a new report says sunnyvale is the nation's best small city when it comes to economic potential. kiet do says things are looking up in bigger bay area cities, as well. >> reporter: the ranking of american cities of the future tells us what we already know: the bay area is an awesome place to live and work. starting in san francisco, the city by the bay ranked number 10 for economic potential, it was number 6 for infrastructure, number 2 for human sources and quality of life, and number 8 for business friendliness . the last ranking came despite being one of the only cities in the nation with the payroll tax something mayor ed lee is focused on now. are you saying then that this is going to change, that the payroll tax might even be reduced or go away? >> well, i certainly think we're heading in that direction, yes. >> reporter: san jose also did very well in the rankings. it was fourth for economic potential, number 6 for human resources, tenth for quality of life and tenth overall as a city of the future. how much weight do you put into surveys like this? >> lots of surveys. the

a new report says sunnyvale is the nation's best small city when it comes to economic potential. et do says >>> a city with the brightest outlook with sunny in it. sunnyvale. kiet do says things are looking up in bigger bay area cities as well. >> reporter: it tells us what we know. the bay area is an awesome place to live and work. the city by the bay ranked number 10 for economic potential. number 6 for infrastructure. number 2 for human resources and number 8 for business friend nd friendliness. are you saying then that this is going to change? the payroll tax might either be reduced or go away? >> i certainly think we are heading in that direction, yes. >> reporter: san jose did very well in the rankings. fourth for economic potential. sixth for resources. tenth for quality of life. and tenth overall at a city of the future. how much weight do you put into surveys like this? >> see lots of surveys. the one that put us in the top and a good position i like more than the ones i don't but surveys are just that and we have to deliver on the promises of great place to do business.

. >> using this small city as a, you know, pinata, we find it offensive. >> reporter: at the sacramento courthouse the entire town leadership all stat, waiting to testify. but why? >> since the das offense is not communicating with us as to what they want, we are in the dark. >> reporter: the grand jury hearing is related to the city's approval of the pot farm. most city leaders will take the fifth and refuse to testify. but not the police chief. >> i don't have a problem. i know i haven't done anything wrong. >> leaders approved the pot farm with the hope of brings money to the town. >> they are broke. >> reporter: the mystery of the grand jury investigation may not have to do with the pop farm itself but how the farm came to be. i was told leaders were given immunity to testify suggesting this could be a corruption investigation. ken pritchett, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> the proof is in the paper work and president obama has provided it. the white house released a detailed version of the president's birth certificate, here it is. born in honolulu, hawaii. hawaii's short form was not eno

it happened as the children were walking to school in a small city. the cairn plowed into the children before it crashed into a house. police arrested the crane operator. he was leaning on the steering wheel when w his face down when the accident happened. >>> new program hoped to improve fighting parking in the cysty. 6,000 parking meeters and 19 garages will be part of sf park. censors installed will track in real time where parking is available. the data is updote loathed to smartphones. >>> barracuda network is with drawing plans to sponsor the big wave invitational. discussions for the 2011-2012 season didn't progress and they plan to recreate their efforts efforts to other projects. >>> stalpers are making a big profit. the camp site reservations and permits to climb on the weekend are sold by scalpers online. trying to get legitimate regtrationerize too frustrating. >>> monday afternoon going to be cool, damp and well, mostly cloudy. live look at the bay. we are looking at temperatures on the cool side. cooler than yesterday. few places warmer.

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working with the commission and the small business office and to a larger extent the small business community in the city to see how we can work together to move the small business forward. thank you very much for this opportunity. i am open to any questions that you may have. >> thank you very much. that's very informtive. >> thank you yvonne. diunderstand was there somebody in the appointed position prior to you or was this position vacant for a while? >> because the chief counsel has to be appointed first before we are appointed. after that, then all 10 of us were appointed this january. so, there was a two-year gap. and prior to that my predecessor was working out of arizona for eight years. so that might be the reason why that -- >> congratulations. we work closely with the district director. just one note to advocate on behalf of our small businesses. i am sure that you may have heard about the small businesses and the a.d.a. lawsuits and the department of justice has just recently come out with new guidelines in their booklet. we have seen many small businesses where english is not their first lan

according to the financial times of london it's the best small city in the country for economic potential. city leaders say they are not surprised. >> sounds like you're bragging. >> yes, i am. as i often tell my employees now is not the time to be modest. >> fremont is number 3, oakland number 4. >>> well, easter is this sunday and roberta is going to tell us what she is going to be wearing with her easter bonnet this sunday. roberta. >> a dress. [ laughter ] >> and the rain jacket i'll leave at home because the rain on sunday for easter sunday as far as the timing is concerned should trickle on in towards later portion of the afternoon. temperatures today similar to yesterday upper 50s and upper 60s. those warmer numbers south of san jose. i want to share with you our live high-def doppler radar. when you see green on the screen that means rainfall. this is case it is rain. this sets the stage for the poe tanks of wet weekend. here you go. out and about on this friday evening, for the next 60 minutes we have numbers in the upper 50s and the mid-60s. under motorly cloudy skies. it is bre

