i am iian chung and junior at lowell high school. it was a month ago i learned of my friend. i believe the ultimate solution is a stop light right in between somewhere around [inaudible] drive because to back it up i have started a petition a month ago on change.org that has 3500 signatures and i believe it's a great solution because on you can -- in the area there are schools and a day care center. it would greatly slow down the traffic and if you ever drive on slope in the mornings it's hectic and no one ever stops for you. now, i did do research on slope just to watch the pedestrians and i noticed many senior citizens are crossing the street and all the drivers saw the signs it is state law to yield to the pedestrians but not one car, not one car stopped, and i would like the city to consider the fact to install a traffic light on slope boulevard because this is something that can be prevented. thank you. >> thank you. >> good afternoon supervisors. my name is sophia lee and i am a junior at lowell high school and i am speaking about pedestrian safety and my best friend wa

they were academically my daughter was promoted into lowell high school. i feel those teachers have given integrity and they have united the school of african-american, hispanic, and those two individuals imparted to my daughter extreme principle morales and i give my hundred percent support to those individuals they are outstanding. and the school board please take a close process that it goes through it it would find somehow so a teacher who gives so much of hers in difficult significance and then being fate out without being any process please bring them back >> can you tell me your name sir? >> i'm william. thank you very much. >> hello, i'm a uc student. i have given my time to do my part to secure the long term future with the hope of future generations including my own son about benefit someday. the culture is very important in my thesis research there was a lady who described her language barrier how much i am of asian. she fldz the rejection of her divisive backyard. the fact we're struggling to even maintain those taverns is really an alarming pr

we have kids from lowell, mission, gateway, school of the arts, city art and tech and we're about to put on balboa with full support from the principal which is a first and we're excited. it's outreach and bonding kids together. america's cup offers insight into what the possibilities are for the future. maybe not for every sailor but for some ambitious kids so we're very pleased that you are hopefully supporting this process and will vote in favor of the permits. thank you. >> thank you. >> bruce. >> in general the boaters are in favor of this activity because we like to promote boating. we are disappointed there was no outreach to the harbor association. you picked a lot of airkzs and cal hallow and not on the waterfront. it's like you're afraid to talk to us because we filed a lawsuit. we are trying to have a dialogue without the lawyers and open to that to resolve issues. as far as the activity you're going to permit and i recommend that you permit but however you should realize that people are inconvenienced by this and the city of san francisco hopes to gain money and prestige

the tracks run here on lowelling boulevard where the high school is located. officials say it happened at 6:40 during rush hour. this were three teens playing a game of chicken on the tracks. this was the amtrak 544 train from san jose to sacramento that hit the boy. he was with a 15-year-old boy and 15-year-old girl and it is believed they were playing a game of chicken. >> i don't know what their definition of" chicken" is but it is when kids jump if and out of the way of passing trains. i don't know how long the gale was -- game was played or if other individuals were involved. >> there were 133 passengers on the train. there were five crew members. no one else was hurt. an amtrak official called it preventible tragedy. officials have not released the age or name of the boy. we do not know whether three is a student here at the high school. it did happen across the street from the high school and san lorenzo high school facebook offers con doll -- condolences. >> new details on the bay bridge bolt problem. engineering experts say a comedy of errors caused d

. >> on lowell street the tree branch that landed on power lines caused a scare. >> you heard a crack and fireball at the pole over there. and then, i went outside and end. wire was sweeping down in our backyard and shorting out. it was like fireworks in our backyard. >> but it avoided homes. not the case on hillsdale road in san mateo. they were sleep ai sleep in their bed when part of the redwood landed in their home. everybody was okay, six rooms sustained damage. in redwood city the tree missed homes that knocked out power. >> it's weird, don't have internet. you go switching on lights. it was crazy. >> winds created a mess all over the peninsula. debris from trees are scattered all over city streets and the howling kept many people awake last night. >> it was really strong and gusts, really strong gusts. we have a roof on the back of the deck and it was hitting and making sounds. >> reporter: even if you did sleep through it all, you didn't have to look for that something happened last night. this is the common theme we've seen, twigs and leaves strewn about everywhere. it's a bi

