i am a registered nurse at san francisco general hospital. i am also here to talk about the proposition that my colleagues are talking about. i would just give you an example of a position i was put in as a nurse with a patient who was disabled, actively psychotic, delusional, could not make choices about -- he could not plan for self care wants out of the hospital, and he had a serious injury that needed multiple surgeries and he was on a psychiatric hold, which is a 14-state but psychiatric hold. he decided he was going to leave. i told them we still have to do treatment. i was trying to be supportive, non-threatening. he decided that he was going to leave. i said, you cannot leave he was very smart and said, why can i leave? the doctors did not say that. the doctors said if i had a friend come pick me up, my friend provides a place for me to stay, i can go. i said, actually, you are on a psychiatric hold. until we can figure out a plan for you, you have to stay. his friend showed up. he said, i am leaving. in the meantime, i am making mult

san francisco general. that said, there is a large contingent of san francisco general hospital employee who is very much favor this particular contracting out proposal. it particularly in areas such as the emergency department and psychiatric emergency services, acute psych, but in particular the med-surge unit and the i.c.u.'s are of particular concern. i have a whole list of employees in my pocket and on my blackberry who wish they could have been here today but couldn't because they were at work and i can forward you their names. this proposal actually had a dual path coming to the point that we're at. certainly the budgetary one was primary, but there was a grass roots effort of frontline nursing, staff, and ancillary staff so concerned about safety at san francisco general and the lack of response of what the sheriff's department could do that they brought this issue to me as the director of clinical

san francisco general. that said, there is a large contingent of san francisco general hospital employee who is very much favor this particular contracting out proposal.

since we are going to audit san francisco rebuild, we are going to find out how well the money is going to be used at san francisco general hospital. in my own opinion, one employee was singled out and was put on mandatory sick leave just to cover up habeus fax that, in my opinion, the office still refuses to disclose publicly. i am of the opinion that when the city does its audit of general hospital revenues and operations, i dare the audit to prove my allegations wrong. so far, i have not seen anything that proved my allegations wrong. all that has happened in the last four years is a continual delay. i have to admit it. i have to think this committee for finally having the operations and revenues for san francisco general hospital. please do not forget laguna honda hospital. i do not hear any comments from a certain supervisor regarding what is going on at laguna honda hospital. i think the people are due an explanation. chairperson campos: thank you. are there other members of the public who would like to speak? seeing none, public comment is closed. this was simply a hearing. can we filed this item without objection? the cler

san francisco for 59 years. i would like to think this committee once again. i actually heard there will be an audit on san francisco general hospital revenue and operations. i would like to suggest you use the 2003 board of supervisors audit as the guideline. in that audit, my own department was currently -- was thoroughly criticized, and ultimately led to my own mandatory sicklied fort two years. since we are going to audit san francisco rebuild, we are going to find out how well the money is going to be used at san francisco general hospital. in my own opinion, one employee was singled out and was put on mandatory sick leave just to cover up habeus fax that, in my opinion, the office still refuses to disclose publicly. i am of the opinion that when the city does its audit of general hospital revenues and operations, i dare the audit to prove my allegations wrong. so far, i have not seen anything that proved my allegations wrong. all that has happened in the last four years is a continual delay. i have to admit it. i have to think this committee for finally having the operations and revenues for san francisco general hospital. ple

the fire chief and members of her command staff have been at san francisco general hospital monitoring the condition of their injured colleagues. let's bring in nbc bay area's jean elle, who joins us from san francisco general with the very latest. jean, are you with us? >> reporter: raj, it's been a very emotional day here at san francisco general hospital. all throughout the day there have been lots of firefighters and police officers. the parking lot has cleared out for now, but some firefighters are still here dealing with the death of a colleague and now waiting to hear about another firefighter who is right now fighting for his life. now, just moments ago members of the san francisco fire department lined up and gave lieutenant vincent perez a final salute. a very somber moment as his colleagues watched his body being taken away. the 48-year-old died here at the hospital. doctors say he had severe burns, inhalation injuries, and then went into cardiac arrest. they say they worked on him for about 30 minutes before the 21-year veteran passed away. fire chief joanne hayes-white say

