program, george washington university, washington, dc; sandra de castro buffington, director, hollywood health & society, usc annenberg norman lear center, beverly hills, california. the media obviously influences how people create their opinions, particularly about addiction and treatment issues in behavior health. and doug, why don't we review what we mean about media today. some time ago, marshall mcluhan said that the medium is the message and that is more true today than ever. media have proliferated and they now permeate our society. we're surrounded by it constantly 24/7 and users increasingly are defining what the media are and what those media mean to the rest of us. and mark, why is it important for the media to really understand addiction, treatment, and behavioral health? i think as doug just said, it's 24/7, people rely on the media to get their information and, as the media reaching out, people are forming opinions, ideas, attitudes about what they think about addiction and mental illness based on what they're seeing on these tv shows or seeing on the internet or hearing on the r

and hollywood health & society consulted on that. we had a psychiatrist consult. the show actually sent us, they sent us the script ahead of time. in fact, they sent us the rough edits. so we sat with a psychiatrist in our office for a second round to review every episode, which is very rare for a network to do and they did an excellent job. we then collaborated with samhsa to develop a public service announcement. we got permission and samhsa helped us develop a script. and this psa featured this gorgeous young actress who was the woman with bipolar disorder in the story referring young people to a special landing page, a web site. and we tracked the traffic. there were huge spikes the day of the show and the day after this psa aired. and kids actually could enter discussion threads. and there were some really heart-breaking stories in there; kids who said, "i've been telling my parents for 2 years there's something wrong with me; now i know i have bipolar disorder, they don't believe me." well, in this case it was one of samhsa's partner groups, they had trained

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health. >> award season in hollywood is in full swing. find out which winners of last Ñ >> welcome back.ng up on 4:47 this monday. let me draw your attention to the upper midwest like great falls, 3 fargo, 20 minneapolis. and that's what everybody is talking about because that cold weather eventually is going to come and cause a ferocious blizzard and snowstorm. no delays right now but a few will develop and our flight tracker will have them at abc7news.com. here's kristen with more news. >> mike, thanks a lot. it's 4:47. san francisco supervisors jane kim is now speaking out about the controversy she stirred up when she refused to say the pledge of allegiance. although kim stands up with fellow members she does not recite the words or place her right hand over the heart. she said it's the words of liberty and justice for all saying there's no liberty and justice for all yet. today we talked to kim and asked what her constituents think about her decision. >> i think my constituents care more about my position how to make meetings more effective and keep our streets safer than my reasons

health. >> dicky: from hollywood, it's "jimmy kimmel live!" tonight -- simon baker. shore," author nicole "snooki" polizzi. and music from lloyd banks. with cleto and the cletones. ♪ it's "jimmy kimmel live" >> dicky: and now, for what it's worth, here's jimmy kimmel! [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: thank you, i'm jimmy, i'm the host of the show. thanks for watching. thanks for everything you've done so far. please, i have to make this quick. i want to go home and play with my singamajigs. as of tonight, as of right now, in fact, no one is allowed to say happy new year anymore. it's enough. [ applause ] the new year is six days old. if the new year was shrimp, it would be spoiled by now. so tomorrow, if someone says happy new year, don't be rude, just say, "no, not anymore." in washington, the 112th congress was sworn in this morning, with republicans taking control of the house for the first time in four years. and republicans say their plan is to stick to a strict interpretation of the original constitution, so, i hope you didn't like voting, women and non-whites

health. >> award season in hollywood is in full swing now.winners of lastep >> welcome back. coming up on 5:47 this monday morning. the snow, the rain, everything is out of the state. sunshine and kind of chilly conditions moving in with 50 tulie fog in fresno, 63 chico. a little sunshine along the coast. mid-50s eureka and big sur. warm spot palm springs 70. not far behind san diego and l.a. mid-60s. here's kristen and terry. >> thanks very much. >> san francisco police arrested a man they believe shot two workers inside a fisherman's wharf souvenir store last night on jefferson street. police aren't releasing the names of the man and woman who died. no one else was injured. >> a plane landed in cyprus today carrying embassy officials and their dependents in egypt. it will take several flights to fly out all the americans that wanna leave. thousands of foreigners are waiting to get flights out. >> governor brown presents his state of the state speech today in sacramento. how to tackle the $25 billion budget deficit is expected to be the majo

health care. what's expected to happen this week. >>> the navy takes action to repair damage done by an embarrassing video and a hollywood star is call the up in the scandal. he speaks out. >>> and how the internet and a popular tv show are drastically changing the way americans listen to and buy music. >>> and good afternoon. i'm chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. one of the best days we have had in weeks. temperatures right now in the upper 40s to near 50 and sunny skies from the north bay to the south bay. we will be talking about fog as we head throughout tonightro ils on who have deta will see the dense fog, coming up. il >>> some star power kicked off the hearing for michael jackson's doctor in los angeles today. dr. conrad murray says his treatment of jackson did not lead to the singer's death. but as nbc's stephanie stanton reports, prosecutors say his actions to cover up the death prove his negligence. >> reporter: katherine jackson arrived with other family members at the front entwrans of the l.a. county courthouse, while dr. conrad murray was ushered in through an underground garage. no cameras were allowed in court as the

