ms. williams, as to what she did as well. i would like to add to this list just great san franciscans who, i want to personally thank you on behalf of the city. if you would like to say a word or clarify what happened, leo, onwar, justin -- please, share with us. i know your families and friends are here as well. i know you really sure this precious moment in our city where we can recognize people who are very selfless and bring up the best values that we have as human beings. please -- >> well, it was said that the person whose life we helped to save was allegedly drunk, so do not drink and drive. [laughter] but we do not know that. it is an interesting feeling. it does not feel like you're doing anything extraordinary when you are doing it. then all this fuss comes in. i guess if you find yourself in a situation like this, do not think, just do it. [laughs] thank you. >> is it true that you went home at 3:00 a.m. and had a glass of wine? [laughter] >> thank you. sorry, my english is not that good. i just stopped buying cab

ms. johnson and annette williams. linda is in the services division, and she is being honored for the successful transition that she led for the regional transit connection customers on to the clipper system. we transferred this in 2010, and linda was heading up the rtc office at that time. a very difficult transition for many for whom the electronic media was a very foreign concept. she required a lot of specialized outreach and customer service and development of materials in multiple languages, kind of a difficult transition for this population that had fears of new technology and other concerns. she had to work on the technical side with the clipper and their staff to work through issues and was dealing with people who need, because of their varying disabilities, maybe need more or specialized attention than others would. we now have as a result 7000 disabled clipper card customers that are using their discount fast passes every month. for her service here and for her 20 years with the agency, we would like to gen

---las autoridades se enfrentaron con el sospechoso, scott william mckinnon, de 44 aÑos.. por mso horas ya que este se neg a cooperar con los agentes y sac un arma.. sot jos garca - vocero, polica de san jos "en momentos, esa persona sacaba el machete desde la puerta de su casa, los amenazaba a los oficiales, hubo ocasiones donde les lanzó botellas u otros objetos." ---el enfrentamient o caus panico entre los vecinos y oblig la evacuacin de una parte del complejo.. donde tambin acudi un equipo de tacticas especiales.. "siempre hay la posibilidad de que si está armado, puede disparar y esas balas pueden ser proyectiles que pueden entrar a los departamentos vecinos." cg informa: mayra tostado ---a eso de las 7 y media de la maÑana, mckinnon finalmente sali de su departamento y se le lanz a un polica que traia un perro... "en ese momento, el perro ataca a la persona, dandole la oportunidad a los otros oficiales de tomar posesión de esta persona, de custodia y lo detienen en ese instante." ---solamente el detenido result herido pero sus vecinos dicen aun estar en shock.. "sí estoy co

ms. brooke pastor, seventh grade, william paca middle school, shirley, new york.p. >> good morning. thank you for having me here today to testify in support of h.r. 32. i am from chicago, illinois, i graduated from kendall college and currently work in the food and beverage department of the union league club. i am proud of what i've accomplished so far, but it's been very difficult. a safe and secure place to live would have been, would have been very helpful to me in many ways. for most of my childhood, i did not have a stable place to live. my parents got separated when i was young. after they split my mom, sister and i ended up living with different relatives and friends. since then my mom got and lost a number of apartments, and when we were not together, i had to move from place to place. the summer before my junior year i received a phone call just before work from my sister stating that the sheriff was there to put our things on the street. my mother was nowhere to be found. i went to work with tears in my eyes not knowing where i was going to go for the n

now we also appears as a frequent guest on nbc nightly news with brian williams as well as the today show and msbureau of society and told the a.m. as television seal of approval and award for weather forecasting excellence in broadcast. please give our guest the warm national press club welcome. >> now you know my life history. i will put that page away. i really did not know much about this, to be quite honest with you. just walking. first of all, seeing press club and a walking in and seen the kind of people that got a chance to speak. i was like, wow. this is a pretty big deal. i appreciate that. it has been 25 years. i was very fortunate to get a job at the weather channel right at of college. when i started at a full and fair. each follicle has been taken out which the twitter event. evan plenty. i will start off by talking about 2011. out of all my 25 years i had never seen a year in weather like we just had. we are talking. you just take the four seasons. tornadoes, snowstorms, hurricanes come every possible ingredient that comes together to make a big events came together each one of th