[applause] superintendent garcia: i've known zack, when i was the principal at horace mann. but zack was there before i got there, so i would imagine zack's been there about 25 years and i have to tell you, as a principal there, he made my job so easy. the reason why we -- one of the reasons why we did wonderful things and i see daisy santos and margaret shoo, they were all there at the same time and we all know zack, and deborah, also, we all have the privilege of being together around horace mann and when you see the work zack has done. you want to know anything going on in the school, go ask zack. you want to know, before any fights break out, before any issues occur, high already knows about it and he's taking care of business. he's an exemplary employee and i have to tell you, when i was signing this certificate, i was choked up because i think back -- and i know zack won't be here tonight. you know, he's one of those people who just doesn't want to take credit, but it's great that a district like ours is honoring an individual who's just put it out there for kids all t

he worked as a principle including horace man in san francisco. thank you very much super intendent for being here. nathaniel ford is the director of the transportation authority. prior to joining the municipal authority. he served for the atlantic authority for 5 years. he started as a train conductor in the new york city transit system. let's give it up for director ford. jim dierck is a principle, but not only a principle and an educator. he is someone who designd and developed innovative concepts where there was an incident that involved safety. for the work he was recognized at the national principle of the year. and he is somebody who is on the ground and has worked to empower young people at his school. he took his school from a different circumstances to be one of the highest performs school districts in the state. jim dierck. margaret brodkin is the director of the department for children youth and families. i emphasize that because it is one of the most critical agencies in the city and county. margaret was a former director the colman a

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at horace mann elementary. organizers say its a day to set goals...for kids to aim high and dream big because college can make dreams come true. school administrators are trying to get their students interested in the whole concept of college. ">>>for today the message we really wanted kids to hear is that college is for them college is for everybody don't let anybody tell you that college is not for you..you know sometimes i think students the doors have been closed for students by other people" educators from all over santa clara county joined the kickoff.... as well as san jose state students and studenrom oh universities. ### more students more bikes and more bike theft... because of this ongoing problem, some students are reluctant to park their bikes on-campus. but amanda del castillo shows us the biggest trouble spot and ways to prevent yoike from eing stolen. ">>>hundreds of bikes come to campus daily and all-too-often leave with the wrong person. bicycle theft at s-j-s-u is frequent... and frustrating.

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postal service is it going to capitol hill this this second year of losses they're going to ascot horace take action to lift the mandate to make a surplus payments to a retiree health fund there is a bill do at the end of the month and the postal service said they will not be able to pay at unless they get legislation. >> it the kron 4 morning news continues as a flooding and fires and the historic drought in texas we will show you the latest video of the flooding and the fires i'll look of the san mateo bridge as traffic builds up we will be right back. @ >> >> this is a fire in texas strong-willed are spreading the flames this is near austin tx 25,000 a. in that area have already burned at least 5000 people have been forced from their homes many of those people only had minutes to get out look at the destruction hot there have 500 homes destroyed a lot of cars and property. there are 400 emergency shelters set of for the victims of the wild fire a small plane crashed last carteret high of fire that occurred 600 lawmakers had happened since sunday morning when a plane went down killing

just yesterday, a police standoff sent horace mann elementary into lockdown. the night before, a carjacking forcinged three schools to lock their doors. the district says lockdowns take place two to four times a week. >> i don't know what we can to to change it. but we need to come up with some ideas. fast. >> reporter: this parent says she is confident the district is doing what is needed to keep her son safe. but when the school bell rings she worries. >> i worry a lot. raising a son in oakland. >> reporter: 7-year-old brandon hears gunfire in the street all the time and it scares him. >> i think about me getting killed. about me getting shot. and killed. >> reporter: while he is at brookfield, he feels secure. and in the safe zone. >> when i am in school, and the teacher keeps me safe. >> they know that this is one place that i can count on, that i can depend on, to come and my teacher will be there, my teacher is supportive, no matter what is going on. >> reporter: now brookefield elementary school has a team of mental health professionals on campus to hel

he didn't just go west as horace greeley might have urged as a young man. he was compelled to go west. events forced him in that direction. and we will get to that. but before we head off into the badlands i want to give you a little brief background on theodore roosevelt. the roosevelt aficionados are probably going to be familiar with this, but i think there's some high points in his life that we need to touch on. he started life as a city kid in new york city. and he was a member of a social elite. the knickerbocker who were people who could trace their ancestry in america back to the dutch who arrived here in the mid-1660s. he was a fairly old new york family. his grandfather was one of the five richest men in manhattan. the family made their money on glass. they produced a lot of the window glass that new york city needed as it grew. they were also into banking and a lot of wise investments in new york real estate. young roosevelt was an avid outdoors person almost from childhood and also an avid hunter he wasn't very healthy. he was sickly as a child.

one of the people he restocks to was horace greeley who has been the editor of the new york tribune andwas the very person who coined the term leading cancer. minister raise about $300. an energetic friend. kept him apprised of the activity but writing to purchase a howitzer. captain apprised of his activities by writing him letters that employed a ridiculously credible code. he referred to the howitzer as an h. now, it was the code that was real difficult for anyone to figure out. at the same time it reflects that he was so very aware that they were involved in these very dangerous endeavors and wanted to avoid detection with these letters. also arranged to break it up into several different pieces and to send it to kansas broken up into component parts. mccain and arrived in kansas it was once again assembled, reassembled, placed in front of the hotel, and does comport itself very admirably. .. >> he decided to take a job that was down compared to rubbing shoulders. he took a job in which he started clearing a really unattractive piece of land, clearing swamps on a very ugly piece of