the los angeles city council l.a. city council voted twelve to one yesterday to provide a new photo i.d. card to that city's undocumented immigrants and other marginalized populations city councilman ed res said that the id card which could be used to open bank accounts pay bills take a library books is a way for las poorest workers and residents to come out into the light prior to the council's vote they held a public hearing on the measure and not one person spoke out against l.a. has one of the largest populations of undocumented immigrants in the country lets hope this new program helps them become productive members of american society and starts them often realizing their own version of. the bad karl rove in an op ed published in the wall street journal today rove continued to vent his frustration over the republican party's dismal showing on tuesday in that piece rove said that president obama was lucky that hurricane sandy hit echoing the sentiments of other members of his party rove said that hurricane sandy.

. >> jackie goldberg is a former los angeles city councilwoman. in 1995 she represents a district where the city is building a subway. some of the constituents are complaining about it. >> we don't need a metro rail as they are proposing it. let's get back to the buses where the people can be moved around properly. >> not only are residents complaining, but so are the business owners. for them it's less about the subway itself than the construction. they're losing money. >> it takes so long to build these things underground and you don't have much choice but to tear up stleets and close streets. we're putting big signs on the property saying open for business and people were angry. >> so when a water main breaks at the construction site on hollywood boulevard, gold berg holds a press conference to bring attention to the problem. as goldberg stands in front of news cameras, the water main problem gets a lot worse. >> we were actually not far from the actual location that morning. some people were very concerned that a lot of water was being pumped o

los angeles city council agreed a half cent sales tax should be on the march ballot.oting for a new mayor. one of the highest tax rates in california, $0.9.5 for every dollar spent. finally, in hawaii, little sunshine for state workers. the pension fund is in much better shape. assets in the employee portfolio system in 5% in the last quarter. a level not seen since the fall of 2007. but they still have the sunshine. dennis: shares of facebook flooding the market 800 million new shares, the stock topped 10% this morning. how could that be? cheryl: retail sales dropping, but we preview a black friday battle for the record books. dennis: a look at some of the winners and losers on the s&p. [ male announcer ] where do you turn for legal matters? at legalzoom, we've created a better place to handle your legal needs. maybe you have questions about incorporating a business you'd like to start. or questions about protecting your family with a will or living trust. and you'd like to find the right attorney to help guide yo along, answer any questions and offer advice. with an

in los angeles during the late 1980's and early 1990's, there were 1000 homicides per year in the citys angeles, not the county, the city. now, we have between 203 hundred homicides per year. people talk about the gang problem having been addressed. i want to share with you, what i experienced, what i have learned, i am not a typical academic. i will not quote statistics to you or talk about theories. i will talk with you about practicality. pragmatic approaches, and i will talk about reality. san francisco, like los angeles learned, will never saw or deal with its gang problems effectively unless there is true collaboration. i will talk to you about what this looks like and feels like. i will speak to you about the lessons that we have learned as law enforcement had to come off of the high perch, in los angeles, law enforcement learned, to their great fortune, that collaboration is the answer. i am going to talk to you about some of the lessons that were learned. i can tell you first that the people -- we have learned lessons from have been gang members themselves my research is engag

as a result, the city of los angeles, in order to protect future flooding in the city, they decided to take the los angeles river and make it a flood control channel. they concreted the walls of the river in order for water to get to ocean much faster. narrator: cities throughout southern california converted natural rivers to these concrete channels, part of their storm drain systems. this allowed expanding development without the need for large flood plains. kharaghani: the los angeles river is approximately 51 miles. concrete reduces the size of the river that you need to carry the water because it speeds up the flow of water. if you'd like to remove all the concrete and to have natural system to carry the water to protect you from flooding, you need to have almost one mile on each side of the river set aside for transport of rain. so in order for the city to have use of those lands around the river, concrete made it possible to have minimum land so the water can be carried to the ocean in the fastest possible way. but, unfortunately, because of population growth and poor housekeepi

this is interesting too from our friend on the west coast here, the los angeles city council, l.a. w called for meatless mondays. they're not cracking down on the porn industry. worried about your health here. they adopted a resolution encouraging residents to go vegetarian on the first day of the workweek as part of an international movement aimed at reducing the planet's meat consumption. saying mondays don't eat the red meat it can save you on heart disease and certain cancers, kidney, prostate, colon, breast cancer. shrink the carbon footprint and slow global warming. can't enforce it. wreck mengd recommending it. l.a. is the drive-through capital of the world. >> in-and-outburgers. >> which are delicious. not on mondays. >> not on mondays. >> congratulations, l.a. >> moving on to "fifty shades of grey" one of my favorite topics. a woman, the first time someone has cited the book for themes of bondage and s & m in a divorce petition. she said her sex life with her husband hit a rut. she wanted her husband to act out fifty shade of grey. he said no i dent want on't wan it. he wou