. >> item 5, resolution authorizing the department of public health and san francisco general hospital to retroactively accept and expend a federal pass-through state grant in the amount of $999,999 from the california emergency management agency to support san francisco general hospital's non-structural retrofit activities for february 15, 2011, through february 14, 2014. supervisor avalos: thank you. anyone from dph? just a brief summary on the item. >> thank you, good morning. in the executive project manager at san francisco facilities, and we are trying to complete one of the last pieces of seismic upgrades to the hospital through this grant acceptance. it will raise equipment inside the service building as well as utilities running from the facility to the existing hospital. supervisor avalos: ok. you have already started work on this. is that correct? looks like february 15 was the start date, or is that when the grant was approved? >> that is when the grant was approved. we have not yet started -- supervisor avalos: because you have not received it yet. >> we have not yet recei

>>> i'm amy hollyfield live in san francisco general hospital, where a firefighter is in critical condition. the colleagues are here pulling for him as they also remember a firefighter who was killed. the story is coming up. >> diamond heights in san francisco, this is where the fire was yesterday. investigators looking for the cause of the fire that they believe they know the situation that took the life of one firefighter. and injuried two others. i'll tell you about in a live report. >> all is quiet right now as we look down on san francisco from sutro tower. but the record rain arrives this afternoon. i'll tell you when it finally leaves us and warmer weather is on the way, too. >> keeping an eye on a crash on southbound 880 at dixon landing road. i'll let you know if it's causing delays but elsewhere you see light friday commute. enjoy the live shot of the bay bridge. >> 5:01 on friday morning. thank you for joining us. i'm eric thomas. >> i'm kristen sze. topping the news, firefighters are holding vigil outside san francisco general hospital where one of their own hangs on to life. cr

san francisco general and for that we are forever grateful. from the department of public health, our director, barbara garcia, i would like to personally acknowledge you in conjunction with the amazing staff at san francisco general hospital. i know today we have you sitting with us because you are definitely a part of our family and that is the ceo of general hospital sue curren and doctor andre campbell who is is the trauma surgeon. as well as three nursing supervisors that were so helpful during a difficult time last week. terry and tony, and patio conner thank you have the bottom of our hearts. i personally witnessed all of you doing the best you could fighting valiantly to save tony and vincent's life and we're truly grateful for that. i could ask for everyone to applaud for the san francisco general hospital. [ applause ] [ applause ] to our san francisco fire commissioners, you have been a source of support to all of us. and we're at the hospital with this, constant calls and checking in. you are also part of our family, and you mean so much to us. i would like to introduce our current fire commission under the leadership of president andrea evans, vice president george lowe, commissioner michael hard man. thank yo

san francisco health plan to managed care. we are completing and building san francisco general hospital and san francisco general hospital will be looking at needs of equipping the hospital and the debt service cost and principal interest on debt and depreciation. many of the items we have included in our 11-12 budget. to give an overview, we're one of the largest departments in the city with the largest budget reduction and primarily funded with earned revenue from the general fund dollars and less than 25% of the total budget is comprised of general fund and draw down for matching revenue and supports those we cannot bill for including the inmates and the uninsured. this limits our options to reduce general fund and limits us to general fund that is not matched and this is one of the negotiations that we had with our community-based organizations because they also in their cuts did not want us to cut where we were also cutting revenue along with general fund. many of our general fund nonmatched funds are in the community programs area, particularly in some of our substance abuse and mental health areas. the new dollars we a

