maggie for wells fargo. she can say a couple words on behalf of wells fargo, and we will like to thank her. thank you, maggie. [applause] >> thank you. good evening. i am so proud of presenting wells fargo and the 25,000 team members who live and work in the san francisco bay area here tonight with you. first of all, let me say salute to the council with generals, supervisors, district attorney, and treasurer. they're all here in the room tonight for this special event. i also want to extend my congratulations to all the awardees here tonight. your story is inspiring. your work in the community is excellent. it is really important for the community, so thank you so much for your great work. tonight, on behalf of wells fargo, we want to celebrate hispanic heritage month. this is not the only event we sponsor throughout the year. just for this month, with wells fargo, you probably get a lot of invitations going to hispanic heritage month or the mariachi festival in san jose. coming up, another event. when macy

[applause] >> for encouraging wells fargo to do what's right. and of course all the volunteers who make a difference every day on aids walks, aids hotlines, delivering meals or working here in the grove. i could go on and on. but let me leave you with this. as henry wells said, we have accomplished much, as we do render good. perhaps in the not too distant future we can return here to the national aids memorial grove. we can return to this very spot and celebrate all that we did to stop h.i.v. and aids and celebrate a cure. we are not alone amidst these trees and in the warm embrace of this grove, together we have, we can, and we are making a difference. it's a pleasure to be here. thank you. [applause] >> thank you, martin. as i conveyed in my remarks a few minutes ago, were it not for the courageous leadership and the risk-taking ability of the community that we live in, the city and county of san francisco, not only would we not have this space, but we would not have perhaps a national memorial to h.i.v. and aids. it's a unique relationship t

up. >> reporter: wells fargo declined an on-camera interview but a spokesman said wells fargo workedith the woman for some time to find an alternative to foreclosure. >> i feel very connected here. >> reporter: she has a civil case against wells fargo bank and new cal financing for predatory lending and elder abuse. all she wants is her home back. >> this was my life. >> reporter: wells fargo says it is working with many homeowners going through foreclosure. they say in 2009, 716,000 home loan modifications were given out throughout the country, 135,000 of them here in california. but dana, they also made record profits in 2010 and this year is going well for wells fargo, as well. wells fargo say they will stop doing evictions on people during the holiday period from december 19 to january 2. but once the year starts up again in 2012, apparently it's going to resume. >> all right. len ramirez, thank you. >>> president obama is pushing congress to act now on a proposal to extend a popular tax cut. the payroll tax break for the middle class is set to expire at the end of the month. the

next is marked with wells fargo. >> hello, i work for wells fargo bank. i cover the northern california region. i usually focus on about $350 -- $350,000 of sbe loans. last year, for 2010, i did 43 loans. so we are lending. i usually focus on six different types of loans. start-ups, business acquisitions, real estate purchases with ti's, working capital, a partner buyouts, business expansion. when i am looking at a potential loan, i use the standard five c's of credit. the first one is character. what we are looking for is a minimum score around 640. we would like to say no recent bankruptcy foreclosures, bankruptcies, tax liens. if we see a loan that has been modified, we would like to see a reason it was modified, what ever reason it may be. it cannot be, i did not want to pay that payment any more. the second c, conditions. basically, how precise will the money be used? we are looking at a business plan. when you look at a business plan, that is just a start up. we are looking to see where there will be the need for lending. if you are an existing busi

katie marzullo joins us with the -- us with the story. >> reporter: wells fargo is holding that event in san francisco today in which customers can come in, if they are struggling with this mortgage and sit and get face-to-face help in order to avoid foreclosure. in a tough spot unable to make payments on his san francisco home. >> i was caught in one of those loans you had to pick your payment. was told some things that weren't true about it and i got cat up in the payment mortgage crunch. >> reporter: his loan was through wachovia and he's happy to be dealing with wells fargo. >> if they can see a person they will open up and tell us more about what they need and share their financial history with us and they are more comfortable less intimidating. >> reporter: through out reach like this workshop, well fargo has modified more than 700,000 home loans since 2009. >> our goal is to keep people in their hopes. we don't want to for close on homes, we are not in the business of owning homes. >> got hope. they say keep hope alive that's what i'm trying to do here. keep my hope as life to