health and science editor john fowler, ktvu news. >>> the shooting ram rampage in arizona is touching people from arizona to washington to hollywood.ctress gwyneth paltrow is related to congresswoman giffords. >>> the official returned the device immediately. esteban nunez is serving a 10 year sentence for manslaughter. >>> coming up next at 6:00, the bay area bridge that is considering eliminating all toll takers. julie haener is in the newsroom with some of the other stories we're working on. >> reporter: a ktvu exclusive involving an unusual crime. watch this video closely. the woman you see is stealing packages from the front porch of people's homes. where it's happening and what's being done to try to catch her. >>> the man suspected of killing six people and shooting a congresswoman in tucson appeared in court today. tonight, we'll look at all the heated political rhetoric from both sides and examine whether it's getting out of hand. >>> plus continued coverage on jerry brown's proposal which he says doesn't include any gimmicks but it does propose a lot of cuts. tonight what he is proposing and the area not being cut >>> on

hollywood. it is thrilling. >> let me ask you about the real life alice ward who suffered health issues, a heart attack a few weeks y'all will give me a minute! i've been trying to shout-out to her on the tv. alice is going to be called this morning and i hope i can reach her. if not her, certainly one of her daughters i know. and, indeed, she is right here beside me. i'm in utah. she's in massachusetts. but she is right here beside me. i love that woman so much. >> congratulations to you. thank you for taking the time and talking with us. we wish you the very best. >> thank you, sweetheart. you have a wonderful day. >> melissa leo, thank you. >>> also nominated for best actor is geoffrey rush. he is in sydney, australia. congratulations to you, geoffrey. >> looking kind of crazy. i've been sitting here thinking why do you guys do this in the god awful early hours of the winter morning in l.a.? it's not so bad here in sydney because it's only half past midnight so this is my time of night, you know? >> this is one of the things we want to cater to the ocean and that is why. let me ask you about "the king's speech"

health. [ whistle blows ] [ squishing ] [ male announcer ] pool filled with caramel. not as good as chocolate filled with caramel. introducing milky way simply caramel. life's better the milky way. >> dicky: from hollywood "jimmy kimmel live"! tonight -- from "the middle," patricia heaton. the bachelor brad womack. and music from josh groban. with cleto and the cletones. ♪ it's jimmy kimmel live and now, once again, here's jimmy kimmel! ♪ >> jimmy: thank you very much. i'm jimmy. thanks for coming. thank you for watching. and allow me to be the first to wish you a happy new year. [ cheers and applause ] my new year's resolution this year, same as last year, which is eat more gluten. that's right. [ laughter ] what even is gluten? why is people so against it? [ laughter ] the first two weeks of january, typically when people try to lose weight. and it's a golden time of the year for me because the line at sizzler is much shorter. [ laughter ] all the chick peas i want. but i don't understand why people resolve to lose weight? because when you do this, you always gain it back. you should resolve to lose something more realistic like keys. [ laughter ] this year, i'm going to lose 35 keys. [ laughter ] it'

health insurance. coming up on the kron 4 morning news hollywood hits the red carpets.he fund continues to blanket the bay area. a very thick at the golden gate and around the bay. fog advisory still in place bay area wide. quick look as satellite you can see all the fog in the dating the bay area. dense fog advisor in effect for every quarter the region from the north bay into the spirit everybody dealing with visibility really low this morning. tens of a mile visibility in san francisco, oakland less than a quarter of a mile. dense fog to be sure. in some spots near zero. give yourself extra time getting around this morning. hopefully this will burn off by 11:00 a.m., >> the big weren't winner the social network, best drama, director sold lithify prospects as an academy award favorite. natalie took home best dramatic actress for her role in a black swan. , colin firth pulled and trophy for the king's speech. unlike his character he had no problem thinking the crowd. it went into the night with the most nominations, seven but this is the only reward they took on. chris

health our story is you. for more stories visit sutterhealth.org. >> another record hypodentially. even low 70s in the north bay. tonight 30s and ♪ >>> everyone in hollywoodhe 83rd academy awards will be announced and we'll have it all live. i'm george stephanopoulos. hey, robin. >> hey, george. it's snowing here. is it snowing in washington? >> not yet. but it's supposed to come later today. >> we're getting it first. >>> a lot of people holding their breath. we'll see who is most likely to snag one of the nominations. we'll go live to beverly hills for the big announcements, in just minutes. >>> first, as juju said earlier, make it stop. >> make it go away. do something about this, would you? >> last winter was warm and mild. you had a break. this is called winter, people. it happens a lot. we are going to -- by the way, i want 0 to say this, whoever picked the katy perry song, "firework," awesome song. let's get to the boards. one or two things we want to talk about as you go out the door. what do you want to talk about, robin? there's a shot of boston, by the way. a little bit of snow. as the warm front moves to the northeast. here's the thing. you in