resident but someone more interested in the district and representing all the issues, and graduate of lowel high school. both of my daughters are blowing kisses to me from new york as they also graduated from that fantastic school. she has a very distinction have gone to u c davis. obviously some very strong intelligence, a double major, of course it is a proper time to thank mr. and mrs. tang for that great lineage of parentage that is demonstrated there. i have no doubt that katie will fulfill these incredible obligations responsibly for the district, representing everybody. she has been literally every corner and again the residents have continued to say can we have continuity. we want to have things done. we don't want name calling or disputes. really the collaborative experience that this board is demonstrating, they wanted the same thing representing district 4 which is something they felt in supervisor's chu's representation for the last five years. i have no doubt that she'll be an effective representative of the district and also can be having things running and as you know we have

many kenyans have lowell sympathy -- have little sympathy for the parliamentarians. >> every morningregory takes a train to work. it costs him 50 cents u.s. approximately. he is a mechanic and has turned over all over -- has earned a little over $100 a month and has a family. millions of kenyans on minimum- wage. members of parliament are pushing for salary increases barely a month after they were sworn in. paid better to be than other kenyans. there would be doing a disservice to the country. >> a salary regulatory body last year reduced mp salaries to $78,500 a year before tax. they used to earn $185,000 tax- free. members in the previous parliament were amongst the highest paid in the world. they had the power to set their own salaries. when that's why an independent body to regulate their pay was interest in the constitution in 2007. it is this body that the current members of parliament now want to be disbanded. petition started a against that board. , thee power to make laws power to amend any law is of parliament. >> many kenyans believe that if history is anything to go by, m

lowell high school if san francisco, number 48. mission san jose high school in fremont number 79. the magazine says california has nearly a third of the schools that earned a gold or silver medal in national rankings. >> a lot of people will be moving your way. >> it is a great day out there, right? >> so far away from the coast. i will give you an example why the winds are important and why we watched the fog like we are seeing from mount tamalpais. the temperature dropped 12 degrees in ten minutes at ocean beach today because of the wind shift. i will show you the cooling trend in the forecast. >> plus, residents in the mid-west face the worst flooding in recorded history and the worst could be yet to come. >> boys or girls? scientists determined the sex of xá0?xñxx/÷(úúúxñúx! >> covering daly city, dublin/pleasanton, los gatos, and all bay area, this is abc7 news. >> new this morning, french lawmakers have voted to legalize same-sex marriage. the country's president is expected it sign the bill into law. today's decision comes after months of debate and strict protests have b

i have known him since his early days on the beat since -- in my home town of lowell. he worked as a beat cop, detective, and narcotics officer, being named chief in 1994. during his time in lowell, chief davis helped turn around our city and set it off into an age of growth. we were proud of him when he left to become the boston police commissioner and even more proud of him now. commissioner davis showed extraordinary intelligent, professionalism, poise and confidence from monday through the capture of the suspects on friday. he was a calming influence in a time of great chaos and crisis. he deserves our thanks and gratitude of the people of boston, our commonwealth and our country. and special agent in charge, who proved insufficiently capable during the entire crisis as he oversaw a massive operation of identifying and s anding down the suspect helped bring the swiss term of justice down upon those responsible. ,lso, at times of great crisis we look to our leaders for guidance and confidence. leaders, city state and federal do not shy away but came head-on. so we c

. >> on lowell street the tree branch that landed on power lines caused a scare. >> you heard a crack and fireball at the pole over there. and then, i went outside and end. wire was sweeping down in our backyard and shorting out. it was like fireworks in our backyard. >> but it avoided homes. not the case on hillsdale road in san mateo. they were sleep ai sleep in their bed when part of the redwood landed in their home. everybody was okay, six rooms sustained damage. in redwood city the tree missed homes that knocked out power. >> it's weird, don't have internet. you go switching on lights. it was crazy. >> winds created a mess all over the peninsula. debris from trees are scattered all over city streets and the howling kept many people awake last night. >> it was really strong and gusts, really strong gusts. we have a roof on the back of the deck and it was hitting and making sounds. >> reporter: even if you did sleep through it all, you didn't have to look for that something happened last night. this is the common theme we've seen, twigs and leaves strewn about everywhere. it's a bi

