the sister wandered about the city, weeping for her brother. gestanana wandered about the city, weeping for dimusi. oh, my brother, who is your sister? i am your sister. oh, dimusi, who is your mother? i am your mother. the day that dawns for you will also dawn for me. the day that you will see, i will also see. i would find my brother, i would comfort him, i would share his fate. when she saw the sister's grief, when anana saw the grief of gestana, she spoke to him gently. dimusi is no more. i would take you to him, but i do not know the place. then a fly appeared. the holy fly circled the air above anana's head and spoke, if i tell you where dimusi is, what are you give me? anana said, if you tell me, i will let you frequent the beer houses and taverns. i will let you dwell among the talk of the wise ones. i will let you dwell among the songs of the minstrals. the fly spoke. lift your eyes to the edges of the steppe. lift your eyes to arali. there you will find gestanana's brother. there you will find the shepherd, dimusi. anana and gestanana

she agreed to buy a $2,500 conditional use permit she hopes will allow her to keep her animals. city officials told her she also needs a $40 business license to sell the surplus food she often gave neighbors for a donation. >> we are caught in the situation where there are neighbors that don't like the fact that she raises animals and kills them in her yard. >> if you ask the neighbors none have a problem with what we are are doing. >> and we did. >> it brings the community together. good use of the land. >> there is other people that get inspired to create their own gardens and do things in their backyards and use the land the way she used. >> reporter: beginning april 14 city laws will change allow oing urban guardennin gardeninf this will be legal. she is not use the conditional use permit will allow her to keep her animals. >>> a historic day at at&t park. they raised the san francisco first ever world series banner since the team moved to the city. a soldout crowd to kick off the season. fireworks and a flyover and baseball great willie mays just some of the highlights throughou

california mother spoke pub libly today for the first time about her life after undergoing a hand transplant. emily fennell of yuba city lost her right hand in a car crash. last month doctors at ucla attached a donor hand in a marathon 14 hour operation. doctors say fennel should gain some feeling in that right hand within a year. fennell says her goal is to be able to use her new hand without even thinking about it. >> the morning commute came with a sweet treat for some folks today. b.a.r.t. and this oversized bear which we don't know exactly why there's a bear there. were handing out fair trade chocolate from. b.a.r.t. says the give away is in connection with its blue sky environmental festival on thursday. >> well it's not over until it's over. the wild play off game between the sharks and kings next in sports. >>> ticket master and its parent company is going to start using demand prices. if tickets aren't selling prices will be reduced. but for a popular show prices may go up. last summer was a down year for many concerts and concerts were cancelled. >>> and this year is a big year for hockey. >> national hockey

california mother spoke pub libly today for the first time about her life after undergoing a hand transplant. emily fennell of yuba city lost her right hand in a car crash. last month doctors at ucla attached a donor hand in a marathon 14 hour operation. doctors say fennel should gain some feeling in that right hand within a year. fennell says her goal is to be able to use her new hand without even thinking about it. >> the morning commute came with a sweet treat for some folks today. b.a.r.t. and this oversized bear which we don't know exactly why there's a bear there. were handing out fair trade chocolate from. b.a.r.t. says the give away is in connection with its blue sky environmental festival on thursd >>> ticket master and its parent company is going to start using demand prices. if tickets aren't selling prices will be reduced. but for a popular show prices may go up. last summer was a down year for many concerts and concerts were cancelled. >>> and this year is a big year for hockey. >> national hockey at its best. the cartoon balloon read over every fan read, here we go again. unexplained lethargy early. no, m

. >>> the oakland mayor laid out the challenges facing her city today as leaders hammer out a new budget. the mayor created three budgets based on best and worse case scenarios. among the factor fist they approve a parsal tax in june. they are asking all city workers to take a 10% to 15% pay cut. without concessions the city might have to lay off 368 workers and shutdown libraries. >>> oakland city attorney is moving on. we broke the news earlier this month. now the city of alameda is confirming that john russo is to be the new city manager. it comes with a $215,000 base celery. they must -- salary. they must still sign off on this. >>> homeowners are skeptical about a city plan to save their homes hid by mudslide. these are two of the six homes where the hillside gave way. the city wants to put piers in the hillside to save the homes n . return they are asked to sign a waiver agreeing not to file future lawsuits against the city. some are skeptical fearing that the metal rods will not prevent further erosion. >>> investigators now say it could be months before they know what caused an e

