we want a laguna honda. other communities across this country and even in the world do not have a public hospital devoted to rehabilitation and skilled nursing care. we do. and when we talk about putting that bond issue, that great big bond issue -- there were people who said i do not think we can do it. but i always knew we could. and the secret weapon was always the families of those for whom at laguna honda has cared for for so long over the years with the great quality of care that we have. and the voters did vote overwhelmingly to rebuild laguna honda. so for those naysayers in other parts of the country who say, "maybe san francisco once knew how to do it," i say we still do. we have still got the passion, the dedication, the vision, and the team work to get the job done. and we have done it today. [applause] and it is my great pleasure now to actually call a man from speaker policies office. -- speaker pelosi's office. i got calls from her and from congresswoman feinstein. they have asked me to say th

we want a laguna honda. other communities across this country and even in the world do not have a public hospital devoted to rehabilitation and skilled nursing care. we do. and when we talk about putting that bond issue, that great big bond issue -- there were people who said i do not think we can do it. but i always knew we could.

we want a laguna honda. other communities across this country and even in the world do not have a public hospital devoted to ab

we want a laguna honda. other communities across this country and even in the world do not have a public hospital devoted to rehabilitation and skilled nursing care. we do. and when we talk about putting that bond

we would need over 10 laguna honda's. we are not going to let arnold schwarzenegger have his way so that people can have the option of dignity. thank you all for joining us today. [applause] >> san francisco has a great elected city family. i want to acknowledge the president of the board of supervisors, president david chu, supervisor maxwell, subp-- superviser chiu, jose cisneros, the former mayor -- we are all proud to have you here. thank you. we have a special supervisor because he represents this district and has been looking out for laguna honda since he was elected. we are very grateful to him for that and for all he did to make today house -- to the possible. police help -- please help me recognize supervisor elsbernd. >> good afternoon, and welcome to beautiful and sunny san francisco. i would also like to single out and think my friend and colleague and recent father, supervisors mirkarimi, who is over there with his son, for all he has done. there are a few more things that i would like to offer. we are going

thank you for spending your saturday afternoon at laguna honda. at the new laguna honda. san francisco has much to be proud of. laguna honda has been providing compassionate care for san francisco hit safety net for over 150 years. we will continue this tradition for the next 150 years to come. second, the new laguna honda, as the most modern rehab and skilled nursing facility in the first certified leed hospital in california, we will deliver on being a model for other facilities around the country and the world in long-term care and rehabilitation care. and most importantly, laguna honda is a community for healing and wellness. you will see this for yourselves as you speak to our staff. thank you, mayor knew some, -- may newsom, mayor brown, jackie speare, the former president of the health commission when prop. 8 past, the health commission, turner construction, derek miller, the arts commission, the staff of laguna honda, our labor partners, and the entire san francisco community for your support in ensuring laguna honda has a bright future. [applause] i will end with

we would need over 10 laguna honda's. we are not going to let arnold schwarzenegger have his way so that people can have the option of dignity. thank you all for joining us today. [applause] >> san francisco has a

and it will come out of laguna honda. all of us should be proud. all of us should be grateful that we have had a small piece of that particular history. because that history helps me bear a lot of responsibility, to be a husband, to be a father. this institution will always be part of my life. you have taught me how to be that better person. thank you very much and god bless all of you. [applause] >> we are so blessed in our elected leaders in san francisco. senator mark leno has helped us on a bill to make sure that people who need help in a community and want to stay in the community can do so. we are very proud of this new building. at the same time, we want to make sure that people who want to stay in their homes will be able to do so. and so the senator has carried a bill that will enable us, if someone has medicaid, to use those medicaid dollars to increase the number of in-home hours that person has so that we can use those federal dollars instead of hospitalization, instead of long-term care here, in the home. our goal is that the person al