vigil this morning for a critically injuried san francisco firefighter while mourning the loss of another. >> amy hollyfield is live at san francisco general hospitalith the latest. >> reporter: firefighters were here at the hospital all night long pulling for 53-year-old anthony valerio who is suffering from burns over 12% of his body. he is on a ventilator. it's quiet inside the hospital. he is in critical condition. they're also mourning the loss of 48-year-old vincent perez. firefighters say he was a good-hearted man and a great firefighter. both men were found on the ground inside a burning home yesterday morning in san francisco's diamond heights neighborhood. perez was declared dead at the hospital. san francisco fire chief says the department has a heavy heart right now. san francisco's mayor ed lee says this is a reminder of the dangers that firefighters face every day. he has asked the city to fly all of the flags at half staff right now. abc7's terry mcsweeney is in san francisco's diamond heights neighborhood. he has more information on the fire. terry? >> reporter: the investigation going on. the street berkeley way blocked off for 100

i asked to please keep the deputies and police at san francisco general hospital because the citizens of san francisco -- president chiu: thank you. >> good evening, supervisors. i am the program of a supervisor saying at central city hospitality. i wonder what it is like for you to sit here and listen to everybody's thoughts. despite all of the ideas representing by the -- represented by the board, each of you was elected to office to convince the people of your vision. one thing i want for you to know about hospitality, it is neat that you had a visit come to you. about 90% of our staff and managers are hired from the community. you've got to see some of those folks today. at any given point in time, at least one of our staff is homeless. you are supporting a whole community. you start volunteering and then get hired in the agencies. by supporting the agency, you are supporting that factor. i wanted to reflect back on the journeys that brought you to this chair today and ask that you keep in mind services for people facing challenges in san francisco. we all have a vision of in san

. >> they were transported to san francisco general hospital. four women inside of the home escaped without any injuries. they are fine and working with the red cross. i am live in the diamond heights neighborhood in san francisco. abc 7 news. >> thank you . the mayor ordered flag to be flown at half-staff. including fire station 26. this is where the three firefighters worked. meantime colleagues and city officials are gathering outside of san francisco general hospital and they are awaiting word on anthony valuer rompt last time a firefighter was injured was a fall off of a truck . last one to died was a fire fueled by cent - 70 miles per hour winds. >> major development in the jaycee dugard had the last word. dugard was kidnapped at age len from a bus stop by phil yip nancy garrido. dugard now 31 did not attend the sentencing and in a statement directed at the garrido. i refuse to waste a second of my life in your presence. >> annette, picks up the story. >> phil yip nancy garrido while jayceee mother cried and shook as she read statements. j

but the situation has been resolved, and the individual has been taken to san francisco general hospital for observation. reporting live in oakland, abc-7 news. >> alan: could take a while. in the wake of his twitter scandal, congressman anthony weiner is now requesting a temporary life of absence from the house while he seeks professional treatment. his decision comes after top democrats put the sweez on him to outright quit. >> the fallout over graphic photos sent to women online followed anthony weiner home this weekend, where democratic leaders hopes he says. >> i don't have anything to say. >> reporter: nancy pelosi and the chairman of the national committee now urge weiner to resign in a statement, pelosi says peopler acknowledged he needs help, and he should get that help without the pressure of being in congress. the calls for weeper -- weiner came after he told the media he planned to return to work on monday. >> i made mistakes, as i said on monday, and now i'm just going to try to get back to work. >> reporter: the tipping point for the democratic leaders may have been news of

♪ >>> good morning, i'm christie smith, live in san francisco general hospital this morning, where sanrancisco firefighters are mourning the loss of one, and pulling for another who is still hospitalized this morning. we'll have an update on his condition, coming up in a live report. >>> and the secret pain now public. this morning, jaycee dugard relives her kidnapping, and reveals why she didn't try to run for almost 20 years. >>> and seven days, and still no sign of a missing nurse. why the s.w.a.t. team is getting involved in the search now. >>> and alive look at the bay bridge outside on this friday morning, june 3rd. this is "today in the east bay." >>> good morning, everybody. i'm marla tellez. it's 4:30, we want to check your forecast with christina loren. good morning. >> yeah, we have a wild weekend on tap in the weather department. we are expecting a lot of rain, especially towards the coast. we will break that down as the morning goes on. eve got a pretty good grasp on what's going to happen. we'll talk about that. right now, it's nice and clear out there. you're going to ha

