the portola needs to be one.ilarly, there was a road between two reservoirs in our neighborhood that was supposed to have been -- we opened after construction and we were told no, we're going to keep it closed. and that would effectively have blocked one side of the neighborhood from the other and hundreds of people attended a community meeting and said, no, you keep that open because we can't to stay together. (applause) >> in addition -- this is definitely our year. we've won two community challenge grants. one of them was doing a beautiful mural of a stake on a caltrans -- it's the year of the snake, isn't it? of course we're going to win. (applause) >> the second is for a pocket park on boers at san bruno. it will be the first to be a pilot pocket park -- could say that several time, a pilot pocket park. [laughter] >> one of at least five improving every little corner of all the dead end streets on san bruno avenue. * boce. we could go on and on, everything from the garden tour to the brand-new library to the

so, for years the portola and it's the portola, foster recognition.happening. one of the things that gave attention to our neighborhood is when we decided we were going to have a new branch library. ruth wallace came up with the idea of a garden tour and a lot of us thought, a garden tour? our neighborhood? who is going to come? well, we had every -- we've done it for six years. every year we've grown incrementally. after the first two years of raising money for the library -- there's our new library -- we then it was such a great community builder that we recently decided to keep wanting to volunteering and do it. we established a scholarship at city college for the horticultural department. and we have just gone gangbusters. we get good press and we get to see everybody's neighbor -- all our neighbors' gardens. because of the way san francisco s you get to be veuyer because usually you have to go through their garage or their house to see the gardens. and ruth gets known through the neighborhood because she's constantly peeking over fences and leavi

i'm here to represent the asian immigrants in the portola district. many asian immigrants have to go to chinatown to receive services, but they need services in our own neighborhood. sscc with little to no funding has done a lot with what we have, low income, senior housing, social security benefits, job-training, esl, computer classes. what we need to see is more funding for these programs from the city because we need to have a voice as well. i'm glad that we have a lot of latino immigrants here represented but we also need asian representation as well. thank you so much for coming. (applause) >> my name is ellen, one of the volunteers that joann mentioned. the reason we are able -- inds (indiscernible)more than 100 people volunteer for the community; more than 100 people are bilingual. joann is not exactly bilingual, but she's able to share the program but we need the funds, so far we have no funds. i am working as a public health psychiatric social worker. -- is my boss. i'm living at -- and i am a resident and a mom and also a daughter. i see a l

i want to thank all of my constituents from district 9, from portola, from mission, myrtle heights, this is a process. your input will be heard. thank you very much. now it is my honor to give the microphone to my friend for more than 20 years, my colleague from law school, supervisor scott wiener. >> supervisor wiener: thank you supervisor campos, mr. mayor. supervisor farrell welcome to our neck of the woods. as david mentioned, i am scott wiener, i represent district 8, and i have the honor for the third year that i have been on the budget committee. i am always weekly appreciative of that assignment because as supervisor campos mentioned the budget is at the heart of what we do with the city and the board of supervisors and it really does represent our values and our priorities as a city. we have some real challenges; our budget picture is better than it was a few years ago. what that means is that so many of those years that we were cutting in different areas we are now figuring out of the ways that we can actually get back to some of the things that we have been doing in the past a

- and i see some folks here - the portola is under one district, it is important to make sure that there is a unified voice. of course we are here in the mission, one of the most vibrant and happening neighborhoods in the city but at the same time challenges that we face here in the nation. of course myrtle heights, we have a number of folks in myrtle. we have these three neighbors working together to identify priorities. i want to highlight a couple of points is really important as we think about this budget. i think a big issue for us is clearly what is happening with the dept. of pub. health and i see barbara garcia who is here. there are significant cuts to the dept. of pub. health and these cats unfortunately have the potential to impact some of the most vulnerable people in our community. even though this in an effort to make sure that we don't cut homeless services, some of the largest cuts focus on residential treatment programs which are receiving a reduction of about 3.1 million. because of that we are talking about many residential treatment beds that are currently occupied th

