news 4 spoke with giddings mother, and darcy spencer is in the newsroom with what they had to say. >> reporter: her mom made it clear it's the support of the community that helps them get through the very dark moments. today that community got together to do something gettings loved to do. that's to play softball. at a field in laurel, members of the community are playing in a softball tournament in memory of 27-year-old lauren giddings, a laurel native and law school graduate found brutally murdered near her apartment in june of last year. her mom says the community helped the family deal with this tragedy. >> just overwhelmed. i am truly overwhelmed by this beautiful day and the outpour of support from this community. >> reporter: karen giddings said lauren loved softball and this tournament made possible by donations and volunteers was the ideal way to honor her. >> she loved people coming together, and if this doesn't embody everything laueren was about, nothing will, because -- on every team there's somebody that's connected to lauren somehow. >> reporter: lauren's neighbor and c

lauren giddings was found dead last year at her apartment in macon, georgia. she had just finished law school. the community came together for the first annual butterbean softball tournament. money raised is going to the special olympics. giddings neighbor and classmate has been charged with the murder. he remains in jail. but no trial date has been set. >>> we're sure getting spoils with this beautiful weather. we want it to continue forever, but we know it can't. chuck bell is here to tell us if it will. chuck? >> i think we can squeak out an awfully nice sunday. it probably won't be quite as pretty as today was, but i think you won't find too many things to complain about with your sunday forecast. for now, your saturday night has turned delightfully cool outside. many of the suburbs already well down into the mid-50s now. 55 in manassas, 55 in culpepper. still 60 at reagan national airport. a chilly start in the morning. here are your startoff temperatures, a lost 40th on the map. we'll talk about how nice tomorrow will be and when the rain does finally ge

the number of youngsters visiting medical institutions for gid is increasing. so the age of hormone therapy has been lowered from 18 to 15. as a result, 17-year-old takamasa is eligible for treatment. >> translator: since my voice became deeper, i feel i'm starting to become the real me. i'm becoming more outgoing. >> reporter: takamasa has decided to come out and talk openly about his gender at the public speaking contest. the sense of being accepted has improved his self-confidence. now he's ready for others to change. >> translator: i was born with the body of the wrong gender, and i'd been living with that until the second year of junior high school. i'm still frustrated about being born with the wrong body, but i'm happy that i'm strong enough to change my school life positively. >> reporter: he talked about how his new openness has changed the attitudes of teachers and friends and how he can now live his life as he wants. >> translator: if you say who you really are, people accept it as part of your individuality. i hope we can all have courage to be ours

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i just hope that the trime team, that they -- trial team that they like gid tars, and music. if they haven't, you'll be very happy. john, welcome, and i look forward to working with you. we worked together great and i think you will be a great asset for the board. >> president chiu: supervisor farrell. >> supervisor farrell: thank you. i want to echo what i said earlier and to say thank you. someone who has been here a year and a half and new to the political system in san francisco, you have been an incredible guide. from my perspective, and, you know, you talk about professionalism, but you have really helped a ton. i mean that very personally. i want to thank you for that. i don't think anyone else could have done that. so many things -- i don't know what supervisor campos or wiener said, whether something is material or not, and having you on speed dial that is true for me. you are such a great person. our loss is their gain at the trial team but thank you for everything. john you have big shoes to fill but i love working with you already and love working with you in the

i should have mentioned earlier, we do have a new city attorney, so i do want to welcome john gid ner he is taking cheryl adam's place, i do have a question, given an amount that is lower than the original 17 million dollars, if we made that change, it would be non-substantive, correct? >> yes, that's right. >> thank you. why don't we open this item back up for public comment. are there must be members of the public who wish to speak. seeing none, public comment is closed. colleagues, do we have a motion to accept the budget analyst recommendation and then to send the item as amended forward with recommendations? okay, and also to authorize the clerk to make that amendment. okay, we will do that without objection. thank you. can we call item number 7 through 12, please. >> item number 7, resolution approving the 28th amendment to the treasure island south waterfront master lease between the treasure island development authority and the united states navy to extend the term. number 8, resolution approving the thirsty seventh amendment to the treasure island land and have you beening kh

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