>> i've been here 22 years now. >> 22 years, in san quentin? >> in san quentin.in san quentin. >> if you've been here 22 years, it's almost like you are doing time in san quentin. >> yeah. you're going to see chaos. it's loud, you'll see a lot of violence. you'll see things you're not necessarily going to see on the streets. when you're in here, you have to be prepared, just your mentality, to be able to maintain your sanity. >> is it hard to go home and let this all go? >> you definitely have to have an outlet. it's not easy, but you've got to have an outlet. >> having an outlet seemed like the key for inmates and employees alike, and one prisoner's gotten so good at his outlet on the inside that it has gotten him attention from the outside. get ready to meet america's hottest and most unlikely financial adviser. tell me your name. >> my name is curtis carroll, but everyone calls me wall street. >> yeah, because in prison, there's the government name and there's what people call you. >> yeah. >> so, why do they call you wall street? >> 11, 12 years ago, i develo

i got to san quentin in 1984.told to me san quentin was one of the most violent prisons in california. all i need to know is safety first, keep me head on a civil, and as soon as i get situated, get a knife. a lot of guys tougher than me didn't make it. a lot of guys weaker than me didn't make it. a lot of guards didn't make it. after running with the fellas for so long, my bad behavior and actions, my nonhumanitarian thoughts, i got lucky. i got transferred. i made my way through the different prisons. now i'm back to the 2016, the more rehabilitative san quentin. they have volunteers coming in, teaching nonviolent conflict resolutions. they taught me the word, stop, think, observe, process situations, situations that are already violent, how not to overreact. i love you white people coming in here teaching me this stuff, i love it. now, in here, we live in a closet. a one-man closet with two men in it. a sink, a toilet. no window. we all get the guys sometimes that don't want to go nowhere, they just want to sta

he recently arrived at san quentin. his head is shaven. body has not been found but dna evidence connected him to the crime. >>> a right wing activist is back in jail after an alameda county judge rules he violated an order not to carry a weapon. he was found in possession of a key chain which you can use to attack someone. he is from daly city and connected to extreme right wing groups. he had been free on bail since march at a protest in berkeley where supporters of president trump clashed with counter- protesters. bail was increased and he was taken into custody. he's due back in court after the first of the year. >>> it's 4:35 and a u.s. marine veteran deported to mexico 15 years ago is back in the u.s. marco chavez crossed the border to san diego county. he came to the u.s. in 1973 when he was six months old. he received a green card in 1989 through the amnesty program and spent four-years with the marines and received an honorable discharge. earlier this year, governor brown pardoned chavez for a conviction >> animal cruelty. he is i

.>>> a look at the san quentin photo of garcia torres. garcia torres was convicted of killing 15-year-old sierra lamarr of morgan hill. he arrived at present last thursday. two days after he was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the murder. the prison expects he will be at san quentin for a few months before being moved to a higher security prison.>>> chinese community said its own goodbye to the late mayor ed lee as hundreds of people braved the weather to attend a candlelight vigil in chinatown. members of the community said they wanted to pay tribute in their own neighborhood away from city hall. amber is in chinatown after attending the vigil. >> reporter: about 500 people turned out for the vigil here at portsmouth square. numbers of the chinese community will always remember ed lee as someone who fought for those who don't have a voice.>> there was a rousing thank you in cantonese to the late mayor ed lee at portsmouth square. a place the community called the living room of chinatown. a place he frequented as mayor and

san quentin confirmed he arrived there last thursday.sentenced to life in prison without parole for the kidnapping and killing of the morgan hill teenager. prison officials say he will be at san quentin for about three months and early next year they expect him to be moved to a higher security prison. >>> the marin county sheriffs department has arrested a man accused of stealing expensive cameras around the bay area. this video was taken last month from mike's camera in mill valley. 19-year-old brett blanton was arrested and booked into the marin county jail for commercial burglary. police say he is also a suspect in camera that's in santa rosa, menlo park, campbell, san mateo county, san jose, and pleasant hill. >>> at least 12 people killed after a bus flipped over in mexico carrying passengers from two royal caribbean cruises. it happened on the yucatan poland still a on the east coast of mexico -- the yucatan peninsula on the east coast of mexico. officials have not told us the nationalities of the 12 people killed, but authorities

san quentin is a lower level security prison for the general prison population. that, of course, does not include death row inmates. garcia torres spent five years in the main jail in santa clara during the long court process and trial. >>> there are more claims tonight of sexual misconduct at san jose's presentation high school. today, two more former students said the school didn't do enough to respond to their complaints. they say they are coming forward because they want to help protect other students. one of the students says she wassexually abused by a math teacher in 2007 at the all girls school and another woman says her daughter was molested by her water polo coach. >> inappropriately touching her including hand holding, hugging and massages, exchanged inappropriate photos with her via snapchat, spent considerable time alone with my daughter including in the coach's car, had clearly shown favoritism towards my daughter and engaged in generally red flag predatory behavior. >> two other graduates recently came forward accusing presentation of not taking th

