newsom heads up the blue ribbon commission on marijuana policy.studying the legalization issue. they are focusing on how washington state and colorado implemented the use of recreational marijuana after voters made it legal in those states. the commission will hold several public hearings to answer questions and also get feedback. meantime, if gavin newsom is elected governor in 2018, california's high speed rail project would probably be die railed and not -- derailed. newsom announced he will run for the office of governor in 2018, when governor jerry brown terms out. brown and newsom see eye to eye on a lot of issues but not on the bullet train project which governor brown hopes will be part of his legacy. the san francisco to los angeles train has a projected $68 billion price tag and gavin newsom says its financing is too risky and it trains money from other necessary infrastructure projects like roads, transit and water works. that will be interesting. >> yeah. absolutely. >>> 8:12. shock and disbelief after a kidnap for ransome turned out t

newsom is leading a blue ribbon commission that has outlined the requirements of legalized pots. one issue is how marijuana would be taxed. and whether medical marijuana users would have to pay that tax. he says he's also concerned about the health and well being of children and adolescence. >> children are telling us it's much easier to buy marijuana today than it is to buy alcohol. so no one can argue for the status quo. i mean either we have to get tougher on that or we have to say maybe we can move in a new direction. >> reporter: another concern is how to test drivers for marijuana intoxication. newsom is beginning a process to get feed back from residents all around the state. >>> it was a rare moment of bipartisan ship in congress that helped solve a problem with medicare. the house overwhelming passed the so called doc fix bill. it was authored by republican house speaker john boehner and nancy pelosi. president obama praised the house saying this is how congress is supposed to work. he says he hopes the senate approves it and sends it to him for his signature. >>> new at

newsom not one was listed as a control committee and he took a grateful of money from the people in the committees that coincide and if you look at the materials that are provided by mrooerlz you'll see the minutes from 2008 of the ethics commission as being 10 indoors u thousand dollars or more district by the officials and the commission choose not to move forward they didn't put in a definition as i'm sure you're aware of control committees and contributions to a city offers holders ethic so i went on the ethics website to see a check list to see if it's a controlled committee you have the same consultants or used the same mailing list and there is no check list nothing on the web page itself that outlines how you can tell if it's a controlled committee we went through some stent with the rules committee he's not a declared campaign and not investigating to file that feels an unusual circumstances we need to wave a penalty in this case and move forward with a clear definition of what are the check marks that tell you what is a controlled committee thank you. >> members of the ethics

. >>> gavon newsome has shot out of the starting gate. he received $700,000 in contributions. the former san francisco mayor has big name backers. yahoo's ceo, marissa meyer. the founder of salesforce.com. and former apple ceo, john scully newsome is the first candidate to declare for the 2018 governor's race. >>> prince william tried out a new gig today. here he is at a tv station in tokyo. the prince was touring the studios there as he learned how the news is broadcast, he commented, so this is how the be, bc does it. he also got to see what an earthquake warning broadcast was like. prince william is visiting the north eastern part of japan devastated by the tsunami from the inned inned indonesian earthquake. >> why it's going dark and how you can help say fare well. >> some showers hof coming down in the bay area. we'll see what's next af for over 60,000 california foster children nights can feel long and lonely. i miss my sister. i miss my old school. i miss my room. i don't want special treatment. i just wanna feel normal. to help, sleep train is collecting pajamas for fo

i'm hopeful the local agencies will take it to the next level. >> lieutenant governor gavin newsom.ll try to come out later this year, maybe we can talk about this more. >> the issue of our time out here in the west. so we'd be grateful. love to see you out here. >> around the country, if you get caught drunk behind the wheel, you're likely to be sentenced to a 12-step recovery program according to alcoholics anonymous. should that be the case? >>> the way things happen on social media is so abusive. everybody needs to take responsibility for what they write. by the way, i'm pressing charges. >> ashley judd made news this week when she said she plans to press charges against the people responsible for sending threatening messages via twitter over the weekend. she was tweeting at one point she thought arkansas was playing dirty. for that, just like practically every other woman ever expressing any opinion of any kind on the internet was threatened with violence. this comes as twitter is rolling out a new tool to make it easier for users to report threats to law enforcement. twitter a

so bridge to success began as a purpose initiated in the san francisco under the leadership gavin newsom and involved the community college of san francisco and the department of children youth and families and scuffed and several important community organizations so i want to extend my hearty congratulations to everyone associated would bridge to success we're to call you the $3 million bridge to success. >> i also want to congratulate and let you know that the students at lingering high school are present to the the season the academy of finance went to the audit tax and advisors firmer for an up close looked at the careers their preparing for this is one the sfusd criteria academies that expose our students and motivates them to think about their college and career pathway and has the 21st century skills leptin them to process towards the file for the sfusd graduates in 2025 so congratulations lincoln high school students i want to announce that evening that we were fortunate on a personal note our own mission high school in the heart of the mission launched it's mary which he program

