want to recognize the scholarship winners from our public schools chang from the high school and lowell high school daniel the gladys scholarship and tim ethic from burton high school payroll from george washington high school they're our recipients of funding for made possible by this needy students incarcerated during world war 202 on june 20th i want to graduating congratulate rosa parks elementary school they invited me to speak and the amazing scholar award one of the best in the district and congratulations to the vietnamese culture center and couple of events if more magic happening that with work it f their college and career fair at school and on friday june 12th from 8:30 to 3 the summer learning day i know several of us will be under 83 to press conference 11:30 and phenomenal to our educators in the during the trial the chinese-american is malia cohen this summer in san francisco and on friday july 3rd offering a workshop for the educators managing our careers into the principle offices and beyond targeting the classroom teachers to think about professional enhancement and f

clapping) the principle of abraham lincoln high school he's a noah valley native attended another lowell high school graduate and okay ease an everybody else scout part of cities interest group in the 19 year at sfusd and previously taught eight grade and as a principle never sits still has a standing deck in his office we've been somewhere with barney i didn't one the most principles i've seen in a grocery shopping cart and seen him break dance at parties seen him do flips an football fields some amazing things and the kids just love him needless to say he's part of a family that sfusd his brother tony is a principle, too, and i have another special thing for us or you this is from bill who is part of our school and he says this is something that comes those are very special this is an air force retirement award on the back principle of the year ward principle from abraham lincoln this is from the pta so bill stand up and get acknowledged a little bit of something special for you i love you (clapping.) barry photo i'm sorry. i'm to embrace you i saw the photo and said barhopping i didn'

john alex lowell? >> good afternoon. my name is john alex lowell.resident of the franklin democratic club. and the psa c. -- several ai have severe agendized item. is an application that is free on google. and android. and it does cost on iphones. it's called "over 40.com" it's an application that transforms a smart phone into a magnifying lens and a flashlight. i can provide during the break. or right now. a demonstration of that. if you would like. i leave that up to you to determine. if you would like a demo now or during break >> perhaps during break would be best. thank you. >> that is my only effective information i'm passing on. there is an application. to transform this to an assistive device. for some capabilities. to inlarge text and create a flashlight of a cell phone. >> thank you. marte gardan? >> thank you. good afternoon everybody. i'm here to make a really happy announcements. something at the san francisco public library. for many years. both or deaf services. and library for the blind and disabilities. have a schedule more than 20

for 300 lowell high school students it's a bad cause and effect question come to life. back in may while taking the six hour long advanced placement u.s. history test a proctor mistakenly gave them an extra 15 minutes on the essay section. >> we knew initially something had gone wrong because we got extra time. >> reporter: if that was the calls, the effects was dropped off in their mailboxes by the college board. >> saying we could either retake the test or get refunded because we got extra time. >> reporter: the scores for six hours worth of testing, potential college credits were canceled and a year's worth of studying was down the drain. >> it's tough to realize that we have to retake a test that we spent so long for preparing for the whole year again. we have to relearn all the material. >> every night before the test and i don't want to do that again. >> reporter: the college board hasn't set a retest date. in 2015 getting their yes or no responses on retaking the test back to the college board has been maddingly old school. >> i faxed it four times, but of time i

lowell says low-income moms like ruth experience depression at rates much higher than the average. and depression can make it harder to provide the nurturing relationship so vital for children's development. >> that relationship is the foundation of not just emotional development and mental health; it is the foundation for cognition, for school readiness, for a sense of competence. and that's what leads to children to be successful in their lives. >> reporter: ruth didn't realize the costs of not interacting with her kids. >> when they try to make me read, i just tell them "i don't like reading." i didn't pay attention to school work or checking their backpacks. and my kids always are bugging me, "let's go to the park, let's go... let's go outside," and i couldn't because i was feeling down. >> reporter: did it seem like your mom was happy or did it seem like your mom used to be sad? >> sad. >> a little mad. >> her eyes are red, and her face is red. >> and sometimes water is in her eyes. >> reporter: and how did that make you guys feel, to see her like that? >> sad so... >> i felt

. >> hi, again my name is jessica eng and i'm a student at lowell high school, during this past school year, i witnessed the implementation of the crossing guard program at lakeshore elementary school. this is because my school is primarily close to lowell high school, that was a really cool part of that this year to see that being implemented and as an elementary school student at alamo elementary school, we had a similar program to this crossing guard safety program and i want to share some of the insight i learned with this program. as -- i was being mentored by other students on the safety protocols of crossing the street i was impacted greatly with my own safety. these mentors taught me how to be vigilant at every crosswalk and look out for myself when crossing at a major intersection some of if rules were like look left, look right, look left again and then cross some other ones was never use your phone when you're crossing the street, never look down when you're crossing, these are very pornts even now today. these lessons have been instilled within me for a while now and as a r

