at the last city council meeting he denounced richmond's -- he says being gay is morally wrong. >> we and other community members felt the things that were said were very inappropriate display of disrespect. >> i will keep coming back to the city council and keep speaking my peace and she keeps cutting me off i will just file a lawsuit. >> a large number of lgbt supporters called for a stand and says he does not represent the vast majority of the community. >>> alameda supervisors are having trouble who should replace nadia lockyer on the board. the remaining supervisors are split between hiring new york city council woman anna and former union city council woman richard. if they fail to replace lockyer by june 19th it will be up to governor jerry brown to name someone. >>> new this morning officials in afghanistan say 20 people were killed in a bombing in one of the countries largest cities. it happened in a market in kandahar. at least 22 others were wounded. all of the victims were civilians. a spokesman says the bomb was placed in a vehicle in an area where shopkeepers have suppli

the confederate government was moving from montgomery, alabama, here to richmond, he sold the house with everything in it to the city of richmond. then the city rented it to the confederate government. in august of 1861, jefferson davis moved into the house from august of 1861 until april of 1865. today, the house is restored to its wartime appearance or as close as we can come. we have a lot of the original furnishings, the things that were here when jefferson davis lived here. the other furnishings are period antiques. the only reproductions in the textiles, carpets, house are textiles, carp pets, wallpapers, draperies, and . upholsteries, the kind of things that don't last 150 years. so come inside. . this is the entrance hall. visitors in the 1860s would have come in through these doors and stopped here to wipe their boots off. the streets were filthy, unpaved garbage dumps and what we have here is a cotton covering on the floor. it's a heavy cotton canvas. this one is painted to look like tile. people would wipe their boots off on to it before going on and walking on the nice, fancy, expensive carpets in the re

it weighs the competitive bidding rules so nobody else can develop the pi s -- the pi -- >>> richmond cityuncil will bring in experts to have an open discussion on lesbian, gay, by sexual and transgender issues. gay rights supporters were out enforce at last night's meeting. a resident laughed while talking a young gay man who committed suicide. he showed up again at last night's meeting. police got involved as the crowd tried to shout him down after he made these comments. >> the right to speak. [ talking over each other ] >>> the end of the meeting the lgbt supporters got what they wanted each signed a pledge to speak out against hate and intolerance. >>> why governor brown may be forced to a replacement on the alameda county board of supervisors. >>> warning google users will see if accounts are hacked. >>> why some of the nation's vaccine supply may be no good. >> skwraults of three may area school bond measures. >>> . lysol knows the soft places we love could be home to bacteria. so use lysol disinfectant spray on soft surfaces everyday when you're cleaning up to kill 99.9% of bacteri

richmond. the old city field is just one of several sites being discussed as the new summer training get away. the final decision about locations and logistics will be made for months yet. but it's clear the city will welcome them. >> i think it's awesome they are coming here. i'm definitely going to come out and watch them trained. >> the governor of virginia and the mayor of richmond are projecting a warm welcome. they were beaming as they announced the deal. in exchange for 6 million in sweeteners from the government, the redskins will make a long- term investment, their permanent home and agree to hold their three week summer camp in richmond. >> richmond is a city that is growing. our brand is changing and i think this fits in with what we are becoming. i think they will have a great experience. >> while they point out a training camp is a distraction the movement does at a price. the diehard redskins fans will either have to hit the road or best training camp. >> if they do it in richmond, i doubt i will go down. it's too far away. >> i think the fans will be caught because of the moveme

and city leaders announced the plan to bring the team back for the 2017 basketball season. >> richmond cityve an open discussion on lgbt issues. two weeks ago the city presented a proclamation to lgbt teens naming june as gay pride month. they were outraged when a richmond resident laughed while talking a young gay man who committed suicide. he showed up again at last night's meeting. police got involved as the crowd tried to shout him down after he made these comments. >> i have the right to speak. [ talking over each other ] >> take your seat. you are out of order. [ talking over each other ] >> please escort him out. >> at the end of the meeting the lgbt supporters got what they wand each councilmember signed a pledge to speak out against hate and intolerance. >>> retail verse a bigger problem in certain cities. bloomberg business report coming up. >>> warning google g-mail users will see if their accounts have been or could be attacked by a particular hacker. >>> warning that every parent needs to hear. why many so of the nation's vaccine supply may be no good. >>> first, more election

