i also want to thank mayor newsom for the work that he did. if you want to thank someone for bringing someone like myself or naomi, you will want to thank mayor brown on that, too. people that know me know that i could go on for hours about this. i could talk about the collaboration that happened between the taxicab companies, the city, manufacturers. this would not have happened without john james, who was the liaison between the manufacturers, taxi industry. there were plenty of others who also helped. i had real help from lots of people -- we would not be here without you former mayor newsom. your persistence and passion for this issue, i deeply feel that. there is not enough i could say about when you have done over the years. i hope this is just the first of many events we will have talked about making our fleet cleaner. we are about a third of the way there. we have a first generation, and we hope there will be another generation coming through. we hope to soon have zero commission taxis. i will just say one interesting thing about the t

. >>> lieutenant governor gavin newsom has been calling for richards to resign. coming up in about 30 minutes, newsom will join our phil matier and former mayor willie brown to discuss the controversy. >>> police are reviewing a beating in the berkeley hymns. dispatch tapes indicate officers weren't sent to the home when the victim called about an intruder. officers said they didn't answer the call because their priority was an "occupy" protest march. police did respond after the victim's wife called 15 minutes later to say this her husband had been attacked. he was later killed. >>> a deadly avalanche near a tahoe area ski resort rescue crews rushed to an out of bounds area near alpine meadows yesterday when they got word of the avalanche. three skisser touched off the avalanche. one wassed aboutly hurt. it took several hours to get the hospital where the skier who was badly hurt died from his injuries. >>> regions hit by tornadoes this week could experience even more violent weather today. clean-up is still going on in the wake of the storms which killed 13 in

back in 2005, mayor newsom enthusiastically supported the idea of a celebration each year that wouldlude all apa communities in the city and county of san francisco, where -- get this. more than one-third of the population is asian-american and pacific islander. you rock. our next speaker is no stranger to this event, but within the last few years, he represented mayor newsome at this very celebration. in january of this year, a new chapter was written when the board of supervisors unanimously voted in city administrator edwin lee to be the mayor of san francisco. he was noted as the best candidate for leading the city for work because of his more than 25 years of experience as a leader in city government. ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the hon. edwin m. lee, the mayor of san francisco. [applause] mayor lee: thank you. thank you for that wonderful introduction and thank you for being here. it is the seventh annual celebration. sydney already explained our history, what president carter did for us, and what we are doing for ourselves, joining the whole city and region in celebra

he said that is the genius of ozzie newsome and that is why the ravens win. retting also signed with the colts -- cory redding out. there is the big hit on hines ward. the ncaa tournament cranks up today. thurmont beat la-- vermont beat lamar. loyola getting ready in pittsburgh. jimmy patsos well aware the bigger buckeyes are one of the better teams in the country. >> we got to get the game going north and south. they want the game to go east and west. they like to grind it. we got to press and make them play our style. we're not afraid to press them. the kentucky game really prepared us for this. we're playing against a little better athletes than us, but that's ok. >> game time tonight at 9:40.

ravens' gm ozzie newsome was asked about manning a couple of weeks ago at the nfl combine. ozzy said, the ravens are happy with joe flacco. >>> more coming up and an update on the orioles. plus my conversation with manager buck showalter in sarasota, florida. >> thanks, mark. looking forward to it. >>> the blood of taxpayers in michigan is boiling after a lottery winner gets caught using food stamps to pay for groceries. amanda says she needs her $200 a month public assistance because she's not working. she said after buying a house and a car with her winnings, there wasn't enough to pay her bills. >> no. i won a million. but i won a million. then after the lump sum, it was $700,000. and after taxes, it was over half. >> reporter: michigan lawmakers are working on a bill that would keep lottery winners from getting state assistance. >> i think she needs a financial planner. that might be what she needs. >>> still to come tonight on wjz eyewitness news.

