-- evince its police forensics lab. something that the met -- national academy of sciences is trying to abide by, you are making this move, which i think would have been, in terms of the capital infrastructure, moving to a whole new facility would have been a perfect opportunity to move the crime lab. i am torn, because i absolutely see the need for this to happen, given the dilapidated state of the hall of justice and everything that is occurring. that made itself evident. but to do this right, i think we could have seized upon the opportunity to do something more brand. i will go ahead and move this with the recommendation and reservation. supervisor chu: we do have the motion to send it forward with a recommendation. i would imagine that the department can follow up with the supervisor to provide information on that relevant point, how we colocate facilities or integrate them. i would hope that that conversation would happen between the department and the supervisor's office. we have the recommendation to put that fo

why do we have a crime lab that belongs to the police? san francisco should have an independent crime lab that is headed by scientists. the uno a police officer that is smarter than a scientist? there are some, but not too many. their focus should be on law enforcement, not science. we have a problem having an independent judiciary. in-house they are in there sniffing cocaine into stealing cocaine, we need to get rid of that. it needs to be independent and we have to deal with this year. >> he actually trained me, and when i took over his job, the memo that he wrote was to test to examine the procedures that are used to the late ray and the murder dna. as we're talking about here about brady, there is no confidentiality exception. as b.a., i would not be covering it up, i would be fixing it. we need to fix it up, not a cover-up solution. that entire lives could be called into question. i hope that doesn't happen, but is much more than handing it over to the defense attorneys. they determine whether or not a live is accredited. that was th

but they make the same recommendation that they do for crime labs. in this jurisdiction, we are already more -- already moving the report's recommendations. we are just trying to maintain what we already have. supervisor mirkarimi: this is the carry over. the carryover from this discussion has been, and i remember this vividly, great resistance, law-enforcement side that said not to move the independence. that the medical examiner is quoting the national academy of sciences. i do not know how you bifurcate that thinking. i do not understand. personally, i think that if we are to make this kind of investment, it would have been the perfect move for us to move the crime lab under the rubric of what the national academy of sciences suggested that san francisco should do, in a larger building so that we would be able to start afresh. i think that that would have been the better move. i would have been very happy to see that the day. including the discussion about the crime lab moving in a new direction as well. i know that my colleague has some other que

the lab, by the way, did pass a routine safety inspection back in march. >>> several stores in san leandro remain closed after being vandalized over the weekend. at least 31 businesses along east 14th street were spray- painted with graffiti early sunday morning. a restaurant owner who was affected says the graffiti problem has gotten worse over the years. investigators say they are now looking into the content to see if it's gang-related. >>> checking other bay area headlines, after nearly two years, police in santa clara know who killed a 96-year-old man during a home invasion robbery. it happened in saratoga. detectives say 33-year-old juan cortinas who is already in custody on other charges lab rained tomorrow. a second suspect was killed last march by the fremont police department involving a separate incident. >>> the search is on for a man who groped a female student at san jose state yesterday morning in front of the administration building.

these numbers do not indicate any of the leadership labs or drill labs that will be put in place. i anticipate every school to be at 100 or better. probably by this time next week. commissioner fewer: if i may respond. so i'm looking at this jrotc drill lab. i see the count 000, 0er zero at be a ham -- abraham lincoln, zero at washington, three at lowell. i see jrotc section two, i see zero at abraham lincoln, zero at galileo, zero at george washington, i see four in a class at lowell high school. which you want to put another instructor. zero at mission and zero at phillip. so i'm looking at jrotc rivalry. i see zero, abraham lincoln, zero balboa, zero at galileo, zero at washington. i see two at lowell. i see zero at mission high school and zero at burton. so a lot of these class sizes are very, very small. i'm looking at also, let's see, i could look at another class here. naval science one, i see zero at lincoln, zero at balboa, zero at washington, zero at lowell, zero at mission and 84 at burton. so it's sort of the same numbers across the board here. so i'm sort of wondering