fire vehicles and build a new emergency center. >> police had to escort a man out of last nights richmond cityeeting after his angry outburst directed at the gay community. mark was led out by police but not before making his feelings known at the last city council meeting. he denounced richmond's proclamation. he says being gay is morally wrong. >> we are and other community members here today felt the things that were said were very inappropriate display of disrespect. >> i will keep coming back to the city council andly keep speaking my peace. if she cuts me off, i will file a lawsuit. >> a large number of lgbt supporters in the audience called for a united stand against homophobia and says he does not represent the mass majority of the community. >>> alameda supervisors are still debating who should replace nadia lockyer. she left office in april said she wanted more time to spend with her family and recover from drug and alcohol addictions. the remaining supervisors seem to be split between new york city counsel member anna -- if they do not replace lockyer by june 19th it will be up to g

richmond democratic club, which i was active in for about 20 years. her two terms of the democratic committee, many of you are familiar with that work, she worked tirelessly for the democratic cause in the city. she also knew shorthand and was extremely organized. she helps the richmond district democratic club create strong outreach program and be a functioning club in our city. she was extraordinarily talented in -- and an unpretentious citizen of san francisco. she will be greatly missed by those she helped throughout the city. thank you for your support in commemorating her life here at the board of supervisors. the rest i will submit. supervisor olague: good afternoon, colleagues. i've been working with a lot of community members dedicated with boosting the performance levels of students of color, particularly african-american males in san francisco. i'm introducing a hearing request for presentations from the san francisco unified school district department of children, youth, and families, and human rights commission on services provided are needed to support african-american students. i hope to have an informative discussion that will merit strategic solutions to address the dispropo

. >> they're moving training camps from aspirin to richmond, a city thrill to host the nfl for seven years starting in 2013. >> they will be embraced by our citizens. it will expand their fan base. >> what about washington? >> in might broaden the fan base, but a lot of people will be disappointed. >> my god. >> they love going to training camp. >> that's not right. richmond is not their home. why would they leave? come back home, redskins. >> the redskins have trained in the number of out of town locations over the years including carlisle, pennsylvania frostburg maryland. next summer, richmond virginia. >> i think that is too far to call them the washington redskins. >> some fans are more concerned about victories than where the stteam is training. >> right now they have to win some games. >> mike shanahan is part of the reason the training camp has moved to a different location, because he likes the notion of a team going to an area outside of washington, d.c., where there are fewer distractions. washington redskins headquarters, which is located in ashburn, is not going anywhere.

daily city service, ream front to richmond extended until 8:00 this evening. and extra ac transit buses to get you back to the east bay. ferries running extra service today, let's take a look currently. jammed headed to the bay bridge from san francisco and across upper deck it's heavy. this is a maze which is thinning out. you'll find extra traffic this afternoon. give plenty of time. we're following it for you. dan? cheryl? >> thank you. >> and spencer christian is up next with the accu-weather forecast. >> and there is a good day for people stranded. >> it was. the weather is pleasant. it's going to be warming up. and there is a hot weekend in spots. clear skies, breezy conditions and temperatures ranging from only about 54 near the coast to 74 inland that will be slow to cool down. tomorrow morning there is some coastal patches of fog which should clear away quickly. temperatures into early morning from 50s to 60s and tomorrow afternoon, breezy, warmer inland. highs from low 60s on the coast to mid-90s inland and this is going to climb up on saturday and i

penn state is into this area. >> thank you. >>> police had to escort a man out of last night's richmond's cityting after his angry outburst directed at the gay community. he was led out by police but not before making his feels known. at the last city council meeting, he die nounsed richmond's proclamation in support of gay pride month saying he believes being fay is morally wrong. community members spoke out against his comment. >> me and other members think things that were said is a very public display ofdy respect. >> i'm gonna keep coming and -- disrespect. >> i'm gonna keep coming and speaking and if she keeps cutting me off, i will file a lawsuit. >>> 7:50. alameda supervisors still debating who should replace former supervisor nadia lockyer. she left office in april saying she needed to spend more time from her family and also recover from drug and alcohol addictions. the remaining supervisors are split on possible relationments between newark's city councilwoman and richard via. if the board doesn't replace lockyer by june 19th. it will be up to governor injuriry brown to name that re