katie marzullo joins us with the -- us with the story. >> reporter: wells fargo is holding that event in san francisco today in which customers can come in, if they are struggling with this mortgage and sit and get face-to-face help in order to avoid foreclosure. in a tough spot unable to make payments on his san francisco home. >> i was caught in one of those loans you had to pick your payment. was told some things that weren't true about it and i got cat up in the payment mortgage crunch. >> reporter: his loan was through wachovia and he's happy to be dealing with wells fargo. >> if they can see a person they will open up and tell us more about what they need and share their financial history with us and they are more comfortable less intimidating. >> reporter: through out reach like this workshop, well fargo has modified more than 700,000 home loans since 2009. >> our goal is to keep people in their hopes. we don't want to for close on homes, we are not in the business of owning homes. >> got hope. they say keep hope alive that's what i'm trying to do here. keep my hope as life to

i do have one question for wells fargo. what are the typical rules for applying for sba loan of less than $50,000? how much money do we need to have in your bank to apply for a loan? >> i am on the smaller side of the bank. i am a transaction guy. i do not technically require one to have an account to do a loan with. what i look for, i generally start at 100,000 and up. when it is a requirement of 50,000 or less, i tend to call of the micro guys to help me out. that is right in their box. for us, the capacity for us to do the smaller side is not there as much as it is for them. on getting a loan through my side of the bank, i do not require an account to do that. we would like to have it, but i do not require it. >> last question for the opportunity fund and a critic representative. are you a cdfi? is san francisco and s.p.a. in support of cdfi's being established in san francisco? >> yes, we are. we were founded in 1999 with a small business loan. that is how we started our tenderloin office. >> opportunity fund is a certi

now, attorney wayne silver has filed a lawsuit against wells fargo to try to get darlene's home back. >> the lawsuit has claims for fraud, wrongful foreclosure, predatory lending, unfair business practices. things of that nature. related to the original loan. >> reporter: in response, wells fargo issued this statement saying wells fargo worked with miss bowlen for some time to finds an alternative to foreclosure and were not able to find a solution. she raised her three children here, planted this palm tree. now, she stays with her son in san jose while she looks for a place to live and prepares for more radiation treatment. this holiday will be tough because her home sweet home is now bitter sweet. >> doesn't feel like a holiday. uh-hunh. >> reporter: darlene tells me while it may be too late for her to get her home back, she's hoping her fight will keep other people from being evicted. reporting live in san jose, marian marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >> thank you. california and no evidence you might know, suffer the higher foreclosure rates in the country. tonight, there's an i

he tells us even though wells fargo has nothing to do with the occupy movement many people believe it is a sign banks are starting to hear occupies message. >> here inside of bay view district he came to try to save his home. >> he is one that came here to talk face-to-face to the home preservation division that set up shop today inside of the church. he says his monthly mortgage payment with wakovia bank. wells took over his loan and hopes they will modify it. after his meeting he feels hopeful. >> i am leaving here with the feeling that i am going to be in my house. >> reporter: they deny feeling pressure from the occupy movement. he says today's workshop was planned before the occupy movement began. >> there is a perception about the industry but that is a separate issue. i can tell you wells fargo is working to help people to find banking solutions. >> reporter: but occupy sup porters in san francisco, who have been forced from the plaza, now protesting in front of the federal reserve say they have made a difference at major financial institutions and they are paying attention. >>