san quentin is a lower level prison. >>> now to developing news from south san francisco.a female employee from south san francisco high school has been arrested for an inappropriate relationship with a student. she's been booked into the redwood city jail. and investigators were notified of the possible inappropriate relationship early last week. they say during a week long investigation, authorities informed 117-year-old victim. the investigation is ongoing. and we do expect more on the story throughout the day. >>> more claims of sexual misconduct at san jose's presentation high school. two former students said the school didn't do enough to respond to their complaints. they want to help protect students from potential pedophiles. one of the students was abused by a math teacher at the all girls school. and the other us with molested by her water polo coach and complaints to school officials were ignored. >> three of my teammates reported to the athletic director that the head coach had been involved in the following actions. inappropriately touching her, including hand

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san quentin confirms garcia torres arrived there last thursday.ast week he was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the killing and kidnapping of the morganville teenager. prison officials say he will be there about three months while he is assessed. they expect him to be moved to a higher security prison early next year. >>> the marin county sheriffs department arrested a man accused of stealing expensive cameras around the bay area. look at surveillance video taken last month from mike's camera in mill valley. authorities arrested 19-year-old greg blanton after serving a search warrant at his home in san jose. blanton was booked into the marin county jail for commercial burglary. police say he is a suspect in camera theft in santa rosa, menlo park, campbell, san mateo county, san jose, and pleasant hill. >>> at least 12 people were killed, a bus overturned in mexico caring a pass it -- carrying passengers from two royal caribbean cruises. this happened on the east coast of mexico . the bus was carrying passengers on an excursion to tou

. -- garcia torres fue confinado en una celda de la carcel de san quentin, donde permanecer el restodena no contempla libertad condicional. -- sierra lamar fue vista por ultima vez el 16 de marzo de 2012, en el area de las avenidas santa teresa y dougherty, en la ciudad de morgan hill. -- la adolescente se diriga a tomar el autobus escolar cuando desapareci. -- garcia torres tambien fue condenado por dos intentos de secuestro ocurridos en 2009. --en fremont, la policia inform que la sospechosa de apuÑalar a un hombre el pasado domingo...recibi hoy cargos formales de asesinato.. --el hecho ocurri tras una disputa domestica entre ''ayah ab-dallah'' y la victima, identificada como ''yusuf na-wabi''..quien muri en un hospital. --''abdallah'' habra huido luego del apuÑalamiento.. pero fue capturada mas tarde gracias a la descripcion de testigos.. ---funcionarios de berkeley actualizaron una ordenanza para poder utilizar aerosol pimienta durante protestas violentas. ---miembros de consejo de la ciudad habian aprobado la ordenanza en septiembre pasado, pero surguieron preocupaciones por los

he will be sent to san quentin. >>> a man was taken into custody after crashing into a store and leading concord police on a chase. police say 37-year-old david gofi tried to run someone over and slammed into the farm bureau market. benicia police have arrested three women for stealing from rite-aid. an employee saw the trio $600 worth of sinus medication and baby formula. police say they next headed to a cvs where they were tape into custody. >>> in mountain view a motorcyclist was killed in a crash with a google bus at the intersection of north shoreline boulevard and plymouth street yesterday. police say the victim died at the scene. the bus was contracted by google to take employees to and from work. >>> let's take a live look outside right now. we are going to close out 2017 with another gorgeous sunset. also a winter spare the air alert. chief meteorologist paul deanno joins us now with more. >> we've had a number of these because we have not had rainfall. when we get a ridge of high pressure sitting over the bay area, we get the pollution trapped at the bottom of the atmosphere an

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next two weeks for our encore show on the arts in the bay area and our half hour special, stand up san quentin. and we'll be back in the new year with our regular weekly show. you can find more of our coverage at kqed.org/newsroom. i'm thuy vu. thank you for joining us, and we wish you and your families a wonderful holiday season. ♪ robert: in alabama, an epic upset. and republican urgency on taxes. i'm robert costa. the victory by democrat doug jones upends both parties on the hill. and ahead of the midterms. tonight, on "washington week." president trump: we want to give you, the american people, a giant tax cut for christmas. robert: president trump says republicans are on the verge of passing a sweeping tax cut bill, one he says will boost the middle class. critics say the tax overhaul would provide generous cuts for corporations and the wealthy and would add more than $1 trillion to the national debt. >> robbing the future, ripping off the middle class, and why? to reward their friends, corporate america. robert: the massive package ul

