officer hicks will start doing this as we work with our academy training. also, working in the community, i get many calls about vicious and dangerous dogs and i call the unit directly and have them come out. but a new department since chief gasgon has organized the department, we have community advisory groups we work with. the speakers will be coming out from the dog units, officer hicks, and officer denny. we take this as an opportunity to help with the investigation. i think from every road block something good happens. dr. katz has been good working with myself and the unit, and we have had several meetings, and we just had a meeting the other day, and we are very pleased with the selection of officer hicks. we have spoke wen with p.a.w.s. i think one of the things we work on is making it better, letting the community know we are behind that, and again modernizing it and making it a better unit. director k atch tz is here. i -- director katz is here. and i would like to thank her and easing our fears that the department was never going to be replaced.

officer hicks has expressed interest in expanding the out-reach and education. also we believe there will be better follow-up to make sure dog mandates are being followed. we look forward to working with the animals when they arrive. this is community policing at its best. this department has worked in an admittedly -- we ensure the unit continues to function in a nationwide modpell. the community trust has been rewarded and as things calm down, we will no doubt be strengthened in the future. i know you will no doubt draft and codify the many things the unit does. i would like to commend officers hicks and barrett for their willingness to talk and listen to the community's concerns. i met with them yesterday and a behavioralist to discuss how the unit will move forward, and commissioner hammer was there, as well. i look forward to future exchanges and ideas. it is heartening to find we are all on the same page as we work to ensure the unit is the best it can be. in the city of san francisco, we expect nothing lells. -- nothing less. out of all the confusion, som

. >> good evening, commissioners, director hicks. i would like to just give you a quick overview of crime status and then we have a report that a are concerning our unit that has to deal with canines. today our numbers are 11% reduction for crimes, and that's 23,331 crimes as opposed to 26,000 in -- and 91, year to date. the crime is a reduction 21,000 vs. 18,950 this year. and for violent crime is a 4% reduction, 4,568 vs. 4,381. the more recent period, we had a 13% reduction in violent crime. under 21% reduction in property crime. that's the last four weeks, for a total of 20% reduction. so our crime numbers continue to look very good year to date. we are certainly on target for a good year. hom -- homicides we are even with last year. as you know, last year was about a 55% reduction. while we are reconcerned -- while we are very concerned we still continue to have homicides, obviously, one of the areas we're working with a great deal of concern, is the killing of a tourist, and while all lives are equally valuable, there is tremen

if i ever called him a hick, it was because he liked to be called a hick, you know? oh, you're such a hick, you know, you're such a country boy. i don't know -- "hick's" not really a word i'd use. >> larry: does it bother you -- or when you have stage 4 cancer, does nothing bother you? >> no, it bothered me. i wrote this in the last chapter. i wish i didn't care what people thought of me. when people say things about me that are not true or that could be -- if you explained the circumstances, they might have a different perspective. then it hurts me that people might read that and believe it. >> larry: how angry were you at andrew young for writing that book, "the politician"? he was john's aide, the guy who was supposed to pretend he was the father. did you read that book? >> i did not read that book. >> larry: he made a lot of appearances. not here. >> he did make a lot of appearances. i certainly would see things. that book -- this is not just from my perspective but from -- that book is absolutely -- the thing is, he had a story to tell, but in that story, he was

we look at the prior history, and that's when officer licks really feels that -- officer hicks really feels she's on the hotseat. last week she went through her first two hearings. there is no more uncomfortable place to be. i'm sure every hearing officer remembers their first case. but she held herself very well. i think we are in good hands here. >> great. thank you very much. i appreciate hearing plore about the entire process. thank you everybody. i appreciate it. >> thank you, ms. katz. i think this is often taking a bad situation and having a good outcome. thank you. that concludes my report. >> good evening, president marshall and members of the commission. as of today we opened 576 cases and we have closed 34 more cases than we closed. during the same period last year we opened 650 cases and closed 651. this is an 11% decrease in cases opened during the same period last year. as of today, we have 4123 pending cases. -- we have 413 pending cases. today the o.c.c. has sustained 35 cases. in 2009, we sustained 30 cases. this is a 50% increase in sustained cases. moving quickly to

it's a small little hick up for today, but hang in there it's going to happen.t's absolutely going to happen. the truth is on our side. history is on our side, now the law is on our side. >> reporter: jeff zarilo and pocazoni have been together for 11 years. >>> you can read judge walker's ruling in its entirety at ktvu.com. >>> a san francisco appellate court today denies governor arnold schwarzenegger request to enact furlough days. preventing the governor from implementing the furloughs. thousands of state workers will not be furloughed. the governor has vowed to appeal the decision to the state supreme court. >>> the late budget is having a negative impact on business throughout california, including caltrans. they say the budget stalemate may force them to slow or halt more than $3 billion in projects unless a budget is passed by the end of the month. caltrans says this will impact both workers and drivers. >> every motorist in california can potentially affect as well as construction workers, the vendors that work for the construction, vendors that kind of

