and andrew was a friend of gavin newsome. and when president obama comes to raise money, the mansion is a regular stop. >> i want to point out that the death is not foul play but ooet either accidental or natural. terry mcsweeney bay area news. >> thank you, terry. another strange twist in the vallejo kidnapping for ransom. the group claims that the kidnapping was a training mission to test methods on big biggerer methods and they ran the training out of muir island. >>> the a's are kicking off the season next monday night at the coliseum b but the kon troe arecontroversy of gay rights has kicked up. there is a show of unity already displayed by a player's girlfriend. jean elle has the story. >> reporter: it is said that homophobia here in the bay area is not unusual, and they say that allies will stand up gains against the heat, and tonight, they have a high profile ally. the oakland a's announced the first pride night in june and the reaction is mixed. john doolittle's girlfriend is thrilled because she has two moms and a d

also there lieutenant governor gavin newsom who is san francisco's major helped put california on the path to legalize same-sex marriage. >> i've been at this for over 20 years. i'm incredibly proud of what happened. >> reporter: that's the issue before the high court, is same- sex marriage a fundamentally constitutional right. the five conservative justices expressed doubt. >> you're not seeking to join the institution, you're seeking to whaeupbg what the -- seek to change what the institution is. >> reporter: experts expect conservative justice anthony kennedy to be a swing vote in favor of same-sex marriage. but kennedy expressed reservations siting marriage has always been between a man and a woman. >> this definition has been with us for millennia. it's very difficult for the court to say, oh well, we know better. >> reporter: liberal justice expressed that by not acting homo sexual couples will be violated. >> reporter: the supreme court will decide to questions, the constitutionality of bans on same-sex marriage and if states should recognize gay marriages from other states. ag

then mayor gavin newsom now lieutenant governor gavin newsom will be in court to hear those arguments in person. we expect to get his reaction after the proceedings tomorrow. >> ken, thank you. >> sure. >>> on the peninsula, a small group of people held a vigil for same-sex rights. among the speakers was chris clark. mountain view's first openly gay city councilman. >>> a muni rider is fighting for their life after being shot this afternoon by another passenger. it happened around 12:30 this afternoon on the t third line near third and oakdale. the gunman walked up to the victim, opened fire and took off. the victim is now in the hospital and is said to be suffering from a life threatening injury. >>> a bicyclist is dead after colliding with a vehicle. the bike rider was a man and he died at the scene. the coroner has not yet released his name. >>> sunny vale police say the driver of the car cooperated with police. authorities say they're still working to determine who was at fault. >>> good stuff. >> the delicious. >> reporter: mayor liccardo took a few big gulps hoping to indicate t

gavin newsom led that discussion today. he's running for governor in 2018 held a mick forum at ucla. among the topics how to tax pot and how much water pot plants would use, which is a big concern, obviously, during our drought. >> what do you tell your kids about marijuana? >> it scares me. as a parent, i'm scared about all of this. >> it's easier to get marijuana than it is alcohol. alcohol is legal. >> he is a supporter of legalizing recreational marijuana. medical marijuana is legal in california. >>> five months after being nominated by president obama it now appears the attorney general nominee loretta lynch will finally be confirmed. senate republicans refused to hold a confirmation vote until a deal was made on a sex trafficking bill. there was disagreement over a pro- provision that gave certain funding for victims' abortions. the senate indicated lynch will be confirmed. she'll replace eric holder who announced he wanted to step down. >> is your website mobile friendly? if not, you'd better act fast or you'll be s

out fires between 4989 and 2002 more than 17 occupancy units were destroyed by fires and causing gavin newsom to sponsor legislation for residential hotels in the common areas we know the devastation that an earthquake can cause in the city but even more so it is the fire that post of the earthquake that causes more damage we need to discuss this before another tragedy strikes anything we can do i look forward to the presentation and discussion today, we have 3 of our departments that are here today to speak the san francisco fire department and deputy mark gonzales and others and the department of building inspection here to present director tom hugh and rosemary the chief of housing inspector and william the legislation affairs person let's tart /* /* start with the fire department. >> good afternoon supervisor cohen supervisor wiener and supervisor jane kim. >> get my - so my presentation today will be covering what sprinklers do my next slide theology. >> my next slide is a video of a test fire of a living room sofa this may trigger reactions in people i'll wait for you to leave a full vi

