is i come out and introduce myself, introduce the guys a little bit, these are my students at sacramento city college then kick it off, hello, local celebrity, a guy from sacramento who does performances in poetry, he's an actor, he does rap music, all kinds of stuff, he doesn't juggle but he has a lot of talent and i'm sure he could. now we'll go to the spoken word with lsg >> wow, once you learn something, you own it. you can share it, no one can take it from you. i want you to leave here with something today. i want you to leave here with some of our knowledge. we are a group of actors, rappers, dancers and poets and if they will allow them to, all of them will sing you a chorus. this is based on true, real life stories, stories about kids just like you. kids have to make decisions every day like who are you going to be friends with, paying attention in class or even showing up are all choices you have to make every day. so i want you to pay attention to the choices that are made in this play so that later, when we come talk to you, you can tell us how you would handle these situations. so

there are a lot of murals in sacramento and san francisco that is all permission based. for us, we're kind of a sdae zero tolerance city in sacramento. you go out and you vandalize something, that's a crime. that's how we view that in our city. >> i tell them it's art, you got to express yourself but u

there are a lot of murals in sacramento and san francisco that is all permission based. for us, we're kind of a sdae zero tolerance city in sacramento. you go out and you vandalize something, that's a crime. that's how we view that in our city. >> i tell them it's art, you got to express yourself but you cannot damage other people's property. i usually say how many of you have a little brother or sister, you don't want to teach them to steal. how do you feel when they mess up your stuff? that's how i approach it. >> also we try to leave that at the end where tibo, played by anthony over here, that's basically how the character evolves throughout the play, being this leader of this crew and, you know, he kind of teaches everybody but says, yeah, you have a leader but i ain't going to do what you are going to do. robert over here who plays damage, he's the antagonist. he's kind of damaged but at the end, you know, these guys, oh, hey, you know what, you gt a talent, let's turn that into some artistic talent, he's going to go to college to try to improve his artistic skills. that's the kind of direction we want it to go.

cities. san francisco, san jose, and sacramento are among the cities. san francisco mayor and san jose leader say this would be an expensive effort and they have other priorities. former san francisco mayor tried to get the olympics for 2012 game but that effort fizzled. >> oscar nominee almost did not make it into the country. the palestinian filmmaker and his family were detained at lax by authorities who doubted the legitimacy of the story. the film "five broken cameras" is nominated for best documentary and say he was held an hour for questioning. academy lawyers finally intervened and he was eventually released. >> oscar producers revealing more details about sunday, with the post teaming up with actress for a special closing musical performance. it will happen right after the best picture award and producers say it will be a huge moment. coverage beginning at 2:00 p.m. with "on the red carpet" with the stars arriving at 4:00 with oscars red carpet live and the big show at 5:30 following the oscars we have a re-cap of the biggest moments and your p

of sacramento is not giving up the on the kings. last night the cityr said he spoke with the minority owner of the basketball team. they are working on an alternative offer to buy the team and build the team a new arena in sacramento. the family the majority owners are working on a deal to sell the kings to a group that will move them to seattle. but sacramento basketball fans are urging city leaders to press forward. >> remember this i won't say it twice. ♪ don't stop believing [ laughter ] >> that takes some guts. kevin johnson says he is possible a deal could be made by friday. the plan would create a downtown entertainment complex. >>> 5:25. california female lawmakers are the latest to criticize academy awards host seth mcfarland's performance at the oscars. the woman's caucus sent a formal complaint. calling his jokes degrading and set back for the women in the industry. they are asking the academy to condemn such behavior and use better judgment when they pick future hosts. >>> time is 5:25. sal is coming back. he'll get you where you need to go

. >>> kevin johnson says the city is fighting hard to keep the kings' basketball team in sacramento. >> our objective is to submit a fair and competitive offer as soon as possible and be in the position to explain to the nba why sacramento should remain an nba city. >> the team owners announced a deal last month that would send the kings to seattle. but this morning, johnson says he's working to put together a group to buy the team and build a new stadium in the state capital. he hopes to make his case to the nba before the march 1st deadline. >>> california's top cop is following the footsteps of the fbi with a lawsuit, suing standard & poor's of the mort- backed facilities before the collapse. she says two public pension funds invested heavily based on the s & p's triple-a rating and ended up losing in the mortgage crisis. >> s&p made misrepresentations about the ratings and it turns out there was no legitimacy to the ratings they gave. >> harris is seeking more than $4 billion. >>> california republican lawmakers are calling for a federal investigation into why some $4 million wen

