good day to you, regina in nice to see. >> did you hi. thanks. >> how much do consumers spend on game day sf where do they put their money? >> men average $86 and women $56. a lot of it in food. it is, alex, the second largest consumption day on the eating side behind thanksgiving. it is one giant snack attack. in fact, during the actual broadcast, the average american will consume 1, 2shgs 00 calories in snacks alone. that does not count lunch, dinner, or what you are

i would like to thank regina for coming. this is something we have discussed in other districts before. i would like to thank the department very much for working with the supervisors in order to include the clement and balboa areas. i particularly mention of balboa because that is often forgotten as a commercial district in richmond. this is going to work. i have full confidence that the entire area will, over years, nothing is going to happen tomorrow, but over years, improved itself from some of the very low rise one-story, sometimes to stories, but a low ground floor that make it very difficult for retail establishments to deal with their patients -- with their patrons. i am very pleased with this. commissioner fong: i think this is a great area to promote activation, pedestrian priority, to get folks on the street. spending more money. they have done a great job there. there will help activate that on the sidewalks. i am supportive of this and i think, from a small business and large business perspective, this is someth

regina king is here in studio 57.>> it's time for "healthwatch." here's dr. holly phillips. >> good morning. in today's "healthwatch," the truth about cat allergies. they're so cute and can be a low maintenance pet. but according to a study, people who get their first pet as an adult double their risk of developing an allergic reaction, especially if the cat is allowed in the bedroom. researchers found bringing your first cat into the house as an adult raised allergy risks by 85%. a protein in the cat's saliva, skin glands and urinary tract is mostly responsible for this. not all cats are created equal. female cats, light colored cat and surprisingly long haired cats may give off fewer of the ozzy... yeah? do you have a secret fantasy? yes. i'd like to fly to new york for a colonoscopy. enter the cbs cares colonoscopy sweepstakes. if you win our grand prize, we'll fly you to new york for three nights in a luxury hotel. watch the sunrise over central park, then kick back, relax, and enjoy a complimentary colonoscopy! s

i also want to a knowledge regina, the director of the small business commission. she is here and to like to express the commission's action on this ordinance. thank you. president miguel: thank you very much. supervisor mar? president chiu: -- supervisor mar: i want to a knowledge that i really appreciate regina for being here and working with the merchants along the erie to come up with ideas to fill vacant storefronts and make it more of an attractive and active area, not just around theory -- geary, but balboa and clement as well. it is really great to have her here. >> thank you, supervisor mar kurri and good afternoon. i wanted to make sure to be here to support supervisor mar's legislation. this is the type of thing that while sometimes it might seem insignificant, we think it will have a tremendous impact on our commercial corridors. the commission originally heard this matter when i was part of an initial piece of legislation. i am here to say that they are in support of it carried this is the type of thing that we think maintains our viable financial corr

regina king is here in studio 57.it's time for "healthwatch." here's dr. holly phillips. >> good morning. in today's "healthwatch," the truth about cat allergies. they're so cute and can be a low maintenance pet. but according to a study, people who get their first pet as an adult double their risk of developing an allergic reaction, especially if the cat is allowed in the bedroom. researchers found bringing your first cat into the house as an adult raised allergy risks by 85%. a protein in the cat's saliva, skin glands and urinary tract is mostly responsible for this. not all cats are created equal. female cats, light colored cat and surprisingly long haired cats may give off fewer of the allergens. if you're allergic but can't bear with your cat. here are tips. allergy shots with medications help. help a filter helps. bathe your cat and make your bedroom a feline-free zone. your katmai not be happy about that. but you'll probably breathe easier. i'm dr. holly phillips. >> cbs "healthwatch" sponsored by os tea owe bi

eric mcdonnel, chief operating officer of the united way with of the bay area and regina jackson presidentnd director of the east oakland youth development center. we'll be talking to them in a second. before we begin, one of the issues at the top is access to higher education. the cost of a college education has been soaring and they are putting brakes on rising fees. wayne freedman filed this report on january 27th with reaction from u.c. berkeley where fees have gone up 2,000% since the '70s. >> as parents saw their kids, this is the best years, time without worries except for paying. >> how much in debt are you? >> i would not like to say. >> which is why when president obama found a receptive audience >> we are put colleges on notice you can't keep, you can't assume that you will jack up tuition every single year. if you can't stop it from going up. the funding you get from taxpayers each year will go down. we should push colleges to do better. we should hold them accountable if they don't. >> reporter: san francisco political science professor knows about tuition inflation, the ph.d.

