ken lunardi. [ringing bells] [applause] >> ken lunardi, ladies and gentlemen! mr. ken lunardi.ne year on the cable car. ladies and gentlemen, mr. sullivan philips. how you doing, buddy? how are you? >> thank you. i'm ok. >> cool. sullivan, we scud a few questions. if you weren't driving a cable car what would you be doing? >> probably be cooking. >> good. i am so hungry. sullivan, give us a little warmup and then your bell ringing the ladies and gentlemen, mr. sullivan philips. >> [ringing bells] >> sullivan philips, ladies and gentlemen! let's hear it for him. our third contestant has been with muni for 10 years. he's been on the cable car for six years. ladies and gentlemen, mr. howard woo. they're doctor they're not booing you, they're woo-ing you. ok. now if you weren't driving a cable car what would you be doing every day? >> fishing every day the >> excellent fishing off the coast here. what advice would you give to new operators of cable cars? >> new operators? stay out of buses. >> ladies and gentlemen, mr. howard woo. give us your practice ring and the real thing. howa

>> reporter: yes, folks don't want to hear that, ken. here at pier 39 folks are still delighted by the sea lions but up north they are wearing out their welcome by eating the salmon. california sea lions are still a big draw. people like it when there are big groups of them on the docks and worry when there aren't. >> i enjoy them. i was talking to my friend how it is really sad because there used to be a lot more here. >> but in the waters of the columbia river the national marine fishery service wants them to go away. california sea lions have been eating a big chunk of the spring run of threatened chinook and stealhead salmon. in this 2009 video the government captures some big eaters. in a time consuming process they are individually identified and if they can't be scared out of the area they are captured, taken ashore and most are killed. now a house subcommittee has been discussing a way to simplify the process and make it easier and quicker to kill as many as 75 sea lions eating salmon. >> i know that the salmon are very important

and i'm ken prichard in for ken wayne. >>> thousands of united passengers were left stranded today, and ken da -- and debora talked to passengers caught up in the delay. >> reporter: it's better now than any time in the last 24 hours. the airline and the computers playing catchup all day. >> reporter: from the mouths of babes, the last 24 hours worth wailing about for united airlines and its passengers. this was s.f.o. last night as a massive computer failure planes and stranded travelers. fast forward to this morning, lines incredibly long because even though the technology was humming again, nothing else was. >> when it stops for 5 hours, all the airplanes stopped moving. they are not where they need to be. what they have to do is not only take care of all the passengers being rebooked but they are trying to reposition flight crews and airplanes to be in the right locations also. >> reporter: the boredom, the worry, the fatigue, all easing now. from completely idle to back on their feet. lines are manageable and moving again. >> we had no problems. we checked in online, we are here, a

i do think that ken is right.'re in a very unique situation that can, in my opinion, extend beyond recession and resembles things like 1930 more. yes, let's enable the private sector in whatever way we can. but in order to address the federal government deficit, we can do reform entitlements, medicare, medicaid. social security at the same time doing short sterm like infrastructure and education. i think that's a way, a responsible way you could address both of our problems at the same time. >> tax reform, education reform form. all these are easy, simple things we should be able to do quickly. >> two-thirds of americans don't want to cut their entitlements. >> who cares? >> it's all the same. >> thank you so much. if you want to know anything about financial crisis, you have to read ken rogoff's book. it's require reading to understand the economy right now. thanks, guys. >>> up next, why the companies on president obama's jobs kouns council know how to create plenty of job, just not for you. [ male announcer ] i

ken, you said the same thing about debt. and you have said the mortgage market, housing market is at the core of that and we have to look at writedown, principal writedown, debt relief. here's my question -- if you do that, aren't you rewarding like a decade's worth of bad behavior? isn't it essentially saying the idiots won? >> well, you have to do it in a way where there's some giveback. so if you write down people's mortgage, you have to design a program where there's some penalty for it. but you're absolutely right that there's so much debt out there. consumer debt has doubled what it was 30 years ago. this is not a typical recovery because of the debt. that's what's making it slower, not the government -- >> will, here's my problem. you keep saying rewarding those people who made some mistakes. here's the problem with that. the people who did mistakes, guess what? our home prices have fallen as a result of this situation. secondly, you're seeing school districts, hospital districts having to cut services because the pro

