mirkarimi, as you may remember, was recently accused of grabbing lopez hard enough to cause a bruise. it led to domestic violence charges and mirkarimi pleaded guilty to misdemeanor false imprisonment last year. it caused a riff between mirkarimi and mayor ed lee. >>> still ahead, another reminder of that tsunami that devastated japan as we near the two-year date of that disaster. >>> american airlines and us airways get married this valentine's day. what is the new relationship meaning to you? we'll take a look in business news. >>> greetings from arizona. i'm lawrence scott. we're going to introduce you to a giants legend. he makes sure everything is right for the players. that's coming up in a report right here from spring training in just a bit. >>> and a valentine's day forecast you are guaranteed to love. but all good things must come to an end. and that rain is on the way. we'll let you know its timing coming up. >>> welcome back, everybody. nearly two years after a tsunami hit japan, killing close to 16,000 people, remnants of that disaster continue to make their way across th

with well we're friends with ross mirkarimi and we don't have to give you an answer and, in fact nobody said that. in this instance it's a badge of honor. they don't have it give you a reason. they haven't given you a reason. it's not official miscould be duct if it's only the sunshine ordinance. and that is the message. thank you very much. >> commissioners, as the previous speaker mentioned jul gomez has been elected to her position [twao-eupbs/] since you found her unanimously to have violated her responsibility under the sunshine ordinance and yes, the mayor has refused to even deal with it and it's interesting over the last year, he didn't mind spending $200,000 of money to get ross mirkarimi out of office and yet with one of his own appointees, you sent him a recommendation and he ignores it and he ignores that. well, boys and girls, can anyone spell hypocritical? very frankly one of the reasons i have been adamant about the library commission is the fact that they come before the public and they lie. they present number relating to the finances of friends of the public library an

ross mirkarimi put together the event just a few months after his polarized case. >> i said listen, thisis also a very important audience as one would guess. >> reporter: mirkarimi was not invited to a larger dance event at the civic center. but the sheriff and his wife eliana lopez received a warm welcome at the jail. mirkarimi was reinstated to his job in october after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor charge in a domestic abuse case involving his wife. >>> coming up in eight minutes an olympic athlete accused of killing hi girlfriend. the turn of events for a man who warmed hearts just a year ago in london. >>> a student is learning the hard way that wearing a gas mask to a school was not very funny. officers blocked off the area while teachers kept students inside classrooms. police identified the suspect as 18-year-old christopher egerton who they found inside his classroom. >> i wouldn't say he's really a jokester but he definitely likes to push people's buttons. >> reporter: egerton wrote last night, kind of thinking about wearing a gas mask to school tomorrow, funny or weird? >>>

ktvu's david stevenson now with why ross mirkarimi's participation isn't sitting well with everyone.the party is wrapping up now. there are a couple people dancing here. one event celebrating this campaign was more controversial because of the city official supporting it. >> reporter: a dance done around the world today at jails. dozens of inmates joined in, calling for an end to violence against women and girls. >> i am a domestic violence survivor. it means a lot to me. you have to feel the muse took do it. [ music playing ] >> the campaign song break the chain had special meaning for the women here. >> a program where we are all geared towards recovery as women and a part is recovering from relationships that are abusive. >> reporter: san francisco sheriff ross mirkarimi convicted last year on a domestic violence related charge brought organizers into the jails to teach the dance. he wasn't invited to the event today at city hall. >> today's event is special and i am glad family and the public are coming together. you want to get to the heart of the matter, come in the jail system

mirkarimi pleaded guilty to a domestic violence-related charge last year. he was reportedly not ininvited to -- invited to join other city leaders in events opposing domestic violence. >>> we have new information on the disabled carnival ship. the coast guard said the ship is adrift off the coast of alabama because of a broken tow line. the shipp was scheduled to -- the ship was scheduled to arrive at a port in mobile today. there are 4200 people on the ship. a fire on board knocked out power on sunday. since then, passengers and crew have dealt with overflowing toilets and no ventilation inside passenger cabins. >>> moms are asking congress to have a heart this valentine's day. the push for gun safety laws. >>> mark tamayo is tracking a warming trend and he will tell you just how warm you can expect it to get. >>> the golden state warriors are revising their arena proposal. we'll tell you why. [ female announcer ] safeway presents real big deals of the week. or how to keep from driving all over for the best deals. you don't need to run around. safeway give

