. >>> san francisco general hospital is suing the l.a. dodgers over the beating of giants fan brian stow. stow suffered extensive brain trauma after two dodger fans attacked him outside dodger stadium last year. san francisco general is seeking $1.2 million for reimbursement for his care. the family is also suing the team for lifetime medical expenses. stow is learning to walk again after spending months in a hospital in a coma. >>> people in san jose will have their say starting tonight about quality if they want in the city's new police chief. the city has already started a nationwide search to replace chief chris moore who plans to retire at the end of january. tonight's community meeting starts at # o'clock. >>> -- at 8:00. >>> the city has already unveiled a new look for its website. some of the features include a calendar of city-sponsored events, an enhanced customer service center and emergency alerts the community can subscribe to. . >>> a san francisco couple's challenge of the marriage defense act is one of several the supreme c

billion dollars, almost fully funded now and with the tallest tower in san francisco on the west coast now approved. san francisco general hospital rebuild, an extremely important project for the city, we've spent a lot of time on this, 887 million dollars, 284 acute care beds and it triples the size of the emergency ward and department. of course mta's central subway, very important to get the dual elevator access into each of the stations which we also did in the transbay terminal project. that's 1.6 billion dollars. recreation and parks department, we have had them come through with their bond programs plus we've seen many of their individual projects. over 200 projects have been produced by this program, which is approximately 315 million dollars. the san francisco public library project, its bond is approximately 196 million dollars and 29 projects. we have had many of these projects such as north beach library come in front of the council through this committee. san francisco airport terminal b, which was 383 million dollars and probably our -- the best thinking the city has done about toilets and unisex, family to

san francisco general value seeking $1.2 million from the team as reimbursement for the extensive brain trauma treatment that stowe received. the family is also suing the dodgers for $50 million for life time medical expenses that he faces. >>> a peanut butter processer is at the center of the salmonella recall. sun land incorporated was closed. the tainted pea peanut butter was sold under trader joe's valencia creamy peanut butter brand. >>> original estimates are being kept for cap and trade revenue despite lower participation in the first bidding. state officials say any changes to the estimate will be released in january. >>> a mystical religious sect accused offered running a northern california drug ring, but we're learning why church members say the feds are making a big mistake. >> some find out when the first round of rain is expected in your area, coming up in just 7 minutes. >>> but right after the break, you may not like what facebook has planned. we'll explain how you could 0 soon have less control over price changes on your facebook page. >>> the defense department says a

many of officers recognize are not first generation san francisco police officers. ur of the six are not first generation san francisco police officers. can i get the other generation of police officers that gave us these police officers to stand up and be recognized. [applause] >> talk about raising your kids right. another recognition i want to make is we are going to experience in the next 30 days of record exit of police officers, especially commissioned officers due to the sun setting of the retirement program. many of the people that are going out red nominations tonight. if i could, all officers that will be retiring and leaving us, they we think you for your service by getting you to stand. [applause] that is going to close our program. know that all of these officers when they get back to work, they will go out again looking for trouble and probably find it. i trust they will demonstrate again what these officers do every day, and that is keep this city safe. the command staff and commission will be available for pictures. family and kids for sure. if you ca

or at one of the clinics on the san francisco general hospital campus. the client brings the prescription to a designated pharmacy and med impact is a claims adjudicator which processes -- helps the pharmacy process the prescriptions. they verify that the patient is eligible for the program, that the provider is an eligible provider, that the medication is on formulary, and they will let the pharmacy know if there is any co-payment that is required by the patient. med impact processes over 30,000 claims per month. so, it's a very significant program. this contract also provides for the professional services that are provided at the individual pharmacies, and this is actually a bulk of what the contract amount is for. this is a highly utilized program. as you probably know, drugs are the primary treatment modality for medical management. over time we've seen increases in utilization of medications along with the introduction of some novel therapeutic treatments. we expect that this will continue over time as well. recently claims have been increasing by a

