he lost his life to leukemia and was a nate a native of china town but attended san francisco state university where he was active in the san francisco state third world strike and fighting for ethnic studies classes in our schools and worked for 30 years as a federal employee in washington, d.c. for the eeoc and civil rights commission. he was a long-time supporter of small businesses and promightor of the golden gate caterers and editor of china line and teacher of chinese cooking. he'll be missed by many in our communities and a memorial service was held last saturday at the presbyterian church in china town and plans are made for a similar event in washington, d.c. in lieu of flowers, mr. chow's family request donations be made in his memory to organizations such as cameron house or presbyterian church in china town for the work of cameron house and unlock incorporated in san francisco. clerk: thank you, supervisor mar. superiors mirkarimi? supervisor mirkarimi: believe it or not, i actually have submissions. it's an addiction and i hear there are 12 step groups for this. i actually have s

next to him is an assistant professor of broadcast and electronic media at san francisco state university. next is the managing editor for local news at -- i'm sorry. he is not at yahoo!, right. he is editor-in-chief of patch.com, a division of aol that provides news to specific communities. very local. after him, we have the managing director for local news at yahoo.com, guiding the company's local coverage nationwide. last but not least is the senator who represents san francisco and san mateo counties, and he is the recipient of spj's freedom of information award in 2010. that is our panel. back to you, rose. >> before we start, i want to get a sense of who we have in the audience. how many of you currently work in the media? lots. how many of you used to work in the media? how many of you want to work in the media? ok, good. that will give us a sense of who we are talking with. great. every friday, we have a media roundtable and invite international, alternative, and mainstream journalists to talk about coverage of the week's news. we believe it is important to highlight good journali

running for state office and other states come here because there is a lot of money in san francisco and silicone valley. >> reporter: san francisco state university professor jason mcdaniel says some republicans may act like the bay area doesn't matter but it represents things that the party claims to support like entrepreneurship and education. they say if gingrich were to win the presidency they may not be a priority. >> hard to overlook california and the bay area but i think it is possible, if a republican wins it will advocate policy that most people that live in san francisco in the bay area won't find particularly appealing. >> tracy grant, nbc bay area news. >> just to make things more interesting, ironically gingrich says he will be in san francisco next month for a fund-raising event. >>> a bay area couple is making history tonight with an unprecedented donation to a south bay hospital. john and susan pledged $5 million to equip the new santa valley medical center in san jose. it is hailed as the largest private donation to any public hospital west of the mississippi. voters approved money to build the building in 2008, buts this no mon

best to make sure we are working with our school district, community college, with our san francisco state universityand with private donors, a program i called bridges to success, which we are working closely on with dcyf, school district, school board, to make sure that we not only encourage people to go to college, but when they begin in the experience, that we support you when you are there. that you go all the way to succeed in your degree. as i told you on youth advocacy day -- and i would tell you again to the parents. there is literally a $1 million difference in someone that does not have that college degree and someone who does when they get their first job, and future jobs. i think in san francisco, it will be more than a million dollar difference because of the very good salaries that the private industry and public industry pay. if you have a college degree, you can get a good living. it will be expensive for you to have your own home here in the city as well. so with all of that, we want to embrace, and i want to thank the parents, siblings, family supporters here tonight, to share in t

some of the protests have returned to san francisco state university.they work as the administration. >> you would think that with all this trying to wash away race and make us come as one american so we can be patriotic as we should, right, that people wouldn't want to be in these classes. that's not the case. i realized why. most of them are still asking the question, how do i fit in this american context? >> as graduates of the first ethnic study classes returned to work in their community they found cultural training lacking in public schools. immigrant students arriving from the immigration act of 65 were asked to a simulate and learn in renglish only classrooms. educators and lawyers and activists wanted to ensure that these students would be taught to value their cultural heritage and their primary languages. the legal struggle for bilingual education began in san francisco's china koun and cull monate in the u.s. supreme court in 74. >> if you look at the history of bilingual education or education to serve the english learning in general, i thi

