abc7's tomas roman has the latest live from san francisco general hospital. that is where the victim bryan stow is being treated. toma? >> reporter: that's right. 42-year-old bryan stow is still here at san francisco general hospital in critical condition. los angeles police say they have the main suspect in his brutal beating. it happened march 31 in a giants-dodgers opener in los angeles. it comes after 6,000-hour investigation over the past seven weeks. the los angeles police raided apartment in east hollywood complex yesterday morning and arrested 31-year-old reputed gang member and exconvict giovanni ramirez seen in the sketch. a tip from the parole agent led to trigger the arrest after seven-week investigation. news of the arrest of the suspect in bryan stow's brutal beating at dodger stadium march 31 was welcome by stow's sister and the los angeles police. >> i got a phone call from the chief of operations earl pacinger and he said the words i've been quiting for, for seven weeks. he said we have bryan's assault suspect in custody. >> i can't even tell

reached with the interns in residence who, as part of their training rotation, go through the general hospital. this is a three-year agreement that goes through june of 2014. i'm happy to take any questions. >>supervisor campos: i major- general question. i have visited with the interns and residents in the past. one of the things that was a concern at the time was we have highly educated folks doing a service to the city and we want to make sure they are adequately compensated during the process. i'm wondering if you could say a little bit about that? i imagine this is a mutual agreement, i imagine this addresses the needs and concerns raised in the past. >> absolutely. we have a longstanding relationship with the residents and a settlement agreement was reached in which we agree the wages of interns and residents while they rotate through san francisco general will be the same as they are at ucsf. they will be at the same wage rate. >supervisor campos: why don't we open up to public comment? we will have to limit public comment to 2 minutes. if you have comment, please come forward on this i

revenues, $1,925,000 of surplus san francisco general hospital revenues, de-appropriating $6,175,000 of non-hospital operations expenditures at san francisco general hospital to fund cost overruns in the department of public health including $20,334,000 at san francisco general hospital and $10,721,000 at laguna honda hospital for fy2010-2011. supervisor chu: thank you. >> i think that those of you being with us over the years passed, the health department, it is not uncommon or unusual to wind up with expenditures for salaries that are that appropriated in the budget. there has been a long history of structures -- structural shortfalls in the budget associated with the attrition savings we are not able to realize in a 24/7 setting along with pharmaceutical expenditures. in years past, we have also generated sufficient surplus revenues for 100% of our additional appropriations. this is the first year we find that we are unable to do that. we found that we had a situation with one of our revenue sources this year associated with a hospital fee that through state legislation

this was the scene at san francisco general hospital at 1:45 today as brian stow a giants fan and a paramedic arrived here. the icu room he is in includes special monitors to help niseizes. he new physician is the hospital's head of neurosurgery. he told us it is too early to ases his chances to fully recover. >> there is images for us to review. a large pile of medical records. again, he is just now arrived here. what i know about him is what i learned frommia and now i am learning from him about him. >> reporter: he was accompanied by his ex-wife and a cousin. even strangers moved showed up to offer support. >> he is a great father. great attitude. and he is a great giants fan. he is in our prayers. >> reporter: now for now he is only seen by his family members. we learned the giants plan to drop by as well. a spokeswoman says they plan to visit him later this week once he is settled into the hospital. reporting live, david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> extra care was taken to bring him to san francisco. ktvu's maureen naylor is live at sfo. >> reporter: paramedics come here to pick u

we're at san francisco general hospital with the latest. >> reporter: this arrest happened this morning in east hollywood area in los angeles. police say they're confident they have the right man in custody this evening. but they are still searching for two more people. one man believed to be involved in the attack and the woman who is believed to have driven the getaway car. los angeles police called the map they arrested the primary aggressor in the brutal beating of bryan stow. more than 20 detectives have been working for a total of more than 1,000 hours to make an arrest. the police chief says the investigation is in the early staidges. >> 7:00 this morning i got a phone call from our chief of operations, and he said the words i have been waiting for seven week. he said we had bryan's assault suspect in custody. >> reporter: police aren't releasing any information about the man until he is booked this evening. but he is a reputed member of a los angeles street gang. officers dressed in s.w.a.t. gear surrounded his east hollywood apartment at 7:00 this morning. in a phone interview,