once leaking methane lab was vented, the lab was sealed off until state inspectors could get there. >> it was a loud explosion. >> he worked in offices above the lab where the explosion happened. >> i heard it and felt it shake. >> jim was in his office when the explosion occur in the lab down the hall. >> a big boom. >> he joined two dozen other employees getting out of the building. a scientist had been mixes helium, nitrogen and one other when something went wrong. >> the five went into the laboratory. risky to do that. and did have some positive effect because they turned off other cylinders. >> they called the man from the lab. he was still alive, but he died in front of the building. there was also a woman scientist in the lab who was blown out the door by force of the blast. >> she was transported, as i understand it, and outside of the hearing and eardrum related issues more than likely from the overpressure from the explosion in a confined area, she did have some medical issues burks according to her fellow co-workers at the time, the complaint was minimal. >> the explosion h

they found extensive damage to two labs, and several offices.nd now, membrane technology and research here, specializes in gas separation, it seems that martin was doing some pretty routine work with gases, transferring gases, friday, when the explosion happened, and he leaves behind a wife and a 17-year-old daughter. now, cal osha will be back out here tomorrow, and it is still considered a crime scene and we will be trying to figure out what happened. grace? >> hopefully get some answers. >> stephanie in menlo park, thank you. >>> protesters are planning what they call a mass action against bart and san francisco and they plan it for later this week. the group no justice no bart will gather at the civic center bart station this afternoon to explain their protest against bart police. on thursday they plan to protest outside the powell station. they say it is a demonstration, if it is successful, passengers will not pay to ride from powell street. 6:36. trying to plan your labor day activities, we got lawrence here to let you know how the weathe

. >> a terrible and deadly explosion at one lab. one worker killed and another injured when she was literally blown out of the building by the blast. good evening. i'm dan ashley. >> i'm carolyn johnson. it happened after 4:00 this afternoon when a scientist was preparing a pre gas mixture at mrt, membering technology and research in menlo park. the investigation into what caused the blast has yet to begin. abc7's don sanchez is live in menlo park with the story. don? >> a little preliminary estimate that there may have been some sort of problem with pressure. there were problems and delays trying to get inside because there has been a leaking methane cylinder there, and they were trying to drain it. right now investigators are about to go inside. >> for me it was a loud explosion. that's what i heard. >> bob collier works with office usa buff the lab where they happened. >> i heard the building shake and i heard the explosion. >> jim hill was at his office when the explosion occurred in the lab down the hall. he joined two dozen ot

abc7s don sanchez reports once the leaking methane lab was vented, the lab was sealed off until state inspectors could get there. >> it was a loud explosion. that's when i heard. >> bob works for a company with offices above the lab where the explosion happened. >> i heard it and felt it shake. >> jim was in his office when the explosion occur in the lab down the hall. >> a big boom. >> he joined two dozen other employees getting out of the building. a scientist had been mixes helium, methane and nitrogen into one cylinder like this when something went deadly wrong. some of the people went to the aid of their comrades. >> the five went into the laboratory. risky to do that. and did have some positive effect because they turned off other cylinders. >> they called the man from the lab. he was still alive, but he died in front of the building. there was also a woman scientist in the lab who was blown out the door by force of the blast. >> she was transported, as i understand it, and outside of the hearing and eardrum related issues more than likely from the overpressure from the explosio

explosion in a lab has killed one person and left a second person injured. happened this afternoon at membrane technology. moved to the scene for us and live with new information. lloyd? >> this is still very much a developing story. they are inside the building and trying to deal with a leaking cylinder. as a fire chief says they are trying to figure out what went wrong. around 4: 15 when a man and a woman were working the lab and process of making a mixture of methane gas for an experiment. been done often but for some reason there was explosion. the man was killed and the woman was blown out the door and into the hallway. she's in the hospital. other people rushed to drag the man out but it was too late. there was no fire. >> at this point the other individual who was in the lab who was near the door was blown out of the doorway clear of the lab and unfortunately the gentleman died. >>reporter: 23 other people were evacuated but no other injuries. this is near several residential neighborhood. we are told no release of any toxic fumes and everything is co

