front page photo caption san francisco chronicle june 14, 2005. >> the not guilty verdicts in the michael jackson trial. front page photo caption, san francisco chronicle june 14, 2005. after the bleeding the blood spattered walls draw the gaze of children wanting to see what has caused such a noise. how can they not stair. arms and legs, pieces of torso scattered, the smell of new death and feared hair. they must be asking the same question. a person who blows themselves up must believe in something. must believe in something or else not. hopelessness degreesed in apnigzs, righteousness disguised in a tuxedo of death much the children don't understand. i being of the dead dying man the bleeding bystanders who left to buy cheese or tobacco. in car bombs suicide bombs and we keep talking as though this will end like the final judgment of that black man who looks white and sleeps with boys but doesn't touch them. after the bleeding the children's shoes will be forever stained in the crimson color of death. who will set the doves free then. >> the next is sdaefrt on the horizon. i'm sure man

bob egelko, legal reporter, san francisco chronicle, and carla march new which i, also with san francisco chronicle. the senior leadership is assembling, these guys should be happy but the state where it is, what are the many concerns that will be discussed? >> yeah, democrats meeting this week in sacramento. you're right, belva, they have a lot to be happy about. they have every statewide office. they have a voter advantage of more than 2 million in california. i mean, this is a party that should be celebrating a lot, except this hangup for their governor, harry brown, he needs just a handful of republican votes to get him those budget proposals in front of voters to california and it has not happened. i think this weekend we'll see drama up there. all of the statewide elected officials there will be, attorney general, gavin newsom and dianne feinstein will give the address on friday but the party will hear from brown on sunday and i think brown will have to give them tough love and say, look, we have to come to some agreement with the republicans and you all are going to have to give up

un articulo del diario san francisco chronicle, indica que entre junio y febrero pasado fueron detenidas1 personas para su deportacion. --el estado de "georgia" ya tiene su propia legislacion anti-inmigrante, al estilo de la sb-1070 de arizona.--en medio de protestas de organizaciones civiles, este viernes, el gobernador republicano "nathan deal" promulgo la ley "hb-87" con la que la policia podra interrogar a cualquier persona que parezca que esÁ ilegalemente en el pais.--pero no solo eso, la medida prohibe que se É albergue o se transporte a indocumentados y obliga a las empresas a usar el sistema "e-verify" antes de contratar a una persona.--la "hb-87" debera entrar en vigor el proximo primero de julio. ---los bomberos de san francisco sofocaron las llamas de un incendio de tres alarmas en el distrito de la mission. ---el siniestro comenzo despues de las 4 de la tarde en la azotea de un edificio localizado en las calles "20 y capp", y en cuestion de minutos las llamas se extendieron a dos inmuebles mas.---los residentes de los tres edificios fueron evacuados, y afortunadamente nadie r

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. >> mayor ed lee expects san francisco police officers to get less than $14.5 million in raises july 1st. san francisco chronicle told an audience last night he expects the officers to sacrifice some pay rather than face budget cuts and having fewer cops on the street. >> also, san francisco's new police chief greg suhr is taking a pay cut and doing away with the position of assistant chief, the title held by geoff godown. they are deputy chiefs earning $20,000 less a year but they make in the neighborhood of $250,000 annually. >> state puc is expected to vote tomorrow on whether pg&e can set up a special account that might make it possible to bill customers for pipeline safety measures. they were making sure that 150 miles of gas pipelines are safe. the lines are similar to the ones that exploded in san bruno last year. pg&e is worried that regulators are setting arbitrary roadblocks to delay it from tracking spending of millions of dollars of safety measures. >> an assembly mill bil that would pave the way to say oakland school district, $22 million in fines that was levied when the district was controlled by

east, we saw how citizen journalists are reporting on the uprisings, and in papers like the "san francisco chronicle" are finding ways to collaborate with groups like spj's journalist of the year in northern california. his last three of this year's winners were new or nonprofit media, a ratio that would have been unthinkable just a decade ago when newspapers and large tv stations dominated the news media. to be sure, most of the hard work is still ahead of us. few new start-ups turn a profit. many community newsrooms' still rely on volunteer labor, and broader economic issues. we want to encourage the members of our audience here at the public library to drive this discussion. this is your chance to ask these experts what is happening to the news that you depend on to make your day to day decisions. our conversation tonight will include five elements -- we will talk about the quality of reporting available to the public and move on to what is being done to create sustainable newsroom jobs. we will talk about creating a new system that enjoys constitutional freedom of the press, celebrates the diver