. >> sunday streets is a tradition that began years ago with former mayor gavin newsom. >> i had to askhat a c-7 was but i'm not a guitar player. >> we're playing fine tuned music in the weather department. running a little cooler today than yesterday. mid-70s in san francisco. still sunny skies. 62 degrees. 70 in san jose. hazy skies. looking nice around the santa clara valley. the location of the warmest temperatures today. dublin at 73 degrees. and back over to san francisco for the sea breeze going about 62 degrees. and what we really have going are almost summertime microclimates. the sea breeze cooling things down. the camera bouncing around thanks to those winds coming in off the ocean. low cloud drizzle and mist possible on the coast as we head toward tomorrow morning. the evening forecast by 7:00 50s to mid-60s out to the tri-valley. toward midnight patchy low clouds. tomorrow morning, coastal low clouds and could see mist around the peninsula and the golden gate bridge. low clouds making a run at the coast. during the afternoon, mostly sunny skies. a repeat of what we saw toda

in the studio with me right now is jennifer siebel newsom.e is a filmmaker, women's advocate, president and ceo of an organization that challenges women. welcome. so, i want to congratulate because on oscar night, we saw a totally different tone. >> reece witherspoon asked me about my dress. >> congratulations about that. >> thank you. and the list goes on and on, all of the incredible actresses recognizing that their voice mattered and they didn't have to be limited to what they were wearing. and they had incredible opportunity to talk about subjects about who they are as women, their work, their passion. it was fabulous. trended on facebook and twitter. one evening received over 25 million impressions. >> oh, my goodness. that's a huge surgery, success. yeah. >> i want to talk to you about this again. the first misrepresentation, talked about the underrepresentation of women in betrayals of power. that led you to the next one. >> the and tremendous success with it. and we actually wrote it. >> and we want you to see a little bit of this at

former mayor gavin newsom -- not that long ago. >> also a tradition for some folks, "full house." have mercy on the former "full house" star who recently visited the former home. he has the hat and glasses. he went to the house where other people were taking pictures. he got more excited fans maybe decades ago. he said none of the quote youngsters noticed him. and then he put the #turnaround. >> he mareust have had too much disguise on. >> mindi bach. >> have you seen the athletes that take the picture with the fan wearing their jersey but they don't know it's them. >>> it appears san francisco is parting ways not only with a fan favorite but one of their all-time greats. >>> plus, the warriors take an their rivals from the south. you have to see the steph curry highlight. you have to come back for that. >>> as head coaches, coordinators and quarterbacks change over the last ten years, frank gore was a constant. the five-time probowler running back is known for his football acumen and skill between the tack elgs. now tarksit appears gore is gone. he is planning to sign a three-yea

argues the law should stand but a state lands commission which includes lieutenant governor gavin newsom wants a judge to over turn the law. >>> east bay m.u.d. is eyeing a plan to have customers paying a 25% surcharge on water bills this summer. that's on top of an 8% general increase. the utility says it's looking for a way to cover the cost of replacing aging pipes. if the water board approves the rate hikes, customers would pay more starting july 1. >>> two major food companies are merging. kraft and heinz will become kraft heinz. craft shareholders will get a windfall. stock in the new entity plus a cash dividend financed by investors including warren buffett's company. blue bell ice cream recalling three ounce cups of chocolate, strawberry and vanilla ice cream with a tabbed lid. blue bell says the ice cream to be contaminated with listeria. >>> elected officials have taken a step to keep oakland sports teams in oakland. the alameda county board of supervisors has developed a agreement to develop the coliseum city. it's oakland's $2 billion plan to keep the raiders and a's happy. t

mayor gaven newsome agrees.rancisco gave up the fight when the city was sued. >> shouldn't with people be aware? children are growing up with only cell phones a and child's brain and body absorbs far more than an adult's. >> they are hoping that san francisco is the first city in the nation to pass legislation and have a stand. there is another screening of t the film "mobilize" in april on the campus of berkeley. jean elle berkeley. >> thank you. arkansas is threatening to ban wine from california in retaliation for a new law on the books about pigs. the california voter approved chicken law went into effect this year saying that laying hens have more room to move and they want lawmakers to float a bill to outlah wine that will impose a burden on the agricultural industry, and about 9 0 90% of the wine sold in arkansas comes from california. >> so it is a food fight. and now shgs, we can say it, join us for the weekend forecast. >> and it is going to be advancing from the peninsula to alameda to contra kosta co

