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the most prominent stevensons that i met were adlai stevenson ii's sister, that's buffie stevenson ives who was really an indomitable figure and she's the one i think who was partially responsible for the fact that the stevenson archive now numbers about 700 boxes of material. i guess every family has someone that cares about the past and she kept her brother's image alive. and one way she did it is to keep all of the records. she died at 97 in 1994. and the other stevenson that i'm grateful for his time and his insights was adlai stevenson iii. illinoians know him as their senator during the 1970s. and he returned to illinois in 1980 and ran two losing campaigns against jim thompson in '82 and '86. and now he's retired from politics. c-span: there's a chart in the front of the book, if i can find and show the audience, of the family tree. >> guest: yeah. c-span: has this ever been done before, by the way? i circled the stevensons here. >> guest: well, in terms of family history, i don't think this has been done. there are people who've done genealogies and genealogies are really intere
the most prominent stevensons that i met were adlai stevenson ii's sister, that's buffie stevenson ives who was really an indomitable figure and she's the one i think who was partially responsible for the fact that the stevenson archive now numbers about 700 boxes of material. i guess every family has someone that cares about the past and she kept her brother's image alive. and one way she did it is to keep all of the records. she died at 97 in 1994. and the other stevenson that i'm grateful...
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brian stevenson, always an honor to have on this program. >> thank you.ighted to be with you. >> let me jump right to that central question. what now? >> well, you know, i think there are really three big issues that both of these instances have revealed. we've got a real disconnect in this country when it comes to assessing what the consequences of the presumption of guilt that follows too many young black and brown men are. i think one of the real problems that both of these cases reveal is that for too many people, if you're a young african-american man, you are presumed guilty. you are presumed dangerous. and even when it's clear that you are the victim of some kind of confrontation, that presumption that you did something wrong, you did something to justify whatever bad thing happens to you is enormous. and i don't think most prosecutors in this country deal with that very effectively. they are prosecuting these cases, they're bringing these indictments as if they don't have to do anything other than put it out there. and i think one of the problems
brian stevenson, always an honor to have on this program. >> thank you.ighted to be with you. >> let me jump right to that central question. what now? >> well, you know, i think there are really three big issues that both of these instances have revealed. we've got a real disconnect in this country when it comes to assessing what the consequences of the presumption of guilt that follows too many young black and brown men are. i think one of the real problems that both of these...
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i stood up and said my name is bryan stevenson. i'm actually the lawyer representing a client today. he started laughing. the prosecutor started laughing and i made myself laugh because i did not want to disadvantage my client. my client came in, a young white kid -- [laughter] >> the great reversal. >> we did the hearing but afterward i was thinking how exhausting it is. these are judges, the people who are supposed to be fair and not act on these presumption and bias. it's exhausting to be constantly dealing with it. attorneys,f defense court rooms are not friendly places, convenient, comfortable places. a lot of that rage gets directed at you. for our clients, it's even more hostels -- hostile. when you stand with poor people, you feel that inequality. big-time. >> a culture where you are -- have you found that? i've been to seattle a lot, , people in the northwest, that's a different culture from new orleans, louisiana, up -- opelousas. they run on how many death penalty's they've given. the louisiana prick award. it shows the
i stood up and said my name is bryan stevenson. i'm actually the lawyer representing a client today. he started laughing. the prosecutor started laughing and i made myself laugh because i did not want to disadvantage my client. my client came in, a young white kid -- [laughter] >> the great reversal. >> we did the hearing but afterward i was thinking how exhausting it is. these are judges, the people who are supposed to be fair and not act on these presumption and bias. it's...
