dress blocked the guy behind you. >>> questions being raised about former state assembly speaker john perez's call for a recount in the state controller primary race. >> perez will pay for a recount in heavy latino counties in an effort to make up the 481 votes that stand between him and betty ye. >> but it's targeting the counties that voted for you and the presingle precincts fair. that's when we sat down with carla marinucci and willie brown and said it is legal but is it fair. >> we're in the mid midst of a recount, under california law john perez is allowed not only to pick what counties he wants recounted but what precincts he wants counted as long as he pays for it. mayor brown is this a recount or is this just a way of rigging an election? >> he is playing within the framework of the rules, obviously from a pure voters observation standpoint it's not a good idea. it always looks like you're not interested in a total recount. you're only interested in that which they review and that's not good. >> this shows a real problem with california law. 18 states and the district of columbia all

john perez can do that, but he has to pay for it. he gets to pick which counties, which precincts in those counties. they are getting ready. they can't begin counting nebraska four, fresno, is done with their count. it is all uncharted territory. it's never really been done before on this scale. >> seems like a convoluted process. it seems like it might be unfair too. maybe it favors the the weightier candidate. >> if you want a recount, you have to pay for it. in this case, he has over $1 million left in the bank. some say why didn't he spend in the campaign. if he had, maybe he would have come in second. yes, it does. you know, elections are imperfect. when they're really close you see some of the imperfections. and that's what we are seeing now. >> and he better hurry because the pal lots have to go to print very soon. >> translator: secretary of state has to begin getting the voter guide together. this could drag out weeks and weeks and weeks. >>> let's turn our attention to high-tech. facebook. there was a recent report it manip

the man behind the legislation is john perez. >> california like the rest of the country has had a reallege affordability. >> reporter: over the last ten years, public university tuition rates have increased over 190%. diana is responsible for getting the word out about the new scholarship designed to ease the bergen. >> it's a game changer in the sense that middle class students haven't had a state finance program to help them meet the cost of their education. >> reporter: here is how the scholarship works. california residents attending a state university or university of california with ament family income up to $150,000 annually, fill out the application for federal student aide, called the fafsa. they will likely receive the scholarship after other factors are considered. >> the grant will grow depending upon the student's income, and the cost of the institution that they are attending. >> the specific amounts will vary due to several factors including how many students apply. estimates range from $90 to $1,450 per student with grant money rising over the next three years, capping

john perez wants a recount in the primary race for state controller. he came in second behind san francisco's betty yee. she had just 581 votes more than him. perez is seeking recounts in 15 california counties. the winner faces the mayor for control of the position. >> why california taxpayers have spent tens of millions to repair a state building in sacramento, built just two decades ago, and why it could cost you tens of millions more. >> a new report shows how much of your personal data the nsa is collecting and keeping on file. >>> and the new study has a shocking result. when researchers tried to find out how far americans would go to not sit alone in a room doing nothing. heat shields are compromised. we what's that alarm?ures. fuel cell two is down. i'm going to have to guide her in manually. this is very exciting. but i'm at my stop. come again? i'm watching this on the train. it's so hard to leave. good luck with everything. watch tv virtually anywhere with the u-verse tv app. with at&t, the u-verse revolves around you. >>> the nsa collected

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. >>> former state assembly speaker john perez is out of the race for state controller. he came in 48 votes behind >>> we have much more ahead on this friday night. >> this is only a drill, but why it is so critical to protecting bay area students. >> also, the feds throwing money at california's drought problem. you will hear how much, also. >> i am getting my stuff for school. >> looking for socks. >> shopping with the cop. why local children are getting help filling up their >>> students scream, all part of a drill. first responders arrive and so do the police. a joint training exercise for possible intruders in redwood city. both police and firefighters took part in the drill and it was held by the san mateo county sheriff. >> the movie fittingly is called "the predator" and those in the theater are role players and suddenly an intruder begins firing into the crowd. people are wounded. some are dead. >> i saw one person running through the college. possibly one officer down. >> the first cops to respond are called the contact team. the ones chosen to neutralize the s

former assembly speaker john perez has a few more votes as he tried to close the 481-vote began in the comptroller race. perez picked up five votes after two days of a recount. perez is behind san francisco betty ye in a tight race. they are up against the fresno republican hair and a recount is taking place in imperial county. >>> now the forecast. ist is different than a couple days ago. >> absolutely the monsoon moisture making it to the ground and the blue is where the radar sometimes that the rain fell that may have accumulated around san mateo and .30" around san mateo but nothing accumulating in any of the bucket so it is an estimate. richmond and san rafael bridge has the best-looking radar return with the best moisture off the coast. today, the pain layer and the sea breeze and temperatures are up to eleven degrees cooler than yesterday. >> we were talking about proud we on the roadway westbound 580 near richmond at harbor way but not causing delays on traffic but as you push toward the richmond-san rafael bridge you can see it is dip down as we start to notice per track -- mo

