on the part of the driver and any lawyer could make a case for gross negligence if there was a city official standing there, not intervening in this dangerous situation. and that city officials took no immediate action to ensure the safety of folks standing less than 1 foot away from an open door in a car moving at 30 miles per hour. my question is -- you are the supervisor of this district. i turned off my tv. i have never attended a meeting. i have never written a letter. stop -- scott, my question is, the driver should be cited for gross negligence regarding the safety of passengers and should never again drive any city for it -- any vehicle for the city. he should be terminated. i think we can agree on that. midwestern is, please explain why you should not be terminated along with him, given you had the ability to make a difference in that critical moment and did nothing. and then when interviewed, questioned the human and sociological responsibility -- putting that on the negligent operator as though that alleviated view of the responsibility required in a moment. if you did -- supervis

ladies and gentlemen, it is my distinct honor and privilege to welcome you to the official city celebration honoring your 2010 world series champions, san francisco giants. [applause] well, for 52 long years, this city has been waiting for this day, for this parade, and for the right to call themselves world champions. [applause] this team has given us so much over the years, and we can all recall memories of our beloved giants that we will never forget. through all those memories and the heartache and the joy they have brought, there was one memory, one feeling that has eluded us for 52 very long years, and that memory, that feeling is eludes us no more. [applause] let me hear you make some noise because today, you are world champions. we are going to be saying that a lot today. do you think you could get used to it? since it was so long awaited, and it is so sweet to here, it is once again my pleasure to utter those magical words in succession that this city has been dreaming about hearing since the giants moved west, ladies and gentlemen, it is time to celebrate your 2010 world champion

i am sure he has to recognize this is the official city family and he does not represent that. >> [unintelligible] do you think that was in his interest? mayor lee: i do not. the city attorney has been giving us advice. there is no doubt in my mind that that advice has been completely apart from anything that is political. we have kept politics out of this and focused on the numbers and the legality of the proposals we presented, and we are extremely confident this will pass before the board of supervisors and the public in november. mayor lee: >> lee: thank you. [applause] >> thank you very much for coming this morning and welcome to the rededication of the reservoir. we are happy to be here today. this represents one of the milestones in our project. we are happy to share this with you. this reservoir has been empty the last two years and today, you will hear the sound of water rushing to fill it again. it makes the city safer, provides water for customers, for firefighters, for after an earthquake. we will be updating our systems. this was originally built in 1885. 125 years old. it takes care

i am sure he has to recognize this is the official city family and he does not represent that. >> [unintelligible] do you think that was in his interest? mayor lee: i do not. the city attorney has been giving us advice. there is no doubt in my mind that that advice has been completely apart from anything that is political. we have kept politics out of this and focused on the numbers and the legality of the proposals we presented, and we are extremely confident this will pass before the board of supervisors and the public in november. mayor lee: >> lee: thank you. [applause] >> i am glad to see some many of you people survived the apocalypse. he is doing a great job here. i see you've. who else is here that i can recommend. could deceive from the redevelopment agency. los is here? could this deal, it is good to see you. we have a great celebration today because i get to a 0.12 commissioners, -- get to appoint 12 commissioners, about half of them are repeats. i just wanted to signify that we got the opportunity to welcome new and existing commissioners, but to let the public know even more about wh

i am sure he has to recognize this is the official city family and he does not represent that. >> [unintelligible] do you think that was in his interest? mayor lee: i do not. the city attorney has been giving us advice. there is no doubt in my mind that that advice has been completely apart from anything that is political. we have kept politics out of this and focused on the numbers and the legality of the proposals we presented, and we are extremely confident this will pass before the board of supervisors and the public in november. mayor lee: >> lee: thank you. [applause] >> this lodge is home to some of the best fly casting pools in the world. these shallow concrete pools don't have fish. this is just a place where people come to practice their fly casting technique. ith was built in the 1930's and ever since, people have been coming here to get back to nature. every year, the world championship of fly casting is held in san francisco and visitors from all over the globe travel to be here. >> we are here with phil, general manage of san francisco rec and parks department at the anglers lodge.