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a memorial service was held in the small city about 25 miles from the disaster site. special tribute was paid to the clean up workers who were sent in immediately after one of the reactors exploded. they died shortly after from radiation poisoning. the fallout forced more than 350,000 people living within a 300 square mile radius to leave their homes. >>> now a protest against nuclear power will be held today in men lo park to mark the chernobyl anniversary. that's scheduled for 11:30 this morning right in front of cafe baron. >>> two new electric cars are now on the market, but are they safe? what new crash tests reveal about the chevy volt and nissan leaf. >>> and a new offering from palo alto based facebook will be made today. who the social networking giant is going after now. >>> welcome back to the morning news. triple a is confirming what drivers already know. gas prices seem to be out of control. its new report shows the average price for a gallon of regular gas in the u.s. has climbed to $3.89. that's up more than 30 cents from a month ago. and it's up nearly

f he liken the stadium environment to small city. >> i think it's very important that the neighborhood that work in this country work because people take ownership of the environment and contribute to the kind of environment and standard quality of life that people want. >>reporter: there will always be those fans cause trouble but they will be dealt with. guy hartman couldn't agree more. >> you have some knuckle head. some knuckle head so take precaution. i think that's the best thing to do. >> in san francisco, abc 7 new news. >>> pl security at&t park has been concern for years. in 2008 18-year-old anthony gerard died after punched in the head during post game argument. buckley pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and sentenced to a year in jail and 5 years probation. until september of 200421-year-old tim griffith stabbed to death by rafael who was angry that griffith brushed against his car. he's now serving 16 years to life in prison. >>> still ahead tonight. another powerful after shock in japan. strongest one yet. >> also ahead. i team california watch investigate why the

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the bay area news group studies that 61% of small cities and 47% of school districts surveyed paid for the part time elected officials health insurance. the report showed the average health insurance was $8,500. more than the average paycheck for part time officials. critics say in these hard times, health care should be denied to part time government officials. >>> senate bill 356 requires the state parks department to tell cities or counties when a near by park is set to close and give them a chance to take over the park. governor brown asked the parks department to drop a list. that list has not been available yet. >>> paul chambers reports, a recent trip taken by students has had a victorious result in the past. >> we flew to houston and drove to the difference colleges then we caught our bus in cincinnati. >> reporter: this year the students went on a tour of 16 historically black colleges. the mission is to take these students from underserved and unrepresented communities and give them a chance to succeed and get a college degree. all high school seniors received multiple office

. >> reporter: the small city of berkley, just a few miles east of the airport, was also hard hit. >> i was sitting right there on this couch. >> reporter: emery washington and his family made it to the basement just seconds before the tornado completely destroyed their home. folks here say they were grateful there were no injuries. >> my whole life flashed right in front of me. i just hope i don't have to experience that again. i hope no one has to go through that anymore. >> reporter: the state has declared this a disaster area and the 30,000 without power could be in the dark for days. >> it was horrific and for that much damage to be done and no one lost their life, it is simply a blessing. >> reporter: the airport expects to be up and running at least 70% capacity as early as tomorrow. recoveries in communities like this will take a lot longer. and forecasters caution an extremely dangerous weather pattern is forming that could drop tornadoes just as strong as this one anywhere from illinois all the way down to texas monday and tuesday-- and once again, st. louis is in the path o

call because we're told we're going to have for this small city a microcosm of america. the people may only have to wait until the end of the week and terry jones plans to return to protest this time at city hall we're not afraid . that we can work together as a team as if it is one family a family whose greatest challenge may still be yet to come in dearborn michigan christine for our team. still ahead here on r t one man's junk seems to be another man's treasure but this treasure is one that could leave the tops up legacy especially in india up next we'll show you where computers another gadget problem america go to die. what drives the world the fear mongering used by politicians who makes decisions to break through that sort of thinking who can you trust no one who hears you view with the global machinery see where we had a state controlled capitalism it's called satchels when nobody dares to ask we do our t. question morning. jim. now according to the wall street journal americans spend one point two trillion that's with a t dollars annually for well things we probab