. >>> assemblyman john perez is calling off a running. he had finished second to yee. perez had to pay for the recount and only picked up a few votes in two counties. democrats have been putting their support behind yee. now yee will face ashley sweringen the republican in the race for state comptroller. >>> good news tonight on the job front. new state numbers out today show more people are employed right now than at any time in the last seven years. california's unemployment rate went from 7.6% in may to 7.4% in june. the bay area generally outpace it is rest of the state when it comes to job growth. for june, all bay area counties saw increases for unemployment. solano county the highest unemployment rate at 6.7%. at jobs centers like this one at concord. fewer people have been showing up to search for work which would seem to be a sign that things are getting better. the director says there are real opportunities out there and job seekers seem to be more optimistic. >> i've had more interviews in the past six months than i had in the first year and a half that i ha

john perez and board of equalization member betty yee are locked in a very tight race. perez requested the recount after he fell short by 585 votes in the june primary. since he requested it perez will have to pay for it. that's why he's only asked for the ballots to be checked in 15 counties. he says he can't afford to pay for a recount in all 58 counties. the winner will face fresno mayor sweringer in the reelection. >>> one month after police searched for a toddler, the family gather. >> i feel like i've been stuck in the same spot for a year. >> reporter: you can hear the hurt in kiana's voice. >> we can't end it, we can't move on, mourn or celebrate. >> reporter: a year ago today, her husband reported their daughter missing from a market in oakland. >> how did she disappear so well? that's what i'm angriest the most about. because it's like no trace of her nowhere. like she just vanished. >> reporter: john told police she went inside the market leaving the 21 -month-old in his suv with his elderly mother who has dementia. >> when i talked to him before, he could no

. >>> john perez wants a recount in the primary race for comptroller coming in second behind a member of the board of equalization who had only 581 votes more than perez who is seeking recount if 15 california counties. the winner faces the republican mayor in november from fresno. >> bart extension to silicon valley could be waylaid. the city objected to the plan to close part of a road while building a trench over eight months to prepare for bart tracks that means closing part of an already bad bottleneck. officials said to take 18 months would keep one lane open in both directions and the sentence was on schedule to only in 2017. >>> big changes for bus lines in santa clara county including one change to express line 122 running between south san jose and manufacture -- moffitt park with trips in some spots discontinued because of low ridership. they will make minor changes to 22 other bus routes. >>> santa clara lawmakers will demand an end to the fell ban preventing gay and bisexual men from giving blood. congressman honda and others promote the national gay blood drive day and t

. >>> former state assembly speaker john perez is out of the race for state comp troller.ez came in just 481 votes behind the second place finisher betty. he requested a recount in 15 counties but that recount would have cost millions of dollars with perez footing the bill. yi will square off against the republican mayor of fresno in the general election. >>> a san bruno bar has had its license suspended indefinitely. it's because of frequent calls to the police department. paper moon on san mateo avenue had their license suspended due to many calls, most due to violence. they say the frequent calls for police services cause a major drain on law enforcement. they also say the business operated in a disorderly fashion. >>> space fans are celebrating a milestone this weekend. >> it's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. >> tomorrow marks 45 years since kneel armstrong uttered those iconic words when he and buzz aldren became the first humans to set foot on the claim. he's another claim to fame, the first-ever selfie. that's aldren taking a snapshot of himself

. >>> former state assembly speaker john perez is out of the state for state controller.erez came in just 481 votes behind the second place finisher betty. he requested a recount in 15 counties but that recount would have cost millions of dollars with perez footing the bill. yi will square off against the republican mayor of fresno in the general election. >>> a bar has had its license suspended indefinitely. paper moon on san mateo avenue had their license suspended due to many calls, most due to violence. they say the frequent calls for police services cause a major drain on law enforcement. they also say the business operated in a disorderly fashion. >>> space fans are celebrating a milestone this weekend. >> it's one small step for man, one -- >> he buzz became the first utter those words . that's a self any from 1966. >> what am i going do during the daytime? look at the camera and hit the button. ♪ >> i wonder what i look like. >> so ahead of his time. the uss hornet museum in alameda has nabbed him for their festivities next saturday. >>> this you have to see, whal