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san quentin is a lower level prison.arcia torres spent five years at the main jail. >> yes. >>> a robbery suspect shot by a security guard died. the guard open up fire and officers arrived and found a man with life-threatening injuries. he died at a local hospital and so far, authorities are not releasing the man's name and the security guard is cooperating with the investigation. >>> the california highway patrol is working with law enforcement. we will have the latest on the effort to catch convicts. >>> we will sit down with the former chair of the california republican party. that is coming up. >>> the house of representatives past the republican taxable but a technicality is forcing a do over. both chambers must pass identical bills. the bill will be sent to president trump's dust tomorrow. here is more on the gop thinking. it looks like it will be passed and sign before christmas? >> we have seen the anticipation, pushing the growth rate by 3% and some have said that will never occur. that is good for everyone as t

he will be sent to san quentin. >>> a motorcyclist was killed in a bus and calling-- in a crash involving a google bus. they responded just before 5:30 yesterday and found the victim lying on the road. no one else was hurt in the crash. the bus was contracted to take google employees to and from work. no word on the cause of the crash. >>> a group of teenagers turned heroes in the south bay. the chance encounter with a homeless man that may have saved his life. >>> a city that saw car break- ins every day during fall. why the police chief says his plan to stop them is still working. >>> they don't need signs to tell them it is bitter cold. all they need is a pitcher of water. >> it looks like mount hamilton and vermont. >>> we have a picture of the golden gate. highway 101 we expect traffic. look at all of the tourists. there's a traffic jam there with the beautiful view back to san francisco. coming up, rain is returning and we will have that for you next. the man wa >>> a group of college students helped save a homeless man who fell off of a cliff. the man was setting up camp near the g

that we at the news hour got from our colleagues jeff brown, who had been interviewing inmates at san quentinprison for a story they are working on about a podcast there are producing. which will appear on the news hour. what a want to share with you is jeff wrote all of us to say that several dozen inmates in different parts of the prison, from different parts of the country came up to him and the cruel while they were there to say, hey, pbs. we do not know what we would do without pbs. they went on to say how much the program means while to -- while jeff is interviewing an inmate, they can hear the program in the next cell being listened to. i just want to say we have reached people in public media in every corner of this country. intellectual and political capitals and places of great wealth. we are in parts of the country where people are struggling and trying to get their lives back together. and those are the stories we will always tell. what an amazing panel. thank you. inmates were those to join their local public broadcasting, it would be a wonderful funding to transfer. >> we though

expected to open next year and there are improvements being made to the main street on ramp from the san quentin area. >>> a big moment for women who have accused president trump of sexual misconduct. what we're expecting in the next few hours. >>> a new warning weaving your own shoes... by out of flax. or simply adjust your thermostat. do your thing, with energy upgrade california. >>> it's 6:14. happening today women who have publicly accused president trump of sexual harassment and assault will unite for the first time. >>> at 7:30 this morning the women will share their experiences at a news conference in new york city hosted by brave new films. it released a film about the allegations last month. the women are expected to call for accountability and an investigation by congress of sexual misconduct by the president. he has so far denied the reports. >>> also today president trump's former campaign manager paul manafort and business associate rick gates are due in court for a status hearing. the two men charged with tax evasion, money laundering and failure to disclose lobbying for foreign a

. >>> a nonprofit at california's san quentin state prison is teaching inmates hue to code and how tofe after prison. our jane wells has the story of one of those inmates and the success he's found on the outside. >> reporter: can i ask what your number is? >> t-31014 >> reporter: he's a convicted murderer who spent years in prison >> gentlemen, grab your stuff. >> reporter: a few weeks later, chris should yumacker left san n prison >> the code i wrote will work on any device >> reporter: even he can hardly believe it >> i mean, like this, right? my mind is blown >> reporter: the story of how a felon learned to code inside a state prison where there is no internet and then got hired by the website fandom once he was freed is nothing short of a miracle, the sort of miracle regularly coming out of a program called the last mile the founders teach willing, qualified inmates coding skills on a fake server so that when they leave prison, they can be productive members of society. where do you see yourself in two years, five years, ten years >> oh, my gosh that's a really hard question. you

san francisco open government. sunshine ordinance task force ordinary determination in file number 16116, ray hart v. commissioner quentin kopp and the ethics commission. findings of law and conclusions of law. based on the testimony and evidence presented the sunshine ordinance task force found that commissioner quentin kopp and the ethics commission violated the sunshine ordinance section 67.15. if a member of a commission wishes to unlawfully interrupt a member of the public, that's okay with you. commissioner kopp did it, commissioner keane endorsed it, and the rest of you sat silent. but when a member of the public speaks out of turn, that is he -- that's a no-no. what hypocrites you are. you would use the rules to maintain order because you don't like what's being said or you don't like the way people are saying it, so mr. keane's comment last time about mr. hart's we had a democratic process, why don't you respect it, was b.s. it wasn't a democratic process, it was a show trial, a show hearing. it was a joke. particularly hypocritical was chair keane's comments last time that i respect the democratic process. fran