from boston ken rogoff of lar vard university, previous chief economist at the imf. i am pleased to have all of them here. i will start with paul krugman. what's happening to the ecomic recovery? >> there really has never been much of an economic recovery. when all is said and done i like to look just-- what are the fraction of adults who are employed that fell off a cliff between 2007 and 2009. and it has really not recovered at all it is bouncing along. so basically we' in a holding pattern. in an economies that's growing but job growth is no faster than population growth. >> rose: does job growth have anything to do with increased prottivity. people are still doing more with less in terms of workers. >> that always happens. what ihappening now, it i not that there isn't work for these workers to do. it isn't that there isn't spending power. people aret spending enough to employ the people that we have. it is something that isn't exactly a recession but isn't a recovery in any real sense. >> rose: so the mistake was not to have a bigger estimate plus-- stimulus pac

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barbra and ken strand and they went out.invite you to send us all your pictures. >> it's barbra and ken. >> more power to them. >> i call her bar,,,,,,,,,,,,,, >>> you might think they look pretty cool, but there's more to it than that. marlene wants to know, what are those elastic bands that athletes wear on their arms and legs? that's tonight's good question. >> you see them on the arms of some of college football's top players, but what are they? >> these are pretty standard straps that most athletes are using for tendon problems. >> dr. anthony luke treats a lot of college and pro athletes at ucf's art peedic institute. says these compression bands have been around for a while to relieve tendon pain. >> one that you see here is called the show pats brace that is kind of one of the first companies to make one. it is actually a band that goes around this large tendon and this is for a condition called jumper's knee. kind of gets some tension on there. >> dr. luke says these compression type devices all basically work the s

barbra and ken strand and they went out.te you to send us all your pictures. >> it's barbra and ken. >> more power to them. >> i call her bar barbie. >> we are coming back with tony's good question. ,, the new droid x2 by motorola with a dual core processor ? i could do everything faster. it's a shame mckenzie's too young to buy me one for father's day. we'd play games on it together, listen to music, watch movies. she'd want me to have one. and what kind of father would i be to get in her way ? i'll just sign her name on the card. give dad a gift he'd give himself, like the new, more powerful than ever droid x2, or the droid pro for $99.99, and get unlimited data for just $29.99. verizon. >>> you might think they look pretty cool, but there's more to it than that. marlene wants to know, what are those elastic bands that athletes wear on their arms and legs? that's tonight's good question. >> you see them on the arms of some of college football's top players, but what are they? >> these are pretty standard straps that most a

and geek dad and blogger ken denmede with ways to thrill the kids and what dad really wants for father's day. our reporters, becky worley and kim mcnicholas, this week on "press:here." good morning, everyone. i'm scott mcgrew. on wednesday, the online music service pandora became the latest tech company to offer shares to the public for the first time, richly rewarding its early investors. and nobody was earlier to pandora than guy kawasaki's garage ventures. >> it always has to pass the test, you know, would i find this interesting? >> kawasaki is an investor in dozens of companies, from car stereos to ceramics for aerospace. >> and lift-off. >> but kawasaki is more than a vc. he's an evangelist. >> and it has turned out insanely great. >> one of the first apple employees to promote the mac computer back in the day. now a shameless self-promoter with more than 300,000 twitter followers and ten books to his name. his latest, "enchantment: the art of changing hearts, minds and actions." one of the blushes for guy's new book calls it the best since dale carnegie wrote "how to win friends a

ken-- >> reporter: frank, this is the fire station of the fallen firefighters.has remained closed all day but every other fire station in the city has remained open. however half of the firefighters at those stations are firefighters from outside the city limits and today they had work to do. >> shortly after the flag was lowered to half staff at fire station seven an alarm sounded and fire trucks hit the streets of san francisco. but those trucks were from hayward. as hundreds of san francisco firefighters attended a massive church service to remember their fallen, these firefighters from the peninsula extinguished a fire at a tiny baptist church in the ingle neighborhood. >> it turned out to be perfect coordination. >> reporter: firefighters from redwood city and foster city. many responded in san francisco fire engines. >> we have been positioned throughout the city to back fill a few engine companies that we have that are working right now. >> reporter: it took several days of planning to coordinate to cover the engines in the city. >> i went to the couple o