we're working on a unique richmond and city-wide work force program at the high-school level along with other groups. it will allow paid and local manufacturing internships for high-school students and others taking the pathways and other tech 21 programs in the city. but particularly, the odder shop and pathways programs for schools. irish -- the auto shop and pathways programs for schools. i urge support of that. i also want an acknowledgement of

richmond made the announcement this afternoon. in exchange for $6 million of incentives from the state loudon county, and the city of richmond, the team will invest $30 million in its permanent facility and moved summer training camp to richmond for seven years starting next summer. >> they will be embraced by our citizens and it's going to expand their fan base. >> the site for the camp has yet to be determined but redskins officials did tour aging city stadium in march. this man says he would be very happy to have the team train here. >> i would love to have them here. i've been read to get all my life and i will still be a redskin. >> but in d.c., we found mixed reaction. some are happy, some are worried about when that lawsons. >> the redskins -- maryland, d.c., that's it. now richmond. >> the offensive line is the only thing i'm worried about. >> he just wants a good offensive line so he can get some wins. i asked the governor about those folks from northern virginia who will be disappointed because the team is moving and he stressed this is something the coach wanted to do to get the players away from home to concentrate on

city councilman corky booze-- a former auto racer-- took us for a drive around his community, to show why he opposes the tax. >> richmondis a very diverse city. i would say it's working, low economically suppressed community. most of the people don't have cars. kids can't get out of here. the kids are basically stuck purchasing from this corner store. and the tax is definitely going to affect them. >> reporter: booze says some residents will shop elsewhere to avoid the tax, but poor people won't be able to. >> it's unfair to people who don't have the means of getting out of their neighborhood store to go into the neighboring communities to avoid that tax. if we were going to spend our time worrying about something within the city of richmond that we can fix, we should be working on our streets and we should be working on our job situation. >> reporter: and booze says he doesn't think the government should be in the business of dictating what people should drink or eat. >> i think that when we get into the point of being a dictator to people, i think it's wrong. people are heavy for all kinds of reasons. it could be heal

the daly city to richmond line and the daly city to fremont line will run for an extra hour to help you get home. they will be running until 8:00. here in west oakland, the trains running a little slower than normal. we are told by b.a.r.t. they expect everything to be back to normal in time for tomorrow morning's commute. reporting live in oakland, scott budman, nbc bay area news. >> scott, thank you. of all days for this to happen, the u.s. open, an afternoon giants game and normal evening commute. let's bring in cheryl hurd who joins us from one of the ac transit bus bridges at 20th and broadway in oakland. what's the impact on your end, cheryl. >> reporter: well, i talked to one agent and she said this is probably the calm before the storm. as you can see, this is probably the calm after the storm here at 20th and broadway in downtown oakland. buses are coming in waiting to take people back to san francisco, but on the other side of the street, buses are rolling in, some of them packed with people, making their way from san francisco back to the east bay. we caught up with a few peo

richmond. >> we will see a transformation in the city of richmond. >> reporter: a dozen people took their message to the streets urging others to stop the shooting. the walks raise community awareness. >> we're sick and tired of the homicides going unaddressed and we want this generation and especially this target population to know we love them. >> reporter: anti violence day walks will take place every friday throughout the summer. day walks begin at 1:00 p.m. and leave from the garden of peace church on wall street and evening walks start at 7:00 p.m. at north richmond baptist church on fred jackson way. >>> a refinery leak won't end until tomorrow afternoon and it has already made about a dozen people sick. ktvu's science editor john fowler is live with what is being done to keep people safe. >> reporter: we do not smell anything here, that's because the wind is blowing these hydrogen fumes to the east. the refinery is just west rodeo. at 7:20 this morning this so called sour water tank ruptur ed. hydrogen sulphite gas started leaking out. >> it's scary, and i think there's going to be a long

cities adopted a similar system. >>> new at 11:00, it is a community not always the subject of good news, but today it is great news for richmondight now, city leaders there paying off a decade's old debt. christie smith explains why this is such a big deal for that school district. christie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, jon. 21 years and this school district finally owes absolutely nothing to the state of california. today, west contra costa unified school district is making its final payment on a huge loan. they are out here celebrating, paying it off early, giving $8 million payment to the state superintendent of public instruction. they're holding a ceremony at the rebuilt ford elementary school in richmond. this is huge for the district which had filed bankruptcy in 1991 and planned to close. it was the first to enter state receivership. they had a trustee and $28 million loan, with interest. over the years, they tell me they paid back $47 million. the school board president says even though state budget cuts are still an on-going problem, this is a hugep ste forward. the decisions, the finances now all their o