by channel 4 news yesterday titled "san francisco city attorney sues three insurers for underpaying public hospitals." of course one of them was san francisco general hospital. i hate to estimate how much money the city lost by continually delaying the efforts of myself and others to point out this longstanding problem. i am glad the city attorney has finally done something. thank you. supervisor campos: thank you. any other member of the public like to speak? seeing them, the item is closed. -- seeing none the, the item is closed. we have a motion by supervisor farrell. madame clerk, can you call item no. 2. >> a resolution to approve the second amendment to the memorandum of understanding between the city and the san francisco that establishes governance structure and procedures for application. >> on from the department of emergency management. this is a request for a second amendment -- an extensive and on the second amendment on the memorandum of understanding for the urban areas securities and a shift. we represent the city of san francisco, the city of oakland, the city of san jose, the county of alameda and the county of santa clara. we req

meantime here at san francisco general hospital bryan stow remains hospitalized. his condition upgraded last week from critical to stable. and according to spokesperson there's a possibility we could get an update on stow's condition some time this week. live in san francisco, allie rasmus, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a danville teenager is fighting for his life following an accident at a beach in santa cruz. ktvu's jade hernandez has more on what happened and how the community is pulling together to offer support. >> reporter: that's right. creek side community is a christian church with about 200 families. later tonight here in alamo another vigil is scheduled for ryan buchanan. family and friends are praying for him. they gathered at creek side last night to talk about what happened on saturday. the kids were on their annual camping trip this weekend sponsored by the church. and about 60 teenagers and adults were in santa cruz enjoying the sun and surf when the six foot deep tunnel ryan buchanan was digging collapsed on top of him trapping him for 15 minutes. now

san francisco general. american flag covers the body of lieutenant vincent perez wheeled out of san francisco general hospital. doctors did what they could to save the 48-year-old firefighters. but in the end perez heart gave out. andre is a good friend of perez. the 2 grew up in san francisco l. >> he loved his job. he lived for that. he's a good man. good friend to all of us. >>reporter: he was one of 3 firefighters sent to hospital from house fire in diamond heights. one has been treated and released. the other is fighting for his life. he's in critical condition suffering from severe burns. mark is his brother. >> he drew in hot air. and smoke and they don't know how long and he was in the smoke so he has a lot of stuff coming out of his body. >>reporter: l his body has been transported to the medical examiner's office. he served in the marines and worked as sheriff's deputy before landing dream job with the fir department. chief if what it was in the same fire academy class as perez. >> so his full life, whole adult life was serving the community and protecting the comment. >>reporter: firefighters say i

firefighters watched as his body was taken from san francisco general hospital. this comes just days after losing lieutenant vincent perez from the same fire. it is very somber with the flags at half staff, and the flowers spread the lobby. chief hayes white said she is never seemed to death in the same fire and all of her 21 years. >> it is unusual to lose a fire fighters, that is something i never wanted to happen on my watch. that is why we are grieving. it is a huge sacrifice to a public servant, we go through a lot of training in a lot of expertise, but we when you go to work as a fire friday put the life on the line every day. it is our mission to protect life and property and that is exactly what the two of them were due and on thursday. there were the first in on the fire at berkeley way, they were doing their jobs which are dangerous jobs. bring to all into reality just how dangerous the job can be. >> they're planning to add just one memorial service for the both. santa fe directors same incident, she says it is important to honor the that the same cere

live from san francisco general hospital with the least. >> reporter: we have seen a lot of emotionally exhausted firefighters here in san francisco mourning the loss of one firefighter and holding on to hope for another. in the midst, they are trying to figure out what caused the deadly fire. fire investigators focused on the back deck at the house searching for the cause of the fire that killed firefighter lieutenant vince grez and left tony valerio with life-threatening injuries >> touch and go. minute by minute. that's it. that's all we can do is wait. >> the deputy chief said they will take their time pinpointing a cause. >> it's the same investigation we would do for any building where there is a fire, but this is personal. >> a small bouquet stands behind the holm and flower deliveries are pouring in to the station. it was reported as an electrical short, but the four-story building got too hot. the emergency dispatcher reveals the drama unfolding. >> through the front door down the stairs to the right. >> 30 firefighters were on scene. crews found perez and valerio unconscious a