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and rebecca stevenson is here with that story. >> we're so used to seeing a series of storms coming from the west. but what we're not used to seeing, the storms getting progressively more dangerous as they hit. the first today brought record rain into washington state. and all of the west coast have
and rebecca stevenson is here with that story. >> we're so used to seeing a series of storms coming from the west. but what we're not used to seeing, the storms getting progressively more dangerous as they hit. the first today brought record rain into washington state. and all of the west coast have
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after a little while she would ask me, bryan stevenson, do you still feel me hugging you? if i said yes, she would let me go. you can't understand most of the important things from a distance. you have to get close, she told me all the time. when spending a few weeks while still a student working for a sudden prisoner's defense committee brian met the director of the spd see steve wright. brian, steve wright said, capital punishment means men without the capital get the punishment. and finally i would like to read to you the final paragraph of the introduction to this extraordinary book. finally i have come to believe that the true measure of our commitment to justice, the character of our society, our commitment to the rule of law, fairness and equality cannot be measured by how we treat the rich, the powerful, the privilege and the respected among us. the true measure of our character is how we treat the poor, the disfavored, the incarcerated and the condemned. we are all implicated when we allow other people to be mistreated. an absence of compassion can core of the dec
after a little while she would ask me, bryan stevenson, do you still feel me hugging you? if i said yes, she would let me go. you can't understand most of the important things from a distance. you have to get close, she told me all the time. when spending a few weeks while still a student working for a sudden prisoner's defense committee brian met the director of the spd see steve wright. brian, steve wright said, capital punishment means men without the capital get the punishment. and finally...
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stevenson. we want to learn a little bit about you the equal justice initiative >> a private nonprofit human rights organization that provides legal services mostly to incarcerated people in the deep south. we represent children prosecuted as adults and are trying to change the way we talk about race and poverty. we focus mostly on criminal justice reform. >> headquartered in montgomery, alabama. how many people on death row? >> actually the largest death row per capita in the country. country. it is unique in that it is the only state that has a provision that allows elected trial judges to override juries. juries. we have about 200 people on death row. >> we invited you want to talk about the book. your first book. >> the story focuses on walter mcmillan. there was a murder. a young white woman was murdered. the police could not solve the crime. a great deal of pressure. they were talking about impeaching the sheriff, sheriff, and we think they decided to arrest someone, and walter mcmillan be
stevenson. we want to learn a little bit about you the equal justice initiative >> a private nonprofit human rights organization that provides legal services mostly to incarcerated people in the deep south. we represent children prosecuted as adults and are trying to change the way we talk about race and poverty. we focus mostly on criminal justice reform. >> headquartered in montgomery, alabama. how many people on death row? >> actually the largest death row per capita in the...
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this at stevenson should be happy that they were letting him go. what does this case tell you about police actions? guest: it tells me that police officers are using excessive force. meaning that they do not have the discretionary skills to make the right choice. in that situation -- and i'm with ompletely familiar that case -- that is an exceptional use of force. they could've handled it meaning they could have aadjusted their behavior, language, and timing. it definitely appears to be a case of excessive force. host: you talk about body cameras. page -- a headline that this is no slamdunk. there are cases where police turned off the camera. or, in phoenix, where a police officer was fired. guest: they have gotten a lot of press recently in using body it has , and showing reduced the number of excessive force complaints. but i do think they work. the problem of excessive use of force is much bigger than body cameras, and it is just not enough. we still didn't get an indictment. we have to go back to the training and how we select police officers.
this at stevenson should be happy that they were letting him go. what does this case tell you about police actions? guest: it tells me that police officers are using excessive force. meaning that they do not have the discretionary skills to make the right choice. in that situation -- and i'm with ompletely familiar that case -- that is an exceptional use of force. they could've handled it meaning they could have aadjusted their behavior, language, and timing. it definitely appears to be a case...
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the author is ucla history professor brenda stevenson. professor stevenson, who is latasha harlins? >> guest: a15 year-old african-american girl from south central los angeles living with her grandmother and her aunt and cousins. a freshman and high-school and was killed march 16th 1991 in south-central in a store at the empire liquor market by the shopkeeper. >> host: why was she killed? >> guest: there was the struggle over a bottle of orange juice that cost $1.79. latasha enter the store and we can see this on a video camera at 9:30 a.m. to go to the refrigerated case and picks up a bottle of orange juice and places it in her backpack but the top is protruding out and she walks forward to the counter. the owner immediately asks if she was trying to steal her worn shoes. but she is from south korea and her english is not a good. so there is a heated argument that ensues and the order katchis latasha buys the arm to pull her across the counter to see what is in the backpacking and latasha response by punching the order in the face and then she gets of still tries to catch. >> host:
the author is ucla history professor brenda stevenson. professor stevenson, who is latasha harlins? >> guest: a15 year-old african-american girl from south central los angeles living with her grandmother and her aunt and cousins. a freshman and high-school and was killed march 16th 1991 in south-central in a store at the empire liquor market by the shopkeeper. >> host: why was she killed? >> guest: there was the struggle over a bottle of orange juice that cost $1.79. latasha...