gavin newsom was among those at the supreme court to hear the arguments. we talked with him of he went inside. >> i've been at this for ten years. there's still 14 states that deny this right. for me it's a personal journey and one i'm very, very honored to participate in. >> he was mayor in 2004 when he first allowed same-sex couples to get married. the two court separate arguments but the justices are likely to issue a single decision on both. that decision could overturn remaining laws nationwide that allow same-sex marriages or some marriage bans could be upheld and the ruling is expected in late june. >>> police on the peninsula are looking for a man who groped a young girl at a popular shopping store. janine de la vega said he was caught on camera and now police are making that surveillance video public. >> reporter: the suspect that police are looking for appears to be clean-cut and he really blends into the crowd at the stanford shopping center. that concerns police. there are a lot of surveillance cameras inside the market. one of them captured a

group so bridge to success began as a purpose initiated in the san francisco under the leadership gavin newsom and involved the community college of san francisco and the department of children youth and families and scuffed and several important community organizations so i want to extend my hearty congratulations to everyone associated would bridge to success we're to call you the $3 million bridge to success. >> i also want to congratulate and let you know that the students at lingering high school are present to the the season the academy of finance went to the audit tax and advisors firmer for an up close looked at the careers their preparing for this is one the sfusd criteria academies that expose our students and motivates them to think about their college and career pathway and has the 21st century skills leptin them to process towards the file for the sfusd graduates in 2025 so congratulations lincoln high school students i want to announce that evening that we were fortunate on a personal note our own mission high school in the heart of the mission launched it's mary which he program

committee if they don't see or is that this commission is not in the past as recorded i looked at gavin newsom committee his acid law committee and his committee on the banning city officials from sitting on parties i looked at the aggressive panhandling all of them put on the ballot by mr. newsom not one was listed as a control committee and he took a grateful of money from the people in the committees that coincide and if you look at the materials that are provided by mrooerlz you'll see the minutes from 2008 of the ethics commission as being 10 indoors u thousand dollars or more district by the officials and the commission choose not to move forward they didn't put in a definition as i'm sure you're aware of control committees and contributions to a city offers holders ethic so i went on the ethics website to see a check list to see if it's a controlled committee you have the same consultants or used the same mailing list and there is no check list nothing on the web page itself that outlines how you can tell if it's a controlled committee we went through some stent with the rules committee

supervisors i know on june 1st, the quality for the "x" supervisor supervisor yee i was here designating gavin newsom and city hall in a public meeting sitting there awaiting i guess people you know so i the reason the chapter to secure people importance in public position disney so in chinese the charter writings from translation from english to chinese so secure people position and disney for the lives in the future thank you. >> okay. any other member of the public that wants to comment on item 5 a hearing on vision 0 and street safety there okay seeing none, public comment is closed thank you very much supervisor wiener. >> what shall we do. >> thank you, madam chair and thank you to the sfmta for its preservation i want to commit the alleging agency we have a lot of things around street delivery it is an ongoing challenge for many years i believe that the mta is making positive strides in moving us toward better and faster project delivery there are two major categories theres two big projects like sfmta the process is going on for way too long and the environmental clearance and a lot of commun

he was raised in san francisco and close friends with gavin newsom. his father, gordon getti has a net worth of $2.1 billion. live from the newsroom, alan wang, abc7 news. >> alan, thank you. >>> new twists and turns tonight in a bizarre kidnapping case. an attorney for denise hoskins' boy trend have proof the kidnappers broke into the home and took her. he sent abc7 news two pictures of drill holes in their house. the attorney said this is where they entered the home. she was reported missing march 23rd. police did an extensive search with no luck. then on the 25th she showed up in southern california. police call this an orchestrated event. since then "the chronicle" has received a series of e-mails from the alleged kidnappers. they originally demanded an apology by police for calling it a hoax and threatened retaliation and today they backtracked in a new e-mail saying police don't deserve to be targeted even when they make mistakes. the kidnappers say they were a gentlemen criminal group who use drones to help burglarize mayor island. they were lo