stow romaines in -- remains in a coma at san francisco general hospital. police are still looking for two suspects in the case. >>> firefighters in northern california are operation for the start of wildfire season. starts monday cal fire will open up seasonal fire stations and are asking homeowners to prepare for the season. cal fire recommends homeowners maintain a space of 100 feet around their home. trim your tree branches six feet from the ground. clear needles and leaves from cut gutters and roofs. our above average rainfall has led to a lower fire risk, but officials warp it -- warn it led to an abundance of grass and blush. >> anymore newark may smell natural gas due to pg&e's testing of a pipeline. the company plans to vent natural gas from a vex of pipe. the section is located between cedar boulevard and thorpe ton avenue. pg&e says the natural gas will quickly dissipate and will not be harmful. customers with concerns can contact pg&e at 1-800-743-5,000. service will not be interrupted during the work. >> college graduations were held today, inc

san francisco since 1989 such as st. mary's, walden house, san francisco general hospital, m.h.a., hospitality house, bay view mental health and due to these services i am no longer a threat to myself or society. i have understand myself and learn to know the services i need to become a well civilized citizen of san francisco, california. and i oppose these budget cuts and the services need to be open for people such as myself. thank you. >> hello, my name is jeff wilkins and i'm a social worker at the linkages program at the institute on aging. and we're slated for a 25% cut which will mean termination of services to 1/4 of our clients. linkages serves people who became disabled as adults but who are not yet 65 and these are people who became disabled usually because of an awful disease like multiple sclerosis or lou gehrig's disease or a traumatic event like a motor vehicle accident or a stroke. and these are people who as a result are at risk of snulization and sometimes at risk of eviction and homelessness and sometimes even at risk of death unless they're linked to the appropriate services to support them. our clients

heart broken san francisco firefighters, police and city officials line up at san francisco general hospitalo say good-bye to lieutenant vincent perez. an emotional moment as the medical examiner takes the 48-year-old body's away. tom o'connor says perez was well liked and well known. >> i worked with vince for ten years just about every day, and he taught me how to fight fires. in fact the last fire i went to, he stole the nozzle from me, i'm still mad about it. >> perez grew up in san francisco, served as a united states marine and was a sheriff's deputy. fire fighters who knew perez, say his dream was to be a fireman. >> he was just a great, great firefighter, real aggressive, real confident. and one of the guys, if you went to a fire with him you trusted him. you were going to be okay. this is a terrible loss. >> reporter: he and two other firefighters got into trouble at a house fire. a possible flashover in the house was too hot. tracy courtney was treated for smoke inhalation and released in good condition. but 53-year-old anthony valerio is on a ventilator and surrounded by family in

supervisor chiu: -- supervisor chu: thank you. >> your site from san francisco general hospital and vinyl services. i feel experience is assurance and inexperience is a liability. thank you. >> i am here to support the security at general hospital. i have a story -- are not working now, but i did work for social services. i was in the playroom with children, and as the parents came in to sign up for services, we would watch the children. as they came in, they had to sign their children in. whoever brought the child in had to sign them in. when they left, that same person had to come in and sign the child out. at the time, we had a couple of fathers come in who wanted to take the children, and we could not let them go because we did not know if that was their father or husband or whatever. and we had a lot of problems with that. so we had a private security there. i page them. they never came. i page and page. people were going off. finally they came. they could not touch the person. they cannot touch them. to get them out. they had to call the police to come and get them out of the playro

