i went, i left san francisco and went to santa barbara, went to university there. subsequently i was hired, actually was elected to a local public office and subsequently hired as the executive director of the alto vista community house which is a board appointment as well. while with the community council, municipal advisory council, our planning director left and i was assigned planning dregtor responsibilities for about a year and a half before i moved on to another job working in antipoverty, working with antipoverty organizations with community action programs. while with my duties as an active planning dregtor were quite sudden, i will already been on the local planning commission, alta vista planning commission for several years, i was somewhere familiar with planning concepts and nomenclature. however, once the applications for conditional use permits and variances and various rezonings started arriving at my desk, i was required by the state government code the county planning department forward these documents to my office, i would then prepare an analysi

this was community action commission of santa barbara county, which had control over direct services for the entire county of santa barbara and all the six cities within so we had to cover a substantial amount of area, much larger geographally than san francisco but hardly as dense. so my concerns as a resident in the octavia plan boundaries are the preservation of open space, development of greater community gardening opportunities for low to moderate to affordable income residents, the keeping of upper market street at least as a sunshine corridor so that the building, the new growth and developments occurring along the market street corridor don't overshadow the upper market street. i have been quite concerned with two years ago there was a lot of holes in the ground, to put it plainry, walking up and down market street and throughout the market-octavia corridor and boundaries, most of those holes have been virtually plugged up. there is not much vacant land level for development. this has occurred in the last 24 months, it's very easy to see, the disappearing vacant land. in any

i did serve on the university of california santa barbara lrdp advisory committee as well as the community advisory planning council which was the pre-city council for the city of calida that is there. i wrote the incorporation proposal for a city of 17,000 called isla vista. while at isla vista, i directly created, developed, lobbied, got funded and hired the first legal defense center which is now in operation by the university of california santa barbara and that was i don't want to say how many years ago that was. that was in 1978. and i was also on the board of directors and helped develop the very first community federal credit union in the united states which is the isla vista federal credit union out of which many have developed, including the san francisco credit union, based on geographical residence as opposed to a company membership. i also, supervisors want like this as you are all elected, i was the co-sponsor of the first legal ballot option for voting none of the above in the state of california and that was indeed adopted by the santa barbara board of supervisors and allow

the 1,000 people at a memorial for a veteran coast guardmen killed near the channel islands in santa barbara county. officials say chief horne died after the boat he was on was struck by another vessel running without lights. it service included military flyovers. two mexican citizens have been arrested and charged with killing horne. >>> a dallas cowboy player has been arrested and held without bail. josh brent was arrested early this morning for intoxication manslaughter. they say he crashed his car, killing his passenger

and i would point out, santa barbara is a magnificent part of my state. i have a beautiful state. and they didn't have much in the way of moderate income housing, and i think it was very important the work that she did. she moved on to eden housing, a nonprofit affordable housing developer, where she developed over 400 homes as a project manager. and she took over as executive director. later she joined bridge housing as vice president, and in 1996, she took the helm of that organization as its president and chief executive. bridge is the largest nonprofit developer of affordable mixed-income and mixed-use developments in california. and while she was there, carol oversaw the creation of over 13,000 affordable homes for more than 35,000 californians and programs that helped one-fourth of their residents advance to homeownership. because she knew that was the goal. homeownership even after all we've been through is the dream, and she understands that. so, in 2009, president obama appointed her as h.u.d.'s deputy assistant secretary for mult ifamily housing programs. she oversaw a $

cal hosting uc santa barbara. here is robert thurmond, the thurmonator. santa barbara. it snaps a three-game slide 68-59. stanford dealing with giant cardboard cutout distractions at nc state. i want one of those. that was cj leslie. here he is real life. the steel and powell underneath and rise and shine young man. team high 23. the wolf back though lead this thing all the way. nc state over stanford 88-70 thine. the a's have found their if you hero. they hope that's what their short stop becomes. he has arrived from japan and the a's fill a void at short stop. they get a new deal and he is an eight-time allstar in japan. career 3 hoses -- 300 hitter there. he spent all night working on his english. >> i also want to do funny dance. >> first and foremost i think his bat is what he is known for in japan, and he has won some awards with his glove as well. the more we got into this yondz the scouting reports the more we felt like this was a great fit for us. >> he wants to do the bernie dance. abc sports brought to you by river rock casino. >> he can play a

