force city is a $12 billion company. is public. we pop -- focus primarily on urban development and transit oriented, so this is the type of project we are attuned to. we have a great combination of national brent and local debt. we have been incentives " for 30 years, -- san francisco for 30 years. about 800 units. that has progressed to a few projects that i will show you shortly. we also have an incredible history of nationwide doing complex, public-private partnerships, projects that take multi phases, and have a lot of variables to them to balance. i will also take you through those. i want to hit home with a few things that you should take away from us. along with the numbers that are on the screen here. which is really our commitment to active partnerships within the community and public partner, understanding what that means. what that means in an urban context, and in the financial capacity, we are the ones investing in equity and component. we are self funding which gives us the flexibility and a long- term commitment that

. >> the kentucky clone hit the coast with 199-mile-an-hour winds of fatal force. cities and towns were in complete lockdown. the emergency services were unable to respond to calls from frightened residents asking to be evacuated because it was simply too dangerous to venture out on to the streets. >> we are now seeing winds across these areas of more than 120 kilometers per hour. we are seeing torrential rain and some serious wave activity. these are conditions in which we cannot send out emergency workers or put up a helicopter to do a rescue. all of that is now beyond the realm of possibility. >> this is a state that's just experienced the worst flooding in its history. now queenslanders were told to brace for what officials described as 24 hours of terror. fortunately, it wasn't as bad as first feared. well in advance of the cyclone's arrival on shore, residents of the cities and towns in its path were warned to leave immediately. this was a cyclone system of immense scale, a category five storm, the most severe level. its eye was over 20 miles and its front stretched

it was about three years ago that we took this up to consolidate work force efforts in the city. departments like hsa and others came on board but we were not successful in consolidating every board. that makes it a challenge for the office of work force development. for lack of a better phrase, they are the traffic cop. each time one of these grants comes to us, whether under the title of green jobs or something else, it is true, based on public comment -- based on what chair chu said -- there is not much data to that thematically, geographically, and demographically. in the same way that we isolate these questions with police departments, we want to know how populations are being affected. i think it is getting to the point now where oewd figured out and anticipate those questions. >> thank you. supervisor chu: thank you. can we have a motion to send this item for with recommendations? without objection. item to police. >> resolution authorizing the office of economic and workforce development to retroactively accept and expend a community services block grant in the amount of $

it forces cities to participate. cities initially had the option of taking part in that program which runs all criminal finger prints through a data base. many law enforcement agencies say that policing immigration should be left to the feds. >> the case against barry bonds is taking shapement we now know that secret recordings between bonds and his former personal trainer will be used in the trial. the judge ruled that they can play the conversations during trial. in it bonds and anderson allegedly talk about the complexities of injecting steroids. bonds' trial starts next month, charged with lying to a federal grand jury and obstructing justice. >> people who oppose smart meters take to the streets. protesters plan to march outside of the california public utilities commission in san francisco. they want the right to opt out of having a smart meter. some are concerned that the meters can have adverse health effects. the cpuc is the only government agency that can regulate what pg&e does. >> a hiring freeze across th

vandals shattered the monument glass, three times, forcing city to board it up. damian trujillo joins us from park avenue. damian, disheartening but reality. is there money to help this memorial? not at this point. there should be decorative lights shining on glass panels behind me. it is dark right now because of vandals. and veterans are angry. >> this is bad. yeah. >> the whole thing.angry. >> the worst thing i have seenen my life. >> he has seen a lot. >> two tours in vietnam with the 864th combat engineers. he was in the tet offensive. but this. >> to seep this. this is -- this is disgusting. >> this is how the san hope say war memorial once looked. thick glass, engraved with a tribute to those who served.dald now the wall is covered with plywood, no money for repairs. >> it is awful. visiting the wall in washington, d.c. with a cup buddies. that was emotional. >> yeah, yeah. [ inaudible ] >> in fact, more than 40 years later the pain hasn't gone away. he still sees a counselor and he says this, this doesn't help. >> this doesn't help any. it's saddening. it

police who responded with tear gas and bombs and it was the tear gas actually covered the city center which. which forced many peaceful demonstrators to actually use side streets of the avoid the city center peaceful demonstrators were forced out of the city center by police. chanting the rich fight back. paving stones in front of the central bank another group of use when talking to the parliament and said they wouldn't leave until the socialist government in greece changed its austerity measures which had been forced upon it by the european union but in fact is proven false popular with the greek population. one officer was attacked his uniform caught fire and there were casualties on both sides there are also casualties among the demonstrators where we have all these protests going on there daniel but the european union and the u.s. are now focusing on helping out other countries in north africa and indeed the middle east where does that leave europe and its economy. while the it leaves you e.u. citizens saying that they don't want billions to be sent to uncertain regimes new regimes in the middle eas