the san francisco chronicle is 23rd. >>> that may be -- they may be used blackhawk helicopters and today we talked with them. >> reporter: it looked much like this one but souped-up for the special forces. >> you can survive a hard landing and i can attest to that. >> reporter: he is a blackhawk piloted 18 years. >> it is pretty amazing. >> reporter: he showed us a blackhawk that is designed to carry wounded from the battlefields. the similarities -- >> you have kevlar armor. >> reporter: the medevac version of the blackhawk has night vision. it is training and experience that accomplish the result. >> i think as a soldier, there is a sense of pride. >> reporter: one of the blackhawks did crash and it was destroyed by special forces. ken pritchett, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a redwood t-shirt company says osama bin laden has become big business. a company spokesman says sales i social barometer and right now demand is high for shirts with patriotic teams and those supporting seal team six. we have more coverage on our websites. click the tab on our homepage at ktvu.com. >>> we are expectin

to take the full consequences for them. >>> san francisco's new police chief continues to make cuts at the top. according to today's san francisco chronicleis giving up the large suv and his driver saying he knows his way around town. he will reportedly buy a ford focus hybrid. he already cut the pay of his staff and refused a salary increase. it comes with talks about slicing compensation. >>> california teachers want to educate the country about the budget. they led a rally and staged a sit in starting tomorrow at the capitol in sacramento. 21,000 teachers have received pink slips and that is an indication they lose their jobs in the fall. the teachers' union is pressing governor brown to forget that special election and instead push republicans directly for approval of tax extensions. the budget is expected to run more than $15 billion short. >>> those who oppose a just approved plan to expand the oakland zoo say they will appeal the expansion plans to the city tomorrow. friends of the nolan park and the california native plant society tend to file an appeal. last weekend's oakland planning commission opposed it. the zoo is hoping to b

san francisco reporter joe. >> hold that thought gentlemen we are back on good morning. hold on. [ overlapping voices ] >> joining us for a little special sit down, joe from the san francisco chroniclecovers media, politicformer mayor and speaker willie brown he is politics, gerry brown a lot of people have been asking how is he doing so far your evaluation? >> incomplete, too early to talk about him because he has been totally stuck in trying to do a budget, trying to get something on the ballot he has not succeeded, but it is too early to count him out. >> i agree he talked about energy plans and solar energy and all this stuff he hasn't gotten into that stuff because he has been so mired in budgets. >> the whole crowd he lived with up there, basically is what was left. >> i am going to take a step back gerry is methodically stepping out on the commission appointment, they tend to be democrats, he is not doing bipartisan stuffer fold did. >> but that is gerry that is why he is having trouble trying to move republicans to get to point 2 where he would like to have them be what is really interesting to know of gerry as of late he talks about i made a commitment any time there is goi

our sponsors, "the san francisco chronicle," the san francisco history association, the guardians of the city, the brewing company, scott seligmann from the bank and trust, st. francis, john's grill since 1908, the left ty o 'douls, and photographs. the event coordinators. the day from the chronicle is here. with someone from emergency management. we have someone from sfpd. we have the guardians of the center and ron ross from the history association. we are about 10 minutes away from the motorcade showing up. we have come together at this ungodly hour to remember those who survived being tossed from their beds 105 years ago this morning at 5:13. 105 years ago, powerful seismic waves rolled across the city of san francisco. experts estimate the earthquake was around 7.9 on the modern skills. by the end of the first day, the city suffered 26 aftershocks and then succumbed to a raging inferno that showed no mercy for 74 hours. i would like to give you a moment by moment description of what happened to our great city on that day and its citizens. this is not boring history. this is very