. >> so i so have two announcements the cherry blossom festival grand parade gavin newsom low join me as a member of con migrant come out on sunday and as well as commissioner shamann walton congratulate the musicians who will perform at the emergency room mosaic festival on april 24th at blood alcohol high school if no other announcements we'll move on item t report of closed session action closed session action of april 7, 2015, the board by the vote of 6 i's x that i would two students and the board by a vote of 67 i's approved the contract of one superintendent and one in a and one abstinence approved the contract of one chief new informational items a staffer report on the classified personnel transactions adjourned - meeting adjourned. >> before test. >> good afternoon, everyone wow. first of all thank you, everybody friends, family appointees to our boards and commissions it is my pleasure to join all of you and issue the oath of office but a celebration of more people that share responsibility thank you to our supervisors here supervisor breed formerly supervisor and new carme

friends we've got to honor the old friends i remember working in the mayor's office and huddling gavin newsom to try to figure out when there was is so much negative blame where i am blame for the past, present, and future it's going to be a struggle to get everybody together now we have the foundation and we held each other accountability and hiding was a great part because of leader pelosi and now it is secretary castro it's ophelia and the others that gave us the opportunity tony as we talked about choice neighborhood wow. being part of 5 cities in the country is get this grant we better hold each other acknowledge so we redid the r50e789 and ocii a brand new commission a fresh director and tiffany and friends in tab in that case that met with us and lavelle and the tenants association came in and all we weighed in now, it's about deliver i'm happy to say we're going to go vertical today (clapping.) i know so many other parts of city going vertical why not bayview this is the austerity here we're going to try to do this with the involvement of people that have trained themselves to do it's

gavin newsome tweeted here we go. super excited about hillary clinton running for president. he also included a link to donate to her campaign. senator barbara boxer sent a series of supportive tweets. forearm hewlett-packard ceo carly fiorina is considering a run for president on the gop side. she posted a video on facebook saying hillary clinton is a highly intelligent woman hard working. she has dedicated her life to public service. but unfortunate lie, she does not have a track record of accomplishment or transparchtsy. she's not the woman for the white house. a flood of tweets followed clinton's announcement more than 420,000 in just two and a half hours. this conversation map shows where people were tweeting the most. we'll have more about the race to the white house, 2016 on our twitter feed abc7 news bay area. >>> let's take a live look outside right now. a hot weekend perfect forsythe seeing in the city. and there are more great sight seeing days ahead. tonight the weather may have a surprise for us. drew tomba has more with live doppler 7 hd. >> we are coming off of

he was raised in san francisco and close friends with gavin newsom. his father, gordon getti has a net worth of $2.1 billion. live from the newsroom, alan wang, abc7 news. >> alan, thank you. >>> new twists and turns tonight in a bizarre kidnapping case. an attorney for denise hoskins' boy trend have proof the kidnappers broke into the home and took her. he sent abc7 news two pictures of drill holes in their house. the attorney said this is where they entered the home. she was reported missing march 23rd. police did an extensive search with no luck. then on the 25th she showed up in southern california. police call this an orchestrated event. since then "the chronicle" has received a series of e-mails from the alleged kidnappers. they originally demanded an apology by police for calling it a hoax and threatened retaliation and today they backtracked in a new e-mail saying police don't deserve to be targeted even when they make mistakes. the kidnappers say they were a gentlemen criminal group who use drones to help burglarize mayor island. they were lo

. >> california's lieutenant governor gavin newsom is in washington, d.c.tening to the supreme court oral arguments and spoke with us outside saying he's optimistic that all 50 states will adopt marriage equality. >> so the procreation argument well i thought fell a little bit flat on its face. it was in essence their entire fundallal argument. the argument in favor of expanding the rights were i thought much more animated and much more interesting and enlivening. >> several rallies of support for marriage equality. this one in san francisco's castro neighborhood. was to raise awareness about the supreme court case. people were trying get the word out to come to city hall later today for another rally. >> there are rallies and vigils being held in support of marriage equality to sew -- show that there's broad support throughout the land for equal rights for all citizens. >> and the gathering at san francisco's city hall will be at 5:00 tonight. and we brought in our kpix 5 legal analyst melissa griffin caen to break down what will be the historic decision.

. >>> gavin newsom will deliver the commencement speech at san francisco state. for the first time, the graduation will be held at at&t park on may 22nd. more than 8,000 students are expected to receive their degrees. annette bening, paulette lawrence and peter goebel will receive honorary degrees. >>> starbucks will cover a full four years of college instead of two. it will also offer employees faster tuition reimbursement. students who are in the program will now get reimbursed after every semester rather than completing 21 class students. starbucks hopes to help at least 25,000 employees graduate by 2025. >>> the lights go out for thousands of people in our nation's cap capital -- catch tal -- capital. what officials say is to blame. >>> and get ready to pay less for gasoline this summer. what officials say could be the lowest gas in six years. ?.=(=pcpcpcpcpcpcpcpcpc2h >>> you are taking a live look at the oakland estuary. you can see some spotty clouds there. woulder's tracking the rain -- we're tracking the rain storm here. more rain heading eye way after