i want to make sure that the actions of one person does not indicate the true sense of the city of sacramentoz had been a cop in west sacramento since 2007. the 37-year -old was put on administrative leave in september, and once the investigation was finished, alvarez was fired. >> new at 11. right now -- contra costa county authorities are looking for an at-risk bethel island man -- christopher fachner has been missing since early february. this is a photo of him. fachner was last seen on february 5th at the contra costa regional medical center in martinez -- that's where he was admitted for evaluation and released the next day. police say he has not returned home or contacted family members. fachner suffers from brain disorder and does not have his medications with him. he is described as a white male. 6-foot 2 inches tall. weighing 180 pounds. >> reports of suspicious device closed ely boulevard in petaluma earlier today. this is video from our helicopter partnership with abc 7 news. police later said the device was a world war one era artillery shell. the homeowners found the shell when t

report that both women received a mission appointments in their respective jurisdictions, sacramento county and the city of berkeley. i enjoy my public service and he will entrust me with another term i promise to remain committed and expand my service to the city and county of san francisco. thank you very much. any questions? >> this is a question that i ask of all of the applicants, particularly for property where four units or less, and its residential. sometimes i get e-mails from homeowners that are getting the property reappraised and how it would be frustrating as far as the length of time to hear back in the financial hardship they may endure during the time period. >> many members of the public come to the hearing process. they are either unprepared, or don't know what to bring to the hearing process. we use it as an opportunity to educate the public even when i'm a rule against them i try to give them an explanation about why i have reached that conclusion and what they might do to obtain assistance. i know the last hearing there was a woman who spoke chinese. and she brought a flyer. it was

of course, for all the electeds who are here city-wide, dennis, phil of course for being here and taking time out of sacramento for being here, our city administrator for being he, kate howard from the budget office and doing such a wonderful job and stepping in and being here, too. i want to thank you all. and harvey, now i have to turn roles and be a little bit afraid of you. [laughter] >> but i do want to thank everybody for being here and being so supportive. it really humbles me that you are here, you've taken the time to be here to have the confidence to support me in this new adventure. to the mayor, i want to thank you. it's been really my honor, it's been my privilege to serve the people of district 4, to serve san francisco residents. and i take a look at this new opportunity and this new responsibility and really feel honored and privileged to be able to lead this new department as well. to all the finance folks who are here, my heart, my heart beat, of course to the controller's office, to the mayor's budget office, to harvey rose, to all the folks who are -- and the treasurer who i know couldn't b

host cities if the him pick games in 2024 with leters sent to mayors of 35 cities including san francisco and san jose and sacramentoes but san francisco mayor and san jose mayor have said hosting the olympics is an expensivest and they have other priorities. >> on oscar nominee almost did not make it into the country for the academy awards, a palestinian filmmaker and his family were detained at lax by authority whose doubted the legitimacy of his story. his film "five broken cameras" is nominated if best documentary was held for an hour for questioning. lawyers intervened from the academy awards and he was released. it sounds like "argo." >> the hot of the academy awards is teaming up with an actress for a closing musical performance after the best picture award, a "can't miss" moment and our coverage begins at 2:00 p.m. with "on the red carpet" and you can see the stars arrive at 4:00 and the big she at 5:30. following the oscars we have a re-cap of the biggest moments and your after parties and jimmy kimmel's oscar special is at 10:00 followed by abc7 news at 11 and we have oscars app featuring the best access t

now i have become a bureaucratic the city of sacramento, which seems like a pretty glorious way to go. but i have met some pretty fantastic people through that. i'm eager to work with you on all of the issues that you have. there's a great staff that operates the office in san francisco. they resolve most of the problems that we could possibly face. there have been a couple that people live come -- have asked me to come down and meet with them on. i am more than happy to do that when there is something that we cannot resolve at the local level. san francisco is a place that we are very proud of. we got kicked out of our office, just by the landlord and the release. there is a lot of political pressure on us just to keep the political office closed. as most of my staff will tell you, there was really one person who thought it was the perfect idea to stay in san francisco and pay the market rent, and that was me. maybe state bureaucrats did not like that some much, but at least one of them did, and that was me. we are delighted to be in san francisco. it is important for us to be on the