hits...10-3... 3on friday, ozzie newsome cleared out some space under the salary cap...chris carr and lee evans got theeaxe... today, they had the axe out again...this time, it was another veteran ccrner.. corner.. contract of domonique foxworth this afternoon after he failed a physical...foxworth has been rehabbing a knee injury since last august, and is making little progress...the move was not unexpected, given that foxworth's cap number is 8.6 million, and also given the fact that he appeared in just 18 games over his three years with the team...the emergence of lardaris webb, cary helped seel his doom...h also - foxworth, carr and evans combined save the ravens around 18 million nder the cap. and you can see maryland take on wake forest on our sister station the cw baltimore... terpp and demon decons open the acc tournament on thursday at noon... the entire acc tourney can be seen on he cw baltimore... from the opening tip on thursday through the championship game on sunday... for the acc tournament...home -3 it's now time to announce the candidates in our high school

i really enjoyed hearing the goals that then mayor gavin newsom had announced in so many areas.y excited. in fact, when gavin was mayor, and these were the things that i really enjoyed inheriting from you. it was what warren hellman always said. even when you are doing the hardest thing possible, you have to have fun. i think it is fun when you can accomplish environmental goals for the city. there are so many generations ahead of us that we know will enjoy this. they will enjoy that cleaner air that we have promised generations to come. we are not going to be the same as many other industrialized cities, creating emission levels to the point that people get sick. we have the promise that with the strong environmental goals that we set out, that we can have fun accomplishing them. just a minute ago, i had a chance to tell gavin, thank you for showing such great leadership. we celebrated gay marriage. i can personally thank him for that wonderful leadership that led to an historic decision by the ninth circuit yesterday. we go back to 2008, where mayor gavin newsom had led the ef

when i was city administrator, asked mayor newsom if i could do the ev's.our department of environment, with melanie, with bob and others. they sat down and spend some good time talking about innovation for the city as to how we can get off of oil. i am glad the day that -- today that the chairman is here. a year ago, we announced that we wanted 100 of these charging stations placed throughout all of the public garages. that was the strongest signal that we could give that we were going to pave the way and be supportive of the national movement and be the bay area leaders of the ev revolution. we have 49 of these stations placed. does a wonderful goal. before the end of this year, we'll have them -- an additional 33. we see that the private sector has also joined in. we have hotels, parking garages that are privately owned and other public areas where private interests are saying that they would like to install these ev chargers for their customers. in fact, one of my favorite hotels down near chinatown, a have a charger there that is in use. people are pro

this fight began eight years ago, almost to the day when they are gavin newsom will lead decided to issue licenses to same-sex couples. [applause] shortly after, san francisco would distinguish itself as the first government in american history to strike down marriage laws that discriminate against same-sex partners. fortunately, we would not be alone. in addition to the brave plan, we successfully recruited to does another series - -cities -- cities and counties statewide. we are still fighting in california today, six states issue marriage licenses to same- sex couples. we owe a debt of gratitude to all that began in this building eight years ago. together, we started an argument for a quality. and we put a human face on marriage discrimination. i speak for everyone in my office when i say how honored we are to continue to work alongside the american foundation for equal rights. the outstanding legal team and the couple's the represent. -also very proud of the deputies in my office that worked so hard on this appeal. the deputy city attorney's. i also want to thank all the city official

gavin newsom went on to become lieutenant governor.- why is there such a difference in some political futures? >> it depends at the extent to which they acknowledge their misdeeds and the public's willingness to forgive. you look at gavin newsom and the current case of, of course, ross mirkarimi, they're young. and although they're at different stages of the contrition process, knewsome has displayed good sense since his affair. good news for him. mirkarimi is only at the beginning. you heard his comments today. okay, that's the beginning. the question is, though, the ending for that has not yet been written. as for schwarzenegger, well, it's hard to believe that he could make any kind of a comeback even if he wanted to. that's because of the strong allegations before he was elected governor and his unwilling ne unwillingness to accept responsibility and the facts, the ugly facts that we learned years later. whatever the public's political values, voters don't like to be taken for fools and for that behavior the penalty for the transgr

