[snortg] >> patricia leanne caldwell born in tennessee. daughter of robert and irma. at age of 3 moved to missouri and returned when she was 12 years old. patricia grew up with segregation and injustices which she writes about. she spent many countless hours in the nashville public library. it was her family life that was bountiful and flowing with tales told by her story telling grandfather. raised with love of reading and oral tradition. graduated from tennessee state and degree in english in 1964. she married her childhood friend on december 12. they are the parents of fredrick and twins robert and john. her education continued with a master's degree in early childhood literature, and programming in 1975 from webster university. patricia has a successful career as a teacher and children's book editor. she changed careers to become a full time writer of children and young adult books. her goal is to create books for and about african-americans. i write because there is a need to have books for, by and about the african-american experience and how we helped to develo

. >> leann melendez will have reports starting at 4:00. >>> imperial county officials are deciding whether to charge a man caught on tape beating his stepson with a belt after the boy dropped a ball during a game of catch. a neighbor shot this video showing anthony sanchez repeatedly hitting a 10-year-old boy. sanchez turned himself in friday on suspicion of felony child abuse. he has posted $100,000 bond. the neighbor oscar lopez picked up his camera when he heard shouting in the backyard. >> fact there was adult disciplining a child in the middle of a game of catch, i didn't -- i couldn't understand that. what was so shocking was the fact it continued to escalate. >> lopez is a youth football coach who teaches kids about bullying. saturday he resigned from his elective position on the imperial irrigation district board of directors. >>> opening statements started today in the child sex abuse trial of jerry sandusky. this morning the lead prosecutor described him as a predatory pedophile. he said sandusky took advantage of boys with stable home lives and abused them for years. -- with uns

there is leanne melendez explains why. >> welcome to freedom school. they learn to not be afraid to express them seeflz some kids are shy. they see other kids doing it, it allows them to come out of their shell. >> this is is that success did not elude them. >> this reverend direct the program. for six weeks african american students start by learning more about culture and therefore, themselves. there is a 70-year-old. >> a little sister and i'm an artist. i'm a leader. >> her mother says since she joined her reading improved. >> reading now, i noticed she's a confident reader. >> parents are encouraged to participate. >> they like to see mom involved and i'm involved in the school. >> and this school has seen fewer kids this year, this reverend blames it on the economy. >> there are people moving. foreclosures affected us. >> many families moved to many affordable cities. reverend allen is encouraging kids to join the program ask take advantage of what it has to offer. >> when i go to the fifth grade, i might be go. i might know everything. i might g

chad shapiro, philip freneau -- ferigno, leanne walker, dennis kelly, jerry aratore. sofia corbett, kevin -- i've already called his name. diane delfino, and marylyn l eylaw. >> my name is chad shapiro. i had the opportunity this year to teach one of the wonderful independent study classes. i agree with the statement earlier that we have the greatest jobs in the world, of course. unfortunately, my job was probably taken by a non credentialed teacher, so it is hard for me to look at that, as far as i put in my time, i put in my work, i received all the credentials i needed, and my job is pretty much being taken by somebody who does not even have a pe credential. it is hard for me to accept that, i think. i know you guys will not be giving me a mathematics teaching job this year, so it is hard for me to look at that. one other thing is now that i am looking for more work, one thing i consistently here is how we need to align our curriculum to the standards. after teaching an independent study p e class, that will never happen. these kids will never reach the standards w

a[ leanne ] appliance park has been here since the early 50s. my dad and grandfather spent their whole careers here. [ charlie ] we're the heartbeat of this place, the people on the line. we take pride in what we do. when that refrigerator ships out the door, it's us that work out here. [ michael ] we're on the forefront of revitalizing manufacturing. we're proving that it can be done here, and it can be done well. [ ilona ] i came to ge after the plant i was working at closed after 33 years. ge's giving me the chance to start back over. [ cindy ] there's construction workers everywhere. so what does that mean? it means work. it means work for more people. [ brian ] there's a bright future here, and there's a chance to get on the ground floor of something big, something that will bring us back. not only this company, but this country. ♪ >>> that's looking good. i'd take that, tampa bay. >> i almost can't focus. >> no, you cannot. let's talk a little baseball now. nothing like a 97 degree game for a night game. we once again saw mr. pine tar, per

. >> leann melendez will have reports starting at 4:00. >>> imperial county officials are deciding whether to charge a man caught on tape beating his stepson with a belt after the boy dropped a ball during a game of catch. a neighbor shot this video showing anthony sanchez repeatedly hitting a 10-year-old boy. sanchez turned himself in friday on suspicion of felony child abuse. he has posted $100,000 bond. the neighbor oscar lopez picked up his camera when he heard shouting in the backyard. >> fact there was adult disciplining a child in the middle of a game of catch, i didn't -- i couldn't understand that. what was so shocking was the fact it continued to escalate. >> lopez is a youth football coach who teaches kids about bullying. saturday he resigned from his elective position on the imperial irrigation district board of directors. >>> opening statements started today in the child sex abuse trial of jerry sandusky. this morning the lead prosecutor described him as a predatory pedophile. he said sandusky took advantage of boys with stable home lives and abused them for years. -- with uns