lowell melser is covering the trial. >> a new addition to the baltimore city school of law.eorge lettis will have more tonight. scheduled toama is pay a visit to maryland. she will witness the signing of maryland's veterans full employment act. it allows veterans to receive credit for their military training and experience. >> 5:31. time for traffic and weather together on the 1's. >> we do not expect any rain today. temperatures will be a touch warmer. 51 in parkton. we should make it into the upper 60's and low 70's. the best chance for rain this week will be friday night and saturday morning. 60's on saturday and sunday. >> most of the major roadways ok for now. flames closed southbound 95 at the 895 split. two lanes closed as you exit southbound. we will continue to monitor that for you. traffic in the green on southbound 95 down to the 895 split. a medical emergency to watch for. 10 minutes on 95 south down towards 32. shape.pretty good that is the latest on traffic pulse 11. investigators continued to search for clues regarding two explosions near the finish line at th

so for example at maybe a high end school like lowell ore gunn you might have bullying because you're not taking enough ap class. i have heard this and there is so mush pressure and criticized by the peers if they're not smart enough. in other schools it's the opposite and bullied because they are smart when that is not the krult. maybe in texas where it's a different culture that we saw in the movie that perhaps football is everything and if a child isn't good at sports they're an outcast. i would like to ask how or if addressing the cultural needs at each school how can we -- is this all one way of doing this, or do you feel there are different needs in different communities? and i think perhaps the law enforcement folks feel the cultures in the communities and see that come out in the adults. i would like to hear about how do you affect a culture and even in san francisco we have many cultures affecting what is valued, what is criticized. >> you know i think that richard touched upon this. it's a relationship of power and it's clearly going to differ from community to community; ri

. >> reporter: in lowell, michigan, near grand rapids, record floodwaters damaged hundreds of homes ands of businesses. back in clarksville standing on the deck of his house, douglas getten says he feels like he's on the deck of a ship. >> when the river is low it is a beauty. when it's high, it's a beast. >> reporter: tonight the town's holding its breath anxiously waiting to see if the sandbags hold, and they know this is only the beginning. >> we're not out of the woods. if we have rain up north or that quick snow melt, we're going to see higher levels yet. >> reporter: already major flooding forecast for later this week from northern iowa to st. louis. lester? >> anxious days there, john, thanks. >>> four days after that huge explosion at a fertilizer plant in central texas, everyone is accounted for tonight with 14 people dead and 200 injured. more residents returned home today, but the area closest to the plant is still off-limits. nbc's gabe gutierrez has the latest. >> reporter: new video of the damage in west, texas, after a fertilizer facility exploded in a blinding fireball.

i would like applaud the kids from lowell high school and it's difficult for them and that issue is important but i want to put this on the radar screen so you're aware of it. thank you. >> thank you. >> good morning supervisors. i am karen franklin. i live on juice avenue and i have come to add my voice to the concerns about pedestrian safety in district 7. i have two children that cross at monterey. there is a stop sign there, but it is worry worrisome that so many people don't stop and do rolling stops and it's not unusual to think that a lot of these problems are happening near schools with kids are being kids and drivers just aren't paying attention, but what i wanted to mention today are a few cost savings solutions to the problem as i see it. any tall foliage in the medians to give a sense of smaller space for the drivers will automatically make them go slower. i mean my concern is if we implement lower speed limits do we have the funds to actually enforce it? so if we don't we need to have other items in place that give the illusion that drivers are in a small area and just naturally

as diego mentioned, we're a well established college, 30% smaller than lowell high school. so, we're not going to overtake the neighborhood. we were founded in 1907 after the great earthquake and fire here in san francisco. we're a private nonprofit 501(c) (3), and we, as diego mentioned, have just over 900 students. that's our main building there. 35% of our students come from california, 35% from the rest of the u.s., and 20% international. i was just in istanbul three weeks ago to welcome our largest turkish class ever. so, there you go. in the creation of our campus, as diego's outline pointed out, we've been very conscious about assembling contin with us parcel in the neighborhood with the goal of creating an urban campus. we look very forward to continuing to work with our neighbors, to pull this together, and to help on the infrastructure improvements and basically the quality of life improvements in this neighborhood. the lighter pink rectangle on there that's abutting 7th street is the new parcel we bought in march of 2011. and, so, about two years ago we sat down

so for example at maybe a high end school like lowell ore gunn you might have bullying because you're not taking enough ap class. i have heard this and there is so mush pressure and criticized by the peers if they're not smart enough. in other schools it's the opposite and bullied because they are smart when that is not the krult. maybe in texas where it's a different culture that we saw in the movie that perhaps football is everything and if a child isn't good at sports they're an outcast. i would like to ask how or if addressing the cultural needs at each school how can we --