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david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> happening now. protesters are once again gathering in oakland. this is 10th and market street in oakland where you can see the protesters there are marching down the street. we are estimating probably at least 100 protesters or so. they are angry about yesterday's grand jury decision in new york not to indict a white new york city police officer for the deadly choking -- a grand jury decided not to indict a white police officer following the choke hold death of an unarmed black man. it happened in july and it was caught on a cell phone camera. it shows an officer putting the 250-pound eric garner in a choke hold even though the maneuver has been banned for 20 years. on a video eric garner is heard screaming i can't breathe. a grand jury consistenting of 23 people -- consistenting of 23 people decided the officer should not face charges. protesters took to the streets of new york city tonight. people walked down the street. this is the second night of demonstrations in new york. and people marched in
david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> happening now. protesters are once again gathering in oakland. this is 10th and market street in oakland where you can see the protesters there are marching down the street. we are estimating probably at least 100 protesters or so. they are angry about yesterday's grand jury decision in new york not to indict a white new york city police officer for the deadly choking -- a grand jury decided not to indict a white police officer following the...
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ktvu's david stevenson explains now what the video may show. >> reporter: san francisco public defender today released surveillance video of september's fatal stab aing of a 14-year-old. >> there is no -- stabbing of a 14-year-old. >> there is no question they got the wrong person. >> he is hoping to get the charges dropped. >> we are here today out of desperation because we have an innocent child who has been locked up. >> reporter: he says his client is in blue. and the man wearing dark pants in red stabbed williams. >> two boys turn around and come out. that is the vinyl that is possible -- individual that is responsible for this. watch the hand. >> reporter: he was a freshman student and a football player. his aunt said the release of the video took the family by surprise. >> there is not a second person in custody but there is a second suspect. >> prosecutors say the culpability is still at issue. >> we are still in juvenile court. it is very important to make sure whatever we do is deliberate. >> the release of the video came over the objections of prosecutors. a judge granted the
ktvu's david stevenson explains now what the video may show. >> reporter: san francisco public defender today released surveillance video of september's fatal stab aing of a 14-year-old. >> there is no -- stabbing of a 14-year-old. >> there is no question they got the wrong person. >> he is hoping to get the charges dropped. >> we are here today out of desperation because we have an innocent child who has been locked up. >> reporter: he says his client is in...
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i stood up and said my name is bryan stevenson.y the lawyer representing a client today. he started laughing. the prosecutor started laughing and i made myself laugh because i did not want to disadvantage my client. my client came in, a young white kid -- [laughter] >> the great reversal. >> we did the hearing but afterward i was thinking how exhausting it is. these are judges, the people who are supposed to be fair and not act on these presumptions of bias. it's exhausting to be constantly dealing with it. for a lot of defense attorneys, court rooms are not friendly places, convenient, comfortable places. a lot of that rage gets directed at you. for our clients, it's even more hostile. when you stand with poor people, you feel that inequality. big-time. >> a culture where you are -- have you found that? i've been to seattle a lot, oregon, people in the northwest, that's a different culture from new orleans, louisiana, up -- opelousas. they run on how many death penalties they've given. the louisiana prick award. it shows the pelic
i stood up and said my name is bryan stevenson.y the lawyer representing a client today. he started laughing. the prosecutor started laughing and i made myself laugh because i did not want to disadvantage my client. my client came in, a young white kid -- [laughter] >> the great reversal. >> we did the hearing but afterward i was thinking how exhausting it is. these are judges, the people who are supposed to be fair and not act on these presumptions of bias. it's exhausting to be...
