on march first the chronicle ran a story then the san francisco mercury news and then the chronicle again. i held a hearing at the go committee on june 12th to hear on the audit and on june 13, the chronicle ran another story "san francisco lacks to meet it's 911 needs" these stories are on and on. has all this attention compelled the department to improve? has the leadership recognized the urgency the situation that we are facing. on saturday august 30, the san francisco fire department had to ask an ambulance company to step in to respond to these emergencies. the department dismisses this as something that doesn't happen very often. except it happened again on thursday and sunday. if this is happening on an average sunday, what happens in the event of an earthquake or any other catastrophic event that might happen in san francisco? there were 374 occasions where it took more than 20 minutes for ambulance to arrive last month alone. 374 times. i hear horrible reports, an 87-year-old man with a broken hip and cracked skull who had to wait 45 minutes for an ambulance and died two days lat

he's now no longer showing up and missing votes and that's why the mercury news san francisco chronicleave called for change. and it is because he hasn't been willing to ever get a republican co-sponsor. hasn't been willing to build coalition. and i think it is time for more effective pragmatic leadership and that's why many of the papers and folks have been calling for change. >> well, let's break apart that answer now. first, the endorsements, as you mentioned, you have the san francisco chronicle and the san jose mercury news enthusiastically endorsing you and reminding voters by republishing -- >> trying hard. >> they're trying hard. they're supporting you. and yet mike honda has the democratic party establishment all the way up to president barack obama, supporting him, and not just in terms of endorsements, but helping to fund-raise for his effort. does it worry you that you're going up against your own party establishment? >> i don't think the president has ever fund-raised for him, but he certainly has the endorsement. we have a lot of democrats supporting us too. gavin newsom,

san jose murkily news and defendant mercury -- mercury news. >>> and new information in the shooting death of a san francisco man at the hands of police officers. reports say he had as many as 15 bullet wounds, and a discharged taser was founds near the body. there are also accusations of the cover up from his family. >> reporter: a shrine to the man killed, and the medical examiner's report was announced. >> it stinks of a cover up or conspiracy. >> reporter: he was a security guard that carried a taser was shot to death by police officers after reports other of a man -- of a man holding a gun. they report he had 15 bullet wounds, and investigators found multiple canisters of pepper spray and a discharged taser. >> the officer have a right to defend themselves, and they did believe he haded a firearm. >> reporter: the me says the medical records show a history of aggressive behavior, hallucinations, and it also says he was on a psychiatric hold in 2011 after trying to set his parents home on fire. >> the report contains information that is irrelevant to alex's death. >> reporter: the family is calling for an investigation. there's already a l

the san francisco examiner reports they closed the school after find being led asbestos and mercury. to find a place to replace the decades old building and many are taking classes in conference rooms, computer labs and trailers during that closure. >>> and it took all 162 games but the as are joining the giants and the al1sl0 needed to join them against the seattle mariners. they took them home and they will lead on against the angles. >>> and heading into the national league game over a 9-3 win over the san diego padre and the winner of that game me moves on. >> i had somebody who wrote in and said tell sal to talk about highway a 37. >> i know i have been mention it -- mentioning it and thank you for that e-mail dave got, i hope you are listening 37 is open in both directions and now let's take a look at 880 westbound and we have a crash which is blocking two left lanes blocking 880 westbound and it is still early out of the hercules area, it is tell open and traffic is packed up and downtown on the right 208 it looks good all way to sap fran. where is our ocean temperatures. and

media partner, the "san jose mercury news" rors the deathty was talking to someone when three men approached. police have not made any arrests. >>> this morning, contractors in san francisco could begin knocking down a building gutted by a massive fire in the mission district. the fire on thursday raced through the big house store on mission at 22nd street, turning the building into a total loss. you can see why this is how the building looked before the fire, full of goods and merchandise. and this is how it looks now. however, all but a few surrounding shops have reopened, almost no worse for wear. abc7 news reporter alyssa harrington reports. >> people who live and work near big house, the building gutted by a fire, are trying to get rid of the smell. on bartlett street, windows are wide open. >> i think we're going to stay in the living room, the bedroom was closer, but the living room has more windows. >> colin, known around the area as the wizard, is trying to overpower the smell of smoke with something he likes -- >> cooking bacon. >> he to evacuate, he and his roommates grabbed their pets, including mice and a ball python. the snake stayed wrapped around his neck

san francisco, tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a veteran prosecutor in santa clara county has been taken off a high-profile case for allegedly having an affair with a crime lab technician. the san jose mercury news reports the testimony from the technician led to the decision to try david and robert zimmer for the 1989 strangulation death of kathy zimmer, this woman, david's wife. her body was found in the back seat of a car in the san jose airport wrapped in a quilt. the district attorney's office says the case has been reassigned to another prosecutor and the case will be ready to go to trial in october. >>> there are major problems in phoenix, arizona right now. a record rainfall flooded freeways, submerged cars and drivers and multiple people had to be rescued. this is video from interstate 10. one of the major freeways through phoenix. many schools are closed. the governor is warning people to stay at home. thousands of people are without power and flash flood watches continue across most of arizona. >>> here at home, a cooler day over the bay area. giving you a live look at plenty of sunshine over the san jose area. the clouds are still clearing. we're partly to mostly cloudy along th

san francisco state university's science building. it was shut down for several months. the san francisco examiner reports the school closed that building to the public back in january after finding lead, asbestos and mercuryng to raise money to build a new facility to replace that old building. 10,000 students were forced to take classes in conferences, computer labs and trainers during the -- trailers during this. >>> a suspicious device left behind in an east bay apt that -- apartment that caused a big scare. >>> we're still looking at a lot of slow traffic for the east bay today especially on parts of the east bay near the center of it like the san mateo bridge, 880 and 580 are all very slow. we'll tell you more about this coming up. >>> just stepped outside, it's gray and kind of cool here at the mothership in jack london square. the higher clouds, the thunderstorm clouds are out. what's in store for the monday highs? we'll that those for you coming up. >>> police in central, california are looking for the suspects they say triggered a crash that almost killed a woman and her two young sons. it happened yesterday afternoon in clovis north of fresno. police say a man in a truck was robbed and shot. the

san francisco city hall, stephanie chuang, "today in the bay." >> thanks stephanie. >>> water emergency in mountainview is getting worse by the day, and that means new restrictions for residents there. according to the mercury news, the city council declared a state of water shortage yesterday. that means the people who live there will have to use 25%less water than they did this time last year. the elevation comes with new rules as well. among the new rules, people cannot wash their cars unless they use a buskt, hotels have to ask people to rel use towels before offering them clean ones. and lawns and flowers can not be watered between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. notes to keep in mind if you live in mountain view. >> everybody has to cut back. >>> rain in the forecast, where's it going to hit? >> right now especially the north coast. little bit of rain coming in. right now the radar view is encouraging. we'll put it at that for if this time of year, it's late september we see the first chance of fall showers rolling into the north bay, but looks by this time tomorrow morning we'll have some of what's showing up north to the north pushing further south around the bay area. the cloud cover off to th