the anniversary of trayvon martin's death in florida. it is part of a nationwide hoodies up day. 17-year-old martin was wearing a hood when he was shot and killed two years ago tonight. zimmerman was acquitted and the protest in oakland starts at 4:00. >>> less than an hour from now, bay bridge officials will providen update on the eastern spans t. rods were found defective almost a year ago. >>> more miserable weather for the northeast. it is

pitch blanca ---y para ello, se necesitar reformar una ley estatal conocida como "el acta ellis".proyecto que haria esto y pilar niÑo tiene los detalles. take pkg 00:01 00:15 00:35 01:04 en los ultimos tres anos han subido en 38 por ciento los desalojos de inquilinos en san francisco...pe ro los que han usado la ley estatal ellis como mecanismo para lograrlo se han incrementado en 170 por ciento..... phil thing/asambleista de california 0:15 esta ley nunca fue hecha para sacar a las calles a las familias a cambio de unos cuantos dolares, dijo hoy el asambleista phil ting hoy en san francisco el fue parte de un frente unido de politicos, sindicatos y miembros del sector tecnologico que reclaman y apoyan una reforma a esta ley... ed lee/alcalde de san francisco 0:34 23:41:54 apoyamos la compra y venta de bienes raices dijo el alcalde de la ciudad, pero cuando compran solo para sacar a los inquilinos y poder vender a un precio extraordinario ese es el mensaje equivocado..... la ley ellis fue creada para permitir a duenos de propiedades retirarse del mercado de alquiler... pero en san

>> if not, we will proceed to our first item, which is in fact, the juliet ellis and >> and you have the settlement gret before you and the stipulation document and a couple of notes about this, this is a joint settlement and so there were three negotiating parties and the respondent and the two enforcement agency and because the fppc has heard and accepted the settlement agreement in a public session, we are in an unusual situation, because our regulations require that this is things be debated in closed session and however since it has been debated publicly, the city attorney has advised us to do the same. and so the staff and the city attorney will represent any questions that you have about the document in the settlement. and anything that is in this department, and if we go. off of the document, and into some details about the investigation, we may have to pull back from there. the bottom line in the settlement is that altogether there are several findings of violation of state and local law. for the purposes of simplification they have settled with the respondent for $3500 for

that's not what the ellis act was created for. they struggled for an answer, a result of the booming technology industry. ron conway who represents hundreds of tech companies says the sector supports the changes. >> entry level tech workers are impacted by rising housing costs just like everyone else. >> outside demonstrators identifying themselves as small apartment owners protested saying the ellis act isn't the cause of displacement. >> these legislators want to know why there are a shortage of rentals. they need to look inward at the laws they are passing that make it more and more difficult, more and more extensipensive to own property. >> reporter: evictions in san francisco tripled in the last year with more than 300 properties taken off the rental market. among them, the home of 74-year-old lee. >> what i really hope is that no one will ever be evicted and face the ellis act the way i had to face it. >>> still ahead, a new vision for downtown san jose, and the distinctive change that could be headed to downtown, plus. >> i

that's not what the ellis act is created for. that's the opposite of our values in this city. >> lee and leno say a number of ellis act evictions has tripped -- tripled in the past year. they say leno's bill would further hurt owners by restricting property rights. >>> harold ramos has died. he passed away this morning in his chicago home surrounded by family and friends. he was 69 years old. in 2010, the actor was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease that causes swelling in the blood vessels. he made his hollywood break through in 1978 when he co- wrote "animal house." he's survived by his wife, three children and two grandchildren. >>> a uc student said she was gang raped and beaten this weekend. who police are looking for and the popular location where the attack occurred. >> it's a beautiful day around the bare but it's all about -- around the bay area but it's all about to change. rosemary will be here to tell you when the cool and wet weather is expected. >>> and a 12-year-old is now celebrating a major milestone. what the

the chemical higher than standard, in six area schools yesterday, including at eldest daughter's ellie's school. >> my big concern will be the health of my kids maybe in ten years. >> reporter: restaurants say