. >>> what happened inside the lab, there was a man and a woman and what happened? >> i understand that the gentleman who is involved with this who is a scientist now we understand was transferring methane. not sure why the reason for or why he was doing it or what went wrong. we heard there might have been some type of cylinder failure. at this point the other individual who was in the laboratory who was near the door way was essentially blown out of the door way, clear out of the laboratory and unfortunately the gentleman who was involved with the actual operation succumb do to his injuries. >> 23 of them then self- evacuated and dragged the men out on to the -- outside on to the cement. >> right, as we understand it right now. the other scientists within the laboratory, other parts of the building came in, pulled him out at least into the hall way is what i'm understanding now. the firefighters may have responded into the corridor inside the structure. it is a laboratory we're dealing with. we were initially told it was a warehouse. it's actually a scientist in a

involved for a lab project here at membrane technology and research. and menlo park fire officials say a tank containing one of the gases apparently ruptured, and killing the 56-year-old san jose man. the blast already threw a female scientist into a corridor, next door. and she suffered eardrum pain and was taken to stanford medical center. according to city leaders, the haz-mat team determined that the explosion actually sent a second leaking container through a wall and it lodged into another wall. during the last walk-through, investigators found extensive damage to two labs, and several offices. so this business closed for an indefinite period of time. according to fire officials, this place actually passed a safety inspection test back in march. so the question is, again, what exactly caused this to happen. and that's what cal osha crews are going to try to figure out when they come out here tomorrow. grace? >> all right, stephanie in menlo park with the latest, thank you. >>> an arrest for one of two shootings that happened within a couple of bl

considering this spate of stories about scandals that have compromised the integrity of the crime lab and the drug lab, and the fact that the national academy of sciences has come up with a report recommending to all metropolitan government's they'd move to crime labs to an independent jurisdiction, i had decided because of the disinterest and the resistance in different corners of the city government to revive that legislation. i am making a public request of the city attorney. >> thank you. supervisor elsbernd? supervisor cohen? supervisor cohen: thank you. i am proud to co-sponsor with supervisor wiener legislation that would establish a commission to review practices and make recommendation to the board of supervisors on changes. this is important in light of the realignment that supervisor mirkarimi has been taking leadership fund and put the public -- and create the public safety committee. we need to make sure we are utilizing innovative approaches to decrease the rate of recidivism. in addition, i am very excited to introduce a supplemental appropriation that will appropriate

we need to have a crime lab that is independent. we need real solutions to the problems that we are facing. and we should be focused on truth and the fairness of the system. i am hoping that in this debate, we can talk about the problems we have and bring real solutions. once we identify these solutions, we need to the employment them by de- politicizing the system -- we need to implement them. thank you. >> thank you very much. the questions i will not ask in a rotating order alphabetically. remember, you have one minute for your answer. the question is -- what is your position on reporting to immigration authorities only people convicted of violent or serious felonies, not reporting those arrested, awaiting trial, and not reporting victims? why do you think it is desirable or not desirable? >> i was born in iran to iranian parents. we came to san francisco when i was just four years old. my passport says "born in iran." i have gone through virtually every high security checkpoint you can imagine. i am extremely sensitive to being

the menlo park lab at the center of a deadly explosion is off limits today. the building has been red tagged as investigators search for the source of the blast. don knapp on how the man's family plans to carry on. >> there are red tags on all the doors of this building and remain through the holiday weekend. an indication of the damage friday afternoon. >> a very big boom. one single boom. >> the blast came reportedly as researcher mixed three gases, methane, helium, and nitrogen for a project here in menlo park. one of the tanks ruptured, according to menlo park chief, killing martin and tossing a female scientist. >> she was apparently near the door. almost blown out the door, which is a good thing because it knocked her out of the laboratory. >> fellow workers came in to help. >> they drug that individual from the laboratory and addressed the're individual. that was a very brave thing for them to do and obviously they do care about each other enough to do that. >> kelly ferguson came by to pay her respects and show appreciation for the technology industry

the blast pushed a female scientist also inside the lab, into an adjacent corridor. then according to a police report obtained by nbc bay area news, a hazmat team later determined there was another container that blew with such force it was embedded in another wall. >> it indicates it was an explosive. the explosion due to an explosive kbengs of gases. to get a shock wave that will cross a cylinder across the room. >> i came to pay my respects, i'm very sorry for the loss of this worker. >> it was a powerful explosion that shocked city officials, especially in a place like menlo park that is home to so many technology and research firms. >> these companies, these start-ups bring jobs to the local area. and are an important economic engine that hire our engineers and scientists. >> ironically, that's what brought martin and his family here in the first place. four years ago they moved from romania to pursue the american dream and help their daughter achieve her goal to be a concert pianist. it's unclear if or when the 23 other employees will be able to return to work