san francisco environment of very strange fantasies and strange understandingings of reality. >> fantasies aren't strange. some people here in the bay area say they are offended but not too surprised by the statement. san francisco state university professor jason mcdaniel says gingrich's comments could backfire. >> i think it's not that he is painting california and the pay area and san francisco as a lost cause, he is showing them as an opponent, someone that you know, americans shouldn't emulate. >> how is this for timing. gingrich will be in san francisco next month for a fundraising event. >> jc penney taking a new approach to shopping. everything is on sale every day. beginning february 1 it will permanently mark down all of its merchandise by at least 40%, meaning shoppers no longer have to wait for sales to get the lowest price. the plan is similar to walmart's iconic every day low pricing strategy. instead of undercutting all of the com petters the aim is to take the guesswork out of shopping by offering more predictable pricing. >> time to get a check of the markets. jackie is live at cnbc world headquarters. good morning. >> good morning to you, guys. futures turned higher this morning after markets got a boost from t

we went to san francisco state university to get my credentials and my master's degree. we had to close the school down to get to ethnic studies. the police marching on us at san francisco state. after leaving new orleans and coming here, it was still a fight. comparing the schools, yes, i can see the different -- i can see the difference. those parents are there, and they bring in money for those schools, and they have all kinds of book fairs and arts festivals, computer labs, and at hunters point, it is a whole different story. you do not have a computer labs there. we do not have a parent involvement. it is a total difference. >> your perspective on jamal, awaiting the decision on whether he will be executed or spend his life in prison. >> he should be released. [applause] one of my professors actually is working on his case, so i have been following through her visits and conversations, but i think it is the quintessential example of what is happening with the intellects in our community. he is a brilliant brother. if you have not gone on youtube and seen him offering

bay area homeless program and also teaches at the department of health and education at san francisco state university. let's give another warm welcome to roma. >> thank you. thank you, everyone. i want to share one thing that is remarkable about today, in addition to what others have shared. i think it is absolutely inspiring that the woman's movement in 2011 in san francisco, at least, is sharing a sponsorship of policy-making endeavors and the arts. i am telling you, we have to codify and our values. we need a policy to do that. we don't just need a people's movement, we need to codify. the arts brings a heart, they bring healing. there is not a person in here who has not been harmed or harmed themselves in some way. we have all lifived. the arts steel and inspire. -- the arts heal and inspire. i want it noted that all of us have to do this if we want to inspire our youth to keep on moving on. keep on moving on. thank you to all of you, the sponsors, the other binarhonore and most especially i feel really blessed i am the first to be honored for this community activist board. norma was remarkable.

i also teach a land use planning at san francisco state university. i do have a citywide view, i am thinking about not just how the developments in the neighborhood but also how it affects the housing element of the general plan, and how and pour into this plan is in introducing the side of the policy. those are just a handful of reasons ha about how you can consider me to reappointment of the citizen's advisory committee. supervisor kim: than kyouk you,. henderson. >> good afternoon, supervisor wiener and supervisor kim. i am a real estate consultant specializing in affordable housing and community facilities. i was a project manager of 40lgbt -- for the lgbt community center. i am also the project manager for college track, which is a college preparatory program being built on third street to help high-school students in the district and the area. i have worked in affordable housing for more than 20 years. i have a master's in business administration from berkeley with an emphasis on real estate and planning. as a parent raising three children, i am

bay area homeless program and also teaches at the department of health and education at san francisco state university. let's give another warm welcome to roma. >> thank you. thank you, everyone. i want to share one thing that is remarkable about today, in addition to what others have shared. i think it is absolutely inspiring that the woman's movement in 2011 in san movement in 2011 in san francisco, at least, is sharing

