sailors, marines, and coast guard visited our hospitals in palo alto, san francisco, and also san francisco general hospital children's ward. having attended last year, i got the same for this year. the kids, doctors, nurses, they did not want these sailors, marines, and coast guard to leave. most importantly, it was a two- way street. all of them said the same thing. it was great to be involved with the community, to do these projects, and to come away with the great feelings they have of san francisco. if you do one good act, it has a ripple effect. i suggest to you the community relations project of fleet week are a veritable tsunami of goodwill. thank you. [applause] >> i am the gift that keeps on giving. i am sorry to come back up again, but jeff reminded me of a project we had during fleet week. that involved having military music throughout the city. one of our events was a high- school band challenge that took place in the golden gate band show at 10:00 a.m. on columbus day. six high school bands from as far south as castro bill, all the way of the peninsula to benicia, competing with the m

that were instrumental and helped us all out on june 2 and 3rd and 4th, the members of san francisco general hospital. dr. andre campbell and leslie dubbin who were very helpful and were hoping for a different outcome than what we experienced. we also have our police chief with us. thank you for being here. members of the command staff. you'll hear from the mayor soon. i'd like to start off this, a simple but symbolic ceremony and i'd like to ask our department chaplain, father john green, to begin with an invocation. father green? >> before the invocation today, i would like to ask you to join with me in acknowledging the valarios and perezs and the great sacrifice they made for us. [applause] if anything, our grief is more real now than it was a few months ago, and so it's all the more important that we remember each other and we pray for each other as we continue to struggle with the death of not only two fighters, but two friends, two sons. in the book of job, we hear, "oh, that my words were written down, would that they were inscribed in a record that, with an iron chisel and with lead they wer

san francisco is, needless to say, invested in who the next mayor will be. one of our largest and most successful partnerships is with san francisco general hospital. we partner with the city for doctors in health-care providers at san francisco general here -- general. we also partner with the school district to support quality science education. we touch about 90% of the schools in the city. finally, the campus here has blossomed into a vibrant campus. before mission bay was opened, it was over 1% in the bay area. today it is over 6%. coincidentally, that was the year that apple computer was founded. many of you have noticed the current construction under way across the street. that will be home to our new cancer women and children's hospital expected to open in 2014. we will have two hospitals. as i said, we are an integral part of the city. we love the city. it has been part of the very fabric of ucsf for years. it is with great pride that i welcome the candidates. with that, i would like to introduce the president of the san francisco beat of voters, patricia mcgovern. [applause] >> good evening. welcome. my name is patricia mcgovern. we are de

the victim has not been identified was transported to san francisco general hospital.word on his condition. we do know he was breathing on his own when he left. firefighters extinguished the flames. now back here live you can see the pole here that was used to ram through the window. it is extremely heavy just to give you an idea how difficult it must have been for those men to actually take that and put it through the window. live in san francisco i'm tara moriarty. >>> time now 6:47. tests on raw milk from a california dairy they are expected to continue for the next ten days. last week the state recalled unpasterrized milk from organic pasters. however the dairy says none of its milk has tested positive for e. coli. >>> a petition will be delivered to target today. we first told you about the internet petition last week. it now has more than 190,000 signatures. the petition was started by a target employee asking the company to save thanksgiving. target says they are opening up stores at midnight because some of the customers want to get a jump on their holiday happ

and there are witnesses say a man was running on tracks and struck and taken to san francisco general hospital. he died several hours later. peak passengers were bused and leg light rail resumed around 9:00 this morning. >> three american college students arrested in egypt on sunday have been released. derek sweeney and gregory porter all students in cairo were arrested on sunday arks accused of lobbing fire bombs at security forces. all three denied charges. one mother says she was overjoyed to hear of the release. >> i can't express how with words the feelings i have now. so elated. i can't stop giggling and laughing and almost wanting to cry at the same time. >> and tens of thousands jammed tahrir square, calling for a speedier transfer of power. and they also deannounced selection of a former prime minister tied to ousted leader mubarak to head next government. >> from consumer news new concerns about the safety of electric car batteries. officials opened up an investigation into lithium ion batteries in the chevy volt. reports of another battery fire the national transportation safety boa