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of misratah as government forces attempt to retake the city from the control of protesters. troops loyal to gadhafi are dispatched to guard the capital. tripoli residents say government forces have been deployed in many parts of the city with soldiers firing at demonstrators. >>> thousands of people are trying to flee libya as clashes between security forces and protesters intensify. more than 15,000 people, including libyans and foreign workers from tunisia, egypt, and china have so far streamed to the ra's adir crossing point, tunisia's western border with libya. many of them are evacuees from the capital tripoli. the number of people fleeing the city of zawiya also surged on thursday after sources loyal to gadhafi at the mosque fired at the mosque killing dozens. killing dozens. >> the u.n. and ngos are making plans for the arrival and exodus of refugees in the border area near libya should the situation worsen. the u.n. high commissioner for refugees will begin to airlift tents and relief supplies to the region this weekend. >>> japan's prime minister naoto kan has cond

city. security forces are reportedly firing live rounds and using warplanes and helicopters to launch air attacks. during a televised speech on monday the leader's second son, saif al islam gadhafi, said the government will fight the protesters until the very end, the death toll is likely to rise further. gadhafi is facing growing criticism from within his government. a local newspaper report says the justice minister resigned to protest the heavy use of weapons. libyan diplomats in india and china also announced their resignation. the country's deputy u.n. envoy says gadhafi should resign to take responsibility for killing so many libyans. >> do you think mr. gadhafi should step down, resign? >> he has to. he has to. he has kept his power by force and the killing and mass killings all over. i mean, the humanitarian -- i mean the crime against humanity. >> the envoy said he has asked the u.n. security council to quickly start talks to resolve the situation. >>> in neighboring egypt libyans protested in front of their embassy and called for gadhafi's immediate resignation. some 200 demonstrators s

right now the city helps pay for ground works which pays for trash pickup, graffiti removal and cleaner sidewalks. strained finances could forcehe city to cut its contribution. some say that's a mistake since the money is an indevelopment to keep downtown safe and beautiful. the san jose city council votes whether to move forward with an energy saving plan that would dim some street lights. the idea is to convert all 62,000 street lights that can be dimmed. it's estimated that could cut san jose's $4 million annual street light energy bill by more than half. some people are concerned about how much darker the streets would be. >>> a san mateo county mansion owned by steve jobs is being torn down. demolition started in woodside. steve jobs wanted to tear down the 14-bedroom home and build a smaller one for years. but a group blocked his plan. they wanted this 86-year-old home built for a copper barron to be relocated and restored. >>> an unbelievable scene out of the iranian parliament today. [chanting] >> who the lawmakers are calling to be coax ut -- to be executed. >>> you may remember this young man from st. mary's college

they say they plan to take the city by force. both sides now seem to be consolidating their forces, lester. the rebels here in benghazi and there are reports tonight that gadhafi's forces are planning a counteroffensive around tripoli. >> richard, have any of the rebels you've spoken to, are any talking about what a post-gadhafi government might look like and the risk that libya could become a failed state? >> reporter: there is a risk that it could become a failed state. for 41 years, this country has had no real institutions at all. gadhafi has run it like a cult of personality. there's no constitution. there's no parliament to speak of. so they know they will have to start from scratch. right now, today, they were trying to put a leadership together, even here in benghazi, but so far, they don't have a consolidated leadership in this city alone, let alone a national plan. lester? >> richard engel tonight. richard, thank you. >>> and benghazi now may now be a rebel stronghold, but for decades, it was a top target of gadhafi's w

