this week cara and i went on a little adventure, there is a home called the honda smart home and it'srobably the most eco-friendly energy-efficient house on the planet. most people take a tour, check it out. carr ep and i decided -- karen and i decided to take it to the party. >> for science? >> absolutely for science. . >> reporter: believe it or not, cara and i are doing this for science. and this. and even this. admit it. >> smart tv. >> smart cara. >> we are pioneer guests in the 1944 square foot laboratory for sustainable living. honda teamed up with the davis. >> we want to get to a zero carbon future. >> if this is what zero carbon awesome. >> this is a honda smart moment. >> welcome. >> the ground floor is full of furniture made from stapable materials. the floor, concrete, was constructed in a way to reduce carbon emissions. the kitchen is sleek, modern filled with modern appliances. upstairs, two bathrooms, a master with a killer bathroom. another standard room. i have my eye on the master. why is honda in the house business, to build a home to power itself and an electric c

it finds honda with a 2-1 lead over ro khanna. honda with 41%, khanna with 21%.s with 6%, undecided, 24%. you put all this together, and it really suggests that these two democrats, well, they're pretty likely to be in the november general election, a run-off, and also, by the way, it kind of offers something for everyone here, at least these top two. honda has a knhacommanding lead. on the other hand, khanna is cutting into honda's lead based on earlier polls. he came from virtually nothing six months ago to a pretty good challenge position now. >> what surprises you most about the race so far? i mean, 24% undecided is not that unusual. >> there are some things, though. honda does particularly well, with democrats, with women, with seniors, with whites, latinos, and middle class income voters, and then you have khanna, who has his best showings with independents, men, middle aged voters, asian americans and people with incomes over $80,000 a year. they each have their pocket of strength. >> we have a lot of folks watching the congressional race across the countr

mike honda. >> now honda's slinging mud. what's interesting to note as closely as this race is being watched, the two have only faced off once. and it happened about a month and a half ago in fremont, voter's forum. the lines are redrawn. making the first majority asian district outside of hawaii. what's more, a lot of labor support that honda enjoyed in years past is outside of the district. congressman honda serving six years in the house declined the invitation and new ad is sort of a counterpunch calling honda out. the attack ad in the politician of the past and calls an upgrade for silicon valley. we reached out to honda's campaign that e-mailed this statement from $900 million in federal funding to millions in grants for homeless veterans. honda has a strong record of redirecting the people of the district that matters most in the campaign. the primary is june 3rd. in headquarters, kiet do, kpix 5. >>> we've got breaking news. a federal judge struck down oregon's ban on same-sex marriage. this is after state officials

commissioner fong are commissioner honda. okay. thank you very much that motion carries 4 to zero commissioners item 5 a and b that i'll call together this is a possible rehearing depending on the boards decision appeal 11 dash one 2 the rehearing request is in both cases is on monday night sodium street vs. the buckles which the board decided at this .4 to zero to one with one have a doubt to uphold the planning code section. the project is an existing large gate to be replaced and removed to comply with 90s notices of violation. the appeal that same denial of the permit on january 26, 2011, and having to do with building permit. and i believe the zoning administer is prepared to present first to set the stage for what is at issue here total >> just want to go over sorry members of the board the subject permit seeks to remove an off-street parking partially and we determined this parking space was satisfying a requirement for the adjacent property at the 6760 on montana sdoum street we denied the permit and the board upheld our pe

commissioner honda thank you. the vote it 5 to zero it is rescheduled to july 16th interest similarly this item protesting the building permitted on ethel streets the parties have reached a settlement scoring for a new reschedule. we need another motion and vote that i public comment on this item seeing none. >> on that motion from commissioner honda appeal to june 4th. commissioner fung. commissioner hwang. commissioner hurtado. commissioner president lazarus. thank you. the vote is 5 to zero that motivator is rescheduled to june 4th and please go over the meeting board guidelines and enact the swearing in process please. please be advised the ringing of and use of cell phones, pagers and similar sound-producing electronic devices please carry open conversation in the hallway appellants and permit holder and department representatives each have 7 minutes to present and 3 minutes for rebuttals people must include their comments within the 7 minutes and parties that are not ffltd may not have rebuttal interest are

and we also, of course, found, many, many hospital beds, at laguna honda and also, found it that is out of the county, for the dph, clients, and then we have many of the treatment beds and the long term beds in county as well as out of county. >> i was approached for this slide and it was overwhelming but it shows, that some of the sites and what i want to emphasize, is that it was especially between 2006 and 2013 *, that the redevelopment and the non-profit providers came in to give the access to the homeless people in the newly developed building and we were talking earlier about the housing pipeline and so that worked very much in 2006 and 2013, and it is starting to be some what dried up for the dph. in the next two fiscal years you will have two buildings and 60 units in the buildings that are for seniors and a majority of them have to meet the definitions of being documented. so, that is and can be a problem for us. and i also want to tell you a little bit about the age of our clients, and 26, we set aside, where we set aside and actually the buildings, and are developed and finan

