newsom about that now i can say whether or not you like it. (clapping) but you know hey listen he got a lot of heat about that but a lot at how things have changed. i have to tell you we wouldn't be here today without mayor newsom's leadership back in 2004 (clapping) >> he has been a true partner to our office and me personally throughout this struggle. i mean, i was proud to stand by him and to defend him and he was proud to stand by me when we decided to sue california for the equal rights of marriage. and to kate kendall and nc l r who have been our partners through this as well. i can't tell you how much i appreciate that. and i have to tell you gavin newsom was talking about leadership. i can remember in 2004 when people said it was too fast too soon and too much. i'm a firm believer you've got to kick the door in and do what's right and be morale. and to those people who said we were moving two face and too soon >> now the other 13 that have it we'll have it restored again and certainly that's about a legal case but it's about more than

lieutenant government newsom. i always wish that he was a more exciting speaker. in its move to this exciting new location, the new exporatorium becomes part of san francisco third district which includes china town, and fisherman's wrap and a water front under going a remarkable rebirth and civic transformation, supervisor chiu who represents this district and led at proval process publicly and behind the scenes for unanimous support as we talked about, that is rare of this project is a leader in this transformation and president of san francisco's board of supervisors that his vision has been crucial to bringing us to this point, please welcome supervisor david chiu. >> thank you. >> the sun is shining on the exporatorium today. [ applause ] >> on behalf of my constituents in the north east neighborhoods i want to welcome the neighborhood to the best district in staoet with the exception of any other district represented here. we all know the saying that it takes a village to raise a child and i want to thank each and every one of you that you look around this c

please welcome our lieutenant governor, gavin newsom. >> my role was to get tom to speak. i'm just going to jump in because i want to keep you all on time. you've got an agenda packet and i'm going to be held accountable if you don't meet it. roslyn, let's pick up on tom's passion. he told me a couple points that are important, that is the consciousness awareness, this growing consciousness around bullying. and it's a question i guess that requires, has bullying gotten worse or have we gotten better to begin to recognize it? >> hard to know. tom and the president refer to as far too often as a rite of passage. we certainly are seeing evidence in ways that i don't recall, the levels of violence, the vitriolic violence, it's not just coming from the back of the school, it's coming at home, social media, you are inundated with it, the effects of it. we also certainly there's been an evolution of what we should tolerate. for me, for example, very early on in the administration i had the privilege of meeting with carl hoover walker's mother. he would have been 11 years old on t

(applause) >> and when mayor newsome called the whole world to look for a second time when he said, "people should be able to marry anybody whom they love," that was moscone and milk. literally being channeled through mr. newsome to do what caused san francisco to become the center piece of all aspects of openness, all aspects of what this nation should be about. and i tell you in celebrating, just on your own, think about your experience in san francisco. and i would be willing to almost bet that somewhere in that experience you'll find a piece of moscone and a piece of milk. and i must tell you that for me it's on a daily basis. before coming here tonight, i told the mayor, i walked the embarcadaro. i do that quite often. i wander around san francisco. it's always amazing to me because as i wander around san francisco i'll see something or experience something that has come as a result of the most open, the most directed, and the most people-sensitive government anywhere in this world. and it comes as a result of two extraordinary people who gave their lives so that we can enjoy, an

. >> we've learned lieutenant governor gavin newsom will cut the chain when the new bridge open autos yes. we'll have a live report on just a moment. >> there is heavy traffic around the bay area because of the closure, take a look. you can see red lines on this map have traffic backed up. >> if you're waiting for someonee"ñ uz get home or making plans to get away, you may be in for a long wait. sky 7 is live you can see eastbound has heavy traffic this evening. now latest road conditions. laila? >> yes. good afternoon, good evening, i should say. taking a look behind me yes, we've got red lines out there. heading towards san francisco bridge another 30 minutes. traveling from san francisco into marin county that is a nightmare, one our, 30 minutes. here is a look at the golden gailt bridge. you can see traffic crawling makes it up to the waldo tunnel. another loif shot for you this is mill valley this is a different perspective of that traffic in the northbound direction you're headlights coming towards us. you can see how slow up to 580. so slow conditions indeed. taking a look at t