. >>> former state assembly speaker john perez is out of the race for state scroll controller.e came in just 481 votes behind second-place finisher betty yee. last week his campaign requested a recount in 15 counties. the recount would have cost millions of dollars with perez footing the bill. yee will square off against ashley swearinggen, the republican mayor. >>> a san bruno bar has had its license suspended indefinitely because of frequent calls to the police department. the police department said they responded to an abnormally high number of calls from paper moon on san mateo avenue most of them due to violence. agents at the department of beverage control investigated before issuing the suspension. they say the frequent calls for police services caused a major drain on law enforcement. they also say the business operated in a disorderly fashion. >>> well it's 8:09, the sun starting to come up. feels warmer already. i can tell from the inside. >> yes, we will see the sunshine. but there's a pretty deep marine layer out there from the live shot emeryville, you can see the

last week betty declared victory over john perez in the democratic primary for state comptroller. >>ut though that declaration may have been a little bit premature. melissa griffin cane has more on the issue. tell us al about it. >> we are headed for a good old fashions recount. -- fashioned recountment very excited. the final numbers are in for the state comptroller's race and they show ashley swearingen as a first place finner and just a handful of votes separating yee and perez. perez and yee each wants to be the person who run against swearingen in the general election in november. and while yee is the winner so far by 481 votes, yesterday perez called for a recount. >>> well, california is a big state so how does a recount work here? >> well, many things when it comes to politics, california's a little weird. there's good news and bad news. so the good news is any person can call for a recount in any election. the bad news is, if you call for recount, you have the pay for it. and -- to pay for it. and that's what happens happening here if you're paying for the recount it makes s

. >> with no previous criminal history, perez will opt to attend john school, but he's about to learnthat buying a woman may have jeopardized his immigration status as well as his relationship. just a few weeks after his bust, perez finds himself here, waiting outside the sfpd on a saturday morning along with other johns caught in the nighttime dragnets. with heads hung low, first time offenders hide their faces in shame and file in one by one to attend the 8-hour john school. >> thank you so much. >> we see perez early on. >> good morning. id please. >> i along with my colleagues prosecute these kinds of offices. i'm going to be the first one to tell you how easy these are to prove. >> the district attorney's office wants these men that buying sex in san francisco is a serious offense, one that can imperil their jobs and families. >> i think they are sort of surprised in the beginning, and maybe things i'm not really like that. they're just a few steps away from getting one of those really serious convictions. >> the da reminds the offenders that john school rehabilitation is a one-t

john maui, reverend walker. vargas, jals a hernandez. janet cordero, louisa, ruben bustillos, miguel perez vment >> hello, good afternoon, i'm here on behalf of the assembly member to read this statement. assembly member tom yam iano is in support of this tax. many suffer from type two diabetes and now with this research done by ucsf there is a direct link between sugary consumption and type two diabetes. a beverage tax could provide now that we've heard $30-50 million per year in revenue and this would help create more active recreation, school lunch program and physical education and access in our city and schools. our assembly member is in full support of this and it's going to great causes for our city to be healthier. thank you. >> good afternoon, my name is john ma, a general journaling and south africa in the american heart association which are very strong supporters of the soda tax. decades ago as strong opinions about secondhand smoke, a very courageous member of the san francisco board of supervisors stood on legislation to ban smoking in san francisco and improve the public. sh

john kerry, to lift the ban from the faa. but this will remain in affect until noon tomorrow. walter perez, channel 6 "action news." >> thank y walter. there is much more on the flight cancellations tonight. on world news with diane sawer. that is it directly after "action news" at 6:00. >>> a seventh wrongful death lawsuit is filed after the deadly collapse of the salvation army store in center city last year. he spent an hour trapped in the rubble and suffered a heart attack and died of heart disease three weeks later, his family is linking his death to the catastrophe, three people were killed and 11 others injured when a store being demolished next door came down ton the salvation army store. >>> now police are looking for the robbers that targeted a casino at the jersey shore, they robbed caesars casino and it's pour books possible that the thieves got away with more than $100,000 in cash. david ry is live with the latest. >> reporter: more than $180,000, and the police and casino is keeping a tight lid on this one revealing little information but it appears to be a caper right out of