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more about from director that's later, oewd will provide specific economic development support along leanne avenue. that includes the items outlined below. -- leland ave. specific, targeted support to help that court or access funds from city-wide programs, like the small business revolving door fund, or the community beautification fund. my last slide is what we briefly spoke about, the job readiness. previously, $1 million is included to complete the remaining commitment for jri and work into oewd in the next year. happy to answer any questions you may have. my colleagues are also available for questions. supervisor chu: thank you. colleagues, any questions? we will also be seeing parts of the redevelopment budget born in all departments today. what we move forward with the department hearings, hearing one by one. if it is fine with everyone, we had a request from the city attorney to hear his budget first. he is going to be on available later on in the evening. is the city attorney here? if the city attorney is not here, why don't we go to the department of economic and workforce develop

i'm leann roden and i'm a san francisco crisis care worker. i'm new to the city. i notice what a caring city this is and so when i heard the call to get training for this special work, i responded and went through 44 hours of training, much of which is to train us in protocols so that we can act quickly and in an exact fashion in certain situations. and one of the things that we are really, really trying to do and have succeeded in most cases is the immediate response to these calls. for example, i'm quite often the shift manager and the call will come into me. within 24 seconds, i'm on the line with the firefighter or someone like that and they tell us the address, the situation, and we put out an alert, an email alert which goes to all of our workers. we get calls. we assign the case to someone and within 20 minutes, we have two volunteers there. they don't go in alone. they go side by side. they care for our community members. my definition of community is we. if we are not there in these most important hours of a person's life, we're not a community and so for

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leanne? >> about 4:00 this afternoon, police made a surprise visit to the school. there is a moment they arrived here, half a dozen walked through before a rally was expected to take place. now, they were escorted by a parent at the school. they were clear they didn't come here to force anyone out. police came because an alarm went off. they wanted to see what is going on inside of the classrooms had been vandalized. >> we want to take stops of who is in here. we don't know and there is property of the school district. they want to take stock of what is going on. >> it's property of the taxpayer. >> you're here, they're here just to make sure, you know? and want to take stock of what is going on in the people. >> friday, some parents and teachers with the help of protestors a lot of who we've seen at the protest decide sod set up tents and have been here since bowing to stay. >> these are public buildings. we pay taxes. i've been here a decade. and they used to tell to us sit in the back of the bus, too. that wasn't okay. >> and this is about the closure of four sc

. >> and thank you, leanne. >> it's a dramatic change in the way we elect people to congress. up next on abc 7 news, we exannin the mus top two systems smrks voters don't like it. also... >> if the government can't operate parks we're willing to step up. >> and they have stepped up in a big way. when a grass roots organization has done to try to keep a state park open. >> and big area city making a case to raise water rates by 44%. hmm, it says here that cheerios helps lower cholesterol as part of a heart healthy diet. that's true. ...but you still have to go to the gym. ♪ the one and only, cheerios >>> election day coming up. poll being places will open in the morning by the time they close it's expected voters will have interesting congressional races before them. abc 7 news explains big change the primary vote is expected to produce. >> there is california trying something new. as you know voters can pick whoever they want. and the top two vote grerts will go on to what amounts to a runnoff in the november general election. in fremont, most knew very little about the system

i'll tell you when we return. [ leanne ] appliance park has been here since the early 50s. my dad and grandfather spent their whole careers here. [ charlie ] we're the heartbeat of this place, the people on the line. we take pride in what we do. when that refrigerator ships out the door, it's us that work out here. [ michael ] we're on the forefront of revitalizing manufacturing. we're proving that it can be done here, and it can be done well. [ ilona ] i came to ge after the plant i was working at closed after 33 years. ge's giving me the chance to start back over. [ cindy ] there's construction workers everywhere. so what does that mean? it means work. it means work for more people. [ brian ] there's a bright future here, and there's a chance to get on the ground floor of something big, something that will bring us back. not only this company, but this country. ♪ >>> we're looking at video that could be of the oldist paintings in the world. the artists were neanderthals, not cro-magnons, of course that branch in the evolutionary tree that just broke off and then disappear

. >> there is a back up leanne was talking about. as you look at the big picture, there is cloud cover and spotty drizzle as well, south of the golden gate there are clear skies now and there are more at sfo right now. there are lots of clouds shining through. visibility is 10 miles or greater. so at the moment conditions are good and continuing to improve. there is a back up from earlier today and there is is a quick look at the drizzle now. there are wide spread drizzle earlier today into ponts south. it's spotty and very light. we still have more to come this evening. there is a full report on the accu-weather forecast coming up in just a moment. >> thank you. we'll see you then. the politics now. proposition 29 a measure on the june 5th ballot is a new tax on tobacco defeated by a slim margin. the ap called the race against the measure to 49.7% in favor. and about five million votes were cast. the tobacco industry poured $47 million into the race. prop 29 would have added a $1 a pack tax with money designated for cancer research.

