one thing i've noticed since moving here is that you get this strange dichotomy between the federal city and the "real d.c. ," the city that is not part of the federal city. the one thing i have been astounded by is the amount of cultural history you find here, especially with jazz. another thing i was surprised to learn in the last couple of years was the u line arena on h street, which is today and abandoned shell of itself, was actually the sight of the first beatles concert in the united withs and had a history the civil rights movement as well. i wondered if you had some history about some of the more culturally significant aspects of the city in addition to the politically important ones. >> i have been very forced rated -- frustrated by guidebooks where you have 10 chapters, and the 11th chapter says, "by the way, there's a black history trail." i did make an attempt to integrate the history of african-americans, as they are an integral part of the city, from the time of slavery, but there were free blacks here. there were many free blacks here in georgetown. the fact that there w

i'm happy. >> one thing i noticed since moving here, you get this strange dichotomy between the federal city and the "real d.c.", or the city that's not part of it. another thing i was surprised to learn in the last couple of years is the arena on h street, which is today an abandoned shelf itself and used as an indoor parking garage was the sites of the first beatles concert in the united states and had a history of the civil rights union as well. i wonder if you had tips about the cultural aspects of the city, as opposed to the politically significant ones. >> i've been frustrated by guidebooks. i did make an attempt to integrate the history of african americans in washington, because they are an integral part of the city and from the time of slavery, but there were free blacks here, and many free blacks in georgetown. the fact that there was a free man's village at arlington cemetery. howard university and the friedman's bureau and also u street. i mentioned the howard theater and the lincoln theater. i tried not to include commercial entities, i mean, i was very tempted to put ben's chil

city. since the electorate to fast-changing to read and slightly less than three seconds. a violation of state and federal standards. city has contended that the light meat traffic standards but clearly there is a groundswell of public opinion protesting the red light cameras. fueled in part by last night's federal corruption indictment. safety improvements may not be as effective as advertised. i'm frustrated because of the simple fact that it paid my taxes have to turn around and say they have to pay the city. just a short while ago the mayor and responding to the complaints. working mainly with the inspector general. to make sure it is achieving the goal. mix we see we have seen as a 30% reduction in traffic accidents. the city also facing a challenge from the illinois supreme court. in the river and manage charge of bringing a loaded handgun to midway airport here the suspect accused of having his 9 mm in the carry-on luggage. agents discovered the gun and contacted police right away. the man is scheduled to fly to atlanta. >> the body of the oak park woman found stuffed in a suitcase is being returne

city. >> mayor is asking for help from the federal government. the city began fencing off downtown last night so heavy machines can haul away debris. businesses have started a massive cleanup. >> when we could get family set up, that is what everyone will need. >> the number of red and yellow tagged buildings will grow. >> napa valley will resume public services with mapping and building re-opening and the administration building including the county clear are moved to the same building and will be open at 1:00 o'clock. the d.a. and public defender have moved to the main library. services are posted on abc7 news come. >>> in vallejo engineers will see if more of a church bell tower will have to be demolished. we watched firsthand at the first baptist church. >> brick by brick this bell tower slowly came apart. the pastor alerted the city as soon as staff noticed significant cracks and hired a crew to dismantle the top portion of the tower. >> the top of it was lending. a wind could blow it over. we rocked it with our hands. >> officials say vallej

live from the federal courthouse in center city, vernon odom channel 6 "action news." >> thank you. >>> the funerals for three children held today. saying good-bye to terrence moore, thomas reed, and keiearra williams. the children were hit while selling fruit for a church fundraiser. two men behind bars for charges relating to their death. more on "action news at 6:00." >>> a man accused of killing a millville police officer in a crash last year pled guilty today. timothy sidell pled guilty. and he was charged with vehicular homicide after he slammed into the car last july. reeves died and another officer injured. and face as maximum sentence of 20 years behind bars. >>> the federal trial began in center city this morning for a collegeville man charged with child pornography. the investigation into kraft after inappropriate online contact with a boy. and if convicted of a charges facing a minimum of 15 years in prison and a maximum sentence of life. >>> at this hour city leaders and police with a call to action to fight crime in a neighborhood where a murder happened over the weekend

the federal, the state, and then starting in 2004 the city's minimum wage. the -- i'm sawyer. the line that's hard to see on this, it's even hard for me to see, but it's the dotted green line at the top is where the federal minimum wage in 1968 would have been were it indexed to inflation. the federal minimum wage and the state minimum wage are not indexed it inflation. had the federal minimum wage gone up by inflation since 1968 it would be slightly, very slightly above what san francisco's minimum wage is today. another factor that affects the context around san francisco's minimum wage is that the state has already acted to raise its minimum wage. it went up to $9 effective july 1st of this month and will go up to $10 an hour in 2016. both of those state increases are higher than a typical minimum wage adjustment so that means that absent any local action the gap between the state and the city minimum wage will, will shrink in the next couple of years. this is a chart indicating the relationship between san francisco's cpi adjusted minimum wage and median rent paid in the ci