honda has spent so far. mr. honda still has a lead over all of his challengers including mr. khanna. congressional canada ro khanna campaigned in sunnyvale today knocking on the doors of likely silicon valley voters. >> hi, i'm ro khanna running to represent you in the united states congress. >> reporter: taking on a seven- term incumbent like mike honda was never going to be easy. now he knows how hard. our exclusive poll shows mike honda in a commanding position. he has a 40% to 21% advantage over khanna. his biggest challenger and a fellow democrat. republicans are 8 and 6% about your 24% of the voters polled are still undecided. >> anyone who knows this will tell you that with many undecided an incumbent well below 50% he is vulnerable and that's why he is one of the ten most likely incumbent to lose on roll call and when you go on the doors you see it. people want change. >> reporter: congressman honda was flying back from washington and not available for comment. but at a news conference last month, honda looked and sounded confident. >> i have been working. campaigning

representative honda is 72 years old. >> honda is old school. and i think the sense is across the nation in general that is old guard needs to go because congress is disfunctional and we need to bring in new blood. >> reporter: honna is in new guy. the mercury news has endorsed him and called honda the politician of the past. the who's who of the tech world are on board too. this explains the money. honda raised more than $2 million. conna, 2.7 million. >> you think the difference between the new politics and the old politics, i'm not taking any interest money. no lobbyist money. i have a concrete plan on how to create jobs. >> reporter: rob enderly says the tech titans are listening. >> we have a lot of money, a lot of young money here in the valley looking someone a bit younger and more dynamic that understands the problems of this century as opposed to the problems of last century. >> reporter: congressman honda was not available for an interview. he is in washington dc. but his campaign says he has a strong record of delivering for all peopl

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first, mike honda stubbornly refused all debates. now honda's slinging mud, launching false attacks. isn't it time to put the old politics aside? the chronicle endorses ro khanna, saying he "offers an upgrade in congress for silicon valley." and the mercury news says, "ro khanna is ready for the congress of tomorrow... ...while honda is a politician of the past." for our future: ro khanna. khanna: i'm ro khanna and i approve this message. teacher layoffs. and a 60 billion dollar budget deficit. that's what john perez faced when he became speaker of the california assembly. so he partnered with governor brown to pass three balanced budgets, on time. for the first time in thirty years. today, the deficits are gone and we've invested an additional 2 billion dollars in education. now john perez is running for controller, to keep fighting for balanced budgets. democrat john perez for controller. >>> san francisco police say this man was driving drunk when he hit and pinned a man under his car at a gas station. that happened at 3:30 this m

now honda is slinging mud. >> reporter: the attack ad denounces honda as a politician of the past and calls ro khanna an upgrade for silicon valley. we reached out to honda's campaign which has e-mailed a statement. from 900 million dollars inle from funding to the bart extension to millions of dollars in grants for homeless veterans. honda has a strong record for delivering for all the people of his district. that is what matters most in this campaign. the primary is june 3rd. live at ro khanna headquarters in fremont, kpix 5. >>> there's speculation about whether hillary clinton will run for president again. karl rove last week brought up her concussion and blood clot in 2012 as a potential liability. others are saying her health is relevant but not the only issue. >> health and age is fair game. it was fair game for ronald reagan, for john mccain. i think the more important thing for me as leader of the party is what is hillary clinton's record? as secretary of state? benghazi? boka haram, syria, russia? those are going to be the issues. i'm not questioning her health. what i'm que

a 2-1 cash advantage over honda. it will be a really closely watched and probably expensive race. >> there will be other candidates there, as well, but they are probably the two biggest names. >> by far, absolutely. >> there is a republican in there, as well. who may be there and not clear if she's going to show up or not and of course, the honda campaign is hoping she would siphon off votes from kona. we could have two democrats facing off. >> an interesting race because honda served seven terms and this may be the most extensive congressional race in the country. >> absolutely and he'll have his work cut out for him. >> thank you. >> for all coverage, go to kqed news.org. >> i'm scott shafer thanks for joining us. >> and i'm thuy vu. joining us. >> and i'm thuy vu. have a good night. man: it's like holy mother of comfort food.ion. woman: throw it down. it's noodle crack. patel: you have to be ready for the heart attack on a platter. crowell: okay, i'm the bacon guy. man: oh, i just did a jig every time i dipped int