. >> reporter: but san francisco state university political science professor jason mcdaniel says newt gingrich also bashed the bay area, its residents and its values. >> i think it's not that he is painting california and the bay area and san francisco specifically as a lost cause, he's showing them as an enemy, an opponent. someone that americans shouldn't emula emulate. >> reporter: gingrich is meeting with mitt romney and others for the republican nomination. gingrich's remarks this morning on the "today" show effectively reinforced his image as an extremely conservative republican who has no interest in a stereo typical lib cal strong hold like san francisco. gingrich's depiction is not accurate. >> i would disagree with the characterization that it's an alternative fantasy world. >> reporter: many people don't realize that the bay area has a sizeable republican base but she said gingrich has nothing to lose by targeting the area since republicans here are going to vote for whoever the candidate turns out to be, no matter what. he said candidates never ignore san francisco. >> he'

bill to earn a degree from san francisco state university. >> one of the hardest transitions that can take place in life. >> nancy pelosi saluted the veteran students that are here and the university for its outreach. >> there are 430 military vets on this campus and san francisco state with a long history of anti-war sentiment is welcoming the warriors with open arms. >> this university 6s students has been named as one of nation's top military friendly schools. they get priority in registration. there are career counseling and key component the veterans center which is celebrating the one-year anniversary. it's a one-stop shop run by a former marine. >> its support team, financial aid, they can come to me when they have a problem and i have my contacts while they are sitting there to resolve some of the issues. >> if i had to wait in line and talk to somebody and they would say can you just call the v.a. i probably wouldn't have enrolled. >> he is pursuing a degree in film. last this time last year he was in afghanistan using to his instruments to record dangerous mission. >> it's s

the beating took place near san francisco state university. the victim was also robbed and his smart phone taken right out of his pocket. the three attackers took off in an older model cream colored four-door sedan. >>> could facebook save the state budget crisis? maybe. the state's independent legislative analyst has scoured the budget. the governor's budget does begin to coral out of control spending. it relies too heavily on the volatile income and cuts may be too severe. that $7 billion tax increase headed for the november ballot is part of the problem. the governor is also calling for an economic upturn that analysts just don't see. >> we've considered what's happening in housing which is fairly stagnant. we've looked at our projections of where we think the market will be, and we do get considerably lower numbers on capital gains. >> in the end the analysis suggests the governor is about $4 billion too optimistic. the wild card in all this, could be something called the facebook effect. the independent analyst acknowledges a public offer

. >>> the beating and robbery of a man near san francisco state university is being investigated as a hate crime. and this happened about 2:00 yesterday morning on froth boulevard. the 20-year-old victim says he was walking when three men in a car started yelling homophobic slurs at him. the man started kicking the man and stole his phone. one man was white, one was black, a third latino and they escaped in a oldsmobile late 1970s model. the victim suffered minor injuries. >>> a science experiment gone wrong caused an explosion at the university of florida. it happened in a chemical lab yesterday evening, just before 6:00. one student and a firefighter had to be treated for exposure to the chemicals. the building was evacuated, and shut down shortly after the blast. it will remain closed today for clean-up. university police don't know which chemicals were being used at the time. >>> a former caltrans manager who was once responsible for testing the foundation of the new bay bridge wants his old job back. brian lieb itch was fired in november after being accused of fabricating testing

at san francisco state university wayne friedman abc 7 news. >>> isn't that fascinatingment one mr. animal story to tell but. incorporating to the salt lake tribune animal shelter tried to put a cat named andrea to sleep twice. she survived the first attempt so they tried again. they saw the second time took so they put the cat body in a cooler but when they checked on her she was still alive. she's now been adopted out and shelter said this cat obviously really wants to live. talk about 9 lives. right. >> well as we continue tonight. goodbye ketchup. coming up. american condiment barrened in goodbye ketchup. coming up. american condiment barrened in french schools. find out winter christen the new year with vengeance in the east. in virginia they help the drive that slid on the ice roads and crashed. and series of multiple accidents on interstate 81 brought traffic to stand still n.central pennsylvania chain reaction crash left cars and tractor-trailer littered across interstate 80. snow squall caused the interstate to freeze over very quickly catching a lot of drivers off guard. a

