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

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

today san francisco chronicle has details in the latest in a series of reports since the san bruno pipeline explosion. one of the pipelines twa tha was declared safe runs through brent wod and eastern contra costa. second once from kettleman city to the central coast. >> this morning, lucille packard children's hospital is getting back to normal after sliding on the ground floor. it happened after 3:00 yesterday afternoon. officials say it's likely related to construction in the area. water was tested. there is no concern about contamination. nine patients were relocated to other parts of the hospital. >> cleanup crews are cleaning up downtown redwood city where a suspected drunk driver created a 40-foot water fountain last night. it was quite a spectacular at broadway just before midnight. when fire crews were first called out. the driver of a jeep cherokee took out a fire hydrant caused the gusher. me mowed down a parking meter before his suv finally came to a stop. the condition of the driver is not known but he was taken to a local hospital. >>> first responders have been dealing with c

there are numerous stores already in the san francisco chronicle and the examiner about family homelessness in san francisco, and people coming forward to tell the stories, it is very difficult. but those types of synergies between advocates telling their stories and media picking up on them are ways that we can actually shed light on our troubles and how we can come up with a response. i was very pleased to see, this morning, the story in "the chronicle" about a family making commitments to help families who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. i think those types of support that come from time to time are essential for us to be able to support struggling families and to show the kind of city that we truly are. so we owe a great thanks to the efficacy effort for bringing this july, to the attention of city officials, and also to this family as well for their commitment to the families. i believe we have much more to do. as a city, not looking at -- and no, fixes in the last 18 months, we're looking at long-term, how we can put our services in place and how we can support struggling fam

there are numerous stores already in the san francisco chronicle and the examiner about family homelessness in san francisco, and people coming forward to tell the stories, it is very difficult. but those types of synergies between advocates telling their stories and media picking up on them are ways that we can actually shed light on our troubles and how we can come up with a response. i was very pleased to see, this morning, the story in "the chronicle" about a family making commitments to helpfa

they bought a full page ad in the san francisco chronicle. take a look. it's what they printed came as a surprise to some. and mark matthews is here with the story. >> the protesters didn't know it was coming. many didn't know about the ad hours after it hit the streets. this the full-page ad in the "san francisco chronicle" telling readers the congressional super committee failed but there is a solution. >> it's started because a friend sent me an e mail. >> she explains it outlined goals for cutting the deficit, outlined on the occupy washington, d.c..org web site. >> the note was it's too bad the main stream won't see this. >> she got the idea to spend 8500ses today make this message available. >> people identify with the occupy movement. and polls show thachl the majority of people do. and people are getting frustrated because what they see covered in media is attempts. >> the goals are spelled out on the banner. tax the rich, end the war, health care for all. and our political analyst in washington, d.c. says sounds like the progressive wing of the d

today san francisco chronicle has details in the late nest a series of reports since the san bruno pipelineon in september, 2010. one of the pipelines that was improperly declared safe runs through discovery bay in brentwood in certain contra costa county. the second runs from kettleman city in kings county to the central coast. >> if you owe money for any overdue books at a library in alameda county, here's a good deal for you. they will for gift fine if you don't nate food. we have the story. >> overdue library fines can quickly add up. >> over the summer, $50 actually with videos. they are a dollar a day, and lost items. >> the library can help get the balance down to zero thanks to the new food for fines program. for every food item you put in the collection barrel, you get one dollar off your bill, up to a maximum of $10.00. >> if you want to bring five nonperishable items, you can do that. bring them into the library and have the items checked in and the $5.00 would be taken off of your account. >> the alameda county board of supervisors approved the two week program. >> i think that'