. >>> san francisco general hospital tells ktvu tonight there is no change in stow's condition. he remains in critical condition. the san francisco chronicleis reporting that giant's pitcher jeremy atfeld joined stow's family. atfeld held his hand and prayed with stow. >>> there are calls to change the rules in baseball. posey broke a fibula when scott cousins slammed into him last night. there is nothing in the rules against colliding with the catcher. fan reaction is mixed. >> i think something should be done. because i don't think the catcher should be that vulnerable. >> i think it's part of the game. the catcher is supposed to have tough, you're on for a reason. >> reporter: posey could be out for the season and will likely have to undergo surgery. >>> and ktvu spoke to the team after they took to the field without posey. what they have to say about their pitching. >>> why city leaders are concerned about a violent summer, the story coming up in three minutes. >>> shopping just got smarter, the bay area city where you will soon be able to pay with a swipe of your cell phone. >>> the holiday weekend just around the corner now, we have

there have been studies done throughout the united states, including in san francisco chronicle a study that has shown conclusively that locally owned businesses returned economic money back into the city. citizens of san francisco spend $100 at a chain pet food store. statistics say that $25 goes back into the san francisco economy. if the same hundred dollars is spent at a locally-owned cut store, $43 is reinvested in the community. aside from the other reasons you have heard, there is an economic benefit to supporting the locally-owned businesses for san francisco. thank you very much. president o'brien: thank you. next speaker. >> we had a battle going on, and we won that one. we are a member of the coalition 6 san francisco pet stores. we also helped that were involved with the california pet food express. when they did open -- i know this is not about pet food express, but i am letting you know what the impact has been on us. when the opened on california street, we have been impacted, definitely, in the marina. the business is down. what pet food express is doing -- what they use

. >> in san francisco, private e-mails made public about a lawsuit over the stone lake agreement is raising more concerns from the critics of the deal. san francisco chronicleeports the e-mails show employees of the health department worked with the lobbyists to win the contract for a new mexico company. attorneys for bruce mcclellan say the e-mails show the process was corrupt. a lobbyist says ortega enterprises said they promised to fix up the boat house and improve food there. >>> caltrain ridership has increased but on time performance has slipped. trains arrived as scheduled only 93% of the time, that is less than 96% goal. caltrain says mechanical and signal problems were to blame. >>> a japanese automaker recalls hundreds of thousands of vehicles. the potential defect that could put lives in danger. >> we'll show you how hackers are using the death of osama bin laden as an opportunity to wreak havoc on your computer. >> and the extreme measure engineers were forced to take to protect a town from raging floodwaters. >> and ancient and species and a fight for survival. why we need to my diet? well yesterday i had an apple turnover. i know it's sort of

the san francisco chronicle reports that jimenez is a sheriff's cadet. and has been working as a security guard at the city's 911 emergency call center since 2008. the sheriffs office says he was on his day off when the accident occurred. >>> well, it could be too good to be true, but oil analysts say gas prices could drop nearly 50 cents as early as next month. following demand and concern over rising supplies should lead to the drop. it's a reversal from the first four months of this year. the price of course is always much higher here in the bay area. one small business owner we talked to said he's skeptical about the possible price drop. >> i don't see 50 cents. i don't think the oil companies are that generous. >> it remains to be seen if the price drop will be here in the bay area. but worldwide demand is still high, that means we could see less of a relief here at home and at the pump. click on the business tab, and choose consumer from the drop down menu. >>> good morning to you, giving awe live look over the bay, we're seeing just little peeks o

i work also with san francisco chronicle -- carnivale. i was very impressed. for six years, i saw the kids, parents, and faculty from the school through their heart and soul into art performances, in to dance, into costume design. they were an incredible bunch of kids. i started looking into their academics. i took my son, who was regressing terribly at another school that was failing him, to edison. it changed him. his reading level, his riding level, his comprehension of math has jumped threefold. as a single mom in a community that is being gentrified, where we are rapidly becoming invisible -- how passionate i feel about this school. how passionate i feel about the teachers that are out there, involved in all aspects of their students' lives. they get involved with the community. they really come out and become very involved with the parents. they interact with the teachers. i am here to urge you to please listen to somebody who has seen great changes, who loves the school, and who has become a new board member. i would like more time to get the word out a

that was in another "san francisco chronicle." vacancies lead to more vacancies, which lead to more crime. other businesses do not want to locate on the street with the store fronts because customers will not want to go there. big drug was vacant for almost a year before the landlord could find a tenant. one of the impacts on the neighborhood is you do not want vacancies in the tenderloin. that is going to be the result to deny the permit. i am going to address briefly -- the appellant thinks there are bases for deriving the permit. you cannot do that until you overcome a procedural hurdles. i stated that in my brief. i think that is it. there is one correction in my brief on page 8, where i misquoted a landlord. i stick the process will result in another opportunity for community activists to oppose a different business from working. that sentence should read community, not "community activists." vice president garcia: would you address the issue brought up by mr. wagoner having to do with the discrepancy in the dollar figures, t