. >> so i so have two announcements the cherry blossom festival grand parade gavin newsom low join me as a member of con migrant come out on sunday and as well as commissioner shamann walton congratulate the musicians who will perform at the emergency room mosaic festival on april 24th at blood alcohol high school if no other announcements we'll move on item t report of closed session action closed session action of april 7, 2015, the board by the vote of 6 i's x that i would two students and the board by a vote of 67 i's approved the contract of one superintendent and one in a and one abstinence approved the contract of one chief new informational items a staffer report on the classified personnel transactions adjourned - meeting adjourned. >> before >> hi. welcome to san francisco. stay safe and exploring how you can stay in your home safely after an earthquake. let's look at common earthquake myths. >> we are here at the urban center on mission street in san francisco. we have 3 guest today. we have david constructional engineer and bill harvey. i want to talk about urban myths. wh

friends we've got to honor the old friends i remember working in the mayor's office and huddling gavin newsom to try to figure out when there was is so much negative blame where i am blame for the past, present, and future it's going to be a struggle to get everybody together now we have the foundation and we held each other accountability and hiding was a great part because of leader pelosi and now it is secretary castro it's ophelia and the others that gave us the opportunity

lieutenant governor gavin newsome am be sitting in the courtroom tomorrow. we spoke with him in february on what marriage equality to all would mean. >> this is profoundly important stuff. it's about the fabric of an individual's capacity to live their life out. it's about civil rights ♪ we shall overcome ♪ >> reporter: ray hickman has been fighting for his civil rights since he came out almost a decade ago. he helped organize tonight's gathering in front of mountain view's city hall. >> there's no question that we're going to win this. yes, i do think we will win it in june but if we don't, it's still just a matter of time. >> reporter: hickson tells me tonight that he's so confident that the supreme court will rule in marriage equality favor, that he's planning a march down the main street in mountain view in june. reporting live in mountain view i'm cheryl hurd nbc bay area news. >> thank you cheryl. we'll be updating the story tomorrow. all you need to do is download our free nbc bay area app. connect with us on facebook twitter or instagram. >>> here's

a panel established by gavin newsom holding a form, the blue ribbon commission on marijuana policy holding a meeting at ucla. the commission seeks to inform policymakers and voters on issues related to legalization including experts of health, social sciences and law enforcement. newsom announced his support for legalization of marijuana begin raising money to run for governor in 2018. >>> the form comes a day after san francisco's annual 4/20 smokeout golden gate park, as ken pritchard tells us those who support marijuana legalization, public opinion in their favor. >> reporter: thousands of people on marking 4:20 pm by letting up. perhaps the only coordinated part of this golden gate park gathering besides a cleanup. >> volunteers out here and we put up 50 different garbage cans and we have been collecting trash for the last six hours. >> reporter: kevin reads business is medical marijuana but he says he believes california is on the road to full legalization with no turning back. >> recreational is catching fire in our nation. and in my mind it's no doubt that it will pass in 2016. >> r

the getty family is a mainstay of san francisco society and he ran in the same circles as gavin newsom. the family acknowledged his death and released this. the family has asked that members of the media and public respect its privacy during this difficult time. the getty home was not unknown to lapd. there had been 30 calls to service over the years. just two weeks ago, getty filed a restraining order against his ex-girlfriend. today's 911 call came from a woman inside the home as a general distress call. by the time crews arrived, the los angeles coroner had to be called in. >> he was not feeling good the last couple of months and he supposedly had an appointment scheduled for tomorrow with a personal physician. we did collect some prescription bottles. >> reporter: now we are told the woman who called 911 is cooperating with la county authorities. an autopsy has not yet been scheduled. >> very tragic day for the getty family. >>> well andrew getty's grandfather j. paul getty founded the getty oil company. his father gordon is one of the richest men in america. >>> was it a kidnappin