back in 2009 then mayor gavin newsome to the light of all of us had introduced that we ought to really establish some guidelines to open up our city's data. and in the year later, the board, less legislation, the first open data legislation in san francisco that made us cutting edge throughout the country, the first to come out and say to everybody in the public, to people who wanted to create businesses, wanted to look at the city with kind of an open invitation to involve themselves with what the city had. and part of that really neat understanding was that we were holding onto so much of our own data in our own silos with our own very focused obligations that we had, and not realizing that if we had released that data to the public, we could really allow them to help us create even more efficient government, along with some very good entrepreneurial efforts that are reflected in today's announcements and some of our partners that are here today. so, three years later, after announcing this and after doing the first generation of open data legislation, open sf is still a very vigorou

. >> we've learne lieutenant vernor gavin newsom will cut the chain when the new bridge open autos yes. we'll have a live report on just a moment. >> there iseavy traffic around the bay area because of th closure, take a look. you can seeed lines on this map have traffic backed up. >> if you're waiting for someonee uz get home or making plans to get away, you may be in for a long wait. sky 7 live you can see eastbound has heavy traffic this evening. now latest road conditis. laila? >> yes. good afternoon, good evening, i should say. taking a look behind me yes, 've got red lines out there. heading towards san francisco bridge another 30 minutes. traveling from san francisco into marin county that is a nightmare, on our, 30 minutes. here is a look at the golden gailt bridge. you can see traffic crawling makes it up to the waldo tunnel. anotheloif shot for you this is mill valley this is a different pspective of that traffic in the northbod direction you're headlights coming towards us. you can see how slow up to 580. so slow conditions indeed. taking a look athe san mateo bridge thats t

because newsom you guys. are some of the new c.s. on the done thing in the creator's. means. and to put more annoying to see the sound but i can win without somebody who could play the scary. it's easier to pull. it in for michel could he's gonna. make you stand by me because i just bet on no equal it's just done. a lot of that i think at the evil. spirits from the hood in the studio it was you know. what that's. me at the course of the next one. personas just on a friend not just from going to school and talking on the set up but i've told. you to get a weapon people with guns. sort of and suddenly you know depended a fusillade. as you're going. yeah i was watching through those windows and better because at the time i thought they were going to shoot me as well. and that's. the lady and you need to put out a kilter. a gentleman ended up in a wheelchair. and the child. three or four years old. passed through his lungs don't know what happened. in the morning a gentleman came by my house and told me it's a shame because it's probably a mistake. i told him sorry for the mistak

late this afternoon, ozzie newsome traded receiver david reed to the indianapolis colts in exchange for running back delone carter.. the ravens fifth round pick in the 2010 draft, reed showed signs of brilliance, like when he was named special teams player of the week in 2010, but he's also battled injuries throught his timehere..in fact, last season, he caught only 5 passes for 66 yards...carter is a bowling ball.5-9 232 pounds .and should be used as a short yardage guy and on special teams. as the days start to dwindle, the orioles are stuggling...and at the worst possible time.. with just 37 games left to play, they are heading in the wrong direction in the standings last night's loss to tampa bay was their 6th in the last 8 games...and their second straight to the rays, who have been getting crucial road victories to inch their way up the standings.. the orioles, on the other hand, are inching their way down.. by three-tenths of a percentage point, the rays have taken over first place in the al east from the red sox...the orioles have fallen 5 and a half back in the division and als