thank you, regina. for those of you looking to contact these organizations, you can find their contact information in the program you should have picked up when you sign in. for those of you who are prospective entrepreneurs, if we could limit the acronyms and talk more about what those acronyms mean. >> sounds good. thanks, mark, virginia, and leader pelosi for putting on this event, and for all that she has done -- thanks mark, regina , and later pelosi. we have been able to access resources through the sba and the cdfi fund which helps get money to small businesses in this time of need. opportunity fund is not a bank or a government agency. we are an independent nonprofit organization with a mission to provide capital to working people to help them earn, say, and invest in the future. we focus primarily on businesses that are not yet bankable. most of our clients are themselves low or moderate income people or working in low or moderate income neighborhoods. but not exclusively. we will look at any b

. >> regina said i am with lizzie, i couldn't trade that time for anything. we want to know what you think. go to facebook.com/7live. and go on lean or e-mail at 7live@kgo-tv.com. and there was a lot of people talking on facebook about this one, brian. a lot ofsaying no people saying, they didn't like the high school years. i loved it the way it was and you don't need to redo it. >> and you could have loved it but things could have gone easier if there were things you knew. ab absolutely positively not. the angst of teen years and overrate happy birthday, kid,et. >> and hav we have got christin. who said yes, exclamation point. teen years are tough and i would not go back unless i had the option to change something in my life. >> all right. continue to post on facebook. we'll havend e-mails and tweets. sphaystay tuned for the news at 4:00. and happy birthday, casey. bye-bye . [ cellphone rings ] hey honey! mom, we're dying. no you're not, you're just hungry. make some totino's pizza rolls. we don't have any! front... left, totino's. [ male announcer ] well do

. >>> regina king grew up in front of us.le announcer ] for our families... our neighbors... and our communities... america's beverage companies have created a wide range of new choices. developing smaller portion sizes and more low- & no-calorie beverages... adding clear calorie labels so you know exactly what you're choosing... and in schools, replacing full-calorie soft drinks with lower-calorie options. with more choices and fewer calories, america's beverage companies are delivering. >>> good monday morning. 8:25. i'm grace lee. one person who has died and two others in the hospital. after an suv crashed this morning, on the east side of san jose. and it happened on a ramp that connects highway 101 with the capital expressway. and investigators believe that the driver may have taken the curve too fast. there were eight people inside that one car. >>> and one person was wounded in an officer-involved shooting late last night in east oakland. officers say they were making a traffic stop on a car that they believe was invol

good day to you, regina in nice to see. >> did you hi.> how much do consumers spend on game day sf where do they put their money? >> men average $86 and women $56. a lot of it in food. it is, alex, the second largest consumption day on the eating side behind thanksgiving. it is one giant snack attack. in fact, during the actual broadcast, the average american will consume 1, 2shgs 00 calories in snacks alone. that does not count lunch, dinner, or what you are drinking. the number seven beer consumption day. >> wow. could have gone all day without hearing the calories i know we will consume. anyway, if you are in the snack food business then, regina, is this a make or break day for me? >> certain sly a big day for any manufacturer of chips, pretzels, that kind of thing and avocado industry will go through 71 million pounds of avocados in the form of guacamole today. interestingly, it is a sampling program. nine out of ten people will watch the game at home. often with friends and family. if i'm at your house, alex, serve a cracker and say

here to tell us the raee regina. this is a fun event. >> we want everybody out there to come. we do have wonderful vendors this year. the show has been here for five years. with have another neukom new, component. seminars by the experts. 7 deadly design things to five things questions you have to ask before you renovate and we have somebody talking about designing a kitchen that you will still love 30 years from now. >> people need to know when to start, where to start. >> we have somebody telling you how to afford this, should you take a loan out? should you save for it? i mean, lots of good information for anybody planning a renovation. absolutely. also, we have father leo on sunday, and he is doing, he is the bobby flay cookoff winner. throw down. little priest beat out bobby flay. i'm dieing to see it. he is going to conjure d8up hi recipe. everybody can have a copy of it afterwards. bob la seedo, from the vantage team, he is going to tell you, how to afford a $200,000 college education on buying one rental property. he did it, and he is going to tell you how to do it. w

performance on the table having a conversation with those small business commission and specifically with regina and chris on this trying to develop this idea. i would ask for your actual feedback and input. the current proposal we're considering is a 5,000 square foot wafer. for the first 5,000 square feet of a small business, nonformula retail small business, we would consider waiving the fee in its entirety. the way it's currently proposed, this would mean if you are reusing a vacant 5,000 square foot building that was not retail or was not commercial and you're converting it, that first 5,000 square feet would be free. also being discussed is if you were adding to an existing retail space or an existing p.d.r. space, let's say, taking a .357,000 square foot retail store and making it 4,000, the