as you indicated, it includes bernal heights, and it also includes the portola.t is such a rich district. getting to know people of the district through the campaign, doing the job of a supervisor has been the most rewarding super rigid experience. -- the most rewarding experience. it is amazing how the people are. it has been a great experience. i do not know that i fully understood the richness of this district until i was actually talking to so many people on the campaign trail. now as a supervisor i see it every day. i see that. and there are challenges in these tough economic times. but i also see so much potential, so many amazing people, and we in city government have an opportunity to address so many problems and make so many things better. the campaign was a learning experience on so many levels. beyond that, i think you've learned something about yourself when you are putting yourself out there through the political process. i was very lucky that i had that opportunity because where i come from something as basic as free, democratic elections, that is a

to deal with and i also want to speak to the chinese speaking unity and parts of the city like the portola, i do believe that we need to do more of that population, we need some funding already that we need to do more. thank you very much enjoy your weekend. >> i want to thank everyone for coming out today. this is the beginning. we'll be having budget hearings. i talk to people, e-mail, on the street, many ways to understand what people' parties are. thank you. >> if we could give a big round of applause to our moderator, larissa. thank you larissa, a great leader in our community. >> i too want to thank larissa and -- and thakn the cesar chavez school, and the community ambassadors for keeping us safe and the group of people coming in to help us establish a high level of safety and working closely with the law enforcement; i want to thank the departments for being here. because of you we'll work extra hard to make sure we balance the budget in a way that it earns you respect. this is why we do our jobs and we are always constantly earning it. i want to be the first one to apologize if so

election day for some bay area voters, la honda-pescadero school district and portola valley elementary school district both holding elections to decide about taxes and lakeside to realign the district and los gatos are voting on whether to reflew an educational tax. pleasanton city council is holding a special date. >> a legal battle on the morning after pill and who should be allowed to buy it. a recent ruling makes the plan b after pill available without a prescription for teens as young as 15. that does go against the government's position on the pill. a motion by the justice department to delay that ruling will be heard today. the obama administration argues the pill should not be sold over the counter to young teens >>> a new study is raising safety concerns about a hormone used to induce labor. researchers found that women who were given oxytocin were more likely to have babies admitted to the neonatal intensive care and they scored lower on conditions minutes following birth. they suggest they have a valid medical reason when they do not use it. >>> new this morning, new jersey

this week, portola pharmaceuticals plans to raise $100 million. shares could price in between $13 to $16. also in the works, channeladvisor is hoping to raise $87 million at $12-14 per share. the e-commerce software company tracks online sales of retailers such as amazon. on friday, tableau sofware opened at $31, well above its targeted range. stock shot up more than 60% to $50 after the open. samsung says it's on track for a record. the company expects sales of its galaxy s4 smartphone to hit 10 million units this week. the phone went on sale just last month. it could become the fastest selling smartphone in samsung's history. everyone has their eyes on google. the stock hit an all- time high last week during its developers conference. the company is rolling out a number of new products, including a music service and an updated android operating system. a google technologist tells us it is also revamping its search function with voice recognition technology. "soon you will be able to have a conversational search experience with your computer. wha

we basically run on the north either from caesar chavez and we come off portola down towards ocean avenue. those are the 6 1/2 square miles that we encompass. these are the foot beats here. you can see there is the 46 which is down along -- leland avenue. we tend to focus our foot beat activity along bike patrol and along the business corridors. they are very helpful and we receive positive feedback from the community regularly about the performance of our foot beat. they are very engaged and many of them will speak tonight about their relationships with the neighborhood. >> 46 on leland. we have an officer who is cantonese speaking and there are very many chinese merchants. they go to the asian community center and they will set themselves up there at 11:00 most days of the week so if anyone wants to talk to them they can have a regular meeting time otherwise their on patrol and talking with the merchants. i was there, and not many showed up here, nobody came. we grabbed the people from the center and did a merchant walk and met them at their businesses. they didn't want to close earlier