. >> and i'm ken. it was a grizzly find for teenagers who are learning how to tend to chickens and develop business skills with that. what may be more disturbing who s who is accused of committing this crime. sharon chin has the rest of this story. >> reporter: teens who care for 18 chickens made a gruesome discovery on sunday. only six remained alive and one missing after someone broke into the coup in this community garden, grabbed a shovel and killed 11 chickens. >> who would kill chickens? >> garden is run by the alameda point collaborative which serves homeless families in which was once the alameda air station. the shocking news is rippling through the community. >> i wanted to cry, but i was holding back the tears because i used to go out every morning and feed the chickens and play with them. >> a group of teenagers cared for the chickens and sell their eggs. the chickens were at a crucial stage of maturity. >> the chickens were just reaching to the point where they were going to lay eggs. the

being i'm ken pritchett in for ken waynes. >> hello, i'm haener holmes. three people were hospitalized and many in the neighborhood were forced to evacuate. kutv's deborah villalon is live at the scene where deborah, that house was completely destroyed. we're on valley drive, where they are boarding the place up. this-bedroom house a total lois tonight. a call came in as a fire alarm, those are often false alarm, but crewses could see smoke from a mile way and called for backup. the family that lived her got out. they called 911 when the fire broke out. the house next door suffered some damage, broken windows, melted blinds, but firefighters kept the main fire from spreading, very tough with the winds that were whipping it along. at its peak contra costa fire with nine engines here. >> the fire was fully involved and winds blowing flames into the explosion and the home next door and not only did we have to worry about the home on fire, but vehicles, the home next door and also the home behind it. the home had a pool, which was a hazard to the firefighters

. >> and i'm ken.'t bring her any satisfaction, but the mother of oscar grant has made a deal with bart. the transit agency will pay her $1.3 million in a settlement. robert lyles reports that bart is far from finished with legal rangeling over the shooting. >> reporter: ken, oscar grant lost his life on the bart platform at the end of the gun. we all know mezerly went to jail for that killing. still grant's mother and daughter believe bart should pay to the tune of $50 million. today, she settled for much less, but as you're about to see, six other men are not throwing out their suits against bart. >> no amount of money can replace oscar. if i got $1 or $100 million, it wouldn't bring oscar back. >> the $1.3 million settlement for the new year's day 2009 death of her son brings no closure and no sense of satisfaction. >> what would make me satisfied is my son would be here. that's what would satisfy me. >> the settlement does bring to a close some of the bay area's darkest days. including violent prot

and ken green, who studies environmental policy for the american enterprise institute. glen hurowitz, is al gore right? >> he is right. unfortunately environmentalists got the sense that president obama was not fully fighting for the climate and for the urgent environmental needs that we have during the debate over climate legislation when he cut side deals with the oil industry, the coal industry, the nuclear industry without getting anything in return in terms of a commitment to support a cap on pollution or investment in clean-energy jobs. that was rumor that he was seeing other people but we really got confirmation when he embraced a broad agenda of drilling for oil offshore in the gulf, now looking to do in the very sensitive ecological areas in alaska. we saw it when he opened up huge areas for coal mining in wyoming it's about 30 times the amount of coal mining as clean energy that his installation has installed. he's also stalled clean air act that will have benefits and are aimed at protecting public health like mercury, smog and soot so there's been a real ser

good evening, i'm ken bastida. >> i'm dana king. "this broadcast realtime captioned by becky lyon." >>> will they work for free? for the first time in a quarter century with their own paychecks on the line state lawmakers yesterday passed a balanced budget on time. but today the governor rejected the plan and tonight robert lyles asks should sacramento still show them the money? >> this legislature has adopted an attitude of we are going to do what we want. >> reporter: the president of the taxpayers association does not mince words. he believes they accepted a budget that will fail just to keep their paychecks coming. >> they should hold their pay because the budget they submitted to governor brown was not balanced. >> reporter: that's what the comptroller's office is trying to do telling cbs5 they will be tracking every expenditure f they don't balance, he believes he has the legal ability to stop lawmakers' $95,000 paychecks. >> we met our deadline. we met our deadline. >> reporter: but the senate president and speaker of the ass