. >> refreshing outside this morning, but the weather pattern [ leanne ] appliance park has been here since t the early 50s. my dad and grandfather spent their whole careers here. [ charlie ] we're the heartbeat of this place, the people on the line. we take pride in what we do. when that refrigerator ships out the door, it's us that work out here. [ michael ] we're on the forefront of revitalizing manufacturing. we're proving that it can be done here and it can be done well. [ ilona ] i came to ge after the plant i was working at closed after 33 years. ge's giving me the chance to start back over. [ cindy ] there's construction workers everywhere. so what does that mean? it means work. it means work for more people. [ brian ] there's a bright future here, and there's a chance to get on the ground floor of something big, something that will bring us back. not only this company, but this country. ♪ ♪ >> live and in hd, this is "good morning washington," on your side. >> straight ahead at 6:30, fire ripped through a virginia apartment complex leaving dozens without a place to stay. expl

leanne? >> and the it was for 25 years, they paid it off four years earlier, how did they do it? deep cuts and also, selling off properties. >> this is over $8 million. >> with this payment, ending 21 years of receivership meaning west contra costa unified school district will now have an extra $1.4 million a year otherwise have gone to repay the loans. >> what will help to us do is not make cut backs sth that we otherwise would have made. there are a number of teachers going to have a jobs as a result that have that would have been laid off and class sizes would have been larger. >> here is how the district got into trouble. more than two decades ago. it was called richmond unified school district. >> there we did not budget properly. >> the situation was so bad, the district and schools planned to close and parents sued california. >> we've prevailed. the state ordered to open schools back up and complete the school year. >> and there california had to lend the district $28 million. but the interest rate was so high, the district continued to struggle financially. wendy gonzale

. >> thank you, leanne. >> and right now, we're going to take a look from sky 7 hd with the look of a car over a cliff. the fire department is on scene. the chp is lowering snoun see if anyone is unside of the car they're looking at. and this is in mill valley. crews are on the way to see if there is anyone inside. two hotels officials say are jernts of prostitution and sexual exploitation of minors have been ordered to shut down. a judge granted the request to close the economy inn and national lodge for a year saying they have long years of being havens for drug activity. both officials and neighbors are pleased. >> our prayers have been answered. that is what i can tell you. i'm glad. >> we will not allow prostitution in our communities and will not allow businesses to have a business model profiting from human suffering and human trafficking. >> owners have been ordered to pay $60,000 in fines and must maintain the properties while they're closed. >> and there are frpts teeming or going through palace clothing to put out flames left over from a warehouse fire. and this warehouse h

. >> thank you, leanne. 6700 customer was out power.re is a big outage taking place in san francisco. pg&e doesn't seem to know why saying 11,000 in this area do not have electricity. they cannot give us an estimate of how when they expect to have it back on. >> a vacant hill top mansion in marin county was the scene of a big teen party. police say 100 teenagers took over the home and this former ukrainian prime minister's picasso is missing. >> there is international intear involving a former head of state, a large mansion and teens who decided to party there. and it does involve a missing art treasure. the front gate may have cost more to build than neighboring houses. it's less imposing now with deliveries piling up and those weeds but for teenagers looking for a place to party... enticing. >> looks like kids and they were hopping over the fence. >> he lives in the neighborhood and knew about the house on the hill 19,000 squire feet, six swimming pools, 10 bathrooms and knew the owner would not be back for a while, he's a former ukra

. >> leann, do we risk alienating muslims and even radical eyeing. radical eyeing them. >> i don't think so. not all muslims are terrorists, but all of the terrorists were muslim. there is a fine line of trying to snoop, but not snoop too much. and i think they are doing their job. if they are right here in our backyard and they are doing whatever they are doing, and if they -- if they catch them, then everybody is going to be happy. thank god they were watching them. we should have been watching them. what was nypd doing? >> it is going to be -- that's a good point. it is a lose-lose situation. if you are a snooper people will accuse you of infringing on their rights. if you don't do it, they will accuse you of dropping the ball. >> this whole thing makes me super uncomfortable. i am so fair minded and so terroristic minded i can see both sides of this clearly. the muslims are absolutely right. the nypd is targeting them specifically because they are muslim, specifically because of their religion and they have a right to be scared sometimes because