i spoke with california's lieutenant governor, gavin newsom.ugh. >> yeah it's small ball unquestionably. two things happened yesterday. we extended the existing emergency provisions for another 270 days. and we added a few additional things to the extent those critics i think are right and accurate by denying people the ability to have water when they sit down at a restaurant. automatically they have to ask, and requiring now hoteliers to encourage guests staying multiple nights to ask for whether or not they want their towels washed and their linens washed. it's relatively small ball. we can sit here and pray for more rain, that's an immediate solution. but we're not able to legislate it. that's not necessarily going to work. we can talk about conservation, which we must in efficiency, we must. but i think we have to move toward mandatory rationing. we have a voluntary rationing that's been out for a year. it's simply inadequate to the moment, just 10% or so reduction from the 20% the governor was hoping for. >> you just said a phrase that i h

i'm hopeful the local agencies will take it to the next level. >> lieutenant governor gavin newsom.e'll try to come out later this year, maybe we can talk about this more. >> the issue of our time out here in the west. so we'd be grateful. love to see you out here. >> around the country, if you get caught drunk behind the wheel, you're likely to be sentenced to a 12-step recovery program according to alcoholics anonymous. should that be the case? behold, new venus swirl. the only razor with five contour blades and a flexiball. to contour to your tricky places, bends and all. going this way and that. bumps and grooves, curvy and flat. for skin as flawless as can be. new venus swirl. and try new venus with a touch of olay with five times more moisturizers i really admire my mother. despite what people said she bought me a sewing machine and she let me play with dolls and that was something that was kind of growing up culturally, it was quite unacceptable and she really dared to let me be different. [thunder and rain] [thunder and rain] [thunder and rain] >>> the way things happen on s

do we build those neighborhoods up and one of the lessons i've learned when i worked inform gavin newsom he sent me to new england after the great hurricanes this city at this point didn't pay attention to their neighborhoods and so we worked resilient in that way if we ever have a down turn caused kausz by things like climate or human disasters we're going to center to make sure our neighborhoods come back quickly and those are corridors those small businesses are tremendous drivers of our community along with downtown and south of market so again relationship building is important to me because i get to ask them what is going on in their lives and, of course they get to ask me many of the questions h how about the affordability and homeless where's the housing how do you sustain those jobs around the corner corner what are you doing about education all of those priorities that i've been focused envoy not necessarily been with me thinking in my room 2 hundred and city hall it is about being out and gathering from the people that pause in our city to tell me they're concerned to make sur

in the paper, former gaeven newsom said i know who killed your son. still no justice. i care the names and you -- around with me. all of these men. it's been 8 years. i get emotional. these are the names of the young men that murdered my son. andrew, jason thomas, anthony hunter. these people are still walking the streets and kill again. this is what i have left of my son that i walk around and that i have to see everyday. his body laying on a gurney. how long is a mother supposed to deal with this. i don't care if i have to come crying for the rest of my life i will do this. there are days i don't want to cry. i'm tired. i need justice for my child an not just my child. it's about every child here. we are traumatized. the four young men that got murdered recently traumatized me again. they died in a chair, a car where they couldn't get out of. young men. imagine what those mothers are going through. imagine what i go through. those bullets going through those children's bodies. if you can find people come here and solve these cases, solve our kids cases too. we need j

there is a possibility that that rosa parks tree that was dedicated by mayor newsom may have to be uprooted and be relocated. and she reached out on her community connections to try to find a possible location and hearing about it, i went to the principal of rosa parks elementary school and that set into motion a whole new set of wheels on sfusd, which can take a long time to navigate, and we have now reached a point where, should it become necessary for that rosa parks tree to be relocated, we have a point in the fillmore, with the principal's support and that's because of rose's hard work. thank you. >> thank you very much. next speaker, please. >> good afternoon. my name is paul weber, i am from telegraph hill and i am here in support of rose. i first met rose working on behalf of taylor hill dwellers on a number of projects on which rose was working either for her association or for the coalition of san francisco neighborhoods. and is what impressed me so much about her was, this has been said by others, but her dedication, her hard work, her thoroughness and amazingly she has no person