. >>> locally oakland mayor jean quan says the long-term forecast for her city is positive, however cutstill have to be made to make up the $58 million budget deficit. and today she presented three scenarios. cuts to all city services. more city employee contributions. or a parcel tax. a balanced budget must be passed by june 30. >>> san jose's cinco de mayo parade has been cancelled this year. the organizers of that 30-year- old event say they can no longer afford it. the american g.i. forum says the city is requiring costly police protection and they have been unsuccessful at finding a sponsor other than safeway. >>> and this year's bay to breakers race will have a creative way of dealing with drunken participants. instead of jail, they are going to be taken to sobering tents. those tents will reportedly provide some juice and water and then help arrange some transportation. this year, the event has a zero tolerance policy for alcohol and is also banning floats equipped with beer kegs. >>> the atlanta braves pitching coach accused of making homophobic remarks and sexually suggestive ge

they are talking about her city and not san francisco. those are just some of the selling points that she made to san francisco big-name tech companies. she want to lure them to her turf and not ashamed about it. >> we have better weather and we're closer to downtown san francisco than most of san francisco. gaming companies could save 35 million over five years by moving to oakland. did she mention the weather yet. >> we are cooler and have better weather. cool in the sense of the culture. >> on the other side of the bay the mayor is hardly worried. >> wow, that is a strong word. >> san francisco is doing its best to make sure the companies don't leave and they have a tax break to keeper in town. >> i don't mind if it goes both ways. >> there is one other thing that oakland has and san francisco doesn't. >> that is cheaper rent. >> it rents for 10 dollars less a square foot. >>> and a big you selling point may be the problem. >> if they made the decision to move to oakland. they know that parts of oak landd are great. any city is great t

>>reporter: oakland mayor kwan is talking about her city. not san francisco. and during a secret sales pitch last week those are just some of the sell points she made to san francisco big name tech company like open table and yellp. she wants to lure them to her turf and she is not the least bit ashamed about it. >> we have better weather. we are closer to downtown san francisco than most san francisco. >>reporter: gaming company could save 35 million dollars over 5 years by moving to oakland. did she mention the weather yet? >> plus when you add the fact that we are cooler and have better weather in the sense of the culture. >>reporter: on the other side of the bay mayor lee is hardly worried. >> that's a strong word. >>reporter: san francisco doing its best to make sure the company it has don't leave. it just passed a tax break to keep 20th intertoychbility i don't mind because it goes both ways f.there is something that interests us in oakland we might do the same. >>reporter: one other thing oakland has that san francisco doesn't. that is cheaper rent. com

her history, determination to deal with the complex histories in the world give us a lot of hope for the struggles facing our city. her soft-spoken manner, her campaign style, her work ethic, her focus and ability to connect with everyday citizens, plus, her truly amazing energy. she is everywhere and always on, are what will enable her to leave oakland to solving the almost but not quite overwhelming economic, social, and planning issues that we face. i need to give you one warning about our mayor -- telling jean kwan that she cannot do something just makes her work harder to prove you wrong. before she speaks, and i actually bring her to the podium, we will hear a very short clip that presents a side of oakland that you may not be aware of. >> i think what makes it special is something called the music genome project. 15 musicians have work force for almost 10 years. they listen to songs one by one and analyze them along with 400 musical after this. that is how we power pandora. pandora is a technology company on the cutting edge in terms of utilizing the lead, but the underlying technology has helped handbill

a woman in oklahoma who is fighting her city council for permission to keep her pet kangaroo.fleets in the country are switching to more efficient vehicles. through our clean fleet partnership driven not by government but by business more companies are going to be switching to electric and alternative vehicles, too. not out of goodness of their hearts but because it's good for their bottom line. >> janelle: he says transitioning to a clean energy economy will help the u.s. to jobs at home at the future. >> governor jerry brown is trying to think everything he can do to help the massive budget deficit even resorting to use his own pet sutter to raise money. nannette miranda how little sut ser trying to make a big impression. >> governor jerry brown's dog has become a celebrity at the capital. seven-year-old corgi is capitalizing on his popularity and selling his own line of merchandise t-shirts and tote bags. three dollars of each sell pays down the budget deficit. yeah the remaining $14 billion deficit! >> i confess i'm a super fan. >> she likes him so much she bought a hoodie