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san francisco, abc 7 news. >> the california state university board today set a cap for the salaries of new campus presidents, voting to set the president's pay at $325,000 during a meeting today in long beach this, after an outcry over a $400,000 pay package approved last year. and one state lawmaker thinks this scale is still too high. >> we is a bill that limits these kinds of executive compensation in tough economic times it prevents the university from raising a salary of more than 10% of what the outgoing president was making. >> and under a proposal to make a hybrid pension plan that is very controversial. nannette miranda joins us with the story. >> the goal of a hybrid retirement plan is so-to-spread more costs to workers rather than taxpayers. under pressure to change benefits for state and local government workers legislature is hoilding hearings on a plan combining a 401(k) type plan with public pension there. is not a bill with an actual proposal yet and experts tell lawmakers how similar plans worked in other states. and pensions and defined benefits. >> and this could provide less of a return t

san francisco. >> absolutely. police chiefs from across the state are meeting at the university of san francisco for next two days. today, they zeroed in on the challenges they face dealing with major events in stir cities. a word that kept coming up is occupy. just as the attack on september 11th dramatically changed security needs of the country and the world, new protest tactics and modern technology are revolutionizing the way law enforcement deals with crowd control. >> during the height of the occupy demonstration there was a request for about 750 mutual aid officer autos as a state emergency management agency official the chief coordinates police mutual aid requests from law enforcement. he says that with money and resources drying up, police departments are turning to other agencies to back them up. especially now. >> with this occupy demonstration, is a new phenomenon. day after day, mutual aid being called. >> many agencies are creating what is called a mobile field course to respond to calls. units, trained in the same way as their counter parts in other police departments. >> there is the same terminol

university college of dublin. i went back to the states and went to law school at university of pennsylvania. then i came back, and choosing to live in san francisco was natural to me. when you are a child, you do not realize what you had until you leave home. i had the opportunity to live in los angeles, abroad in ireland, and there is no place like home, when you are from san francisco. i have been a corporate attorney at palo -- in palo alto. i became an >> i worked in the finance industry about 5 1/2 years. in the summer of 2009 i joined a venture capital firm with two other partners. >> we are all excited about the americas cup here in district two but one thing if you think about it everyone knows what fleet week is like here in the marina. this is fleet week on steroids. think about fort mason, these will be the most brings taken places to watch the americas cup. what we're working on and working to continue to work on and want your input on, how do we make it a positive experience for the people that live here. >> i'm happily married and my life and -- wife and i live around laurel village. we have two children, five around they. we are pr

san francisco where a law enforcement seminar is scheduled. >> reporter: good morning. sheriff ross mirakrimi is expected to attend the two-day conference at the university of san francisco and other police chiefs from around the state will be attending it also. this is the first public appearance since being sworn in as sheriff. and now, yesterday, he took the center stage, at the theater here, for his swearing in, with his wife elanna lopez beside him but there is controversy surrounding this couple. police investigating whether mirakamir abiewdz elanna on new years eve. their neighbor contacted police about the incident. the sheriff denies the charges. and spoke about the issue yesterday. >> i am sorry that a cloud hangs over what should be a very special day for iliana, me, and the entire -- and my entire family. and all of you who have worked so hard. they and you deserve better. you know what? clouds break. and the possibility shines through. >> former mayor art agno swore him in. he was actually replacing san francisco support court judge catherine fine stein. she bowed out in light of an investigation and didn't wan a potential conflict of interest should the case end up in her court. back to you, grace. >>>

mean a more direct connection to bart it could be a big boost to san francisco state students who can catch free shuttles to the university at the bart station. the extend service will only be available during the morning and evening commutes. >>> 6:05. time to check in again with meteorologist mike nicco. the man of the hour because we all need to know about these storms. >> he's always the man of the hour. right now he's the man of when the rain is going leave us. >> right after the morning commute, isn't that great timing? 9:00 it will move out of here and just be a distant memory as the dry pattern will develop once again. strongest storm across the north bay rotating around that area of low pressure that has a counterclockwise throw this shower if going to move across the bay area this is sinking slowly to the east southeast all of us will get touched again by some rain. winds also a big deal, gusting 41, sfo, 25 hayward, half moon bay, 10 to 15 possibly 20 in the rest of our neighborhoods. not only do you have ponding on the roads, you also have winds that are going to push the car around. mild, we are getting rain