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ktvu's david stevenson explains how it all began with a confrontation inside a cafe there. >> reporter: surveillance video filmed this morning inside a cafe in san francisco shows a man wrapped in a blanket approaching a female customer. >> a guy came into the cafe and kind of tried to attack some lady. >> reporter: another customer steps between the two. the first man picks up the coffee and throws it on her, he charges the woman and chases her before throwing more coffee on the other customer. he is chased out. minutes later police say the man enters the lobby of this apartment building. armed with a chair leg police say he attempted to rob an off- duty officer leaving his apartment. >> the officer draws his weapon. identifies himself as a police officer. the suspect tells the officer you are going to have to shoot me. >> police chief says the officer a 15 year veteran holstered his weapon believing he could subdue the suspect. >> the suspect goes for the weapon and now it is a life and death struggle over the weapon. >> the officer was bitten. the gun went off and the suspect was sh
ktvu's david stevenson explains how it all began with a confrontation inside a cafe there. >> reporter: surveillance video filmed this morning inside a cafe in san francisco shows a man wrapped in a blanket approaching a female customer. >> a guy came into the cafe and kind of tried to attack some lady. >> reporter: another customer steps between the two. the first man picks up the coffee and throws it on her, he charges the woman and chases her before throwing more coffee on...
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ktvu's david stevenson spoke to san francisco sheriff today about the investigation that lead to the arrest of one of his own deputies. david? >> reporter: the sheriff said his department acted quickly when questions rose,plerly when the -- arose, particularly when the report didn't match information. >> the assault happened at san francisco general hospital. a sheriff's deputy is accused of choking a patient and lying about it. >> unacceptable. won't be tolerated by the department. >> reporter: he spoke to us about the 33-year-old deputy. he is a five year veteran assaulted a patient november 3 in the emergency room and wrote a report that the patient tried to attack him. >> reporter: [ inaudible question ] >> within days. >> reporter: prosecutors had immediate suspicions as well. they declined to prosecute the patient and requested surveillance video. it shows him knocking the man's cane away and choking him. >> we looked at all the evidence that was provided including the surveillance video that we obtained that helped build our case. >> reporter: san francisco district attorney d
ktvu's david stevenson spoke to san francisco sheriff today about the investigation that lead to the arrest of one of his own deputies. david? >> reporter: the sheriff said his department acted quickly when questions rose,plerly when the -- arose, particularly when the report didn't match information. >> the assault happened at san francisco general hospital. a sheriff's deputy is accused of choking a patient and lying about it. >> unacceptable. won't be tolerated by the...
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david stevenson met the woman to find out how this tree changed her life. >> reporter: this victorian box tree is in bloom. >> this is really a nice touch to the neighborhood. >> reporter: the wishing tree bears the hopes, dreams, and wishes of hundreds of strangers and friends young and old. >> i'm thinking it is great that so many people do it. >> reporter: three years ago during an unhappy time in her life, child therapist vanessa sabarise began sharing messages on the tree outside her house and encouraged people to do it themselves. >> i thought people wouldn't take it seriously but they did. i think it is a place for people to sit and be with themselves and listen to their hearts. >> i have paper and i have a pen. >> i don't know how to write. >> you can draw! >> reporter: for neighborhood children, the tree is a place to request something as simple as a new toy for christmas or to share their anxieties about the wilder world. >> to be happy and not have a world war three. >> have a good year. >> reporter: the first year, 200 wishes were posted to the tree. so far this holiday se
david stevenson met the woman to find out how this tree changed her life. >> reporter: this victorian box tree is in bloom. >> this is really a nice touch to the neighborhood. >> reporter: the wishing tree bears the hopes, dreams, and wishes of hundreds of strangers and friends young and old. >> i'm thinking it is great that so many people do it. >> reporter: three years ago during an unhappy time in her life, child therapist vanessa sabarise began sharing messages...
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stevenson blocked after 2 semi trucks collided. heavy fog could they did call for a medical helicopter they could not even the land because visibility was so bad. still working to extricate the driver . this is at the 80- 94 close to indianapolis boulevard dealing with the same low lying falk. now a new accident at the entrance ramp at indianapolis boulevard partially blocked with in a fender bender. that's the few items out there watching. numbers are still holding out. we will see what the weather does and how it impacts of these numbers going into the 6:00. at this point it's based travel time moving pretty well. keep in mind we do have all service restored on the chicago branch from 93 to stoney island. >> still ahead, what people in parts of sierra leone will not gather to celebrate christmas or any holidays. and the former vice- president dick cheney and fires back over the cia interrogation reports. and why you could be in store for a long week * at the post office today. tonight's wgn-tv cover story is a wgn news exclusive.
stevenson blocked after 2 semi trucks collided. heavy fog could they did call for a medical helicopter they could not even the land because visibility was so bad. still working to extricate the driver . this is at the 80- 94 close to indianapolis boulevard dealing with the same low lying falk. now a new accident at the entrance ramp at indianapolis boulevard partially blocked with in a fender bender. that's the few items out there watching. numbers are still holding out. we will see what the...
