mr. brooks died. you know, he used to joke with his family that he crossed under the golden gate bridge three times before he ever crossed the bridge it. that's of course the reference to the fact he went to germany, sailed back, and was on his way to japan, dana, when they called him back, the war was over. >> all right. in walnut creek, joe vasquez, thank you. >> okay. >>> police are trying to find out why a san mateo man with no known criminal history allegedly went on a mini spree that started on his birthday. he was arrested three times from december 6th to december 19th, charges including impersonating a cop, courting an underaged girl, texting get threats to a friend and trying to sell marijuana on a train platform. so far, no explanation for the unusual behavior. >>> it's an interesting way to celebrate one's 19th birthday and the weeks after that by engaging in multiple felony counts that can expose him to many years in state prison. >> the crimes happened at hills dale mall, the hills dale t

mr. brooks, commissioner brooks, or president brooks, as he is now known, is the western region vice presidentrnment affairs for cbs outdoor, a leading global media company and is responsible for government and public affairs from california to texas for that company. he is also a member of the california international relations foundation. he provides assistance to the california state senate in furthering economic, environment, educational and cultural exchanges with foreign governments and citizens. president brooks also served as director of administrative services for the city of san francisco where he was responsible for policy and planning for 14 city departments, managing over 300 employees, and a budget of $100 million. please join me in welcoming president brooks. . >> thank you, susan leyall, and good morning, welcome here. before i start i want to thank our general manager leyall who has done an extraordinary job here at the san francisco puc and also i want to recognize two people that just walked in, our vice president commissioner ann (inaudible) and commissioner dennis nolan th

mr. brooks raised earlier in my mind present a case that is using a product that is otherwise seen as a waste and no longer using biodiesel from other stocks that could be used for food purposes, so on behalf of the mayor, i strongly urge your support for this project. thank you. commissioner fong: 90. >> good afternoon, commissioners. biodiesel has 80% less greenhouse gas emissions than standard emissions, said this is key to meeting our greenhouse gas emissions goals. the other benefit is that we are taking a local waste product converting it into fuel stock to be used locally in our very own diesel fleet and supporting green jobs locally, so this is about as green as you can get. thank you. commissioner fong: thank you. eric smith, and then david haskell -- david pascal. >> thank you. just by way of reference, the executive director of green depot and the -- on the board of directors of biofuel recycling. we have worked with the department of the environment as well as the puc to collect some 30,000 gallons of restaurant grease per month in san francisco and use it for biofuels and we work

mr. brooks. we understand he served in the 86th black infantry division and had some contacts with general patton in world war ii and also served in the pacific. his son said his father sailed under the golden gate bridge three times in world war ii before he was able to drive across the bridge. we are learning more about his history and his contributions during world war ii. we will have more and pictures coming up at 10:00. >>> the christmas weekend blizzard on the east coast created a mess for thousands of air travelers. here in the bay area, thousands of flights were canceled today. most flights are booked solid soap one is canceled it is not that easy to find seats on the next plane. >> you have lights running at near capacity and you have flights that are canceled. before 9/11, they would send out other airplanes. >> filed here in the bay area caused flights to be delayed and some passengers missed their connections. >>> instead of flight delays, some airport simply closed down. >> reporter

mr. brooks as to the importance of the response of this motion. i would reiterate focusing on what a lot of the advocates are looking for. really make that a core part of the program. i think it would be really great. along with that, it is going to happen with the deployment and with that energy efficiency. as is outlined in the original plan, these huge for local job creation. especially the mandatory local hiring policy. we can really leverage a lot of new benefits in this program. the only other thing i wanted to add was, now that the puc is going to respond to this motion, it might really make sense to hold back on the san francisco energy electricity resources plan. that is a road map for san francisco's of electricity future. you are going to look at how to represent this program, it should be put into the report. we should delay that until the findings or study or result of this motion can be incorporated. commissioner mirkarimi: good point. any other public comment? public comment is close. -- closed. there is no further approval necessar

mr. brooks who spoke at public comment and said there's been disruption at the station much earlier. yes, there has. but this latest layoffs of the morning show and cancellation of the morning show created even greater disruption especially the listener audience who come to rely on the morning show for their news. and information and is an innocuous resolution and had a original resolution much more strident in its urging and concern about what happened at the station. this to me is really expressing concern and calling on the parties related to the crisis and kpfa working things out and is something we should support here in the board chambers. thank you. supervisor alioto-pier? >> thank you, president chu. i respect respect supervisor avalos' feelings about it and personally don't want to vote yes on this particular item so i would like to make the motion to have it continued for one week. we do need six votes for that but i'd rather not have to send it to committee but this is not something i'm willing to support. >> supervisor alioto-pier made a motion to continue the item to jan