hear from a >> saturday night, i'm walter perez here's what's happening at 11:0 a celebration of life a community that rallied around a little girl and the less john she can teach us all she shares her struggles and successes. >> teptions escalating in the middle east. battle in the air moved to the ground. we begin with developing news in middle east late tonight israeli ground troops moved to gaza. they exchanged gunfire with mill tanlts and four israeli soldiers wounded. it comes as international pressure for sees fire is continuing. >> reporter: israeli troops and tanked masked all around the boarder made a move on gaza. the small ground excursion game after five days of fierce fighting both a barrage of missiles on each other feeminger backing down. she have launched hundreds of rockets to israel but have not pep traited iron dome. no israelis have been killed so far. palestinian death toll stands over 150 and more than 900 wounded. earlier dad a missile slammed lieu roof of center for disabled and officials say killing two mentally handicapped women. israelis are blaming hamas for civilian casualties accusing residents of concealing arms and

but secretary of state john kerry says negotiations to broker a truce are making some progress. kerry met with israeli president perezoday as well as palestinian president mahmoud abbas and for a second time this week the secretary general of the un. >> major announcement coming tomorrow morning from new jersey's acting attorney general on a big child pornography sweep. 14 men now face charges. including two schoolbus drivers and a man who prosecutors say black mailed a girl to strip on a web cam. the new jersey da's office says the men used a file sharing network to download and distribute child porn including child rape videos on the internet. >>> a philadelphia man will not face justice for alleged war crimes at a nazi death camp guard. breyer died at thomas jefferson hospital on the same day a judge's order would have sent him back to germany for trial. he had been in frail health and the us court found probable cause to believe he played a role in the gruesome deaths of thousands of jews during world war ii. he admitted to being a garr at the auschwitz concentration ca camp. >> the search for clues into do you k

john rawlins. >>> the police say that they found a dangerous stock of chemicals inside a home in torresdale. they think it was part of a drug lab. walter perez is live at the scene on grant avenue with more on this story. walter? >>reporter:hi, shirleen. it started after the landlord of this building entered the second-floor apartment on the 3500 block of grant avenue after they reported suspicious activity there. what the landlord saw prompted thepromptedhim to call 911 righ. >> it scares me. >>reporter:what amanda dryden is seeing is crime investigators removing a components for a home-made synthetic drug lab. they arrived on the scene at 8:00 this morning. they are confiscating chemicals. they found stacks of books and literature with instructions how to make meth and marijuana. it was evacuated for a short time as a precaution. the area was deemed safe after the items were removed. a tenant that lives here, the authorities are looking for that individual at this time. all while the neighbors say it's a truly disturbing development in an otherwise quiet neighborhood in the northwest. >> it's concerning around here. we don't have anything

perez insisting that hamas will have to back down before the bombings send. karl penhaul live from eastern gaza this morning, karl, residents are being told get out for your own safety. >> reporter: absolutely, john. i wanted to bring you here to show you really what is going on. right now, we can't go too much further into the neighborhood as you see just behind the israeli air campaign is under way. these are the neighborhoods in the eastern gaza strip that the israeli military are dropping leaflets on last night. they're also making the so-called robocall, the automated voice calls, to tell residents get out your your own safety. this morning, true that their own word, those air strikes began in the last hour, we've seen and heard at least ten israeli air strikes going in. we hear the roar of an f-16 jet overhead. and then the explosion, plumes of smoke. we don't know if there are any wounded or any kind of casualties from those attacks. what i can tell you, the ambulance services, the emergency services are trying to get on top of this. what they've done is reposition themselves around these neighborhoods. they parked a couple of blocks out from the neighborhoods. and then when they get the c

you have to say secretary of state john kerry went before the house and said we have one to two years to get this done, because things are changing, perez leaving, abass looking for an exit, that changes the game. he hasn't been successful but it is an uphill battle for anyone. >> i want to challenge you. some have said he knew that there was going to be difficulty bridging the gaps between abass and netanyahu even before the unity government was announced and by trying and failing, some say that led to the current conflict. >> i disagree with that. he did, he absolutely did know it was going to be very difficult to bridge that gap. you are talking about a conflict that has been going on for countless decades. what kerry did and he wasn't successful brought an energy and a commitment to it. there is some saying now maybe the u.s. or kerry needs to go it alone and just offer up a peace plan from the u.s. perspective. that's an interesting proposition. he is somebody who has brought the sides together. that said, i think he deserves some criticism for not voicing what is the u.s.'s foreign policy objective. it's very unclear. he seems to