laguna honda. and in our day we were great participants in all of the city life. difficult circumstances, sometimes crushingly difficult, have brought many of us here at last to laguna honda. not at last for some of us. despite all differences, we need the healing that laguna honda is famous for. some people who come will be rehabilitated and will leave sunday. others will need 24-hour care for the rest of their lives, and so they will look forward to spending time in the spending -- in this building for years to come. it is exciting to have a new building. it is even more exciting to receive a new model of care, care that is resident centered, care that honors each person as an individual instead of a body in a bed. care that involves talking to us, and more important, listening to us, hearing our voices. so many have worked so hard, has you have been told -- as you have been told, to bring the state to pass. and now we have a dazzling new setting to present to you. when you leave today, you will be going home. but laguna honda residents will not be leaving. this

they are all partnered with laguna honda. to the volunteers. to the foundation. thank you for your commitment. thank you for your support. finally, and this was a long winded point i wanted to make, it to the residence. the dignity that you deserve. the facilities that you have long before -- you have longed for. to those we have lost along the way, supervisors elsbernd and i had great friends that wanted to be here today that were hoping they could make it through. this is for them. but this is for all of you, for your families. it is difficult for families to make the decision to send their loved ones to a facility like this. it is challenging. sometimes, you are left with a tremendous amount of guilt and anxiety, where you just cannot do it all yourself. i am actually convinced, and i mean this, what this facility will do is bring families back together. there is every reason for a family member to feel proud about the care they are receiving here, but now more than ever they will feel not only pride but they will feel a sense of exhilaration every time they c

they want the green flight good and help laguna honda resident.y are part of our community but he we don't know, we don't have any green light. no communication whatsoever. >>reporter: despite the problems lorraine is still hoping people will find a which to donate to the patient. she thinks all the attention will keep things going in the right direction. >> not a lot of people i think that have visitors at all and so they don't have a support system and so lacking that the gift fund would take care of their needs. >> san francisco controller is now conducting fleet audit of the patient gift fund that was to take 6 weeks it is now up to 10. by the way mitch is moving to los angeles for new job and the cf o in charge of overseeing the patient gift fund is also getting a new job at muni. if you have a tip for our next investigation e-mail us through abc 7 news.com. >>> for the i team, abc 7 news. >>> unlicensed welders being blamed for high-rise apartment fire that has killed at least 53 people in shanghai, china. more than 70 others are hospitalize

he suffered massive brain injuries and spent a year in laguna honda.>> there is a lot of patients there spend days pan handling and they don't have money to buy themselves a treat or a soda. >> that is why the gift fund comes in. supposed to provide small pleasures, fair favorite food or small tv or a bus trip. and our investigation found how some administrators spent tens of thousands on gourmet meals, gifts and barbecues for staff instead of patients. >> gorgeous-looking food. really a lot of food. >> and this is when she decided to take her husband to the party. >> the guy told us amove along. just for staff only. and they didn't want us looking at it when the money started to run dry, the hospital forced to make cuts to patient benefits. and the state stepped in. the california department of public health cited the hospital for failing to meet the recreational needs for patients. this is not easy to figure out how the money is going but there is still a lot of it moving around. documents show administrators diverted $100,000 of interest from the gi

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complaining >>> are some honda hybrids at risk for suddenly accelerating. federal auto safety regators are considering launching into an investigation to determine just that. the 2005 acco hybrid is at issue right now. a woman says her honda last brake power, accelerated on its own and caused a crash that killed a passenger and left her disabled she said she found 22 similar complaints involving accord and civic hybrids. >>> this mornin the energy department watch dog said government agents hired to drive trucks to drive nuclear weapons sometimes got drunk on the job. two agents were actually detained by police at a bar during a convoy mission. inspector general said it reviewed 16 alcohol-related incidents over three years. it is a potential vulnerability in a critical national security mission. >>> it is now 6:27, 53 degrees. are you heading out of town for thanksgiving? security changes the tsa is now making following your complaints. >>> and a developing story overseas. north korea and south korea fire ♪ ♪ [ dad ] yeah! [ cheers and applause ] [ male an