not that many months ago we stood on the steps of city hall in recounting her behalf of our cities richard -- our path on behalf of the city . here we are celebrating the first chinese-american mayor in our great city. it is a remarkable thing and a very proud dana. -- thing. i spoke a little bit about this yesterday, but it is important set this reminds everybody this is the birthplace of the united nations. this is a city of remarkable diversity. we do not just tolerated. we celebrate it. that is a spirit of what makes sense and cisco a special place in the hearts and minds of people -- that makes san francisco a special place in the hearts and minds of people. mayor lee, here is my advice. you have a year, figure out what you want to accomplish. you were put in this position by the people to my right, but the people of san francisco are the people counting on you. [applause] do what you think is right, and remember that as important and impressive as this did not -- as this is, there are hundreds of thousands of people who require your attention and leadership. always remember the peopl

. >>> oakland mayor quan unveiled her first city budget since taking office today. it calls for across the board cuts that includes reducing the number of police officers and closing four fire stations. city employees would have to take 15 days off without pay. mayor quan says she is uncertain of how much tax revenue oakland will collect in the next year. >>> teenagers and neighborhood kids were playing ball and at the rainbow recreation center. it is the launch of the safe fridays, safe saturdays program to help keep teens off the streets. the school district found those are friday and saturday, the most dangerous night of the week for local teenagers. local nonprofits and businesses and faith-based businesses are funding the program. >>> chevron's first quarter profits rose 36%. it is the latest in a string of strong earnings reports from major oil companies. san ramon-based chevron lead to a $1 billion increase in profit. a chevron spokesman says the profits have little to do with the price of gas at the pump. >> we understand and appreciate the impact that high

she was highly valued and loved by her colleagues at the puc and at the city attorney's office. we will miss her and we sent her family our condolences. may she rest in peace. the rest i will submit. supervisor chiu: today, i have a couple items. a number of weeks ago at weeksgao -- a couple weeks ago at our gao committee, we learned that over time continues to be an issue plaguing the city. as part of the hearing, we learn that our fire department exceeded their overtime budget by almost 1/3 of their budget. mta exceeded their budget by 10%. as we look to keep down our costs, we learned that in the administrative code, employees who work overtime hours that exceed 30% of a number of hours they are scheduled to work need to get an exemption from human resources. there are still scores of employees that work that level of ours. this is equivalent to an employee working 80 hours a week for almost four months before they need to get an exemption to continue to work more overtime hours. today, i am introducing legislation that would amend that number to 20%, so we can better monitor

her. >>> a city known for its acceptance of alternative lifestyles is now rallying for peace tonight. rallying for a san francisco transgender woman beaten by two men in what appears to be a hate crime. let's bring in nbc bay area's jeanne elle from the mission district in san francisco with more on how the suspects were caught and how this community is responding to the attack. jean. >> reporter: raj, a transgender woman was shitting on a bench to nights ago when two men attacked her. they are now accused of a hate crime, and tonight that victim returned to the scene of the crime with a crowd of supporters demanding an end to all hate. >> when i was laying on the ground, bleeding, crying, and shaking, i knew it was over. like i was like this is how transwomen die, we die alone, we die brutally. >> reporter: mia toomuch moved to san francisco a year ago looking for a safe place to live as a transgender woman. on april 1st she didn't think she would survive an attack by two men in san francisco's mission district. an attack she says was motivated by hate. >> they said things before the

stephanie virtually transplants her new york city boutique to a set on the hsn campus in st. rsburg, florida. now, her line is available to 95 million households. >> i take them on a journey. because maybe i can go, you know, to greece in the summer, but they can only read about it. but now if they get a piece of what i feel was inspired by the med mediterranean, i've made their life a little bit better in a simple way. >> reporter: the schedule is grueling. >> coming up at 2:00 a.m., stephanie greenfield. >> reporter: 24 hour shifts, an hour at a time, every four to six hours. stephanie comes down every month. >> last night i was off air at 8:00 p.m. and my next show was at 2:00 a.m. we had something to eat. do i sleep, do i not sleep? i was tired. he was putting on my eyelashes and i was lying down. if you're not willing to stay up all night one or two nights a month for your ladies, then get off. >> reporter: 24-hour a day shopping. even bloomingdales has to close. >> we don't close. i've been here at every hour of the day. i've been here at 3:00, at 5:00, at 2:00. it's ele