michelle ellis is a rookie officer in training. this is her second beak working on prison grounds. >> my husband, you know, kind of was skeptical at first. i think he knows this is something i really want to do. >> i've always had a passion for law enforcement. it's just something i love. my kids were kind of excited. i don't think they really understand everything that's going on. you have to remember stay firm and consistent. you can't treat anybody any dichl we're all human. we are all men. you just have to remember. hey, this is the leiutenant again, can you send offender tye up to the custody, i need to speak to him. >> sense being caught with a cell phone charger, prison officials have suspended his contact visits. now they've just handed down a roof on his request to be married at the prison. >> and tonight, you get married at this time, your conduct history. >> how can they deny me? >> this is what they did. >> all i'm doing is relaying the reason. he wrote down here safety and security of the facility. >> i got caught with

jean ellie joins us from san francisco with more on how this all happened. >> reporter: this accidentappened more than 200 miles from here. but chp officers here and in the bay area are feeling the emotional impact. responding to an accident near fresno, two chp officers end up in a deadly collision of their own. >> the officers took evasive action to avoid striking the parties from the previously collision, lost control, struck the guardrail and severely crashed. both officer received fatal injuries. >> brian law and juan gonzalez were killed. the chp officers were partners and friends. graduating from the academy together in 2008. both had ties to the bay area. law started his highway patrol career in oakland. colleagues there say it's heart breaking to lose a friend. >> he will never be forgotten. he was a great guy. >> reporter: law is survived by his wife and three children. gonzalez worked in san jose before transferring to fresno. he was talking about getting married. his former partner in san jose will remember gonzalez's friendly demeanor. >> always had a smile. really approa

to file criminal charges against landlords who are using the ellis act to evict elderly tenants. low-income families are also targeted. >> for profit we have been in our homes and places. i have been in the fillmore district for three generations, they steal the land from under us. >> under the ellis act property owners evict tenants if they are move the building from the rental market. but some of the most vulnerable are sent into the streets. >>> there was a time when the city of martinez wanted to get rid of the beavers, now the beavers are playing a role in drought protection this dry winter. many are trying to save water, the family of beavers may teach us about conservation. >> on this morning the beavers had called it a day. tucked in the banks of the creek. but the video gives us a glimpse in the lives. >> the beavers have done well. there's been several series of births from the mother. 18 beavers have been born. >> you don't have to see the beavers to see the benefits. look at the wildlife, the ducks, the birds in the habitat the beavers have created and sustained even

ellis act he vicks are a sore topic now, they've tripled during the last year. >> california children are the only known victims of a miss serious polio-like virus that has doctors working to find a source. first known victim in 2012 was a 2-year-old in berkeley the children suffered from weakness or paralysis after having respiratory problems scans of the spinal cords show similar to those in polio victims researchers are working to track that i willness and say despite the unknown origin there is some good news. >> there has been no increase in frequency of the cases so we don't see anything building up. we don't expect actually we'll see, you know, rapidly increased numbers of the cases. >> right now, an estimated 20-25 children have the symptoms. the cdc says it's not been discovered in any other state. coming up, diane sawyer takes a look at the mysterious california illness. >> another spectacular winter day in the bay area today. we'll show you a live picture now. amazing conditions over san francisco. looking towards golden gate bridge. >> however, changes are coming up. sandh

david campos propose legislation that would force landlords it ellis activations to pay the difference between the rent on the tenants old apartment and they're new san francisco rental. the landlord would be required to make up the rental difference for two years. currently they're required to pay each infected ten of 5000-dollar relocation fee. but the amount for each unit is capped at $15,000. >>> a group opposed to the warriors proposed arena delivered petitions today to san francisco city hall. they want a measure on the ballot that would require any project that would exceed the city's height limits along the bay to be approved by voters. >>> the police chief in vallejo announce plans today to step down saying he feels confident he's been able to create a strong foundation of professionalism in the apartment. the chief says he's been in the police business for 35 years and was appointed interim chief in july, 2012 and took on the role permanently several months later. during his tenure the chief says he's revived the citizen complaint process, the internal affairs division, he sa

