i cannot imagine sitting at the table of the chief of police of oakland or sacramento, and the chief of police being here. it does not end the questions. it is a conversation that has to get down to important issues. it has to start and meetings like this are a start to recognize. i think it is a real positive step. [applause] >> and although i would argue many of the things that were said today on the panel -- and i cannot believe i am going to say this -- i completely agree with john burris and stuart hanlon. [applause] >> thank you for giving my closing comments from me. i would like to thank the public defender's office for providing the public and anybody he wants to come to this forum, hearing from these experts, and they help you take away some good things from this -- and i hope you take away some good things you take away some good things from this panel. >> so many people here. this is the third and final panel for those of you who have stayed. this is going to be an incredible discussion. leading the panel, this is the chief attorney of the public defender's office, matt g

. >> it will either provide accommodations or refund customers currently booked on flights to and from oakland. a sacramentomosque broke religious barriers today and hosted easter services to a christian congregation for the first time in history. maria medina on the muslim community reaching out to help others in need. >> ♪ >> it may just be the first time ever in history that a christian congregation filled a mosque to celebrate easter. traditionally, and muslims are not allowed to worship in the mosque. but one week before the holiday a christian spiritual life center in sacramento lost their lease and this centers that did, offering their place of worship, breaking religious and cultural barriers. >> people are coming from the bay orarea and all of the place to witness this event, we're just happy to be a part of it. >> worshipers celebrated one of the most important days of the year for christians. and to witness history in the making. >> my heart is filled with generosity for the muslim community here in sacramento, to allow us to me here on easter. >> it is just once in a lifetime, i hope that its sp

these two hospitals in san francisco, sutter has already built or is rebuilding new hospital in oakland, peninsula, santa rosa, and sacramento. their commitments to investing in the communities it serves and to the overall fiscal health of the network enables us to make this a $2.5 billion investment without any public subsidy. i cannot emphasize enough that rebuilding cpmc will have tremendous benefits for the overall health care delivery system here in our city. the project will actually double the number of earthquake-safe beds here in the city, inject $2.5 billion into the local economy, create a 1500 construction jobs, guarantee more than $1 billion in community benefits, to begin the increase our ability to work with the city to care for low- income and underserved san franciscans, including as you heard, 10,000 new medi-cal beneficiaries, which will be roughly a third of all the new recipients under health care reform. we will provide a $20 million endowment to support community care renovation fund, to support and approve these services of community clinics, and other social-service organizations. we will invest $62

these two hospitals in san francisco, sutter has already built or is rebuilding new hospital in oakland, peninsula, santa rosa, and sacramento. their commitments to investing their commitments to investing in the communities it serves

oakland remains the center, transportation wise. you are looking at the rail service to sacramento, the most heavily used in the state. or you are looking at the fact that -- where the heart of the bart system. with our good transit system throughout the case -- throughout the bay. with the airport expanding more and more flights internationally, oakland will continue to be a transportation hub. we will be working hard on federal and state investment. these are the main strategic areas we will be looking at. as a mayor, the things i have been particularly trying to not be preoccupied about, to try to get more involved in was to look at our service areas. we will have an upcoming joint conference in may to look at some of these sectors, including health care and transportation, and particularly the entertainment and trade areas in may. we will basically have a conference on this. we will take people to major areas of development. i hope you will join with us in that, i think the first friday in may. oakland as a city is on the rise in the -- in many ways. this is a city which has the highest concentration of poverty still

almost to the sacramento valley passed san jose passed the santa cruz valley most of this fell within an hour or an hour and a half. officially it was 5.6. redwood city 44 / 100th, oakland0s on the temperatures low-to- mid 40and the temperatures are changing rapidly. there may even be a few sun breaks but that will help stabilize the atmosphere. guess what, this whole system is rotating in towards us late tonight into tomorrow, and for this afternoon into friday, it looks golder. and not as breezy as it was ahead of that front, very low 60s and we get some breaks in the clouds possibility of some more weather from san walk walk by friday, and then clearing really fold this time of year, awe claudine? >>> there is trouble willing news regarding the u.s. job front. they announced more people filed for unemployment benefits last week. first time jobless claims rose to 380,000 and that's the highest we have seen in two months. analysts say it is a sign that companies are being cautious about hiring more workers. sales of personal computers are up more than expected. they have an increase of almost 2% from the same time last year. analysts expected a decline but they feared