sandy miller was my client.ver forget when i first met her, when she first came to the shop with her beautiful red hair, and it's curly and gorgeous and she wanted to straighten her hair. first thing i think, oh my god, your hair's beautiful, why would you want to change it? you know, but everybody wants to be something other than what they are sometimes. >> sandy was a stay-at-home mom. she was very much into the environment, planting trees and flowers at her home. she had two daughters. one, shelby, she was 8 years old, and shasta was 4. >> where? it's a rock. >> i was so struck by how she was with her little girls, how she was with the kids. she was just very earthy and very real and easy to talk to. she was really a nice person. >> when she would be taking the kids to the school bus stop, it would be a wave, you know, through the car windows. if shane was with her, there was no eye contact, no waving, so it makes you wonder if there was something going on. >> if i'd have known anything about the domestic vio

the urban setting the parks are extremely valuable on behalf of the city of san francisco thank you sandy tatum for your wonderful leadership in restoring our clubhouse it is restored for a reason. i'm standing be here amidst those trophies and i'm sure the commissioner will mention but let me city in addition to those world-class golf event that bring the best players from around the world in our country to be here and play here in the city to fill our hotels and our great restaurant and all our hospitality i wanted to say i appreciate the pga for another important reason. and i know that since commissioner fittings up took over in the mid 90s, the pga tour has raised over one billion dollars in charity for all kinds of causes across the country i think that part of the our dna we wish to have the first t program enriched by all the golf tournlts in alignment with the way we handle all the international fester in san francisco whether a worldly sierra's or superbly 50 all the money raised will go to philanthropic causes the pga match that with the players along with the pga tour manageme

without sandy's character and the respect he commands this po. thank you (clapping) >> thank you we're able to take a few questions up here if people wish to while you're thinking ted bishop and i share a history we going both have a two hole in ones he's a pga professional i'm just a mayor. anyway any questions? all right. thank you. again, thank you for being here and thank you, again president bishop and commissioner. turns out here to san francisco. we're a world-class city i we provided ourselves in hosting events that really take advantage of our setting but also in the arena of supporters to have the pga here compliments and brings people together and raises money but raises great charity events something sandy and charles have worked to establish the program. there was so much that's reflected in those great tournlts that's a history of harding park and how we revitalized it it's participator hospitality and it's international event when you say the r see the finding cup and lutz all the players come and enjoy themselves you're coming to

without sandy's character and the respect he commands in the game of golf in san francisco pga harding park and the team physician wouldn't have been possible he was catalyst in the success it's unbelievable (clapping) so sandy maybe in some way this is an early birthday present for july 7th you've got our major champing in the city of san francisco and again in closing, i want to say thanks to mayor ed lee and everyone with the pga tour making this possible. thank you (clapping) >> thank you we're able to take a few questions up here if people wish to while you're thinking ted bishop and i share a history we going both have a two hole in ones he's a pga professional i'm just a mayor. anyway any questions? all right. thank you. again, thank you for being here and thank you, again president bishop and commissioner. turns out here to san francisco. we're a world-class city i we provided ourselves in hosting events that really take advantage of our setting but also in the arena of supporters to have the pga here compliments and brings people together and raises money but raises great char

you start to feel likely if i problem. >> sandy, no hesitation?> not to get involved in the case certainly not and we felt strongly that after proposition 8 passed, it was terrible for california but it sent such a negative message to the children in our state that the they couldn't count on -- they couldn't count on the government to protect them if they are growing up gay in our state and in terms of our own involvement, we felt like we were at a good place in our lives to commit stoto something like that because we had solid stable careers, stable family life. our children were growing up. i never once wished we hadn't done it, but it was certainly a major investment, far more than we anticipated but i would echo what chris said. it was very much worth it because we just never took our eye off of the prize and the california. >> would you recommend to people you just meet to be petitioners in a major precedent-setting national case? sounds like a great idea. >> if you feel deeply passionate about an issue and you can see no other path forward,

without sandy's character and the respect he commands in the game of golf in san francisco pga harding park and the team physician wouldn't have been possible he was catalyst in the success it's unbelievable (clapping) so sandy maybe in some way this is an early birthday present for july 7th you've got our major champing in the city of san francisco and again in closing, i want to say thanks to mayor ed lee and everyone with the pga tour making this possible. thank you (clapping) >> thank you

