genentech. she was the d in r and d.duced cancer drugs on the market. >> probably the best way to describe it is working harder than you've ever worked before and being happy about it. >> by the time she left as president of product development she was, by her own admission, wealthy sh able to enjoy sports and activities she andxd her husband loved but said the chance to become chancellor was another turning point. >> i left genentech, and asked to consider being chancellor inspiration of what waits like to enable others to succeed led to me taking the job here. >> this year she shocked the university of california regents, proposing ucsf become more economist -- . >>nomous. and to bolster in embryonic stem cell research. >> it's the important thing that. is a big ambition. >> and she's an amazing woman and you're on the board of the common wealth club. you're going to be the mc on the dinner? >> it's on the 18th and it's a fascinating evening. if you're interested in attending you can find the time, place and ticket inf

did we did genentech's last night that that have a did commit and it was a wild ride in the looks likeorst is over the now that strong cold front moved through the bay area's leading to the east instills the scene showers showing up outside of that have making its way into a best- seller in stockton still win all the way down toward more morgan hill but still the strongest arms batman that is made 32 berkeley headed toward will let creaking concord heavy rain coming direction these can be showers you can see hail and that in some of the storms and maybe even if he lightning strikes saw around the bay area now turning into showers of the cold front is gone by and was the sunny breaks in between the clouds and the possibility of thunderstorms but here's the good years as the head toward the weekend will be drying things out another storm system has yet to go here is the one moving through this morning it amplifies the moves on to the bay area some of those gusts over 40 m.p.h. behind that we got some showers and then we another storm setting itself up what looks like fright at grant and

and genentech agreed to provide the drug to her. jay wolfson says that is unusual.>> for one thing, the drug companies is affording the use of the drug basically free. and the fda is very careful about approving any use of an experimental drug outside of a clinical trial. >> reporter: with met static breast cancer all over, including in her liver, darlene says she is just trying to put a face on what she and so many others in need of investigational drugs go through. >> if i don't get on this drug this week if my abdomen swells, there's no going backwards. i won't be able to get treatment. so like every day is like eternity to me. >> what a moving story. >> patients must have been immediate need, a life-threatening disease or condition to get the kind of access to unapproved trial drugs. certainly she met that criteria. >> we should also mention that the reporter is going through her own fight with breast cancer. she appears to be winning. she looks great. so we're all rooting for you, linda, as well. >> good story on a couple of levels there. wow. absolutely. >>> h