governor newsom do it all the time. the superintendent of public construction said that he conducts most of his state business on a personal e-mail account. it and all legal. california has no blanket policy restricting the use of personal e-mail for government-related activities. >> a mix of top democrats and republicans come together for a day-long celebration to on the new edward m. kennedy institute in boston. president obama will deliver a speech at the dedication ceremony. vice president biden and secretary of state john kerry will be on hand. it will feature a full-sized copy of senate chambers where students can take part in mock debates. kennedy passed away in 2009 after dreaming up the $78 million institute with an idea to immerse visitors in the expense of being a senator. other speakers at the festivities include senator john mccain and his sons ted kennedy and patrick j. kennedy. >> tens of thousands would packed levi stadium for wrestlemania will head back home today. 76,000 fans turned out an attendance r

under gavin newsom we were assured by the city the problem would be solved only to have it repeated 10 years later. in december 2014 mayor lee, scott scott and harlin kelly met with us. my neighbors and i are here'd to begin discussions with the city specifically to address the long-term sustainable urban planning solutions. my neighbor blane will speak more on the details specific to our street and our residents. blane. >> thank you. i am blane bachelor and live in the mission terrace neighborhood. thank you for organizing this meeting today. i am disappointed that our supervisor scott wiener isn't part of this. we didn't know about the meeting until last night. happy to be here and great presentation by mr. cruz. we're new homeowners in the area and three months later we were flooded out in the bottom unit and a nightmare and shopped that it's been happening for -- shocked it been happening for 20 years and neighbors have been dealing with it and you wouldn't believe the flooding on our street and when mr. cruz it is it was one of the worse areas we have it bad as well. so we're look

that was part of our expansion given the newsom trition -- new nutrition money from the board. i don't know if members of the audience held the news but the older americans act has finally passed out of the health committee of the senate and it's going to the full senate now and if it passes there it will go on to the house. and we haven't heard in the past any ripples from the house who are not supporting it, we just have to see. the reason that they were able to move on the older americans act is they were able to come together around a compromise for the funding formula and that was the only reason it was, there was a hold up on it. you may remember that the funding formula has been set for many, many years but what's happened across some states is we've had not only slower growth, we've actually had people leaving the state where we have a lot of growth in other states. california is one of the 10 states that actually has had more growth. when sequestration came into place is really the first time there's been a major budget reduction and the 10 states -- all the states wer

but his team is growing, hiring mark newsom.o where does designed to lead apple, or where does apple lead design? design is such an interesting thing with apple. more than any other company, their work is associated with design. as we look at the apple watch, is it function or design first? >> what's interesting about apple is we look at them as a technology company but they are usually a follower on the technology front and they come in at a moment when we are moving not an early adopter space, but into the early majority, and then also need to capture the late majority. in this case, they have seen a number of other people entering the smart watch market wearables they want to get closer to the body, own some of the real estate on the body and get into that. cory: i almost felt like they ceded this. by letting the world they were looking at watch for almost two years, competitors were spitting stuff out, some of it really ill-conceived. samsung motorola, the startups like fitbit and jawbone. it almost seems like they want othe

. >> california lieutenant governor gavin newsom. i talked to him before the verdict came down. >> do you think silicon valley has a sexism problem? a problem with women? >> it's interesting. literally here we've had forums on this office, on this very topic. my wife who is prolific on the issue of women and girls misrepresentation ogoes to the core of this issue. certainly it is a big parts of it. parts of it, we are not educating people women and girls and not encouraging them to the workforce at the scales we need to. two, boards of directors are dominantly men if not white dominantly men. nordic countries require a minimum representation of women you see more aggressive efforts in more parts of the world where people are more aggressive in terms of gender equality. not particularly silicon valley. >> what do you think it takes for tech titans to get message? >> we are getting there, this is a topic of conversation all the time out here. people are focused on it, people are talking about it more and more and you're seeing some cha