. >> cities are where you distribute services. federalovernments and state governments tend to move money around. cities are where you pick up the garbage, where you educate the kids, where you bring down crime, where you enact health measures that you can actually see. what you can buy, how it is labeled, where you can use it, those kinds of things. if you take a look at most of the progress that has been made in climate change, for example, it has all been done at the city level. very little -- even in this country, when we are fighting guns, obesity, improving the school systems among those are not done at the federal and state level. those are done at the city level. >> bill, i have always wanted to know this from you. you have such a huge arsenal of resources. both of you do. how do you pick the causes that you get behind? >> globally, i think the greatest inequity is how poor children don't get to grow up and achieve their potential. either they die or they simply don't have enough food that their brain develops. we have decided tha

>> 200 injuries now, the napa city council voted to seek federal disaster relief >> there have been five after shocks today. two state law bridges were forced to be without water. tonight hearing from one of the youngest people injured in the earthquake. from his hospital bed in sacramento, this 13-year-old wroerl says he's fortunate to be alive after a pile of bricks nearly crushed him. >> started calling to get to the door. and the chimney collapsed on my back. i stumbled forward. and i was screaming for my mom and she tried to get to me. and so finally, paramedics came afterwards >> the surgery lasted nine hours and we believe he is going to be okay. >> that we're thankful he's doing well. >> labor day weekend is typically one of the busiest. so wineries are boyried that visit visitors will stay home not going up to wine country. >> people who work here tell me in the past days it's been more reminiscent of mid january than late august. napa valley vines attract tourists have around the world. >> grapes are ripe and it's just a wonder full time to be here. >> today, crickets >> we nee

city. they had been left completely defenseless by the federal government. lexandria's militia has been taken and pretty much squandered. they were up near fort washington for a while and now that washington had and burned, they had been marched away. the city fathers essentially had no defenses. town, most ofs in the canon save for a couple had been taken away as well. mayor and others had gone to madison the previous year and said, we do not have any defenses. if the british make it past the cattle bottoms -- cattle bottoms, we are pretty much defenseless. kettle bottoms, we are pretty much defenseless. madison said they could not defend every turn up at. toy quickly surrendered captain gordon and they wrote out a delegation the day before. captain gordon said wait until i position myself off of alexandria. then you can surrender. by august 29, he had positioned in alexandria. his arm ships, and --bomb ships theluding his meteor and vietnam, they were capable of -- and the etna, these chips were capable of setting the city on fire after a few well-directed

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. >> 200 injuries now, the napa city council voted to seek federal disaster relief >> there have been five after shocks today. two state law bridges were forced to be without water. tonight hearing from one of the youngest people injured in the earthquake. from his hospital bed in sacramento, this 13-year-old wroerl says he's fortunate to be alive after a pile of bricks nearly crushed him. >> started calling to get to the door. and the chimney collapsed on my back. i stumbled forward. and i was screaming for my mom and she tried to get to me. and so finally, paramedics came afterwards >> the surgery lasted nine hours and we believe he is going to be okay. >> that we're thankful he's doing well. >> labor day weekend is typically one of the busiest. so wineries are boyried that visit visitors will stay home not going up to wine country. >> people who work here tell me in the past days it's been more reminiscent of mid january than late august. napa valley vines attract tourists have around the world. >> grapes are ripe and it's just a wonder full time to be here. >> today, crickets >> w

the hospital says they will continue to work closely with federal, state and city officials. >> jon: i'm not an epidemologist or immunologist or versed in disease control, but a good start to a solid quarantine i think would be shutting the [bleeped] door. am i wrong here? [cheering and applause] i mean, right now you're trying pull a quarantine. ebola could just flow right outside. it wouldn't even have to hurry. do-do-do. probably this guy doesn't even have ebola, but if he does, is the city screwed? >> one doctor tells me even a actual ebola case in new york city would not be cause for panic. >> it's not like flu where it can be carried in droplets in the air. ebola needs direct contact with bodily fluids containing the virus. >> jon: i don't know about you people, but i think dr. aflac here just gave me some ebola. right here. direct contact with bodily fluids, huh? [laughter] so maybe it's not too bad, even if this patient is infected, we can handle one case. it's new york city, baby. as long as all the other cases stay out of the country. >> the second american doctor infected