brian hicke has more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. bill 1998 will attempt to bag the ball once and for all. it is up for debate before the legislative deadline on tuesday. it has already passed the assembly. it passed the senate rules committee on friday and now goes before the senate. all trying to pass before that legislative deadline of tomorrow. this as the state predicts we will use 19 billion of these plastic bags across the state at a cost of $25 million to dispose of them. a lot of them end up on our streetsides, curbs, waterways. it's a danger to wildlife. that's why proponents of this bill would like to see it passed, opponents say it will cost the state 1,000 jobs. it will cost shoppers because will you have to buy a paper bag. that's why they say this bill should not pass and those folks are in support of it on behalf of the american chemistry council which has dumped thousands of dollars in a campaign to defeat this bill and also sent some lobbyists to key lawmakers to vote against this. we will see what happens with this

thank you, director hicks. >> you're welcome. president marshall: let's look at item 7. >> item 7. that is public comment in all matters pertaining to the closed session. closed session is described under items 9 a, b, c, and d. commissioner, i believe we're going to continue item 9-a. moving to 9 will have b. -- 9-b. an action item under personnel exception. a discussion of possible acks to sustain or not sustain disciplinary action pursuant to the government code, 9 c. that is a discussion of possible action to decide penalty of disciplinary charges. rfw 006.86. the following are personnel exception under possible actions issued. item 7 is public comment on all those matters. president marshall: item 8? >> 8 would be a vote to hold the closed session. >> commissioner dejesus: second. >> commissioner, it is 10:52 p.m., and the commission has closed session. moving to item 10, the vote to elect to disclose any or all of the discussion held in closed session. >> move for non-disclosure. >> then we will return to item 3. >> i think we should move to keep the remaining items on the ca

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hicks was sentenced to one year in jail.ocked up for six points but could get out tomorrow because the jail awards inmates two days credit for each day served. >>> a vietnamese activist pleads not guilty in a pepper spray attack on a musician at the santa clara convention center. 61-year-old ly tong claims self- defense. he faces five felony charges for the attack last month. dozens of people supporting the anticommunist activist have been in court to follow the case. he told supporters outside the courtroom that he acted to defend himself, his community and america. police say the attack was politically motivated. >>> bay area beaches are among the worst in the state. that's according to an annual beach water report. testing the waters found a full 150 coastal beaches, san francisco has the highest bacteria rate. there were more than 100 beach closings or advisory days at aquatic park and pillar point at san mateo county last year. rankings are based on the bacterial standards and number of beach closings, among other facto

how thank you for standing in for director hicks this evening. >> glad to. good evening, commissioner, chief gascon, captain garrity. i am the chief trial attorney. also with us this evening is our senior investigator. we have some flyers if you would be interested in knowing about our department. it is a pleasure to be here tonight to speak to you about the functions of the office of citizen complaints. you may or may not be familiar with our office. the occ is one of the largest civilian oversight law enforcement agencies in the united states. it was created by the board of supervisors by a sponsored charter amendment hot in 1982 and became operational in 1983. it was originally an office of the san francisco police department but was later placed under the supervision of the police commission as an independent agency, separate from the department. we are also a civilian body. the occ basically investigate civilian complaints against san francisco police officers and makes policy recommendations to the department as well. in california, law enforcement age

for the verbal value to the club at around three hundred twenty five million pounds americans tom hicks and george j. will put the club up or put the club up for sale rather around four months ago in formula one michael schumacher says he's sorry after his dangerous move during the hungarian grand prix the german brought rubens barrichello pushing the brazilians car to within centimeters of a concrete wall in budapest the mercedes driver will be paying lies ten places that the next grand prix in belgium for what he did and on his website she said the maneuver he did against barack hello was too hard and was sorry if his former teammate had felt he'd been put in danger barrack helos said the move was the most dangerous he'd ever seen during his career and believes schumacher should have been black flag. finally nigerian samuel payton says he's confident he can beat heavyweight champion value me klitschko the pair will meet on september the eleventh after klitschko original opponent the russian alexander the vet can fail to show up at a press conference but pay to make sure he was at his