. >> lowell bergman: at the end of the day, when most of the world goes home, a nearly invisible workforce clocks in. millions of janitors clean malls, banks, big box stores the office where you work. many janitors are women who work at night, in empty buildings, in isolation, and that can put them in danger. >> bergman: maria bojorquez cleaned offices in san francisco's iconic ferry building. >> bergman: what happened to maria bojorquez is not an isolated incident. according to the department of justice, there are more than 17,000 sexual assaults at work a year. we began investigating this three years ago and found it was rampant among women farmworkers who are often undocumented and isolated. now we have discovered a similar pattern of violent sexual abuse against women janitors who work the nightshift. we have uncovered cases of sexual assault and rape at companies large and small, and in the darkest corners of this industry, janitors who were sexually assaulted and held captive by their bosses. >> these women work every day to feed their family and try to do the best they can with dign

street what makes it different the navigation center is able to accommodate homeless encampments lowell u allowing people to keep their pets and bring their personal bloonlz. >> the full realization that people don't want to be homeless not refuse services but from the services don't meet them and not relevant they're not going to be successful if you look at the budget losses we've got a community sacrifice important people to get food and laundry we're standing next to the bathrooms it is designed to be a dynamic and brief residential experience where right of on this site city staff to connect you to homeless places to return to family dine is up for medi-cal and all those things that are complicated for people. >> the other exciting thing city agencies come on site and provided the services for folks this is existed to see when the goal of streamlining a a whole processes of getting people on go gentle assistance into housing as much as possible. >>

in game 3 which is supposedly an nba finals record this is what dellavedova was asked by the great lowell. the blackhawks down 2-1 to the lighting hoping to tie the series 2nd period/ 1-0 blackhawks the lightning's alex killorn scores on the wrister to tie the game 1-1 3rd period/ 1-1 tie the blackhawks brandon saad with the backhander right throught he wickets of lighting goalie. 2-1 blackhawks final: 2-1 blackhawks in tampa bay 1st time the first 4 games have been decided by one goal since the usa men's soccer team scored a big win over mighty germany 87th minute 1-1 tie bobby wood scores for the second time in six days on this shot from 23 yards out to give the united states its first victory even in germany lifting the americans to a 2-1 in an exhibition game today. the 22-year-old from hawaii entered in the 74th minute scored in the 90th minute friday to give americans a 4-3 win over the netherlands in amsterdam their first win ever against the dutch >> pam: that's it for the kron 4 news at and get latest news at kron 4 dot com. or download one of our mobile apps. we'll see you tomor

. >>> reporter: the 300 lowell high school students it's a bad cause and effect question. back in may while taking the six-hour test a proctor mistakenly gave them an extra 15 minutes on the essay section. >> we knew initially that something had gone wrong because we got extra time. >> reporter: if that was the cause, the effect was dropped off in their mailboxes by the college board. >> saying that we could either retake the test or, um, get refunded because we got extra time. >> reporter: the scores for six hours of testing potential college credits were canceled and the year's worth of studying was down the drain. >> it's tough to realize that we have to retake a test, like, that we spent so long for, like, preparing for the whole year again to relearn the material. >> like every night before the test and i don't want to do that again. >> reporter: to add to the frustration the college board hasn't set a retest date. in 2015 getting their yes or no responses on retake the test back to the college board has been old school. >> i faxed them four times but every time i try

of the social committee spearheaded this my sister jeanette that was a school teacher retired as lowellhigh school as the principle and all of us don't a great job i grew up in the chinatown north beach i worked with kids from all over the city francisco served kids in 25 zip codes whether chinatown it was 94124 and 22 and 131 as well as the others others thank you. i'm very, very honored and appreciative for this recognize thank you very much (clapping.) >> congratulations again. >> the next item on the agenda is superintendent proposal 1569 s p one for the 2015-2016 the accountability plan and the san francisco unified school district this is moved and seconded on june 9, 2015, may i have a report of the committee as a whole commissioner vice president haney. >> we heard an update to the el cap plan and i think this is going to be further discussed tonight the entire board was there i know we've received a number of documents that reflected the comments asked and all the board members he think will have an update. >> may i have a reading of the resolution. >> thank you dr. murase to a