picking up small objects and knot tying they will need in an operating room. >> what the simulation lab allows us to do is develop the coordination so when someone tells us, "this should be your next move" you have the ability to actually do it with your hands." >> reporter: the virtual training taking place in labs such as this breaks away from methods students have traditionally used, including practicing on live patients. >> we're able to let surgeons in a safe environment do these operations and get feedback on how they're doing. some will do very well, some not so well. >> reporter: the hope is to bring these kind of simulators to hospitals and medical centers across the country. >> i think that the only way to get good at doing a particular surgery, doing a particular type of operation is to do it over and over again. >> reporter: and now with virtual simulators, he can do just that. of course, these simulators teach doctors nothing about clinical judgment. for that, russ, they're going to have to learn the old-fashioned way-- one flesh-and-blood patient at a time. >> mitchell: ok

>>> in the news this saturday morning, an investigation into a deadly explosion in a menlo park lab that kill aid scientist and injured a colleague. police are searching for a hit and run driver that injured a pedestrian last night in the south of market area. >> good morning, low clouds and fog is back this morning. numbers into mid 50s and we're starting a slight cooling trend today. >> good morning. today, cal osha will look into the cause of yesterday's fatal explosion in a menlo park research lab. and the medical examiner says a 56-year-old scientist adrian martin died at the scene. a woman colleague was also injured. don sanchez reports the lab was sealed off until inspectors could get there. >> for meet me it was a very loud explosion. >> bob works for a company with offices above the lab where the explosion happened. >> i heard the building shake. i heard the explosion. >> jim hill was in his office when the explosion occurred down the hall. he joined two dozen others in getting out of the building. but scientists had been mixing it into one cylinder like this. something went dea

. >> sky lab fell to earth today. as far as we know, no one was hit by any of the pieces. >> reporter: when the sky lab littered an australian sheep ranch in 1979, it was the end of what had been become a big show, john belushi style. >> here's his apartment in new york. he's not worried about sky lab, no! >> reporter: it's not that space junk doesn't hit people. it happened to this woman while out for a walk in oklahoma back in 1987. >> i thought it was something from a shooting star which meant it might have been radioactive or something. >> reporter: but she's the only person to have that honor. even when a 20-pound part of sputnik landed in wisconsin in 1962, not a soul was armed. so maybe chicken little was right when he said the sky is falling. it is, but we just rare ri notice. lee cowan, nbc news, los angeles. >>> that's "nbc nightly news" for this saturday. i'm lester holt reporting from new york. our special education nation coverage begins tomorrow morning on nbc and msnbc. brian williams will host a teache

i know zero about labs, okay. i built this lab. because my architect was the son of a pharmacist. so i said i kw about labs. and then i went to the tet conference. and there was a guy from woods hole, who showed some incredible pictures of some weird eatures that he saw two miles under the water. so at the end of the coerence, i said i have a lab in pan a machlt he looked at me like i was-- i said i want to you come. so i managed to gethree or four people that came down, they took a boat. they went around. they took some water samples. and it turns out that what is in the water there is nearly more interesng than in the gal app goes. so now we have a tre interesting research center, about 8 or 9 years. and they do a lot o research on tropical fish, man groves, fish migration. >> these new species that are discovering in the sea, things they have never seen before, which is stunning. >> the sea, they know nothing about it. i did an amazing thing. if you walk up and down madison avenue chbt you say what is nasa, 99% of people know what nasa, you say what is woods hole. 3% of the peo

the lab is already set at the launch pad. tiangong will dock with into orbit. the lab is designed to test the highly critical technologies needed to build china's space station. china's space project is said to be strongly connected with the military's fair. the project is said to increase tensions with the international community. >> 1970, china became the world's fifth space power when it put its first satellite into orbit. its experience with weather and communication satellites helped china to commercially launch satellites for overseas clients. in the 1990s, the country announced a three-stage manned space project. the first stage was the development of a manned spacecraft. thseco now in progre involved the launch of a space lab and the acquisition of docking and other technologies needed for short stays in space. the final stage is the construction of a full-fledged space station for extended stays in space. >>> saudi arabia's king abdullah has overturned a court ruling sentencing a woman to be lashed for defying the muslim kingdom's ban on women driving