to support debra walker's comment by virtue of the fact that my personal experience at san francisco general hospital, when we had to convert from a very archaic manual system to a vanilla system that needed to be testified -- customized for the university's needs and we had to a degree of medical records, assignments, and billing. may i repeat, billing, money. this is extremely important to have online services that were generated on the floor with patients to be able to be tracked immediately and captured for billing purposes. complex is beyond -- i cannot even describe it. so i appreciate what is happening here. i am simply saying that two years, as long as it is, is going to be going very fast. the biggest problem, i would advise you, is the training staff. it is always orders of magnitude is difficult to go from what you know to an automated system. i do not know anything about this company. i do not know about the system. but i do know people. i will tell you that if you can get the system honed very carefully, it will grow much faster and will be more successful. and you need a backup system f

of public works to execute an amendment to the emergency public work contract at the san francisco general hospital and to increase the not to exceed amount to approximately $20.5 million. supervisor chiu: can we do the same house, call? without objection, the resolution is adopted. >> item 10, resolution responding to the 2010-2011 civil grand jury report entitled "hunters point shipyard: a shipping landscape" an aging the mayor to cause the implication of accepted findings and recommendations through department heads and through the developer of the annual budget. supervisor chiu: without objection, the resolution is adopted. i am 11. >> 11 is a resolution responding to the 2010-2011 civil grand jury report and urging the mayor to cause the implementation of accepted findings and recommendations through his department heads and through the development of the annual budget. supervisor chiu: this resolution is adopted. >> item 12, urging sanford's is the business of the transportation agency to reconsider and abandon the decision to shift the burden of credit card merchant charges to the city cabdr

the victim was taken to san francisco general hospital. the ex-first and 10 of the victim's injury was not released. >>> there are changes in b.a.r.t. service today to accommodate black friday shoppers. b.a.r.t. plans to run longer trains throughout the day. b.a.r.t. also plans to run longer services the. >>> it is cold out there and some people are struggling to stay warm. ktvu journalists are stationed around the bay area for our annual warm coat drive. how are donations going? let's go straight to ktvu's rita williams who is live in san jose on santana row. >> hi, claudine. we are out here, with the girl scouts here. we have james durbin, the american idol runnerup who is performing right now. one more thing that we need are coats. how many do we have? >> 240. >> last year, at this time, we had a lot more than that. we are out in the streets every day and we know what it is like to be cold. we can come inside and get warm. people who are out on the streets can't ever get warm. the only thunk that they have are codes. so after your full

the search is on for the driver while family and friends hold vigil at san francisco general hospital for the 29-year-old victim. nbc bay area monty francis is at the hospital with the latest for us. monty? >> reporter: police released surveillance footage of a suspect, hoping it will lead to an arrest. meantime, the victim is here at the hospital listed in critical care condition. >> he battled wildfires and as a marine, he fought for his country for four years in iraq. now he's in a different battle: fighting for his life. >> this is tough. as you can imagine, it would be tough for anybody. so i really can't explain, you know, what the family is going through. >> reporter: at 2:45 a.m. thanksgiving day, police say bartol got into a fight at a fast food restaurant in the city's richmond district. you can see the men that bartol fought with on the left-hand side of your screen. after others broke up the fight, bartol walked two blocks down geary to a shell gas station. one of the men got into his car, drove down the street and ran bartol over. he suffered a traumatic brain injury. >>

