for more on sophie's story and how you can help, log on to nbcbayarea.com and search sophie's story.>> one in three kids in america is overweight or obese. so what's your school feeding your kids and how much is it spending on that food? tomorrow night at 11:00, some say it's the dirty secret in schools, buying cheap food instead of healthy meals. even though performance and test scores are shooting up. >> i noticed that when i ate the food here, my body changed. like, i've gone in lighter, i've gone in taller. >> kids love it. we'll show you what we found in the school cafeteria, tomorrow at 11:00. >>> also, we want to tell you about a lineup change tomorrow. nightly news is on at 4:00 followed by the bay area news at 4:30. the vikings take on at 5:00 and then it's sports sunday on prime time on tuesday, the entire shuffle all due to weather. that snowed-out sunday night football game in philadelphia, of course. >>> and i assume things are getting a little better in philadelphia tonight, but things are going to get worse here. >> we'll see wind chill factors around 20 at game time t

sophie has never be able to run.ill never jump on her bed or swim in a pool and all the things we took for granted. >> one e-mail that took on a life of its own, rippling through the rings of one social network after another. >> i was hoping to raise $15,000. one month later by the time the kims raced in the rock 'n' roll half marathon, they met their goal plus another $108,000. >> the power of humanity is humbling. how many people are out there who are so generous and willing to give of themselves. >> the money is already being used in four research projects through cure cmd. two focus on sophie's condition. >> we can work on this disease for 10 to 15 years and it's possible they may not come up with a cure, but we have to say that we tried. tried our best. >> in all, some 1300 people contributed. strangers compelled by a simple letter. >> i'm going to be sophie's legs and sophie is going to be my heart. together we are going to savor every step. >> joe oshoa. >> the power of networking and giving. >> queer work to

maxwell sophysophie -- like sophie maxwell. again, on behalf of the public utilities commission, congratulations to everyone who has been involved in this fight. thank you. >> thank you, commissioner. nowyoucfo of transbay. >> we are happy to be here and play our part in recognizing the vision of the city leadership, and we want to thank you for your assistance. we've been live now for about three days, and we want to thank some of the key stakeholders that help us build our ambitions. at least of which was the pittsburgh howard company. they played a huge part in working with the stakeholders to get this facility built. steel river for their stick to it of this to help us get the facility built through an economic challenging environment, and we are just happy to play our part and thank everybody for their part in realizing our ambition. thank you. >> i also want to

it grabbed sophie by the shoulder in its jaws. it is the 10th raccoon attack in alameda this year.attacks on small dogs while they are being walked. at least four of the pit owners were bitten. >> we would like to inform the public not to walk the dog after dark. >> the alameda county health department requires locking your dog door at night. the raccoons are losing their fear of humans because too many people are feeding them. they have also noticed that raccoons living on the island city of alameda are more aggressive than mainland raccoons. if you have animals -- if you have animals that are stressed and they are more concentrated. it means more concentration for the meal. health officials say controlling the raccoon population is not the solution. it is controlling the human population that feeds them. in alameda, alan wang, abc7 news. >>> "time" magazine named its person of the year, mark zuckerberg. he was chosen for changing how we all live our lives. >> the communication between my parents and the rest of my extended family, it is much, much easier now. grandparents and aun

with that, your supervisor, supervisor sophie maxwell. [applause] >> thank you. i remember like yesterday those five to six votes, but what made a difference was the community. what made a difference was young community developers and hard hats and yellow vests lining up the walls. 60, 70 of them, and each of them speaking about the opportunities that they wanted to become working people. they wanted jobs and they wanted a leg up, and that is what this was about, so that is what i remember. i remember 2:00 and 3:00 in the morning, but it was all worth it. i can hardly find a parking place this year. i'm really excited, and this boulevard -- you are right. we are working on becoming a home improvement district with lowe's being the anchor, so i think you are going to find a lot of fascinating things happening in this area, this district, so i want to thank the mayor and all of my colleagues. the so-called progressive -- they do not relate like economic development that much. they like programs. so aaron said that it was going to be rough, and i told him to represe

actually didn't check to see if the executive summary included an idea that came up that supervisor sophie maxwell had really locked on to which was that when community benefits are allocated out of projects costs and project investments, that the portion that's going to go in the community benefits would be allocated pursuant to a fund that c.b.o.'s and nonprofits apply to with their projects and proposals they kind of r.f.p. into. this is something we saw with the south market stabilization fund which was the community benefits package that came out of the rincon center i want to say supervisor chris daly allocated. and they went in and made the proposals and was graded by an independent panel which a lot of the speakers are talking about today which is transparency. you want to reward -- create a really good community partnerships that will give you outcome-based results. that is something that's really promising about this. and like i said, i didn't get to see that idea of kind of a community benefits fund in which everyone comes together with their proposals about how to move communit

see where they'd tried to bite ahold of her arm. >> sophie found self out matched. >> they had a hold of her and was pulling back and off like this with the little dog in their mouth. >> that's why we like to inform the public not to walk the dog after dark. >> the alameda county environment health department represents locking your dog door at night. they say the raccoons are losing their fear of humans because too many are feeding them. on alameda they're more aggressive than mainland raccoons. >> this is kind of an island, if you have more animals, it doesn't have release to go to other places. >> less territory means more competition for food and sophie may have been the intended meal because there was no food in the dog bowls. health officials say controlling the raccoon population is not the solution. it's controlling the human population that feeds them. in alameda, allen wong, abc 7 news. >> it's 5:06. thieves have again struck a popular neighborhood home display in alameda. somebody has been taking decorations put up along christmas tree lane. last weekend they hit dozens of