san francisco, clear skies and a very cold overnight. details coming up. >>pam: a woman insulted in the middle of the street. college women attacked in their sleep at san jose state university. we will show you how the suspect got into the dorm rooms. getting around a busy neighbors and in san francisco this weekend will be difficult. where are navigating you with the construction plans. >>pam: oakland police have issued a public safety over near the 2000 block of 37 after a man attacked a 36 year-old woman and attempted a sexual assault. >> investigators say the 36 rural victim was walking down the street like this when she was approached by a man at about 11:15 a.m. on wednesday. he crashed her to the ground and start ripping off foreclosed. caught >> the victim fought and was able to break and run. he then also ran away from the immediate area. >> another recall effort against mayor jean quan is gaining momentum. failing to take responsibility for violent police clashes since she was out of town. >> i do not know everything, i do not do the tactical planning. >>pam: tonight, a second group is calling for oakland's mayor to step down. they say she can't make tough decisio

university of san francisco was elected. but, no. bob -- bob knew how to deal with people very well. he kept contact with politicians across the state. when election night, we had a system where i would call newspaper editors and find out what they thought was going on in their state or their locality to -- not by what the polls were but what they thought was going on. bob would call the political leaders across the place. when we would meet again, do kind after quick survey of them. bob was a person who could reach them well and he had friend across the country and that he built up in that way. it is my believe that nixon wanted him to be his vice president and that bob turned it down because he thought that two things wrong. one was he was from california and the second was that two look like too much of an in-house thing, father-son relationship. it was a pretty noble thick to turn down. but he was superb. >> that was in '68? >> yeah. >> now how did nixon choose? >> he was impressed by what he was doing in the united nations. he made some pretty fiery speeches and made one mistake when khruschchev came to the united states, the i

state university. >> all right. that's interesting. >> 5:25. still to come, back in court. san francisco's sheriff ross mirkarimi headed back before a judge today as his domestic abuse case moves forward. >> reporter: back to work. how fans are reacting to yesterday's stunning loss to the 49ers and giants this monday morning. that story coming up. >> and we're still tracking showers on the radar this morning. i'll let you know when the rain will come to a close in your city and some of the very impressive rainfall totals over the course of the weekend. >> with that impressive rain we also have flooding reported on many bay area spots. i'll track the latest as the flooding is reported, then cleared and replaced with more flooding. >> a live look outside at the golden gate bridge. nice smooth flow even though you notice the black concrete be careful. >> police looking for a number of gun men after a sweet 16 party ends in bloodshed. >> the bay area chain store fined for selling toys with too much lead. >> reporter: it may be clearing up later but it's wet and windy this morning. there is an

under the so called california universal health care act you'd pay the state instead of a private company. a committee estimates plan would cost about $200 billion. san franciscoor mark leno is sponsoring this bill. >> there is more than enough money in the system to we f.we can take out the wasteful middle man and their business motto is denying us health care. >> this forced rationing throughout the state of california is handing over a personal lives and personal bodies to a state government that can't even balance its budget. >> there is a similar bill died in committee last year. >> a moving ceremony hon yog are a man who should been honored decades ago. a world war ii soldier who stood his ground in the face of danger. >> this is a ceremony so long overdue the secretary of the navy made the presentation. he accepted the navy and marine corps medal for combat action during world war ii. >> simply put he was and is a hero. >> carl joined the navy when he was 19, a time of segregation. he was aboard on may 3, 1945. six kamikaze pilots and three bombs hit the ship during a battle of okanowa. >> he put outraging fires and carried wounded ship mates to safety.