. >>> cash strapped city of richmond exploring new ways to cut costs and they may include fewer city sponsored festivals. richmond is facing a 2.6 million dollar deficit in the next fiscal year. the council is exploring new ways to cut costs, including broad salary and benefit reductions for city employees. they could do away with civic festivals, including the city's juneteenth and cinco de mayo celebrations. >> protesters are expected to greet google shareholders when they hold their annual meeting today. consumer group believes google is violating privacy of users will begin the demonstration 12:30 ampitheater mountain view. urging them to i am a do not track feature. >>> -- >> san francisco cab drivers working with municipal transportation agency to get more taxis on the streets during city events there are more than 1500 active cab permits in san francisco. city officials approved 100 temporary permits to accommodate the crowds at the u.s. open last weekend. extra cabs were deployed when bart was disrupted by fire a week ago. the examiner reports officials are considering more ca

[applause] >> city officials joined richmond residents for a groundbreaking ceremony. it was an exciting event for the neighbors ready for long overdue improvements. >> there is a need in this great city. they saw fit, they take care of it. >> the project is expected to open in spring 2013. for more on the >> when the new california academy of sciences opened in 2008, it quickly became one of the top tourist magnets in the city. part of the cal academies' astronomical success is the weekly nightlife party. >> i am joined by helen, who is here to school me on all the nocturnal activities that are getting ready to take place here. tell us a little about what we can expect to see at nightlife. >> we open up the doors every thursday night at the california academy of sciences. there are certain things you can see every week you can go to the museum, visit the planetarium, and we bring in bars and a deejay or band. it is a different feel from during the day, something different every week. tonight , we have beer and music. -- tonight we have great beer and music. it is beer

there is extended service on the fremont line, and the daily city richmond line on those lines service normally ends at 7:00 and will be extended tonight until 8:00. >> let's take a look at what we can see. this is a look at approach to the bay bridge, oh, boy. there is bart back on track after that fire hasn't brought early reeleven. and. >> carolyn? >> there are two stations that serve commuters in san francisco financial district. there is a when there is a shut down, people improvize. >> and there is a ferry building and we talked to at and t park. took muni back, now, we're here. >> and i was wondering about standing for 30 minutes for a train. and so this is -- i'm ghad they're open. bart is prepare sod i'm grateful. >> and so we did not hear angry commuters today. and heard a lot of frustrations and relief now that trains are rolling again and that there is a reverse commute underway, so they can get home. >> there is a bart station closed roughly 13 hours today triggering a chain reaction traffic mess. and we're here with a look at the trouble spot. >> people taking ferries and

[applause] >> city officials joined richmond residents for a groundbreaking ceremony. it was an exciting event for the neighbors ready for long overdue improvements. >> there is a need in this great city. they saw fit, they take care of it. >> the project is expected to open in spring 2013. for more on the on may 12, sf posted a benefit for project insight. canadians supported the recreation programs are too sick children. >> learn more

the city of richmond is considering a number of locations for the numerous camp. we'll let you know when they let us know. >>> gamblers are getting ready to place i their bents in maryland. maryland live! -- place their bets in maryland. maryland live! opens for business tonight. our matt jablow is live outside anne arundel mills mall. >> reporter: two minus four hours 53 minutes and counting until the opening of one of the country's largest casinos. after many years of debate, controversy, voting, planning and finally building maryland live! casino will open at 10:00 tonight, thousands of slot machines and electronic table games on a 160,000 square foot casino floor. the president says the $500 million project is good not only for those who like to gamble, but for almost all maryland residents. >> 400 million a year what is we anticipate paying in taxes which will make us the largest taxpayer in the state of maryland and by far, the largest single source of the revenue for the state's school system. it's got about $30 million a year to go to the local community a

a landmark case in this regard was the case that involved an initiative in the city of richmond that allocated a certain proportion of public works projects to minority contractors. the supreme court, with these new reagan editions, in fact, declared that the city of richmond's policy was unconstitutional. six years later, with the addition of grant's -- clarence thomas, the supreme court declared that the transportation department initiative that allocated work to minority contractors, that that was declared unconstitutional as well. with the reagan administration, he had the interest in the economy, where is his administration actually promoted the existing government programs to assist african-american entrepreneurship. but the subsequent court nominations did not help that. there were initiatives sponsored by the obama white house, and the business school at rutgers, reuters has a center for urban development and black entrepreneurship. they cosponsored an urban entrepreneur summit. among other things, similar to what previous administrations and others had said, by promoting more