last but not least, we have our conditional lender represented here by wells fargo. mark cyrus is the senior fda banker for the region -- the senior sba banker. he held businesses choose the best loans for the growing business and focus on a comprehensive understanding of their goals for their business. mark is responsible for helping entrepreneurs with sba loans every step of the way. i would like each of you to speak a little bit about what your organization does and, more importantly, address the audience here and let them know what your looking for when you are hoping to fund their loan. we will start with you, mark. >> absolutely. thank you. i want to thank speaker pelosi for putting this together. i want to thank all of the of for coming out on a smell it -- snowy san francisco date. [laughter] we've been told we should get us know when we go back outside. not sure what to expect. second, i thank speaker pelosi for all the work she did to support the jobs act and before that, the stimulus bill, the original american recovery act bill that allows sba to be able

wells fargo customers can meet with housing counselor to apply for a home loan modification the eventtil 7:00 tonight at the calvary hill community church at 141 industrial street in san francisco. >>> wells fargo is hosting a job fair today. looking to fill at least 70 positions at various branches. the bank says the applicant should have sales and/or customer service experience. the job fair from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the wells fargo branch at 1995 elka mean yo reel in santa clara. >> -- at el camino reel in santa clara. >>> how is the dow doing jane? >> volatile, we've been up and down several times, starting with stock futures overnight. right now a little bit lower dow down about 50 points or so, 45 or so, watching what is going on in europe, holding a big is up mit today and tomorrow. investors are going to be tearing apart every comment from anyone involved looking for clause about the meeting's outcome -- clues about the meet's -- meeting's outcome. weekly unemployment claims at a nine month low. dow right now down by 35. s&p and nasdaq slightly lower. bloom

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she's filed suit against wells fargo accusing the bank of predatory lending and elder abuse. he says banks need to do more to help the elderly and sick. >> it may be too late to help me. myself, but i want to see if we can get laws changed. to at least help other people in my position. and i just want my home back. >> wells fargo says it believes the loan was handled properly and said it worked to find an alternative but were not able to find one. >> the head of the faa said today he will resign following a drunk driving arest over the weekend. he was arrested saturday when police found him driving on the wrong side of the road. he offered resignation to his boss and saying in a statement he did not want to allow anyone to cast a shadow, his words. >> and governor jerry brown went to hollywood, announcement of a new attraction at universal studios, calling wizarding world of harry potter. >> california is a mythic place. the name has an aura drawing people from every country in the world for hundreds of years. and the motion picture industry a part of the continuing unfolding

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sacramento, 56. >> i have a good friend that lives in fargo. >> 19. >> we call her fargo. she is always cold and in fargo. >> don't you know. >> very cold. she loves it there. herere is a question, what t do with all of those unsold christmas trees that don't find a home before christmas? doesn't everyone have the question? >> that's the question. we have the answer. how about give them away. some exotic animals in southern california can enjoy them. that's right. that's what they did yesterday. when truck loads of the trees were delivered off to angelos national forest. the bears, what do you want me to do with this thing now? >> animals got to enjoy the trees nobody wanted. they didn't know it wasn't christmas anymore either. look, he's eating the tree. >> is that like dental floss? >> like a tasty treat for them. >> sappy. nice. nutritional value in pine. >> who knew? >> it's the new diet for 2012. we'll be right back with more "world news now." ♪ 'o christmas tree 'o christmas tree ♪ [ other merv ] welcome back to the cleaning games. let's get a recap, merv. [ merv ] t

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. >>> if you or someone you know is looking for a job wells fargo is hosting a career fair, looking to kill at least 70 positions. and the bank says the ideal apply can'ts should have sales or customer service experience. some of the job hopefuls talked to abc 7 today. >> i was working in a chocolate factory in union city. things got slow there. so yeah. i got cutoff after two years. a lot of people got laid off. >> anything where i get to have interaction with a person versus computer, just in there, all day. >> and the job fair continues until 8:00 tonight at wells fargo branch in santa clara. special holiday post marks may be harder to find. postal service move as head with plans to close a number of facilities. post offices appear on the list of about 3700 post offices targeted foreclosure. the postmark features three wise men following the star of bethlehem. if they close, holiday mailers can get special most marks from north pole and santa claus, ind ind and efforts to make the holiday season shine for people who are often overlooked at this time of the year. [ female announcer ]