. >> the driver is at san francisco general hospital, but is expected to survive.ice say he will be booked on suspicion of dui. >>> other bay area headlines, five stanford students won road scholarships to study at oxford. each year, only 32 americans are selected. >>> there will be no local crab for thanksgiving. fishermen and processors are fighting over the price. crabbers are not budging from their demands for $2.50 a up and down and the processors are offering $2. once an agreement is reached, it will look like a great season ahead. >>> no big surprise that many kids are overweight, even obese. but the problem is particularly bad in one bay area city. why? robert lyles takes a look. >> it's cold. it's thirst quenching. >> it is definitely lethal. >> didn't mince words with the city council tonight saying the waistlines of kids are expanding at an alarming rate. >> higher than the county on the average. >> the director of public health says slide shows don't tell this tail. the streets do. >> 80% of the population in san pablo is within a five minute walk for a

we know, three police officers were injured this morning about 2:30 or so they are at san francisco general hospital. the -- take a look at video we have shortly after the crash. you will see officers being treated at the scene. some of the injuries to the officers are serious. all of the officers are alive. again, they are at san francisco general. what appears to have happened the car, unmarked police car with three officers in it was heading southbound for some reason it crossed over into the northbound lanes and hit a tree. the extent of the injuries only described as some are serious. we know the public information officer for the police department is at san francisco general right now getting more information. he should be here shortly. we hope to have more. right now three san francisco police officers injured in a one-car crash about 2:30 this morning. terry mcsweeney, abc7 news. >>> meanwhile, we are following breaking news in richmond. firefighters on the scene of a house explosion. residents near ohio and 39th street reported some kind of gas leak 2:30 this morning. moments later they say

instead of getting ready for a basketball tournament this weekend, he is on life support at san francisco general hospital. >> everybody is trying to process. everybody is trying to get their hands around this. these types of situations don't happen every day. >> the chp said he was in a car with two other teens and a couple of other friend when is they got into a crash in millbrae. all five were injured, but gains suffered the worst injuries. his teammate billy hurd was driving and toxicology reports came back negative for alcohol. >> guys are trying to come to grips and basketball is not important. life is important and relationships are important. >> gains and johnson were projected as starters on this year's team. he was supposed to play in the tournament, but the team withdrew from the game. >> we will play basketball and they will play with a new purpose. an additional purpose. right now it's not about basketball. >> the athletes are a tight knit group and the women's volleyball players are making ribbons with the names on them and wear them at the next game. >> it could have been any of us. athlete

he has made steady progress since leaving san francisco general hospital and his friends says he sees more of his personality shine through every visit. >> he definitely flirts with the women, firsthand. >> reporter: his family says that could not feel more thankful and blessed. his brain injuries are severe and he still has a long road ahead. this photo speaks volumes about his courage and strength. seems almost every day he offers his family another sign of hope, one more thing to be thankful for. in santa cruz, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >> unfortunately, there is a dark side to report on this black friday. violence broke out this morning leaving one man in critical condition. a picture of one man that may be responsible for the shooting. officers arrested tony phillips shortly after 3:30 this morning. the incident happened after a group of men approacheded the unidentified victim and his family and demanded they turn over items they just bought. when the man refused, a fight broke out and one of the alleged robbers pulled out a gun and shot the victim. one of the family me

rolled into the gas station, and hit the victim, then drove away, the victim remains at san francisco general hospital tonight. >> alan: members of "occupy" san francisco joined forces to march for immigrant rights. about 300 people marched, and then up mission to 24th. the heavily populated latino district. the march comes a day after dozen squared off with police after trying to stop people from shopping in union swear -- square on black friday. >> police say someone broke or shattered almost all of the windows on a u.s. bank branch in seattle this morning. the vandals left a message claiming it was in revenge for "occupy oakland". the damage amounted to 10s of thousands of dollars. >> three students arrested at the protests in egypt at home. they were accused of throwing fire bombs. a court had them released after the u.s. embassy got involved. greg porter was back home in philadelphia. >> so thankful to be back in philadelphia. i'd like to thank my parents, my mom, and my dad, for the support and all this time. i'd like to thank the embassy in cairo for all the things they did for us. >> there-fle