>> regina jackson is the executive director of the center on international boulevard. >> we have visual, performing and culinary arts. we have basketball, track and field and martial arts, and then we have the after school homework academy, and we have computers. >> today jackson is a driver picking up these kids from futures elementary school. >> what was the most important then you learned at school? >> they can only afford to shuttle the kids one day a week. kids who don't have any other way to get there. >> we have a busy street. parents are worried about the violence. the kids can't walk 10 or 12 blocks like they may be used to. and sometimes they are not even comfortable with the buses. >> right now they transport about 60 kids from seven oakland schools in two advance. >> it is fantastic. >> what type of activities do you like? >> i like to go to the gym and to art and to cook. >> he is a fifth grader from futures. >> it is fun. you get to go to the gym when you are done with your homework and to the art center and paint. >> because the program is such a success. >> we have 100%

we have been working with the regina a lot, and we have also had conversations, actually last week, with commercial landlords and realtors, and so we are getting a lot of feedback, some ideas that people have for potential changes, so we are very open, and we are looking at some of those and would like to hear your feedback. thanks. clerk: commissioners? commissioner dooley: this is great. thank you very much. i have been working on ada compliance issues since before i was on the commission. i just have some questions. is there going to be some kind of codified piece of information that will be required that the landlords give which will not necessarily be written by the landlord? >> part of the conversations we have been having in the last week with the commercial landlord community, and that the city would draft some sort of disclosure statement that would be put in the les or made very visible and translated into different languages and something that the city gets to decide what the wording is and require that that be in all. commissioner dooley: that would mean that when someone is

. >> regina, director of the office of small business. starting in september 27, 2011, we kicked off the small business outreach, because we heard from the small business community, their interest in wanting to make sure that they had the opportunity to participate in the economic benefits of the america's cup being here. so we work with the event authority to introduce them to the business organizations. our office, the commission, the human rights commission, we're really dedicated to ensuring that the event authority does meet its goals, and we will be monitoring that as well. i am very appreciative of the work they're doing in terms of engaging and simplifying the ability for businesses to be able to engage and get information on business opportunities. the other thing that i also wanted to make sure that you are aware of, when we did our presentations, we also led businesses know that there is going to be business-to-business opportunities that they are going to be able to partake in in regards to the america's cup being here, not ju

performance on the table having a conversation with those small business commission and specifically with regina chris on this trying to develop this idea. i would ask for your actual feedback and input. the current proposal we're considering is a 5,000 square foot wafer. for the first 5,000 square feet of a small business, nonformula retail small business, we would consider waiving the fee in

children palestine but obviously russia and china they cannot block a result lucian that he poses regina change in syria so what are we going to see from now want is a radicalization and that's already happening so this means. the rebels in syria the free syrian army will keep being armed and weaponized by not only got there in saudi arabia which is already happening for months not but specially by the united states the resolution is not blaming in fact unarmed action that's what can you imagine if you have a mid-size city in the united states called troll but ending suresh how do you think the response of the u.s. government would be with the e.u. and the us are seeking to hit syria with further economic sanctions patrick hangs a political analyst with online magazine spiked to sanctions will only home the people what the president. well i think in many ways it's going to exacerbate if it does mean the dialogue gets off gets taken off the table it does mean that the west will try and intervene in other ways you know as we've seen the last few months affectively the arab league to kind o

children palestine but always leave russia and china they cannot block a reason lucian that he poses regina change in syria so what are you going to see from no one is a radicalization and that's already happening so this means. the rebels in syria the free syrian army will keep being armed and weaponized by not only got there in saudi arabia which is already happening for months not but specially by the united states the resolution is not blaming effect on armed insurrection that's what can you imagine if you have a mid-size city in the united states called troll but ending suresh how do you sync the response of the u.s. government would be. well next hour we hear from the foreign minister of bahrain one of the key arab league members who shares his thoughts on what should be done to stop the violence in syria. your use of the thing is after what happened in libya any country would think twice before committing to specific measures the situation in the region is extremely volatile countries are divided into two major and minor according to de geopolitical standing how closely or just one s