honda accord edges out toyota camery but what about the honda accord hybrid? >> honda acourt stands out as consumer reports top pick. the basic gets an impressive 30 miles per gallon and relatively in inexpensive. the hybrid is pricier but window sticker cites 47 miles per gallon. now, it didn't measure that high in consumer reports tests, says the director of auto tests, jake fisher. >> we had an over all 40 miles per gallon but not 47 miles per hour claim by the epa. >> since a hybrid accord costs $6500 more than basic accord you're playing a lot of money up front to save gas. >> just doesn't drive as well the ride is stiffer. braking is not as good. and handling not as secure. >> battery robs you of cargo room. you'll get a tire repair kit. the regular is a better deal. consumer reports says you're better off with a toyota camery hybrid. it gets 38 miles per gallon. a spokesperson says it records better mileage. at fuel economy.gov, average user mpg is 42 -- >> that is michael finney reporting. for seven on your side. >> interesting. >> let's go to sandhya

and commissioner honda. thank you very much commissioners that was our last item that was our end of our business and adjourned >> on december 28, 1912, san francisco mayor stared into a sea of 60,000 of constituents that gathered at geary. the berth of the first publicly owned transit system in the city, the san francisco municipal railwa >> hello, i'm nona along with the legacy of voters in san francisco i'm here to discuss 19th street only june 3rd the city and county of san francisco through it's port commission mfrtsz 3 and a half miles of waterfront along the bay and it currently regulates the maximum allowed heights they run from 40 to 84 feet they usually need approval by the planning commission and the board of supervisors those changes don't currently require the voters to approve it prop b has height limits in effect unless the city voters approve the height limit any ballot question to there those must specific the proposed height limits in you vote yes. you want to prevent the city from port pro

and commissioner honda and okay.hat motion carries 3 to 1 and that permit is upheld on those conditions. okay. thank you. so the next item we actually are calling items 9 through 16 together. already hang on a second i was incorrect there's a 4 vote need to pass that motion i was speaking incorrectly that motion does not carry and absent any other motion the permit would be upheld >> you want to modify the motion. >> i'll file the motion. >> it has been vote on. >> i'll make a motion the same motion except if i do this commissioner fung would it be worthy my time. >> make the motion. >> the objection i heard from commissioner fung part of the condition where the trees would be removed to the date to the site that the site permit is issued i think this motion will be modified to say the trees will be removed to the dated of the hearing on site permit; is that correct? >> yes. >> i think i need clarification on the hearing and on june 5th open the project that's a site permit; right? >> it's a large project for authori

first, mike honda stubbornly refused all debates. now honda's slinging mud, launching false attacks. isn't it time to put the old politics aside? the chronicle endorses ro khanna, saying he "offers an upgrade in congress for silicon valley." and the mercury news says, "ro khanna is ready for the congress of tomorrow... ...while honda is a politician of the past." for our future: ro khanna. khanna: i'm ro khanna and i approve this message. >>> we'll be back in half an hour. tonight at 6:00, keeping the streets of san jose safer. new details just in to the news room of the city's plan to strengthen forces in the south bay. >>> habitat for humanity celebrating a grand opening in san jose today. the organization is opening its fourth restore, a home improvement outlet in the bay area. the new restore is the second in san jose. local lawmakers including mayor chuck reed were on hand. >> the environmental innovation center we're opening up includes a place for restore, which is habitat humanity's location to recycle, reuse old building pro

and incumbent mike honda against ro khana. and the mayor's race for san jose is wide open. >>> looking ahead to the november election, the group lift up oakland delivered sho s thousands of signatures from $8 to $12 an hour. >> we want to see businesses thrive because their workers feel valued and we want to see our whole community flourish because workers will spend more money in our local economy. >> the group also wants future pay increases tied to inflation and a guarantee of at least five annual sick day ares for all workers. the chamber of commerce wants all higher wages for employees but not all at once. they hope that the initiative will qualify for the november ballot. >>> drug-related felons in california may soon be able to receive food stamp. this will head to the senate floor for a vote this week. lawmakers approved that bill on friday. supporters of reversing the ban say it helps felons get on the right track to become better citizens and find a job. >> it's a federal program and it's not raising our taxes. we're