when they got to ellis island, they picked the name of the farm where they lived near bergen, norway. the thune farm. my grandfather became nick thune . they got through ellis island and then they got a sponsor inside the code and they came out to work on the railroads. learned english, save some money and in due time bought a small merchandising store which eventually became the hardware is in us. and that is kind of how we got to south dakota. >> brothers, sisters? >> i have three brothers and his sister and one younger brother. two families. two older brothers and a sister. then i came along later in life and my younger brother. >> your dad is still alive. 93 years old. part of the greatest generation. >> he is. my dad was one of those guys they grew up in the middle of the depression. my grandfather, as i mentioned, nick, came from norway. when they moved to my hometown, you know, it was a hard time. and going to the depression really shaped that generation, but they had a real sense of sort of public duty and very conscientious about things. he became a very accomplished basketba

reporting live in san francisco, jean ellie, nbc bay area news. >>> the first lady showing her supportor michael sam, you are an inspiration to all of us. we couldn't be prouder of your courage both on and off the field. >>> new at 11:00, more than $10 million is how much money the city of san francisco lost by hosting the america's cup last summer. the are ngata cost a total of $11.5 million. they are negotiating to bring the race back to san francisco and the bay in 2017. >>> back to sochi. so far the biggest rock stars of the olympics are the slopestyle snowboarders. gold medals for two americans. >> what do we say shredding with sage kotsenburg and now jamie anderson. and i suppose they have to check in with you before coming back to america. >> of course. they have to do a one-on-one. i met jamie anderson before the trials. she started snowboarding at age nine and was competing by age 15. after that it was gold medal after gold medal at all sorts of extreme sports competitions and now she can add olympic gold medal to her list. >> oh, my gosh. words can't describe. it's been just

nbc's rehema ellis is in berwyn for us tonight. good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. take a look at this tree, now horizontal and scraping up against the house behind me. this is what a powerful storm can do in a community. trees and electrical lines snapped under the heavy snow leaving hundreds of thousands to wonder when will the lights come back on? much of pennsylvania woke up this morning to buzzing sounds of repair. roads were blocked by fallen trees and downed power lines cutting off electricity for more than 800,000 customers at the height of the storm. donna graham and her two daughters woke up to a very cold house. did you think, i need to buy a generator? >> well, we say that every time the power goes out and we never get one. but now we're going to get one, right? >> reporter: jackie and frank pedigree in maple glen spent the night close to the fireplace in their den. she slept on the couch, he slept on the recliner. this is your central heating right now? >> yes. >> reporter: like the pedigrees, there are still more than 400,000 without power with parts o

lee ellis, the book is called reading with honor. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> for free transcripts or to give us your comment about this program, visit us at you and day.org. q and a is also available as a podcast. >> tonight on c-span, david cameron answers questions about flood relief in southern england. lawsuitalks about his on the obama administration's privacy rights violations of american citizens. right toons and the vote. then, another look at you and day. from the british house of commons, this is half an hour. >> order. ell, we got through the lots and the principals of present and house is expectant and we can move on to questions to the prime minister. >> number one, mr. speaker.

jean ellie has more on a national day of protests. there were vigils and demonstrations all across the country. >> hundreds of people participated here in san francisco. protesters gathered here outside the state department's office. the state department issued a report that says the keystone pipeline will not increase carbon pollution. and tonight protesters had their say. hundreds of people gather outside the u.s. state department office in san francisco to say no to the keystone xl pipeline. >> we know it fails the climate test he set. >> reporter: the opponents organized this rally and hundreds of others across the country. after the final environmental impact report saying that the pipeline will not affect the carbon levels. the approval or denial is unlikely to significantly impact the demand for crude oil. the report gives the president the green light to approve the 875-mile pipeline to carry crude oil from canada to nebraska. but critics disagree with the report. >> we know that pipelines leak. and this one will be no differe