still ahead on the news edge at 11:00. [ leanne ] appliance park has been here since the early 50s.d grandfather spent their whole careers here. [ charlie ] we're the heartbeat of this place, the people on the line. we take pride in what we do. when that refrigerator ships out the door, it's us that work out here. [ michael ] we're on the forefront of revitalizing manufacturing. we're proving that it can be done here, and it can be done well. [ ilona ] i came to ge after the plant i was working at closed after 33 years. ge's giving me the chance to start back over. [ cindy ] there's construction workers everywhere. so what does that mean? it means work. it means work for more people. [ brian ] there's a bright future here, and there's a chance to get on the ground floor of something big, something that will bring us back. not only this company, but this country. ♪ >>> women who are afraid to give birth tend to have longer labor than women who are relaxed. studied more than 2200 pregnant women and those who were more tense about delivery tended to be in labor for 90 minutes longer th

back in a moment. [ leanne ] appliance park has been here since the early 50s. my dad and grandfather spent their whole careers here. [ charlie this place, the people on the line. we take pride in what we do. when that refrigerator ships out the door, it's us that work out here. [ michael ] we're on the forefront of revitalizing manufacturing. we're proving that it can be done here, and it can be done well. [ ilona ] i came to ge after the plant i was working at closed after 33 years. ge's giving me the chance to start back over. [ cindy ] there's construction workers everywhere. so what does that mean? it means work. it means work for more people. [ brian ] there's a bright future here, and there's a chance to get on the ground floor of something big, something that will bring us back. not only this company, but this country. ♪ >>> officials in prince george's county trying to determine if residents hit hard by friday's storm could qualify for federal help. two people were hurt in bladensburg where the severe weather ripped off roofs and sent trees crashing int

l[ leanne ] appliance park has been here since the early 50s. my dad and grandfather spent their whole careers here. [ charlie ] we're the heartbeat of this place, the people on the line. we take pride in what we do. when that refrigerator ships out the door, it's us that work out here. [ michael ] we're on the forefront of revitalizing manufacturing. we're proving that it can be done here, and it can be done well. [ ilona ] i came to ge after the plant i was working at closed after 33 years. ge's giving me the chance to start back over. [ cindy ] there's construction workers everywhere. so what does that mean? it means work. it means work for more people. [ brian ] there's a bright future here, and there's a chance to get on the ground floor of something big, something that will bring us back. not only this company, but this country. ♪ >>> welcome back at 5:45 this morning. a 74-year-old man attacked by dogs is waking up in the hospital in fair condition. witnesses watched in horror as two cane corsos mauled the man yesterday morning on 36th st

. >>> good morning to your facebook fan of the day, leanne the baby in his profile pick is nyla knollylashe wakes up at 4:30 a.m. every morning to be with her fox 5 family. for a chance to be tomorrow's fan of the day, head to our facebook page and post a comment. >> now over to allison and tony. >>> ahead this hour, on fox 5 morning news, now in the 7:00 a.m. hour, back in november, the first reports of child sex abuse at penn state rattled the nation. this morning the trial for the former assistant football coach, jerry sandusky gets under way in pennsylvania. we will take you there live. >> future of metro's silver line. officials must decide whether to commit hundreds of millions of dollars to complete the project. where does it stapped after last night's public hearing the chairman -- stand after last night's

leanne? >> let me tell you first about what's happening hintd me. this is a process pg&e crews are attempting to do or have to do. they have so far secured a line as you can see there. and there they must remove the poles. here is the issue. there is a housing development town houses right there called monte vista villa at leona quarry them. get power from a main line across the highway from 580. it's connected to this toll which is damaged. the pole went down. so that is why as david reported they have coordinated with chp to close and restring that line. the woman drove into the pole two. men driving by and managed to pull her out of the car z we spoke to one of them. >> at the time the fire was raging and going fast. up the hill and spreading. so... we did the best thing to do to get around and we thought we're okay. it was dangerous. there is a lady had to step over a wire. >> pg&e told us that only about 150 homes are till stil without power, here is another issue. okay? there are people that live at that sqaury cannot get in because we're told

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when asked about the issue on wednesday by senators, defense secretary leanne for net expressed concernor review across all services to see what could be learned. the trauma and emotional cost of war continues to be born by soldiers when they return and the threshold of 2,000 death and mounting suicide leads to reinforce what we know but too often forget. it's too easy to march down the path of combat while ignoring the price paid. it's our duty to neither be ignorant are forgetful in this regard. that's my view. politically direct on current tv >> what should women be doing? >> electing women to office. the airplanes are going to get from one part of the country to the other without any air i mean this is ridiculous and mitt romney ought to know better. i stand with our public employees and cops and firefighters and their teachers? innovation matters now more than ever. i look at her, and i just want to give her everything. yeah you -- you know, everything can cost upwards of...[ whistles ] i did not want to think about that. relax, relax, relax. look at me, look at me. three words, da