stow was then again taken by ambulance to san francisco general hospital, where he will continue his recovery. chief of neurosurgery dr. jeffrey manley says stow definitely wants to be treated here. >> we're known for many of the devices and imaging techniques that we've developed for brain imagery, the protocols are used throughout the united states and internationally. we have a lot of information to look at. he's been down there for a number of weeks. i want to congratulate the physicians for really proceeding with the treatment that saved his life. now, that he's here, we have to makeory own assessment. >> reporter: for six weeks, stow has been in and out of the a coma after suffering a severely fractured skull and damage to the front lobe of his brain in the attack. stow's family and friends says the paramedic's two kids will finally be able to visit him. >> they're so excited that daddy's finally coming home to be closer. they say that they want to go up and see him. so it will be a first. >> we're waiting for brian. we're waiting to see what he's going to do. it's up to him no

hour flight by private jet to sfo where he will be immediately transported to san francisco general hospital. chosen over all bay area hospitals we're told by la county usc medical because of dr. jeffrey manley, chief of neurosurgery and a doctor with specialized experience with brain and spinal injury. neither dr. manley will comment on anticipated treatment for stowe saying tonight, he's not a patient yet. >> now brian stowe is expected to leave los angeles monday

: san francisco general hospital is where giants fan bryan stow has been for the past week.cal condition and he's been unconscious for the past seven weeks since he was beaten outside the dodgers stadium. stow suffered a severe head injury and police say at the hands of two other men outside the stadium. l.a. police followed up on hundreds of tips. there was a $100,000 reward leading to the men responsible. police put in thousands of hours to track down the fans suspect. >> he said the words i've been waiting for for seven weeks. he said that we had bryan's assault suspect in custody. >> reporter: 31-year-old giovanni ramirez is one of three people police are looking for in connection to the bating -- beating. the other man involved and a third woman involved in driving the get away car. the tip from his arrest came from his patrol agent. police say several witnesses at the scene of the beating also picked ramirez out of a photo lineup. ramirez is being held on $1 million bail. he has been convicted on three prior offenses. now stow's family says they are incredibly relieved

i used to work at san francisco general hospital for 20 years. when i took a look at this item this morning, what caught my eye was the dollar amount. i thought it was interesting that it is only $1 but not to dollars short of $1 million. according to my previous experience, it seems when you are dealing with $1 or $2 short of an actual limit, there is always the slight chance that this might be an example of what they called voodoo economics, which is open to translation, depending on who is practicing. what also caught my eye was that it mentions waiting in direct costs -- waiving indirect costs. an inexperienced person like myself does not know what that means or how much is actually involved. i would like to bring that issue forward for possible explanation. the third thing i would like to focus on is it mentions non- structural seismic retrofit. what i thought about that this morning, i was wondering -- is that open to manipulation by the people that have control of these funds? the reason why i bring up the idea of possible manipulation is

he was flown to sfo and taken to san francisco general hospital. brian stow was beaten outside dodger stadium two months ago and has been in and out of a comown since there. he suffered a fracture skull

reporting live at san francisco general hospital, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >> bryan stow's family has been updating the public about his condition since the attack on march 31st. the latest entry reads as follows, the day has finally come. bryan is now stable enough to bring home up north. this time is so bittersweet, we are happy to get to bring bryan home. they go on to thank all the people in los angeles who helped them in this journey, especially his doctors and nurses at the usc medical center. from the recovery to the investigation, los angeles police still looking for the suspects in this attack. about 200 billboards have now been posted around l.a. which show sketches of the potential suspects and also show the reward being offered, $100,000. stay with us here at nbc bay area and nbcbayarea.com for our continuing coverage of bryan stow's recovery. >>> accident on alcatraz, the roof of a tram while riding in crashed on top of tourists. >> reporter: the tram we're talking about is the one they use to help people get from the water up to the prison cell tower. that is