city. >>> federal officials began their probe last year after the philadelphia police department saw an increase in shootings involving their officers in 2012. >> police commissioner charles ramsey himself asked the department of justice to get involved. nbc 10's rosemary connors is joining us live from philadelphia police headquarters tonight. >> rosemary, what did commissioner ramsey have to say about the ongoing federal review? >> reporter: renee and jim, i just spoke to the commissioner within the past half hour. he says that the department of justice will be taking a look at this most recent incident. he also says that the number of police-involved shootings in this city has gone down since 2012. in terms of this case, the incident that happened from overnight, the police commissioner believes that at this point, the officers acted appropriately. >> it was right out of a movie. i couldn't believe it was happening. >> reporter: described by neighbors as a shoot-out, the scene near magee and torresdale was litter. according to investigators, ellis shot officer steve korpalski when he tried to

all giving everybody big hugs. >> there is a 55 million-dollar threshold for the city to qualify for state and or federal funding in that emergency declaration. city officials say they are still tallying up the numbers. they hope to have the first assessment of the dollar amount sometime tonight. >>> san francisco mayor was in napa today to see the earthquake damage on hand. other city and county leaders. has a lot of historic masonry buildings susceptible to earthquake damage. >> i think the challenge of the day. napa wouldn't be that kinds of -- if it wasn't for the mist or i can buildings. >> offered support to rebuild and clean up crews from san francisco. >> the city of napa is changing the locations for where people can get rid of things damaged in the earthquake. dumpsters placed at schools are overflowing. the city is hoping to have those sites closed by tomorrow. new drop off locations will be set up in city parks. those bins have been filled up with all kinds of items, furniture and bricks. ken wayne told us a moment ago how napa declared a state of emergency. in solano county also declared a s

before the city of napa can get any federal aid, it has to come up with a damage estimate. the city has teams out right now inspecting buildings red and yellow tagging houses and businesses. >> 49 buildings have been red tagged in napa more than 100 have yellow tags. the difference? red tagged buildings cannot be upped until they have been cleared by a structure engineer. and the damage to red tagged buildings that we've seen is extensive. >> the building itself is in pretty sad shape. the back just about fell down. >> richard day practiced law out of this building. his practice on hold indefinitely as he looks for a new place. >> everybody is doing that today. trying to find the few offices available. >> greg keller is the building owner. >> it might be a bigger mountain than i thought to climb. >> reporter: keller was out of town when the quake hit. he asked his wife barbara to stop by to turn off the gas. >> i thought i was going to turn off the gas. it was a shock. >> the building was their retirement income. >> so i don't know do some cutting back and we'll just have to

president decides to declare a national disaster, quake victims would then be able to apply for federal aid. >>> and cityofficials in napa say there should be no water line leaks left and water service should be reer toed to all customers right now. 2.6 million pounds of debris from the quacollected. more than 95% of the wineries are now open. >> one tour fwus company says business is down following the quake, but drivers are assuring people that the vineyards and tasting rooms are not only safe, they're not to be missed. we havm lore from san francisco. . >> reporter: driver kenneth green cheerfully greets his passengers at fisherman's wharf. they're napa pound and thirsty. bennett harris is in the group. >> if i hadn't been planning to come out, i would want to choose to come now. >> he booked his nap that tour after the earthquake, for a bigger reason than just wine tasting. >> i was in new york shortly after 9/11. and i remember from that experience that the people in new york were very excited to have people still come, you know, to still have confidence in the commerce there. >> reporter: drivers w

the annual retreat for central bankers hosted by the kansas city federal reserve in jackson hole, wyoming. and today amidst the elk, the moose and the low-hanging clouds came two speeches from arguably the two most powerful central bankers in the world. and their stories were very, very different. federal reserve chair janet yellen's highly anticipated speech described an improving u.s. job market albeit one that is improving slowly, and an economy that is making progress. but her european counterpart, mario draghi, described the euro area economy as one that is sick, and made clear that the u.s. and europe are on very different economic paths. but those weren't the only headlines out of the symposium. something happened there in jackson hole today that has never happened before. protests. steve liesman has more. >> reporter: under the shadow of the cloud shrouded ground tetons fed chair janet yellen and ecb president mario draghi addressed the bankers in jackson hole and their speeches spoke of growing differences in their interest rate policies and economies. in fact, zradraghi noted in

the city is working to come up with an estimate for the damage so that they can secure federal fund ng and city leaders are hoping that tourism will bounce back in this area. a lot was made of all of the wine that was destroyed. as the mayor joked, there's still a lot left. we're live this afternoon in napa, alex savidge, ktvu channel 2 news. >> thank you. >>> since the quake hit on sunday, there have been 8 of aftershocks in the area sur running the he pip center. scientists have been studying the activity and ktvu's janine de la vega joins us live now from the usgs in menlo park where an aftershock occurred right during your interview. >> reporter: yes. we were inside along with other media inside this building looking at a computer screen talking to a geophysicalcy sift when we heard an alarm and it kept saying aftershock, aftershock. it detected an aftershock six seconds before it actually happened. >> you are actually seeing the early warning. this is the -- the test phase is 2.7 aftershock. >> reporter: at 10:56 this morning, the usgs's early detection equipment showed a 2.7 quak