ross mirkarimi put together the event just a few months after his polarized case. >> i said listen, this was not invited to a larger dance event at the civic center. but the sheriff and his wife eliana lopez received a warm welcome at the jail. mirkarimi was reinstated to his job in october after pleading guilty to a misdemeanor charge in a domestic abuse case involving his wife. >>> coming up in eight minutes an olympic athlete accused of killing hi girlfriend. the turn of events for a man who warmed hearts just a year ago in london. >>> a student is learning the hard way that wearing a gas mask to a school was not very funny. officers blocked off the area while teachers kept students inside classrooms. police identified the suspect as 18-year-old christopher egerton who they found inside his classroom. >> i wouldn't say he's really a jokester but he definitely likes to push people's buttons. >> reporter: egerton wrote last night, kind of thinking about wearing a gas mask to school tomorrow, funny or weird? >>> police say they have surveillance video showing the actual vehicle. it's a w

sheriff ross mirkarimi invited them in. last year mirkarimi pleaded guilty to domestic violence charges against his wife. he says he is committed to help inmates end the violence in their lives. >> credible stories of triumph overcoming adversity because of maybe their past is occurring right now. the more we can showcase that and help people get on that track, that's exactly what i plan to do. and i'm committed as sheriff to doing it. >> reporter: how about for you? >> i'm doing it every day. my family is great. we're strong. department is going right and well. what else can i say? >> reporter: city leaders like the mayor of san francisco and the district attorney say that they have to continue to be a voice and to find solutions practical solutions to end family violence. already, the commission on the status of women is reporting that they have been able to eliminate domestic violence homicides in the city in san francisco for the first time in 10 years. live in san francisco, linda yee kpix 5. >>> so close yet so far. t

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. >> we asked mirkarimi if he felt shunned by reportedly not being invited to this city hall event.said he's not dwelling on it. his wife said it's just politics. live in san francisco, at city hall, abc 7 news. >> okay. thank you. >> another gorgeous day this valentine's day around the bay. >> perfect for happy valentine's day. >> yes. thank you. >> spencer christian is wheer a gorgeous forecast. >> just lovely, warm and spring like. we have a cloud free sky over temperatures are 71 degrees in oakland. upper 60s to low 70s around the bay area. this evening, condoleezza. temperatures ranging into later evening hours from upper 40s to about 60s, then in the morning around sun rise it will be cool and chilly inland valleys, temperatures into up yir 30s to low 40s, highs ranging from mid to upper 60s on the coast. some locations could top out at 70 to low 70s inland. more mild weather is ahead and there is rain on the horizon. i'll have the accu-weather forecast coming up1'yñ later. >> 70 degrees in mid february is nice. >> pretty cool. >> still ahead at 4:00 why the president says the

mayor mirkarimi had his own domestic abuse case. his wife is expected to take part in her husband's event tomorrow. mayor lee ands d.a. are holding their own event tomorrow. >>> two weeks ago an artist and a sculptor dragged an old piano out to the bluffs to play at sunset. >> it's only in the bay area we can do this. the community at half moon bay is nearing the end of this moment. tomorrow's impromptu show will be the last. >> reporter: a glorious sendoff for a piano whose glory days are behind it at sunset on a bluff in half moon bay were doing world war ii soldiers watched for incoming fire. >> i always wanted to do something to change the energy. i have a piano so i wanted to play it, and here we are. >> on february 1, they dragged the piano out to the bluffs where he planned on playing the same composition at sunset for 30 days. in the two weeks since, people stopped by day and night to touch the piano, take pictures, and to play the piano in this unbelievable venue. >> it was majestic. i have never had an experience like it.

and now there are a couple other people, sheriff mirkarimi has joined us.ker not understood] is in the room with us as well. reverend amos brown is with us. welcome. (applause) >> now supervisor breed will bring us brief remarks. >> hi, everybody. (applause) >> so happy to see all your smiling faces in the audience. happy black history month. i bring you greetings on behalf of district 5 in our great city. thank you, mr. mayor, for opening up city hall to my colleague, supervisor cohen, and my distinguished colleagues sitting here in the front row on the board of supervisors. it's truly an honor to stand before you on such a great month. recent -- yesterday congresswoman barbara lee talked about dr. martin luther king and his dream and some of the issues that we were dealing with over 40 years ago are some of the same issues that we are dealing with today. and i'm so honored to have dr. claiborne carson here today to talk to us about some of those issues. he is unmatched in terms of his expertise about dr. king and has made sure that his dream and his words