. >>> lieutenant governor gavin newsom supports the legalization of marijuana in california. today newsom's blue ribbon commission on marijuana policy holding its first public forum to inform policymakers and others on issues related to legalization. it includes experts in health, social sciences and law enforcement. >>> up next, the seasons are change. so is your grocery list. what's ripe? corn, apparently. coming up next with tony. >> we want to invite all you pet lovers send us your questions about their health and well-being. just email pets@kpix.com or on our facebook page, and we'll have our pet expert give you an answer every friday right here at noon. (scal): good day, m'lady! i am sir-can-a-lot, here to save you from another breakfast bore. wake up those eggs with glorious spam! see what spam can! do... at spam.com >>> welcome back. it's corn season. sure is. tony tantillo shows us how to shop for husks. >> reporter: well, today's tip of the day is going to be is white corn. the season is under way. it is out of california. and some other states. the corn is coming i

they're also partnered with gavin newsom in a business venture. >> there are two major developments in the investigation into the lufthasa crash that killed 150 people on board. the airline said it knew the co-pilot suffered from depression, and had suicidal tendencyies but fired him anyway. also air, 15 second video reveals the flight's final moments. editors are from two newspapers say they've watched it. on it screaming can be heard as well as banging on the cockpit door and jet wings scraping mountains, then silence. >> negotiation was iran over their nuclear program has been extended. secretary of state john kerry will remain until at least tomorrow the united states and the white house says no deal is better than a bad deal. >> from mexico to the bay area people are remembering tejana singer selena, who died 20 years ago today. and she also won a grammy the singer was shot and killed by the president of her fan club she was just 23 years old >> attorneys for boston marathon bombing suspect rested their case this afternoon. lawyers spent the day trying to distance him from the pla

governor gavin newsome. >> police are sending for two machine accused of leading officers on a high speed chase from santa rosa to petaluma. >> the chase began when san it rose police officers spotted a speeding car darting through traffic on highway 101 near airport boulevard at 9:00 last night. according to the press democrat the driver crashed his car on lakeville highway in petaluma and took off with another guy with was in the car with him. officers found the black mercedes on the side of the road but no sign of suspects. c.h.p. helicopter was helping in the search. >> the civil trial over the suicide a saratoga teen will start today in san jose. the parents of 15-year-old audrie potts blame three classmates for her suicide after they sexually assaulted the drink teen and took photos of the incident. she hung herself several days later. they serve less than 45 days each in juvenile hall and the family said that was not nearly enough much family for one of the boys spread to pay $600,000 to settle his portion of the case and lawyers for the other two boys say the suicide stem from oth

. >> california's lieutenant governor gavin newsom was there listening in to the supreme court oral arguments today. he told us he's optimistic all 50 states will accept marriage equality. >> the chief argument against it was procreation. the procreation argument i thought fell a little bit flat on its face. >> as mayor of san francisco newsom gained national attention in 2004 when he ordered the city and county clerk to order marriage licenses to same-sex couples. you can hear the full audio at cbssf.com. >>> now to the very latest on the earthquake in nepal. the country's prime minister fears the death toll could top 10,000. right now 5,000 are confirmed dead. food and water are in short supply. crews are using high tech cameras to search the rubble for survivors. a man who had been trapped for three days was rescued earlier today and tonight word of another tragedy near the epicenter. a mud slide leaves as many as 250 people missing. >>> tonight we learned another bay area man is among four americans who died in saturday's quake. trong from sunnyvale was in nepal to see mount everett.kpix

under gavin newsom we were assured by the city the problem would be solved only to have it repeated 10 years later. in december 2014 mayor lee, scott scott and harlin kelly met with us. my neighbors and i are here'd to begin discussions with the city specifically to address the long-term sustainable urban planning solutions. my neighbor blane will speak more on the details specific to our street and our residents. blane. >> thank you. i am blane bachelor and live in the mission terrace neighborhood. thank you for organizing this meeting today. i am disappointed that our supervisor scott wiener isn't part of this. we didn't know about the meeting until last night. happy to be here and great presentation by mr. cruz. we're new homeowners in the area and three months later we were flooded out in the bottom unit and a nightmare and shopped that it's been happening for -- shocked it been happening for 20 years and neighbors have been dealing with it and you wouldn't believe the flooding on our street and when mr. cruz it is it was one of the worse areas we have it bad as well. so we're look

he was raised in san francisco and close friends with gavin newsom.is father, gordon getti has a net worth of $2.1 billion. live from the newsroom, alan wang, abc7 news. >> alan, thank you. >>> new twists and turns tonight in a bizarre kidnapping case. an attorney for denise hoskins' boy trend have proof the kidnappers broke into the home and took her. he sent abc7 news two pictures of drill holes in their house. the attorney said this is where they entered the home. she was reported missing march 23rd. police did an extensive search with no luck. then on the 25th she showed up in southern california. police call this an orchestrated event. since then "the chronicle" has received a series of e-mails from the alleged kidnappers. they originally demanded an apology by police for calling it a hoax and threatened retaliation and today they backtracked in a new e-mail saying police don't deserve to be targeted even when they make mistakes. the kidnappers say they were a gentlemen criminal group who use drones to help burglarize mayor island. they were look