texas leaders created radio ads starring governor rick perry to air in sacramento and other california cities. those ads play out differences in doing businesses in both states with the aim of luring some to the lone star state. the critics say that it could backfire. >> our low taxes sensible regulations and fair legal system are just the thing to get your business moving to texas. >> a lot of work left to do. but i would take california any day. >> and in addition to those ads, texas even has a website with steps to take for businesses wanting to make a move. >>> 4:49. california is dropping algebra for 8th graders part of a move towards what's called the common core curriculum. most states have already adopted it eliminating the current requirement for 8th graders to take algebra one but they still can if they want to or they can opt for an alternative course that's a little easier. >>> cities in california have banned medical marijuana dispensaries. >> now they are waiting on a ruling about how far state law can go to protect the right to do business. the state supreme court will hear arg

of sacramento not giving up on keeping the kings there. last night city council member announced he talked with a minority owner of a basketball team. they are working on an alternative offer to buy the kings and build them a new arena in sacramento. they are working on deal to sell the kings to a group that will move the team to seattle. but sacramento mayor kevin johnson thinks he could have a proposal submitted by friday. >> to make sure whatever we do creates jobs in the downtown community which is important. we've guilty to protect ourselves as it relates to the city loan. it's got to be a private public partnership. >> mayor johnson is not identifying the investors. >>> today apple shareholders are gathering at the company's cupertino headquarters. there could be fire works if david shows up. he sued to block apple from creating a special class of preferred stock. a judge agreed and said apple could not put the item on today's agenda. >>> a big name in the tech world will be the keynote speaker at this year's uc berkeley graduation. wozniak graduate

located at got and sacramento street in the middle of pacific heights on top of the city's steep rolling hills, lafayette park offers a great place, peaceful beauty. comfortably spaced tables and benches, a playground, rest rooms and tips at the end of the park. plenty of flat areas for football, frisbee, and picnic. lafayette is very much a couples park. this wonderful hilltop park is the place you can share with someone you cherish. lafayette park is located along the round at the one end campus and also easy

sacramento. major kevin johnson is asking the city council to start negotiations for a downtown sports center. amento has been fighting off a bid from a group of seattle investors that want to move the team there. >>> danica patrick may have gotten a lot of attention at the daytona 500 but it was another driver that stole the spotlight at the finish line. >> and alex smith on the move? alex fonzi has all the details for you on sports wrap.

sacramento. tomorrow, the city council is authorized to allow the city manager to negotiate a deal. group from taking the team and moving it to seattle. >>> four family members missing after a boating trip off san mateo county. two of the missing are young children. what the u.s. coast guard is doing this morning. >>> good morning. traffic in san francisco moderately heavy approaching the lower deck of the bay bridge. we'll tell you more about the morning commute straight ahead. atever you want, baby. hmm. let's just share a 20 piece. [ internal ] 20 mcnuggets, for only $4.99? oh, man. she's beautiful smart and sensible. jackpot. [ crewperson ] anything else? [ male announcer ] mcdonald's crispy, juicy chicken mcnuggets are now part of the extra value menu. so you get the tastes you love at a price you'll love even more. guess who's going to the game? [ internal ] thank you. [ male announcer ] the simple joy of having more to love. >>> the search continues for four family members who vanished after a boat trip in san mateo county. two of the missing boaters are young children. tara

sacramento. major kevin johnson is asking the city council to start negotiations for a downtown sports center. amento has been fighting off a bid from a group of seattle investors that want to move the team there. >>> danica patrick may have gotten a lot of attention at the daytona 500 but it was another driver that stole the >>> good evening everyone. welcome to this late sunday night edition of sports wrap. a lot of news this week at daytona about the historic accomplishments of danica patrick. but when it was all said and done the daytona 500 was won by one of the drivers that was a consistent week to week favorite. she got a special announcement from actor james franco. >> drivers and danica, start your engines. >> reporter: the poll sitter had the choice of taking a high or low position on the front row. patrick elected to stay up high as the race started without incident. the leader start to check up and casey kahne gets hit from behind. juan pablo montoya were among those that got caught up in the wreck. and cars trying to steer clear and get as whole lot of harvick in front of him. stew

sacramento. bird advocates and the city found that feeding the ducks bread is causing wing deformities and hamperingility to fly. the city put up signs asking patrons to only feed the ducks seed but then patrons stop feeding the birds all together and they took down the sides. the city will continue to work with bird advocates to find a solution. >> they need to make the seed available for people to buy. 6: 41 and let's check in with jacqui jeras. >> we cannot complain, we will have some sunshine today but tomorrow, not so much. >> good morning we will have some sunshine and fairly mild temperatures, already starting out in the 40's. 47 degrees in annapolis and 43 and gaithersburg and a little cooler north and west. the cold spot is southwest of town in manassas. the cloudiness got pushed out overnight by this cool front and it will be comfortable today. high pressure will give us a fair match of sunshine. we will have clouds that will move back into the area with rain and possibly a wintry mix tomorrow night. no significant accumulation but we will keep an eye on it. >> we pretty much just have vol