we have a - mayor willie brown took the lead at the local level and now governor newsom and now mayor lee. the last 8 years former district supervisors calmly so calmly engineered the critical approvals through the board. first with then president of the board erin and then but now president of the board david chiu. and, of course, the majority of the supervisors. and i thank supervisor cowen for her friendship. we have many evenings we chat about how to carry on this support. we have been fueled by the conviction of this community. the stalwart members of the advisory committee and the project area committee members led by my colleagues have sat through hundreds of difficult committee meetings and providing input to us and the commissioners who are here and currently on the commission and certainly those in the past. i commissions for several years and it's anchored by commissioner king. thank you for coming applause. but you know neither courage or conviction would have made this happen without funding. so, please indulge me to thank our ceo and some of our partners. we have also be

we learn late today it will be none other than lieutenant governor and former san francisco mayor newsom. >> turning now to the fire burning in the sierra in and around yosemite. firefighters have it 35 percent contained numbers show. now burned 212,000 acres making it the bi biggest wildfire in northern california history. because of the rough terrain air support critical to controlling this fire. right now it's producing so much smoke health officials issued health warning for the region that caution will be in place through monday. >> helping to make and proof those numbers unman drone. that story now from clayton san del. >> western fire fight tonight look as lot like a military campaign. at yosemite national park massive rim fire new help from remote control drone on loan from the california air national guard. armed with sensor that see through heavy smoke to tell commanders not only how big a fire is but how intensely it is burning. >> i saw more in 30 minutes here than i did in 3 and a hal half, 4 day of hiking the fair license. >> firefighters can use the military help. this sea

thank you again to mayor lee and mayors newsom and brown before him for making this possible and best wishes for memorable celebration. best regards, nancy pelosi, democratic leader. thank you. (applause) >> thank you, dan, very much. and please take our best and most gracious respects back to congresswoman pelosi, your colleagues in your san francisco office and of course in the capital. they are just fabulous for all of us. another group that needs recognition is the port commissioners themselves, present and past. they have been with us for this project along the way. they have worked hard to marshal scarce resources to make this project possible as the budget kept rising and the need to do more work kept rising with it. and to say a few words of gratitude on all of our behalf, please welcome port commission president doreen wuho. (applause) >> thank you, monique. and i will try to be brief. you've had a lot of speeches. but i'm just as excited to be here and having heard that song, it really brought back memories as well. just two years ago as you heard, this newly constructed wha

we do know california lieutenant governor gavin newsom will be there for the open ceremony. governor brown will be attends a family party in michigan next week so newsom will be the acting governor when it opens. we have a special section on our ktvu website to help you get around while the bridge is closed. you can find it under the hot topic section of ktvu.com. >>> time now 5:09. scammers strike in the bay area again. how they are using the fear of snakes to burglarize houses. >>> a bay mayor soldier honored add the white house today-- honored at the white house today. >>> traffic is off to a pretty good start. we will tell you more about 680 southbound. >>> flight at sfo this morning you might encounter a little drizzle. so we have a lot of low clouds. ♪ [ male announcer ] wouldn't it be great if all devices had backup power? the chevrolet volt does. it's ingeniously designed to seamlessly switch from electricity to gas to extend your driving range. no wonder volt is america's best-selling plug-in. that's american ingenuity to find new roads. right now, get a 2013 chevro

so newsom will be the acting if governor. governor brown made travel plans earlier when it looked like the bridge would not open on time. we have a special section on our ktvu channel 2 website for you. you can find it under hot topics at ktvu.com. >>> police are on the lookout for two suspects after a restaurant was robbed at gunpoint. that happened at 11:00 p.m. on sad night at the corners tavern in walnut creek. witnesses say two armed men burst into the back office with their faces hidden by hoodies and bandannas. police say the remaining customers in the dining room were unaware of what was going on in the back. one of the waitresses held at gunpoint describes the ordeal. >> something you see on tv you don't think it's going to happen to you. and it's really frightening. and i don't want that to happen to anyone else. >> walnut creek police showed us surveillance video from the plaza garage of this suv leaving suspect vehicle and another possible -- possibly the same vehicle from a different angle. the vehicle they are i