the los angeles city council encouraging people to go veggie on the first work way. can not be enforced. you are meatless on monday regularly. >> brian: yes, a lot of people on pure protein diets are not happy about this. >> steve: it is tastey. >> brian: protein mania. >> steve: beef for breakfast. we'll see what is happening on the weather. portions of america's dairy land storms are moving out . down through the tennessee valley and gulf coast. and some of the stuff is heavy moving through memphis . central plain states. nice and dry but it is chilly. you can see with the thunderstorms behind it. a cold front and twen in kansas city and 19 in minneapolis. and much warmer weather. 62 in cleveland and 55 in raleigh duram . 70 in new orleans . add meatless monday megop lis, los angeles, they currently have 47 degrees. >> brian: nfl not missing a beat. stunning news. i went to bed thinking phil jackson was the next laker coach and turns out he's not the laker coach. it is mike d'antoni. he is the new coach. he also didn't want to go to away games and so apparently tha

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cities. los angeles is working on it. berkeley is working on a project. washington, d.c. is, too. cities are looking at parking management differently than the have in the past. >> later this year, we are gathering all the data we need to evaluate rigorously all our expectations of how this can reduce greenhouse gas emissions, congestion, improve transit speed, reliability, reduc. [applause] >> good evening. i'm the director of transportation. for me, this is not the academy awards. this is the all-star game. the folks sitting over here are truly the all stars of the city. i've had an opportunity to work with ed, harlan, and jocelyn. behalf of all of us. we are also very lucky to have a bunch of people from sfmta, many of them are here. my job is to introduce the awardees. please join me and give a hand for jay primus, george reynolds, steven lee, and lorraine fuqua. >> thank you. this is a tremendous honor. it really does feel fabulous to be recognized. one of the relief fund things about this project is that it is just complex enough and just big enough that it is truly a case wh

city. >> i'm from los angeles, i love the city. san francisco. san jose doesn't have that feel. and maybe that would. maybe a larger skyline would. >> the skyline would look much different p it wasn't for the airport. >> the good news for many of the companies that are located in the downtown, they're very close to the airport. the bad news for the downtown is that it's very close to the airport. >> council woman says the airport height restrictions on the skyline are limiting investment opportunities. developers aren't eager to build here. >> construction -- often it doesn't make any sense financially for them to start construction unless they can build 30 or 40 stories or more. being able to have a few additional stories really determines whether the project is likely to move forward or not. >> the faa recently completed a pilot study at other airports looking at emergency takeoff patterns. depending on the results of that study, the faa may allow taller buildings downtown. >> i think it looks nice the way it is. if you add more to it, we're going to become too busy, too invol

the los angeles city council passed a new regulation meet this monday in a unanimous 12 to 0 vote.l.a. residents to not eat meat one day out of the week. this comes as an attempt to cut back on meat for health and environmental reasons. now they are flat out broke and they want to change our lifestyle in los angeles. you're shaking your head? david: because, you know, i'm so sick of liberals who claim they are working on our behalf when in fact they're doing exactly the opposite of what we want. i am the best judge of what i want. not some idiot bureaucrat sitting down at city hall or in the statehouse or in the white house. i'm the best judge of what i want. it makes me furious -- it makes me furious that these people want to take over what i want. they want to program it according to what they think is right what they think is proper and i'm fed up with it. absolutely fed up. stuart: charles? charles: by the way, california, america, the world, i mean really. they think there's maybe five or six people who know better and they should hand down these to us. i can't wait until the

two hours from los angeles street to since the city.asic ticket of $99 will get food and drinks. coming up, 49ers coach will not deny that he is denying he is going to commit to any starting quarterback with jason coming up in sports. or -what's up? i'm chris. -and i'm erik. both: we're the fruit guys! back in 1998, we had this idea to deliver fresh fruit to offices in downtown san francisco. we built these wooden crates, filled these with fruit in my one-bedroom apartment. the fruit guys has been with bank of america since they first started. we work with them to help them grow and succeed. we're coming up on 50 employees and delivering to thousands of companies every week. i would definitely say this is a fruitful business. >> the warriors ran out of gas. they are difficult to be in the mile high city clay thompson went off with 16 points but got hit in the face in the second half. he did not score in the second half the third quarter turnover by the warriors. this light up and follow with 29 points as the nuggets:a 50-nothing to star