>> meantime, the san francisco chronicle reports the oakland police officer who shot an occupy protester in the leg with a nonlethal bean bag has been taken off street duty. the incident happened november 3rd. the victim oakland resident scott campbell has filed suit against the police department in federal court. sources say the officer and his immediate supervisor will remain on desk duty until an investigation is finished. >>> state attorney general harris will lay-off 102 department of justice agents and 21 civilian employees next year. that's half of the 203 agents who originally were expected to lose their jobs. the department is ending its involvement in 2/3 of california's 52 drug and gang fighting task forces next year. >> 2/3 of chief executives of the largest u.s. companies did not plan to hire in the next six months. 1/3 of ceos expect to add play is -- employees and spend more on large equipment. sluggish growth and the debt crisis in europe is not enough to create jobs. existing employees will be expected to handle any increased business. >>> bart is not only offering holid

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according to the san francisco chronicle. the authority has a $2.5 million budget for public relations this fiscal year. even though the feds cut funding for the year. without the funding the future of the entire line is now in doubt. prongt leaders say the spending is reasonable given the size and complexity of the project. >> 4:36. get ready for more delays on a road already notorious for traffic backups. that means heavy delays during commute times. it's to prepare the area. the road will eventually run under the tracks. work is expected to be completed in february. >> it is 4:37. time to say good morning to christina loren and find out what our monday morning forecast is. >> not too bad after a really nice weekend. no rain. the wind relaxed substantially, especially for the inland valleys. it was really sunny. today more of the same through tonight. we have a cold air mass settling in. so we're talking frost advisories and freeze warnings throughout the north bay hills tonight and tomorrow. today not too bad. the national

today san francisco chronicle has details in the late nest a series of reports since the san bruno pipeline explosion in september, 2010. one of the pipelines that was improperly declared safe runs through discovery bay in brentwood in certain contra costa county. the second runs from kettleman city in kings county to the central coast. this morning the children's hospital is slowly getting back to hospital after flooding on the ground floor. it happened just after three yesterday afternoon. officials say it's likely related to construction in the area. water was tested. there's no concern about contamination. nine patients were relocated to other parts of the hospital. >>> if you owe money for overdue books at any library in alameda county, here's a great deal. they will forgive the fine if you don't nate food instead. here's apc7 with the story. >> overdue library fines can quickly add up. >> over the summer, $50 actually with videos. >> the library can help get the balance down to zero thanks to the new food for fines program. for every food item you put in the collection barrel, you get

>> meantime, the san francisco chronicle reports the oakland police officer who shot an occupy protester in the leg with a nonlethal bean bag has been taken off street duty. the incident happened november 3rd. the victim oakland resident scott campbell has filed suit against the police department in federal court. sources say the officer and his immediate supervisor will remain on desk duty until an investigation is finished. >>> state attorney general harris will lay-off 102 department of justice agents and 21 civilian employees next year. that's half of the 203 agents who originally were expected to lose their jobs. the department is ending its involvement in 2/3 of california's 52 drug and gang fighting task forces next year. >> 2/3 of chief executives of the largest u.s. companies did not plan to hire in the next six months. 1/3 of ceos expect to add play is -- employees and spend more on large equipment. sluggish growth and the debt crisis in europe is not enough to create jobs. existing employees will be expected to handle any increased business. >>> bart is not only offering holid

san francisco. his daughter tells the "san francisco chronicle" today that the bluegrass festival will go on. >>> a historic chapter has now closed in iraq. all american troops are now out of the country. the only mission left now is bringing them all the way home. the last convoy of u.s. soldiers rolled out of iraq and into kuwait early sunday morning. the exit marks the end of a nearly nine-year long war that cost the lives of close to 4500 u.s. soldiers and an estimated 100,000 iraqis. at least 4,000 u.s. soldiers will remain in kuwait for several months helping finalize the move out of iraq. but soldiers still remain in afghanistan. and today, christmas came early for dozens of california families who had loved ones serving there. 160 members of the national guard returned today from a deployment in afghanistan. nbc bay area's kimberly tere is at the san jose airport. >> reporter: most soldiers we talked to didn't even know the end of the iraq war came until they hit u.s. soil. they tell us they were really focused on what they were doing in afghanistan. soldiers came home here to san jose also