i don't want to get into the whole list but they are part of the official city family we are working with, that greg has been able to work with when he was at the p.u.c. thank you very much. this ends here and we have interviews set up in the mayor's conference office for one-on-one interviews with the new chief. thank you very much for being here. >> i work with the department of environment and we are recycling oil. thank you. we can go into a refinery and we can use it again. they do oil changes and sell it anyway, so now they know when a ticket to a. hal>> to you have something you want to get rid of? >> why throw it away when you can reuse it? >> it can be filtered out and used for other products. >> [speaking spanish] >> it is going to be a good thing for us to take used motor oil from customers. we have a 75-gallon tank that we used and we have someone take it from here to recycle. >> so far, we have 35 people. we have collected 78 gallons, if not more. these are other locations that you can go. it is absolutely free. you just need to have the location open. you are set to go.

i am sure he has to recognize this is the official city family and he does not represent that. >> [unintelligible] do you think that was in his interest? mayor lee: i do not. the city attorney has been giving us advice. there is no doubt in my mind that that advice has been completely apart from anything that is political. we have kept politics out of this and focused on the numbers and the legality of the proposals we presented, and we are extremely confident this will pass before the board of supervisors and the public in november. mayor lee: >> lee: thank you. [applause] >> i am so glad to be here and joining everyone here today. she has not gotten used to a real mustache. anyway, i am so glad to be here enjoying all of you on this very important day. i do not know if you knew it, this is important because all of us up here and in particular, carmen and congresswomen spirit -- we are so much in charge with their huge decisions that affect everybody's lives. i have to say that a large part of my work as the mayor is trying to fill this $306 million gap. as you can imagine, we are short in the c

i am sure he has to recognize this is the official city family and he does not represent that. >> [unintelligible] do you think that was in his interest? mayor lee: i do not. the city attorney has been giving us advice. there is no doubt in my mind that that advice has been completely apart from anything that is political. we have kept politics out of this and focused on the numbers and the legality of the proposals we presented, and we are extremely confident this will pass before the board of supervisors and the public in november. mayor lee: >> lee: thank you. [applause] >> san francisco is home to a renowned civic art collection that includes a comic works -- iconic works by local and national artists integrated into our public buildings and six basis. the arts commission has struggled to take care of the priceless collection because of limited resources. in an effort to gather more funding for the maintenance of the collection, the art commission has joined forces with the san francisco art dealers association to establish art care, a new initiative that provides a way for the public to get

i am sure he has to recognize this is the official city family and he does not represent that. >> [unintelligible] do you think that was in his interest? mayor lee: i do not. the city attorney has been giving us advice. there is no doubt in my mind that that advice has been completely apart from anything that is political. we have kept politics out of this and focused on the numbers and the legality of the proposals we presented, and we are extremely confident this will pass before the board of supervisors and the public in november. mayor lee: >> lee: thank you. [applause] >> good morning, everyone. i am the director of neighborhood business development for the office of work force development. thank you for coming. this is the kickoff of small business week as well as a celebration of the accomplishments of our small business revolving loan fund, which we have been working on for about six months. i would like to start by introducing the mayor, and we will continue by hearing from supervisor wiener as well as our administrator for the loan fund, and finally, the owner of this great new business

i am sure he has to recognize this is the official city family and he does not represent that. >> [unintelligible]

i am sure he has to recognize this is the official city family and he does not represent that. >> [unintelligible] do you think that was in his interest? mayor lee: i do not. the city attorney has been giving us advice. there is no doubt in my mind that that advice has been completely apart from anything that is political. we have kept politics out of this and focused on the numbers and the legality of the proposals we presented, and we are extremely confident this will pass before the board of supervisors and the public in november. mayor lee: >> lee: thank you. [applause] >> good afternoon. i'm with the department of building inspection. we are approaching the sixth year of our brown bag lunch series here at the department of building inspection where we talk about topics related to construction in san francisco. we invite you to join us on the third thursday of every month here at the building department. we have an exciting lineup of shows this year. and one of them, today, is going to be really exciting because we have a terrific guest today. mr. woody labounty. >> thank you. >> woody is the