>> vehicles are described before you. 2007 honda and 2008 toyota. they would become the property of the police apartment and more than likely would be used in an undercover capacity because they do not have any markings of a traditional sfpd vehicle. they would be used in undercover operations whether a sign to the bottom detail, narcotics detail, gang task force, or any similar unit. supervisor chu: ok, are there any members of the public who wish to speak on this item? we have one individual. >> walter paulson. ♪ a sun goes up a car goes by thank you for your gift thank you for your gift today hitching a ride with two cars by our side ♪ supervisor chu: thank you very much. are there any other members of the public who wish to speak on this item? seeing none, we are going to close public comment. supervisor dufty: before i make the motion to approve, i want to commend sergeant helen, who i have had the privilege of working with many years, and i would imagine these automobiles might be used as decoys for auto theft. because they are unfortunately v

as proud as we are of laguna honda, not everybody needs to be ad -- at laguna honda. we need to provide alternatives to skilled nursing services, but we had no funding and no framework. now, five years in a row, $3 million a year, we have been putting into this community living fund to allow people to transition back into the community or to stay in the community to live in dignity and live in place. i want to thank all of you for that community living fund. it is a national model today. [applause] people forget emergency planning. susan never did. i remember we updated all our emergency operations plans. we have not met in eight years, and the emergency operations plan have not been updated in eight years, but there she was saying is great to update it, but make sure it is accessible. at the time, only three of them were accessible. that is a challenge. today, we have more than 75 accessible emergency disaster shelters, and 37 of them can be adapted and made acceptable. that is real progress. we had only one audible alert system. today, we now have an audible and vis

. >>> que robaron el toyota, principalmente toyota y nissan y honda también porque son más fáciles deón. >>> de las marcas más robada en orden de preferencia son honda toyota nissan, chevi y la camioneta cadillac. >>> para dueño de estos autos que tengan el registro actualzado, autoridades están regulando de lo que podría salvarlo de una estadística más. >>> pues están seguros carros ahí. >>> ellos dicen que van a escoger un carro para robar el más fácil. >>> así que no sea una víctima más. >>> una avión de pasajeros que volaba de santiago cuba a la habana, notificó que había un emergencia abordo, en la nave, y van 61 personas y 7 tripulantes un empleado dijo que no había sobreviviendos del accidente. >>> más adelante, le vamos a hablar de un joven que se ha convertido en una logras glorias del quico bo sin embargo, aquí en estado unidos. ---nacio en salinas de padres mexicanos... y su disciplina para entrenar l . >>> nació en salina de padres mexicanos y su diciembre pledes mínima para entrenar le ha ganado fama. >>>>>> vamos con más detalles de esta información. reportero: más allá

as proud as we are of laguna honda, not everybody needs to be ad -- at laguna honda. need to provide alternatives to skilled nursing services, but we had no funding and no framework. now, five years in a row, $3 million a year, we have been putting into this community living fund to allow people to transition back into the community or to stay in the community to live in dignity and live in place. i want to thank all of you for that community living fund. it is a national model today. [applause]

a car in the on coming direction swerved to miss the honda and hit the motorcyclists head on. man who hit the bikers was arrested for driving under the influence. but police say it may be the driver of the honda who will be charged in the five deaths. >>> a big battle is brewing in washington. president obama and congress are trying to reach a compromise on extending tax cuts. if neither side budges, some americans are in for a tax hike next year. >> reporter: president obama is confronting a new political landscape and a mountain of challenges as he returns to washington. congress is back for what is known as a lame deck session. democrats are in charge for a few more weeks before republicans take control of the house. big gop gains have left a looming show down overextending bush era tax cuts. >> we are in the midst of the greatest recession in the history of this country since the great depression. it's not the time to raise anyone's taxes. >> president obama and democratic leaders advocated making tax cuts permanent for lower and middle income americans and letting them ex