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she left a third of her estate for the beautify indication of the city.wanted for a while to build a tower. he had become very interested in persian towers. it was the 1930's. it was all about machinery and sort of this amazing architecture, very powerful architecture. he convinced the rec park commission that building a tower in her memory would be the thing to do with her money. >> it was going to be a wonderful observation place because it was one of the highest hills in the city anywhere and that that was the whole reason why it was built that high and had the elevator access immediately from the beginning as part of its features. >> my fear's studio was just down the street steps. we were in a very small apartment and that was our backyard. when they were preparing the site for the coit tower, there was always a lot of harping and griping about how awful progress was and why they would choose this beautiful pristine area to do them in was a big question. as soon as the coit tower was getting finished and someone put in the idea that it should be used

she later said suhr's help saved her life. city leaderships like him. >> it is a good move. many people were speculating that they were going to hold back and just way until the new mayor in january was going to address this. >> suhr's career came back to life under the former chief gascon. he had promoted suhr to captain and suhr had been demoted under the previous chief. she had put him in charge of securing the city's water. not a high profile desirable position. suhr has riden the wave calmly. he is popular among the rank and file and expected to be worn in this morning. live in pran fran amy holy field abc news. >> police officer in santa cruz plan to help the city with the budget deficit by contributing their pay and pensions. they agreed to cut the retirement plan as part of a two-year contract and an extension that will save the city two million dollars . the police officer's association overwhelmingly ratified the agreement with the city council. officers have been paying nine percent of the salryies toward a pension. new agreement calls for new officers to be eligi

her. >>> city offices in palo alto will continue to get free internet service at least for now.he provider that threatened to pull the plug on the high-tech connection has agreed to keep palo alto hook up until a new deal is reached. this all stems from the city's plans to build a cell tower on chaning avenue. that decision angered the owner of the non-profit company that's been providing palo alto with free internet service for years. >>> well, mountain lions are in the news. dangerous encounters with mountain lions and residents are reportedly down. it's been seven years since someone was killed by one, that's according to "the contra costa times." last summer, berkeley police a shot and killed a mountain lion actually roaming the streets. biologists say mountain lion and the population could be dropping which could lead to fewer encounters, which is okay with me. >> except for that guy, he looks a little cute. >>> let's check in with sal. it's okay, the commute? >> yes. you can always reach me on twitter. don't ever tweet while you're in the car. we had a couple of tweets abo

you can see her senior centers all over the city servicing clientele. you can see that she has gone well beyond just senior centers, that she is in meals programs. that she has also served on various committees that help us way beyond the traditional senior programs. for example, i served with her way back when it was pacbell. then it became sbc. then back to at&t. she is advising verizon and others because she knows as well as i do that communication and the way we communicate has been evolving. and if we do not keep our seniors involved in that, they will be left behind. as many other groups are left behind when it comes to technology, says she has gone ahead of them. that is a woman who has been for seeing what will occur in future generations of the city. that is the kind of leadership i wanted to recognize tonight. on behalf of the city and county of san francisco and also to join the other honorees that the board of supervisors has mentioned, i wanted to give this proclamation to my good friend and to also declare it to be annie chung day in san f

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expect her to hijack city. ok i know this is not. maybe your area of interest but. you heard about this could mean that to set up that way because of the turkish and to cakes. i think that that's why back fired. it takes oh yes. and see everybody down it on time ok under miller they were all required to sign in our formal statement from the government which is called a non-disclosure statement and that means when they leave guantanamo bay they can't get anything that they've seen or heard or participated in i have to meet you if you live up in minutes after a line which is right on that code. rumor has it become pinsky is now in an open conflict with the army after being demoted and relieved of her title as a general. for the abuses in the prison she's been found not guilty but because three years ago she said to have shoplifted a perfume bottle she's even said to hate general miller and that she accuses him of the abuses in abu ghraib. like baucus she was chief over the military police and like him she also came in conflict with the interrogation leaders and just l