at san francisco general hospital he received experimental treatment.cluded an aggressive controversial surgery. with this procedure, called a decompressive heme crane energytomy surgeons remove a large part of the skull. >> which allows the brain to move out wards rather than downwards. >> reporter: doctor manly performed the procedure. a few weeks later he awoke from his coma. >> i remember opening my eyes, looking around seeing the faces of friend, family, co-workers. >> reporter: however it was a long road back to a full recovery. >> reporter: we're looking at the most complicated injury in the most complicated organ in the body. >> reporter: he has no memory of the accident. >> it was like a muz and the box jumped out. that was neat, i couldn't have done it in my own. >> reporter: in the crash he broke both his fee measures, they needed to heal as did his brain. >> it was like being a baby all over again, learning to talk, walk, think, function, where at 25 you think you're on top of the world, most people. it's very humbling. >> reporter: to this

. >> reporter: needless to say timothy is now being monitored by doctors at san francisco general hospital and hewlet ucff where we sought out a medical opinion from one of the most respected aids researchers in the world dr. jay leavy one of the co-discoverers of the hiv virus. >> if you are able to take the white cells from someone and manipulate them so they are no longer infectible by hiv and those white cells become the whole immune system of that individual, you've got essentially what we call a functional cure. >> reporter: a functional cure? >> that's what the berlin patient tells us. >> reporter: we also sought out a medical opinion from dr. paul, another pioneering aids expert who has studied the disease for all of its 30 years. >> the berlin patient is a fascinating story. it cannot be generalized. you don't want to go out and get a bone marrow transplant and the procedures themselves carry a very real risk of mortality. one element of his treatment, we don't know which, allowed apparently the virus to be purged from his body. so it is going to be an interesting i think producti

but we begin with ktvu's amber lee live at san francisco general hospital where it's been an emotional evening. amber-- >> reporter: julie, tonight we spoke with the family of the firefighter who's fighting for his life here at san francisco general. up in the fourth floor in icu. they described his condition as touch and do and told us it's been a very emotional day. >> his injurys are pretty severe. they found him, he was unconscious, they don't know how long he had been unconscious. he was unresponsive. he is not breathing well on his own at all. >> reporter: marc vallerio is the oldest of three. >> he's the one always taking care of us, we needed him, now he's the one needing us. >> reporter: 48-year-old lieutenant vincent perez who battled the fire side by side with vallerio was escorted to the medical examiners office. >> he served valiantly. he was a classmate of mine. we started together on april 2nd, 1990. born and raised in san francisco. very proud san francisco. >> the world has lost a great man. a great firefighter. lieutenant. >> reporter: perez' friend shared with us thi

but we begin with ktvu's amber lee live at san francisco general hospital where it's been an emotional evening. amber-- >> reporter: julie, tonight we spoke with the family of the firefighter who's fighting for his life here at san francisco general. up in the fourth floor in icu. they described his condition as touch and do and told us it's been a very emotional day. >> his injurys are pretty severe. they found him, he was unconscious, they don't know how long he had been unconscious. he was unresponsive. he is not breathing well on his own at all. >> reporter: marc vallerio is the oldest of three. >> he's the one always taking care of us, we needed him, now he's the one needing us. >> reporter: 48-year-old lieutenant vincent perez who battled the fire side by side with vallerio was escorted to the medical examiners office. >> he served valiantly. he was a classmate of mine. we started together on april 2nd, 1990. born and raised in san francisco. very proud san francisco. >> the world has lost a great man. a great firefighter. lieutenant. >> reporter: perez' friend shared with us thi

dan kerman has more. >> san francisco general hospital in san francisco firefighter is in critical condition is continuing to fight for his life after being injured on the job on thursday. another firefighter was killed at the same time, three different investigations, homicide, safety, arson. at san francisco general hospital, dan kerman, kron 4 news. >> releasing the types of the dispatch. the exchange those tapes-- >> the indicated their emergency alarm and have not responded in five minutes. copy? >> yes. >> a fire outside i need assistance immediately. >> the ex-wife spoke with kron 4. outside of san francisco general patricia richardson remembered a kind, gentle man. they married when they ran their 20s and everyone loved him. >> they're responsible. if they married when there were in their 20s-- >> he also had a funny side and he had a lot of friends. he was a very special man. i love them very deeply. a long time ago. >> i loved him very deeply. >> patricia richardson also wanted to know that he was a wonderful person. he wanted everybody she wanted everybody to know----. also, feel