. >>> new at 11: angry property owners slapped philadelp law enforcement with a feder lawsuit. it claims city leaders have been misusing their power to seize property. sometimes swiping cash, cars, an homes from people befor they even have been charged with a crime.theeizures may add up t million a prortyre have been digging into the acce impacts thousands of pevery single year.orter: iny impact some eople a year yielding millionsf dol for theracticsll kwn as civil forfeiture and most often used in drug case it here feder cou as s i entil. they lke home. >> they did. >> reporter: chris showed us the holes in hisinstalled a padlock. law enforcement officials seized the northeast philadelphia home where he raised his kids. after his son was arrested for selling a small amount ofrugs outside, law enforcement deemed the family home connected to crime. the attorney acknowledges the district attorney can legally seize property, even before someone is convicted if police deem that property connected to crime. but she says such civil forfeiture happens far too often here. the class action alleges bet

and today his family filed a federal lawsuit against the city of san francisco. david stevenson joins us with new details about the case and the people who turned out to protest what they call a case of police brutal. >> reporter: the federal lawsuit finally comes after a day of rallies in which the family continues to dispute the police's version of the shooting. >> justice. justice. >> reporter: cries for justice this afternoon high above san francisco. it's where 28-year-old alejandro was shot to death after pointing a taser at police officers. >> we know the truth. alejandro never pointed any taser. that is a flat out lie. >> reporter: 100 people gathered to protest following the filing of a civil rights lawsuit. the family and supporters have also called for a federal investigation and say the facts of the case are being held back by local police and prosecutors. >> what do we want? justice. >> that is why we need to go to the federal court and they will have a much stricter calendar and guidelines that san francisco must follow. >> reporter: police chief sur

city. a federal class-action lawsuit has been filed against officials here, alleging that the state routinely violates the indian child welfare act. i went to meet one of the mothers involved in the lawsuit, madonna pappan. >> hi there. >> how's it going, madonna? i'm wab from al jazeera. >> nice to meet you. come on in. >> thank you. >> i don't like it. >> okay then don't eat that baby. not that part anyway. eat that part. madonna's two children were taken into state custody two years ago. her daughter was removed after madonna's husband drove intoxicated with the young girl in the car. dakotah, her son, was at home with a sitter at the time. >> my son had no reason to be taken and they took him from me at school two days later. i requested to see him before they had taken him so i could talk to him and explain to him what was going to happen. and i didn't get that chance. >> i was so frustrated. i was not happy. i said, i said okay i'll go. i won't put up a fuss, so i just went. at the court hearing for madonna's children, the judge ordered that they be kept in state custody for 60 days. th

wrong doing. >> we know any employee broke any ruleless. >> reporter: nonetheless the city of san bruno wants the federal government to appoint a representative. the city wants some of the fines to support a california pipeline trust. tomorrow during advocate safety statewide. also presumably the cpucs job. >> we do not trust the cpuc to perform its statutory function. >> reporter: the city wants cpuc president to step down for perpetuating until this day a too cozy relationship with the city. and those involved in the coziness should be gone as well to end it once and for all. >> reporter: yes, we would believe they should step down. >> reporter: talk about business yesterday unfinished. nearly four years after the explosion, this neighborhood still has many lots that are barren and unbuilt on. >> we would like to see something done sooner if not later. >> reporter: kearny has rebuilt, but the one beside him and across the street remain barren. >> i think pge and is dragging their feet in getting these lots sold. >> such as normal could ever be here. >>> clouds and patchy drizzle earlier tonight. we'll

. >> the family of a san francisco security guard shot to death by police filed a federal lawsuit against the city. the 28-year-old was killed in march after police say he appeared to point a taser at officers. ktvu david stevenson was with the protests today as they remembered the man and drew parallels with other police shootings around the country. police, prosecutors and the family are all awaiting the medical examiner's report on the shooting. in the meantime, the federal civil rights case today aims to expedite answers. more than 100 people marched from the hill at midday, egg nighted by the shooting of alejandro by police officers here on the hill. he aimed the taser gun at officers responding to 911 calls about a man with a gun. >> that is a flat out lie. >> reporter: his family and friends call it a case of police brutality and drew peril littles between other officer shootings of unarmed men of color. >> especially what is happening with ferguson is a moment of solidarity with everybody. >> reporter: the pro of theres came to the federal building five years from burnell hill. the attorne