$15 million spent in the trauma ward at san francisco general because of pedestrian injuries in san francisco. with the embarcadaro being -- i consider downtown san francisco's roads have already had their heart attack and they're already a loss come out in some ways in traveling. service to all parts of the city suffer from that. whether it be the 38 geary or the 14 mission. the embarcadaro i think there is a lot of sensitivity about that particular location. that is sort of the bypass right now. the heart attack has happened. the bypass is the embarcadaro. that's how you get up to the marina, north beach, down to the highway. if you could show my overhead one more time. the air quality in south of market is already really bad. the probability of getting cancer for south of market is 20%. i don't want to have to wear one of these masks just to sleep at night. >> thank you. thank you, mr. whitaker. whoever is next of the five names that i've called. >>> my name is paula [speaker not understood]. i believe brenda already had to leave. good afternoon and thank you for letting me speak today. i

it was members of the san francisco board of supervisors who came to ask them to open san francisco general hospital, which they did. they ran it for four years until a very familiar thing happened, and that was the county board of supervisors had a dispute about how to pay health care bills. the sisters said we've had enough of that and went on to create st. mary's hospital. as you can see, very familiar with how the city works. even then, over 150 years. it is an important issue. we're glad to be able to provide it. we're glad to be able to be here and to recognize some super creative people and the super creative programs. the committee which reviewed folks and review projects had a tough time picking who should be chosen and who should be recognized. the list is fantastic. spur, of course, has worked for years and sponsor of this good government awards for a long time to make sure that the folks that work so hard that do not get recognized every day -- you do get recognized. firstly, from the business community, i want to say how proud we are to have you and how proud we are for the wor

san francisco general hospital is seeking more than $1.2 million from the los angeles dodgers. he was treated in 2011. the family is also suing the team in connection with the attack which happened in the parking lot outside dodger stadium in los angeles. he is recovering and still requires extensive medical treatment. attorneys for the family estimate life time care could cost $50 million. he recently underwent surgery and will need more surgeries. >>> heavy fog causing problems in the bay area this morning and now big storms are just around the corner. this is video from san francisco international airport. people dealt with flight delays up to four hours. >> we looked at the boards and we had two hours delays. we expected our flight would be on time. >> many travelers thought the day would provide them with a break, however because of the weather the airport had 40 cancellations and 13 diverted flights. kron 4's dan kerman had to deal with delays today. >> reporter: i got caught up in the same delays. when i arrived the monitors indicated my flight was on time but i knew tha

. >>> san francisco general hospital is joining the list of those suing the los angeles dodgers and former owner frank mccourt over the beating of brian stow. the examiner reports the hospital is asking for 1.2 million dollars to cover the cost of providing stow's brain trauma care. his family is already suing the team for 50 million dollars to cover his lifetime medical needs. stow was brutally beaten by two people outside dodger stadium. >>> today is cyber monday, a day when shoppers are expected to pound the keyboard instead of the pavement looking for bargains. new technology is changing the face of cyber monday katie marzullo is live in the newsroom to explain. >> reporter: much like black friday now starts thursday, cyber monday starts long before today. some of the deals have been available since wednesday people have much better internet access, in the palm of their hand. cyber monday was in simpler times in 2005, people did holiday shopping online the monday after thanksgiving, that's when they were back in the office with access to high speed internet they didn't have at home. fa

both were taken to san francisco general hospital.s woman will be facing some serious charges this morning especially because a pedestrian was involved. the few charges that she will be facing include felony dui, reckless invading, enhanced felony dui because this is her fourth dui arrest and it involved a pedestrian. >>> a three-alarm fire in the village bar on tuolumne street. crews battled a house fire nearby. no cause for either fire, no injuries. we have a crew heading to the scene. we'll have the latest coming up at 6:00. >>> smoke forced several san francisco residents out of their homes early this morning. firefighters say a wall heater may have sparked the fire at this noe street complex just before 2 a.m. no one was injured in this fire and most of the damage was cause by smoke and water. >>> it is 5:33 now. a man's body was found on the uc-berkeley campus. authorities found the 20-year- old down a 200-foot ravine yesterday. the man disappeared while walking with friends last night. they called 911. foul play is not suspecte

the suspect was transported to san francisco general hospital and later succumbed to his gunshot wounds. in the bank robbery suspect in this incident displayed an outrageous lack of concern for life, public safety, and property for what the course of the criminal rampage that began in irvine, california. he used a firearm to rob to banks in southern california, of threatening to shoot the tellers if they did not comply. gave no consideration to anyone who got in the way of his criminal ambition or effort to escape. as a direct result of his disregard for anyone who might come in to counter with his criminal endeavors, and as well as san francisco police officer lives were jeopardized. the suspect complete disregard for the public put a great risk any person who might inadvertently cross his path, should he escape from the park. searchers got ryan, rubin reyes recognize the danger. even when faced with serious bodily injury or death, these officers remain steadfast and determined to protect not only themselves and one another, but the public at large from the disregard of the fleeing fug