not expressing its readiness there are some members of the syrian opposition who are expressing regina's however there are other sides a lot including the muslim brotherhood who actually don't seem to want to participate in the go show actions of setting preconditions are sitting in a little off center negotiations last fall and i think that is part of. the whole thing for the west is not about negotiations is about overthrowing a regime which is a poet all of. which washington or which some western states western powers want to get rid of including israel also wants to get rid of the. greek politicians last minute agreement on fresh plans hasn't exactly been greeted with open arms a forty eight hour strike has been called by the country's two major labor unions and eurozone member states say they will put even more conditions on greece before handing over a second bailout after struggling athens did manage to broker a multiparty yesterday deal which has been demanded by creditors and it was in place just a matter of hours before you were ministers met in brussels but there is still i'm

buy seasonal and that will get you there we will leave you now with grammy award winning violinist regina carter. i'm susan sikora, thank you for watching.

more important in the meter and in the world terms that so many people maybe entry politics now and regina did you believe we can those are open ways to build parties and to start with these equal communication in the political field to create. different movements and interest groups and i hope that we will see much more serious activism i think i hope that we will see people fighting for different issues and i hope that we will see a new kind of coalition emerge officially that will be strong enough to give a good position to the party of power now you mentioned the med better political reforms and also prime minister putin recently called for webcams to be installed in all the polling places to ensure a transparent vote there what else do you think could be done what else can be done for what i mean the problem with the problem with the educated illuminated russians who who are walking the streets of moscow today is that there are. not satisfied with russia but they think that power is the way to reform it where is anybody who's been to power knows that power is not really a way to refor

children palestine but obviously russia and china they cannot block a reason lucian that imposes regina change in syria so let's have this straight in our minds so very important this is a much much bigger picture it's not only syria related to us and they took their g.c.c. the persian gulf one accuser russia and china this is about who is going to control the middle east from now well and syria is needed to. linked to what's happened in europe so basically what we have here is the u.s. with their and nato partners in fact the only to look at. france and britain this expression gulf monarchies there are still so many hardcore sunni in the persian gulf against iran against syria and delete between iran and syria with russia and china so brazen again the road lot in the long run the big picture is let's draw russia from having a naval base in the mediterranean with syria having a close connection with the middle east let's block iran from having a close energy partnership with china and in the end let's we the west block russia and china from being closely related to the middle east and s

regina from washington wrote in, i have a 30-year fixed mortgage at 5.6%.ying to refinance with my credit union. they insist on refinancing me for 30 years at 4% instead of 15 or 20 years that i want. their closing cost is almost $10,000. how can i get better terms? >> everyone wants to refinance because rates are so low, but not everyone is going to qualify for those low rates or short term loan. you need to have a credit rating of 76 or higher, and for a loan, your payments are going to go up. she should talk to the credit union and find out what's holding her back, but she can definitely shop around. those closing costs sound very steep. improve your debt, but shop around a little bit. >> david, question for you comes from james in south carolina. james wrote in, i'm retirement age. should i use my 401(k) to pay off my two cars and my house so i can retire debt free? i would have about $10,000 left over. >> if he has other money available, i would probably advise him to use that first because of the tax impl indicati -- implication. i would suggest he lo

he left town at 16 for regina canada to play junior hockey and was a little kid today practicing with be out there to skate with my childhood team and be out there with the boys is an unbelievable feeling. >> niger or his alter ego tony flush impressed the men in teel. >> scored on a breakaway. he has skill out there. >> coach mcclellan was asked if he would be a good fit for the team. >> i have seen his passion and energy when gets out on the ballfield and if that converts into anything on the ice we absolutely will. i do know one thing he wouldn't be going in the shootout. >> a lot of professional athletes could have gone pro in other sports and i think niger fits into the category. >> one of the things where i had to realize which is going to work out and eventually i had to go to school so i went to school and ended up going to play baseball. >> htony plush would actually e a great hockey name. in san jose, mike shumann, abc 7 sports yes. >> is pretty good. >> i'm thinking about turning this to plush sports. already taken. it is a good name. definitely will bring it. ha v. to be a