mr. garcia, on the line. >> hello. >> yes, mr. garcia. [ speaking spanish ] >> translator: the interpreter would like to say that the sound quality is very poor so i'm doing my best. good afternoon to all of you. warmest greetings from all of us, a peaceful activist in the eastern part of the country. go ahead. [ speaking spanish ] >> translato [ speaking spanish ] >> he has a lot to say obviously. >> translator: he does. i think we have audio problems. i would like to give you our warmest greetings here from all the activists and other groups that oppose the government that are so firmly and courageously fighting for this change that we very much need and we would like to remind you all that it's vital for the cuban people to have the support and solidarity from the free world, not only from our brothers and sisters in the u.s. but from all over the world because the cuban people is suffering a lot. we are facing a lot of challenges and mostly the mounting repression by the government and the never ending arrests. we have tons of

mr. garcia. i want to thank you for your hard work. i am a 17-year- i am b-17-year-old girl, so i do not know how much of the means to you. but an thank you. before i was a student delegate, you were a signature in e-mail occasionally. i realized how kind and hard- working you are. the is really nice to be reassured that you care about the children, and everyone else does here. fed could easily be forgotten, through the budget and the money issues. it is really nice to know that, and thank you perianth now to thank you. president yee: you are destined to lead. you have a four year free ride to uc-berkeley. you will be a leader. it has been great having you as a student delegates this past year. good luck. i know you are going to shake it up over there. commissioner? commissioner wynns: i wanted to say we are not letting her get away either. we have not had a chance to talk about our and our other student delicate, because we did not know if would be privileged to have them here tonight. with respect to all of my colleagues, elected and

mr. garcia to summarize so we can turn to his colleagues. i don't want to lose our video feed from havana. [ speaking spanish ] >> translator: basically the cube a cuban people is not happy anymore. their fear is going away. we want help from the people in exile in democratic countries and we need democratic countries as well to join our efforts because cuba will be a free country before you know it. >>> thank you very much. let me turn to sarah martin fonseca quevedo. [ speaking spanish ] >> translator: good afternoon, everybody. thanks again for being in contact with us. we really appreciate it. i'm from the human rights group in cuba. [ speaking spanish ] >> translator: the interpreter would request repetition, the names of the groups she belongs with. >>> would you ask her to repeat and go as slowly as possible since we have transmission challenges here. [ speaking spanish ] >> translator: i was saying i am a member of of the national front for civilian disobedience group orlando zapata, the ladies in white and the feminist movement for

mr. garcia-torres. and he would eventually have to start over again with a new lawyer. >> the office alternate will take the case. >>> new dramatic testimony in the bryan stow case. stow doesn't remember being attacked. but for the first time in court, an eyewitness did remember and identified the two men accused of beating stow. here's patrick healy, from our nbc station in los angeles. >> reporter: not one witness identified the two attackers until mary delores donnelley took the stand. >> you see that individual here? >> yes. >> reporter: unlike earlier witnesses, she did not see the punch that knocked down stow. but she said she did hear the horrific fall. his head hitting the bravement. >> i don't want to say cracking noise. but something to that effect. she saw sanchez kicking stow. on cross, defense attorneys chipped away at the strength of her identification. but the prosecution had more witnesses. she testified they took her acura to the game. during the game, her brother was rude to giants fan

mr. garcia-torres. ssentially have to start over again with a new lawyer. >> someone from the alternate defender's office will now represent garcia-torres. he's being held without bail at the santa clara county main jail. >>> a 15-year-old boy shot to death by police in south san francisco. the family of derek gaines has hired attorney john burress to look into this case. burress has been a player in several well-publicized police shooting cases including representing the family of oscar grant. gaines died tuesday night. police say he was carrying a gun when he ran from police. >>> 6:35. concord police are recommending vehicular manslaughter charges be filed against a teenage driver who hit and killed a father and his 9-year-old daughter on easter weekend. bob redell live from concord. what's next in this case, bob? >> reporter: well, this goes to the hands of the d.a.'s office. they've got to decide, a, do they want to charge this teenage driver? b, if so, is he going to be charged as a teenager or an a

mr. garcia-torres. d he would essentially have to start over again with a new lawyer. >> someone from the alternate defender's office will now represent garcia-torres. he's being held without bail at the santa clara county main jail. >>> 5:35, a personal trainer on the peninsula is in legal trouble this morning after a search warrant turned tens of thousands of prescription pills inside the palo alto home. ramos works in menlo park. he was arrested yesterday after investigators seized $250,000 worth of narcotics. the drugs included vicodin, percocet, and valium. investigators say the ramos was ordering the drugs from other countries then reselling them. >>> 5:35, san francisco police investigating another stolen bike. but this one has special significance. it's a custom made hand-cranked bike valued at $13,000. it belongs to a disabled man from poland who is in san francisco for a charity ride across the country. the bike was stolen around 10:00 on wednesday night between hayes in the hayes valley neighb

mr. burden. >> deputy lorie garcia was among those who responded. >> there were a number of inmates around himwell and we weren't sure exactly how all that transpired. all we knew is that the inmate was calling for our aid, so if he's on the radio, then the deputy obviously does not have any control at that time. come to find out, the inmates had come to his aid. the other inmates took the inmate down and deputy moon was able to get back up on his feet, and if it wasn't for the inmates in that pod, that really cared about their deputy, deputy moon might not have been with us. it might have been a really, really bad day. and it happened so quickly, but by that time, we were all there, but it happens that fast. so, as much as we say that we have each other's support, it's nice to know that you've got a handful of them in orange that care. >> while the deputy who has since retired, might have been vulnerable working alone in the unit, the relationships he built under that system are what saved his life, and building those relationships is important to the former secret service agent who runs the

mr. kelly was talking about in terms of people not give in theirpars. you do not have to say it here. superintendent garcia: we will look into that. i cannot speak for anyone else in the room, but that is the first i have heard about it. do you know anything about it? would you rather send a memo to the board about what is going on? >> i can do that. there has been discussion over the last few weeks about this. superintendent garcia: could we follow up and give it to the board? president yee: thank you. student delegate tom: yes. commissioner fewer: yes. commissioner maufas: yes. commissioner murase: aye. vice president norton: aye. commissioner wynns: aye. president yee: aye. we are finished with this item. item q, superintendents proposals for first reading. this would be 126-12sp1, adoption of fiscal year 2012- 2013 recommended budget. could i have a motion and a second? we will be referring this item to the special meeting of the board. >> it will be the government and budget and then a special meeting. president yee: this budget will be heard at a special meeting. got it. where is it going to go? it w

and jorge luis garcia perez antunez is a political act of a suicide over 20 years for human rights and democracy in cuba. in 1990 mres was shot in a public that communism was quote, and area and utopia and demanded that cuba had back reforms like those taken place in eastern europe. after being charged for quote all enemy propaganda and sentenced to six years in prison, mr. perez started a hunger strike that lasted 21 days. after serving 17 years in prison, jorge luis was released in april 2010. we welcome him as well. so we are going to go obviously through a process under which our witnesses and our guests are going to be speaking in spanish. we are going to have an interpreter. we are going to start of with normando in her name does. i'm going to ask you as you go through your presentation to pause at times to get the interpreter an opportunity to interpret so that the rest of the committee and the transcript that is being developed will have its english version. and while senator rubio and i may fully understand what you're saying, waiting for the rest of the committee and the rest of the audience members who h