terry mcsweeney is live at the san francisco general hospital. terry? >> reporter: 31-year-old giovanni ramirez is suspected, though not charged in the beating of bryan stow. he is still at san francisco general in critical condition. we're two months after incident. now there are some who question whether ramirez was involved at all. look at the sketches of the suspect. people are wondering how strong the case is against ramirez. now he is in custody. on a parole violation. prosecutors and detectives met at l.a. yesterday and decided not to file charges, not yet. the investigation continues. ramirez says he has witnesses who will testify he was elsewhere during that game. police line-up will be held today. so, beaten in the parking lot of dodger stadium march 31 after a dodger-giants game. the stow family attorney filed suit against the dodgers saying that he was harassed in the game. hot dogs was thrown at him and he claims that security was lax. ? we have seen what has happened at dodger stadium. they decided to cut on security. they knocked the secu

. >> reporter: bryan stow is in criminal condition at san francisco general hospital. the good news, as you mention, los angeles police believe they have the main suspect in the march 31 beating of bryan stow at the giants opener in los angeles. police are still searching for another man and a female driver of the car that the men were in, at the time. now this is a sketch that led to the arrest of 31-year-old exconvict giovani ramirez of los angeles. 6,000 hours of investigation led to the arrest sunday morning in a los angeles apartment complex. it was a tip from ramirez patrol agent that led to the arrest. police, friends and stow's sister welcome the news. >> i got a phone call from the chief of operations pacinger and he said words i've been waiting for, for seven weeks. he said that we had bryan's assault suspect in custody. >> i have can't tell you the emotions. to be excited is the least we can say. we don't know what we're feeling. >> reporter: stow was moved here to san francisco general hospital about a week ago. he remains in critical condition. doctors are

and, of course, san francisco general hospital and chinese hospital. showing up here in a minute. what does it cost? you will have other people talk to you about this. you already cited this i think pretty well known fact that both the most consolidated and most expensive of the counties in our state. again, just to emphasize the point, hospitals are paid $7,349 per patient per day on average compared with los angeles county, not necessarily an inexpensive place to live or work, where the figure is $4,389 per day on average. supervisor chiu: i'm sorry, before you move on on that, that is a pretty stunning figure. could you talk about the various explanations for that? >> tried to explain that? a lot of other people will be talking about that. supervisor chiu: great. thank you. i would say certainly, the question of consolidation and public control over health care costs is an important issue. i want to talk some about the other costs. not just the dollar costs of this configuration of services, but the cost in terms of quality and where services are. this basically shows, although

. >> i'm tomas roman, san francisco general hospital. los angeles police announced arrest of the main suspect in bryan stow's march 31 beating at the giants game opener. we'll have more coming up. >>> live look at the embarcadero, downtown san francisco. in the ferry building. you see the trees are moving, the flags are flying. winds aren't as bad as they were last night. i will tell you when they finally calm. then we have rain in the forecast. >> you'll find breezy conditions across some of the bay bridges this morning as well as the altamont pass. try to take it easy out there, i'll have details coming up. >> good morning, everyone. monday morning. a little breezy as you heard. thank you for joining us. i'm eric thomas. >> i'm kristen sze. frances speaks, i'll listen. if are driving, have both hands on the steering wheel. right? >> all three if you have an extra. howling winds will get your attention. okay, it's monday. give me a break. check in with mike for a look at the forecast. >> we'll go back to last night. 11:00, and check out