. >>> good evening, i'm ken pritch yet. >> and hello again, everyone i'm heather holmes. >> we begin with developing nation out of benicia where a grass fire has been burning dangerously close to home. this is new video into our newsroom moments ago. take a look at this. the fire burning off of interstate 780 has grown to about two acres. the flames have shut down the northbound on-ramp at the east 5th street exit. the fire reached the yards of home on francisco court. fire officials say the fire was contained just about an hour ago and so far no injuries have been reported. ktvu news has a crew on the scene right now, gathering additional information, as soon as we'll get, it we'll be sure to bring it to you. >>> a father's day adventure took a scary days a dad and his children had to be rescued. ktvu's patti lee is live to explain the quick response and how this response came after the failed rescue of a man on memorial day. patti. >> well, around 10:00 this morning a father and his two kids took a fishing boat on the ramp and once they got into the open water, witnesses say father

ken. >> a lot of people use that roadway every day to get between freeways. elizabeth cook on niles canyon road. thank you. >>> it's a surprise move by the white house. president obama tapped into the emergency oil stockpile. he ordered the release of 30 million-barrels from the country's strategic petroleum reserve. the white house says it's trying to make up for supply disruptions from the middle east and the weakening economy. but with gas prices already falling, some republicans say the president is only playing politics. >>> a federal grand jury is now hearing testimony in an east bay police corruption case. in the meantime norman welsh, christopher butler, steven, and lewis lombardi pleaded not guilty to charges brought by local prosecutors. they face 38 criminal counts including conspiring to sell stolen drug evidence. and in an unusual twist, their lawyers say they are actually glad the fbi took over this case. >> federal conspiracy law is, you know, was designed to get some deeply embedded people in organized crime. to do that, they have some very li

ken was an older gentleman, maybe he worked at an abc affiliate -- >> jimmy: ken was 117 years old. >soned pro who had been, like probably dumb mped down to radio. he took it very seriously. he had a very bad wig on. jimmy turns me to one day, just says, you know kid carson i'm going to ask news man ken about his wig on the air today. and i said please don't. this was literally me. he said please don't. yep, i'm going to. get ready. i bolted out of the studio and i went to scott's desk our general manager. i could hear the show on his desk radio. >> jimmy: i said to ken -- >> you bastard. what did you say? >> jimmy: i said carson wants to know that -- something like that? >> yes. >> jimmy: and ken said, no this is my natural hair. he was very old and he had big blond like ken doll hair. i think i taught you a lot of valuable lessons there. we met -- we should tell the story of how we met. >> true story. >> jimmy: i was 17 and our youth group at church believe it or not, went on a trip to hawaii and one night, we ate at a restaurant in maui. my friend tommy and i were sitting at the ta

ken molestina is standing by.efully he has that answer. >> reporter: everyone is asking that question. it happened here at the second chance saloon back on may 29th and people say they're disgusted with what happened. they're bothered by it because not only did it happen in their local watering hole but they also tell me no one stepped in to stop it. we want to warn you the images you're about to see are graphic. howard county police are hoping you can identify the attacker in this surveillance video. take a good look at the top left-hand side of your screen. a woman walking into the second chance saloon gets socked by another woman standing nearby. she's knocked to the ground. the people near the victim either walk away or just simply stand and watch. >> it's scary. because i am here so much. >> reporter: a closer look at the video shows the attacker not only hit the victim several times but then stole her purse. she then makes a get away through the front door. folks we showed the video too are stunned at the di

