how are democrats taking all of this, karen? >> well, it was just about the last thing that they wanted added to their plate on top of everything else that they have to deal with as they go home for the august recess. and then this east coast, as we were getting ready to go to air, cbs put out comments from president obama in an interview that they are going to be broadcasting, and the president said -- go ahead. he said i'm sure that what he wants to do is be able to end his career with dignity, and my hope is that it happens. gwen: 80 years old. that's a lower blow than i think rangel thought he would be getting from the president that he supported. >> well, what everyone would like to see, as i said, is for this to go away. because coming back in september, if in fact they do have to have this trial in front of a subcommittee of the house ethics committee, this is going to drag on for weeks, possibly months, right into the election. and the good news for charlie rangel, if there is any this week, is that the subcommittee sugg

reporting live in palmdale, i'm karen brown, now elizabeth back to you. >> thanks, karen.ncord police are looking for two men who tried to kidnap a woman yesterday. she says they were in a white car, possibly a four-door honda sink with a black rear bumper with a red temporary registration sticker on the rear window. the woman said she was walking along sunshine drive when the passenger ordered her into the car. when she refused, he grabbed her arm. now, she said he let go after she punched him in the face. >>> more than 100 people are under arrest in a massive marijuana raid in the sierra foothills. agents seeds more than 430,000 plants. get this. street value, $1.7 billion. authorities say the pot farms are run by organized crime rings based in mexico. >>> a bay area company in legal hot water with the feds. how the government says it was shortchanged by oracle. why one oracle employee could cash in on the lawsuit. >>> and believe it or not, kids like it and parents do, too. why they are raving about the health benefits of donkey milk. >>> okay. let's talk about your wea

a significant number but much smaller than the $6 billion program that karen described earlier. what this means to the average water and waste water bill, if i could draw your attention to the bottom part of the screen, the dark blue portion. that is the average water bill. we ramped those rates up to pay for the upcoming cost. the lighter blue portion is if we stacked on top of the residential, business bill, the sewer program. $83 would be the total combined bill for water and waste water. if that were to grow through 2030, the projected completion time of the ssip, you would see a projected average, total sales, would grow from $83 to write around $53. that seems like a lot of money. i would like to take a moment to see what inflation looks like. the red line that we have marked, if we do nothing, and the world on average has a 3% inflation, which has been the post-war average, every cost will double. so between now and and 2024, and everything will cost twice as much. and the other metric used, in terms of capital planning, if we do nothing, construction cost inflation tend

. >> after purchasing the name juice beauty, karen had the catchy name, but now, she needed a catchy product to match it. so she teamed up with fellow bay area resident melissa jochim, and together, the two began to sow the seeds of how to make skin care feed our skin from the outside in. >> the name itself, juice beauty, lends itself to, well, what if we do science, do chemistry, differently? most skin care products are based in water. what if we start playing and see what we can do with fruit juice-basing? >> turns out all those fruit and vegetable juice bases that are high in antioxidants and vitamins that are good for our overall health are precisely what the skin needs, too. you see, from the green apple body cleanser to the antioxidant serum, each product in the line has a raw ingredient base of 70% or higher and is packed with freshly squeezed juice concentrate--apples, cherries, pomegranates, grapes, raspberries. you name the fruit, and this duo is finding a way for nature to nurture our skin. >> we work with almost 29 different organic fruit juices. that's our start point. a

and people like karen will have a decision to make: take a settlement or sue. >> i feel like a criminalt's being sentenced for a crime i didn't commit. it's scary. >> reporter: with her job, her home, and her future on the line, like thousands of others here, this may be just the beginning of karen's nightmare. kelly cobiella, cbs news, grand isle, louisiana. >> couric: here in new orleans, another story is making headlines. three police officers pleaded not guilty today to federal civil rights charges in the shooting deaths of two unarmed men in the chaotic days following hurricane katrina. national correspondent jim axelrod has more on the investigation. >> reporter: the three policemen plus a former officer could face the death penalty if convicted on federal charges in the killing of james brissette, shot six times on the danziger bridge. the fourth officer is also charged in the death of ronald madison, a mentally impaired man shot in the back. >> oh, lord. it ripped my heart out. even now... excuse me. >> reporter: some of their colleagues celebrated when the officers twice beat s