examination of every ballot cast in last month's election for san francisco mayor shows vote not confused by the right choice method. the san francisco chroniclerts usf researchers found 73% of voters ranked their choices for mayor only 16% marked just one. supervisor avalos placed a strong second behind lee but appeared in fewer ballots overall than lee or city attorney herrera and chiu. >> san francisco 49ers are nfc west division champions for the first time in nine years clinching a playoff shot. joe montana was there for yesterday's game. current quarterback smith tossed a 56 yard touch down pass to william in the 4th quarter his longest of the season. 26-0 the final. >> you didn't duck the gatorade. >> raiders drop into a first place tie with the broncos after raiders lose to the dolphins, 34-14. >>> cardinals and bears both heading to bowl games. cardinal will take on oklahoma state in the fiesta bowl in arizona january 2nd. the bears will take on texas in the holiday bowl that game will take place in san diego on december 28th. >> i'm going to tell my kids that the holiday bowl is the best bell to get into. >> tell -- best bowl to get

according to the san francisco chronicle alexander pe pelosi said her mother wants to retire but is staying on because of that. they say it is not true and she is preparing to come back if they win next year. >>> they worry the expansion of the panama canal could hurt west coast ports including oakland. the ports relay on asian imports but the project which calls for a third lane will be completed in 2014 and will allow large freighters to by pass west coast ports and head directly to terminals on the gulf and east coast and allows ships to carry almost three times more cargo. >>> today the state warned about this. it calls for 14 to 17 billion dollars in repairs, that includes 5 billion in bonds approved by voters 5 years ago. >>> experts say breaches in the levees would pose a threat to life, property and drinking water supplies. >> good afternoon to you, cloudy, cool and moist out there, giving you a live look at the san jose international airport, 1 to 2/100s reported this afternoon to tipping the bucket just a bit in some areas but it really isn't going to amount to much. we are not lo

the "san francisco chronicle" says one of the officers fired a nonlethal beanbag during an "occupy" protest last month and hit the leg of 30-year-old scott campbell. you can hear him there. he shot this video and posted it on youtube and filed the suit against opd. >>> two former san francisco public health department inspectors are facing bribery charges now. the d.a. and the city attorney holding a press conference today about the corruption. investigators say two people did not conduct required food handling tests of hundreds of restaurants, employees. instead they just sold certifications. the inspectors would take in a couple of thousand dollars a month between 2007 and 2009. >> we want to send a very clear message to both people who work for our government, that they are healed to a very high standard and if they violate a standard of trust, that there will be consequences. >> d.a. is not prosecuting restaurant employees involved. they were all retested, the inspectors face more than eight years in prison and $10,000 in fines. >>> two sexual assaults in the mission district is prompti

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joining me on our news panel are marisa lagos, "san francisco chronicle," political reporter. tom vacar, ktvu news, consumer editor. and jill tucker, staff writer also with "the chronicle." jill, what's the story in this disturbing rise on homeless families on the street in san francisco? >> i asked that same question this week when they came out with the numbers at a press conference at city hall. isn't the economy getting better? should we be seeing relief? they said, what we do know is we have more families been ever on the waiting list for shelter. last week, they had 267 families on the wait list for 59 city-funded rooms. and it's also reflected in the schools where there are 2,200 children who are classified as homeless. that's up 400 from the year before. so we're seeing a very disturbing trend in san francisco that's in the schools. it's on the streets. these are families that are not necessarily sleeping in parks or out in the open. but they are in cars, they're in shelters. they are doubled up in parms or they're in single resident occupancy hotels and are also having