first, mike honda stubbornly refused all debates. honda's slinging mud, launching false attacks. isn't it time to put the old politics aside? the chronicle endorses ro khanna, saying he "offers an upgrade in congress for silicon valley." and the mercury news says, "ro khanna is ready for the congress of tomorrow... ...while honda is a politician of the past." for our future: ro khanna. khanna: i'm ro khanna and i approve this message. lineup it's back to business as usual at the store in st. on ramp to the bay bridge will show you more in the next addition of people behaving badly pulses wife nicole what new father raising one week year-old baby meat the miracle child born under most unusual circumstances next live in san jose armorial getting underway to remember local victims killed in the i love this rampage. gridlock. teacher layoffs. and a 60 billion dollar budget deficit. that's what john perez faced when he became speaker of the california assembly. so he partnered with governor brown to pass three balanced budgets, on time. f

so why is honda in the house business?o build a home that can power itself and an electric car with energy to spare. michael conic is the project leader for the honda smart home. >> honda's involvement would seem to indicate that they are interested in more than just cars. >> as we get more and more electric vehicles we have to be more careful in the way they integrate with your house, so by putting the house and the car together as a system, the system can be more than the sum of it's parts. >> be sure to tune into the latest episode of tech noe to see that story on the honda smart phone saves. do net neutrality rules the guidance would allow internet providers to charge websites for faster delivery of their content. opponents of the proposal fear the internet companies would use the new riles to discriminate against certain websites the public has four months to respond, the f.c.c. could make a final ruling later this year. white house officials said as the process continues they hope the final rule stays try to the spir

first, mike honda stubbornly refused all debates. now honda's slinging mud, launching false attacks. isn't it time to put the old politics aside? the chronicle endorses ro khanna, saying he "offers an upgrade in congress for silicon valley." and the mercury news says, "ro khanna is ready for the congress of tomorrow... ...while honda is a politician of the past." for our future: ro khanna. khanna: i'm ro khanna and i approve this message. you are watching "today in the bay." >>> welcome back. time now 7:11. taking a live look outside at dublin from our sky camera network. sun just coming up right there and looking to be quite a beautiful day and what a lovely shot here. this is the south bay as the sun peaks through the clouds. meteorologist anthony slaughter will be here to tell you how to dress for the rest of your saturday. but now let's get to the news. an unusual push to get out the vote. south bay pot dispensaries offering free marijuana for people who participate in next week's primary. voter turnout is expected to be extremel

. >> : first, mike honda stubbornly refused all debates. now honda's slinging mud, launching false attacks. isn't it time to put the old politics aside? the chronicle endorses ro khanna, saying he "offers an upgrade in congress for silicon valley." and the mercury news says, "ro khanna is ready for the congress of tomorrow... ...while honda is a politician of the past." for our future: ro khanna. khanna: i'm ro khanna and i approve this message. got a coming revolution ceremony at sidecar high- school family friends rain a marked as 17 year-old to die in a car crash earlier this month fighting to have her name be a part of the graduation supporters rallied at the school the with the principle. what happened the story only see on kron 4. >> : a thumbs-up as they merge recycler high-school friday afternoon satisfy her late daughter reno will be appropriately honored as commence after all. he said he you will get together with other principals and other schools weather and tragedies and come up with a way to properly memorialize but do not tak

and ro khanna's new ad is a kind of counter punch. >> at first honda refused all debates and now hondaging mud. >> reporter: the attack ad denounces him as a politician of the past and calls ro khanna an upgrade for the valley. >> reporter: the primary is june 3rd. live at ro khanna headquarters in fremont, kpix 5 >>> kind of slow in the traffic, so far? >> there's some slow spots. altamont pass, the usual. we're getting reports of a stalled vehicle, and trailer broken down in the lanes. westbound 580 at north glen, stalled truck there, traffic busy, stop-and-go from tracy. it makes matters worse. give yourself a few extra minutes. things state pretty slow and go westbound a 80 -- 580 to 680 as well. the bay bridge, 5:49 this morning. usually -- you can see traffic stacked up into the maze at this point. all the connectors headed to the bay bridge also very busy this morning. if you are working your way to the san mateo bridge, not a bad ride, traffic moving along in both directions. pretty windy conditions this morning. so you may want to leave a few extra minutes us a head out the do

first, mike honda stubbornly refused all debates. now honda's slinging mud, launching false attacks. isn't it time to put the old politics aside? the chronicle endorses ro khanna, saying he "offers an upgrade in congress for silicon valley." and the mercury news says, "ro khanna is ready for the congress of tomorrow... ...while honda is a politician of the past." for our future: ro khanna. khanna: i'm ro khanna and i approve this message. >> new developments in the public battle over casey cason's medical care. pitting his wife and children against one another. the latest for us. >> good morning. casey cason's daughter carey was allowed to have her first visit with her dad in weeks. washington is where his wife jean moved the star. the judge hopes to have a final decision after a hearing next week as we learn more about casey kasem's failing health. he is one of the most iconic voices of all time. >> i'm casey kasem, these are the most popular songs. >> reporter: a washington state court must decide who will speak for casey kasem. je