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karen tells me is just their job, but it really is denny, and karen and kelly cornell for their willingness and eagerness to help me through these questions. thank you very much. >> thank you very much. commissioner sullivan? >> i just want to highlight three things. one is, this report kind of cries out that there is a huge need for more resources in this area. i know we are totally research -- resource challenged in this department, but we need to protect the urban forestry division from cuts. then we will hopefully have more resources sunday and bulk up that area. it reminds me a little bit about, not to be dramatic, about global warming. it is a big problem, happen slowly. given the nature of the urban forests, which do not regenerate themselves, if you wait to fix it, it is too late. the other thing i wanted to talk about with something that jim mentioned at the very end, which is the variety of trees we're planting in the parks. the eastern end of golden gate park especially is full of trees that are an interesting and unique, and you don't see them anywhere else in the city. we have

. >> the level of service -- as karen said, i think the issue is the specificities and projects we are not approving today, so we could get back with a more robust language on those portions. >> you get a check mark. i am going to the right place. >> i just want to make sure you are tracking this. >> we have five checks? >> 5 checks. >> i am starting to lose it. we are almost done, which is really good. for the future, this system will be ready to meet all the challenges better going to face us. >> that is a small shack. >> we will be refining the schedule and continuing to bring that back. i will talk with you about some of buckner steps we are taking. i am hoping we could maybe even do it soon. >> item 13 is the item. >> we will have public comment part of that. >> we are hoping to get authorization or direction to be able to proceed with implementation activities. we are in the process of putting together requests for proposals for program manager and channel tunnel consultant, and those will be coming to the commission in the next few months, so the next step will be coming back to

. >> karen, can i represent a group. president maxwell: speak directly into it -- and i represent a group. >> my name is karen, and we are working to create something where it is also an arts district. i have been there about 15 years. along with others, and it been very involved in the planning process. -- i have been very involved in the planning process. this is what san francisco is known for round the world. -- around the world. we want to bring this to a wider range in san francisco. we think we can have a positive impact on the city as a whole by creating a facility that will be a destination for the visitors to come into the city as well as offering education and training programs in arts-related work -- and arts-related work. so we are very much in support of this project and would like to see it move forward. thank you. : president -- president maxwell: thank you. next speaker, please. >> i am with the sierra club, the local president. the first thing i want to say is that the sierra club is in full support of

karen tells me is just their job, but it really is denny, and karen and kelly cornell for their willingness and eagerness to help me through these questions. thank you very much. >> thank you very much. commissioner sullivan? >> i just want to highlight three things. one is, this report kind of cries out that there is a huge need for more resources in this area. i know we are totally research -- resource challenged in this department, but we need to protect the urban forestry division from cuts. then we will hopefully have more resources sunday and bulk up that area. it reminds me a little bit

she's karen mills, the administrator of the small business administration. test. so nice to have you on our program tonight. >> delighted to be here. >> let me begin by asking you about that small business bill that has stalled in the senate. what happens snowplow. >now?>> this is an interesting, important day for small business. all day on the floor the senate has been considering an important bill that helps provide us access to capital for small business. there's been a credit crunch. this bill is going to let us help thousands of additional small businesses, and it provides tax credits for small business. so it's on the floor of the senate. it's still under consideration, and we're very, very close to having this done. >> so you think it will pass. if so, when and how soon? >> i do think it will pass, because it has very, very strong bipartisan support. this is a bill that has been built through the small business committee with really republicans and democrats working together. this is a bill that's too important to everyone to let go. and we all know that sm

. >>> finally from us tonight, karen elson, the supermodel who has long turned heads with her looks.e's making a career detour, hoping to be known for her looks and also her voice. the history of models who make music is a checkered one. anybody remember naomi campbell's music video? so, when the flame-haired supermodel karen elson decided to put out an album, she knew there would be skepticism. >> i was aware of model/anything, you know. just maybe too aware for my own good for a long time. >> reporter: but listen. ♪ goes to walk ♪ she's on the prowl >> reporter: for years, elson was a secret song writer, prowling catwalks and posing for "vogue" spreads by day and playing a cheap guitar alone in her bedroom by night. even after she married musician jake white, she fiercely guarded her musical privacy. so you didn't play your songs for him? >> not for awhile. >> reporter: were you too nervous to play? >> a little, yeah. i felt a little anxious. i felt, also because i thought jack was going to judge me, say, oh, god, you know, stick to the day job. >> reporter: but she finally got ove