we were serenaded previously with regard to san francisco general hospital. maybe there is a good analogy there. there are fair questions to ask. should we build a new hospital? maybe we should join with uc and mission bay. those are good questions and those questions are being asked. it is now time to move toward and all the hospital. the same goes for where we are with phase 2 of the t-third light rail. should we be on third, fourth, shallow subway, deep some way, how should connectivity with the rest of the system be? how will it impact operating cost? should we do the project at all? all good and fair questions. they have been asked, answered, long ago. we are in the ground, we are ready to enter heavy construction, and it is time, i believe, for us to come together as and resistance, and send a message to the people of san francisco and federal government, that we are ready to leverage that investment we made in phase one to begin the next phase. we are ready for the maybe tens of thousands of jobs this will bring us. most importantly, we are ready and i

andrew gains is on life support at san francisco general hospital. he had several skull fractures and right now is on a ventilator. he and two or players were injured in a car crash saturday night on highway 101 in nil b millbrae. those two players have broken bones but are expected to recover. police say alcohol is not involved in this crash. they will wear ribbons in their honor and lead the crowd in a moment of silence. >>> this morning, a number of bay area cities have new mayors. veteran city councilman alan nagy will be the first new mayor of newark in 33 years. san ramon's new mayor is bill clarkson and benicia's elizabeth patterson has another term. and livermore's new mayor appears to be john marchand, who narrowly beat out his competition. the unofficial results in san francisco show ed lee with a commanding lead of that vote. john avalos trails him with about 18%, and dennis herrera with 11%. because no one has a 50% plus one majority, choice rank voting is now kicking in. election officials believe we'll have an official winner by this af

he is being treated at san francisco general hospital and he is facing dui charges. >>> with its budget shrinking, the metropolitan transportation commission is debating how to spend its money. essentially what projects they'll have to drop in the future. the mtc allocates money to all nine bay area counties. in the next 25 years there are $180 billion worth of projects on their wish list but the mtc might only have $70 billion to spend. they will evaluate all of their top projects, more caltrain service in san francisco and a b.a.r.t. link to livermore. a report will be presented to the mtc next month and voted next year. >>> fed up with budget cuts? many californians say they are willing to pay more taxes to help with school funding. a new poll shows the majority of californians think public schools are in bad shape. they blame funding shortages, wasteful spending on administration and bureaucratic pairiers barriers to reform. 58 say it would be improved if the public had access to teacher review its. they believe test scores should account for 30% of a teacher's evaluation. 23% say i

the driver is being treated for minor burns at san francisco general hospital. >>> also, oakland's last remaining "occupy" camp is closed shut down in the middle of the night. gil diaz is in oakland. this raid was actually peaceful, wasn't it? >> reporter: it was. police say there were no injuries, no use of force and i know it's a little dark behind me at snow park but i took a walk through the park and there definitely isn't anyone here except for this group right here "occupying" the city sidewalk a handful of them just hanging out here. i spoke to them earlier, asked them where are they going to go, what are they going to do, they don't know what they are going to do next, whether they are going to go to another camp. some said they will stay here until they are ready to leave. when this early-morning raid happened there was about 10 to 15 tents still pitched at snow park. when police came they cleared it quickly and peacefully. now, police were quite busy throughout the weekend. they also cleared another oakland camp at 19th and telegraph on sunday morning as you see here. that too

difficult for crews in san francisco working right now to repair a water- main break in the mission district. that 16" transition line ruptured on 23rd street near san francisco general hospital officials say they are working tonight to divert water to the area from other mains nearby. no indoor flooding or injuries have been reported, but officials tell us that repairs could take several more hours. >>> today marks one year since the sentencing of a former bart officer convicted of shooting and killing a passenger. friends and family of bart passenger oscar grant gathered at frank ogawa plaza. grant supporters say former bart officer mehserle got off early tonight shooting on new year's day 2009. >> were it not for the videotape we would not have seen a trial for the murder of oscar grant. >> that is right. >> and as strong as the video evidence was, the judge never wanted to see that officer convicted. >> mehserle was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and released from jail in june after serving eleven months. >>> morgan hill police are investigating a drive-by shooting that left a 14-year- old girl dead and three other teenagers wounded. police arrested four men. the s

