good evening fire commissioners, chief joanne hayes white and command staff and any distinguished gets-- asks. my name is sherman i'm a captain at station to. i'm president of the san francisco black firefighters. today we want to give you some information on our youth academy i will start a short, three minutes video and then we will bring up our youth director fire marshal to answer any questions and give further information. >> clerk: can we please go to the laptop? [♪] [♪] [♪] [♪] [♪] [♪] >> president cleaveland: very nice, captain. >> so that was just a little video of some of the things we have been doing this year. now i would like to bring up our director, assistant fire marshal , tyrone pruitt. >> thank you captain captain. good afternoon fire commissioners and chief and our members and community that is here at this mission. it is a plant pleasure and an honour to come before you with our fire youth academy. this academy has been in progress 15 years and the first thing i want to do is i want to thank the chiefs for all of the support that the fire department has given us ove

joanne desmond. i've been working with ahsha on the city i represent. this has made a great impact on the lives that they lead, their ability to send their children to school in san francisco. these jobs provide them with health care and with a pension, and we would appreciate all consideration in keeping this program going. thank you. >> supervisor safai: thank you so much. next speaker. >> hi, supervisors. frank simeon. i'm the theaterical director. one thing i've learned in the few years that i've been at the screen actors guild is it's not easy to be an actor. they do suffer, but unfortunately because of t thenent -- fortunately because of the incentive there's been more work since the 90's, and our members are acting members appreciated enormously, and they would love that to continue. i might mention that in the last 12 months, 3,304 union actors have been employed in the city and county of san francisco, and, of course, many nonunion actors have also been employed. and we need that to continue. thank you very much. >> supervisor safai: thank you.

. >> reporter: and the prosecution got an unpleasant surprise when maand, joanne lucie.denly turns into a singles bar. no objection, but it sure looks like the witness is flirting. >> okay. you're looking at him, periodically. >> he has beautiful eyes. he'd known that. he knows that i will always look at his eyes. he knows that. >> was that part of what attracted you to him to begin with? eyes.s yeah. hi ht.iheig his physique. >> okay. >> reporter: even though they'd been unhappily and briefly married 20 years before, there was still something. >> be that as it may, you still can't help but look at his eyes, can you? >> no. they're beautiful. >> that was astonishing, okay? she was flirting with him on the witness stand. >> reporter: goo-goo eyes aside, matt's former missus does manage to deliver some damaging testimony, confirming he got rough with her. >> he would like to push you down to the ground, and pin you down. i'm not a very strong person, so i was easy to pin down. >> juror kim munster, i guess she loves his eyes and loves his look but she doesn't like the thin

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. >> clerk: item five, chief of department's report, report from chief of department joanne hayes-white including budget, academy, special events, communications, and outreach to other government agencies and the public and report from administration, deputy chief jeanine nicholson, report on administrative division's fleet and facility status, including an update on the chief's residents, finances, support services, homeland security, and training within the department. >> good evening, chief. >> good evening, president cleaveland, members of the fire commission. this is the report since the last meeting, which was provided to you by deputy chief gonzales who was acting chief of department. related to the budget, we continue to finalize the close out of the 2018 budget and we are in the beginning or first quarter of our recently approved city budget, so things are looking good at this time. we are in the process of conducting interviews for some open civilian positions, and that would also include beginning the process for the grant writer position. and let's see...next item regarding

>> reporter: alex's mother joanne knew something was happen when her son asked if he could bring emilyo sunday dinner. >> he said, i have met someone and i would love to be able to bring her over so that you all can get to know her better. >> reporter: and you thought, well, here we go? >> yes, i did. >> reporter: back in boone, emily's family heard about the boy from kansas city. >> she called me up and said, i met this fellow, he is italian, and she said you're going to love his family. they are louder than us. and she fell in love with the whole family immediately. >> reporter: emily's sister amy could see they were in love. >> her eyes sparkled. alex eyes sparkled when they were together. just huge smiles on both of their faces. >> reporter: the girl who never dated was swept off her feet. emily and alex married may 10th, 20 2003. how many people? >> i would guess 400. >> reporter: that's big. >> for an italian wedding, it's maybe mid-sised. >> reporter: the couple had a son nick and a year later, alex took up emily's parents on an invitation to move to boone. >> it was an open off

woman tells the rohnert park department of public safety that when she stopped by this apartment on joanneday night... she intended only to pick-up some school books she loaned to a 25-year-old acquaintance of hers -- sergio heredia- trujillo. instead, she says heredia-trujillo threatened her with a knife, pulled her pants down and ripped off her underwear... before attempting to rape her. no name/neighbor- "i'm not used to this and so it was scary because everybody was alseep." the victim called 9-1-1 more than five hours after the ordeal started... she was able to escape the apartment after alledging heredia-trujillo also bit and choked her... telling her to stay quiet, or else he'd kill her. the woman tells investigators she knocked on her neighbor's doors for help but no one initially answered... until someone finally let her in to call police.pujjal khanal/neighbor- "it's very unfortunate what happened." not everyone heard the woman's pleas for help.no name/neighbor- "i'm a light sleeper, and i didn't hear any noise at all before that. before the police and all that. i didn't hear any