new stadium full of a poll the club at around three hundred twenty five million pounds americans tom hicks and george gillette put the club up for sale around four months ago. now a bit of history has been made today sachin tendulkar has become the world's most capped test cricketer the india batsman taking to the crease against sri lanka in colombo this morning and what is his hundred sixty ninth match for his country passing the record previously held by former captain steve wall he made his international debut for india when he was just sixteen back in one thousand nine hundred nine and before today's match he was also helping to promote next year's cricket world cup to be hosted by sri lanka india and bangladesh fourteen countries will take part and believes it's a real opportunity for the subcontinent. i'd like to reiterate that you know this is a great opportunity for. other continent to this world cup and all of this present here and also the players the remaining players. people from sri lanka. india and bangladesh they becomes their responsibility to make this a grand you rent and

henry hick was oakland parents together, a support up group. >> i think we're going to have what they call latch key children going to be, you know coming home from school, hopefully making it home all right. maybe mom called and maybe there is cell phones now. and that is risky. >> 800 students will be affect skptd school district says kit knoll knot forward to keep them open. >> we're dealt a bad hand by the governor. >> lieu ease has been a preschoolteacher 32 years. >> there is a is a foundation. >> they'll be transferred to another center and so will she. and working parents say it's convenient to have the school program next to the school. this teacher says here is their concerns every day. >> i can afford to pay private. i'm going to have to quit my job. >> nonprofit parents together has come up with a possible vugs solution to try to keep the programs open, but putting volunteers in centers until the budget is passed and funding is restored. >> we're going to make sure everybody has been fingerprinted and have tb tests. >> the district says from a legal standpoint, that is not

i'm happy to hear sergeant hicks is also ined in ed conditional -- educational efforts. thank you very much. it is a pleasure to be at a public hearing with nothing negative to say. president marshall: steck around. -- stick around. [laughing] >> i would like to ask, first of all, one of the things i respected about sergeant herndon and officer denny is i didn't always agree with them, but i trusted them. they would be perhaps stricter than i would be, but i would trust what they were dealing with and i would trust what they decided. i liked officer denny's awareness of the sub text in some situations. i work in the sheriff's department sometimes. and i also used to live in a neighborhood that was very old that had a lot of old families and a lot of crack. it turned out that the crack houses were also the old family houses. by started to see the crack was a social problem in our community. and one of the dogs in the area was a dangerous dog. and the family was eventually brought to vicious dog court. they didn't know how to deal with the things that needed to be done bec

stadium for liverpool and values the club at around five hundred twenty million dollars americans tom hicks and george gillett put the club up for sale around four months ago. for match the city boss mark hughes has been unveiled as the new for the manager following that departure avoid hodgson to liverpool the forty six year old's first game in charge will be at home on the seventh of august in a friendly against photogram and while their domestic season kicks off a week later at bolton which is a huge priority for the next campaign. obviously your last year's running in europe was magnificent it's a standout season in the history of form obviously would be difficult to replicate that in terms of domestic competition but that's something not willing to do obviously i think last year given the focus on europe obviously good premier league form wasn't. as good as it could be an ice understandable so without the destruction of europe or be it was a very nice destruction last year we can concentrate fully on the premier league and make sure that we're higher than twelve this year. meanwhile wo

for liverpool and values the club that's around five hundred twenty million dollars americans tom hicks and george gillette. it took the club up to sell around four months ago. in the meantime world cup winners spain and their opponents the netherlands have been fined by fee for that ill discipline final in south africa last month the match set a record for the most cards received in a world cup final there were eight bookings for the dutch and five displayed making a total of thirteen seven more than the previous five six yellows shown in argentina the question every three two in the one hundred eighty six final the most memorable of the bad challengers from twenty ten was nigel dion's kung-fu kicked chest english referee howard webb should anyone red card in the game sending off and join my team and spain's one victory. formula one now michael schumacher says he's sorry after his dangerous move during sunday's lingering grand prix the german blocked rubens barrichello pushing the brazilians caught within centimeters of a concrete wall on the budapest track miss a day's drive or will b

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has been and are useful receiving mission with your eyes out of i look for fire in coal my husband hicks english is that with a shovel or drops water when we are moving from place to place i help him with the carrying. the team stays in the forest until dawn but while most of them rested home alexander will work his regular shift at the drive in cinema and the following morning he will get the move all in tears who will again to lance went to save the forests. r t iran's first nuclear power plant is due to be launched next week russia's state nuclear corp will load the bush air plant with fuel on august twenty first and says this does not contradict a new un sanctions imposed on tehran the white house declared its support for supplying material in this way but is opposed to iran producing nuclear energy unless the country proves it is not developing atomic weapons artie's reports. all signs seems to point to the fact that yes all issues have been settled all the details have been hammered out and iran's a first nuclear power plant and bush air will indeed launch on august twenty first of