her husband told me he thinks she is crazy. she is not an the process of finding them homes or adopting them herself. she even opened a school and attended city so all the kids, hers and those who had not found -- lost their parents, could get an education. she could have taken care of her family of four, but she said these kids are my kids, too. i hope others in my community would have done for these kids for my kids what i am doing for these kids. we must take care of haiti. if we do not, who will? when i worked in latin america, i attended a unicef sponsored conference for women and kids living with hiv. i met a girl named anna. she had lived a life of someone older than 17. she had lived an extremely difficult life. at birth she was infected hiv- aids. her mother and sister died. she had been shuffled around most of her life, abandoned, neglected by the people that she cared about most. she was forced to drop out of school at 16 after she had her baby. one thing is amazing. we talked with students earlier at dinner about the power of education. i understood it, working in washington, d.c., but i understood it on a much more global level w

her childhood. >> rick: this is far rockway, new york-- part of queens in new york city. and this is the modest house where nancy lieberman grew up in the 1960s and early '70s. while still in elementary school, lieberman began playing a variety of sports, but it wasn't long before she ran into her first barrier. >> well, i played baseball and football first and foremost. i tried to play p.a.l. baseball and i was the starting outfielder, and the day before my first game, i was told that i couldn't play because i was a girl, even though i played with the same guys all the time. i was so disappointed in that that i ended up playing basketball. >> rick: as lieberman got increasingly involved in playing basketball, her mother, renee, tried to push her in a different direction. >> and i said to nancy, "this is for boys, you're never going to be a ballplayer--you're going to be a secretary or something." and i always remember, she put one hand on her hip, and she said, "ma, one day, i'm going to make history. that's what she told me." >> and i would dribble around the house. my

katherine green is one who alerted city officials. heron was scouting for fishing when he noticed a shark struggling then noticed many more dead along the shoreline. >> i don't know why they're dying. makes me -- you know, gives you pause and makes you wonder, is there something in the firemen or something physical? >> leopard sharks are common. while hardy animals they're susceptible to water pollutants and habitat destruction. >> silicon valley ingenuity is fighting back against the rising price of gas. an oakland company takes cooking oil from restaurants and transforms it into biodiesel, a fuel that's cleaner and cheaper than what you're likely using now. it's happening at a new solar manufacturing plant and solar array were christened recently as the price of gas forces commuters to bear down, new technology is creating new opportunities, both for employment and transportation. >> of course, no fuel needed for this easter tradition. combining the speed of bobsl bobsledding and the thrill of the luge. it happens on lombard street in s

city" star kim cattrall with a new movie. we'll talk about it in a moment. stay with us. please welcome kim cattrall to this program. she is a five-time emany nominee for her work, of course on "sex and the city." you can see her in the new film "meet monica velour". love the name. "meet monica velour." the film opens wider around the country. here now a scene from "meet monica velour." >> i just don't think you should do it. i could hp you. >> look. i don't need another guyrying to run my life. you're not my boyfriend. you're some kid i took home because i felt sorry for you. and you're 17. all you know about is book reports and dances at the gym and some stupid movies i did 30 years ago. that's fantasy. this is reality. that's something you know nothing about it. the reality is it is me and every other woman in the world. we have minds of our own. tavis: i knew i wanted to see this for one simple reason. i heard it was about a trailer park in indiana. i grew up in a trailer park in indiana. so i wanted to see it then i heard it was about a stripper. i was like oh, yeah, i am there. then i heard you were the star and i said i'm definitely there. great to

city council will decide whether to continue working with the poa on this specific deal. if something is hashed out union members will vote on it. >> oakland mayor jean quan has unveiled her first city budget since taking office. it calls for across the board cuts. city employees would have to take 15 days off without pay. the mayor says she is unsure of how much tax revenue oakland will collect in the next year. >>> with sacramento spending less money on public education cities and school districts are putting more parcel taxes to make ends meet. voters have until tuesday to make their decision. lyanne melendez explains what is at stake. >> the new haven school district in union city has managed to keep class sizes small only 20 students in kindergarten and 20 in first and second and third grades. they want to levy a parcel tax $180 a year over four years. >> we're pushing the envelope to convince people this is worth while because the money stays here. it's for our kids and sacramento can't touch touch it. >> the $3 million they hope to collect annually will help keep instructional days and maintain afterschool programs. the governor's proposal to extend taxes would hav