it happened last night on the tracks across from east lowelling boulevard.wo friends were playing chicken that turned deadly. deputies are waiting to release the age and identity of the victim but the two friends were clearly shaken. >> now a check of the only mute with leyla gulen and the traffic center. >> good morning, everyone. at 7:25 we have a live look from sky 7 by 87 it is looking clear. we had an early injury accident involving a bus. here is early footage. it look like everything now is off to the shoulder, off of the freeway, and there was an injury accident slowing traffic down but it is starting to improve. >> mike nicco has the bay area forecast when >> we have a little bit of fog at napa, and 50 in oakland and fremont and only antioch is warmer at 55. the temperatures are two to nine degrees warmer-than-average. here is the seven-day outlook, cool breezes on th >>> i have a series of random lines. >> okay. >> and what i would like -- >> you're just going to pull out of your head. >> no, they're written down. they're written down. but i would

during a 28-year -- lowell. during a 28-year career at the lowell police department, he worked as a beat cop, a detective and a vice and narcotics officer, being named chief in 1994. during his time in lowell, chief davis helped to turn around our city and set it off into an age of growth. we were proud of him when he left to become the boston police commissioner and we are even more proud of him now. commissioner davis showed extraordinary intelligence, professionalism, poise and confidence from monday through the capture of the suspects on friday. he was a calming influence in a time of great chaos and crisis. he deserves our thanks, the gratitude of the people of boston, of our commonwealth, and of our country. and i commend special agent in harge richard who proved himself capable during the entire crisis as he oversaw the massive operation of identifying and tracking down the suspects and helped bring the swift arm of justice down upon those responsible. and also at times of great crisis we look to our lead

pedestrians accidents have gone up since 2009. 2 of this year fatality happened in hads district including lowelll student killed on slow avenue. this young woman. transportation officials may add more stops and turn restriction on cars as well and giving pedestrians more time to get across the street. >> well, why run when you can walk? new study says when it comes to your heart one may actually be as good as the other. according to a principal researcher l pall williams of lawrence barecly lab, walking briskly than clear high bloop and diabetes and compared tens of thus of runners and walker. bottom line really is distance rather than speed. reap the most benefit. slngs the amount of energy expended is the same, health advantages are similar. >> seems majority of americans want marijuana made legal. concerning to the pew center 50% say that should be the cas case. in more than 40 years of polling on this issue this is the first time most americans submit legalizing mayor juan. 84 percent were opposed in 196 1969. in favor of ending prohibition on pot and when it comes to government spending on

there is lowell vacation rain and high elevation snow showers and 57 at yosemite.h low-to-mid 60's and scattered light showers around los angeles and san diego. leyla gulen? >> injury crash southbound along 680 before you reach crow canyon road with heavy backups so beyond danville you are on the brakes. the app shows plenty of people waiting in solid traffic and about down to seven miles per hour traffic. it is packed out there. so make sure you give yourself plenty of extra time, the alternate will help you out. kristen and eric? >> starting this morning the aids health care foundation will offer free vaccines for bacterial meningitis, in response to new fears of a deadly meningitis outbreak among gay men. a man from west hollywood died over the weekend. the 33-year-old was critically ill after attending the white party, a major party if the gay community in palm springs two weeks ago. officials say they don't want to cause panic but they are taking an active stand and offering free vaccines at clinics in host hollywood and los angeles. >> trading is underway on

pollard saw him again that year at another boxing tournament in lowell, massachusetts. but he didn't seem the same. >> in 2009, just a flashier guy, sharp dresser, like kind of carried himself with a lot of confidence. and then the next year seemed like a humbler guy, dressed a lot more conservative, kind of like came to the fight as we all did hoody, jeans. >> he also seemed more devoted to his muslim faith. >> he didn't talk that much about his faith to me until like the next year i saw him at the tournament. it was obvious it was a bigger part of his life. he felt like the immediate need to share it with me. he was really seemed like happy about where he was with his faith. >> once tamerlan told me, mom, you know, islam is the right religion. >> tamerlan's mother witnessed her son's transformation. >> i would like for you to be covered because islam is requiring for women to be covered. so i said, it was really like not accepted aspect. so i said, maybe sometime, tamerlan. >> last year, tamerlan traveled back to his homeland, a region of russia racked by ethnic viole