the waterfront with some of the journalism attendees, and that was led by zahn king of "the san francisco chronicle." that went very well. i will say that the attendees on the tour were more domestic and international, but we did get some international. later sunday night, i think you went, commissioner lazarus, to the event at alcatraz followed by the party at pier 39. there were a number of events that continue tonight out in golden gate park at the california academy of sciences and, of course, the closing festivities tomorrow night at city hall, and as i'm sure mike martin can attest, city hall is looking very -- i don't know. what would you call that? again, hopefully, the weather will improve. it is looking very tropical over there at city hall. an oxymoron, but nonetheless, it looks very cool. the pow wow is expected to generate more than $250 million in tourism. it is considered the biggest tourist event possible. i know it has brought in a lot of work for a lot of people, and we were honored and privileged to participate, so we are really happy about that. lastly, i just had a request. if

janet napolitano defends the program in the san francisco chronicle. she said half of the people deimportanted were those with other convictions other than immigration convictions. in domestic interviews. >> become registered to vote and vote here. that's a strong strong message for next year. >> reporter: demonstratetors say all they want is a workable solution to a broken system. >> don knapp in san jose, thank you. >>> and san francisco celebrated international workers day. it was organized by organizations. the theme of the march and rally was a day without workers and encouraged participants to avoid work, shopping and school- related activities, a group of minutemen and tea party supporters staged a counter rally against illegal immigration. >>> a fire in oakland is being called suspicious overnight. they were called to martin luther king jr. way and thirty- second about 2:30 in the mortgage. an abandoned victorian which had become a hang out for squatters was engulfed in flame. it took nearly 50 firefighters to put it out. >> we had a three-stor

. >> reporter: in 1976 the "san francisco chronicle" picked up maupin's column and "tales of the cityborn. from russian hill soeshits to castro drag quinn the column captured the zit geist of the san francisco dating scene. >> what i liked most of all i was treating homosexuality as normally as any other subject matter. they thought they'd get letters from people horrified and they got quite the opposite. everybody got involved. i was covering everybody, gay and straight, young and old. a variety of humanity that i was hoping reflected the glory of the city itself. >> within two years, armistead published his first novel based on the columns and in 1994, a pbs mini series starring laura linney and olympia dukakis braus "tales of the city" to the nation. >> yes some furniture is included. are you? >> it would prove inspirational for a whole new generation of fans. >> yes. >> i first became familiar with the books watching the mini series actually and i watched them while i was in college, didn't know what it was, sort of stumbled on it and i was the gay man coming out at the time so i

. >>> according to the "san francisco chronicle" the chief is gives us his suv and his driver and opting instead for a ford fusion. the salary will get smaller too. he is skipping his $20,000 cost of living raise. he also eliminated the department's three assistant chief posts. those that held those posts will be deputy chiefs with lower salaries. >>> other headlines around the bay area. fairfield police saying they have been called 12 times in the past year to the home where three people were killed yesterday. police believe the 37-year-old suspect who lived in an apartment over the garage shot and killed a man and woman who lived in the main house before turning the gun on himself. another house mate was shot in the ankle and is recovering. >>> a san jose city councilman was arrested this weekend for driving under the influence. ash kolra is the first indian american to serve on the city council and is also a former public defender. today kolra released a statement saying "i am deeply embarrassed by my actions and i am prepared to take the full consequences for them." >>> the growing p

i work also with san francisco chronicle -- carnivale. i was very impressed. for six years, i saw the kids, parents, and faculty from the school through their heart and soul

corporations that are the advertisers and i mean look what happened in san francisco last week where a reporter from the chronicle took out her when she was a reporter from the san francisco chronicle about obama fundraiser she takes out her camera or her cell phone and records of protest against obama by obama supporters about bradley manning the alleged wakey wakey sleeker who's been mistreated in custody in our media that he was told she'd be cold out of the clueless the next when reporters do get outside of the pack that's when they run into trouble that's when amy goodman gets arrested at the republican convention in two thousand and eight that's when her two producers for democracy now are pretty aggressively arrested and charged with felonies felony riot charges you know there's a great story where amy is talking to a mainstream reporter at the two thousand and eight convention amy goodman a democracy now in the mainstream reporters this gee i didn't get arrested and amy says what were you out there covering the protests and he says no i haven't left the building and amy then quotes woody allen who says ni