mr. brooks married. had two kids. eventually two grandchildren. he lived in walnut creek and was an accountant for bruiner's furniture store until he retired. >> well respected person here in the entire neighborhood. didn't have a grouch about anybody. you can't say that a lot about many 90-year-olds and let alone 56-year-olds such as me. >> he was passionate about his old unit the blackhawk and the web master for the web site that chronicled the lives and deaths of many of his colleagues from the greatest generation. and even though keith brook senior was never one for sharing war stories with his family. >> the generation was him, they saved the world. >> yeah we're quiet about it, too. you know, it was just their job. >> joe vasquez, cbs 5. >>> 4:45. san jose investigators say they now know who owns the pit bulls that attacked a woman last week. they say interviews have led them to a suspect. and while they have not spoken to the person yet, they have had calls about those dogs before. one of the dogs was captured. the other has not yet been fo

mr. brooks who spoke at public comment and said there's been disruption at the station much earlier. yes, there has. but this latest layoffs of the morning show and cancellation of the morning show created even greater disruption especially the listener audience who come to rely on the morning show for their news. and information and is an innocuous resolution and had a original resolution much more strident in its urging and concern about what happened at the station. this to me is really expressing concern and calling on the parties related to the crisis and kpfa working things out and is something we should support

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mr. brooks who spoke at public comment and said there's been disruption at the station much earlier. yes, there has.

mr. brooks wife died six years ago. he leaves behind two adult sons. the investigation into the cause of the fire that continues. one firefighter says it's possible it was started by a space heater. >>> time now is 6:27. a bold armed robbery. what police are hoping leads them to an arrest. >>> an early morning apartment fire in san francisco. just hours ago what arson investigators say someone set on fire forcing an evacuation. >>> and early this morning stocks pointed to a higher opening on wall street. that was before very disappointing housing news. >>> all right. we're waiting for the bell to ring on wall street. the big question as that bell ring will that market respond to the disappointing housing report. the report showed home prices dropping by 1.3% which is not what analyst expected. futures look like they are holding their gains. we will have to keep an eye on the numbers. we are expecting light trading because of the mess in the northeast. we'll keep an eye on you. >> we'll say good morning to you. thank you for joining us. tuesday december

mr. brooks married, had two children and eventually two grandchildren. he lived in walnut creek and was an accountant until he retired. >> well loved, respected person here by the entire neighborhood. didn't have a grouchy bone in his body. you can't say that a lot about many 90-year-olds let alone some 56-year-olds such as me. [ laughter ] >> reporter: he was passionate about his old unit the blackhawks. he was the webmaster for the website that chronicled the lives and deaths of many of his colleagues from the greatest generation. even though he never was one for sharing war stories with his family. his generation was him them. saved the world. >> yeah. were quiet about it, too. just their job. >> reporter: joe vazquez, cbs 5. >>> 6:05. let's check traffic and weather. tracy, so far conditions not bad, right? >> so far, so good. forecast here we go, pinpoint doppler, got some light rainfall out there currently. mostly north of the golden gate. here's a look at what we're expecting as we move into the afternoon. pinpoint forecast, this is all based on m

mr. eric brooks. eric, why don't you come on up? >> good afternoon, commissioners. derrick brooks representing san francisco green party in our city -- eric brooks. i was not here for the entire presentation, but in the previous meeting, i had mentioned something that is really crucial that we got nailed down on community benefits. first of all, want to commend ms. ellis and her staff. this is groundbreaking stuff, and it puts san francisco far ahead of any other city in the country. i wanted to make sure there was follow-up on what i commented on last time, which is that when nonprofit groups or even for- profit companies are out in the community advocating for community benefit, it is very important day our firewall from the actual community benefits money that is created, such that they have to bid for contracts just like everyone else -- it is very important that they are firewalled. that would be the first thing. they should also be barred from kind of serving in a godfather role of advocate for community benefits bonds. and then somehow end up sitting on a pan

mr. brooks' apartment and read for it. and i couldn't spell my name.> so the second time went better? >> and i got to read with reece that time. >> i thought it would be a double edgeded sword, on the one hand it's flattering, but on the other hand it puts more pressure on you as an actor. >> equal parts thrilling and totally terrifying because i wanted to perform at the level. and he asked me, are you athletic? i said i'm sort of athletic. but i will learn to be athletic. >> but how do you convince someone, a viewer of a movie that you're actually a professional softball player. if you don't sell that, the rest of the movie -- >> at least i can look good doing it. even if i couldn't really play softball. >> we do have a "today" show softball team. and anybody who's good, we're always looking for ringers. so we will have your cell phone number this spring. you mentioned terrifying and thrilling at the same time. you're hosting "saturday night live" this week. that's kind of terrifying and thrilling, isn't it? >> if i think about it too much, i start to

he's in the united states to address the 2010 forum hosted by the brookings institution. mr. prime minister, it goes on and on. now the obama administration has made a decision to step back from trying to persuade israel to freeze settlement expansion. you have called that sensible. why? >> because i think we need to find a way forward now that gives both parties confidence that we can have a negotiation that actually succeeds. and in the meantime, we've got to push ahead and create the change on the ground that's going to make a real difference in the lives of palestinians and also provide the israelis with the assurances they require on security. so you know, we've hit an impasse. it's a problem, but we've got to find a way through. >> larry: but that decision, where does it leave efforts for peace talks? it sounds status quo again. >> well, i think that there's still a lot that's going to go on. one of the interesting things that's happening in the middle east right now and in the israel/palestine situation, the leadership of the prime minister, with the full authority of

