recently widowed with time on her hands, ruth decided to give deejay a go.d up with a young french producer who showed her the ropes. >> it's not as clever as they try to make out. i can mix now. >> reporter: and gets high, she says, on nothing more than the atmosphere. you can assure me you are not taking any illegal substances. >> my darling, i don't even need drink! >> reporter: she had to give up her favorite tweed suits. >> look, when you've lived to this age, does it matter what people think? >> reporter: these days, her grandson and quite a few others think she's the coolest grandma in town. nick watt, abc news, london. >> i love the wraparound shades. good look. that's going to do it for "world news" on this sunday. i'm dan harris. thank you for watching. have a safe and terrific holiday, and a great night. >> alan: rescue teams work to save lives following a head-on collision in san francisco. good evening. i'm alan wang two people died, three others are hospitalized. the crash happened on lake merced boulevard last night. john alston is near the sc

ruth says her daughter was, quote, rented to men on craigslist. >> 20 seconds after the posting went up, the phone started ringing off the hook. >> reporter: ruth says she spent her live savings trying to save her daughter, convince her to leave prostitution behind. but she was too afraid. >> she says she got handcuffed to the steering wheel of a car while her pimp went into a house, said, i have to take care of something. he came back in the car, bloody, head to toe, changed his shift and they went out to eat and she thinks he killed somebody. >> reporter: today, ruth believes her daughter is no longer working as a prostitute, but every day, she is fearful. and when you don't hear from her -- >> i just think she got into the wrong car, she's lairing in a ditch somewhere. >> reporter: katie did escape from her pimp. she had to wait months for shelter. but she is now far away from portland and she hopes to stay away. for "nightline," i'm sharyn alfonsi in portland. >> for resources about helping victims of the sex trade, you can visit the "nightline" page at abcnews.com. our thanks to

. >> the story of the arts commission program begins with ruth fromstein. 2010 marks her 50th year asn art dealer. at the helm of the county, she had represented some of the most notable of bay area artists, and continues to look for new talent. >> the artists that i represent, what do i choose them, if asked to do with a background of what the gallery is about. i love the idea of finding new guys and watching them grow. it is the old fashioned way of having a nunnery, which is having a stable. what you have is loyalty to them, artists are loyal to you. the philosophy behind that, my philosophy, has not changed since i started 49 years ago. i take care of you and you take care of me. it has been that way ever since. >> ruth represents the estate of the world renowned sculptor peter focused. in 1971, he created and the love the untitled public work cited at seventh and bryant. like many other public works of art, this is in need of repair. ruth began conversations with the director of cultural affairs, a andart care was born. >> we look at all of the local pieces and decided which one

. >> reporter: at the white house today there was ruth, a guest, as president obama formally approved the democrats' small business bill. >> it was critical that we cut taxes and make more loans available to entrepreneurs. the $30 billion bill could spark 300 billion in loans, but later democrats would allow a hike of the top income tax rate that many small businesses pay.

great to have you back, ruth. so next is item f, public comment on consent items. i do not believe i have any tonight. yes, i do. miss black. consent, not general. yeah. any consent calendar. ok, one, i'm having trouble reading these cards as well. yes. mr. kelly. >> i'm dennis kelly, president of the united educators of san francisco. there were two things that i wanted to comment on tonight, and they're pretty well separated. one is the -- on page 54 and following, the personnel items that you see there. those personnel items, if you tally up the number of people who were brought on as full-time employees, you have about 135. if you plug in the interns, you have another 35, and then you have another 40 or so, i think, emergency appointments and such like that. those numbers exceed the number of layoffs. and this isn't the only time that you're reporting hiring people. and while the period that we went through last year with the layoffs is, of course, gone and we can't do much about that, we can learn from what happened then and compare what we have now and consid

great to have you back, ruth. so next is item f, public comment on consent items. i do not believe i have any tonight. yes, i do. miss black. consent, not general. yeah. any consent c

great to have you back, ruth. so next is item f, public comment on consent items. i do not believe i have any tonight. yes, i do. miss black. consent, not general. yeah. any consent calendar. ok, one, i'm having trouble reading these cards as well. yes. mr. kelly.