in a minute, you will hear from chris and sandy. but first, my interview with the men. they have been a couple since 1998 and married last year. >> was there a moment for a series -- or a series of moments where you realized that you were not just disappointed people, as a lot of people were in california after prop 8, but ready to join the fight, ready to put the bit in your teeth and actually take this to court? >> your proposition 8 hurt. it hurt before it passed because the propaganda took a shift and the shift was to utilize this idea that children would be harmed, the institution of marriage would be harmed, heterosexual couples would no longer get married if you were to allow marriage equality. it was the propaganda that was filled with lies and misrepresentations of what our love represents that really lit the fire for us. before prop 8 passed, because we thought this cannot happen in california. but we saw that the tactics of t we saw the attack ads against us and prop 8 passed. it was really devastating. and we just stood up. i mean we stood up and said, this

press conference announcing to get it denouncing done another year and another year went bay by but sandy wouldn't give up it was his perseverance that bought 80 us to rebuild harding park and we were on our way and the 2005 with players like tiger words and fold by the president cup we learned a lot about the enthusiasm of the fans in the bay area and the diversity of the fans the intelligence of the fans and our players noticed that as well that you had thousands of people who it out 80 taught to handinging park and know it's a wonderful thing to bay play that level of competition at harding park since tln then chamz in partnership with chuck to get the clubhouse built so here we are today, we're excited about this for a number of reasons one to have a major champingship played are here this past weekend i heard cbs say over and over again in washington, d.c. the congressional is major champing venue and with ted's announcement today from today on harding park will be referred to as a major champingship venue that's a terrific thing for any golf course and the first t to help it get mov

the town has mostly recovered and they learned a lot of lessons from sandy. chief among them get out when you can. those that stayed put more than themselves at risk. >> we had to order our firefighters and police officers off the road during sandy because we were getting calls for rescues. >> paul says he learned his lesson. >> when he tells you to leave the island, leave the island. >> lesson number one? >> it came in and it came in fast. >> fortunately that is not a threat this time but this is it a town that takes even the slightest hint of hurricane far more seriously than it did before sandy. david henry, channel 6 "action news." >> thank you david. of course stay on top of arthur's impact in our area. we are posting the latest, as it moves closer, we are posting five things to know about rip currents. it's a big risk at the shore. stay on top of weather all the time from 6 abc, the accuweather forecast and our stormtracker 6 live double scan radar. >>> police believe they may have found the body of hammond. she was on the jetty when a rip current swept

. >> that person was sandy lively, a remarkable physical match to ari squire. >> it's a creepy picturehe's the hunter and i'm the prey. that's exactly how i thought about it. he was stalking. i mean, that's how i felt. >> he didn't know that he was a possible victim. he had no idea until we brought those pictures in. i mean, it was scary. that was really scary. >> strangely, ari, who normally didn't wear a beard, grew one in the weeks before the murder. >> ari starts to make himself look even more like sandy lively, and by growing a beard, the two almost looked like twins. >> when sandy agreed to do some work for ari, ari gave him this extraordinarily detailed job application. >> i've never seen an application that asked where a tattoo was at, what they were of and the piercings. if i had any piercings anywhere, i don't see how that would make a difference if i have a piercing if i want to be a carpenter. >> finally, sandy agreed to meet ari at his house, but fortunately for sandy, the meeting never took place. >> i was supposed to go to ari's on a saturday morning, and the night befor

tatum got in touch with me and have dinner with chuck and other corporate london breed's it was sandy'siolation toy including but not limited to build the harding park but to create a genuinely venue for first t kids and really use it as a beachhead, if you will, for the center point in northern california area. it was a great idea we were all excited about that i think two years later mayor brown we had a press conference announcing to get it denouncing done another year and another year went bay by but sandy wouldn't give up it was his perseverance that bought 80 us to rebuild harding park and we were on our way and the 2005 with players like tiger words and fold by the president cup we learned a lot about the enthusiasm of the fans in the bay area and the diversity of the fans the intelligence of the fans and our players noticed that as well that you had thousands of people who it out 80 taught to handinging park and know it's a wonderful thing to bay play that level of competition at harding park since tln then chamz in partnership with chuck to get the clubhouse built so here we ar

killed at sandy hook. on wednesday, they personally delivered 55,000 signatures to governor christie's office in new jersey, petitioning him to sign the new jersey legislation about the size of the ammunition magazines. that same day, though, governor christie vetoed it. and that same day he refused to meet with those two sandy hook parents about the issue. the spokesman said the governor was not in the office and couldn't meet with them even though the families say they saw him there. that day. the day right before the holiday weekend when he vetoed this bill, which had been passed by the legislature way back in may, tough guy waited until the last day before the holiday weekend to sign it. ah, maybe no one will notice. he'd had the legislation since may. why did he pick the day before the holiday weekend to sign it? and then he tried to say he wasn't around, couldn't meet with these sandy hook parents though he was right there in the office at the same time they were. tough guy. then when the press did a

