stronger partner could we have had than the san francisco public library under the leadership of luis herrera[applause] luis has been a real up toer in standing with us in doing what's necks -- necessary to make this happen. stuart shaw, ann carroll is back there. everett, the people in the production department who have helped us. you will see all the hard work they have provideded when you go over to check this exhibit. so without further ado i would like to have luis introduce our keynote speaker. >> thank you, al. what a glorious day it is and happy black history month. i'm honored to introduce our

stronger partner could we have had than the san francisco public library under the leadership of luis herrera. luis has been -- let's give luis a -- [applause] luis has been a real up toer in standing with us in doing what's necks -- necessary to make this happen. stuart shaw, ann carroll is back there. everett, the people in the production department who have helped us. you will see all the hard work they have provideded when you go over to check this exhibit. so without further ado i would like to have luis introduce our keynote speaker. >> thank you, al. what a glorious day it is and happy black history month. i'm honored to introduce our keynote speaker, bernard kinsey. i had the pleasure of meeting bernard had he attended the first meeting with the california council for the humanities and immediately he made quite an impact with not only his creative ideas and vision but also his passion. right then and there i said to myself, my only resfwret that i didn't get to meet him way, when much earlier in our lives. his biography reads like an adventure with an extraordinary record of accompli

luis herrera is charged with murdering a technician with the san francisco public utilities commission. he was killed near the daily city bart station. he is accused of racketeering, conspiracy and murder conspiracy. at the time police say it may have been a case of mistaken identity. >>> seven candidates in the race for mayor of san francisco want election monitors to step in to oversee the voting process. the request of the california secretary of state and the department of justice comes in response to accusations of voter fraud on behalf of some of mayor ed lee's supporters. video in china town on friday shows workers from an independent group supporting ed lee, helping voters fill out absentee ballots and in some cases filling out the ballots themselves. >> we have a videotape that essentially shows workers. telling people how to vote. helping them fill out their ballots. that's a clear violation of the elections law. >> if i heard somebody was doing that on behalf of me i would stand up and say that's wrong. as i would come out and say that should cease and desist. i would lead t