-led invasion that toppled saddam hussein, city officials charge, quote, u.s. forces changed this beautiful city to a camp in an ugly and destructive way. >>> more protests expected at wisconsin's state capitol against a bill targeting workers and their unions. the legislation would essentially strip collective bargaining rights to their employees and increase the costs of their pension and health benefits. the state's republican goner is pushing the measure to help combat a $137 million budget shortfall. >>> in a new tell-all memoir, to be released next week massachusetts senator scott brown reveals as a young boy he was sexually assaulted by a camp counselor and physically abused by his stepfather. but he says, quote, like a fractured bone, i have knit back stronger in the broken places. >>> a european cargo rocket is headed towards the international space station after launching from french guiana. the unmanned vessel is carrying fuel, food, oxygen and clothing to the iss crew. and something else that may soon be joining a space station, a talking robot. japan's sp

the city's had to lay off nearly half of their police force in detroit a city where people have been too broke to bury their dead the city's too broke to repair dying infrastructure to fix roads or lights in the desert state of arizona cuts have been a matter of life and death. governor jan brewer taking a lot of heat over the death of another transplant patient after the state cut funding for the operations here in new york city huge piles of garbage like this one are all over city streets this city's behind on picking up trash after getting behind cleaning up after our snowstorm now public officials blame that on any number of reasons but one accusation that keeps coming up is this is the result of budget cuts cuts have consequences you can't just sort of cut there isn't enough wasteful spending so to speak to cut your actually do have to cut services that people depend on just analysts say the slashing will amount to an increase in unemployment and a lowering of wages dragging more americans down and the economy with it while the prospect of bankruptcy is to threaten the pensions

the nighttime gun fight outside this city's military base. rebel forcesook over the compound and looted the weapons. in the streets riot police were outnumbered and forced to turn and run from an obviously angry mob. today at the courthouse, the opposition is trying to put the city back together with a new set of rules. the most important is the freedom to say whatever they want in public. this used to be the political tribunal building. places like this have been set up to try and put in prison anyone who speaks out about the government. this is one of the first buildings to be burned down. >> a lawyer and a mother of two told me people here used to live in fear. >> if i speak out, i will be arrested. >> while talking to her, this man stopped to tell this story. >> are people like him now able to come out on the street? >> yes. >> yes. >> others have new way to express themselves. today the first edition of the freedom of libya newspaper was printed. the head line, "unit against oppression". and the former voice of benghazi radio station is now the voice

i think it would be helpful to get a larger perspective of the work force investments the city makes and to perhaps share that information with the members of this committee at a later time. we can have a hearing at a later time to go through those. >>

government forces are in control of "the city c >>> major battle about to be erupting in libya. i government forces are in control of the city closest to the capital, tripoli, rebels and troops with them are holding the center heavily armed on the out skirts surrounded by forces loyal to moammar gadhafi. libya's government faces punishment for its reactions to protestors. >> on lookers reacted with surprise as un security council agreed to heavy sanctions against labia. china agreed to place international travel bans on moammar gay da fee, his family, and -- gadhafi his family and inner circle and refer it to a war crimes tribunal in the hague. >> this is a clear warning to the libyan government it must stop the killing. >> the vote followed a day of meetings interrupted as members of council conferred with their own governments. >> saturday president obama made his strongest comments to date saying in a private phone call to germany's chancellor gay da fee should step down and leave the country. -- gadhafi should step down and leave the country. two uk military planes rescued mo

if you will are in control of the majority of the country now they have their main force hold their base was the city of benghazi in the east of libya from there they just wait across the country toppling gadhafi forces in say all major cities apart from the capital tripoli now what we're hearing that inside the capital tripoli that gadhafi forces pro get off the forces of been handing out weapons to civilians and the majority of the citizens of tripoli all remaining indoors inside their homes in order to avoid gangs of all of civilians that have been armed who have been setting up checkpoints there so there's a lot of violence continuing in the country we've also heard some some troubling audio commentary that came out of tripoli from. a lady who is inside the city now this came after friday prayers where gadhafi delivered a message to his supporters in the country the protesters the protesters then took to the streets they were fired out by gadhafi forces killing many people there the number of dead they could be well over a thousand in libya the most troubling or do you describe protesters fleeing

officials tell us due to pension and contracts, the city was forced to pay out $14 million in taxpayer money and sick and vacation play last year. officials say 14 million dollars is enough to keep open 10-15 libraries. 6-7 fire stations and three times the budget for the task force. officials say they are hoping to push for new contracts to save money. as they deal with the $110 million deficit. for a complete list of salaries, we put the link on kron 4.com. >>> the new budget has been delivered in washington. the president talking about the kits and sacrifices it includes. a look at what the new budget is @ [ son ] my parents always lived in the states, until my dad transferred to istanbul. they settled in quickly, found their local deli, a few shortcuts and a neighborhood hangout. but there's one thing they miss... the seventh-inning stretch. so citi helped me use my thankyou points to give them something special. their old seats: 5 and 6, row c. [ male announcer ] use citi thankyou points for almost anything. and earn them fast with the new citi thankyou preferred card. what's your

