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>>> hello and welcome to kqed newsroom. coming up in our program, protecting independent contract workers and a new state budget. first, after two days of deliberation, a jury convicted of 162 counts including rackete racketeering, corruption and murder. prosecutors confirmed as the head of a fraternal organization, chow ran a criminal organization that trafficked weapons, stolen cigarettes and liquor and he ordered the murder of one rival and conspired to order the murder of another. chow's attorney said they will appeal and calls the entire case snitch heaven. >> very early on we started getting a signal from the judge none of our defense theories would be allowed. that's exactly what happened. our witnesses got excluded. the government had 46 witness, we had eight. our defense theory is the most important aspects were excluded. we never had a good chance to put on a good defense the jury needed to hear. >> at the jury for the announcement today. welcome, alex. take us to the scene of the courthouse. what was that like? i

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♪ >>> good evening and welcome to kqed "newsroom." i'm thuy vus.ealth care good for your wallet and a thicker el nino. >>> first, a new poll shows california voters evenly split over capital punishment. 48% of voters support speeding up the execution process. 47% favor doing away with the death penalty altogether and replacing it with life in prison without the possibility of parole. california has nearly 750 inmates on death row. more than any other state in the nation. the vast majority are at san quentin where reporters were recently invited to tour death row and speak with inmates. it was the first such tour in a decade. ♪ ♪ >> i've been here since 1993. i'm an inmate. >> my name is john mathis. i've been in san quentin for 35 years. and i came in when i was 19 years old. we got everybody -- >> i admitted to my crimes. i confessed. i pled guilty. i said from the outset that i deserved it. >> my name is charles smith. 46 years old. i've been convicted of four gang murders. i was sentenced to death. >> step away, please -- >> i've been here 15 ye

>>> hello, and welcome to "kqed newsroom." i'm thuy vu. on our show, efforts to stop human trafficking and teaching engineering through play. but first, the super bowl and the city's homeless. next week, worldwide media will descend on san francisco to cover the super bowl. activists are planning protests to draw attention to the issue of homelessness. it's long been one of san francisco's most intractable problems. now highlighted by encampments that seem to be growing. reporter monica lamb takes a closer look. >> reporter: it's a daily routine. city crews across san francisco clean up around homeless encampments. every day, a ton of trash is swept up, scrubbed away, and hauled off. >> is there any other things you would like to get rid of? >> reporter: the city says it doesn't take personal property or force anyone to move. but david tompkins says when the cameras aren't rolling, things are different. >> i mean, they're shoving around like ping-pong balls. >> reporter: in general, does anyone hassle you? >> nobody asks us to move. they t

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. >>> the following kqed production was produced in high definition. >>> this time on "spark" -- first, "spark" follows environmental artist daniel mccormick as he creates temporary sculpture in the creek beds of west marin. >> it's becoming less and less a work of art and becoming more and more of a work that nature is responding to. >>> next, the firebird youth chinese orchestra offers chinese-american kids a chance to play the traditional instruments from their homeland. >>> then, artist jaime guerrero translates imagery from his mexican heritage into blown glass. next on "spark." >>> major sup f

. >>> hello, and welcome to "kqed newsroom." i'm thuy vu. on our show, efforts to stop human trafficking and teaching engineering through play. but first, the super bowl and the city's homeless. next week, worldwide media will descend on san francisco to cover the super bowl. activists are planning protests to draw attention to the issue of homelessness. it's long been one of san francisco's most intractable problems. now highlighted by encampments that seem to be growing. reporter monica lamb takes a closer look. >> reporter: it's a daily routine. city crews across san francisco clean up around homeless encampments. every day, a ton of trash is

>>> hello and welcome to kqed newsroom.oming up in our program, protecting independent contract workers and a new state budget. first, after two days of deliberation, a jury convicted of 162 counts including rackete racketeering, corruption and murder. prosecutors confirmed as the head of a fraternal organization, chow ran a criminal organization that trafficked weapons, stolen cigarettes and liquor and he ordered the murder of one rival and conspired to order the murder of another. chow's attorney said they will appeal and calls the entire case snitch hea

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. >>> hello, i'm greg sherwood and i'm happy to have bob goldman as my guest here in the kqed studio. bob, thanks for joining us. what fun to have you here. >> delighted to be here. >> i can't wait to talk to you more. bob is a bay area financial planner who works with individual investors and he's here to share some of his secrets of successful retirement planning. bob is a member of the garrett planning network and the national association of personal financial advisors, and his work has appeared in the new york times and the wall street journal. you have probably heard him, as i have, as he's a frequent guest on "forum" on

. >>> hello, and welcome to "kqed newsroom." i'm thuy vu. on our show, efforts to stop human trafficking and teaching engineering through play. but first, the super bowl and the city's homeless. next week, worldwide media will descend on san francisco to cover the super bowl. activists are planning protests to draw attention to the issue of homelessness. it's long been one of san francisco's most intractable problems. now highlighted by encampments that seem to be growing. reporter monica lamb takes a closer look. >> reporter: it's a daily routine. city crews across san francisco clean up around homeless encampments. every day, a ton of

. >> the following kqed production was produced in high definition. [ ♪music ] [ singing ] >> this isern-day mythic performance space. >> ann hamilton: it's like making a vocal chord for the ranch. >> installation artist ann hamilton's three-year journey to create something ancient and beautiful in the sonoma valley took many turns. [ ♪music ] >> enrique chagoya's print making is exquisite, and it's political. >> robert johnson: he has this very subtle and very sophisticated ability to make people laugh and think at the same time. >> and if scott kildall asks for your picture, be sure to smile. this time on spark. [ ♪music ]

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from maurice kanbar, celebrating the vitality and power of the moving image, and by the members of kqed is "nightly business report" with tyler mathisen and sue herera. >>> on edge. stocks attempt to stabilize even as oil prices continue to plummet. and they may have even further to fall. >>> another threat. alcoa kicks off earnings season, and this time around investors could be in for a rare earnings recession. >>> the up side of volatility. why you may be one of the millions who could save money on your mortgage even now. all that and more tonight on "nightly business report" for monday january 11th. >>> good evening, everyone. and welcome. stocks staged a late-day comeback in a volatile session, but the sell-off in oil prices deepened. domestic crude hit a fresh 12-year low, flirting with $31 a

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