the commission was established by lieutenant governor gavin newsome. there will will be two sessions. today's is focused on public safety. future forums will cover regulations and tax and safety. newsom says there are many unanswered questions about its impact. >> i don't want to see big tobacco become big marijuana. i don't want to see every single street corner store turn into a medical dispensary. i don't want to walk down the streets or to the playground with my kids and smell it. >> many analysts say the odds are good that marijuana will be legalized in california by a ballot initiative in 2016. >>> right now there are four states where recreational use of pot has been legalized. washington and colorado. alaska voters passed a law last november legalizing marijuana use in private. and oregon approved legalization that starts on july 1. marijuana also legal in the district of columbia. >>> time now 12:16 in the afternoon. a little bit foggy. a little bit chilly. but will it equate to rain? i don't know. rosemary does, though. >> i sure do. maybe a

gavin newsom will deliver the commencement speech on graduation day. in may. more than 8,000 students will graduate this year and for the first time that ceremony will be held at at&t park. >>> democrats in sacramento have introduced a plan to overhaul california's immigration system extending healthcare, legal rights and business protections to illegal immigrants. it also includes help to apply for legal status if they have been a victim of a crime. supporters say they want to help undocumented immigrants come out of the state's economic shadows. >>> bay area web company taking a unique approach to end gender discrimination at the workplace. reddit says it's eliminating salary negotiations during the recruiting process. ellen pao is the interim ceo of the san francisco-based company. she recently lost a sex discrimination suit against her former employer venture capital firm kleiner perkins. >> we have a lot diversity on our team. we could use more. but, um, we're very excited to make sure that we have different perspectives that represent the people that we

they're also partnered with gavin newsom in a business venture. >> there are two major developments inon board. the airline said it knew the co-pilot suffered from depression, and had suicidal tendencyies but fired him anyway. also air, 15 second video reveals the flight's final moments. editors are from two newspapers say they've watched it. on it screaming can be heard as well as banging on the cockpit door and jet wings scraping mountains, then silence. >> negotiation was iran over their nuclear program has been extended. secretary of state john kerry will remain until at least tomorrow the united states and the white house says no deal is better than a bad deal. >> from mexico to the bay area people are remembering tejana singer selena, who died 20 years ago today. and she also won a grammy the singer was shot and killed by the president of her fan club she was just 23 years old >> attorneys for boston marathon bombing suspect rested their case this afternoon. lawyers spent the day trying to distance him from the planning of the attacks is he charged with the april 2013 bombings th

and gavin newsom is among those inside the supreme court this morning listening to argument.e went inside about this potential turning point for same-sex marriage. >> i've been at this for over ten years. incepedably proud of what's happen -- incredibly proud of what's happened. so for me, it's a personal journey and one that i'm very, very honored to participate in. >> newsom started the same-sex marriage controversy back in 2004 when he was mayor of san francisco and decided to allow gay couples to get married. stay with us here at ktvu and online for the latest on the historic arguments. coming up in 25 minutes, pam cook will talk from a political analyst to help break down what to look for in the hearing. >>> still ahead. a jailhouse interview and a startling confession from an 18- year-old who is in jail now for the stabbing death. a 9-year-old boy. >> i've beenic shaking all day ever since the -- i've been shaking all day ever since the interviewle it's an odd situation to talk to someone like that. >> coming up in 24 minute, the disturbing reason the teenager said he c

lieutenant governor gavin newsom are here to remember an event 100 year later that is still denied by some. a dance beneath the rotunda of city hall a dance inspired by a city with ties to thousands of bay area armenians today. >> most of people that live in this area are survivors of the genocide. >> reporter: armenians remember stories from his grandparents. many left as refugees were no secret. >> graphically describing what was going on and deploring the events as the worse in history. >> reporter: this anniversary marked by many public events thousands marched on the streets of los angeles this morning. the event tonight at san francisco city hall hosted by ktva's gasia mikaelian drew thousands of people. part of the struggle of the armenian community is to enhue this genocide is not forgotten. >> here we are on april 24th and yet they still deny it. >> reporter: they want to infatically recognize the armenian genocide. one key factor is the risk of sending one key nato allie in turkey. >>> we're tracking windy and wet weather. here's a live picture from oakland as that system is