panhandling by a freeway. if you look at 2007 there were 744 sites. 883 in 2004. -- 2009. supervisor chiu: this is exactly the information we have been looking for for many months. it is interesting how while the the numbers seem to jump from year to year. -- while thildly they seem to jm year to year. 100 offenses in the past year. looking at the business and professional, possession of open container goes from 300 to 530500, then 5000, down to 2300. can you explain those an enormous fluctuations? >> i do not know how they were doing the counting on in 2006 when they started. understand, these numbers are not reflective of every single citation. some of these sites go directly to the hall of justice. i do not believe that we are extracting those numbers. these are the ones that the officers are turning in and are going through lieutenants, being passed on through the department. why they fluctuate so much, i couldn't tell you. supervisor chiu: ok. the one thing i would appreciate it is -- could you send me these statistics so that we can take a deeper look at this along w

the location would be convenient for people in the panhandle. also, i found the remarks extremely blunt this afternoon. they did show us something about the difficulty and persistent work the gardners and the staff have to do to keep our parks clean. i am proud to stand with them because of the work they do. it makes it possible for a neighbor in their -- neighbors to enjoy the park. thank you. >> good evening. i am the president of the north panhandle member association. i appreciate the opportunity to voice our support for the garden. it is simple. parks are for people to enjoy. they should not be used for industrial use. i would stress that if planned to move forward for this project that every consideration be given to the employees affected by the repurchasing of the site. -- the repurposing of the site. >> hello. i am president of an association. i come here as a long-term resident. i come mostly to support the community garden concept. it is time to do the right thing and take this land back into the park. however, all of these talks abou

. >> hello my name is lela gill the president of the north panhandle neighborhood association. and there are a couple of other board members here i want to point them out. dan and jarry who are available to answer questions later. a little about north of panhandle, our neighborhood is north of the golden gate pan hanth bordered by masonic and turk streets. we have 3,000 residence denlts in our neighborhood. we adopt people outside of our neighborhood because we are very community based and try to engage people that want to be part of our community. the neighborhood association was formed in 1991 in response to drug and violence activities that started. we have an montra, respect the neighborhoods the neighbors post in their windows. that was the start we have e involved since them. i will tell you about the tools we use in the next round of questions. i'm a working mother have 2 kids, 2 boys 2 and 6 year old. i also my husband is a social worker and worked in san francisco with inner city youths for a long time much the neighborhood association is -- our neighborhood associatio

a columbus, ohio newspaper found him panhandling. this video posted online has become an internet sensation. and now williams says getting his life together and is looking at job offers from the cleveland cavaliers and even nfl films among many others. >> he says his mom is like 92, hasn't seen her in years of course and hopes to reunite. >> good for him. >> what a voice. >> great. >>> that's it for the cbs 5 news at noon. we'll see you back here at 5:00. have a great afternoon. ,, never in my lifetime did i think i could walk 60 miles in 3 days. 60 miles in 3 days-- i can do that. 60 miles compared to what a cancer patient goes through is a walk in the park. from the moment i registered, people started immediately supporting me. we had an outpouring of-- of support. i wanted to do something bigger than myself. the 60 miles-- it makes a statement. i know i'm stronger than i was before, both mentally and physically. i walk with my sister. our relationship has gone to a whole new level because of training together. you meet the most wo

. >> from panhandling on the street to an overnight sensation. moment years in 2 making. >>> the third rate hike in five months and for some it adds up to a 50% increase. tonight blue shield of california is facing pressure from the state insurance commissioner to delay the rate hike but as grace lee shows us there's only so much the commissioner can do. grace. >> reporter: ken, that's right. as for dave jones the current insurance commissioner he can control excessive rate hikes for car and home insurance but not for health insurance. he is asking the state legislature to change that. but for the killer be family in menlo park patrick laid off two years ago as a computer programmer, his wife a part- time school teacher, the rate hike is the last thing they needed. >> yeah, i'm very angry, they are not asking, they are demanding. >> reporter: another health insurance rate hike. that's the last thing that patrick expected from blue shield of california. but he just got a letter that says he'll have to pay more in march. >> i have to chart it becau