the chronicle reports the city task force is making that recommendation in an effort to reduce hepatitis c infections. ed lee and the city health director oppose the plan. saying there are better ways to deal with the problem. >>> tomorrow a federal judge from san jose heads to sanguine ton. we'll get a first look at the new death chamber. the $900,000 facility is designed for thee that injection-- lethal injections. >>> there will be a death penalty protest this evening ahead of the judges trip. demonstrators plan to march to the gates of san quentin demanding he shut down the chamber. >>> a bay area man dies near the finish line at san franciscos half marathon. the surprising comments from witnesses about the efforts to save him. >>> plus a weekend fraternity party turns into violence. what is being done today to help students cope on campus. >>> good morning, westbound highway 4 traffic looks good coming up to the willow pass grade. another look at the bay area traffic straight ahead. >>> good morning, skies are clear. the wind is decreasing. it will be nice today. look for 60s closer

specifically if we are called to do a joint task force by the city attorney or we do a room to room inspection of a residential hotel, we will be looking at bedbugs. if we see them, we will be issuing a notice of violation for the property owner to comply with the rules and regulations, which is the document that you got and president murphy was referring to that was amended in 2008. but we get a lot of calls from tenants and occupants in the community grew because of the staffing levels and limited resources that the health department has. we work with them on most all of the room to room inspections we have before we even schedule that of women, or when we schedule that, we work with in issues of complaints, say, residential hotels, we get the environmental health inspectors involved in most of those cases. even though it is a violation of the housing code, the property owners fail to comply with that portion of the it. they still have to comply with the rules, regulations, and protocol set forward by the environmental health inspector. that is why we are joint. we have overlapping jurisdict

officials tell us due to pension and contracts, the city was forced to pay out $14 million in taxpayer money and sick and vacation play last year. officials say 14 million dollars is enough to keep open 10-15 libraries. 6-7 fire stations and three times the budget for the task force. officials say they are hoping to push for new contracts to save money. as they deal with the $110 million deficit. for a complete list of salaries, we put the link on kron 4.com. >>> the new budget has been delivered in washington. the president talking about the kits and sacrifices it includes. a look at what the new budget is cutting and reaction from lawmakers when kron 4 news continues. it's really delicious, mom. it's not too well done? nope. but it is a job well done. what are you reading, sweetie? her diary. when you're done, i'd love some feedback. sure. your mom and i read that thing cover-to-cover. loved it. thanks. would you mind if i cut the lawn this weekend? only if you let me talk to your mother on the phone for hours on end. done. [ male announcer ] u-verse brings peace to the family. at&t

the the city itself completely controlled by opposition forces however those soldiers loyal to gadhafi are on the outside of that city now there's some interesting stories being coming out of tripoli probably good duffy's private jets has landed again back in the libyan capital after spending time in in minsk now it's believed that this is the same private jet billowing to get southie that was denied permission to land in lebanon last week and it was believed also that on board that private jet was after his daughter and other members of his family and this isn't the only story concerning planes belonging to the libyan leader. coming to light we're hearing that a plane may have been the same one from libya landed in belarus the allegedly contained gold and diamonds belonging to the libyan leader. the bell russian foreign ministry of vehemently deny these claims saying that there's no such plane has landed but this wouldn't be the first time if it is true has. an embattled leader of another country just last year of the former leader of kurdistan sought solace there when he was dismisse

troops that are loyal to colonel gadhafi and those protesters those anti-government forces that are still inside the city of there where they say that they are planning to make a push against those those forces that are loyal to the current regime lots and lots of news coming out of libya not just out of libya but a bounce libya is really newspapers reported that colonel gadhafi private jet is being in in minsk in bellary starts now arrived back in tripoli now this is the same jet that was believed to have been refused entry into levanon last wednesday colonel gadhafi has appointed the head of the foreign intelligence service in libya to try and make some kind of contact to get these opposition forces now they have their base in benghazi in the east of the country that's where operations appear to be in control from what they have a defacto come until it's been set up inside one of duffy's. former palaces well there was damning condemnation from across the world at a meeting of the human rights council you and human rights council in geneva leaders and foreign secretaries from around the globe condemning