at 6:30, dinner and discussion at the portola valley home of a venture capitalist. tickets for the dinner will cost you $32,000. reception tickets start at $2500. mr. obama was last in the bay area, you'll recall, in april, fundraising in san francisco and along the peninsula >>> a new federal report is out on the deadly virus outbreak at yo simty national park. that report recommending design changes for privately run lodges to be reviewed. they say deer mites which can carry that illness were nesting inside of the new tents in the village. they were upgraded without approval. at least eight of the nine people that got sick stayed in the tents. a total of three visitors ended up dying during theout break >>> a south bay scam. a sunnyvale woman the victim of burglary after a man came to her door pretending to be a contractor. the woman was so shaken, her husband talked to nbc bay area for her. she says she led the alleged contractor to her backyard early friday afternoon and talked to him for about 15 minutes on how to fix a fence. they think the whole thing was a d

and a dinner in portola valley.ets for the dinner are said to cost more than 32- thousand dollars per person. in april, the president attended fundraisers in san francisco and along the peninsula. saturday's powerball was the largest single powerball drawing ever-- more than 590-million dollars. and it's all going to one lucky winner in zephyrhills, florida. a small town east of tampa. but- so far - no one has come forward to claim the winnings. john zarrella has the story. florida powerball winner mystery-cgpkg this is the zephyrhills, florida publix. this is where someone, we don't know who yet, bought the single winning ticket in the richest powerball ever: 590 point five million dollars. some of the sunday shoppers we spoke with either had no idea the ticket was purchased or already had relatives calling, some long lost. i'm hearing from relatives all over the country. absolutely that i hadn't heard from in years. i told them but you have to buy a ticket. and i didn't. let's ee. nope wasn't me. that's all i got.

sitting down for dinner with the president in portola valley will cost more than $32,000. >>> apple co-founder steve wozniak told cal grads to seek personal happiness and not wealth. they face a tough job market, but as ktvu's christien kafton told us that they were encouraged to look beyond statistics and find fulfillment. >> reporter: with the thundering beat and the sun beating down, cal's graduating class of 2013 filled memorial day stadium. today's commencement address was the last for outgoing chancellor birgeneau. >> how does it feel? >> i have loved being chief financial and administrative officer, but looking forward to being a profession. >> apple cope founder steve wozniak, deceased addressed the crowd. and formaldehyde kutv internal and current cnn white house correspondent brianna keilar. >> fight to follow what inspires you. >> reporter: and finally the moment that the students had been working towards for years. while many of the new graduates are entering the job market others say they are walking into an uncertain future and uncertain job market. >> i hope to go into education

near portola road.cials say if you see a mountain lion, never approach it especially if it's feeding or with offspring. >>> in just over 24 how the bay area will find out if it will -- hours, the bay area will find out if it will host super bowl l. the odds seem to be heavily in favor in san francisco at the new stadium in 2016. miami's chances were severely hurt when florida lawmakers would not finance renovations to the older sun life stadium and the nfl is looking for another west coast option outside of san diego. we'll have full updates at noon. >>> sal, just got some bad news about that bike accident in san jose. >> yeah, we have some bad news. that bike accident in san jose that we showed you earlier, capital expressway at silverlake, apparently the person involved on the bike has died. it was a teen bicyclist on his way somewhere. perhaps the school. we're trying to find out more in the south bay. it was silverlake at east capital expressway. stay with us. we'll try to find out more about this.

fire officials say the blaze started in the bedroom of a home near the intersection of sherwood and portola avenues. no word on the cause. no one was hurt. >>> the fire investigators will be back on the scene of a brushfire that started near eastwood mall in san jose yesterday evening. the fire started shortly after 6:00 &ast night and burned 30 acres of tall weeds and brush before firefighters were able to tamp it out. firefighters were going toe-to-toe with those flames on the ground. at one point, there were nearby homes and a park playground that were in danger. neighbors admitted they were worried about the early start to the fire season. >> i live really close by. just to think that something bigger can happen later. >> firefighters say they are concerned about all the dry surrounding foothills.the in this one, no homes were damaged. no one was hurt. >>> happening right now, fire crews in southern california are hoping cooler weather could help them gain the upper hand on this massive wildfire burning out of control in ventura county. nbc has the latest. >> reporter: they're calling i