podium is ready at san francisco general hospital. you are looking the at a live picture. this is the first public statement since they have arrested one of the two men suspected of attacking him. tomas ramon is live there. >> we're at san francisco general where bryan stow is in critical condition. we expect the family to talk to us what they think about the arrest that was made and update on brian's condition. after 6,000 hours of investigation by 20 detectives they have managed to arrest the main suspect in the march 31th beating of bryan stow. >> los angeles police raided this east hollywood apartment complex early yesterday morning. they arrested a reputed gang member and ex-convict, they call him the main aggressor of the beating of bryan stow. this sketch prompted his parole agent to tie him to the attack. >> a very difficult investigation, a lot of moving pieces still in motion but a significant break. one that will lead to a successful prosecution. >> they are still searching for another man and a woman that was driving the getaway car after the attack. they issue

and and and transported them general hospital. the woman was treated and released. the sun remains in the hospital but his injuries are not life- threatening -- the son remains in the hospital but his injuries are not life- threatening. >>> bryan stow is back in the bay area tonight. we were overhead at 130 this afternoon as the ambulances transported him to san francisco general hospital. two men attacked 24-year-old stow at dodger stadium on opening day, the last day of march. >>> stow is in the intensive care units. the chief neurosurgeon told us that stow is no longer in a medically induced coma but remains in critical condition. >> what we do know is if we make in stable, gay him in the best possible shape that weekend, he can have disorder recovery that he will be able to have. >> doctors say they are concerned about seizures. outside the hospital we found one giants fan wishing stow well. for more, click the tab on our homepage at ktvu.com. >>> the family of joe fernandez struggled to except their loss be the mother said she had mixed feelings as she watched h

>>> i'm terry mcsweeney live in san francisco general hospital where bryan stowry mains in critical condition after being beaten two months ago at dodger stadium. the man arrested for the attack has now been picked out of a police line-up. more on that coming up in a live report. >>> i'm amy hollyfield live in san francisco with a proposal that would likely mean your pg&e bill will be going up. the story coming up. >>> a live look from sutro tower looking east. lingering clouds and left-over moisture from yesterday's rain. it's not reaching the ground and probably won't until tomorrow morning. i'll give you an idea how heavy that will be and if it will linger through the holiday weekend. >> service resumed for the alameda harbor bay ferry. that's great news. no trouble here across the bay bridge. we're keeping an eye on roadwork heading toward the golden gate bridge. it looks libe it's just cleared. i have a live shot up next. >> nice thursday so far. 5:00. good morning. thank you for starting your day with us. i'm kristen sze. >> i'm eric thomas. >> in the news, los angeles prosecutors are a

he landed at sfo and was transported to san francisco general hospital, where family was waiting. >> we watched bryan land at the airport. got to see him loaded on to the ambulance. trook part of the procession all of the way to the hospital. got to see bryan a few minutes today. exciting to have him back home. >> reporter: home is where family and friends can be close to the 42-year-old father of two, who was beaten by two men following a giants/dodgers game in los angeles. doctors felt he was stable enough to be transferred to s.f. general, a hospital known for its staff that can deal with trauma like that stow suffered. >> where he's at neurologically, time will tell. >> the problem with prognosis -- >> reporter: dr. jeffrey manly is the chief of neurosurgery at the hospital. he says he needs time to come up with the prague know sis. >> when somebody likes a transfer like this, there's a period of setback, where we're trying to get him stable at this point. and now, assessing a variety of issues. >> reporter: still, family and friends are optimistic. >> bryan is showing, you know,

1:30 this afternoon and he was transferred to an ambulance and brought to the san francisco general hospital where family and friends arrived to join his parents and sisters inside. he was severely beaten outside of dodger stadium and immediately put into a medically induced coma and taken off of the drugs successfully may 1st. he opened his eyes last friday and couldn't focus according to the family. his children 8 and 12 years old will come to the hospital to see him. >> they are doing best as can be expected. they miss their dad . i have been honest with them about everything and so they are prepared and you know, they are excited to come and see him. >> he's not out of the woods. many things can happen and be taken care of . with the transport up here we'll have time to sort all of that out. >>> and sketches of the two suspects, wanted in stow's beating are on bill boards all over los angeles . there has been an outpouring of support from the los angeles area and bay area and beyond. stow's family and friend say they cannot adequately express their gratitude. live in san francisco genera