metropolitan area. [ bagpipes play ] poussaint: south pasadena, california, is a city of 23,000 people nestled in the vastness of los angelesedness in that, a base, that this is your home. we have a main street here. you walk your dog, you know your neighbors. it's so good for you to be known and loved and cared about. poussaint: but south pasadena is also renowned for another reason. for 40 years, it's been fighting for its life. in 1964, the california highway commission, now called caltrans, decided to build a freeway down the center of south pasadena, along what's called the meridian route. man: caltrans would never take no for an answer, and they had thinkers there that were ingrained in the idea that southern california will have crisscross freeways every three miles, and that was the ultimate plan. essentially what caltrans engineers did is they took out their rulers and they said, "here's the stub and here's the stub," and they drew a straight line. poussaint: south pasadena already had one freeway running through it, the 1940 arroyo seco parkway, the first freeway in the west. a second freeway on the meridian route

a los angeles city council just adopted a resolution asking residents to go vegetarian on a voluntaryning. >> i love this campaign, it's creative and delicious. savannah, it has so much beneficial perks. >> it's been around a while but it's really catching on as we mentioned. l.a. has a resolution. >> right. >> doesn't require people not to eat meat, but basically recommends it. >> like a symbolic gesture, so to speak. if they have a burger they won't get thrown in jail or arrested. >> we're not there yet. >> but we hope they are going to follow. >> as a health issue, can it really help to reduce your meat intake on one day? >> yes, it definitely. can we have some studies that show if you regularly do eat meat, red meat and particularly processed or fatty red meat, you are at an increased risk for serious health conditions. things like diabetes and heart disease, stroke, so it -- it's really worth your while to reduce your intake, and on the flip side we have a large body of evidence that shows when you embrace these plant-based meals, things like beans and lentils and whole foods, so

city. from sacramento, los angeles, from all the communities in between, thank you for coming to our fantastic city to celebrate our asian-pacific heritage month. it is my pleasure to also provide you with a warm welcome and thank you for somebody who worked on this idea to bring everybody here to san francisco, my very good friend. thank you. where are you? when we first talked about this, we said there had to be the place where everybody felt comfortable. there had to be a place where we could feel the excitement of all very different asian american groups. we had to have a place where something wonderful had been accomplished. a leadership change, one that we never thought in our lifetimes. by the way, as you know, i never thought in our lifetimes we would see an african-american president of the united states. what a wonderful location, that is something to celebrate. he has been here many times, president obama. the very surprised we had of being able to celebrate the first asian mayor of san francisco. it was not my doing, it was all of the people of san francisco saying it is about time

. >> shortly after rye passed its bill, los angeles became the biggest city in the country to outlaw plastic bags. but we still have a long way to go. bangladesh and rwanda banned plastic bags years before any community in the u.s. did. so remember, you don't need a law to go green. just the desire and the commitment to do the right thing. >> there's more "teen kids news" coming up next. >> we'll be right back. >> this report is brought to you by fitsmi.com. one out of every three american kids is overweight. and research shows that girls struggling to get fit are often the least likely to get the help they need. so denise's story is encouraging. about a year ago, she came across fitsmi while surfing the web. it's an online community of teens like her, trying to lose weight. and she's willing to share her story with us. hi, denise. >> hello! >> has weight always been an issue for you? >> you know, when i was younger, it was never really an issue, but once i moved into my teens, i moved around a lot. i changed a lot of schools, and along the way, i dropped lots of activities. so that'

. >>> first new york city bans trans fats and giant sodas. now los angelesencouraging meatless mondays. the l.a. city council adopted a resolution encouraging people to go vegetarian on mondays. it's not a law. it is all on a voluntary basis. the plan is to help reduce the intake of saturated fats. >> that's not bad. >> a healthy move. >>> a cat returned as if by magic. we'll have his remarkable reunion six years in the making just ahead. >>> welcome back now. taking a lovely live look over mt. tam. a beautiful day shaping up. a touch warmer than yesterday. the climb is on through thursday. the 70s return. friday into the weekend, the rain comes back into the mix. we're talking about heavy showers sunday into monday. back to you guys. >>> thank you, christina. we end with a remarkable reunion with a missing cat in the bay area. >> a missing cat gone for six years. they finally found him. it was by magic. the feline's name is magic. he went missing when his homeowner moved from cupertino to los altos. he put up signs, but no sign of him. six years later, a ma