the driver of a honda may have caused together driver to plow into a group of 45 motorcyclist. the man who hit the bikers was arrested for driving under the influence, but the driver of the honda could be charged in the 5 deaths. >>> hundreds of jellyfish remain on ocean beach tonight. that is after the beach was nearly covered in them this weekend. ann on what may have caused them to wash ashore. >> all right. it is always good to see a new surprise on the beach. >> tens of thousands of moon jellyfish washed up this weekend on ocean beach. it is a couposity to the experts. >> wow, i was startled and amazed. i never seen jellyfish like that before. reporter: marine biologist works with live gellies at san francisco's aquarium of the bay and says that a mass wash up of three miles, was caused by tides, currents and wind. >> all planets were aligned l and other species wash up in the gulf, but not this kind and not at those numbers. now, beach-goers get a look at the slimily globs of goo. >> i think they are also. >> reporter: really? what is awesome about it. >> it is cool to be

he was carrying a big roll of plastic and left in a light green or gray honda odyssey minivan. the police say surveillance video from the building shows him leaving, but it does not show whether he carried any thing or anyone out with him. the police believe that honda odyssey was driven an hour to frederick, where the body was dropped. the reward is being offered for any information that leads to his arrest. that is the latest from the newsroom. cynne simpson, abc 7 news. >>> the political pressure is tightening on one of the suspects in the prince to discount a corruption scandal. our news partners but the news that an elected member of the prince portis county council was urging leslie johnson not to it -- of the prince george's county council was urging leslie johnson not to take her seat. he says that johnson should choose not to sit on the council. johnson was indicted with her husband, jack johnson, on corruption charges. earlier this week, nine others including three p.g. county police officers were arrested in connection. >>> bedbugs have moved into george washington u

megan was a front seat passenger in a honda accord, her boyfriend behind the wheel, according to her mother. their car was hit by an out of control chevy impala that was traveling north on lee highway in gainesville prince william county about 9:15 last night. police say 22-year-old carlos lucas was driving that impala, lost control, struck the mdian and hit the honda. she was ejected from the car and did not survive. the vehicle burst into flames. the boyfriend was able to be pulled out by witnesses but a back seat passenger was trapped and also died. >> he needs to be held accountable. he needs to realize that what he's done is take two innocent lives om the world. you know, people need to think about that wen they're doing whatever they're doing, whether 's alcohol or drugs, whatever, that they can't get into a car or get into a vehicle of any kind and drive on the highway because this is the result of it. >> reporter: now police have identified the other man who died in this crash as 50-year-old david richardson of warrenton, virginia. police say he did take the drive history cau

robert honda is live in the south bay tonight with more on this. robert? >> reporter: well, frank, starting with the good news, this recall will be much different than the one we saw last august and consumers will be able to tell if they have a bad batch. so far they all have the same plant numbers. that's the number right here on the carton just below the sell buy or expiration date. >> reporter: she did a lot of shopping today but eggs were not on her list. a voluntary recall is underway after the fda told them that eggs at one of its farms tested positive for salmonella. the tainted eggs were bought in october from ohio fresh eggs processed and repackaged by the company's green forest facility in arkansas then distributed. the recall follows one in august and september. >> makes me leery about buying eggs and eating them of course because you never know what's going on and what you're going to get. that type of thing. pretty much makes me nervous. >> what do you about it. >> don't usually eat eggs for a week. >> reporter: the recalled egg products all h

the driver of the honda is still at large. >>> a 13-year-old girl missing since wednesdayas been found alive by sheriffs deputies after an early morning raid near her home in ohio. still missing is the girl's mother, brother, and a family friend. the latest on this still unfolding story from nbc's miguel amagare. >> reporter: 13-year-old sarah was found bound and gagged in the basement of this rural ohio home. she couldn't call out for help as a s.w.a.t. team raided the house. 30-year-old matthew hoffman is charged with kidnapping, but will likely face additional charges. investigators believe he can lead them to sarah's mother, tina herman, her 10-year-old brother and a family friend. all four were reported missing five days ago. >> we don't know if he's connected to the family or whether he connected himself to the family. a lot o that remains to be seen as the investigation continues. >> reporter: as sarah is treated at a local hospital, investigators are piecing together a time line. last wednesday deputies responded to sarah's home after her mother failed to show up at work. the n