friends and family are mourning the death of david henderson who died in san francisco general hospital. he was shot several times in the district. he later played in san francisco and recently played for the pacific islanders . family of missing nursing student michelle le is refusing and wanting police to keep searching. investigators say they found bloodd evidence in le's car and believe that more than one person may be involved in her murder. we have to find michelle and doing everything possible to cover her. and they have given up on finding michelle alive our family and friends are hope praying for her return. she was latestt seen in the medical center in hayward . her family which criticized the investigation we have a link on see it on tv. >> there is an identity of a dead woman found in a trash bag. they found 46 year old residents sunnyvale police were called after a residents found the bag in between bushes. she suffered from head dralm a. so far no arrest. >> a family left shattered in east palo alto is asking for yourr help in funeral expenses. garcia was shot in the head

stress inside of the san francisco fire department look no further than san francisco general hospital. 30 hours. fire men have been coming by to lend support. >> there are 1700 devastated people. >> four floors up. the congoing battle who remains in critical condition. >> one minute something happens and next minute we respond to it. >> the hospital is specific about the injuries but his brother was. >> they have him cooled down and now will warm him up see the damages and see if anything brain wise is bad. >> is he aware? >> high is totally unconscious. >> valerio had burns on 12 percent of the bodies after fire men describe a flash over explosion. temperatures inside were high. >> they were probably somewhere between 500 to 700 in the hallway. when it gets hahot everything in there just turn to steam. >> it killed lieutenant perez whose body left. today his ex-wife shared more about the man. >> vincent is a hero and he has a lot of friends that love him. >> same can be said for tony valerio in a hospital filled with family and friends and grief and hope and uncertainty. >> everyone

san francisco. we're still seeing a lot of emotion here at san francisco general hospital. members of the san francisco police department just rolled up to stand vigil as the fire department faces the death of one while another is here fighting for his life. member of the fire department, police department and city officials lined up this afternoon to give lieutenant perez a final salute doctors say the 48-year-old died here at the hospital. the firefighter fighting for his life is 53-year-old anthony valerio. the third, who was injured, is a woman. she was treated and released. treated for smoke inhalation. more about lieutenant perez, the union president said he was a firefighter's fireman. the first one in and the last one out. a u.s. marine and sheriffs deputy. firefighters all over san francisco and the bay area are mourning the loss of lieutenant perez and hoping another firefighter here at general being treated now recovers. >> thank you. >>> we now have our first pictures of the officers involved here. on the left is vincent perez. he was the one that die. 48 years o

luke's is the only hospital south of market from san francisco general. e wouldn't put all five stations -- fire stations north of market. we want a full complement of hospital services for 370,000 people who live south of market . regarding the proposal to build a, quote, center of excellence for diabetic care, you can't exclude vascular surgery, renal, dialysis and wound care when claiming to specialize in treating seniors. with the federal government proposing to turn medicare into a voucher system and the state cutting back on medical reimbursements, the burden on the county is going to increase. we can't afford to have sutter, one of the largest property owners in the city, paying no property tax while eliminating services. sutter made $878 million profits last year. they have the money to propose a 555-bed hospital in a high-income part of the city. this is the year of a 2001 services list that st. luke's used to provide and which sutter agreed to maintain which came out of bankrupting st. luke's by cpmc and the law firm. this needs to be a starting

ktvu's david stevenson is at san francisco general hospital where family members are refusing to leaveide. david-- >> reporter: frank, tonight as funeral preparations are under way for one firefighter, surgeons on the fourth floor