coyle-eulau >> christopher seton cramer denise crant >> james crawford >> robert james crawford >> joanneary cregan >> lucia crifasi >> john crisci >> daniel hal crisman >> dennis a. cross kevin crotty >> thomas g. crotty >> john crowe >> welles remy crowther >> robert l. cruikshank >> john robert cruz >> kenneth john cubas >> francisco cruz >> richard joseph cudina >> neil james cudmore >> thomas patrick cullen joan cullinan >> joyce cummings >> brian thomas cummins >> michael joseph cunningham >> robert curatolo >> laurence curia >> paul dario curioli josephick >> beverly curry >> michael curtin bruce edward simmons. you are always in our hearts. godspeed. thank you for the memories. my cousin, firefighter edward roberts. we love you and we miss you every day. >> gavin cushny >> caleb arron dack >> carlos s. dacosta john d'allara >> vincent d'amadeo >> thomas a. damaskinos jack l. d'ambrosi >> jeannine damiani-jones >> patrick w. danahy >> mary d'antonio >> vincent g. danz >> dwight donald darcy >> elizabeth ann darling >> annette andrea dataram edward a d'atri >> michael d. d'auria >>

please, by all means, count up the discrimination lawsuits against administration of joanne haze white alone. i'm certain that there is a seven figure category there. in my years of service with the department, i havensed and been the victim of despair treatment, harassment and homophobia. having the courage to speak out on these matters almost guarantees retaliation. but in ways that are much more subtle than they used to be. the new style of retaliation involved subterfuge and is dramatically more opaque. for example, refusing to fulfill a routine uniform request or creating new work rules to hinder my ability to do my job at the department as a recruiter, case in point -- the department has ordered me not to meet with prospective candidates. take a moment to think about this. the recruiter for the department and i've been ordered not to meet with candidates. because it provides, quote, an unfair advantage. really? this new directive seems to have come about only after i made issue of a completely inappropriate, unqualified instructor that used the n-word during a training exercise.

joanne and address outstanding u.s. property claims. however, overshadowing these issues are the unexplained health skins that the state department has assessed were targeted attacks on 26 u.s. diplomats and several canadian government personnel serving in havana. the cuban regime failed in the international obligation to protect diplomats in cuba and for that, it must be held accountable. i'm further concerned about the fact that we have knelt -- yet to determine the cause or perpetrator of the attacks. the cuban accountability review board, known as the a.r.b., was to congress last week. it found the security systems and procedures were adequate, but significant vacancies and challenges with information sharing existed in the department's response to want attacks. similarly, the government's accountability office issued a recent report at the request of the chairman. that found committee the policies delayed the cuban a.r.b. from starting it work by eight months. the department's leadership, whether in a -- or acting role, is responsi

and it was caused by an isis terrorist that you know of, joanne, and nicole, the girl that i meant to complain about to you guys who also assassinated mayor ed lee. and their picture is at joint venture kitchen. london breed, bernie sanders, bree comol and mayor ed lee and i saw their faces at st. mare's' hospital -- st. mary's e.r. >> director nicole bohn: do you have a comment to share? >> did you do anything about that complaint or share my information? >> director nicole bohn: thank you for sharing. >> co-chair sehaux: any other public comment at this time? is there anyone on the bridge line? okay. thank you. thank you. we're going to go ahead and move on to information item number 7. which is the presentation on department of children, youth and their families investments to support children and youth with disabilities. i would like to welcome our presenter maria su, the director of the department of children, youth and their families. and thank you for being here and waiting. >> good afternoon, council members, and directors. should i use this microphone here? >> if you're comfo

fire chief joanne haze white and mayor london breed stood alongside around 50 firefighters. >> my thoughts are with the people who lost their lives making the ultimate sacrifice to save others 17 years. we will never forget their sacrifice. >> at 6:59, the ringing of the bell. the flag was lowered to half-staff followed by a minute of silence. then the reading of all the names of the 343 new york le on graduated a class of 49 new cadets last month, some too young to remember the terrorist attacks that took place 17 years ago. the command staff not letting them forget. >> and that they know they're coming into a profession where there will be great sacrifices. but ultimately, that's what we do. we serve. >> for those who ask if these 9/11 ceremonies will continue in san francisco? >> we will never forget. as long as i'm working as chief, this ceremony will continue the take place. >> the flag will remain at half-staff for the rest telephone day. in san francisco, matt keller, abc 7 news. >> and you can find more on today's remembrance ceremonies on our website, abcnews.com. hard to believe

report from chief of department joanne hayes-white. report since last meeting and report from operations chief mark gonzales on overall field operations including greater alarm fires, emergency medical services, bureau of fire prevention investigation, and airport division. >>commissioner cleaveland: good morning, chief. >> commissioner hayes-white: good morning, mr. president. i will be provided the deputy chief of operations report. deputy chief mark gonzales is out due to illness. regarding the budget, we are nearing the close of the first quarter of this budget year and are officially in the last final stages of closing out last year's budget. with regards to division of training, we are anticipating what we call a bump-up academy. it's approximately three weeks in length. we have 24 e.m.t.'s with paramedic licenses which will be advancing to h-3 level twos, which one of the goals was to provide upward opportunity for some of our members, so we have 24 that will be availing themselves of that opportunity. we have two h 2 firefighte