panhandle plains historical museum. incredible. anyway. where was i? quanah. quanah had something that most indians did not have in the reservation period and indeed not have much of the 20th century and that was optimism. he was an optimistic fellow and he was very gregarious and very social and very convincing and in fact is it's interesting if you look at the skills needed in the comanche society for basically her power as a chief. your ability to recruit a war party. you go around the tp sensei we are going to do this and you want to come in at the cheap wasn't convincing them he couldn't do it or maybe he would get three people that quando was good at it. kwanzaa recruited lots of people. quandt want to us the guy, he was a talker, he was optimistic. he was gregarious and social and positive. he was a recruiter and the things that made him a great chief in some ways carried over. now didn't carry over for many people who work at it being a chief and i think there was something about him and i don't know where it came from, but he had an optimism and they

littering, jumping, drug use, sales, aggressive panhandling. >> reporter: neighborhood watch group yre than 1200 suvs stretch out along the highway and is against san francisco law to sleep in the vehicle but there's not much officers can do except post warnings that the rvs must move within 72 hours. >> a week or two later they would be back here again. >> reporter: one rv owner says he drove here from arizona. >> it was either sleep out here or in the bushes over there. the ones that do sleep in the bushes, they are the ones that will leave the trash. >> a lot of these guys are decent people trying to keep a roof over their head. on the other hand, some of them are irresponsible. >> one of the things people talk about is whether we could explore a permit for oversize vehicles. that is something we will be exploring. >> reporter: supervisor to says it could take months to enact any new legislation and she says other neighborhoods seem to be attracting car campers. >>> california farmworker advocates say they are suing to block the use of an aquaculture pesticide. it is on the state'

i got a house at the panhandle of the park for $300 a month and have been here ever since. i think of it as the city, but the city to meet its most the people. very, very, very different kinds of people and poetry happening, all of the music and arts. it is just a wonder. you can never be board here. you can never not find out something. i am willing to jump into that and be of used to it. and most of all, to just serve poetry. i had a dream a week ago. it was shown to me that all the work ever written is -- we are writing on the same, one, big piece. and it does not matter where we stop, because it is like, oh, my god, i have to finish this section, this big piece. and it is happening. we're already on this huge monster peace in time and space and have no idea what it is. it is so wonderful. and so, my deepest services to poetry and humans and i think i can be used to that and useful to people. [applause] i will read only two polls. one of when is remember the sense of being here in the 60's, when the first parts -- last night, my son or my car and went down to somewhere.

. >> on monday, 53-year-old ted williams was panhandling on the streets of columbus, ohio. a reporter decided to shoot a video of him after shing says sign that said "i have a g od- given voice." the video was posted on youtube and has been viewed more than 11 million times. williams' mother said she's thrilled with her son's overnight success. >> i don't know. i went out there and they were talking about the man with the golden voice. i said who is that? that's your son! >> williams took voice lessons in school but got caught up with alcohol and drugs and ended up homeless. he says he's been clean and sober for two years. williams has been offered a job to announce for the cleaveland cavaliers and also kraf t-mac carona and cheese. >>> coming up on the news at 5:00, governor brown is a w asting no no -- is wasting no time about announcing spending. he's said to eliminate the office of secretary of education and the superintendent of pub linnic stuntion and board of education. brown says the job amounts to bureaucratic redundancy. that story and more coming up at 5:00. than

a columbus newspaper man found him panhandling.his video online is a sensation and now williams is getting his life together and looking at job offers from the cleveland cavaliers basketball team to nfl films and many others. and in fact the "cbs early show" will be speaking to williams' mother today. he had not seen his mother in more than 10 years. >>> coming up, fema packing up and leaving its bay area headquarters and it's taking more than 100 jobs with it. the safety concerns behind the move. >>> i'm simon perez live in oakland where the bad guys did not ring in the new year with good cheer. they held on to their animosities and continued shooting people. sir? finding everything okay? i work for a different insurance company. my auto policy's just getting a little too expensive. with progressive, you get the "name your price" tool. it helps you find the price that's right for you. oh, the price gun. ♪ ahh wish we had this. we just tell people what to pay. yeah, we're the only ones that do. i love your insurance. bill? tom? hey