family and friend are holding vigil for the victim at san francisco general hospital.ght with the details. >> reporter: the bartal is surrounded by his mother, family members, fellow firefighters. a family spokesman says bartal is unconscious and on life support. it's been a weekend vigil inside the hospital for 29-year-old albert bartal, seen here with hisug

. >> this surgeon is trained in san francisco general hospital's trauma institute learning techniques for healing fractures but most children are suffering from extreme complications from mallayera. families often don't reach the hospital until the symptoms are already severe. >> so they're rushed in, gasping and requiring a urgent blood transfusion. >> help could be soon on the way from the bay area, this berkeley researcher and his team have developed a synthetic form of the commonly used drug until now came only from the worm wood plant. and scientists used synthetic biology to produce it from bacteria e coli in huge tank autos the goal is to increase the supply, then lower the price substantially he believes the price could drop from several dollars a dose about 25 cents and could be widely available as early as next year and clinics scramble to treat children diagnosed and aid groups like world vision work to educate families on prevention. >> and while efforts may take years to pay ofrks people are hoping they'll some day join a growing list of countries that have eradicated mal

. >> a surgeon trained at san francisco general hospital is learning the techniques for healing fractures but most of the children are suffering from extreme complications from malaria. families don't reach the emergency hospital until the symptoms are already severe. >> they are rushed in gasping. requiring urgent blood transfusion. >> but help could soon be on the way from the bay area. berkeley researcher has developed a synthetic form of the most common drug for malaria. in partnership with one world health, scientists used biology they produced it from e. coli in huge tanks. >> to increase the increase it and lower the price substantially. >> the price could drop down to 25 cents and could be widely available as early as next year. back here, clinics scramble to treat the children that are diagnosed and aid groups work to educate families on prevention. >> while the efforts may take years to pay off, people are hoping that sierra leone will join the list of countries that havequad rated malaria. >> abc news is partnering with organizations what is called the million moms challenge. t

he was taken to san francisco general hospital and died several hours later, passengers were bused regularly light rail service resumed at 9:00 a.m. >> shoppers in an east bay shopping center faesed dozens of demonstrators. they're upset the city built the mall over an ancient burial ground. protesters were leafleting and asking shoppers to go else wr. they hope other cities will take care to protect the burial sites. >> occupy demonstrations have had a big impact for weeks in downtown oakland. it's tough enough for business owners to make it into this tough economic times. and city leaders are trying to turn things around, encouraging people to shop oakland. more now on the pr campaign. looking for love in oakland this, love. the love the mayor says is needed in this city. >> oaklanders need to spend money in our own city. we have a $5 billion hole we can fill ourselves i've been asking them to spend 25% more than normally spend within the city. >> downtown in the black is a media campaign the mayor hopes will draw exposure away from occupy oakland, sucking attention and many worry, dollars

. >> and paramedics took him to san francisco general hospital. >> they put themselves in harm's way, trying help someone else in this tragic situation. >> did what any other person would have done. >> and i've done a number of the stories over the years, over decades. and when it involves cops they say "just doing my job" it's more than that. and k 2 says he doesn't think of himself as a hero, but he was. there is a twist to the story. police say they're going to charge the driver with driving under the influence and say injuries are not life threatening. >> and different story about cops on the job. uc students called for a general strike in the wake of a pepper spray attack by police on peaceful protesters. thousands of students filled a campus quad this afternoon. the rally after a condemned incident friday when officers pepper sprayed a seated protester at point blank range. the chief of uc davis police was put on administrative leave. a chancellor today apologized to students. >> this is horrible for what happened on friday. if you think you don't want to be students in a univer