cal hosting uc santa barbara. here is robert thurmond, the thurmonator. spent a fortune on uc santa barbara. it snaps a three-game slide 68-59. stanford dealing with giant cardboard cutout distractions at nc state. i want one of those. that was cj leslie. here he is real life. the steel and powell underneath and rise and shine young man. team high 23. the wolf back though lead this thing all the way. nc state over stanford 88-70 thine. the a's have found their if you hero. they hope that's what their short stop becomes. he has arrived from japan and the a's fill a void at short stop. they get a new deal and he is an eight-time allstar in japan. career 3 hoses -- 300 hitter there. he spent all night working on his english. >> i also want to do funny dance. >> first and foremost i think his bat is what he is known for in japan, and he has won some awards with his glove as well. the more we got into this yondz the scouting reports the more we felt like this was a great fit for us. >> he wants to do the bernie dance. abc sports brought to you by river rock ca

cal hosting uc santa barbara. here is robert thurmond, the thurmonator. fortune on uc santa barbara. it snaps a three-game slide 68-59. stanford dealing with giant cardboard cutout distractions at nc state. i want one of those. that was cj leslie. here he is real life. the steel and powell underneath and rise and shine young man. team high 23. the wolf back though lead this thing all the way. nc state over stanford 88-70 thine. the a's have found their if you hero. they hope that's what their short stop becomes. he has arrived from japan and the a's fill a void at short stop. they get a new deal and he is an eight-time allstar in japan. career 3 hoses -- 300 hitter there. he spent all night working on his english. >> i also want to do funny dance. >> first and foremost i think his bat is what he is known for in japan, and he has won some awards with his glove as well. the more we got into this yondz the scouting reports the more we felt like this was a great fit for us. >> he wants to do the bernie dance. abc sports brought to you by river rock casino. >>

santa barbara county coast s turned deadly.. a small boat deployed by the coast >>> a coast guard investigation into suspected smuggling off the santa barbara county coast has turned deadly. a small boat deployed by the coast guard was rammed by a smuggler's vessel around dawn. the crash threw two coast guard members into the water near the channel islands. one was killed, the other injured. >>> contract talks between clerical workers of the ports of los angeles and long beach and shippers have resumed. today the strike enters its 7th day. clerical workers who have been without a contract now for two years walked out on the job last week bringing the ports of l.a. and long beach to a standstill. right now, ships are being diverted to the port of oakland up our way. the southern california ports are the busiest in the state taking in about $1 billion worth of goods every day. they have to get that settled. >>> many north beach residents are not happy with muni's central subway decision. right now the $1.6 billion project is suppo

the plane had taken off from santa barbara for mammouth. nobody reported seeing the plane. it's a miss stroov. >> now the proof undeniably changing the country from sandy hook and shaking up national debate on gun control that was intractable until now. nra is breaking its silence. 4 days after the connecticut school shooting. in a statement the group says the members were quote shocked, sad and heart broken by the news. the group also pledged to quote help make sure this never happens again. more coming apparently from the nra. >>> plus body blow to the maker of the rifle used in the massacre. as today one power ful hedge fund in california with ties to newtown said it's time for action. all this as president obama signals how far he will go to reign in assault weapons. 2020 anchor chris cuomo begins our coverag coverage. >> each body buried calls for change. white house voicing support for new gun law and renewal of the assault weapon ban. weapons that fire bullet in rapid succession with each pull of the trigger. the business community also proving to be potential cataly