the panhandle. streaming through western oklahoma. i guess one more. you get the last shot. >> you talk a lot about the dogs that accompany the comanche. were you describing a particular breed? rhythm leslie wolfe or what? >> it was a good question. i assume there were walls asia. i don't know. my favorite dog moment, there were two moments. at the battle the dogs fought to defend. there were all killed. the other one was, there was a moment when this is really the battle of like a canyon. the blue cuts at chase the indians up over the state planes. they are up there and there is this pursuit going on. the indians are going away. so close behind that the indians are kind of checking things fast. one of the things were dogs. some of them were poppies. you had this strange moment where the soldiers were riding into a blue number with puppies. just one of those weird moments. i don't know that much, but the dogs were ubiquitous. always. in fact, the way before the horse. a dog was but carried all their belongings. so anyway beckham are we done? to you wan

the lower haight and hayes valley and the western addition and the north the panhandle neighborhood, people are working together to do events. working with the cbo. volunteer i volunteering their time in activities that are not just in their block. or just within you know perhaps within their sort of immediate structure. the vision is also that all the kid are our kids. and so whether they are the good kids the trouble makers what have you we are all responsible for their health and well being. the other element that the supervisor's office does and what supervisor mirkarimi does is he chairs the public safety committee. much of what is agendaized or what he focuses are things that have germ natd and ideas that have come up as a need from the community and that have been communicated to him. the capability that we have is in pulling in the different city agencies and departments and say, here's an issue how will we solve it? how will we deal with it? so, and that things are not working in the triage mode. the other thing that our office has done is part of the vision that some of the

them off for day care because they are terrified of that three block stretch between scott and the panhandle. that is the end of that. thank you. i appreciate the separated lines on division. fabulous. it would be great the beginning of the year next year to see some revenue measures come back to us, to take a look at them and have a fresh look. >> on the pedestrian plan, we talked about that last time. i believe will get a full report in the early new year. >> exactly. >> where we stand and what is planned. >> exactly. vice chairperson lee: two weeks ago, i had the opportunity to go visit some of the railyards that we have. i went to kirkland, peterero, wood station. i met some of the drivers to talk about some of the issues and their concerns. i think the department for setting of the meeting. -- i think the department for setting up the meeting. the drivers and there were paraprofessional and voiced some legitimate concerns. -- the drivers there or paraprofessional -- the drivers there were very professional and voiced some legitimate concerns. there were some major issues raised. >> they

that's the panhandle. and there's no crime there reported. ok. i think you really need to research this -- if you're going to take crime as the issue to remove the recycling center, i think you need to take that issue very seriously based upon factual data reported. what's the difference between 2009 and 2010? a new captain. thank you. >> thank you. >> next speaker, please. have your names been called? then come on up. i need to you speak into the mic. thank you. >> my name is kathy. given the city wide recycling program and blue bin pickups, i think the recycling center -- >> hold that mic up. >> should i start over? >> yes, start over. we'll give you a minute. >> given the city wide recycling program and weekly blue bin pickups, i think the recycling center should be moved to a more suitable and industrial location. the site on the east end of the golden gate park would be for vibrant community garden and contribute to the nearby neighborhoods. thank you. >> please come forward. i have called all of the names on all of the cards i have received

. >> ted williams panhandles on an interstate with a handwritten sign advertising his god-given gifta great voice. williams says he went to school for his voice but ran into trouble with alcohol and drugs. now clean, the video has led to an interview at a radio station, and a possible job offer. this is the "cbs morning news." the "cbs morning news." how can expedia save me even more on my hotel? by giving me ginormous discounts with these: unpublished rates. which means i get an even more rockin' hotel, for less. where you book matters. expedia. >> >>> in oregon, a man found a quick way to rob a jewelry store on monday. he asked to see a gold necklace in the front display window. then he quickly jumped over the counter, ran over the back room and grabbed a box of loose diamonds. they were worth about $50,000. >>> it's a new day for a texas man who spent three decades in jail for a crime that he did not commit. on tuesday his conviction was officially overturned after dna test results cleared him. don teague reports. >> reporter: it was a day 30 years overdue for 51-year-old corneliu