millions of people earn a living working outdoors they have little choice but to accept a high case lowell load. liddy dutt, al jazeera. >>> national security agency has lost its power to collect phone records in bulk from american citizens. that's after the senate failed to extend the patriot act. the republican presidential hopeful rand paul led the charge, and now the freedom bill that passed in the house of representatives. the critics say it doesn't go far enough oprevent government snooping. >>> a u.s. quort has ruled court has denied a woman's petition, samantha elaf was wearing a hajab during her interview in 2008. she didn't specifically say she wanted the company to give her a religious accommodation. but motivated by a desire to have to accommodate her religious issues. >>> a flight attendant refused to serve tahir ahmed. another passenger was served an unopened can of beer. according to ahmed another passenger ridiculed her. the company said, it strongly support diversity and inclusion and we do not discriminate against our employees or customers. be the attendants attempted se

john lowell? >> good afternoon again. i come to you regarding two particular senior disability resource centers in san francisco. it's constructive analysis i have done regarding the facilities. and accessibility to the facilities and assessment of pedestrian of the safety of those facilities. i'm with open house. which say registered aging and disability resource center. it's in the building. i know carla johnson can relate to this. it was approved to code for ada. but it did not have a push button access door. yet. it was approved by aging and adult resource center as being one without a door. that had a push button. that leads to constructive analysis of what are all of the metrics. they're using to approve a facility that they need to have set up that exceeds the ada that falls. under state. city. county code of having a push button. one has been. thankfully. installed on that building. so that is one constructive analysis. on that facility. the second one is the jean lond senior center. it was at an intersection of s

. >> hello, i'm the food and beverage director if lowell heights. >> are you alex perry. >> yes. sorry the bar is a neighborhood bar in the neighborhood just across the street from the jc c and the credit union and on the other side of california is oh, what's the name of the restaurant it's a small breakfast place we have a few residential zones as the only bar in the neighborhood my intention for getting a limited live performance permit was to expand have a started as a monthly thing we have live acoustics music to expand invite guests into the bar from the hotel or neighborhood to expand encourage more business in the bar the reason for it objective a small bar and it is in close proximity to expand some residential homes in my application i stated the potential of a band to provide a pa system only to expand mike voices if need be but again only ones testing the band in the space judging on this we're not a in prior management they have used the bar for several things hopefully for larger warriors games or world series we do buy outs with the hotel or ucsf or the j sees the

jim lowell let's start with a quick thought on what y see for the markets over the next six months. >i think we're going to see a lot of near term volatility. this is a market that is broenpr to whatever the fed may or may not do. i think investors need to get used to a lot more volatility and into that mix, games typically are made especially if you're a good long-term investor or investing in long-term investing. >> are there certain mutual funds that you could invest in that will help to alleviate some of that volatility? what are some of your favorites right now? >> so i would say my hat trickk effects would be fidelity international gro and fidelity japan smaller companies. i don't only invest with fidelity funds but i like those three in particular. the managers behind each of them has stellar track records not just in up records but in downdrafts and losing less will allow the measures to climb out of a hole versus an index fund or etf. in particular i like the u.s. mega cap space because it's still relatively undervald, especi compared do our mid- and small cap areas here at h

lowell. >> i come forth to you to give an announcement of a sporting event that has occurred for three years in the bay area. it's called the zaller game. it's for veterans with disabilities. it will occur at the end of may. so in roughly two weeks. up on an island in the bay. i will read my e-mail closely later. to specify where it will occur. but it's a three day event. it needs volunteer to assist in the games with veterans. with disabilities will be participating in. i can forward this to you. if you want to disemanate this. or post it on the mod website. thank you. >> all right. we will move onto the next item. correspondence. >> there is no correspondence. >> thank you. and now then. councilmember announcements? nothing? then we are adjourned. [applause]. (meeting ends at 3:25 >> i get to ask what i want to ask [laughter] and i told them that it would be okay when we we get through with that so i don't want to prolong this because we have a lot that we want to cover in a short period of time. the ground rules that you will hear about i'll tell you about when they come out and we'

lowell walker decided he was going to implement a state income tax.m that point forward with a lot of republican governors by the way, connecticut's economy has gotten worse, a lot of us predicted and i've been talking about his tax for year. you can trace their economic stagnation back to 1991. and now they're talking about even more taxes on -- i think it's ranked 50th for the worst business climate. >> i have stood in front of more companies include i think it was like saab in orange connecticut withholding a microphone saying they are leaving and going to the south or wherever. >> do you know 50% of connecticut residents in a poll over the past year said that they would leave the state if they could? 50%. but they can't sell their house. because nobody's coming in because they keep raising taxes. the business environment is worse than it's ever been. so why would you move your business to connecticut? i moved to connecticut because i love connecticut and my children love connecticut and my dogs. we love the state. and i think -- i've lived a gazil