is far from sorting out the devastating consequences of his short told us reports now from the city official that the deadly legacy of the disaster has left . the ominous and constant ticking of geiger counter scientists working in fukushima city concerned on the woman i'm in charge of the group of radiation detection and survey from fukushima university where now thinking their creation protocol and process set up by the japanese government is not enough and myself i think i should evacuate from this area but because of my job at the university i can't my family and my friends family are evacuating. officially fukushima city is in a safe area eighty kilometers from the daiichi plant reactor one and a full sixty kilometers outside the band danger zone but still radiation levels here are much higher than normal. just to give you an idea of the consistency right now the dagger count is really quite two nine micro ringgits which is about thirty times what is more than the accepted level but if you come down here to where it just sort of a lot of it collected the radiation will quickly jumped ou

we pulled out the ledger, you know, with like the official city ledgeser of moving houses. there were tons of them. i don't know, at some point it just kind of petered out and somebody moves a house like once every 15 years now. >> so we in our digital age, issue house moving permits once every couple of years. i pull out this little book. it's got a piece of carbon paper in it. you put the carbon in and you write, you know, house moving permit number, you know, 36. you say from here to there. we charge a fee. a very low fee. it's really right out of the turn of the century before. >> yeah, it has that dusty, old-school feeling. >> actually, we maintained that. i tried to maintain this little book. we still do it that way. >> would the post earthquake installation of building codes and building requirements have impacted carville to expand? and ultimately was that part of the demise as our desire and need to have structures that were earthquake safe and fire safe? did that have an impact on it, i guess? >> well it seemed more that they were health issues. they were really n

it wasn't prepared for an accident on such a scale artie's sean thomas traveled to a city well outside the official exclusion zone where locals are concerned over high radiation levels. the ominous and constant ticking of geiger counters and scientists working in fukushima city concerned on the one that i'm in charge of the group of radiation detection and survey from fukushima university when i was thinking there were a creation protocol and process set up by the japanese government is not enough and myself i think i should evacuate from this area but because of my job at the university and my family and my friends families are evacuating. officially fukushima city is in a safe area eighty kilometers from the daiichi plant reactor one and a full sixty kilometers outside the band danger zone but still radiation levels here a much higher than normal. just to give you an idea of the consistency right now the dagger count is really pretty quite chilling nine micro ring it's about thirty times what it is more than the accepted level but if you come down here to where the soil and a lot of it collected

this comes as city officials dodge questions about why the emergency responders did nothing to help the victim. yesterday we were told that the alameda fire chief was not doing interviews. the mayor, city manager and city attorney were all unavailable, but people in alameda are demanding answers. >> what we're seeing is the mayor saying, yes, you know we're going to take this seriously, we're going to investigate this. yet nobody is on administrative leave. so it doesn't look like it's being taken seriously. >> right after the drowning city officials said budget cuts eliminated funding for water rescue training. but according to the budget on the city's website the city is prepared to handle water emergencies. city council is expected to issue their review of the incident at tonight's meeting. >>> new this morning, pretrial motions are set to begin today in the case of a suspected gang member accused of killing a father and his two sons nearly three years ago. edwin ram os is accused of killing tony and two of his sons in excelsior district in june of 2008. he appears to have mistaken t

we told them we had a 30 minute and they said, okay thanks. >>> after the drowning, city officials said budget cuts eliminated water rescue funds but according to a city memo those funds were reinstated a year ago. now residents are demanding answers and rumors of a cover up are starting to swirl. >>> and now back to our breaking news. the family of a missing student. >> and we are asking that you donate, 100% which go to a search fund. we'll be holding a candlelight vigil on thursdays. locations are to be determined and posted on our website. again, we thank michelle's fellow loved ones, the california community. the press, and the public for supporting us through this difficult time. your encouragement, prayers and kind words have touched us deeply. we ask that all please continue to help us in search for michelle's return. please go to our website www.michellelemissing.com for more information. and again thank you everyone for your support. please pray for her, thank you. >> you've been listening live to a member of michelle le's family. she's a nursing student who's been missing for