. >> mayor gavin newsom of san francisco takes the issue of slavery in his city very personally. >> if real, because i've seen it, i've seen it firsthand, i would not believe it. and most people drive by. they don't believe this stuff. they say, well, maybe it happens a little, but you're exaggerating. give me a break. exaggerating. every single one of these massage establishments, almost every single one, this is happening in all of them. >> newsom has made fighting the businessmen who profit from ruined lives a top priority by appointing a public health task force to shut down massage parlors suspected of trafficking women. >> come on out. health department. who's brad? this is brad. ahh! well, progressive has lots of discounts for a guy like brad. brad's intrigued. paid in full, safe driver, multi-car, going paperless -- all can help brad save a bunch. sign brad up. cool! jamie will ring you up. show brad the way. who's brad? oh, here we go again. discounts that everyone can use. now, that's progressive. call or click today. and it showed me the pressure points on my feet and exactl

in 2004, near gavin newsom -- mayor gavin newsom secured funds by making personal phone calls local businesses. i look forward to working with my colleagues and the mayor to make this happen again. i also had a senior hearing requests. today, i am introducing a senior request on behalf of the needs of seniors and adults with disabilities, especially in light of the recent demographic increases reported in the 2010 census. there are about 155,000 seniors in the city making up over 19% of the population. seniors over the age of 85 increased by 44% over the last 20 years. based on the other economic standard security index, 51% of our seniors do not have enough income to meet basic needs. colleagues, the quality of life for our seniors and adults with disabilities is very important to me. i would also like to thank supervisors avalos -- supervisor avalos or adding his name as a co-sponsor. supervisor mar: thank you. i wanted to announce two town hall forums i am during this week in my district on wednesday and thursday. the first one i mentioned last week is the response to the recent incidents a

. >>> lieutenant governor gavin newsom has been calling for richards to resign. coming up at 6:45, newsom joins us live on the set with phil matier and former mayor willie brown to discuss this controversy and other issues. >>> 5:32 now. a skier has died hours after being caught in an avalanche this near lake tahoe. >>> there was an avalanche and one skier was killed. they are believed to have caused it when they skid. the skier died at the hospital. >>> this morning, states hit by anoutlook of tornadoes are now bracing for round 2 of violent weather. clean-up is still going on in the wake of those storms that killed 13 people in the midwest and south. six deaths were in the southern illinois town of harrisburg which already had to deal with to major floods in just the past few years. >>> i'm thrilled about the weather, finally friday. around the state looking good as high pressure is building in very nicely. it's chilly in spots around some of the valleys this morning. some of those numbers dropping down into the 30s. 36 in concord and napa even 39 in fremont. b

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who most recently left this job and went on to become the lieutenant governor of california, gavin newsom[applause] frank jordan, former mayor frank jordan, former police chief of the city of san francisco. [applause] and my colleague from the legislative years and mayor of sanford says go, are new and tho san francisco. [applause] now that the stage is set, it is time clearly for prayer. reverend james, please come and give us the invocation. >> the per i offer todrayer i os on behalf of the more than 800 organizations in the city of county of san francisco. many of the agencies have served the people of san francisco for over 100 years. let us pray. got we come to you and prayer for our mayor, and when we. edwin lee. -- god, we come to you in prayer. as he renews his commitment to serve as our mayor, we ask you renewal his zeal for public service. grant him good health. give him the gift of patients, care for all people, but above all, the gift of wisdom here that surround his occupation with men and women dedicated to public service. fill him with your love so that he is not afraid. fo

in 2009, mayor newsom and i proposed this out of the work of capital planning. we did not have enough support. we knew where one might region were not able to pass it during the recession in 2009. we knew we were not able to pass it in 2009 because of the recession. mayor lee and i were a bit distracted last year. i want to thank supervisor w iener for stepping up and doing the work to get the bond measure passed. it is not easy. i want to thank him for the fund-raising work he did, for being such an able spokesperson all over the city to explain why we need to do this. we all know that in addition to the bond, your elected officials as well as everyone who's part of the capital planning committee and city leadership, we know we need to find an ongoing source to make sure the money we get is going to be a down payment on keeping our roads paved and working over the next decades of our city. we're all committed to that. the excitement of being able to attack the 800 miles of streets, the 300 building structures, the ability to make our roads safer for our seniors