mirkarimi knows the issue firsthand.t year, he pleaded guilty to domestic violence charges against his wife. he says he is committed to help inmates end the violence in their lives. >> incredible stories of triumph overcoming adversity because of maybe their past is occurring right now. the more we can showcase that and help people get on that track, that's exactly what i plan to do. and i'm committed as sheriff to doing it. >> reporter: how about for you? >> i'm doing it every day. my family is great. we're strong. department is going right and well. what else can i say? >> reporter: in the united front his wife joined the inmates in the dancing therapy. she insists she is not a victim but this was emotional for her. >> i have been so proud of ross for this beautiful movement happening all around the world to bring it here to the jail. >> reporter: the dancing continued late today in front of san francisco city hall a street party as a call to action. >> we need a global culture of people dedicated to ending violence ag

. >> idea of bringing the movement into jails is sheriff ross mirkarimi. both danced with the inmates today after he was reportedly left out of the ceremony at city hall. >> i don't dwell on it.>raaçvv it's about them, it's about them. >> the sheriff says he thinks he described as coverage of the program into this jail saying he's considering making dance a permanent part there. they're hoping to get thousands of people before the night is over. >> thank you. >> at the golden gate movement was kicking up heels for the one billion rising campaign. members started on the south end ask dance add cross the bridge today. the one billion rising valentine's day awareness campaign was ab idea of the author of the "vagina monologues". >> sky 7 is live over a shooting scene in east san jose we believe is a double homicide this, is the 1800 block of bermuda avenue. there is a lot of activity there. we're going to continue to follow this for you and bridge bring updates throughout the newscast as soon as we get them. >> naacp weighed nonrising violence in oakland. an

reevaluate the cost of being on sfgovtv and reserve those funds for only those public hearings like the mirkarimi matter last year which were of great public concern. i think tonight's meeting is a good example of why we don't need to be on tv. sorry. i would also note that some of the programs that the commission runs have fees that don't fully cover their costs, and i have said many times before, whether it's the consultant program, the lobbyist program or other things, that we should either set fees to cover the full costs or at least know what the full costs are, and acknowledge that we are supporting those programs, with general fund dollars to some degree. and where there are differences try to level them off and say, rather than covering 18% and 32%, we're going to set as policy that we're going to cover about 25% of our program costs through program revenues. i would also note there is a new state law that now requires campaign filers to pay -- what is it? a $50 annual registration fee to the secretary of state. i don't know if we would be able to do that here, if we were, that would be i

ross mirkarimi's own case last year -- his wife, is expected to take part in the flash mob event tomorrow. mayor ed lee are holding their own anti-domestic violence event tomorrow, as well. we're back in a moment. the latest from spring training in arizona. >>> good evening. i'm dave feldman in the comcast sports net studios. tim lincecum taking the mound. last october. more from scottsdale on the first day of workouts for pitchers and catchers at giants spring training. >> one of the first questions that bruce bochy got after practice and workout number one for pitchers and catchers, was how the team looked. and he said you can't answer that. all you're doing is looking to get rid of the cobwebs. they have 37 pitchers in spring. they're going to lose a lot of guys to the wbc. tim lincecum throwing his first bullpen session. guys that didn't throw off the mound, sergio romo and barry zito. they'll do that on friday. and the goal for day one, get some conditioning, be healthy and stay healthy. >> i feel ahead of where i was last year. last year, coming into it, i was trying to lose the wei

>>reporter: also making it a priority today sheriff mirkarimi would pleaded guilty to domestic violencease last yeevrment he and his wife lopez helped bring the movement to the jails dancing with inmates. >> i always said it's important to take spochbility i always said that it's important to understand what the power of redemocrats means and i also said and vowed that we are here to better ourselves. >>reporter: the day was about em powering women and those involved say it was a success. amma, abc 7 news. >> today event was global. web site for 1 billion rising show case events in taiwan, philippines, brazil. check it out yourself go to our web sit site. we have a link there under see it on tv. >> tomorrow chp investigators back at the home of the man they say threatened to assassinate state senator yee. officer found more explosive material in the house on humboldt avenue santa clara today. he was taken awhich and detonated at remote site. suspect 45-year-old everett bash is due to make a court appearance tomorrow. he was arrested tuesday for threatening a state official and having il