city administrator's position and join it to the executive branch. let's talk about the legislative branch. it is incumbent for you to send young people to sacramento so they know the process, the convoluted process much as we have a convoluted process here at city hall. thank you very much. >> is there any additional public comments? seeing none, commissioner -- >> i have a question to mr. watts. you mentioned ab 8 and sb 11 extend the carl moyer program. would you recommending that we take a support position? >> the two bills 8 an d sb 11 they are identical measures. >> i move that amendment to support ab8 and sb 11. >> is there second to that motion? to forward this to the board authority? >> second. >> is there any discussion on that? we move this forward as proposed with a positive recommendation? that will be the order. (gavel) >> item number five. clarification. it is actually a 20 million piece of the high-speed rail; >> thank you. item number five. >> acceptance of the audit report for the fiscal year, june 30, 2012. >> good morning, cynthia fong deputy directorr for finance administration. you have a report for the fiscal year ending june

sacramento valley. only after a few visions the sentence read in may of 1971 the police in southern county california began to find men buried in the ground in the city in the central sacramento valley. the memorable sentence was clear enough and it no longer had the sound the was millo dramatic supplied by the author. but he kept finding problems in my article with my attempt to describe the child complex most of which i had witnessed and still about a thousand pages of notes were a few pages of the manuscript manage to convey the fact of that and some of its flavor and the occasional weirdness. for starters, how to overcome the perfectly sensible conviction that this can't be done. time after time i rewrote, wait a few days and then called them up only to hear that my account was still at best confused. at first i felt like reading to him it was of 2-cd but of course i couldn't yell. so while i tried to use it to be acknowledged sometimes when he replied there was a werries sound and his voice once or maybe twice a snort to tell me that what i had said was preposterous but he never raised his voice. i didn't keep the notes i made during the convers

. >> first snowa storm dumped heavy snow on the sacramento area and the mountains north of the city yesterdays video of the conditions. the storm made a mess of the rose the national weather service says that thunderstorms were expected throughout the night. >> check out this site in sacramento. the national weather service says that a tornado with gwen speeds between 40 to 70 mi. per hour was spotted in the sacramento area. the tar nettle has not been a big source of damage in the area. >> and natural gas line explosion at a restaurant in kansas city it happen dorn dinnertime. a gas leak spawned about an hour before the explosion. >> congress' approval rating is holding steady at 15%. a new gallup poll finds if you're the one in seven americans approve of the job that congress is doing. eight in 10 americans disapprove of the job congress is doing. their current approval rating is the same as this was in 2012 which was congress's lowest yearly average since 1974. republicans in congress have an approval rating of 12%. while democrats to it from 15% to 19% in january. >> we will be right back

the cities of los angeles and sacramento already require people to get a permit in order to buy ammunitionsome of the people at this gun show were worried that could become a statewide law in the future. allie rasmussen. >>> those people who got vouchers for last month's gun buy back, can cash out their vouchers. an additional $7,000 in vouchers were issued. those can be redeemed for cash this coming friday, inside the showcase theater. >>> police are looking for a gunman who robbed a man in the parking lot of his apartment complex. the victim had just parked in the carport yesterday morning around 8:45. officials describe the gunman as being in his late 20s, early 30s wearing a gray track suit and a hoodie. detectives say they are looking for a connection in another robbery and they're asking people to be aware of their surroundings. >>> a democratic senator and republican assemblywoman introduced legislation the authors say it's bad policy when lawmakers are forced to vote on bills they department have enough time to read. >>> marine general dunford faces major challenges ahead as he wor

located at got and sacramento street in the middle of pacific heights on top of the city's steep rolling hills, lafayette park offers a great place, peaceful beauty. comfortably spaced tables and benches, a playground, rest rooms and tips at the end of the park. plenty of flat areas for football, frisbee, and picnic. lafayette is very much a couples park. this wonderful hilltop park is the place you can share with someone you cherish. lafayette park is located along the round at the one end campus and also easy >> hello. you're watching the show that explores san francisco's love affair with food. there are at least 18 farmers markets in san francisco alone, providing fresh and affordable to year-round. this is a great resource that does not break the bank. to show just how easy it can be to do just that, we have come up with something called the farmers' market challenge. we find someone who loves to cook, give them $20, and challenge them to create a delicious meal from ingredients found right here in the farmer's market. who did we find for today's challenge? >> today with regard to m