sophie, thank you so much. supervisor maxwell: public comment is closed. we will continue this item to the call of the chair. supervisor mar: i was just going to say before i have to leave, it has been such a great pleasure to work with you on the land use committee. i have learned so much from you and i think your the sharpest dresser on the board. i have learned a lot about how to address community concerns, criticisms, and how to bring people together from your leadership. we butted heads on a couple of different things, but it has been an honor to serve with you. i want to thank you for sharing the land use committee. supervisor maxwell: it has been great working with supervisor maxwell: you. -- working with you. supervisor chiu: i wanted to echo his comments. we are going to miss you greatly. you have had a tremendous impact of the past, present, and future of our city with regard to land use. there are so many projects in your direct imprint help to improve. it has been a true pleasure to work with you and i think our committee has worked very well t

also sophy maxwell. i have found a file on ed and i was cleaning out my files. i am glad that that episode is behind us. i am very pleased with the great work. we have been celebrating his work. we were just out at sunset celebrating his contribution. i am grateful that you took the time to be here. you should be very appreciative. thank you for being here. i see a lot of department heads here. i think that everything has been said about ed over the years by pretty much everyone but it is approach to it that i recast in a new light. i have advantage of being around here for 16 years. i was a member of the parking and traffic commission. i worked on the board of supervisors for 16 years. my life has been devoted to this city in a formal capacity. i have had the privilege of working side-by-side with ed of those years in different roles. when you go through the process of making changes and when you win an election, you should make changes. there is always someone who is top of the list. it is amazing because he is always at the top of the list for multiple roles.

i am joined by commissioner chris daly and sophie maxwell. erica chang it is our clark. i want to take a moment to thank sfgtv for providing access to the meeting. madam clerk, please call item two. >> approval of minutes of the november 9, 2010 meeting. this is an action item. commissioner mar: is there anyone from the public that would like to comment on this item? seeing none, public comment is closed. without objection. item two. -- item three. >> recommend increasing the amount of the authority's professional services contract with parsons transportation group by a maximum of $1,700,000, to a total amount not to exceed $3,972,046, for environmental and preliminary engineering for the van ness avenue bus rapid transit project and authorization for the executive director to negotiate the contract terms and conditions. this is an action item. >> good morning, senior planner manager, manager of the van ness brt current phase, environmental analysis, product development. that is what%, 30% engineering. van ness bus rapid transit is a signature project within the prop k e

we love you and miss you, ashton, adam, cloe, sophie and little nathan. we can't wait to see you. >>> just about every jurisdiction in the country requires you to prove your residency to get access to certain social services. but should that apply to homeless people seeking shelter as winter poaches? the district is considering doing that just. >> i call myself a homeless, homeless advocate. >> reporter: eric sheprock is among the estimated 6500 homeless people in the district and for years he's been a voice and face for those invisible street people. >> the city has a moral obligation to care for anybody within the limits who is in need. >> reporter: the latest battle is being waged online through two of his blogs and social media. >> on twitter, i have 840 followers. facebook i had 4550 friends. >> reporter: and eric is enlisting all of them in an effort to stop the district from requiring proof of residency from anyone seeking access to a long-term homeless shelter. >> communities have tried to balance the budgets on the back of the homeless and been u

i'm sophie maxwell and i'm chair of the committee. eric mar will be joining us shortly and our board member and president of the board, david chiu, has joined us. madam clerk, i believe you have some announcements. i'd like to chang the folks at channel 26 and our clerk, alisa, channel 26 for bringing us live and you for being our clerk. and i think you have some announcements. >> please make sure to turn off all cellular phones and pagers, complete the speaker cards and copies of any documents to be included should be submitted to the clerk. items will appear on the board of supervisors agenda, unless otherwise stated, on december 7. supervisor maxwell: thank you. we will have item six. item seven will be continued until december 6. and item number four will be continued till the call of the chair. supervisor chiu: you said item six is also continued? supervisor maxwell: item seven will be continued until december 6 and item number four will be continued till the call of the chair. however, if you'd like to speak on either of those i

sophie hutchinson has the latest on the police inquiry. >> seen more the -- for the last time on cameraese cctv images show yates as she enters an off-license to buy some ciser. there are no sounds be -- signs of distress. eight days later her body wa found, strangled. this seems to be the end of the camera trail showing her alive and well. it's believed she then headed back to her flat. what happened next is still say matter for this murder inquiry, but police say they're investigating claims that jill yates' landlord may have seen her leave her flat here at 9:00 p.m. on the night she disappeared with two people. but there are conflicting accounts of what exactly was wisss -- witnessed. throughout the day, police experts continued their forensic investigation. a number of objects of investigation have been recovered from the home in this affluent part of bristol. >> yes, we're all frightened. and you are, aren't you? >> yes. >> it's given everyone a very unpleasant, nervous feeling, actually. >> and the forensic examination of the place where joanna yates' body was discovered on christ

so the maxwell was on the committee before becoming -- sophie maxwell was on the committee before becomingendant supervisor. for the past three years, i have run three businesses in the bayview/hunters point area.

so the maxwell was on the committee before becoming -- sophie maxwell was on the committee before becomingendant supervisor. for the past three years, i have run three businesses in the bayview/hunters point area. i want to commend supervisor avalos and the rest of the board on the landmark legislation passed yesterday about local higher. i think it is fantastic. virtually every member of our committee once the america's cup. we want to have the america's cup here. the question is at what cost and with what benefits. i want to make three points on the america's cup deal as we now know it. since working in this building almost 25 years ago for mayor feinstein from 1980 to 1984, and as part attendant for the last 18 years, i have for put eight port directors and their staffs. the current port director and her staff are a dream team of which the city can be proud. that are extremely competent, and they are committed to the best interest of the court -- of the port and the city. this is the best team we can have to hold the key to the fire of the america's cup and to enforce whatever deal is s