that is why they are panhandling and sleeping in doorways. their numbers are just going to multiplied next year, the year after, 10 years from now. >> let me ask, would you agree there are significant areas for people who have criminal history records? >> i would agree. it is not just people who have felony convictions and going to prison, but i was struck this morning by the stories that amy told, and a gentleman who was a reporter in santa clara county about the people who have the misdemeanor convictions they got without representation. i thought i would take a second to talk about what happened, at least in alameda county, after throwing conditions for a misdemeanor. in alameda, they probably end up on court probation for three years, which means no fourth amendment rights and services and no supervision. it means they often get a warrant. while there are on probation, they are ineligible for the clean slate remedies that exist under the law. i do not call it expunge because there's no true excitement, but the dismissals, they are not eli

it was western addition, and now it is north of panhandle. whatever. i was one of the neighbors who had a lot of concerns when we saw new businesses, and. -- new businesses, in -- new businesses come in. there was a building we approved with a conditional use called a green chile kitchen. it was a small start up company. it went from being as well corner where we approve that to having, as there were beyond capacity. -- it went from being at the corner where we approved it to having to move, as they were beyond capacity. another business opened at that spot. we had a cafe. when it opened, they were requesting a liquor license. i was one of the uptight neighbors calling abc and the project sponsor in hysterics over what type of business there were going to be running. as it turns out, they have been a wonderful addition. none of the fears were actually realized. i think that sometimes i had to change my attitude and my insecurities around these issues that a lot of neighbors have. in has been really wonderful to see all of the revitalization in the neig

. >> reporter: just another panhandler by the interchange.aid, i have a god-given gift of voice. so the reporter from "the columbus dispatch" rolled down his window. >> say something with that great radio voice. >> when you listen to nothing but the best of oldies, you're listening to magic 98.9. >> reporter: within hours, that video went viral, more than 5 million hits on youtube alone. >> i shoot a lot of things and nothing has quite stuck like this has. >> reporter: the man in the video is 52-year-old ted williams from brooklyn, new york, homeless ten years. he says he always wanted to be a broadcaster, but -- >> alcohol and drugs and a few other things became part of my life. >> reporter: clean now for two years, williams says he somehow living and begging by a columbus highway. but no more. >> every weekday morning. >> perfect, man. >> reporter: from the side of the road to inside the studios of local radio, where many callers offered williams employment. >> we would like to offer you a voice package of up to $10,000 contract. >> reporte

. >> reporter: this casual moment captured between panhandler and passing motorist... >> we'll be backight after these words. >> reporter: ...has turned ted williams from a homeless man with that golden voice to a national sensation. since monday he's gotten more than 13 million hits on youtube and job offers including one with the cleveland cavaliers. there's talk of movie deals, new homes and trips to hawaii. but for ted there's one opportunity that tops them all. >> that's the one thing that i'm looking forward to is coming to new york city to see my mom after 12 years. >> god has answered my prayers. i prayed that i would live to see this time when he would do well. >> where's my mom? >> reporter: just this afternoon, the moment came. >> hi, mommy! hi, mommy! hi, mommy! >> reporter: a reunion in front of cameras for the "early show." >> i love you, mommy! >> reporter: he was proud to tell his mom that he finally got a job. >> i just did a commercial for kraft. i'm the official voice of kraft macaroni and cheese. >> reporter: he still couldn't resist playing announcer. >> the new kr

so when i drive my daughter to school in the morning north of panhandle i have -- i will have to pay -- i get a 50% discount to leave the ghetto? is that the idea? >> so if you are on the edge of the zone, as i said, what's been done in cities that have implemented congestion pricing is they have established a sort of buffer around the congestion zone for people on either side, recognizing that they are right on the edge of the zone, to keep neighborhoods whole they will -- they've relaxed the detection of those types of families and it has also applied to businesses in the case of london, for example. commissioner o'conner: so is the question i get a 50% discount or i don't pay? >> in your particular case, this is something that would need to be analyzed going forward but we would say it would not be part of the -- it would be part of the edge movement and should not be charged or have the 50% discount. it would need to be determined. commissioner o'conner: i don't have a lot of -- there is a lot of congestion near the bizarrely designed octavia boulevard, but there is not many -- m