. >> republican senator charles bishop and democratic senator lowell barren, both notoriously outspokengin to argue heatedly. >> you definitely see when you watch the tape that there are some words being exchanged and you're not quite sure what they're saying, but you knew that there was an argument at least. we didn't know, you know, what the outcome would be, but we just sat there and watched it for a little bit, and all of a sudden it happened and it happened very quickly. mr. bishop had hit mr. barren. he had punched him. and there was a little bit of a struggle for a few seconds. the security guards ran out. they tried to break them up. a few other legislators also tried to get in between them. the punch was very quick, and the struggle was very quick, and the breakaway between the two, that was also quick. so it happened in a matter of seconds. >> he had just a standard all-american punch thrown. one punch thrown. everybody else pulls the two apart. >> i couldn't believe what i was seeing, you know. you're sort of like a car crash or a train wreck. you're looking at it and you're,

on the spine of the sierra we have snow showers and lowell vacations and higher elevations of rain showersot much. 67 in sacramento. to the south, scattered light showers and low-to-mid 60's around san diego and los angeles. leyla gulen, get me out of this. >> if mike calls us on that negotiation i will upset. >> it is 5:25 as we look at the drive into san jose it is busier but we do have debris in lanes southbound 280 beyond ray street but it is not slowing things down. it is not slowing down in mass transit, with everything running at top speeds and on type. san jose, the drive, northbound, 87, to downtown san jose, it is looking clear. kristen and kira? >> they could be flying off the bookstore shelves but "50 shades of gray" are not lining the library shelves. the american library association has the we book as number 4 among books most likely to be removed because of complaints from parents, educators and communities. the most removed books this past year? what do you think? >> captain underpants series. for kids. >> i have seen them in our libraries and i want to read to see why thou

pollard saw him again that year at another boxing tournament in lowell, massachusetts, but he didn't seem the same. >> in 2009, just a flashier guy, sharp dresser, like kind of carried himself with a lot of confidence, and then the next year seemed like a humbler guy, dressed a lot more conservative, kind of had like -- came to the fight as we all did, hoodie, jeans. >> reporter: he also seemed more devoted to his muslim faith. >> he didn't talk that much about his faith to me until in the next year i saw him at the tournament. it was obvious that it was a bigger part of his life. he felt like the immediate need to share it with me. he was really -- you know, seemed like happy about where he was with his faith. >> tamerlan -- once tamerlan told me, mama, you know, islam is the right religion. >> reporter: tamerlan's mother witnessed her son's transformation. >> i would like, mama, you to be covered because islam is required -- requiring for women to be covered. so i said -- it was really like a little not expected aspect. so i said give me some time, you know, tamerlan. >> reporter:

it happened on the tracks that run by the while in san lorenzo on lowelling last night.have not released the boy's name or able but he was out here with a 15-year-old boy and a againa 15-year-old girl. the families and nasa tores -- pastors came to the scene when they heard. >> the kids walk in this neighborhood each day coming to and from practices and other community events. it is important kids realize how dangerous the tracks are. do not walk on the tracks for any reason. especially not to play games or take a shortcut home. >> an amtrak official says the same thing calling the delegate -- death tragic but preventable. do not play games with speeding trains. it was the line from san jose to sacramento with 133 passengers and five crew. everyone else was okay. >> thank you. developing news from the south bay. three, 16-year-old boys will be formally charged accused of sexaully assaulting a saratoga teen at a party. the 15-year-old killed herself eight days later. the sheriff deputies arrested the three boys yesterday, two at saratoga high school, the other at the new

he won a couple fights in lowell. he lost in nationals.but to make it to nationals, is a good accomplishment. >> he ended up quitting boxing and i believe that you are under the understanding, because he couldn't represent the united states. is that right? >> for some reason in the second tournament, golden gloves, we couldn't travel with the team. i thought it was because he couldn't represent the united states, but i can't say for sure. >> did he ever talk to you about religion or politics? >> he was definitely big -- the second year i met him, he talked a lot about his faith. just seemed to really be more about what he was about, his character. he spoke to his faith to me many times. the times i saw hum the second time around. he also talked about his wife -- or not his wife, his then fiance and him being in love with her. that's pretty much all we discussed, was his faith and his family. >> did you notice his mood changing? did he become more aggressive? did he become more fearful of america or authority? >> i just noticed that he seem