the owner lives in santa barbara. >> who is going to be watching? there should be a checks and balance system to protect these people. >> reporter: this afternoon we spoke with the new administrator of the facility and she defended her saying she is not a bad person and that she is innocent till proven guilty. reporting live patty lee. >>> occupy protesters are camped outside the wells fargo building. the group says the movement helped more than two dozen people save their homes by taking part in occupation. >> there was tense moments at a san francisco branch of wells fargo this morning. 60 people who lost their homes stormed the bank on third street. they are part of the occupy our homes movement. police escorted the protesters out of the bank. wells fargo says tomorrow and saturday they will grant $5 million in down payment assistance for those who qualify. >>> police are looking for the driver of a vehicle who hit and killed a pedestrian and drove away. it happened wednesday night around 5:45 p.m. investigators say the victim was crossing the st

the administration approved vessel changes for long beach and the santa barbara channel.ey high great up the coast and 2010, five whales died in the san francisco area. >>> two cities -- the men's health list for best and worst for men. san jose comes in second with a ratings for health and fitness. san francisco comes in third. and rangings were built on cost of living and commute times. ohio came in 4th and alabama was the worst place for men to live snow borders are flocking to the sierras and we're going to show how crowded it is if you're thinking about heading to the mountains. >>> it has been dry but wet weather is on the way and mark will tell you how it's going to affect your weekend. >> if you're with us, take us with us. you can watch it live on your computer or tablet or you can get the app. look at you guys with your fancy-schmancy u-verse high speed internet. you know, in my day you couldn't just start streaming six ways to sunday. you'd get knocked off. and sometimes, it took a minute to download a song. that's sixty seconds, for crying out loud. we know ho

. >>> cal against santa barbara. an early 8-point lead . later it's tyrone wallace.bears win, 68-59. >>> headliner, of course , the ws. they are out of control! >> we'll talk about it at 11:00.

winter storm warnings from the residue of the storm that is moving into the sierra and south end of santa barbara county. it means the entire nevada we have heavy snow, gusty winds, avalanche danger. after all, we picked up as much as 8 feet of snow above 7,000 feet in the sierra. that is a lot of powder up there. and it is still going to be snowing tonight. with those winter storm warnings at 4:00 in the morning. sfo, partly sunny skies, winds out of the west, 35 miles an hour. high, 55, heading out to denver, same for chicago. newyork city, 39 degrees, partly cloudy skies. numbers in the 50s in the bay area. it looks as if on christmas not a huge deal. it will spread south in the north bay and the rest of the bay area, the remainder of the day. the temperatures in the 50s on christmas. the exstepbded forecast we with will look for rain on tuesday. a few showers on tuesday. but, then, we can all exhale. thursday, friday, saturday, sunday, they look dry. that is weather. sports coming up shows continued the contentious debate on g >>> coming up on "game day" what do the 49ers have to say about a

then, sun, the low pressure now powering through santa barbara counties and the low pressure it leaves behind, squeezing out a few showers tonight. not much. for the most part, here comes the sun for the bay area. winter storm warnings heading for the hills. heavy snow, gusty winds with gusts approaching 70 miles an hour out on the foothills. avalanche dangers as well up to 8 feet since last wednesday. heading out of sfo. partly sunny skies, fewer delays tomorrow than over the weekend. heading over new york not bad. mix of is sun and showers. chicago has snow. so does denver. 37 degrees. back in the bay area, middle 50s. a chance to drain and dry for tomorrow. on christmas, though, we will get more rain spreading south. not as much as we had today. in the extended forecast, looking for things to dry out tomorrow, rain on tuesday, wednesday, a few showers, thursday, friday, saturday, sunday, we will go to partly cloudy conditions, even though there is a disagreement about what will happen next weekend. in the meantime, mostly good news. speaking of mr. good news, we got it. >> excellent

. >>> a coast guard investigation into suspected smuggling near the channel islands off the santa barbara county coast has turned tragic. a small boat deployed by the coast guard was rammed by a smuggler's vessel before dawn yesterday. the collision threw two coast guard members into the water. one of them was killed and another was injured in that incident. >>> l.a. police say four people were found shot to death outside a large home in suburban northridge. the dead were two women in their 20s a man in his 30s and another man in his 40s. the incident happened early yesterday morning. the home apparently served as an unlicensed boardinghouse. detectives are now looking into a motive. >>> a second chance for same- sex marriage could happen in just a few hours when the u.s. supreme court will announce more cases it plans to take up. the high court did not include same-sex marriage in its list released friday afternoon. that left supporters of california's proposition 8 and opponents of the federal "defense of marriage act" hoping for action on those issues today. >>> a former bay area boy s