. >> and i'm ken.gin tonight with a dwping story out of san francisco. >> police shot and killed a bank robbery suspect and late tonight, we learned details about the man. grace lee is near buena vista park. >> the fbi calls him the exbandit and it will become clear why they are calling him that. the bank heist came to an end right here. you can see the scene very active behind me still. there are bullets all across buena vista way and the suspect's car is full of gun shots. what happened earlier this evening is that they tipped off the san francisco police department. they said that this wanted bank robber from irvine was in the area. the fbi managed to track him through the stolen cars. when they tried to stop him, he tried to run away and run police over. that's what they are telling us and that's when they shot him. two hours later, he died. now this whole scene unfolded before matt. he lives right next to the crime scene. >> sort of something along the lines of, you know, freeze or step away. that

ken. >> sharon chin with the latest. thank you sharon. >>> one of the best known sex offenders just returned to the bay area. sex offenders move all the time. but robert lyles show us, authorities are making quite an effort to let neighbors know he's back. >> what we're telling them is to be aware that there's a high risk sex offender living in the area. >> so detectives and deputies rang bells and knocked on 1500 doors that straddle the road, telling all who answer, gary chandler lives next door behind this green gate. >> he lives way too close to the school. there's too many children in the neighborhood. >> do you think they should go door to door? >> yes. >> but the sheriff's door to door blitz as unnecessary. >> megan's law, carey is going to be on the megan's law wean site. >> in fact, a search of the megan's law website revealed 17 sex offenders living within one mile of one another. but neighbors say deputies never warned them of the other 16. >> one guy and telling us about one guy, they should have been telling

live in oakland, ken wayne, ktvu news. >>> in san francisco tonight, one of the city's most famous landmarks is taking on a whole new meaning. ktvu's heather holmes is showing us how the city is honoring those two fallen firefighters. >> reporter: you can see the famed coit tower tonight is glowing red in recognition of those two that risked it all to save others. before the world champion san francisco giants took the field tonight. >> i would like tonight to dedicate the first pitch to our fallen firefighters. >> reporter: san francisco mayor ed lee honored two champions of the fire fighting community. >> calling on those watching the game to honor the actions of lieutenant vincent perez and anthony valerio. >> they are all our heros and if i can to exhibit our deep appreciation to them and to

live in alameda, ken wayne, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> new at 10:00, the state assembly approved a tax extension. the measure now goes to the senate. some republicans object arguing that it will drive business out of the state. >>> also tonight hundreds of jobs at the state corrections headquarters are about to get cut. governor jerry brown made the announcement today. he promised the cuts two weeks ago. the new measures will reduce state spending by $30 million. the jobs being eliminated include 32 executive level jobs and more than 100 management and supervisor positions. >>> some 2,800 more san jose city workers will see their paychecks cut by 30% and they are not happy about it. the workers are calling this a

. >> i'm ken bastida. good evening. nights like these are never very easy. family, friends and colleagues of the two firemen killed in the line of duty in san francisco last week all gathered for a memorial ahead of tomorrow's big funeral that is expected to draw thousands of firefighters from around the state and the country. sharon chin was at tonight's service. >> reporter: after a final stop at fire station 26 the caskets of 48-year-old lieutenant vincent perez and 53-year-old firefighter paramedic anthony valario arrived at the cathedral with their families to a salute from the fire department honor guard and their chief. >> chief, what will you remember about both men? >> that they were heros and very courageous, very brave. >> reporter: a spanish and english language vigil tonight honored take men who died last week battling a house fire in diamond heights. >> reporter: lieutenant ken smith worked with the two firemen. >> they were exemplary persons that you would want to represent san francisco in all they do and who they are as men. >> reporter: mar