the small city country of georgia has long been known for its fresh organic produce recently it seems the fruit of georgia's economy has been rotting away. people come to the market and don't buy anything because they can't afford it out of both the goods here only the i knew them potatoes are local everything else isn't corded from greece and turkey and iran and it's so overpriced here anyway because we have to try and sell something so we can eat yet he. yvonne knows all about having nothing to eat she hasn't even been able to afford apples for a handicapped daughter to expensive the other mary and i have no how. no money and no social support so all i can do is sit outside a church and beg my sick child the only money we get is my pension around thirty u.s. dollars a month and pensions are together it comes out to about seventy five dollars a month so that we have to pay for bills and buy medicine from the area which is impossible if my young has cerebral palsy and is in desperate need of surgery it can only be performed in germany her family has no hope of raising the money i don'

you don't call because we're told what could happen for this small city a microcosm of america. and people may only have to wait until the end of the week when terry jones plans to return to protest this time at city hall we're not afraid that. if we can work together as a team as if it is one family a family whose greatest challenge may still be yet to come in dearborn michigan christine for is now our t. . joining me with more details is christine christine first saw i guess tell our audience what happened why did pastor terry jones get to hold this protest well there's a few different reasons but the number one reason is that he was in court when his protest was supposed to happen pastor jones was in court on thursday because he needed to get a permit and he was denied one they say where he wanted to have the protest in front of the mosque it was just not a convenient location it's surrounded by churches this was planned for good friday there's only one road for all these reasons they said it would be disturbance so they said you know you can still hold it this is a free coun

closely with over a dozen different organizations that provide direct assistance to any small businesses in the city that need help, such as meta, the bayview research center and the small business assistance center right here at city hall. we have a number of different loan programs that enable small businesses to get access to capital. that allows them to expand or strengthen their businesses. these services absolutely create jobs. our offices able to make a limited number of office sought improvement grants to business and they can use this money to attract customers so they can create more jobs. there is a lot of demand for the program and we wish we could expand it all over the city, but right now is targeted toward our neediest neighborhoods. of course, it is going to be a candidate for many -- for any major corporation i talk with to expand that program. i commit that to you. i join the board president this week in announcing the jobs2 program, which is targeted at small businesses to take advantage of are still available funds so that we can increase up to 300 new jobs in our neighborhoods.

know and the other hand kind of guy didn't call because what all of what could i have for this small city a microcosm of america. the people may only have to wait until the end of the week when terry jones plans to return to protest this time at city hall we're not afraid of it. but we can work together as a team as if it is one family a family whose greatest challenge may still be yet to come in dearborn michigan christine for r.t.e. unfortunately that does it for now for more on the stories that we've covered this .

sunnyvale came in first for small cities. second in human resources category and fifth for quality of life. >> and another american idol is moving off the stage. goodbye says stefano langone. six contestants remain. you can hear what stefano langone has to say about his performance. he will be a guest on mornings on 2. >>> buster posey made a few friends today during a surprise visit to a bank of america. he handed out tickets to giant's games and gave away some photographed giant's gear. it's part of bank of america's customer appreciate program. >>> and the sharks play tonight. >>> and ahead, what a judge decided about barry bonds -- what major league baseball decided about barry bonds home run records. barry bond's home run records. >>> barry bonds' baseball records will stand. baseball commissioner said he will not consider rewriting the records books after bonds was found guilty. selig says anyone who understands the sport will understand why. >>> mark is here now. another good night tonight with the sharks. >> yeah, the

also, i would just like to say that when the city be worse for small business, small business works for the city, and i just really want to thank you for that. on this monday, the small business commission is proud to make knowledge the contribution that jerry sanguinetti, dan mckenna, john wong, and nick elsner, and their co-workers, that they have made. they have been willing to take on the structure, and they have since worked to make this program successful, and as easy to communicate to business as possible. things such as reasonable and administrative guidelines, getting stakeholders to have a fair and balanced hearing criteria, and the wisdom to hold expedite the permitting process on this day, they are helping to build this business program into a success. the commission commends the team, the bureau of streets management, for their team approach in working with the office of small business staff and look forward to a vibrant situation in the upcoming months and years, and for each of you, i just want to thank you. >> i would just like to say thank you very much. it was a challe

lots of time for questions, but i will send it back to you. >> director of the office of small business with the city and county of san francisco. again, i also want to thank congresswoman pelosi for hosting this event, and with her staff, and her leadership around all the work she has done supporting small businesses. because she comes from san francisco, and, by our definition, is small business is a business with under 100 employees. that is almost 85% of all businesses in the city. because she is from here, she really understands what small businesses are about, and she articulates your needs in washington, d.c. in may 2008, san francisco opened the office of small business, under the leadership of gavin newsom, under the urging of our small business leaders. the mayor heard there was a need for the community to have a small office to help the needs of our small businesses in san francisco, help them understand and navigate the complex structure in getting a business opened within the city and county of san francisco. initially, primarily, we were going to be about helping you understand licensin