. >> are we ready for the official flag raising? on behalf of the city, i have the distinct mayor as your plate -- mayor, and working with everyone here, and in celebration to let the world know what is happening in san francisco again. that is the celebration of changing the world and our culture in san francisco. i am so thrilled to be able to do this. it is a week of celebration. thank you so much for being here. here is the flag. [applause] it usually takes two people. >> are you ok? >> yeah. >> all right. there you go. [applause] >> welcome to city hall. i will be in see today for the formal raising of the plight -- pride flag over san francisco. that was exciting. [applause] i never know what to wear. today, i thought i was going to be of the building, look like the building. some say i look like the first lady. i am not sure what that meant. i will take that job because it is less responsibility and get to travel around. i love dressing up and coming to city hall knowing where part of the city just as we are apart of city hall. this is a great cro

city officials are now looking into the case themselves. on4 news that they're now on the process of contacting all the parents whose children were involved in the program. and they're looking into whether any of the children are harmed by norris although this is based in san francisco, it has recently branched out to other bay area cities. coming up at kron4 news at 6:00, we will examine with cities may have had kids in their program, and authorities are investigating whether he committed any crimes against children in those cities. that is tonight at 6:00 p.m.. >> and men is in custody in antioch after being arrested wearing body armor and carrying a fully loaded gun. the police said early saturday morning the suspect aaron harris was gambling outside of a bar. the police approached and several other men took off running, harris walk towards the police. when they tried to take into custody, they said that he struggled, they said they see as a lengthy criminal record. in oakland they have arrested a 19 year-old man with a deadly shooting ha

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systems failure although officials in tripoli claim more than eight hundred civilians have died in nato raids the nine people they say were killed in sunday's bombardment of the city have become the first civilian casualties officially acknowledged by the alliance only on saturday nato has also admitted another mistake in a strike this time on rebel forces need eleven allport of bragger with a number of casualties not been disclosed we hold nato we hold mr cameron mr sarkozy and mr better scorning mr obama was already down here getting this possible for the deaths of these innocent children innocent was i'm here i'm innocent fathers and mothers you cannot justify this attack if the enemy wasn't. sunday's fatal error he carries any the rising concerns within nato about his operation in northern africa only eight out of its twenty eight members have joined the mission to protect civilians in libya which raises the question how many would support one to kill them ration option or r t tripoli. civilian deaths in libya growing anger mounts among the taxpayers footing the bill for the military intervention because it's expected to cost one of its key players the u.k. hu

. >> good afternoon, topping our news the city of san francisco is officially in mourning today after the death of a firefighter. a second firefighter remains in the hospital critically injured. flags are flying at half staff at san francisco city hall. a ktvu photographer took this video this morning. mayor ed lee ordered city flags to be lowered in memory of 48- year-old vincent perez, a 20 year veteran of the fire department. the first san francisco firefighter to die in the line of duty in eight years. we have continuing coverage on this house fire, which we first brought to you yesterday at noon with two reports. jade hernandez is at the scene of the fire where investigators arrive this morning but we begin with david stevenson at san francisco general for the latest on a show of support for the firefighter injured. >> reporter: i also want to update you on the funeral preparations for one firefighter but we just received an update on the condition of the wounded firefighter resting right now on the 4th floor of the hospital. we have learned that anthony boalreadyio was placed on

victim. >> the independent investigation should be conducted by law enforcement, not by you. >> city officialsuld conduct the independent review or whether it might happen. many of residents say the incident leaves them wondering in the city's firefighters would be effective in a major disaster >> eric: if you park in or around san carlos, lock your car door and hide your valuables. a warning is going out san mateo county sheriff's deputies about a string of 36 auto break-ins, all since may. most of cars were unlocked at the time. a 28th-year-old san francisco man has been arrested and charged with two of the robberies but police don't think he is responsible for all of them. >> kristen: they are investigating whether a driver was speeding when he plunged off a ramp in oakland. it shut down the connector between 880 and eastbound 580 for several hours last night. the truck dropped about 30 feet. hoo the driver suffered a broken arm but nobody else was hurt. >> it's almost 6:35 and time to take a look summer light forecast. >> hello to to the marine layer but a lot of sunshine later today. >> t