. >> and i'm ken prithett in for ken wayne. it may be the beginning of the end for that congressman weaner. pressure is mounting for him to resign. he will seek help for admitting to sending k rated pictures for women on line. nancy pal and -- nancy pilosi is asking for him to step down. >> i made some pretty mysterious mistaking and i am trying to redeem myself and get back to normal and serve the people of michael congress. >> he made contact with a minor, a 17-year-old girl through twitter. but wiener and the police say the twits were in no way inappropriate. >>> the police are investigating yet another homicide. we have learned the identity. hector garcia was a san jose resident. as ktvu's all was -- alli rasmussen tells us. >> reporter: police woke up to find police tape along the street. >> we went for a walk and saw a lot of police officers. what's going on. are. >> reporter: investigators searched for clues to find out why a man in his 20s was found dead. it was a disturbing scene for this woman who has lived here for m

live in alameda, ken wayne, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> new at 10:00, the state assembly approved a tax extension. the measure now goes to the senate. some republicans object arguing that it will drive business out of the state. >>> also tonight hundreds of jobs at the state corrections headquarters are about to get cut. governor jerry brown made the announcement today. he promised the cuts two weeks ago. the new measures will reduce state spending by $30 million. the jobs being eliminated include 32 executive level jobs and more than 100 management and supervisor positions. >>> some 2,800 more san jose city workers will see their paychecks cut by 30% and they are not happy about it. the workers are calling this a power grabby grab by the city. and officials are making plans in case those workers decide to go on strike. the city is still in me gauche i negotiations with the police department. the cuts approved today will save $10 million. the city is hoping to save $38 million from all of the anticipated union concessions. >>> tomorrow morning, san francisco major ed lee is scheduled to

ken, yours? >> banana cream. >> french silk. >> umm. >> okay. we're hungry.e a look at it tonight. we are able to see the full moon, almost full moon, a 98% waxing gibbous moon. we have a beach and bay, clear in the inland areas. let's lay it on the line. tomorrow morning the clouds wipe away rapidly. warmer conditions as a result everywhere. a breezy evening commute with those westerlies. 10 to 20 miles per hour. the stratus does work its way inland in the overnight hours but watch how quickly it retreats over the overnight hours. pack your lunch, plan on eating outdoors tomorrow through wednesday, we'll have an offshore flow resulting in warmer numbers 689 pacifica 65, today 61 in san francisco, forecasting 72 degrees, 5 degrees warmer in santa rosa. yes, nearly 90 throughout the tri-valley. 58 in san jose. for today, 74 degrees, all because of that right there firmly in place, high pressure, so that temperatures will pop. two days. only two days, okay? the report suggests three and grass pollen is on the medium side. so let's talk about the highs again. tu

live in alameda, ken wayne, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> new at 10:00, the state assembly approved a tax extension. the measure now goes to the senate. some republicans object arguing that it will drive business out of the state. >>> also tonight hundreds of jobs at the state corrections headquarters are about to get cut. governor jerry brown made the announcement today. he promised the cuts two weeks ago. the new measures will reduce state spending by $30 million. the jobs being eliminated include 32 executive level jobs and more than 100 management and supervisor positions. >>> some 2,800 more san jose city workers will see their paychecks cut by 30% and they are not happy about it. the workers are calling this a power grabby grab by the city. and officials are making plans in case those workers decide to go on strike. the city is still in me gauche i negotiations with the police department. the cuts approved today will save $10 million. the city is hoping to save $38 million from all of the anticipated union concessions. >>> tomorrow morning, san francisco major ed lee is scheduled to

there's a real problem with the politization of climate science and now if we have that debate >> but ken, that politization has occurred on the right. the national academy of sciences released a report two months ago that found that 96% of all the global warming studies that have been peered reviewed by scientists were all pointed in one direction. increased... >> again, it take two sides... >> increased emissions are leading to global warming and we've seen the story that was on right before here. the flooding in minot, north dakota. it's the exact kind of affects that scientists told us for years we were going to see and now we're seeing extreme weather in 2011 and 2010 that is record- breaking. >> ifill: glenn hurowitz, you're never going agree but let me ask it this way. how much of this, whether you believe there should be government action or not, should have the public clamoring to change? how much can they stomach? especially at a time of economic stress? >> well, i think the public needs it and... >> ifill: we also need broccoli but we don't all like it. >> that's true. but i th