. >> reporter: obscured by brush by the side of the freeway, panhandling just to get by. >> people ride"get a job!" >> reporter: for the better part of 20 years ted williams was on and off the streets, friends say sometimes mixed up with drugs, alcohol or even the law. most recently he stood on this street corner holding out a sign and holding out hope, that someone would stop and listen. >> i would always have spirit enough to say don't forget tomorrow morning is your chance to win tickets to see gladys and the pips live in concert. >> reporter: about five weeks ago one driver slowed down and shot this video of williams. >> and we'll be back with more right after these words. >> reporter: holding a sign saying: i'm an ex radio announcer who has fallen on hard times." the photographer was from the columbus dispatch. he kept the film and waited for a slow news day. >> i didn't have anything, i thought hey i got that homeless guy with the great voice, i'll throw that up. it almost didn't get on the internet. >> you're listening to the nothing but the best of oldies. >> reporter: by wednes

this is a homeless panhandler the magic's vice. >> he may be homeless but is not voices. >> a panhandlerensei i have a god-given gift evergreen forests wait till you hear it. >> when you're listening to nothing but the best throw this year isn't a magic 9849. thank you, god bless you move back with more right after this. >> folks want to hear more of a homeless man with a golden voice blew up on web sites like read it. he should be in and being in nazareth, of works. get this man for is and everything. he's 10 claims. >> their voices became something of a defensive maneuver years. and then all call, drives of your the things. drive to your screen. >> a video from the dispatch is the one who shot and posted the video. >> the first thing? speech he's good. he's just really good. job offers are being posted including one from the bow radio show. >> he had his own show live on the air. >> to run for good to nine morning is your chance to win a pair of tickets. >> , should there wasn't a question mark >> at least minimum wage. but there may be a bidding contest for columbus radio station here

he has a couple of signs he's too panhandle with and they might show what he bail later to. he is not going to keep the proceeds. it will go to a homeless theater. >> this man jumped out of a moving patrol vehicle while his hands were cuffed behind him. there he goes. he was being driven to salt lake county jail. the officer opened the back window all little bit and there he goes. he jumped out of the window. his hands cuffed behind his back. believe it not only cuts or bruises. yes, the officer pulled over, pick him up and put him in the car, took an to the hospital he was treated for minor injuries >> oh my gosh. >> yes >> 'til put your hands out about woodrow >> will be back with kron4 news continues.

an example is here all these cars coming off highway 85 at the interchange they're coming on to panhandle. it is built for highway 85 and before the area got saturated with retail shopping center. the part is about to spend $8 million to try and fix the problem. the plaza road feeds cost: a nearby mall and the autograph for highway 85 southbound that's a lot to handle. will be widened to five lanes, traffic backing up half a mile during rush hour and a busy blossom and a change here will get more turn lanes and every direction. but actually will be added here with the approach on the highway 85 northbound. work begins in march to be completed by the skin. in san jose creek kron 4 news. >> coming up next to be solid political ads find out who's behind the mall. plus will go look at how your health care will change for the new year. you may remember campaign ads and films from the selection. when it came from one producer fred is coming up with pretty off-the-wall ideas. jessica visited davis at his california home just to talk about some of his productions. >> i'm not a witch, i'm nothing

. >> reporter: ted williams was discovered on the corner of i-71 and hudson panhandling. >> storm morning