which is supposedly an nba finals record >> gary:this is what dellavedova was asked by the great lowelle never played against myself. (laughter) >> reporter: yes trying government has the right to knight citizen of the country would you do this? >> what ever is in the favor further him whenever he once i am all for it print--whatevr , he want's i am all for it! >> gary:one struggling warriors may be injured. >> gary:draymond green has not been shooting well throughout the finals last night he was only 2-of-10 and his usually stalwart defense wasn't as sharp as well >> gary:news came out today that green is suffering from back spasms he didn't address the problem today when asked by the media head coach steve kerr confrmed green does what have back spasms is getting treated todayand will play game 4 but his effectiveness will be something to keep an eye on >> gary:the 49ers back in action this week. >> gary: the giants have a real good thing going. and when they scored with 4 and 4 taking one out and there you go. 6 and ending creek three home runs. a career high. >> gary:colin kaepernic

fare sale through midnight of people clicking onto the airline's website to snag round trip fares as lowell as 100 bucks caused it to -- low as 100 bucks caused it to crash yesterday afternoon. users may still experience some difficulty with the site. >>> t-mobile and dish network are talking about a possible merger deal according to the wall street journal. the pairing would bring together the country's second largest satellite operator with the fourth largest wireless carrier. >>> apple is recalling more than 200,000 of its popular beats pil xl portable speakers. the company has received numerous complaints of the mini sound system overheating and one reported case of someone burned. customers can apply for a 320 five dollars refund on apple's -- $325 refund on apple's website or receive store credit. >>> an interactive design using wireless systems, motion wearable technology creates toys that will allow kids to exercise while playing. disney is banking on playmation products pleasing both parents and shareholders. >>> how police believe a frederick woman died in her home. >> plus a biza

. >> reporter lowell mel zer talked to a woman who had a close encounter. >> like, oh, wow. >> reporter: it wasn't untilson dra -- until sandra bishop got out of the water thursday that she saw a hammerhead shark swam by her. >> wasn't moving very much i really didn't think it was a shark. in the movie, you see them moving a lot faster. it's a funny floaty that's what i was thinking. it was a feeling like that. >> reporter: jim reporter also saw it and like many other onlookers was amazed. >> i have never seen one in here that close to the beach before, unless i caught it surf fishing. nothing that big. >> reporter: this was the second spotting of a hammerhead shark in ocean city in a week. last sunday, one washed ashore after giving birth near the delaware/maryland line. officials say it most likely had been brought in too close to the shore by anglers. wednesday though there was a sighting of a second shark that seemed to swim up and down the coast aimlessly. identified as a shark, in the surf zone, the guards moved the people out of the wake as they went down the beach moved people o

oh, i have briefings, lowell, on the cases. but i have staff specifically assigned to that. >> well, a number don't appear to have any follow up investigation which would seem to violate your policy. >> again, every complaint or account of behavior that might be sexual harassment we take very seriously and we want to do a prompt and thorough investigation. >> but there would be a file somewhere wouldn't there? >> there should be, yes. it could be as simple as "do you remember investigating?" "yes, i did." "where are the notes" "i don't know where the notes are". >> there may have been an investigation but there's no record of it. >> that's correct. >> wooduff: watch the full frontline "rape on the night shift" tonight on most pbs stations. >> ifill: on the newshour online, last night we brought you a story on aquaponics, a system of farming that uses no soil. tonight, read how one non-profit is helping schools set up their very own aquaponic systems as both a teaching laboratory and a way to earn money. we have a guide for scho

. >> lowell weicker passed a state income tax and all of the people with money and small businesses thatted to rush up to connecticut stopped rushing up to connecticut. and in this region you just imagine if connecticut had no state income tax right now like they did in 1991 with the high taxes in new york and new jersey imagine the flight of businessis investors that would happen going up to connecticut. >> heky tell you one thing that is happening people of my age in my profession a lot are moving to florida because florida has no income tax. >> well, florida is the new connecticut because i can tell you so many people in my business say, hey i'm moving to your state. and they figure out a way to be in new york less than 180 days. and take up residence in florida, they have 0% state income tax. so while i pay 55% of everything i make straight off the top to the government you go down to florida, you're paying 35% to 39%. >> your only consolation is that when you move from florida to connect kukt cut, your taxes went down a little bit. >> in just a few hour rick perry is poised to jump