he's still in critical condition here at san francisco general hospital. rehe maynes unconscious. but brew -- he re-- he remains unconscious. she says no change is good news. they just don't want his condition to get worse. back to you. >> all right. thank you. and we have 24 story at ktvu.com. >>> contra costa county sheriff deputies are trying to figure out who took a 4-month-old to southern california. the little girl has now been found. the girl's mother says the baby was taken from their home in the delta town of nitzen in eastern d.c. d.c. county. as -- in eastern contra costa county. >> i'm reading from facebook. it's christen gallego who says, thank you for all of your plays. dare dash all of your prayers -- all of your prayers. >> you just can't imagine. you look and -- and your baby is gone. it's horrible. >> reporter: christen placed ramy in her basso net -- bassennette and then she was gone. late last night a break in the case. >> the baby is safe. we're trying to reunite the baby with the parents and our detectives are still in southern california. they are following

. >> i'm terry mcsweeney live in san francisco general hospital. where bryan stow remains in critical condition. but the man suspected of beating him at dodger stadium two months ago has been picked out of a police line-up. his attorney says he has ironclad evidence he couldn't have done it. i'll tell you about in a live report. >> check out the beautiful sunrise this morning. we have a sunny and slightly breezy day on the way. no rain in the forecast now. but that's not the case for tomorrow morning. i'll update you on the cool weekend forecast. >> the alameda harbor bay ferry. back in service this morning. also, there haven't been many accidents to slow you down. enjoy the nice ride here for westbound 80 commuters heading through berkeley. >> does look good. all right. it's 6:01 on thursday. good morning. thank you for joining us. i'm kristen sze. >> i'm eric thomas. in the news, the los angeles prosecutors are a step closer this morning to filing charges against the prime suspect in the beating of giants fan bryan stow outside dodger stadium. th

so on general hospital i play a character named franco who is a bad artist. and he is also a serial killer. and he is creepy. he's creepy. he's a creepy guy. but there is enough kind of crossover with my own life that people maybe look at that and say oh, that's james. but i guess what's the interesting thing about that project is or when people start making comments like that is we're all performing. i mean we're all performing. i am performing right now, you know, i mean i don't-- it's you, at's charlie rose. i have tons of respect for you. and you are asking me certain kinds of questions. and we're at brown university. and so-- whoo! (laughter) >> if i was with a friend, you know, i would maybe say stuff that had similar content but i would be behaving differently. and so-- and so that's why, like tom cruise can, like, show a lot of energy in "jerry maguire" and get applauded. and then if he jumps on the couch on oprah, people don't like that. but they're still performances. i mean it's hard to draw the line. >> rose: right. >> and so i guess if my project

the santa cruz father of two remains in critical condition here at san francisco general hospital.y ramirez was booked for assault with a deadly weapon , that weapon being his foot, and is being held on a million dollars bail. detectives say he has previous convictions for weapons charges and robbery. >> and in the wake of this tragedy, the city, fans, police department, the dodger and giants organizations, worked closely together to find this individual to ramp up security, and to ensure the safety of all of our fans. >> reporter: investigators are now looking for two other suspects, another man who took part in the beating and a woman who drove the getaway car. police and s.w.a.t. team members say that the -- that they detained several people for questioning and they seized evidence from the apartment building where they arrested ramirez and a home. police have had 20 full-time detectives working on this case for more than 6,000 hours and this investigation continues. they have more arrests to make. >> sharon, thanks very much. sharon chin in san francisco. . >>> well, bryan stow