santa barbara. love begins when we carry each other's baggage. we'll see you next time. >> i'm kind of looking forward to the tight spirals you say you can throw. >> in a public park. can throw. >> in a public park. captioned by closed captioning services, inc. >>> good morning i'm eric thomas. kristen sze and cheryl jennings are on assignment. >>> san francisco police investigating a bizarre birth today. the mother and infant are hospitalized the baby might not have survived if not for police officers who worked quickly to save his life. amy hollyfield is live at the bay view police stakes with more. >> reporter: police are -- are excited today. they say it warms their heart that two of their officers worked hard this morning and had a fantastic outcome, they are calling it a miracle. they are not taking all the credit. they say there's a few other people that played a role in this morning's miracle. the fact that the homeless shelter inside the baptist church was open 2:00 this morning may have saved a baby's life. it started when a staff membe

the guard was there investigating suspected smuggling near the channel islands just off santa barbara. during the investigation, a small guard boat was hit by a smuggler's vessel on sunday. two members of the guard were thrown into the apartment. one was killed, the other had minor injuries. >>> tensions are rising in syria after intelligence official in washington, d.c. reported movement of chemical weapons components in the country in recent days. syria will not confirm if it has chemical weapons. but it is adamant that if it does it would not use them on its people. meanwhile, violence near the airport in damascus forced the flights of egypt to turn back today and the u.n. announced a short time ago it's pulling out all its nonessential staff from the country amid security concerns. >>> an appeals court is hearing the case of former bart police officer who killed an unarmed man in 2009. officer johannes mehserle appealed his conviction in the death of oscar grant. grant was detained by bart police during an altercation was shot and killed. mehserle already served his two- year pris

i went to school at uc santa barbara, graduated in 19988 -- 1988. i have lived in the excelsior since 1999. i have had lots of different jobs, but my main job is doing social work force and a disco, i have been a community organizer, i worked at a labor organization supporting janitor's working in our high- rise buildings. i was a legislative aide before .wr. i got to see how it all work from the outside, community organizations supporting young people, children, families, working for labor, and saw how city hall could be an effective tool for change and then considered running in 2007, 2008, and somehow, i made it. >> you were raised in los angeles, moved to the east coast. what made you want to come back and live in san francisco? >> i love cities. i never felt like i lived in a city in los angeles, but when i lived in massachusetts, where i live, i was close to boston. i had such a great time in boston but i did not like massachusetts so much because it was cold, the culture was foreign to me. when i came to san francisco, the first time i came,

in the aftermath of the cold front that is now headed south into santa barbara county. for us just a few shreds of the showers left overnight. there's a little bit up there but otherwise things are drying up tonight. not for long though. another one offshore in its wake with skies clearing a bit. temperatures will come down into the 40s tonight. 48 degrees at concord. 52 at oakland and san jose. it's 5 degrees right now. and in the weather headlines we have a few showers tonight not much but more rain is going to spread south tomorrow. river levels have to be watched because we're going to get even more rain tomorrow than we had today. rain translates to snow above 4,000 feet. above 7,000 feet, they expect 3 inches wind gusts to 55 miles an hour. they could even get 100-mile an hour gusts tat very ridge tops. so headed for the hills, give yourself plenty of time. carry chains. out the door tomorrow morning rain, wind, thunderstorms the possibility for the bay area. and as we get a closeup look at the cbs 5 hi-def doppler, you can see all of this has changed to just show