their way out of the area for the holiday we have learned that lieutenant governor announced gavin newsomill do bridge chain cutting and we'll be carrying that live. >> that is. >> san6g-Ñ francisco police station thanked a homeless man who came to the help of a police officer who was attacked. the reporter is live now with a story you'll see only on abc 7 news. >> well police here had trouble finding him, all they wanted to do was show appreciation by help being him get back on his feet. today they got their man. after four days of looking police finally found him. the 35-year-old was a wanted man as a hero. >> it happened monday evening just after 7:00. the woman causing trouble near 4700 block of mission. >> one officer responded to the report of a woman jumping up and down on the cars. >> the sargeant says the officer was alone and tried to calm the woman who is bigger than she s investigators say when trying to arrest her, the woman became agitated and aggressive. police say the woman then attacked the officer. the person had the officer in a choke hold. kind of beating the head into

the package drew strong objections from governor brown and lieutenant governor newsom.making 9% mer than his predecessor. uc president says part will dprum private funds. he says uc needs to pay rate. >> ticket master wail lou scalpers to sell tickets alock side regular sized seats. wall street journal said ticket master had little choice. big shows often sell out within minutes.kj9 so looks ticket master is taking aapproaches. if you can't beat them, join them. >> there is some encouraging news about the cost of filling up your car. >> about time. >> yes. >> gasoline prices easing a bit here in the bay area. the survey says it's still, that is 15 cents less than a year ago. that is a good news, what about bad. >> days below 3s sdz like a a thing of the past. highest average price just shy of $4. september 10th seems to be the day with the blow out. a blog says that is the data now, others are jumping on board. the next iphone expected to have a5w similar design to current iphone 5 but at a fingerprint reader for security, faster internet and improved camera. if you pl

people that have dignity and respected that's a what this means (clapping) and i know that mayor newsom or governer likes the word extra ordinary but the country is sending a message because lgbt community that their rights were not ongoing by now they have to pay attention. we're now going to end with marriage equality there has to be equality for all of us including our transgender brothers and sisters. we're not leaving anyone behind this is only the beginning. thank you so much let's keep fighting. (clapping) >> his leadership has been extraordinary not only in his district it's going to be the site of a tremendous celebration this evening so have fun but really citywide and really statewide seeing as a tremendous leader supervisor scott wiener (clapping). >> thank you. thank you although the voters are annoy my - i want to thank my former boss city attorney dennis herrera. i remember back almost a decade ago from the very first moment he was there for our community along with our lieutenant governer and dennis thank you for your leadership >> i've had the honor of coming into this

it says here -- it was in the chronicle and it says "i know who killed your son, mayor gavin newsom said thursday and the da know who killed your son and the police know." this is in the article right here and it was told to me. these names are the guys that killed my son. i didn't pull these out of a hat. these are on my son's case down at bryant in his folder and these guys -- they know who shot my son. here are the names. i was given these names so how do you not know who killed my son? i didn't pull these out of a hat. these are the names of the guys and you have one of them and thomas hannibal is out there being a comedian out there and still living and i hear he's one of the guys that pull the trigger on my child and shot him 30 times. these are the names. why can't we do something? these guys are still running the street. i'm not here lying to you. go look at his folder. these are the perpetrators that killed my child. how long am i going to suffer? how long am i going to do

most recent happened just before 10:00 last night on macarthur boulevard and 73rd of newsom officers found a man and a woman shot inside a car. she died of her injuries. the man was taken to the hospital and is expected to survive. a four-year-old child suffered minor injuries after being hit by shattered glass. the suggest shoulding occurred in downtown oakland after an attempted burglary at 18th and telegraph avenue. four people were wounded, at least one person from a group of four, went after the burglar and retrieved the stolen items, and two people died friday night and a shooting on 105th avenue, two others were wounded in all those cases police say they have made to arrests. >>> a wild police pursuit in sonoma county ends with man being charged with assault with a deadly weapon on a peace officer just before 1:00 this morning. a sheriffs deputy attachmented to stop a driver on highway 12. he kept going and there was a chase in the stoney point splays parking lot. officers say the driver crashed into a sheriff's vehicle then backed into another, hitting he driver's side door j