. >> shortly after rye passed its bill, los angeles became the biggest city in the country to outlaw plastic bags. but we still have a long way to go. bangladesh and rwanda banned plastic bags years before any community in the u.s. did. so remember, you don't need a law to go green. just the desire and the commitment to do the right thing. >> there's more "teen kids news" coming up next. >> we'll bright back. >> the debates are over, early voting is under way, and it's now the final race for the white house. president barack obama and republican presidential candidate governor mitt romney are in their final push to sway voters and get out the vote. the candidates are focusing on the crucial battleground states and those undecided voters. >> this is an election about big things, about big choices. and that's why in november we're going to elect a person and a team and a people who are gonna come together to bring real change and big change to america. [ cheers and applause ] >> we imagine a better america, and then we work hard to make it happen. that's who we are. that's why i'm aski

neil: in los angeles, they are seriously, to encourage meat meatless mondays, for city to get healthieruesday, enough about me. joining me, got scott slater, what are you wearing. >> more meat mondays. neil: what do you think of this? >> you know, i commend their effort to pass a something that soundsly they want ho help city of l.a., but, does not make sense for me for city council to spend time on a resolution like this. they have better things to worry about in los angeles. neil: you are running a billion in the red, i might focus on that before negotiang whether i have a burger, but this is part of a pattern, mayor bloomberg with the big gulp soda, and putting an end to, that on and on we go. you know, policings. they say, for our own benefit because we're not dig it ourselves, and we're costing a boat load of money as a result. >> it is not their responsibility, we promote, in my restaurant we promote choice, with a veggie burger, and a bacon burger and the turkey burger. neil: how do they do? >> they are phenomenal but not too well. neil: youan tell the food police, well, we have

. >>> do the los angeles dodgers yo' the city of san francisco money? the city says yes. san francisco wants the dodgers to pay up $1.2 million is at stake. the city wants to recoup the unpaid cost of caring for giants fan bryan stow at san francisco general. he spent four months for a traumatic brain injury after he was brutally beaten outside of a dodgers game in march of last year. city lawyers have asked the bankruptcy judge to add san francisco with a claims against the baseball team. the team filed for chapter 11 after its owner ran into problems during a bitter divorce from his wife. stow and his family are suing the team also for as much as $50 million. >>> in just about an hour, san jose neighbors will start giving their two cents on who the next police chief should be. the city is holding a series of meetings to gather information and create a profile of what the best candidate for chief would be. nbc bay area's damian trujillo has insight on some of the names being bounced around. >> reporter: the resignation of police chief chris moore caught many people by su

thunder's russell westbrook hit a fading jumper, there he goes, off the clippers, and oklahoma city beat los angeles 117-111. >>> in college basketball, fourth-ranked michigan made a second half comeback at the nit semifinals. the wolverines beat pittsburgh. to advance to the championship game. >>> and then, the moment you've all been waiting for. i know bill has. he's sitting here champing at the bit. >> trying to figure out how to spend time with my family, too, at the same time. >> oh, you'll be fine. they're all going to be watching, too. >> yeah, right. >> this is the thanksgiving triple-header we're talking about, starting with the houston texans at the detroit lions at 12:30 eastern. then there's the washington redskins at the dallas cowboys at 4:25 eastern, and then bill's game, the prime timeline-up between the new england patriots and the new york jets at 8:20 right here on nbc. >> i'll be watching and very tired tomorrow morning. >> absolutely. >>> a former model for "the price is right" just won the ultimate showcase. brandi cochran was awarded $8.5 million in a wrongful termination case

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cities with diverse population. they say that as if that's self-explanatory in terms of why you get long lines. but seriously, florida officials, have you guys ever been to l.a.? los angeles really diverse. we have been getting letters from people who vote in california where they opened tons and tons of polling places that serve much smaller groups of voters than the way you deal with it in florida. in california, for example, they vote at the up in tune society columbarium, they vote in their neighbor's garage. they vote at the headquarters of the venus beach lifeguards in los angeles. what californians do not do, not generally, is stand in line and wait eight hours to vote. after the cake splat of an election in florida and several other states this year, we are watching for ideas about how to fix our broken election system. election law expert rick hassan says we should declare a state like florida an election disaster area and bring in the feds. he says congress should nationalize the elections for every state with voter registration that follows you for life and the option of using your thumbprint as i.d. at the polls. the center for justice is recommending that con