. >> advocates for the elderly say the case is -- the owner of marin terrace lives in santa barbara and not on site regularly. >>> san francisco health officials are urging gay men to get vaccinated for meningitis if they plan to travel to new york. 12 cases have been identified in gay men in new york in the past year. three men have been diagnosissed in the last six weeks. the severe bacterial infection effects the tissue surrounding the brain and spinal cord and spread by intimate contact. >> it's due to a bacteria and it is passed by a very close personal contact so secretions of any kind including saliva. >> san francisco is not experienced inn cases at this point but they want residents to be aware of that outbreak. >>> many children's products may have -- they are taking legal action against toys r us, target, and walmart to stop the sell of foam products that contain high levels of the carcinogen. it's been linked with gene mutations and hormone disruptions. it includes map mats, changing ribs, and mattresses. >>> would you drink coffee originating from the tail end of an elephan

statement still at the presidential archives at the internet site of the university of california at santa barbara this is public policy silver is a currency it is more of a currency in history even than the gold is the united states government has a very distinct interest in the value of potentially competitive currencies ability you want to add something they look like you're trying to get in their hearts a great guy but he's want to get for in the end they come out if you choose trading commission he's done his best to try to get this issue exposed but he's got a lot of people that are against it j.p. morgan is that the bank as chris said it's a government operation we know that there has been strong evidence presented against j.p. morgan and vetted by lawyers and bart knows just what it is but that they don't know what to do because if they ended the investigation because yes it's a government operation government operation to j.p. morgan we think the silver market's going to blow up due to the delivery problems in the months and years ahead what are they going to do when that happens if that

. >> santa barbara. >> her husband died. >> uh-huh. >> she started to decline mentally. >> yeah. >> and she was out at a retirement, assisted lying and thought that is where she would live out her days. >> for sure. >> it was -- didn't work like that. she didn't hear well and handy heard well since her 30s, and she started to, you know, not be able to function and realize how much he was covering for her, her husband. >> yes. >> and she was wandering the grounds at night and i was getting calls. it was really bad. >> so you brought her back to new york and i don't know fortuitously or a miracle, something, the place across the hall from where you lived in new york, where you relocated from mill valley, the second home other than italy back and forth, that opened up and your kids were able to help. max and allison, right? >> yeah. >> how did that work out? it's hard to care for an elderly parent. >> it's been working out extremely well. our daughter cooks for her mom, she's a private chef and cooks for my mom every week. my aidses are fantastic, they love her, she loves them and she's fe

lives in santa barbara right near miller and winters is the funniest guy ever.e is the funniest american. >> steve: absolutely. >> of all of them. maccallum you lost but you did all right for not kno >> bill: back of the book logment tonight, great >> rhett, rhett, if you go, where should i go, what should i do? >> frankly, my dear, i don't give a damn. >> bill: odd thing happened to one of the film's academy award's statues. what happened to one of the statues? a, lost in the answer is d, correct, michael jackson. >> i thought you couldn't sell those things. >> bill: you are not supposed to but if do you nothing will happen to you. kind of like committing murder in new york city. just a joke. >> sad but true. maccallum breaks on top. question number two, star wars well remembered for wide array of characters. >> i'm captain of the millennium. looking for the passage to the holderum system. >> yes, indeed if it's a fasthen less than 12 -- >> bill: what famous actor turned down captain? what famous actor turned it down? cards up, please. the answer is b, burt rey

the 1,000 people at a memorial for a veteran coast guardmen killed near the channel islands in santa barbara county. officials say chief horne died after the boat he was on was struck by another vessel running without lights. it service included military flyovers. two mexican citizens have been arrested and charged with killing horne. >>> a dallas cowboy player has been arrested and held without bail. josh brent was arrested early this morning for intoxication manslaughter. they say he crashed his car, killing his passenger and teammate, 25-year-old jerry brown. linebacker was a member of the team's practice squad. a police spokesperson says brent was taken into custody after he failed a field sobriety test. >> it appears he was traveling at ahi rate of speed at which time his vehicle touched or impacted the outside curb causing his vehicle to flip. >> brent is scheduled to be arraigned. the second-degree felony charge carries a sentence of up to 20 years in prison. >>> police in cc released the dash-cam video showing chief's linebacker jovan belcher hours before he killed his girlfriend and