. >> and there have been so many businesses that have been fleeing the state since lowell weicker in started it with an income tax. >> and a state that has extraordinary advantages and rye sources this terms of the people and the location. and the history. and just being squandered because they have not been able to put policies in place in a actually enurge people to come into the state. >> it has some of the best colleges and some of the most educated people in the world. and yet, willie i know you've matt the drive up new england like i have, like mika -- mika knows connecticut better than anybody here. but one shuttered factory after another after another. it's been a devastating 20 years. and instead of turning things around like carol campbell did in south carolina in the 1980s, we get this. more taxes. >> something's got to give here. jeff immelt says corporate taxes have been raised five times since 2011 and he says they can't bear that anymore. 5700 employees for ge inside the state of connect consult. you connecticut. you wonder what happens to those people. i would call th

>> joining us jim lowell. welcome to the program.entral message to investors from your point of view? >> we continue to think the stimulus measures applied in europe and japan create a nice safety net for investors to walk across the near-term volatility which we fully expect based on fear than fundamentals, maybe due to greece but due to other issues. we think especially compared to other areas in the world, europe and japan provides very attractive valuations. we think for investors would be the time to take advantage of any significant selling in the markets based on fear and not fundamentals. >> you make the point about fundamentals. i should buy japan and europe on fundamentals, you say. not least because the central banks there are inflating. is the inflation of a central bank fundamental, in your view? is that a main reason fundamentally to buy a stock? >> no. it definitely creates a safety net. sooner or later, that piper will have to be paid. we think that is years down the road. in our own economy, slow growth not no growth

the divergent -- the disparity between the orange line in the killer slide and the loweller tropospheric temperatures as measured by satellites and weather balloons will grow and grow and grow and grow until this profession that i am not happily a member of says we were wrong. now, this was presented over to the american geophysical union in december and it's a little complicated. i'm going to stand over there and ruin the video presentation. solid bottom lines are the average of all 107 of the united nations computer models. the average warming trend predicted for the last ten years, the last 11 years, last 12 years the last 62 years. beginning in 1951. the 95 and 97.5 confidence limits around the mean value predicted by the 107 models. and seen as the model output is pretty normally distributed, you can apply standard statistics to it. the colored dots are the observed temperature changes. for the last ten years, for the last 11 years. on up to the last 62 years. where the colored dots are green, the predicted changes fall within the 95% confidence level made of the model distribution

the divergent -- the disparity between the orange line in the killer slide and the loweller tropospheric temperatures as measured by satellites and weather balloons will grow and grow and grow and grow until this profession that i am not happily a member of says we were wrong. now, this was presented over to the american geophysical union in december and it's a little complicated. i'm going to stand over there and ruin the video presentation. solid bottom lines are the average of all 107 of the united nations computer models. the average warming trend predicted for the last ten years, the last 11 years, last 12 years the last 62 years. beginning in 1951. the 95 and 97.5 confidence limits around the mean value predicted by the 107 models. and seen as the model output is pretty normally distributed, you can apply standard statistics to it. the colored dots are the observed temperature changes. for the last ten years, for the last 11 years. on up to the last 62 years. where the colored dots are green, the predicted changes fall within the 95% confidence level made of the model distribution

tonight i rise in fond memory of a friend from nevada county, lowell robinson. mr. lamalfa: a community icon who passed away recently at the age of 9 . he was entrepreneurial career started in 1949 when the designed equipment for a local saw mill. a few years later he began a logging business known as robinson and sons he also started a business that included gold mining and distribution and sales. he was a supporter of the nevada county community. he was a kind gentleman liked by everybody and his legacy will be felt for many, many years in the work he did for helps united way, h--- 4-h, just about anything worth doing he was involved with in nevada county. including my own personal travels. a small indian springs school still stands where he attended. i join nevada county in mourning his loss, a great friend a kind hearted person who you just get along great with. our condolences go out to wanda and his family. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from washington seek recognition? without objection the gentleman from washington is recognize

in my hometown, the lowell national historic park was the first urban national park of its kind. commemorating and preserving the catalytic role the city played in spawning the industrial revolution. minuteman national park is down the road in concord where visitors can see firsthand where the shot heard around the world was fired and where the american revolution began. we are grateful that we have made the commitment to protect history for future generations coming away awed by these sites. this is an opportunity to increase engagement with our parks so we cannot only celebrate the places we love to visit with family and friends but also make the necessary investments to prepare our parkers in next 100 years. despite a significant and multifaceted obligation, the park service budget has been shrinking, compromising its ability to ensure adequate protection to its treasured national history. since 2010, there's been more than a 7% or $178 million reduction in today's dollars in the account to operate the national parks. over the last decade, there's been a 62% or $227 million de