>> i am paul, speaking as an individual, but also with reference to my work at the san francisco chronicle as the water for a columnist, a consultant to the bay area council, and a long time sailer. i simply urge the commission, notwithstanding the prior witness, to take immediate action and move forward. all the items under gen a, item 9a, because of the ability to expand the vitality and economic viability of our wonder front -- our waterfront. thank you. commissioner brandon: thank you. any of the public comment? commissioners, are there any questions or comments? commissioner lazarus? commissioner lazarus: this is a question for kim, and you might have a better answer later this afternoon. we looked at the budget numbers to result unanticipated increases. do you have any sense of the construction market now and whether it has tightened up or whether it is possible that some of these bids may still come in lower than budgeted? >> it is my opinion that we're still in an excellent market. turner provided our latest cost estimates and has taken into consideration that we're a very good mar

and carla, senior political writer for the "san francisco chronicle."arla, as we face the new year, we look back and we see the rise of the occupy movement becoming a real force while our congress continues to battle it out. so where have we been and where are we going? >> well, i mean, you are absolutely right, belva. you know, this wasn't just a -- 2011 was the year for discontent. maybe capping off the decade of our discontent. it's no mistake that "time" magazine talked about this protester as the person of the year when you talk about the latest polls showing 75% of americans saying they want to put this year in the rear-view mirror as quickly as possible. a lot of big themes drove politics on a national scale. and, obviously, the economy. we're going to talk about the economy and jobs being the main thing. but when you talk about some of the words we kept hearing, you know, end of the american dream was one of the phrases. more and more americans felt like their children were not going to do as well as they were. rising college costs. cutbacks are

that's what sources are telling the "san francisco chronicle." one of the officers fired a nonlethal beanbag during an "occupy" protest last month and hit the leg of 30-year-old scott campbell who shot video of it posted it on youtube and filed a suit against the oakland police department. >>> monday's protest at the port of oakland was a million- dollar hit on the economy. only one of the seven terminals operated and three were shut down. the port losses are estimated at between 4 and $8 million. plus up to $1,000 each per truck driver. protestors say they plan to move on from the port and focus now on foreclosures. >>> school buses, public education and social services. they are all victims of california's latest round of spending cuts. governor brown announced $1 billion in trigger cuts that kicked in when state revenue fell short. among them, $248 million for a school transportation. that effectively eliminates school buses for a lot of districts. $100million each from the uc and csu systems and $100 million for in-home support services. >> i

commercial assuring us all that he too is not a witch and a very very ugly chucky cheese heard in san francisco chronicle nine chuck e. cheese restaurants in the bay area been fined by the u.s. department of labor for violating federal child labor laws errantly the restaurant had minors operating dangerous machinery like trash compact years and don't mix in machines chuck e. cheese's agreed to pay a twenty eight thousand dollar fine to the department of labor and comply with laws regarding child labor it's unclear if the restaurant will rethink its motto or a kid could be a kid on the bright side newt gingrich who thinks child labor laws are truly stupid will likely come out and supported chuck e. cheese and that's very very. telling about the latest on the fight against corporate personhood now that we have the attention of u.s. senators what will it take for we the actual people to keep corporations out of our government. what drives the world the fear mongering used by politicians who makes decisions to break through it's already been made who can you trust no one who is in view with a global missiona

several leading national publications including consumers digest the boston globe in the san francisco chronicle she's also the author of born with a junk food deficiency how flax quacks attacks pimp the public health which is slated to be released in two thousand and twelve martha welcome well thank you tom happy to be with you know so pleased to have you with us what is supply driven marketing and how did the pharmaceutical industry get into it well oh it would be the opposite of the way and driven marketing where people really need to drop supply means we have the drug and we need to find of diseases in patients to justify it and it's very much driven by direct to consumer advertising which began . thirteen years ago and that's what's propelled the how many other developed countries allow drug companies to advertise on t.v. adverts advertise directly to consumers you said it started thirteen years ago how did that how did that come about because i remember a time when it was illegal. well. it had never actually been illegal but what one thing that drove the direct to consumer advertising was

san francisco. in time on the campus of san francisco state. students pitching seven tents last night according to the san francisco chronicle. they marched the plaza after meeting with the university president. students asked him to sign a letter demanding the csu system roll back tuition to 2009 levels. he says he understands their anger, but tuition hikes are the only way to keep the doors open since the state has slashed the funding. >>> police tracked a murder suspect across the country. this morning he's charged with killing an occupy oakland camper. 20-year-old norris tarell was arrested in kentucky. cell phone video obtained by nbc bay area helped them track down the shooter. he's been charted with shooting a 25-year-old foster last month. three other suspects have been charged with assault. a couple reasons to celebrate. it is friday, and it started out warm. >> it's feeling a lot like christmas. all the lights going up. that was one of the biggest gripes from people across the bay area. the christmas tree ornaments and decorations were flying around. this morning you are going to be waking up with us. take it easy.