lives in santa barbara right near miller and winters is the funniest guy ever. the funniest american. >> steve: absolutely. >> of all of them. maccallum you lost but you did all right for not kno want to know what i did in the last five hours? i played a round of golf. then i read a book while teaching myself how to play guitar; ran ten miles while knitting myself a sweater; jumped out of a plane. finally, i became a ping pong master while recording my debut album. how you ask? with 5-hour energy. i get hours of energy now -- no crash later. wait to see the next five hours. >> bill: back of the book logment tonight, great >> rhett, rhett, if you go, where should i go, what should i do? >> frankly, my dear, i don't give a damn. >> bill: odd thing happened to one of the film's academy award's statues. what happened to one of the statues? a, lost in the answer is d, correct, michael jackson. >> i thought you couldn't sell those things. >> bill: you are not supposed to but if do you nothing will happen to you. kind of like committing murder in new york city. just a

an evolutionary psychiatrist at the university of california santa barbara and the author of the mind of the market. so, there is your book, let me start with you since you talk about the mind. you say the faith in government comes from evolution and? >> the natural propensity we have is if people have more stuff than somebody else, there must have been something else done wrong, something immoral, something unfair because in the small band of hunter and gatherer in very resource poor environments for most nobody had any kind of wealth so any redistribution had to be done fairly equally or else it was obvious somebody was getting more than somebody else through unfair means. that is how it was throughout history. john: i wouldhink when we lived in the clan or the tribe there was an elder or a few of them who ran things. >> right, there is a chief or a big man that solves the problems, so we tend to look up to the alpha male. you solve the problem for us, you make the decision for us if we can't.wnç it. john: do you agree with that? >> with a lot of it. we live in an advanced industria

>> the owner of marin terrace lives in santa barbara and is not on site regularly. >>> 7:19. bad news for the nhl lockout situation. talks in new york, they broke off. the league took almost everything it had proposed off the table. the league rejected the latest proposal. now the nhl season is in danger of being canceled altogether. >>> it's cold out there this morning. but a warming trend is in store for your weekend. look at that gorgeous sunrise. up next, rosemary will tell you what you can expect for your neighborhoods. >>> and more problems for cat williams -- katt williams. an arrest warrant was just issued. >>> here is a look at highway 24. you can see a lot more fox on the roads. we'll tell you what the hot spots are when it comes to traffic -- next. >>> new legal problems who now says he's retired from standup comedy. an arrest warrant has been issued for a police chase in downtown sacramento last month. the police say katt williams -- katt williams almost hit five people. katt williams -- katt williams did not show up for an arraignment in seattle. despite all of t

i kind of toyed with uc santa barbara for the most part led by 22. freshman tyrone wallis had a dozen. you will see him work he had a double-double himself. works the baseline. got the reverse lay up to go, 10 points, 10 rebounds and the bears are 7-3. and you know what, you've only really arrived in the nfl as a quarterback these days after you have a rap tune written for you. everyone if it is by a 5-year- old. collin kapernick you are the it man for the 49ers right now. have a listen. >> ♪ >> not too bad. five years old, that's the sporting life for a tuesday night. we're just going to let her be nameless and she'll probably make a big name for herself but we'll let her do it on her own. i don't want her to get bombarded by e-mails. >> yeah, she had the tattoos on her arm just like kaepernick. i hope they are fake. thank you for joining us on ktvu news. we hope you can join us tomorrow morning. >> and we're always here for you at ktvu.com and mobile ktvu.

around and in the 40 asand the low pressure off of the pacific northwest, and that jet stream is to santa barbara and point conception. it will stay chilly this week. there is nothing to stop the cold air coming from up out of the gulf and moving south. as a result, it's going to be chilly this week. and from time to time, we will get a break after the monday rain. tuesday and wednesday looks okay. the forecast highs for the day, 57 degrees in san francisco; 58 degrees at redwood city and 59 in san jose. in the extended forecast, well, after a wet monday, roll clear out and get partly cloudy skies and increase the clouds again and look at what happens on thursday, friday, and saturday and gets wet and stays wet and right past christmas, things are going to be unsettled and wet from time to time. >> and not necessarily consistency, right? >> uh -- . >> he's not ready. >> and i have never done this john. that is something i can back up. really, and the honest truth, it's hard to say if it's going -- if we're going get breaks or not and that is looking like from time to time it's going to be wet. >>