he spent several days in a coma and weeks in intensive care at san francisco general hospital.surgeons removed the left side of his skull. >> i had to learn how to read, talk, think. i had to learn how to understand life. it was like being reborn and being a baby again. >> reporter: the mystery of brain injuries is gaining new focus because of bryan stow, the san francisco giants fan who was badly beaten in march outside dodger stadium. he is being treated by the same neurosurgeon who worked on nick nine years ago. >> the time when nick came to the hospital he was a research subject as part of a research trial. bryan is more in a recovery phase than a treatment phase which is where nick was. >> reporter: nick returned to duty a year after the accident. you hopes his story will offer bryan stow's family reasons to hope for a full recovery. >> remain positive. it's a long process but with that positive nature and atmosphere it is a successful one. >> reporter: in san francisco, david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> san francisco's new police chief was given an only in san fra

all of our assets, whether they are facilities, park facilities, general hospital, have to have a useful life that is going to be in excess of 20 years, essentially. the street reconstruction repaving work that we do meets that criteria. secondly, i do not know of any jurisdiction in the country, in the state of california or anywhere else in the country, that funds its street improvements and we are proposing here, through general funds. there are always other kinds of funding sources that are used. gas tax, dedicated sales tax, personal taxes -- parcel taxes. we have been doing research on general obligation bonds, which is what we are proposing here. outside of the state of california, almost everybody uses street improvements for obligation bonds. seven of the foulargest cities n the country all views general obligation bonds for street resurfacing. the three cities on that list are all in california. los angeles, san diego, and san jose. the reason these california cities are not using go bonds is not of they are not and of corporate capital expense, but because there is a higher vo

san francisco general hospital was the first hospital in the country to open its doors to aids patients. and has since developed innovative treatment models. joining me now are deon jones, nurse on ward 86 at sf general. and dr. brad hare who is the medical director of ward 86. welcome. and what has changed in those 30 years, would you say? >> a lot has changed, really, with hiv. if you were diagnosed with aids in 1981, you could expect to live 18 months. now when someone's diagnosed hiv positive in san francisco, we expect them to live decades. we expect them to live into old age. i tell my patients now head of to plan for retirement. that was something that would have been unthinkable 30 years ago. so the treatments that we use now have revolutionized the way we care for patients with aids. >> belva: talk about what it was like 30 years ago to be on that ward. >> well, as you remember in the early days when we first started these services in 1983, this was a decision that was made by the city of san francisco, with the approval of the mayor, the department of public health, to create

linda yee joins us from san francisco's general hospital. linda? >> reporter: brian stow will be arriving here tomorrow morning with his medical team. they will be accompanying him all the way from los angeles to monitor his condition. the chief of neurology will receive him, he'll be taken immediately into intensive care where he'll resume his treatment for that severe brain injury. earlier today in los angeles his family held an emotional news conference. there were hugs, tears, and gratitude. the stow family says they leave los angeles with no ill feelings. >> this press conference is very bittersweet because we're taking brian home. the people of l.a. have been in our hearts during this 6-week journey and your prayers and support have guided us through. we have made lifelong friends, thank you doesn't say enough how much we appreciate you. you will never be forgotten. this is truly the city of angels. >> reporter: giants fan brian stow was severely beaten while walking through the parking lot of dodger stadium after the opening day game. for 6

ktvu's maureen naylor is live outside of san francisco general hospital where stow remains hospitalized. >> reporter: heather this morning i spoke with bryan stow's mother shortly after she got the news. she says she is excited and that the family is incredibly relieved after getting a call from lapd. the arrest came 7:00 this morning when los angeles police officers with guns drawn searched search wants at several locations including this east hollywood apartment complex. >> everybody had to go out, everybody. everybody. they said in spanish and english. >> reporter: several people were detained and a bystander said a bald man with tattoos was one of them and match wundt of two sketches posted on billboards around la limit ion i said for sometime this was an absolute priority of ours. our officers have been working day and night to find these individuals, and i said back then that we would and we have. >> reporter: after hearing the news, bryan stow's mother and sister came to visit him at san francisco general, where he remains in critical condition. online they thanked supporters and