a lot of cities still digging out from a massive snowstorm that you recall blanketed most of the u.s. last week. that storm forced many cities to close airports, highways and schools. we were briefly affected here. >> so we don't -- we haven't had it lately but looks like there is weather headed our way. >> yes, it looks like the end of february will be a wet stretch of weather. but we're going to see a nice week, i'd say all the way through friday, maybe saturday. a lot of sunshine on tap for us. i want to congratulate the big winners, if you were watching last week you probably heard us talk about the napa give away. we gave away two weekend getaways for amar and christine, they get to take a guest up to napa. and this is all part of bay area proud, we like to give you things. log on to facebook.com, search bay area proud, see what's up next. i get to join you all for lunch on valentine's day. yeah. that's right. i'm heading up to napa. 45 degrees in oakland. well, yeah. you and the caravan. 42 in hayward. 43 san jose and 38 santa cruz. at 28 degrees in gilroy. high pressure is going to bring our temperatures u

city. not only are they working to award two-year degrees, but it's the continuing education and work force development aspects of that that have tremendous significance and relevance for our city as well. and, frankly, it has helped us to more crisply define the mission of our state university, if you will, and that is the university of the district of columbia which has had to try to be all things to all people. it is now focused on becoming a first class four-year flagship institution, and the functions that they were performing including re-- remedial education have gone over to the community college. so we believe first and foremost that an unwavering emphasis on education is ultimately going to get us out of some of the problems we had. for us it isn't just an absence of jobs. as a matter of fact, in some respects it is just the opposite. in the last year, we had 26,000 -- 25,000 new jobs created in the district of columbia. but the problem is that the skill sets required for those jobs are a mismatch with the skill sets that the people who don't have jobs bring. and the challenge tha

city does get labor concessions from its workers. in a preliminary budget session, officials painted a worst-case scenario. it includes laying off up to 349 police officers, that's 30 percent of the force even if the city desk at a 10 percent concession from the union, and may still have to cut 237 officers. the fire department also seek deep cuts losing 145 firefighters. it was concessions that number only shrinks to 82. nothing is a done deal yet, but union leaders say these types of cuts would have a real effect on public safety. >> it will it impact our ability to deliver the proper services to the residence. it for the residents, they will wait a long time sometimes for police officer to arrive at the door. >>pam: the city is also looking at millions of dollars in other cuts including, shutting off neighborhood street lights during much of the night. and reducing the number of these libraries would be opened. no final decisions will come until june. the oakland school district is bracing itself for a slew of potential layoffs. in the past 18 months the district has cut $122 million from the budget. if the district is warning teachers it must issue more pre layoff notices that it h

it forced redwood city to spend $250,000 to clean up the sewage. they are hiring an engineering firm to investigate why it broke down. >>> if you filled up lately you probably noticed the price of gas continues to rise. according to a new survey released today it's partly because of events in the middle east and north african. the average cost for a gallon of regular is up five cents in the last two weeks. just $3.18. that's 55-cent a gallon more than just a year ago. the highest average price is in san francisco where a gallon of regular is $3.62. it's $3.57 in oakland and san jose. >> solano wants to start paying employers to hire more people. they have announced a new program called create jobs. under the plan the county will pay employers if they hire new employees for new jobs. they must be at least 20 hours a week. the county will play employers up to 80% of wage costs, up to $16 an hour. the create jobs program is being funded by both the federal and state cal works programs. >>> here it is. in the middle of winter unlikely location for wild

make sure that we are getting the best return for our investment from all the city departments tasked and funded with work force. first source was something the city used to stand by in terms of making sure that those who contract with san francisco and public contracts are doing their best to hire locally. this is a predecessor to mandatory local hiring. it was not under oewd, but was an island in itself. the people who had run that had left the city. it was without the kind of leadership that would modernize its approach. we legislated that first source would be put under the rubric of oewd. now, most everything we have been leading toward in terms of synthesizing work force dollars, which is still in play and evolving -- first source, which was never under oewd before, and the question of how weak influence legislatively both the public and private sector on their compliance with our local hiring. that would also go under oewd. it is a full-frontal strategy try to make sure the investments we make every single year to our budget, and grants brought in from state and federal sources, are used in a way that th