the "san francisco chronicle" reports the u.s.rting more petroleum products than it is importing. that is one of the reasons gas prices are higher than ever for this time of year. the chronicle also points to the high price of crude oil. >>> some magnificent jewels are going under hammer just in time for the holidays. listen up, sotheby's is auctioning off millions of dollars worth of gems next wednesday. the 10:00 items include this yank 22 carat pink diamond expected to go for $13 million. >> very pure pink, there is no orange to it, very little violet to it. very nice, soft pink color which is very unusual. >> other jewels being auctioned off are a white diamond called the light of goloconda expected to go for about $7 million. and the burma rose rose ruby and diamond ring. >>> fans can now buy threads from their favorite team at a new store. >>> and our meteorologist mark demayo has a look at all our wind predictions and whether we can expect rain in the next few days. this holiday season give your family the gift they can all

bath telling the san francisco chronicle it'll rethink the original focus of commuter trains into downtownsf. they include freight trains, all night service and extensions. several bay area transit agencies are offering you a free ride on new year's eve. sf muni free rides will start after 8:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. caltrain offers rides starting after 11:00 p.m. to 2:15 a.m. b. the vta will officer free service from 7:00 p.m. and runs through 3:59 a.m. >>> more people approved of the president's job performance than disapproved of it. that is a big improvement since october when the president hit his lowest mark of 38% approval. before the 2012 election the president will need to raise his own poll number that is show only 39% of people right now approve of his handling of the economy. >>> there is speculation tonight that apple is gearing up to release an i pad 3 in time to commemorate steve jobs birthday. media outlets are announcing that suppliers are getting the new i pads ready for sale january 31st. some workers have cut back on vacations in order to meet that deadline. jobs died in oct

bath telling the san francisco chronicle it'll rethink the original focus of commuter trains into downtown sf. they include freight trains, all night service and extensions. several bay area transit agencies are offering you a free ride on new year's eve. sf muni free rides will start after 8:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. caltrain offers rides starting after 11:00 p.m. to 2:15 a.m. b. the vta will officer free service from 7:00 p.m. and runs through 3:59 a.m. >>> more people approved of the president's job performance than disapproved of it. that is a big improvement since october when the president hit his lowest mark of 38% approval. before the 2012 election the president will need to raise his own poll number that is show only 39% of people right now approve of his handling of the economy. >>> there is speculation tonight that apple is gearing up to release an i pad 3 in time to commemorate steve jobs birthday. media outlets are announcing that suppliers are getting the new i pads ready for sale january 31st. some workers have cut back on vacations in order to meet that deadline. jobs died in oc

. >> we sat down with the san francisco chronicle's top critic and talked about the season's choices.ou want to see a good family film there's several flicks out and the one you like is hugo. >> yeah. its depends on your family. i have a six-year-old and a three year. i didn't take them to hugo. but hugo is a great film. i'm going all in on that. number two martin score sis -- core sis see doing family film and really sweet. >> what age would be more appropriate? >> i'd say about eight. depends on the kid. there's an orphaned kid, some bleakness in it. an uplifting spirit it to but there's some stuff to deal with. >> okay. the other one and that would be chip -- chipmunks, chip-wrecked. i didn't have to pay for it. and i got to get my revenge on it in print. so i got some satisfaction from it. but you're not going to. i don't know. some people are going to like it. every cliche from gill began's island was in the film. watch gill began's island. >> i have a little one. they liked the other chipmunk filmle. i already promised him. >> i have a six-year-old and this like this godfather i