. >> he was panhandling earlier this week.oday he has job offers from the cavaliers and he accepted an offer from kraft macaroni and cheese. his first ad will air in the hunger bowl played at at&t park this sunday. you can see more of this reunion and hear more from both of them coming up on the "today" show at 7:00. >> there so many changes and pressure on him. everybody hopes the best for him. time now is 6:45 and many people put the drink for leko in their bodies. it works well in the gas tank as well. >> a beautiful weekend on tap. a cool start to the day and w will check in with christina with a look at the forecast. [ male announcer ] myron needed an mba to turn his technology into a business. so he chose a university where the faculty average over 14 years of experience in their fields to help him turn a thesis into a business plan and accelerate the path between ideas... and actions. my name is myron sullivan, i'm developing a robotic system to clean oil spills, and i am a phoenix. [ male announcer ] learn more about t

littering, dumping, drug use and sales, aggressive panhandling, aggressive dogs, using the green strip down there as a latrine. >> reporter: and there are other concerns. >> it feels like your safety is in question, because of the d, left behind. it is a -- it is a question of safety. >> reporter: watch group members say a few nights ago more than 20 rvs stretched out along la playa across from the great highway. it's against san francisco law to sleep in a vehicle, but if police knock on an rv and no one answers, there isn't much officers can do, except post warnings on vehicles requesting they move within 72 hours. >> the police come out here, and the rvs go down the street. next week or a week later or two days later they'll be back again. >> reporter: we spoke with an rv owner who says he drove here from arizona a few weeks ago. >> i think it was better to sleep out here or in the bushes over there? take your pick. and the ones that do sleep in the bushes, they are the ones that are going to leave the trash in the bushes. >> a lot of these guys are just decent people trying to keep

. >> this video of williams panhandling in columbus, ohio, has gone viral.rly 4.5 million hits on you tube. this morning he was a paid fill in on a local radio station. the job offers continue to pour in. >> i'm calling to fly you out to l.a. to be a full peninsula announcer. a full-time position with the cleveland cavaliers basketball team which also offered to buy him a home. >> there is a some type of hope that god was going to pull me through some time. >> williams is flying near new york to visit his 90-year-old mother who lives in brooklyn and stood beside him throughout his battles with addiction. >>> we wish him good luck. >>> the san francisco zoo is becoming its newest member a baby giant ant eater. the zoo doesn't know the gender yet but it was born on december 22. this is the first giant ana eater born at the zoo in ten years. it will grow to be 8 feet long. we wanted to show you the picture as soon as we got it. >>> still ahead here tonight, the 800-pound dilemma. >>> governor schwarzenegger left behind a $20,000 piece of art and now governor br

he is a homeless man who is panhandling on the street trying to get some money for a meal, a safe placeo stay. he has this golden voice for radio and voiceovers and now the video of him using that voice the story of how he was discovered and going from one- time homeless man down on his luck to a man being offered jobs for $10,000, he is going to be reunited with his mother. he is going it share all of that with us exclusively this morning. just a heartwarming inspiring story. >> all right. sounds great. >> yeah. >> all right. thank you very much, erica. "the early show" starts at 7:00. we'll see you then. >> all right. 6:52. >>> firefighters are checking for hot spots after a fire races through two north bay homes. >> we'll have a live report on the damage and how two people inside were able to get out. >>> if you have a story idea or comment would you like to share with us, email brian at cbs5.com. ,, (announcer) still got flakes? switch to selsun blue shampoo. maximum strength medicine wipes out flakes. aloe and moisturizers keep hair healthy. i look great in my wedding dress with th

just a few weeks ago, williams was homeless and panhandling on the streets of columbus holding a sign saying he had a great voice. he was discovered by a reporter who posted his story on youtube. since then, he's received offers for jobs and homes. he and his mom will be on the "today" show tomorrow morning right after "today in the bay" which of course starts at 4:30. >> we love second chances, don't we? >> story of redemption. >>> thanks for watching "nbc bay area at 6:00." see you back here tonight at 11:00. >> see you then. bye-bye. people! look at you! texting...blogging... all this technology, but you're still banking like pilgrims! it's time for new school banking, bubbie. interest plus savings at capitalone.com. why earn bupkis, when your savings can earn three times the national average!! three times the national average!!! new school banking at capital one bank. with interest plus savings, go to capitalone.com!!!!! what's in your wallet? somebody help me down.