. >> also including comments from karen mills. this is a half hour. >> good afternoon, two years ago when we began to explore credit options of asian islanders. jim and other staff were helpful and played a key roll i attended i think ten of these moatings, we were excited to attend one of these co-lab operations. from the onset, the sba has been a principle add mipstration for the obama administration. >> having worked with the sba staff, i know they are seeking new ways to respond. this is a credit our her leadership. she has a strong track record. she knows what it takes to help small businesses grow and create jobs. she helped several small manufacturing firms including producers of hardware and motors prior to her appointment, she was president of the mmp group at this time, please welcome administrator karen mills. [applause] >> thank you for the kind introduction. it is a great group here. as i look around, i see all kinds of partners and friends. about several months ago, the fed approached the sba about holding 40 round t

if we can go to 9, karen? >> i thought you're going to item 9. thank you. >> we were confused about going to item nine on the agenda. >> so, commissioner mioran, transitioning to climate change. now we are on the level of service on the chart. there are two levels of service. up to 55 inches by 2100. this is making sure that anything we build its new will be there. this is a slightly different strategy. this is for a disc -- additional infrastructure, and maybe it should release a climate change. here korea flood control and improvements. we may have to be raising the electrical panels. we're going to be much more challenged for a higher level and we would have to redesign facilities to deal with that. the areas that this would touch and this would prevent salt water from entering into the system. we might be changing how our diffusers are set up. all of our issues are going to have to be considered for climate change. the projects related to climate change, 5.4 to another level, raising the equipment. and this would still be operable in six year

. >> what is before you today, which karen showed, she made the assumption that we wanted to minimize the rate shock as much as possible. not asking for the whole multimillion dollar appropriation of the front but phased over a couple of years. you could say, start one year later, pass one through 3 and break give up into five tasks. that is something else that we could do. >> if the levers we do not control do not manifest, we would be able to use the money that we can control, just to stay in single digits? >> we would have some flexibility because we are cash- funding $40 million. that does give you a lot of flexibility. however, we would see borrowing rate spikes. many of us recall the 1980's. borrowing rates were extraordinarily high. if that were to occur, we would be having frequent concert rate -- conversations with the commission. we would look at every factor that we could. of course, you asked about each budget hearing. the other part of that, other than adjusting the pay-as-you-go projects, we are looking at these projects come in many cases, as a stand-alone. to the exten

being able to interact with folks like photographer karen rich, who is sitting in the audience right now, being able to interact with kong on his album, bridge across the blue, these events i really don't think that can be taken lightly. for urban american indians we have powwow which are intertribal events that revolve around a shared repertoire of songs and dances like some of the singing you have heard me do here today. it's a time for people to be able to come together, not for the casinos, not for that part. talk about fighting stereotypes, that's a stereotype for us. yes, we have casinos, but that all of our culture? no. it's not all we are here to be defined by. for most people, especially in urban areas, powwows are places to go to reconnect. powwows are places you go to see people you haven't seen in a long time and to make new friends, new connections, nothing different than what's going on here, nothing difrplt than what was going on at the old festival at ft. mason. with that, i wanted to play also for you a little bit of cedar flute. if you've heard cedar flute you've he

here's a look at karen before, and karen, come on out. oh, my goodness!r this bob. she has too much hair and it's bushy. she cut into it. >> it looks thick and full and fun and healthy. and the color. >> chris, you're drooling. what's going on over there? >> she was beautiful before and she's even more beautiful now. >> enjoy that outfit. >> we didn't want to push it too far. we gave her this great black dress. >> dawn, come on out. big round of applause. >> do not forget that all summer long we do our ambush ladies on thursday. >> up next, keep that flame alive even when the kids aren't home. sounds naughty, right? no. that's right after this. fiber one chewy bar. how'd you do that? do what? you made it taste like chocolate. it has 35% of your daily value of fiber. tasty fiber, that's a good one! ok, umm...read her mind. [ male announcer ] fiber one chewy bars. ♪ doo doo doo woman: there's only one disinfecting wipe with a low streak formula. clorox disinfecting wipes. special k protein shakes -- ♪ a truly great-tasting breakfast shake. with 10 grams of

>> reporter: karen davidson has been riding since she was nine. she has motorcycling in her blood.ley davidson co-founder william davidson, karen is one of the first women to work for the family business. she's now creative director for merchandise. what does that mean? >> that means i like leather a whole lot. >> reporter: she's not the only one. as we learned at the 2010 gathering during daytona's famous bike week, women are the fastest growing segment of the motorcycle buying population. >> about 23% of all u.s. motorocyclists are women. >> reporter: karen davidson says anyone can learn to ride. >> you've got your clutch pulled in. we're going to have you start the engine. >> reporter: all right. >> you're not going to go anywhere. put your hand over there. when you put your thumb on there and press and hold it for a second (engine starts) >> reporter: (laughing nervously) but there are want a be motorcycle riders and the real thing. women like 26-year-old melissa paris. she races against male riders going 168 miles an hour on the daytona speedway. >> i'm told, "you're the faste

thank you karen, for coming out. john was a special diet and so many ways. we would not be here had it not been for his constancy, his faith in the notion of this project and his love of every one of the residents, many of whom are here today. it is good to see you guys. and all the caregivers here, john loved. i want to take that moment and reflect on his contribution. let us also take a moment to reflect on the doctor. we are blessed. you do not want to be the best of the best. you want to be only the one who does what you do. his commitment to public health in san francisco is second to none. he has done an extraordinary job leading by example. this is a city that is doing things that no other city in the united states of america could even imagine doing, things that even when we had all the resources in the world and all the capacity, things that cities could not do. this commitment to an acute care, facility, a skilled nursing facility -- what county is having a ribbon cutting on a new nursing facility in this modern age? and what city and county can la