and this is more comfortable. >> and wells fargo modified 700,000 home loans since 2009. >> our goal keep people in their homes. >> i hope that, you know, keep hope alive. and that is what i'm trying to do here, keep my property. >> the event is here at the community church in san francisco located at 141 industrial street lasting until 7:00 this evening and walk ins are welcome. >> racy photo triggered a national uproar causing this woman's family to disown her. >> and a curfew on gamers in south korea. xoxwxwxwxwxwxwxwxwx7 >> it's 4:44. checking out the view, our camera shooting back towards san frachblt i wander back they told me one thing that happens when you get this particulate matter is that you get beautiful sun sets. is that what we're seeing now, then, they tell me to get out of the weather office. many believe a if you gaming curfew infringes upon rights of kids who are often plague online games 24-7. it bans kids under 16 from playing online games between midnight and 6:00 a.m. south korea government believes the law will help children 9-12, 14% of them are internet addi

this event will be held at wells fargo el comino and scott branch.re will be two sessions and the first will be from 9:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. a second session will be held from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. tonight. >>> steve jobs has a new space ship campus and they promise the campus will be environmentally friendly to provide most of the power to the facility. they also show the roof of the circular main building will be covered in solar panels. that will be one of the largest solar panels in the country. >>> the expansion plans are good news for the economy but ifs a -- but it is a different story for commuters, here is more where there are traffic concerns, good morning. >> reporter: 2000 of them are heading here to the east campus and of course you can expect more traffic out here at the intersection of willow road for an expressway but environmental groups say it will affect a lot more than what they see, because it will increase 6600 at the memo park campus. that is 3,000 more employees than the building's former objection pants and they will ne

and icy on i-94 from bismarck to fargo.ies to duluth. >> if you're flying, there could be delays here in new york and boston. >>> i want to get to the brawl at the mall of america. right now, there's plenty of criticism of mall management on the facebook page. >> but security has been stepped up after monday's chair-throwing melee. joe mason of our minneapolis affiliate has more. >> reporter: the mall turned into the brawl of america. complete chaos, posted on cell phones and own youtube monday. and this kind of senseless violence gives some shoppers second thoughts. >> when i heard about it, i thought maybe i should call my daughter and think about not going. >> reporter: but the fights didn't stop donna from bringing her 1-year-old grandson, tyler, to shop. >> i noticed a lot of police officers walking around. people watching. but i think people's on guard a little bit, too. >> reporter: she's right. you didn't have to look too hard to see security looking at you. and that gave many shoppers a sense of security. >> we jus

it is rain, but it is in fargo, north dakota.he wet weather caught a lot of people off guard, especially at the end of december when you know, they are used to using the shovels and umbrellas. some teenagers who decided to go skating, well, you know, a little slushy. can you say that? >> yes. slushy. >> reporter: so we've got rain in fargo, snow around the metro. >> yeah, basically what happens is the area of low pressure around the great lakes. a little closer to the mid- atlantics with the flurries here today. >> yes. >> most of the mountains are getting most of the activity, but yeah, we're going to get milder conditions for them and for our area over the next few days into the holiday weekend. and then get ready for some arctic air to really make it feel like, you know, true winter has arrived come 2012. all right, we'll first talk about some of the snow that's still falling on out there. again, real light stuff. talking about flurries. go north around hagerstown to the mason/dixon line where you see that area in blue. we'll