a dinner and discussion at the portola valley home of a venture capitalist. tickets for the dinner will cost you $32,000. reception tickets start at 2500. mr. obama was last in the bay area in april. fundraising in san francisco and along the peninsula. >> 5:45 right now. let's check back in and get christina loren's take on what's happening outside. i think the president likes the weather out here. >> you can't beat it. >>> better than d.c., please. i think you are a very smart man, mr. president. 5:46. our weather here is going to be the envy of the entire nation yet again. cool conditions out there to start the day with wind out of the west at 21 miles an hour. a strong sustained speed for oakland. so hold on to your steering wheel today, specially if you drive a high-profile vehicle. pass that jacket. we are only going to climb into the low 70s, even in places like livermore where we usually get the warmest. san jose touching on the low 70s. it is going to be kind of breezy as well. we have the storm system just to our north. this is going to kick up some

and the president will lead to portola valley for there were tickets will cost more than $32,000. >> on to bay area sports ryan vogelsong broke his throwing hand on his wing after pitching himself for his first win in seven starts, and the giants return from a terrible road trip to beat the washington nationals eight-ast night. the right-hander foul ball off his right hand and the bottom of the fifth in a grimace in pain while grabbing his hand. few quickly examined near the batter's box and left the game. he snapped a six start winless stretch with just his second victory of 2013. he allowed three hits in five scoreless innings the lord his era from 8.06 to 7.19. >> seth smith homered and scored three times. bartolo colon pitched seven strong innings for its first win in nearly a month in oakland beat the texas rangers 9-2. colin, runs 40 on friday, gave up two runs on six hits and struck four out three. it was the first win for him since april 23rd in boston. cocoa crisp got three hits, had the first three straight 01 doubles and eight for run fifth inning that broke a 1-1 tide. >>

these stamps, either partial defunding portola efforts for the whole thing. we will talk about the irs later on today and the affordable care act act. the numbers are on your screen. twitter and facebook available. and you can e-mail us. pensacola, florida, republican buddy. caller: how are you? that we could keep our medicare. the i've been on medicare quite some time, but i have some doctors that are refusing it now. the thing about it now is it seems like obama is catering to the hispanic community and bringing all these people in. he wonders why our deficit is ourup. because there's more welfare, more food stamps, more everything going out. host: do you vote? caller: yes, they are voting. anybody with aen card. purdue get obamacare? host: attorney, independent -- ernie, independent. caller: this is not obamacare. it belongs to mitt romney. it came out of massachusetts. you need to ask yourself, every citizen in the u.s. needs to ask himself who is paying for this now, was paying for your care now and why don't you have insurance if you don't have it? you

woodside, portola valley. warmer on thursday, friday, especially saturday. a little cooler but still nice to warm on sunday. >> all right. thank you, steve. >>> new this morning, dick's sports goods is opening it first bay area store. this store in dublin opens today ahead of a grand opening weekend, starting friday. it's located at the fallin gateway shopping center. doors open at 9:00 a.m. another store is scheduled to open next month in petaluma. >>> another deadly drone strike reported this morning. this time in pakistan. who was the target just hours ago and. who was blamed for that attack. >>> investigating the beavs. what the popstar is doing that has generated a lot of complaints from his neighbors. >>> breaking news from southern california. there's word of a magnitude 4.6 earthquake that shook the santa barbara area, about 7:38 this morning. one of our viewers says that quake woke up her daughter in santa barbara. she says her daughter's bed was moving and a screen on a window fell off. it was strong enough. the epicenter was just a couple of miles

crews are battling a brushfire in the portola area.irst call went out around 5:50 this morning. there is no word yet on the cause or size of that fire. a red flag warning currently in effect. fire stations raised red flags alerting people of the danger. the problem gusty off shore winds and low humidity. this is the second red flag warning in the bay area this week. it is set to expire at 3:00 this afternoon. >>> fire crews from the bay area are also battling other wildfires burning across the state. cal fire says firefighters from all nine bay area counties are down south working to contain the springs fire in ventura county. local fire crews are also on the fire lines north of chico. fire officials say having those crews on the road does stretch the resources left behind. >> i'm not sure what depend pt we've gone to at this point -- depth we've gone to at this point but right now the need is down south. >> two wildfires that broke out in the bay area earlier this week are now contained. the yellow fire burned 125 acres and another fi