. >>> san francisco general hospital is joining the list of those suing the los angeles dodgers and former owner frank mccourt over the beating of brian stow. the examiner reports the hospital is asking for 1.2 million dollars to cover the cost of providing stow's brain trauma care. his family is already suing the team for 50 million dollars to cover his lifetime medical needs. stow was brutally beaten by two people outside dodger stadium. >>> today is cyber monday, a day when shoppers are expected to pound the keyboard instead of the pavement looking for bargains. new technology is changing the face of cyber monday katie marzullo is live in the newsroom to explain. >> reporter: much like black friday now starts thursday, cyber monday starts long before today. some of the deals have been available since wednesday people have much better internet access, in the palm of their hand. cyber monday was in simpler times in 2005, people did holiday shopping online the monday after thanksgiving, that's when they were back in the office with access to high speed internet they didn't have at home. fa

[cheering and applauding] >> susan is a premiere doctor in our community, in our san francisco general hospital focused on hiv and aids. ands as importantly and sometimes even more, her importance of being a researcher in the area of hiv and aids and is a renowned world leader in this area. by the way, we have many of you who are, well, world renowned researchers also in the midst of all of us. i'm the principal investigator on this project and that means that i'm supposed to be in charge of making sure it happens. so, we're 70% done and you're seeing one of the major parts of it today. and i want to introduce susan so we can get the show on the road. so, thank you so much. (applause) >> well, i want to welcome you all here today for the launch of our state offices aids renovation project otherwise known as soar. and i'm susan buck binder. i'm speaking on behalf of the entire aids office. we are fortunate to be a world class research organization housed within the health department which is pretty much unique globally. we have three amazing sections that we work with. the first is the

discussion of a dead gay man named joe samolstan that died under controversial circumstances at san francisco general hospital in 1999. i guess his life isn't worth a death discussion right now while we can argue back and forth about -- thank you. >> president chiu: next speaker. >> good afternoon, board and president chiu. if i haven't been tired i might have contacted the san francisco giants parade organizer because after she sang san francisco in the beginning opening, i would have followed it through and came in with -- ♪ california, here i come, right back where i started from, where -- of flowers bloom in the sun at dawning each bird is singing -- don't be late, that's why -- the san francisco giants, aren't they great ♪ open up that golden gate, city winning, giants winning, here we come. on the way over i was kind of thinking, it's kind of still kind of sad because -- ♪ you don't bring former supervisor ed jew flowers anymore. ♪ you hardly talk to him anymore when he comes in the door and he talks on the floor ♪ playing with the city's heart, you know it isn't really smart. ♪ the city joker

. >> i'm lynn wilder, i'm the emergency management coordinate roar at san francisco general trauma center and i'm also representing the san francisco council of emergency partnership which is the group of emergency management coordinators from each of the hospitals throughout san francisco who mead regularly with dph and dem to plan and prepare for our medical response. >> as rob mentioned earlier, one of the primary reasons for the medical exchange is to get an understanding of the capabilities, what can the military bring and what are some of the challenges that we as civilians are going to face when we have this large number of casualties. so what i'd like to hear from our civilian panelists is what were some of our observations about the capabilities the military demonstrated down at moffatt >> i think one of the challenges the city faces in a big medical surge event is if patients have to be evacuated and the bridges were out and how would we do that? yesterday we saw a wide range of patient movement vehicles, basically, and it was great to see all those resources and be aware of the

his son benjamin was at san francisco general hospital in critical condition.arents saw him being wheeled into surgery. >> i just went and touch him and i couldn't -- >>reporter: you remember that night? >> captain forget. keep repeating. >>reporter: 21-year-old was leaving a halloween party at fort mason when a stranger police identified as lee made inappropriate advances toward his girl friend. the man shot benjamin in the head after he went to her defense. at one point doctors said his brain wound was so severe they gave him only a 25% chance of living. he was in a medically induced coma for almost a mont month. but the young man was fighting silently for his life. he was making small but significant victories. 4 days ago as they took his breathing tube off his mouth he uttered his first words. >> i wept there and i told him could you say hi mom and he said hi mom and that was, brought me to tears. >>reporter: benjamin transferred to uc san francisco yesterday. then today another giant step. literally. >> ready? >>reporter: young man tack his first step. nur