. >> a santa clara expert says they often don't know the borrowerring because wells- fargo took over an exiting loan and almost half of the borrowers then were buying multiple homes. >> if you try to evaluate whether someone is deserving of your compassion you will have to know what's happened throughout the entire period. and the bank is looking at today. >> all the banks they have to stop, they have to understand people. >> she's now suing wells-fargo and will spend the holidays getting ready for court january 3. in san jose, ktvu channel 2 news. >> it is not a part of the solution and your part of the problem. >> the occupy -- visited a san francisco neighborhood today. they rallied around foreclosed homeowner, about two dozen people heard complaints about bank foreclosure problems from three disstressed homeowners. they urged city supervise source to find ways to resolve foreclosure issue. >> >> high school students at a school staged an occupy protest today on campus. the unearth docks demands coming up in about ten minute. >> >> california and nevada top prosecutors are joining

wells fargo hosted an event in the bayview. the bank and credit counselors met with customers to discuss loan modifications and other ways to avoid foreclosures. >> i have hope that i'm going to save my property. >> some customers this can a little intimidating. it's their home. and so they want to make sure that somebody is really dedicated to help. >> wells fargo says it has modified more than 720,000 loans since 2009. according to calorganize.org, 12,000 homes foreclosed in san francisco since 2008. >>> other bay area headlines, a big step today toward building a bart extension into silicon valley. the valley transportation authority approved his $772 million contract for construction of the bart extension to san jose. the winning bid came in $75 million under the projected cost of the project. officials say construction could begin next spring with completion expected by late 2016. >>> police in santa cruz cleared out the remaining protestors from that city's occupation encampment this morning. 6 people were arrested when n

. >> just 30 in fargo. 33 in the twin cities. 53 in omaha. mostly 50s across the rockies. but the pacific northwest. phoenix, you're going to climb to 71. sacramento, at 64. middle 30s in the northeast. and 60s from new orleans all the way to dallas. >>> well, coming up, detecting cancer with just your breath. >> an amazing breakthrough here. >>> then, the latest honda recall. the car giant doing something it has never done before. >>> and a lineman on the oregon football team, getting set for the rose bowl, stops to save a life. >>> and welcome back, everyone. bp employees could be facing criminal charges for last year's massive gulf well explosion and spill. "the wall street journal" says company engineers allegedly lied to regulators about the risks of drilling before the deepwater horizon well blew, killing 11 people and causing that worst offshore oil spill in u.s. history. >>> honda is taking an unusual step. it's telling its dealers to stop selling used cars. the automaker's recall for a faulty air bag in older vehicles keeps expanding. the problem is bad parts that

. >> [inaudible] do we end up with a wells fargo here? another bank of america over there? what projects as going forward? supervisor mirkarimi: you read my mind. that is a perfect segue. i wanted to talk about rezoning, areas that fortified neighborhood interests so there is not another chase situation or wells fargo, or what have you, that should put us in this position again. >> i worked as an environmental analyst for a number of think tanks and then applied to that trade in law enforcement where i went to the san francisco police academy many years ago, graduated from the sfpd class, trained in environmental forensics, both here locally, state, and finally by the u.s. epa in a training center, and i worked with the district attorney's office in san francisco for nine years becoming -- before becoming elected supervisor. i was one of 20 people who co- founded the green party in california. i thought that the democratic party in the united states had essentially vacated or left and use a little too much with the political right. in my opinion, there had been insufficient

. >> watch as this woman walks into a wells fargo bank in essex surrounded by customers, she approaches the counter, quietly passes the teller a note demanding money and indicates she has a weapon. within minutes she's out the front door with the cash and investigators say this wasn't her first hit of the day. tuesday morning, the same woman passed a robbery note to a teller at this bank on east monument street near johns hopkins. she didn't get money that time. fbi officials say they don't see many female bank robbers. >> it's very rare, especially nationwide in baltimore. it's less than 10% that females do bank robberies. >> and this woman could be on a crime spree. >> just last wednesday on december 7th investigators believe that same woman robbed another wells fargo branch right here along st. clair road. >> she tends to wear the same clothing. it looks like she's wearing the same hoodie, and also the same boots, i believe they are uggs. >> the robberies have some bank customers worried about security. >> which is probably a caveat of some firepower. >> investigators are concerned t