in addition, the ellis act was enacted 185. it's 2014. ~ 1985 the increase in rent has gone up incredibly, exponentially. all i sd is that we find ways to mitigate the hardships that are placed on tenants, not tenants like me, but tenants who don't speak the language, who have been threatened -- sorry, to be threatened that they'll be sent out of this country. again, i just ask you to support -- work in collaboration with campos and coauthors and thank you for the time. >> next speaker. >>> good afternoon, president chiu and supervisors. i want to sing... ♪ city sunday will never be the same the denver broncos lost the super bowl game they'll not be back again when i woke up sunday morning to watch the super bowl game and i watched it all day till it was almost dark sunday will for the denver broncos never be the same they've lost their super bowl game and i hope they'll be back again i remember sunday in the city sunshine and half time was fine sunday will never be the same they've lost their football game and not be able to b

we get that story tonight from nbc's rehema ellis. >> reporter: in kindergarten, children learn their abcs. experts say it's also a crucial time to learn a healthy lifestyle. in a new report, emory researchers followed more than 7,700 children starting in kindergarten from 1998 to 2007. they found children who were large at birth and overweight by kindergarten were four times as likely as normal weight children to become obese by the eighth grade or around 14 years old. >> the first five years of life are really, really important. so, as parents, as clinicians, as a society, really focus on those first five years on ensuring healthy nutrition, ensuring healthy lifestyles. >> reporter: at the lewis household, they're making changes. >> i just want them to learn how to be healthy, because diabetes runs in my family and heart disease run in my family. >> reporter: andrea lewis says now her family tries to eat healthier. plus, she's enrolled her 8-year-old and 5-year-old in the children's healthy lifestyle program at duke university. >> you get to have fun with your friends and ride your

war. >> lee ellis, go back to november 7, 1967, at 4:00. what happened? >> i was in my 53rd combat mission in vietnam. that day, we rolled in and were working with a group that had called us in and said that they needed some bombs on gunners. we rolled into do that and there were two of us on the f-4 phantom. the bombs came off the airplane at 4000 or 5000 feet. unusually, the airplane burst into several pieces. we were tumbling, end over end. there was smoke in the cockpit and i could not communicate with my partner. i knew i had to get out and i was well trained. i was about to eject over enemy territory that we had to bombing for a couple of years. there was no other choice and i pulled a handle. everything worked automatically and perfectly. it blew the canopy and blew me 50 feet in the air. it separated the seats from me, which automatically pulled the d-ring. it was less than 2.5 seconds from when i pulled the handle. there was a lot of shooting going on at the ground and they were shooting at our wing man with a nest of guns. there w

rehema ellis with us tonight. as always, thank you. >>> we turn overseas now to ukraine, still unstable after the president was driven from power four days ago. that has prompted this country to send in a small team of specially trained marines to help protect the american embassy in kiev just in case. we're also getting a better understanding of why so many ukrainians were so fed up with the president, viktor yanukovych. for many, it begins just north of kiev at a lavish 340-acre estate he left behind, where we can now see how he lived. our chief foreign correspondent richard engel takes us inside what is being called tonight a monument to corruption and greed. >> reporter: ukrainians still hunting for their deposed president, today flock to ring his doorbell and pose for pictures on the grounds of his former estate. with police gone, it's guarded by protesters now. but there's been no looting, just curiosity. and like with so many fallen leaders, there's no accounting for taste. viktor yanukovych kept a fancy ri

rehema ellis, nbc news, new york. >>> thank goodness. and that is our broadcast for this wednesday evening. brian will be back with you tomorrow night from sochi. i'm ann curry, and for all of us here at nbc news, thank you and good night. >>> it's dry now but the rain is on the way. i'm raj mathai. >> i'm jessica aguirre. a live look outside the live camera network. dark clouds in san francisco, oakland and san jose, the start of two powerful storms headed to the bay area. if you're not seeing rain yet, just yet. chief meteorologist jeff ranieri is tracking the storm now. >> the moisture moving into the storm system beginning to produce a few rain drops over the past 15 minutes. radar beginning to show light areas of rainfall beginning here in the north bay south down to san firefighter yell. it's beginning to get wet here. there is green on the radar but taking a lot of moisture in the mid levels to actually get this to hit the surface. it's drier in the lower levels, a few spotty showers to palo alto and here toward the the bay bridge

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