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and we begin with sarah varney, health reporter for kqed public radio, on healthcare reform bills inalifornia. sarah, explain. the legislature took action, and it has to do with national healthcare. so what did the legislature decide this week? >> california this week became the first state to pass legislation setting up what's known as the health insurance exchange. this is the marketplace or the health insurance superstore where individuals and small businesses will eventually be able to go and compare and shop for health plans. >> and that -- it is still a couple of years away. did it get through the legislature smoothly enough that the governor might sign the bill? >> well, he's not signaled yet one way or the other whether or not he's going to sign them, but he has pledged that he wants to have exchange legislation signed by the time he leaves office. so if he doesn't sign this legislation, which i think would be -- i would suspect that he would actually sign it since his people were in on the negotiations, but he would only have then the fall to get the legislation through. >>

also, kqed news will co-host the september 1st debate between senator boxer and carly fiorina.isit kqed.org/thisweek to join in the debate and submit your questions for the candidates. now, joining me on our news panel, amy standen, reporter with kqed's "quest" series on the future of renewables on tribal lands. david spark, reporter with socialmedia.biz on news about net neutrality. and starting with jesse mckinley with san francisco bureau chief for the "new york times." and you're reporting on proposition 8 and the actions this week by judge walker when he said that he would lift the ban on marriages now. was that a surprise to anyone? >> i don't think it was a surprise. i mean, walker has made it very clear in his decision last week that he thinks that same-sex marriage should be the law of california and potentially the law of the land. so the fact that he was supportive of lifting the stay, supportive of these marriages continuing, not really a surprise. now, that being said, he continues to be extremely cautious in this decision. at the same time that he lifted the stay,

we were so happy for you, mary jean, and now i would like to introduce you to a former kqed community advisory panel member and also an american indian local hero recipient himself and he would like to say a few words about mary jean. welcome. [applause] >> what a beautiful gathering of friends and family. i was asked to introduce mary jean from a more personal point of view and i'm going to try in this lighting to actually read the words of our friend kim who i think really summed up what mary jean means to our community. mary jean robinson has been named a local hero in what has become too often an overused phrase. she has worked tirelessly and selflessly to further the interests of the communities. she brings something to the potluck. she always has a couch to crash on and she spends time stuffing envelopes for causes she believes in. she spent years carrying for an elder until she passed. mary jean has been involved in every productive action that the local native communities have undertaken in the last 40 years. she hosts a twice-monthly radio show. she puts herself forward and i

ktvu, kqed public radio and the san francisco chronicle are all cosponsoring the event. our political editor will be one of the moderators. you can watch the debate live from 7:00 until 8:00 on september 1st. >>> well, governor schwarzenegger visited the bay area today attending a business round table in santa clara. at the top of the list, the state budget. >>> you know, i have two choices as governor. especially since it was my last year. do i want to go and make everyone happy and go along with them? or do i want to go and, you know, wage this battle? >> schwarzenegger says he would rather fight. the budget is more than a month late. the governor expressed optimism a budget would be done in a few weeks. he said he was pessimistic about getting a budget before he leaves office in january. >>> a solemn remembrance in japan marking the atomic bombing of hiroshima. u.s. ambassador john ruth attended the ceremony. the first time the u.s. has participated. great britain and france also made their first official appearances at the ceremony today. 140,000 people died in the h

will be here on ktvu channel 2 news which is hosting the event with the san francisco chronicle and kqed f.m. immediately following an extended version of ktvu's 6:00 news. randy is going to moderate that debate with a panel of professional journalists asking questions of the democratic and republican nominees. >>> it appears a popular san francisco sandwich shop may be the victim of its own success. a san francisco superior court judge has issued a notice effective august 26th, the order comes after months of complaints from neighbors about the noise inside and the long line outside. the city's planning department says the owner has a permit to run a coffee store, not a restaurant. ike's manager says they tried to be good neighbors. >> we literally have somebody out here eight hours a day walking up and down the line asking people to keep the sidewalk clear, keep their voices down to generally behave and be courteous. >> the manager says if the sandwich shop is forced to move it would take at least six months before they would be able to reopen somewhere else. >>> still ahead, tonight w

i had the opportunity yesterday to do an interview kqed on their california profile segment, and the question that was asked was -- why would you want to do something like this? really, after being in the field for this long, as all of the different panel members on the expert panels and other members that were involved in this, it was kind of a question of we really do need to move ahead and do some planning, regardless of where the circumstances take us in our current economic situation because we know we have the highest percentage of seniors of any county in california and we know that coping with alzheimer's disease places very special stresses, unlike those other chronic care kinds of conditions, and that those kind of care conditions can be intensive and stressful and prolonged. but also because san francisco has a history of innovation in terms of long-term care and assistance and support to the community for persons with chronic care conditions. fta got its start here and really recognize family caregivers. on what has been a leader in terms of integrating different services

it's been used from the irish immigrants building the ships to the music people from kqed. it's been al's trans-bay tavern since the 40's, which clint eastwood said in one of his films, "see you at al's." there's a lot of people that have been living here for 20 years and they know about the loud music and they're not... they're kind of in with it. south of market has a community with the meetings and everything, and that's starting, at least what i've seen, to become quite more prominent. i think as these things do slip and start to gain momentum that it's up to san franciscans and people that are doing it to take the time and get involved with these community meetings and see what really is going on. san francisco is a major european and world-wide attraction for people to come to, and if everybody just shuts it down then there is going to be no nightlife or arts community and it's going to be a terrible terrible waste in this city. ben: over the last 10 years, i think that live entertainment south of market... i'd say there's less of it, as far as clubs or as far as live

tonight it's on kqed-tv at 8:30. >> all right. great. thank you very much.t will gb to watcwill be good >>> here's what happened in the case, in case you're not familiar. chauncey bailey was gunned down august 2, 2007 on a downtown oakland street. the next day police raided your black muslim bakery and arrested four men including 18-year-old or 19-year-old broussard. in april of 2009, he agreed to a plea deal but say yusuf bey ordered the killing. broussard signed the plea deal last may, bey and his two associates are awaiting trial. >> we should know when another high-profile case will start by the end of the day. both sides of the barry bonds case met last month to schedule a date but the schedules did not match. if they cannot agree on something, bonds' perjury case could be pushed back to march of next year. he pleaded not guilty to lying to a grand jury in 2003 when he denied knowingly taking performance-enhancing drugs. >> the jobs report just came out. it tells us how many jobs went away or were created last month. we are looking at the details, sorti

. >> tonight at 8:30, kqed. >> that's the latest from here, christie smith, nbc bay area news. >>> an interesting look at a tragic killing. thank you. >>> protester also rally in the east bay today against nuclear reps on the 65th anniversary of hiroshima. the peace and justice center will gather outside the lawrence livermore national laboratory. activists say people are still suffering from the effects of the atomic bomb. they say it's time to remove nuclear weapons from the military. the lab was built in the 1950s and deals with national security and nuclear technology issues. >>> for the first time, the united states is participating in japan's annual memorial of the atomic bombing of hiroshima. u.s. representatives joined 73 nations in the ceremony that focussed on the hope of creating a nuclear-free world. more than 140,000 people were killed by the bombing or died months later. it was the world's first atomic bomb attack. the u.s. dropped atomic bombs on hiroshima and nagasaki to speed up japan's surrender, causing an end to world war ii and avoiding mass casualties had the uni