i want to thank also mayor gavin newsom who gave me the opportunity and opened the doors for me. along with that, mayor lee, who last year, was so kind to have me continue, but more importantly, fellow commissioners, thank you so much for those that serve with us through both battles and the victories, and along with that, welcome to commissioner mccarty, commissioner melgar, commissioner mccray. i am proud of the accomplishments that our commission has done, especially passing the nation's greatest building policy -- green is green building policy, by which it was not only nationally recognized, but also internationally recognized last year in south africa by the world green building council. that is a torch that this commission will continue to carry along with shedding the light for the city as an example for other cities to execute and implement this green building policy. along with that, the accomplishment of caps that is now in the hands of the city, in respect of providing a more livable and safe city. the third is basically the category of bringing the department into th

g-- ozzie newsome released a statement sayiig... our goal is to keep ray rice a raven.dn't orget if you waated... lee evans could not hang on... and now he's the one being dropped. evans was acquired from but never lived up to d pick - expectations..he battled injuuies all season and only caught 8 passes for 143 yards including the playoofs. the move saves the team 555 million dollars. the ravens also placed ricky williams on the reserve-retired list...so if he decides to unreeire his rights still belong to the ravens... innsarasooa, the orioles saw their first game action of innan intrasquad game...orioles game... it was an upset... the orioles won...2-1...no injuries to report...just good for the birds to get back on the diimonn...their first officiaa spring training game is a split squad on monday against the rays at one...then they host the pirates at 7... the orioles chances to make the playoffs did get dramatiially better today. same for everrbody elss too. this game last yyar kept the red sox out of the playoofs. but this cominn season.... 5 from each league....

back in 2005, mayor newsom tasked the city to strengthen the foundation of support for children, youth, and families. we know the only way to really tackle family flight, because it is multifaceted, is by creating a collaboration with in the city and with our private partners. i believe this is the key. we need to get everyone in the city on the same page having this conversation. it is one thing to have city officials having this conversation, but we need to bring philanthropic and corporate partners. the council identified seven key areas that impacted family fight. nothing surprising. nothing new. housing, cost of living, transportation, workforce, and safety. this report was the impetus for a lot of really great collaborations and a lot of innovative ideas, one of which was the mayor's office of housing restructuring their notice of availability of funding to have special family- friendly housing requirements, some of which was just making sure there was a play yard in the facility, making sure the distance between the living facilities and laundromat was close. we did not want fam

. >> we formed a relationship with mayor newsom a while back. i met him at his office and presented to him -- major artistic genre at black rock. and this is portable monumentality. we told him there are great portable monument works of art all around the bay area. not so much in san francisco, but certainly in oakland. in the east bay. there are some facilities left in the city. being an acute politician, he soon realized what that meant. it was the answer to a political problem. if you put a piece of art in a neighborhood, community members will bicker about it endlessly. if it is only there to be there three months, that is something else coming in deed. i could see a light bulb above his head when we said that. -- something else, indeed. one could just create art paths out of durable materials upon which you could amount to such works of art. then the entire city, given the supply of createive talent, the whole city could be a revolving work of art. that would be wonderful. that is what black rock city is. why not transpose that to san franc

harris was elected to be the state of the new general, and gavin newsom elected george gascon to be the district attorney. when asked his position on the death penaltiy, hy, he said he wouldn't rule it out. this raised a lot of concern among opponents of the death penalty who thought this would be a step backward. he has written against the death penalty, and adheres to san francisco values. san francisco has not had a jury return a death verdict since 1989, which was 10 years before he said his office would not seek the death penalty. we thought this particular issue wanted a discussion and we are pleased to have a palace here today. let me introduce them more at length. geroge gastcocon has had a long career in law enforcement, and he works for decades in the l.a. police department, serving as the director of the office of operations in charge of patrol and detectives and special operations. he is considered to be an expert in matters of police accountability. john thompson spent 14 years on death row, and after his verdict was set aside he was then facing life in prison. he was fight