[applause] (collins) thanks, ken. nice to see you. good to see you. thank you. i say "a great heart," because you are probably as well-known for your commitment to social causes as your singing career. and you've been pretty successful at both. how many times have you been arrested? [light laughter] i've actually been arrested three times, and two of them were for my civil rights. i was protesting the war in vietnam. i was arrested on the steps of the capitol, and i went to jail for that. and there was another incident there in a protest against the war in vietnam. i was also arrested on an airplane for using a cell phone, but we won't talk about that. that was a terrible shock. i considered it, in a sense, a freedom of expression issue, but i don't think that they did. but i have had incidents where i've protested, where i've been involved with large protests ever since i was a kid. my father was in the radio business, and i'm not sure how he got away with saying a lot of the things that he said. he was very much not in favor of the blacklisting that went on du

thank you, ken. bill t. jones was born in florida and grew up in upstate new york. he studied classical ballet and modern dance at the state university of binghamton, where he began his relationship with choreographer arnie zane. (man) the next thing i knew was that i, like a bshee, was whirling throughout this [...] park, throughout flower beds, looking for coverage so that the bulldozer with the burning logs would not get me. i woke up. in 1974, after living in amsterdam, he cofounded the american dance asylum and in 1982 formed the bill t. jones/arnie zane dance company with his partner, arnie zane, who died in 1988. based in new york city, the ten-member company tours extensively, performing its repertoire of more than 50 works for audiences of approximately 100,000 each year in america and abroad. jones is the recipient, individually and with zane, of numerous awards, including two bessies, choreographic fellowships from the national endowment for the arts, and in 1994, a macarthur fellowship. his company's work is often described as a fusion of dance and theat

good evening, i'm ken wayne. >> and hello again, everyone, i'm heather holmes. it has been decades since the san francisco fire department has endured this kind of one firefighter. tonight the department is dealt another heartbreaking loss. after a 40-hour struggle to save his life, firefighter anthony valerio died today from injuries sustained battling thursday's blaze. vincent perez, fellow firefighter was also killed. john sasaki was at san francisco general as the city's firefighting community was once again plunged into sadness. >> on a cold and dreary day the body of tony valerio was escorted out of san francisco general hospital. >> today we grieve the loss of another firefighter. >> reporter: news of his death two days after the fire that also killed his colleague vince perez has devastated the department all over again. >> it is likely difficult. you are mourning the loss of one and then to have another one very close from the same fire is challenging for us, painful for us. but we will be strong. >> reporter: the chief said in her 21 year career no oth

heather and ken, do you want me to talk about more rain for the second weekend of june?y. [ laughter ] >> we're done. i think everybody is done. >> the storm door is just about shut. >> good. thank you. >>> animal shelters in the east bay took part in a pet adoptathon at the oakland animal shelter. folks showed up for a chance too adopt dogs, cats and even bunny rabbits the event is sponsored by maddie's fund, which gives each shelter between $500 and $1500 for each adopted pet. shelter officials say money raised during last year's adoptathon was critical because of budget cuts. >>> well, coming up, the oakland a's try to avoid a weekend sweep in boston. >>> and the giants play another close game against the rockies in their attempt to get back into first place. john foesi and sportswrap is up fonzi and sports is up next. >>> good evening everyone and welcome to this early sunday night edition of sportswrap. players continue to land on the dl, runs come at a minimum, but the begins at continue to get incredible pitching, which translated into i atight win at at&t park. r

i am ken bastida. >> i am dana king. mob attacks have police stumped. as many as a half dozen people jumped their victims. one mangwas beaten into a coma. >> reporter: linda should be preparing for her 14th wedding anniversary, instead she is maring to spend the night that hospital for her husband. her husband was beaten, kicked and stomped in the middle of oakland, california, may 28. >> he had a brain bleed. his brain was swelling and they didn't know what his outcome would be. >>> the father waw attacked by young men, 4-6. detectives gathered surveillance video. neither captured the attack. >> breaks my heart. it hurts to know he is suffering. >> reporter: 6 blocks away another man was attacked by a mob of six young men. the victim didn't want to talk on camera. randy is much worse, he can't swallow, speak or remember. >> he isn't able to remember his mom and not able to remember our kids. >>> third robbery of a disabled man outside the parking garage is being investigated by police. although each attack is close in proximity, even the number of atta