earlier, i spoke with the vice president and director of government studies at the brookings institution in washington about mr. obama's last two years and what the new year may hold. >> it has been a rough two years for the president. at people were anticipating nothing would happen, that there would be institutional gridlock, but they have given president obama three major victories -- the tax cut legislation, repealing don't ask, don't tell, and now the russian arms treaty. he is finishing 2010 in a very strong fashion. >> which of those three is the most significant victory for president obama? >> the most significant is the tax cut legislation, because the economy is so central to how of voters of value with the president's and it has been a major source of problems for the president. people estimate that because of the tax cut legislation, unemployment may drop up to 1.5%. if obama can get unemployment down to 8% or below, that would put him in a much stronger position for reelection in 2012. >> three victories under his belt, but what does the new year hold? >> it will be more difficult because a januar

mrs. yellen, good to see you. >> hi, brooke, good to see you aga again. out against two major measures in the u.s. senate, one is the s.t.a.r.t. treaty, that's that nuclear anti-proliferation treaty that president obama is trying to get done. newt asking 1.2 million members to oppose that and also asking them to block -- support republicans in blocking the appropriations bill bring up for a vote which funds the government to stay open, fascinating, of course, new england says in the criticism it threatens a shut down of the government if we don't accept this omnibus bill with all of its pork barrel spending. what is so ironic about that when new england was speaker, he may have been involved in shutting down the government himself. yes he was. no one knows the dangers of that better than new england. turning to the 2012 race, sarah palin has a little bit of news in a "wall street journal"/nbc news poll, she has her work cut out for her if she plans to run for president. the latest poll shows in a matchup between sarah palin and president obama, the presid

brooks. allen will present the item. >> good morning mr. chairman and commissioners. >> the notice of proposed rulemaking before you would initiate a process to further the commission's ongoing commitment to addressing america's growing demand for wireless broadband services, to spur innovation and investment in wireless broadband systems, and ensure that america leads the global wireless revolution. the notice would take preliminary steps towards making additional spectrum available for wireless broadband a portion of the spectrum that is currently used for broadcast television. at the same time, the notice recognizes the important benefits served by broadcast television and takes an approach the would help preserve that service has a healthy viable media. the notice proposes three actions intended to set the underlining a regulatory framework to accommodate wireless broadband uses of the tv dance. the proposals of the notice of adopted will also provide new options for broadcasters. first, the notice proposes to add new allocations or fix

stephanie herseth sandlin of brookings, south dakota, and in addition, mr. earl pomeroy of bismarck, north dakota. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to clause 12-a of rule 1, the chair declares the house in recess, the house -- subject to the call of the chair. in the so-called omnibus bill had an untimely death. congress was gearing up for one last big spending spree. before christmas with thousands of earmarks that the american people would not stand for. the americans spoke out, and the bill got scrapped. i should note that yesterday happened to be the anniversary of the boston tea party. this is a new spot for washington, but you might be surprised what you can accomplish when you listen to the american people. it is not enough, however, to just hold the line on spending. we need to cut spending. that is what the american people want. it is what our needs. but there are still many in washington who believe otherwise, who believe government spending is what spurs our economy and creates prosperity. beginning on january 1, the american people are going to

brooks. allen will present the item. >> good morning mr.chairman and commissioners. >> the notice of proposed rulemaking before you would initiate a process to further the commission's ongoing commitment to addressing america's growing demand for wireless broadband services, to spur innovation and investment in wireless broadband systems, and ensure that america leads the global wireless revolution. the notice would take preliminary steps towards making additional spectrum available for wireless broadband a portion of the spectrum that is currently used for broadcast television. at the same time, the notice recognizes the important benefits served by broadcast television and takes an approach the would help preserve that service has a healthy viable media. the notice proposes three actions intended to set the underlining a regulatory framework to accommodate wireless broadband uses of the tv dance. the proposals of the notice of adopted will also provide new options for broadcasters. first, the notice proposes to add new allocations or fixe

brooke baldwin. >>> president obama big surprise, his trip to afghanistan. word came down late this morning that mr. obama not so much at home in washington. instead had slipped off. there you saw him hopping off air force one. slipping off to visit the troops for the holiday season. the president there arriving right around 9:00 in the evening afghan time. and then a short time later if you watch this, he got a rousing welcome at the u.s. base ba gram from general david petraeus. got a couple of t-shirts as well. and huge, huge applause from the army's 101st airborne division. and during a speech there to the american troops, mr. obama -- were you watching? did you notice there was almost a tear in his eye -- appeared to get pretty emotional when he spoke of a meeting with a unit that recently suffered heavy, heavy casualties but also reflected on his decision. it was one year ago this month -- remember he was in west point -- to bolster the war effort there with 30,000 new troops. here's the president. >> as general petraeus mentioned, one year ago i ordered additional troops to serve in this cou