fast forward to 2010, i was proud at that time to ask mayor gavin newsom to spend a couple hundred thousand dollars to make sure we counted all members of our san francisco community. and who did we ask to step up to make sure that money was well spent? it was then our city administrator now mayor ed lee, adrian and folks behind us who made sure we were counting everyone who was a resident regardless of their citizenship. today we're talking about taking that next step. it's such a wonderful moment to be part of i think the celebration of who we are as a city, to be able to say now that we have gotten everyone here, we need to make sure that we get everyone through the immigration process so that they don't have to ever fear that they are not part of our body fabric, our city fabric, who we are as americans. and, so, i'm delighted to be part of this conversation and i'm delighted to represent a board of supervisors that has stood repeatedly for the idea that regardless of your citizenship you deserve a spot in san francisco. i serve on a board where over half of us are the sons and daughter

. >> ozzie newsome. what player did we lose this year to the texans? yeah. ok. now what players are going to be able to come in and line up in our secondary and play the game look an all-pro player? who? matt? that's way wanted to hear. >> with the 32nd pick in the 2013 nfl draft, the baltimore ravens select matt elam. >> hello, everybody. welcome to the white house. and welcome to the super bowl champion, world champion, baltimore ravens. [cheers and applause] i imagine there were times last year when these players were the only ones who knew they would make it here to show off this trophy. during the year they lost player after player to injury. they dropped four of their last five regular season games. in the playoffs they trailed denver by a touchdown. then in the super bowl after the lights came back on and the 49ers came storming back, this team's defense, the pride and joy of baltimore, stops a fierce offense four straight times inside the 10-yard-line, one of the most dramatic goal-line stands in super bowl history. joe was named the game's m.v.p. . here

former mayor gavin newsom set aside february 22nd 2008 as dennis wu day. >> reporter: we're live in hayward where city workers are on strike. we'll tell you why they are so fired up and how an earlier confrontation turned nasty. >>> starting to feel like summer again. rosemary orozco will be here to tell you how long this had will last. >>> and ordered to return trophies. the charges of cheating in the america's cup. >>> the father of a 12-year- oldby accused of killing his 8- year-old sister does not believe his son committed the crime. >> i turned isaiah in. most people don't know it that. >> the 12-year-old has pled not guilty to charges he stabbed his sister leila to death at their home. police say the boy tried to blame the death on an intruder causing a span -- caughting a panic in the town. his urfather says he does not know how leila was killed but he does not believe his son was responsible. >> i was the first one in my house. i saw his demeanor. i don't think he did it. >> the 12-year-old remains in custody and is scheduled to appear in court again next month for a hearing to set

. >> if you're looking at why this building came to be, in many ways it also included mayor gavin newsomely, who really had an affection for this building. he saw the design. he saw the potential. he wanted to make sure that that building got built. and he said, do what you need to do, but please, if you can make that building work, we need to have that building in civic center. >> i happened to be at a green conference santa clara. he said you shouldn't cancel that project. can you work with us? michael cohen phoned me up the next day. can we cut $40 million out of this project? it was one person more responsible than any others, it's tony irons, was the architect that was responsible for the revitalization of city hall who came to my office and said, we cannot abandon this. we can't walk away from this project. we have an opportunity to really take a lot of our values and principles, particularly raising the bar as we did as a city on our green building standards, mandating the most aggressive green building standards for private construction anywhere in the united states. and showcasin

don't know that we seen enough for from him for harbaugh and newsome to cheager that strategy of keeping two quarterbacks. wru make a play like that, perhaps the conversation cheages. 30 seconds left. complete to mellette. he gets out of bounds with the ball and with a fers down. at the ram's 31-yard line. the ravens move the chains, stop the clock. rookie mellete, understanding the importance of getting out of bounds. gerry: the defense is playing like they know they got to go for a touchdown. gerry: regular season you might play for the tie but fourth preseason game, overtime is just taking time away from preparation for network. furstenberg can't make the catch, the rams get an interception. furstenberg trying to make a one-handed grab, reaches up, tries to bring the ball down. hat is going to do it. furstenberg running the route, put up his left hand and for anence tant looked like he make a great onehanded grab, instead he directed the ball into the hands of rams' defensiveback collins. qadry: it was minnesota-to-man coverage. i think thomas did a fine job of what you call sloughing