. >>> tomb now 5:15, lieutenant gavin newsom is studying recreational marijuana use.are looking at the issues around legalization. they're looking at how washington state and colorado implemented the use of recreational marijuana when voters made it legal in those two statements. they'll hold several public forums and answer questions and get feedback. >> harris says he's given a proposed step and it supports killing gay people. a southern california lawyer is pushing for the measure that would change state law to make gay or lesbian sex punishable by death. the attorney general is required by law to draw up an official title and ballot summary for any proposed initiative. they're attempting to collect enough signatures to require the measure on the balance will the. they cannot refuse to process initiative. a judge is being asked to make an exception in this case. it threatens public safety and is patently unconstitutionally. >>> -- unconstitutional. >>> the monkey parking, it allowed people to auction off parking space. he said the practice is illegal. instead of pu

california lieutenant governor newsom encourage people to sign it on social media and start the hash-tag love is not a crime. and now there's a counter negotiatetive. >> it's called the intolerant jack ass act. >>reporter: measure wrn by charlotte law calls for anyone who proposes killing gay to attend sensitive treng and make 5000 dollar donation to a pro lgbt group. >> mocking him the best way to do that and because it marginalize him and make him seem more ridiculous than he already is. >> spokesperson for the state before of california said they are aware of the petition but can not comment. in orange county greg lee 7 news. >> ceo of san francisco sales force taking on indiana governor for not vetoing legislation that allow business to refuse service to gay lesbian customers. mark tweet lesbian customers. mark tweeted today we are cancelling all programs rearing our customers and employee to travel to indian a to face discrimination. sales force hasn't said if it's considering all of the operation out of the state. last year the company acquired a company based in indianapolis. the

defense officials tell nbc newsom names on the list are in fact service members, while others have not police are searching for a suspect in a south philadelphia shooting tonight. it happened after 6:00 p.m. on mountain street near 20th street. police say the victim was taken to the hospital after getting shot in the stomach. right now there is no word on his condition. >>> sources close to the investigation say corruption-related charges could come this week against senator robert nen mendez of new jersey. the investigation centers on the senator's ties to a florida eye doctor and political donor and whether menendez accepted bribes in exchange for lobbying u.s. officials to help the doctor with business matters. both have repeatedly denied any wrongdoing. >>> from our delaware bureau state police are looking for two men accused of an attempted robbery in new castle. these are surveillance photos taken friday at the walmart on wilton boulevard. police say the men tried to rob a customer that attacked another customer who tried to intervene. police have interviewed or identified one of

. >> lieutenant governor gavin newsom is helping to spearhead state policies on key marijuana issues. yesterday, he gave a progress report. the lieutenant governor along with a committee is seeking control of the initiative since voters could possibly legalize marijuana in 2016 should it make it to the ballot. the committee is working on how pot will be taxed, how to keep it out of the hands of kids and how to keep people safe on the roadways. >>> federal politics now. senate minority leader harry reid is not going to seek re-election. the 75-year-old said that move is to make sure that democrats regain control of the senate next year. reed said it would be quote, inappropriate for him to soak up campaign resources when he could be focusing on putting the democrats back in power. reid also mentioned january's treadmill accident that left him badly bruised. he said the accident gave him time to think. >> a big mac enthusiast and fashionistas rejoice together. mcdonald's releasing a new line of clothing and home decor. up your alley. featuring a signature sandwich. take a look at this.

governor brown has admitted to doing so as well as lieutenant governor gavin newsom. california has no blanket policy banning personal e-mail for government activities but it is frowned upon. the ap results come as former secretary of state hillary clinton continues to come under fire for using her own e-mail while she was in office. >>> banned from show business. that's what san francisco wants to do with some animals. dogs and cats are okay. elephant tigers and bears are out. as in out of live shows. supervisor katie tang announce shedd is proposes a ban on shows involving those, including marine animals. performing animals are often treated cruelly in training. domestic dogs cats and horses can be used for entertainment. >>> let's bring in our chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. i'm prepping. i believe it's going to get a little windy here. so i'm prepping for my allergies in advance. >> that's a good point. it is going to make it a lot worse for tomorrow. today was the fourth day in a row of this unusually warm weather. napa up to 86 degrees. alamo 85 and south san

san francisco passed similar legislation when lieutenant governor gavin newsom was mayor.tia sued the city. san francisco eventually gave up the fight. >> shouldn't people be aware, even children are using these daily. and they're growing up with only cell phones. and a child's brain and body absorbs far more than an adult's. >> reporter: mark is hoping berkeley will be the first city in the nation to pass the right to know legislation and have it stand. jean elle, nbc bay area news. >> okay. all eyes are on indiana this morning. for a couple of reasons. one, the state is preparing for basketballs final four. but it's also trying to deal with the rising tide of anger against the state's new religious freedom restoration law. >> many see the law as anti-gay. here's nbc's gabe gutierrez. >> reporter: this morning, a huge backlash against indiana's new religious freedom restoration act and governor mike pence is on the defensive. >> we're not going to change the law. okay? >> reporter: fighting back against critics who say it legalizes discrimination against gay people the go