his son benjamin was at san francisco general hospital in critical condition. his parents saw him being wheeled into surgery. >> i just went and touch him and i couldn't -- >>reporter: you remember that night? >> captain forget. keep repeating. >>reporter: 21-year-old was leaving a halloween party at fort mason when a stranger police identified as lee made inappropriate advances toward his girl friend. the man shot benjamin in the head after he went to her defense. at one point doctors said his brain wound was so severe they gave him only a 25% chance of living. he was in a medically induced coma for almost a mont month. but the young man was fighting silently for his life. he was making small but significant victories. 4 days ago as they took his breathing tube off his mouth he uttered his first words. >> i wept there and i told him could you say hi mom and he said hi mom and that was, brought me to tears. >>reporter: benjamin transferred to uc san francisco yesterday. then today another giant step. literally. >> ready? >>reporter: young man tack his first ste

they set foot in san francisco. a generation upon generation, of residence of san francisco had to endure the struggles and have made this city a very special place. i am very excited about the leadership that presides over san francisco today. mayor lee, supervisor chiu, mar, chu, and we had the treasurer. this ought to be a moment in which we celebrate the aspirations and the fact that we have risen to the governance of this country. the fact that we have changed the opportunity. last night, i have the opportunity to listen to an 86- year-old honoree at the gathering last night. she's had spoken about how her life was different and the opportunities that were denied because she was jewish. because of the efforts of norm and mike and your leade in, asiy are not denied opportunities because of where they come from. we are aspiring and we are leaving california and america in a new generation. -- leading california and america in a new generation. we have an obligation to lead in the 21st century. we are providing leadership in a

brian flores is live at san francisco general hospital with more. >> reporter: hi, dave. cisco general hospital is seeking a $1.2 million medical reimbursement from the dodgers for medical care of bryan stow. the hospital went to -- hospital went to u.s. bankruptcy court in order to seek permission for this. now, stow who continues to receive around-the-clock rehabilitation treatment, initially received brain trauma care at san francisco general for about four months after the alleged beating. stow was brutally attacked in the parking lot of dodgers' stadium while watching the game back in march of 2011. since then, the hospital and essentially taxpayers had to foot the bill for medical care. but now the hospital is seeking to get money back from the dodgers. many fans are hoping that this ugly chapter gets resolved soon. meanwhile, the "l.a. times" reports that the hospital pursue the claim despite the deadline for doing so has passed the if the judge agrees and the hospital can go after some type of reimbursement, no official comment from the hospital or from the dodgers

san francisco wants the dodgers to pay up $1.2 million is at stake. the city wants to recoup the unpaid cost of caring for giants fan bryan stow at san francisco general. he spent four months for a traumatic brain injury after he was brutally beaten outside of a dodgers game in march of last year. city lawyers have asked the bankruptcy judge to add san francisco with a claims against the baseball team. the team filed for chapter 11 after its owner ran into problems during a bitter divorce from his wife. stow and his family are suing the team also for as much as $50 million. >>> in just about an hour, san jose neighbors will start giving their two cents on who the next police chief should be. the city is holding a series of meetings to gather information and create a profile of what the best candidate for chief would be. nbc bay area's damian trujillo has insight on some of the names being bounced around. >> reporter: the resignation of police chief chris moore caught many people by surprise, but low morale, increased crime, and disagreement with city hall influenced moore's decision. now those who have sat on the chief's community advisory board hope

his son benjamin was at san francisco general hospital in critical condition.> i just went and touch him and i couldn't -- >>reporter: you remember that night? >> captain forget. keep repeating. >>reporter: 21-year-old was leaving a halloween party at fort mason when a stranger police identified as lee made inappropriate advances toward his girl friend. the man shot benjamin in the head after he went to her defense. at one point doctors said his brain wound was so severe they gave him only a 25% chance of living. he was in a medically induced coma for almost a mont month. but the young man was fighting silently for his life. he was making small but significant victories. 4 days ago as they took his breathing tube off his mouth he uttered his first words. >> i wept there and i told him could you say hi mom and he said hi mom and that was, brought me to tears. >>reporter: benjamin transferred to uc san francisco yesterday. then today another giant step. literally. >> ready? >>reporter: young man tack his first step. nurse calls it miraculous. >> very amazing. it'