force. 168 officers were laid off last month. police line their boots in protest. dozens of officers from camden and nearby cities are now setting their sights elsewhere. rapheal martinez was forced to turn in his badge less than a year into service. >> it may be what is meant for us. >> leonard keeler is recruiting here in camden, part of an effort to hire 200 new officers over the next 18 months. >> for us, the bottom line is, it's simple. they need jobs, we need officers. >> reporter: they are veterans with varying years of service, but every one of these men and women faces the same recruiting process, and each new hire will have to begin again at nashville's police academy. >> i'm still waking up every morning and looking at what would have been my schedule, okay, would i have been at work today. >> reporter: the city's crime rate has spiked, 15 shootings, the police union says, nearly a 50% jump over the year before. >> the ultimate solution would be the city, the mayor getting their act together and bringing back all the police officers that they've laid off. >> camden's mayor says the officers wouldn't ac

. >>> san carlos city leaders will find out the impact of cost cutting move to eliminate the entire police force. officials say the city has seen felony arrests nearly double since contracting with the san mateo's county. the figures show 50 felony arrests compared to 26 by police during the same period last year. the number of traffic stops is down slightly. >> an extraordinary televised three-day hearing on last september's san bruno gas explosion will be held in washington, d.c. this week. starting tomorrow, the national transportation safety board plans to grill top officials how they operated the pipelines and evaluate safety threats. it will be the first n.t.s.b. inquiry since the disaster. san bruno killed eight people and destroyed three dozen homes. the one decade ak led to changes and government oversight. >> david spears is expected to announce his candidacy. chu has been president of the board since elected. the san francisco chronicle reports chu says she still considers himself a progressive but one that he is willing to reach across the aisle. he joins other mayoral candidates. >>

. >> san jose's budget crunch could force the city to get rid of its mounted police patrols unless iteives enough private donations to keep the unit going. according to the san jose mercury news, the mounted unit is set to end about june 30th. $140,000 in donations is needed to save it. that's just a start. another $140,000 would have to be raised by september to keep the unit going through the next fiscal year. >> authorities are looking for an armed robber who had a problem finding his gun while holding up a convenience store. police looked at the surveillance video. they say the suspect about to rob the store had to go through every pocket in his backpack to look for a gun. he even walked out of the store for a minute looking for it. when he comes back he pulls out a handgun from his pants and orders the clerk to hand over the money before getting away. investigators say they don't know what happened, but they say it was a long time to spend during a robbery. >> listen to this. we're getting our first source at teen idol, justin bieber's new 'do. yes, justin has gotten his haircut.

city. not only are they working to avoid the two-year degrees, but it's a continuing education and work forceo will but aspects that have tremendous significance and relevance for our cities as well. frankly, it is helped us to more crisply define the mission of our state university if you will, and that is the university of the district of columbia which has had to try to be all things to all people. is now focused on becoming a first class for your flagship institution, and the functions that they were performing including remedial the education now have all gone over to the community college. so, we believe first and foremost an emphasis on education and the wavering emphasis on education is ultimately going to get us out of some of the problems that we had. for us, i don't know about your city that for us it isn't just an substance of jobs. as a matter of fact in some respects it is the opposite. in the last year we had 26,000 -- 25,000 new jobs created in this district of columbia. but the problem is the skill sets required for those jobs are a mismatch with the skills for the people but

francisco unions, the mayor is quoted as saying without them the city would be bankruptcy without them. remember prop b, that would forceworkers to pay more for their retirement, it lost in the ballot box, but a far more restrictive law could hit the ballot this november. so with much bigger cuts one columnist calls it the son of prop b defeating the first prop b being the worst thing to happen to city workers because it could get worse for them. >> it is a huge issue all over the state. >> particularly, you mentioned jerry brown, if he doesn't get the tax increase, then everything is on the table. >> oh, yes, big time. >> you can't pay for some of the pension if you don't have the money. thank you. >>> it is 5:56 right now. buy a car, help out local schools. the city of concord is partnering with 14 of its car dealerships to encourage people to buy a new car in concord. the dealers will then make a donation from this week's sales to local schools including the mount diablo music education and the united mount diablo athletic foundation. to see a full list of participating dealers, go to buyconcord.net. >>> the bay area