. >> san francisco state political science professor knows a thing or two about tuition inflation. the ph.d. he earned from the california colleges and universitiesm 40 years ago. >> the president spoke to one. of his big constituents, college students. and he made an appeal to them on the basis of trying to gather their support for the poll election. >> rising fees have certainly become a potent issue at u. c. berkeley where price increases and program cuts have followed in line with the state's budget woes. >> it's ten times what it was when my mom went to school which sounds ridiculous, but it's ridiculous. >> especially in california. federal money being pulled is not a threat. our budget with california is so screwed up to begin with. >> the specifics remain vague. he wants a billion dollars to spread among states who reform their educational systems. for present college students, who must already begin their working lives in debt, those reforms would come too late. for frank luna, way too late. >> i'm supposed to finish the semester but i would like to -- i had hoped to get into the honors program which would extend me one more semester. an

universal health care act with you would pay the state instead of a private company. a legislative committee estimates the plan would cost 200 billion dollars. san francisconator is sponsor soring the bill. >> there's more than enough money in the system if we take out this wasteful middleman that makes huge profits, billions in profits and their business motto is denying us health care. >> it will force rationing of health care throughout the state of california. it is handing over our personal lives1]0 or personal bodies to a state government that can't balance its budget. >> similar pill died in committee last year. >>> yahoo co-founder jerry yang has resigned. yang launched yahoo in 1995. his surprise resignation comes two weeks after former yahoo hired former paypal executive thompson as ceo. yang rejected a 47 billion dollar takeover bid from microsoft in 2008. within analyst believes the company may be for sale again. >> that's a tough nut to crack. so far the name that comes up most often is ali baba. there's the question whether microsoft will come back. they've said they are not interested in yahoo now that may be different with yang gone. >> y

california universal health care act you would pay the state instead of a private company for health coverage. legislative committee estimates the plan would cost 200 billion dollars. san franciscoon are ing the bill. >> there is -- is sponsoring the bill. >> there is more than enough in the system if we take out this wasteful middleman which makes billions in profits and their business motto is denying us health care. >> it will force rationing of health care throughout the state of california. it is hadn'ting over our personal lives bothereds to' -- it is handing over our personal lives and bodies to a government that cannot balance its budget. >> a similar bill in committee last year. >>> if you are planning to fly seattle or portland today the weather may delay or cancel your flight, 8 to 10 inches of snow in the forecast alaska airlines has cancelled 38 flights into and out of seattle and portland. southwest is cancelling flights every airline is passengers to call before heading to the airport. i should have said southwest was cancelling flights as well. the forcasters have said today's storm could be the biggest in the pacific northwest in 25 years. alaska and southwest b

san francisco, kraig debro, channel 2 news. >> the 49'ers may lose a key member of the coaching staff, greg roman was interviewed for the head job at penn state universitystate fired long-time coach joe paterno amid the jerry sandusky child abuse allegations. greg roman may find out by the end of the week. the frontrunner is a coach reportedly with the new england patriots. >>> back here at home, teachers are due back today at a san francisco charter school that was damaged by a big fire. yesterday crews painted walls and moved furniture in the creative arts charter school, being renovated when a fire broke out down the street. the school suffered water as well as smoke damage. and this morning a construction manager on the site told us about half of the work was completed before being set back. the school's director said students should return from winter break tomorrow. >> the strength our community. we have a strong community. we'll get through this. >> that big fire engulfed three buildings, causing more than $8 million in estimated damage. the school also lost the use of its art studio, library and the cafeteria. they need supplies also. you can go

told penn state's president they might withhold donations until they get answers from university trustees about how they handled the scandal. >>> personal information at city college of san francisconts, faculty and administrators may now be at risk because of computer viruses. the chronicle reports the colleges data security team found the viruses late last year at cloud hall. but it now appears those viruses have been infiltrating the college's electronic systems since 1999. the school's chief technology officers say it looks like personal information was sent to sites in russia, china, and at least eight other country, including iran. >>> the city of oakland is getting a new supermarket, but not everyone is happy about it. the lucky's on macarthur boulevard already converted in eye discount store owned by the same parent company. this lucky store now carries 28,000 different items. but we were told the max value food store will carry just 5,000 items, when it opens in march. >> just when you get the quality that you can from lucky. >> i'm really disappointed. this is our neighborhood store. >> the company president released a written statement saying -- we're told all the curre