. >> mean time storemans at san francisco general hospital where he was tranned from -- transfirmed from los angeles. >>> police in two states are trying to get to the bottom of a bizarre story. a woman claims claims to be kidnapped from louisiana and found in san francisco. a security guard discovered the woman at levi plaza. police say she claims he took her from monroe, louisiana, drove her to san francisco and dumped her out of the car. he says the woman was hysterical and confused. the victim suffered minor injuries and now being treated that hospital. >>> the family of michelle le says they have mixed emotions about this weekend's search effort. 450 volunteers fanned out over the east bay. they were looking for any sign of the missing student. police officials were called into collect a few of the items but the family doesn't believe anything of significance was found. >> i would love to find evidence that would lead us to her. i am glad we didn't find her. only thing people are expecting is a deceased body. we will search all of hayward. keep, you know, blooming out till we find h

san francisco hospitals. i just want to reiterate that private visitation will not provide the quality or level of security the public deserves at the city at san francisco general and laguna honda hospital. we have a robust civil service system that we should use. look at the classifications we have already available to us and work together to find solutions to save money at the same time provide excellent services and maintain a robust public work force so we have a choice, we can either race to the bottom with hiring rent-a-cops or we can continue to hire competent, committed and competitive work force. so i would humbly request that this proposition j be denied. [inaudible] [no audio] >> there, >> there, i don't know where to begin but with a poem i had over memorial weekend. unfortunately, i leave with -- [inaudible] [no audio. [inaudible] >> they did not -- a report, because they said that the only time they give a report is when someone gets shot or stopped. i heard the supervisor mayor say something that they have -- i don't know how many millions of dollars for the san francisco police department. so maybe why don't you give the money, instead of giving

san francisco institutional please. i am currently assigned to laguna honda hospital. i did 20 years with my initial experience at san francisco general. i was also employed a various mental health clinics. one of the recent things i wanted to discuss was barbara garcia and on the dph website, she says as she stated to the staff that there would be a specialized security force to replace the i.p. she made the point that they were going to be unique and different. i do not know how they can be more unique or different than the institutional police. private security will not provide the same type of experience. the company had believe she is referring to, they work at highland hospital right now. the only specialty they have is they probably work at more hospitals, but that does not necessarily mean they have more experience. bair just -- they are just fortunate. in santa clara valley medical center, they recently contracted with the sheriff filled apartment because the one of law enforcement tool -- law- enforcement to augment security their. their understanding was come but they realize that they constantly have security needs and one

san francisco for the funerals . advocating groundbreaking work for it is san francisco general hospital. the director kathleen seebous. toured the facility. it said a lot about follow up care and transition and going home and making sure a patient is well equipped and has a support system to carry out whatever effort it is at home. >> the approach is expected to reduce the expenses by keeping readmissions to the hospital down. secretary - sebelius said it will save money in the decade. >> what would you do if you are a front man for the band and forget the lyrics. if you are will i am from the black eye pea. reach for the smart phone. this is youtube video and he used it as a personal telepromper of don't stop the property. >> i may keep that in mind. >> next phase of the 80 million widening project will not begin as expected. alameda county judge issued a temporary restraining order . they filed use suit claiming it would damage the creek and destroy the habitat. they say the project is needed to increase the highway's safety. a temporary restraining order will remain in place. more to

. >> reporter: at san francisco general hospital doctors upgraded the condition of bryan stow.cked back in march. he is now breathing without a ventilator and opened his eyes. he has been able to follow some basic commands. he is still at risk for infection. maureen kelly kron 4 news. >> reporter: another week, another controversy for us airways. less than six days before the saggy pants saga that took place last week, a flier took a picture of this guy, dressed in revealing women's clothe and that has some travelers calling the whole situation a double standard. grant lodes, kron 4 news. >> closer look at us airways contract. we couldn't find anything on a dress code and there is no specifics on what someone could or could not wear. there is a section called refusal of transport but that has to deal with making someone uncomfortable. we called us airways to get a clarification but they did not return our calls. in san francisco, terisa estacio, kron 4 news. >>> second day of summer brought us a cool down. the heat wave passed, the cooling trend kicked in. lots of sunshine tomo