. >>> when the new span does open, gavin newsom will be there at the opening ceremony, as the acting governor. that's because governor jerry brown is due to be out of town for a family celebration. staff members say the governor made his travel plans when it appeared the bridge would not be opening on time. >>> now, at ktvu.com, we have a special section dedicated to the new bay bridge project. it includes closure information and some alternate routes to get around. you can find it under hot topics at ktvu.com. >>> president obama today awarded the medal of honor to a soldier from antioch. the army says staff sergeant ty carter's bravery helped save other soldiers when 300 insurgents and outpost of 53 americans. that was in october of 2009. it was one of the blooddiest battles of the -- bloodiest battles of the afghan war. president obama spoke to cartary -- carter's children. >> if you want to know what makes our country truly great and what a true american hero looks like, you don't have to look too far. you just j to look at -- you just have to look at your dad [ applause ] >> he'

. >> for years paulette fought for a reward in her son's case and gavin newsom established $250,000, and no takers. suspects were arrested in aubrey's murder, but released due to lack of evidence. they need witnesses to come forward. >> the building right there, you can clearly see. you can clearly see. >> you think somebody saw something from that window? >> oh yes. >> paulette was joined by other mothers whose sons killings are also not solved. she calls it the healing circle. >> this is my therapy. i would rather do this and then maybe, maybe one day i will get justice. >> she won't stop until she does. cornell bernard, abc news. >>> developing news tonight. a big question in the bay area will be answered tomorrow. that's when officials say they will decide whether the new bay bridge will open on labor day. a public hearing is set for 10:00 a.m. that's when the toll bridge oversight committee will vote on and announce the opening day for the eastern span. earlier this week federal officials signed off on a fix for cracked safety bolts. the scheduled labor day opening has been in j

. >> for years paulette fought for a reward in her son's case and gavin newsom established $250,000, and no takers. suspects were arrested in aubrey's murder, but released due to lack of evidence. they need witnesses to come forward. >> the building right there, you can clearly see. you can clearly see. >> you think somebody saw something from that window? >> oh yes. >> paulette was joined by other mothers whose sons killings are also not solved. she calls it the healing circle. >> this is my therapy. i would rather do this and then maybe, maybe one day i will get justice. >> she won't stop until she does. cornell bernard, abc news. >>> developing news tonight. a big question in the bay area will be answered tomorrow. that's when officials say they will decide whether the new bay bridge will open on labor day. a public hearing is set for 10:00 a.m. that's when the toll bridge oversight committee will vote on and announce the opening day for the eastern span. earlier this week federal officials signed off on a fix for cracked safety bolts. the scheduled labor day opening has been in j

have your sun block and i also want to welcome home our lieutenant governor, our former mayor, gachb newsom. it's good to see you, sir. yesterday was a really powerful experience for us in san francisco. we've made a commitment that by the end of october every 6th through 12th grader in san francisco city public schools will have had the opportunity to see bully and not only view that documentary but also go through a rich can urriculum from our teachers understanding the lessons from that movie. we all know a movie in and of itself doesn't make a difference, but i will tell you, we didn't start our approach to understanding it with the movie bully. we're very proud 234 san francisco that we have had an approach based on restoretive practices where we're not about suspending students and getting them out of school, we want them to understand what the impacts are and the impact it has. we've been a part of restoretive practices now for over 4 years in san francisco but when we heard about the movie bully, and bullying is a phenomenon we can all relate to. as i shared with the students yester