. -- and karen and jim and kelly. i feel like i am in class when i listen to jim. commissioner sullivan, thinking long term, echoing the conclusion of the report, is duly noted. i think we obviously have had a lot of conversations about identifying sustainable funding sources, but a subset of that, i think we need to come up with a strategy to figure out how to improve the work we need to do on this front. it is a concept that a lot of things come before this commission that are divisive. protecting our trees is not. i think if we take that sort of consensus opinion and figure out how to translate that into a policy idea, to dedicate funding for that purpose, i think we could actually take a very significant step in that direction. so i will do it to things, not remove the trap -- not remove the taxgs, and i will be thinkig about what this team how we can comeback with a strategy for augmenting our resources in this area. >> i think the good news is in the last fund, the first time, the city of san francisco was able to come before council and put $4 million in fou

the owner of record is karen. action requested this be abatement be ordered and the cost assessment fee be waived. >> good morning, commissioners. i am a senior housing inspector. let me give you the time line of the case. this is a single-family property. basically, our division responded to a complaint in august 2002, an anonymous complaint that a deck had been built without the proper planning department approvals. inspections confirmed this in 2002, and a check on the permit history, the inspector notice of violation of earlier in the year, notifying the owner to get the proper permits. on october 4, 2004, the housing inspector realized that no building permits had ever been issued. he issued a final warning letter. on april 15, 2005, the owner filed for the building permit, legalizing his death. -- deck. on september 3, 2009, the building permit expired without any inspections. our division, we had a new division director assigned. from research, he discovered that the permit has expired and issued another fi

. >> reporter: san francisco beekeeper karen petteross is now conducting an autopsy on her bee colonies. someone entered hayes valley farms and sprayed pesticides inside the ventilation of three hives. >> i understand that there is one person in the neighborhood and only one who has expressed any negative sentiments about honey bees being on the property. >> they increase the fertility by pollinating, so we have more fruit, more abundance. but they also provide honey for us. >> reporter: sales proceeds from the upcoming honey harvest were set to help fund the project. farm managers are talking now about garden new colonies with security cameras or motion detectors. the killings here come after a record number of honey beehives have collapsed in california and around the nation. san francisco police are investigating this as malicious vandalism. david stevenson. >>> the death toll from a greyhound bus accident now stands at six. with at least 21 others injured, several critically. it happened this morning on highway 99 near downtown fresno. the bus was headed from los angeles to sacramen

. >> abc white house reporter karen traverse is in washington this morning with a preview.ing, karen. >> good morning. >> what exactly is the reason behind the president's trip to detroit today? >> consider this a victory lap for president obama. he is going to the heart of the american auto industry to tout the fact that his policies brought it back from the brink of collapse. now, the white house has made it clear that they knew that this bailout was not popular last year, but they said it was a difficult decision but it was necessary. the president obama's going to go to a gm plant where they are making that new chevy volt, which is a rechargeable electric car. he's also going to go to a chrysler factory where they are adding a second shift and they've created over 1,000 new jobs. so this is president obama really making that push between now and the election to say, look, our policies worked, keep us in office. >> you know, karen, we all watched this sort of in slow motion at times it felt, between the bankruptcies and the management changes. a lot of people questioning

this is in la lander school, the story is in karen chronicled it in a tab you have there. well this school, there are somal bonn there and tsom some,al b al ban they're and th attacked and tried kill people that came to school. the taliban. the headmaster peddled his bicycle 30 miles to the commander leader and he had two daughters going to another school. he got very upset and came in with 120 militia and did kill onal ban and wounded one and arrested the 12 dozen others and found out they had gotten 200,000, 3,000, $100 to shut down the school from the mulla in the village. they went to his house and arrested him and they're a waiting trial in kabul and will probably get 6 - 8 years. two days later think did open up the school and even had another inauguration for the school because they said we want our kids to go to school. there are about 18 schools - she's got the facts. there's 18 girls that are not going to school and we set up what's called displaced girls school but the rest of the kid have come back here and i think if if quest we can give those k the support th