. >>> in richmond tonight, an intense city council meeting, gay rights supporters came out in force after being stunned by anti-gay comments at a council meeting last month. abc7 news reporter john alston is live in richmond to explain exactly what happened there. john? >> dan, virtually all of the speakers voice support for lgbt teens. the meeting was calm until they heard from the man that caused the commotion two weeks ago. this is less than a -- it took less than a minute for police to move in and shutdown mark wassburg after his anti-gay comments. >> i have a right to speak. if everybody turns gay it is either -- it is the end of the world because nobody can carry the baby. >> supporters of the lgbt community filled the chambers because of what happened two weeks ago. the city presented a proclamation to the lgbt teens calling june gay pride month. wassburg laughed talking about a young gay man who committed suicide. >> i think it is funny. >> tonight his comments were overwhelmingly challenged. jay how could you curse somebody or damn somebody when there is so much hate in your hear

. >> the red skins are stead to be considering several sites in richmond, the old city stadium and virginia common wealth university. >> metro silver line aporpearedo bypass a bump. voted to go without a pro neighbor agreement on construction of extension to dulles airport vachlt irginia i right to work state. the labor agreement jeopardized hundreds of millions. the dulles extension is hinged on funding from loudon county. officials there must vote on that by july 4. >> fairfax county losing one of its major employers. exxon mobile announced it is shutting down its campus in fairfax, all 2,100 employees transferred to houston. that move is expected to begin in 2014. county leaders say they're working to find another company to talk over the site. >> a woman tearfully told news 4 she believes her son is guilty of sexually assaulting a 3-year-old girl. police say it happened yesterday at a day care the woman ran inside her home in woodbridge. the woman's son, miller, charged with assaulting the toddler in a bathroom there. miller's mother told news 4 that she is just devastated. >> i am so s

a landmark case in this regard was the case that involved an initiative in the city of richmond, virginia, that allocated a certain proportion of public works projects to minority contractors. the supreme court with these new additions, in fact, declared that the city of richmond's policy was on its constitutional -- it was unconstitutional. six years later, with the addition of clarence thomas to the court, who was nominated during the first bush administration, the supreme court declared that the transportation department initiative, that also thought to allocate work to minorities, it was declared unconstitutional as well. the reagan administration, they actually appeared to support african american entrepreneurship, but his supreme court nominations helped to dismantle some of these programs. last summer there was an initiative cosponsored by the obama white house. the business school had records. the center for urban development and black entrepreneurship, they cosponsored an urban entrepreneurial summit. among other things, some of what biggest piteous demonstrations have said, is t

. >> we grew up in the city of richmond. we are known for violence. i looked at this as being part of a gang. the term "gang" is manifested through the media, and law enforcement for numbers. it was more of a community. i did not go to school and meet somebody. i lived on this block and this is where my grandmother's house was, or i was born and raised. what people may see on tv was at my front door. the killing and the dope dealing. it was right there. this was a community list of people, we just grew up together. there were no handouts and no one told us how to conduct ourselves. and tell us what to wear. someone could have a school fight, and we may be at the mall, and see the person we have a fight with. the army and navy have their bar fights. i did not see this as being a game, or a community. supporting each other, this may have been in a negative way. i did not have a stable household. many of them do not of their fathers are, where their father is dead. in their return, the block i gave up -- this is who i looked up to. he had a notorious rep

. >> city officials joined richmond residents for a groundbreaking ceremony. it was an exciting event for the neighbors ready for long overdue improvements. >> there is a need in this great city. they saw fit, they take care of it. >> the project is expected to open in spring 2013. for more on the >> so thank you very much for coming to the second annual budget town hall. my name is david chiu, and i am honored to represent the district 3, which is the 10 any neighborhoods. i want to welcome all of you to this town hall. this town hall. i want to thank all of you for