a storm of heavy snow on the sacramento area and the mountains north of the city yesterday.is video of the conditions. the storm a mess of the road and the national weather service says thunderstorms are expected throughout the night. the national weather service says a tornado with wind speeds between 40 to 7 mi. per hour was spotted in the sacramento area. the tornado has not been a big source of the damage in the area. >> and natural gas wind explosion at a restaurant in kansas city. it happened during dinner time. a gas leaks brought about an hour before the explosion. we have video the aftermath of this explosion, one person is missing and 14 are injured. special dogs are being used to sniff out any human remains in the debris. it is believed a contractor struck and natural gas line while doing underground work but the investigation continues. >> a live look intemperances go, it is starting to write to already. a chilly start in severance is go at 41, looking for a high of mid- 50s this afternoon. >> to answer that officials at japan's a part of a battery that overheate

located at got and sacramento street in the middle of pacific heights on top of the city's steep rolling, lafayette park offers a great place, peaceful beauty. comfortably spaced tables and benches, a playground, rest rooms and tips at the end of the park. plenty of flat areas for football, frisbee, and picnic. lafayette is very much a couples park. this wonderful hilltop park is the place you can share with someone you cherish. lafayette park is located along the round at the one end campus and also easy ♪ ♪ ♪ >> the san francisco playground's history dates back to 1927 when the area where the present playground and center is today was purchased by the city for $27,000. in the 1950s, the center was expanded by then mayor robinson and the old gym was built. thanks to the passage of the 2008 clean and safe neighborhood parks bond, the sunset playground has undergone extensive renovation to its four acres of fields, courts, play grounds, community rooms, and historic gymnasium. >> here we are. 60 years and $14 million later, and we have got this beautiful, brand-new rec center completely a

. >> the cities of los angeles and sacramento already require people to get a permit and pass a background, but some were concerned that could become a state law in the future. >>> meantime people who received vouchers instead of cash at last month's gun buy back can now redeem those vouchers this week. the 44,000 ran out in just an hour and a half. the district attorney's office said it issued an additional $70,000 in vouchers that can be redeemed for cash frequent friday inside the showcase theater. >>> police in palo alto say a man was robbed in his apartment complex carport. it happened around 8:45 saturday morning. investigators say the gunman is described as being in his late 20s or early 30s wearing a hoody. police say they are looking int another robbery and they urge people to be aware of their surroundings. >>> in san jose firefighters battled a fire next to a post office overnight. it started just after 2:30 this morning. it took firefighters about 45 minutes to get the flames under control. there were no reports of injury and there's no word of what started the fire. >>> now to

the city of san francisco is not -- the city of screaks, rather, is not giving -- sacramento, rather up on the kings. a city council said he spoke with a minority evener of the basketball team to look for an alternative to buy the kings and build a new arena in sacramento. the maloof family, which owns a small percentage of the palms hotel, are the kings minority owners and are working on a deal to sell the team to a group that will move it to seattle. but basketball fans are urging city leaders to press forward. >> remember this and i will say it twice -- don't stop believin'! >> sacramento mayor kevin johnson says he's confident a proposal could be submitted by friday. he won't identify the local investors but the plan would create a downtown entertainment complex. >>> all right, tori. 8:24. let's go to sal right now. everybody behaving at the toll plaza? >> yeah, they are. as a matter of fact, things are getting better. a little bit better. san mateo bridge, we've seen some reports of some crowded opinions, but it's not all that bad. hear is a little more -- there is a little more

and don't get it twisted, yes, we are in sacramento and i have been staying in the good part of the city, you know what i mean? and three different bad parts of the city, we've gone to, probably, 6 schools in those bad cities and occasionally you get those, sometimes you see those kids that when they are coming into the cafeteria or the gym, multi purpose room, what have you, they are always like talking the whole time, you know? and still to this day i see like three of those kids from those kids that are not -- what can i say -- they are not that bad any more. they are not that bad. i see them, they are cool, they are not making no bad choices. they remember me. oh, i'm making right choices, i'm making right choices. it makes you feel good that you reached out and you got hold of somebody, somebody that was probably on the wrong path on to the right path, you know what i mean? >> was the play based on characters in real life? >> yeah, some of them are. obviously like ivo, evolution, we wanted to make him the leader because he evolves throughout the play and teaches the rest of the kids