. >> city officials here at east palo alto city is hall are doing what they can do to support the police chief. next week the city council will put a quarter of million dollars into summer youth programs to tackle the gang problem with prevention, intervention and enforcement. by cracking down on the gangs and preventing kids from joining that lifestyle the city ace mayor and police chief hope that kind of tragedy will not happen again. >>> in east palo alto, kron4 news. >>> new details and new pictures tonight, video surfaces of the young man that was arrested after wearing saggy pant on an airplane. this footage is from the flight just before he was removed. >> no, no, no, no. listen to me. listen to me. >> yes you do. >> i ain't even do nothing to nobody. >> the video goes on to show hip pleading his case, he appears plight, he is saying sir and -- polite and he is saying sir. if you would like to watch the full video of what is becoming a controversial episode all across the country visit kron4's facebook page. it's a nice take out there today. here is a look at the high temperatures

. >> reporter: police and city officials demonstrated their new platform 25 communications system at the hospital. it worked. oakland's new digital radio system went online yesterday morning and officials say so far, so good. >> we find ourselves communicating in areas we haven't been able to communicate before. >> reporter: oakland police have been plagued by problems with this old and antiquated system. their radios went down. now with the new state of the art system, city officials expect those types of problems to disappear for the most part. >> there will be a few areas that won't be totally reachable. >> we're now in that phase of the project where we will work closely with our first responders to make any adjustments and refinements to the system. >> reporter: the city says it will likely have to construct more communications towers to eliminate any remaining dead spots. one area that used to be a notorious dead zone, thanks to the new system police radios now work here. that's a relief to the high street pharmacy often a victim of robberies and break ins. >> having them have

systems failure although officials in tripoli claim more than eight hundred civilians have died in nato raids the nine people they say were killed in sunday's bombardment of the city have become the first civilian casualty is officially acknowledged by the alliance only on saturday nato has also admitted another mistake in a strike this time on rebel forces neither live in oil port of brag or with the number of casualties not been disclosed we who are nato you hold mr cameron mr sarkozy and mr berlusconi mr obama may already. have a good response support for the deaths of these innocent children innocent was done here as an innocent fathers and mothers you cannot justify this attack the enemy was up with that incident. sunday's fatal error occurs in the rising concerns within nato about his operation in northern africa only eight out of its twenty eight members have joined the mission to protect civilians in libya which raises the question how many would support one to kill them ration option or r t tripoli. and with civilian casualties in libya mounting and no end in sight those paying for the intervention and my baby is stumping up more than they bargained for t

city officials wanted the line back on track. >> the cable cars are part of what is iconic about the city and what makes our hills and our neighborhoods so memorable. >> got to love that ringing sound. this line began operating in 1878. >> and coming up, u.s. supreme court strikes down california's law banning the sale of violent video games to children but san francisco lawmaker behind the ban is prom yitsing this battle is not over. >> and state budget battle that comes to name calling. the insults over the weekend. >> our camera is showing sunshine. we'll trade the sun for rainfall tomorrow. i'm sandhya patel and will have the full forecast shortly. go! go! completing an atm deposit in record time... that's a step forward. go! go! with deposit friendly atms, you can make ultra fast, secure deposits with no slips or envelopes. take a step forward and chase what matters. >>> california kids can continue buying violent video games now that the u.s. supreme court overturn aid state law. >> the san francisco lawmaker behind the ban says despite the ruling the sattel is not over. david l

i am usually not popular with everyone else, but with other city officials, i am very popular. come budget time, they come calling. welcome to city hall. happy new year, everybody. it is an honor to see all of you here. it is a reminder for all of us as public servants that we are here to serve you. the day we opened city hall to all of you -- it is quite an honor to see all of you here celebrating with us. it is a reminder of how we have to constantly keep city hall opened, not just for the folks that have access, but for those that do not. it has been a struggle. as my colleagues have talked about, it has been a struggle for the community. and it is not over yet. we have some high hurdles to face, serious budget issues coming up this coming year. we have a lot of strong economic issues, moving forward, but i know that you know that all of us are working hard every day to solve those problems. again, happy new year. [[s speaking chinese] happy new year, everybody. [applause] >> thank you, phil. i know the general counsel is here. would you like to say a few words now? [applause