a man apparently driving a honda tried to pass the group of bikers into the oncoming lane.y problem there was someone in that lane headed toward him and the move forced that driver to lose control and slam into the motorcycles. he was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence. the driver of the honda didn't stop and the motorcyclists had been celebrating their 10th anniversary as a group. the university of southern mississippi now confirming the names of three varsity football players shot in a nightclub brawl. mississippi police say a fight broke out inside remmington's hunt club in haties burg sunday morning and the scuffle apparently spilled outside when a suspect allegedly put pulled out a gun and opened fire and senior martin smith and junior green and dedric jones and all three men are reported to be in fair condition tonight and police have not made any arrests in their investigation. they spent 388 days held hostage by somali pirates, paul and rachel chandler are finally free and the british couple planned to spend six months at sea and the plans came it

the woman driving the honda was hurt in the crash. we're told her injuries do not appear to be life threatening tonight. >>> tomorrow, the house epics committee begins the trial of the once powerful new york democrat and former means committee chairman is charged with 13 counts of ethics violations, including tax evasion. and there are alsoallegations that they paid low market rates for the apartments. the 80-year-old says that he is confident that his name will be cleared. >>> president barack obama is back in the white house tonight after the 10-day trip to asia that provided mixed reviews. he is back in south korea unable to get a free trade deal. he also failed to get a g20 summit leader to take a tough stand against china's policies. but the president was well received in indonesia where he lived as the boy ends in india where he hanged to get $10 billion in commercial deals. >> well, the president went on this mission because asia is the most vibrant market, growing market in the world. we want to compete for those jobs and that

. >> $6 and problems could spell problems for honda.e're getting you ready your morning commute. a couple sluggish spots are developing. >> now traffic pulse 11 and insta-weather plus together. >> some folks could be heading out today. >> that could be the case. we're not seeing any delays, no incidents to report. a few spots starting to look sluggish come around harrisburg expressway, route 40 miles per hour. 53 on southbound 95. still 57 and running smoothly on the west side outer loop. 70 looking good at this hour. south pont 83 , 58 miles per hour. you continue to move well down towards the beltway. traveling south on 97, looking at around 51 miles per hour at 100. this is the b-w parkway. both major roadways checking out fine at this hour. no problems to report on 95 through cecil county. that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. now let's get the latest on the buses and the trains. for that we go to kurt kronke of the mta system. >> a few delays on the buses. the eight and 52 buses are 15- minutes late. there is a diversion because

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it is a direct homage to the historical murals in the original laguna honda building.atures to large tile walls. by observing residents, the gardens created a public artwork in the form of the handrail. in one of the outdoor courtyards, the circular grouping of -- with a smooth finish. this features ten unique button sculptures with different pastel colors that function not only as a place to sit, but also as a touchstone to something recognizable, familiar, and comforting. another key component included an art project that responded directly to the hospital's rich history. using archival images and artifacts, had designed 16 intricately woven tapestries that are inviting of significant events that shaped the hospital and the community over time. a >> it attracts a lot of visitors, and they are all and all - -in aw -- in awe over the variety of mediums used. >> i think we have given the city of san francisco and the residents an incredible art collection. >> welcome to "culture wire." today we're headed to smpling f. camera works, a premiere venue for artists working i

live in mountain view, robert honda, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> two storms in the past week. more than a foot of snow. why some say this ski season is starting off as good as last year and that was a good year. >>> right now, i'm tracking the winds at the tesoro refinery where there there is a shelter in plate. i'm update you. the black widow spider's severe bite can cause coma and even death. the african black mamba can kill a man with one bite. ere's an even deadlier predator cigarettes, produced by big tobacco, which take a life every six point five seconds. don't be big tobacco's next victim. >>> we're looking live here again at a developing situation in martinez. a shelter in place is in order right now for those people who live in martinez, north concord and clyde. a power outage affected the refinery. the flaring began just after 4:00 p.m. the flames are burning off hydrocarbon emotion. we spoke to someone from the refinery and he says this could go on for the next couple of hours. >>> over to our chief meteorologist, who has been monitor everything the conditions here