sandy is a 5-year-old chihuahua mix who arrived from san jose. she has fallen into the hearts of many at the shelter with her big personality. she loves kisses, food, cuddles. other dogs are great but we think she would be best in an adult only home. >> she looks like a bit of a pug mix, as well. she has the little bit of a snort, as well. i don't know if you can hear that or not. with the heat on the horizon you want to be careful and make sure you don't leave pets inside hot cars. >> exactly. >> that is also very important. thank you so much. do contact 415-506-6225. let's get this sweet sandy a forever home. >> thank you so much. >>> for all of us here at abc 7 news. thanks for joining us. "who wants to be a millionaire" is coming up next. >> have a great weekend. bye-bye. [cheers and applause] >> hey! what's up? hello. what's up? hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey! yes. ah! yeah. [cheers and applause] hello, and welcome to millionaire. this week has been crazy. i mean, from boris kodjoe stri to the out-of-control, brad garrett, all of these fun sta

tatum got in touch with me and have dinner with chuck and other corporate london breed's it was sandy's violation toy including but not limited to build the harding park but to create a genuinely venue for first t kids and really use it as a beachhead, if you will, for the center point in northern california area. it was a great idea we were all excited about that i think two years later mayor brown we had a press conference announcing to get it denouncing done another year and another year went bay by but sandy wouldn't give up it was his perseverance that bought 80 us to rebuild harding park and we were on our way and the 2005 with players like tiger words and fold by the presid

[applause] >> thank you, sandy.ou -- as we used to say in congress, if you'll allow me a point of personal privilege. i want to say about sandy quinn. i've known him for 25 years. he was introduced to me many years ago but our mutual friend, bob finch, who served in president nixon's first cabinet, and i watched sandy with his activity here at the library and just spent the last last several years as the foundation president and just retired and was succeeded by bill, and i just want to say, sandy, you have been an absolute great president. you have been a great member of our community and i want to salute you for all you have done at the foundation and the library. [applause] >> my kind words for you are much shorter than your kind words for me. that's because i needed you to hawk my book for me. this is, also if you will allow me, this is my third book, and each one of my books i have kicked off here at the nixon library, as this brand new one is actually not published. it will be published in four days. but they'

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it took them longer for sandy.ssistance is vital, having worked closely with them in 9/11, katrina and sandy, i can see a professionalism evolving. in fact i was in their offices just last week on unmet needs of some of my constituents who are still suffering from sandy. but obviously this has not evolved into a sandy-type situation and hopefully it won't. >> at this point there's no reason to think that it will. just really how do they determine how much money is doled out? is that just -- >> congress, congress. congress votes for it. the president and congress agree. the various areas submit their unmet needs, their challenges to congress, and it's reviewed and goes through committee. it goes to the floor and is voted on. >> let's pivot and talk about the economy. of course the jobs numbers. >> good news. happy birthday, america. some good news, finally. >> unemployment rate ticked down to 6.1. 288,000 total jobs added. in fact the april and may numbers were also revised upwards as well. that's the lowest unemplo

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thank fully we've landowner a lot sandy's 14 foot storm surge we talk about this is a storm surge of 14 feet 2 feet higher than any in the history. that's why the electrical system was flooded and the brooklyn tunnel was flood and lower manhattan and queens were completely underwater we took away many, many lessons i have to give and the gentleman is going to be surprised i want to thank governor cuomo i said it he really, really jumped 0 into action and not only responded to the storm in a significant way but afterward looked at our energy infrastructure and made some critical changes to it but the bottom line is what happened it in new york at least we're getting hundred year storms every two years; right? so we have to change with what's happening we have to understand this is not a debate and unless we do something about climate change we're going to drawn like the polar bears. (clapping.) thank you >> i think my mom's in the audience thanks mom. and it's not just storms we've also have dealt with over the last couple of years some of the warmest summers in fact, 2010 was the war

thank fully we've landowner a lot sandy's 14 foot storm surge we talk about this is a storm surge of 14 feet 2 feet higher than any in the history. that's why the electrical system was flooded and the brooklyn tunnel was flood and lower manhattan and queens were completely underwater we took away many, many lessons i have to give and the gentleman is