18-year-old sanchez says the whole thing could have been avoided if the intercom system at gavin newsom high school was working properly. the student accused of stealing a phone became vie hent and threw his back pack. that's when sanchez threw a stapler, facing charges of assault with a deadly weapon. >> it's 5:04. after years of debate a high-priced store in the east bay opens for business. christie smith is live where the doors will open later this morning. think it's payday for a lot of people. >> yes. that's right. good morning. i think may be the crown school, there isativeany store and apple store and now deem niemann. you can't miss it. it's big and bright and modern. the first in the east bay. it's good it is payday. they have the shoes and the purses up front in the window. you can't miss them. it's got luxury on top of luxury. 25 dollar lobster rolls. a salad and cookie bar from artists featured but it didn't come o'sy. it set off a battle between two shopping malls and each went to the ballot box with some worried about parking and traffic, valet parking and the size of the

mirren newsom did set a goal of our city being 100% renewable power in the next 10 years, and mayor li has in forethought with the task force looking at how we are going to get there. goomaking sure that is part of r system is going to help reach that goal. good when other elements i wanted to mention, the electric vehicle chargers, this is also another critical element of our infrastructure, and the cars and plugged in are also helping reduce our gas emissions. statewide is becoming cleaner and cleaner, so cars are helping me the carbon emission reduction goals. i want to thank all the departments who have participated. i want to thank bob hayden, who has been essential as well as many of the conditions today, dpw, rec and park, the airport, all of those who have seized this opportunity, so i wanted to thank the assemblywoman as well as the leadership to see that we become the electric vehicle capital in the u.s. >> that concludes our event for today. we're going to be available for questions, so thank you for coming. >> of the community clean team gathered in district 11. after the r

. >>> other women who made the list include jennifer seibel newsom, the wife of the lt. gavin newsom, recognized for her documentary "miss representation," which tackles the issue of women and girls and body image. syrian human rights activist, razan chakraborty is helping former young prostitutes reintegrate into society. reuter's tehran bureau chief parisa. >>> people are taking part in a world war environmental clean rup. may be members of were out in oakland cleaning up the martin luther king regional shoreline, all meant to raise awareness of environmental issues ahead of the passover. church says 150 countries are taking part in the effort, which ends on the passover, april 5th. >>> well, the military has a newspaper weapon in its arsenal and coming up next we'll show you how it works and why the military says it's totally harmless. >>> it may be a wet ahead. channel 2 meteorologist mark tamayo will be here with when and where rain is expected around the bay area. wait, what? and only 3 likes? honey, it's embarrassing. carol's son got over 12 million views on that

lieutenant governor newsom encouraged regents to sue the state to restore funding for public ed oox california democratic lawmakers staked their own version of a protest over the shooting death of a black florida teak. they wore hoodies in a legislative session today thrk followed yesterday's action by a representative when wore a hoody on the house floor. and. >> i can be trayvon martin. >> led by rod wright, members from black, latino and asian caucuses are donning hoodies to protest last month's killing of trayvon martin by a neighborhood watch volunteer. normally hats are for bidden but democratic leaders allowed it. >> some people may say why are you doing this? on the senate floor? we're leaders. we must always demonstrate our willingness to step in someone else's shoes. and understand what this must be like. >> republicans joined in the sentiment of a journe journey -- adjourning session in the memory of the 17-year-old walking into his father's home from the store. >> i hope this is an opportunity to find the truth, allow justice to be served and maybe get to the point of healing. >> t

in the 600 block of crane of newsom police say the man who pulled the trigger lives in brentwood and was staying at the house for a family gathering. he called 9-1-1 saying someone was trying to break into the home. the suspect is a 24-year-old man from san mateo who is recovering in the hospital. no charges have been filed. >> ama: a growing outrange of a florida team by a neighborhood watch captain has reached the bay area. it was called hoodie sunday. nick smith is in berkeley with more. nick? >> reporter: hoodie sunday was organized by bay area pastor to show solidarity and bring the community together around the family of trayvon martin. >> my sisters and brothers, allow me to say, putting us -- >> more than two hundred parishioners came wearing hoodies in solidarity with trayvon martin, the unarmed florida teen shot by a enabled watch captain. >> i will never look at hoodies in the same way. >> reporter: clergy traded in roles for hoodies pledged to give race simple and the way individuals are judged solely by the way they look. trayvon's mother responsibles to nationwide suppo