first, mike honda stubbornly refused all debates. now honda's slinging mud, launching false attacks. isn't it time to put the old politics aside? the chronicle endorses ro khanna, saying he "offers an upgrade in congress for silicon valley." and the mercury news says, "ro khanna is ready for the congress of tomorrow... ...while honda is a politician of the past." for our future: ro khanna. khanna: i'm ro khanna and i approve this message. >>> a san jose family is trying to find out why someone opened fire outside their home hitting a teenager with a bullet fragment. it happened this morning. the teenager says a car alarm went off. she went outside and found three people near the car. when she con fronted them another car drove up and started shooting. >> i was standing at the door. when we got on the floor i saw my arm. >> thankfully the teenager was not hurt. >>> two keiser medical facili facilities are back open after a threat. it was a credible criminal threat involving two separate buildings on broadway. the labs, pharmacy and pa

so honda is challenged in trying to show what he's done for tech. and this is where we're seeing money coming into the race and a lot of -- look, the mercury news endorsement, both are things he's going to have to deal with. >> before we wrap up, what impact would you say that this top two primary is having in sacramento? is it evident yet that it's bringing more moderates? >> i think there are a lot of questions. we will be seeing this play on the local level. this will be the first stayed wide time it's in play. >> all right. scott december troe, josh richman. thanks so much. fasten your seat belts. >>> jose antonio vargas was just 12 years old when his mother sent him froth the fill fens. after graduating, his journalism career took off including stints at the washington post and the new yorker. but he kept a secret, he was in this country illegally. in 2011, vargas disclosed his immigration status. now in a film, he chronicals his imbrags journey. i spoke with him, but first a clip from the film, "docume "documented". >> the only thing that's ha

the honda accord is still number one in the eyes of car theives! lojack is out with its annual list of the 10 most stolen vehicles... for the fifth year in row-- the accord takes the top honor-- followed by: honda civic, toyota camry, toyota corolla, chevrolet silverado, acura integra, cadillac escalade, ford f-350, nissan altima and chevy tahoe. auto parts seller autozone is spinning out double digit earnings growth -- again! for 31-consecutive quarters now, autozone has reported an uptick in profits. net sales for the quarter were 2.3 billion dollars--up 6.2%. this is one of the rare cases where the nasty winter weather was beneficial to a retailer as cars required more maintenance. however, the stock slid $20 in trading. the hot-button topics of air pollution and car emissions are merging in china.. chinese officials are attempting to curb pollution by pulling more than 5 million ageing vehicles off the roads this year, a global account of the greenest cars was just released. hyundai- kia just unseated honda . and ford had the cleanest cars comi

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first, mike honda stubbornly refused all debates. now honda's slinging mud, launching false attacks. isn't it time to put the old politics aside? the chronicle endorses ro khanna, saying he "offers an upgrade in congress for silicon valley." and the mercury news says, "ro khanna is ready for the congress of tomorrow... ...while honda is a politician of the past." for our future: ro khanna. khanna: i'm ro khanna and i approve this message. >>> you're about to see what could be the worst ceremonial first pitch of all time. >> there's no could be, this is the worst. this is rapper 50 cent doing the honor at citi field in new york last night. his pitch, there it is, just a little outside. a little left, nearly hitting a photographer, in fact. in fact, later, he told photographers, the pitch was actually the work of his altar ego, curtis jackson, which is what 50 cent's name really is. i'm amused by how few people there were, even in the best of seats at the mets game. >> no kidding! >>> well, a nebraska woman gaining national attention a

first, mike honda stubbornly refused all debates. now honda's slinging mud, launching false attacks. isn't it time to put the old politics aside? the chronicle endorses ro khanna, saying he "offers an upgrade in congress for silicon valley." and the mercury news says, "ro khanna is ready for the congress of tomorrow... ...while honda is a politician of the past." for our future: ro khanna. khanna: i'm ro khanna and i approve this message. >>> the final countdown is under way for san jose skate. the south bay's last indoor roller skating rink opened in 1977. it closure leaves the silicon valley roller girls and their junior program without a home. farewell concerts are planned at the rink tonight and tomorrow. may 31st will be the rink's final day of operation. >>> it's the crown retail jewel of the south bay city, now it's for sale. the prune yard in campbell with retail shops, a movie theater, a big hotel quietly being put on the market. businesspeople and shoppers are reacting today. our business and tech reporter scott budman is l