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inbound stevenson at rhode all lanes are down . to semi trucks collided they ended up calling for flight for life but they can't land because of the fog. really serious situation. one of those drivers is pinned in everything is shut down. also dealing with another accident causing some issues. this is the picture of the flock which is causing so many problems. here's the dan ryan at 633 right lanes are down due to the cars that collided. only one lane open there. at 183 we are closed at harlem because of a serious accident that happened this morning a woman and two children taken to hospital with serious injury. happened right in front of the police station. at this point they're saying that full intersection will be blocked off almost until 7:00. and lake shore drive at oak street close to seeing this accident cleared. still blocking the far right lane with emergency responders on the scene. another update coming up . time for our early bird special. which is not one of the alps for main food groups from the movie elf? candy cane,
inbound stevenson at rhode all lanes are down . to semi trucks collided they ended up calling for flight for life but they can't land because of the fog. really serious situation. one of those drivers is pinned in everything is shut down. also dealing with another accident causing some issues. this is the picture of the flock which is causing so many problems. here's the dan ryan at 633 right lanes are down due to the cars that collided. only one lane open there. at 183 we are closed at harlem...
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david stevenson is in the city tonight. you learned this wasn't a sudden decision on the part of the school district. >> reporter: yes frank. the superintendent of schools tells me the district has been monitoring this storm since early yesterday. the decision to close schools tomorrow came at 1:00 this afternoon with officials saying it is just unsafe for the 57,000 students and 8,000 employees to come to work tomorrow on campuses. now, that meant a large campaign this afternoon to get the word out through twitter, facebook. and in person. parents will have to make the decision to stay home with their kids or find other forms of child care. most of them told us they don't mind. this afternoon at bessie carmichael pre through eight grade, the principal was on the playground to warn the parents of the closurement she went classroom to classroom to explain to the students what the situation is. >> they took it seriously. this is something that is new to them. we just told them that we want them to be safe and that there is a
david stevenson is in the city tonight. you learned this wasn't a sudden decision on the part of the school district. >> reporter: yes frank. the superintendent of schools tells me the district has been monitoring this storm since early yesterday. the decision to close schools tomorrow came at 1:00 this afternoon with officials saying it is just unsafe for the 57,000 students and 8,000 employees to come to work tomorrow on campuses. now, that meant a large campaign this afternoon to get...
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in san francisco, david stevenson. >> how about this story.hristmas baby celebrates the holiday and a major milestone. ellen a resident the senior disable center in camden turned 100 years young today. her family and friends all held a party for her in the center's community room. her daughter says she is thankful her mother is still around. >> everybody lo evero soody love her. this make nine years. >> at least five generations were represented at that big birthday party today. caitlin another big birthday not ite a hddred but 84 my sweet granddaughter down in atlanta. >>> aww. >> did you call her and wish her happy birthday. >>> i did. >> thanias so sweet. we saw improve many to get on the road without any slow downs compared to the rain we had all christmas eve. right now much quieter outside. we battled the clouds and some wind today. here's that dfaarting storm system well offshore into the canadian maritime. that came throwe h on christmas eve. but really just a quiet day all up and down the east coast. it was still pretty mile out there
in san francisco, david stevenson. >> how about this story.hristmas baby celebrates the holiday and a major milestone. ellen a resident the senior disable center in camden turned 100 years young today. her family and friends all held a party for her in the center's community room. her daughter says she is thankful her mother is still around. >> everybody lo evero soody love her. this make nine years. >> at least five generations were represented at that big birthday party...
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reporting live in san francisco, david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> now at 6:00 p.m. day of protests and reflection. the steps being taken to secure east bay cities and allow for peaceful demonstrations. [ music ] >> a serious crime committed under the cover of a san francisco holiday tradition. we will tell you what one man dressed up as santa got away with. >> and a tagger becams target, why this draft prompted a declaration of war by a city official. omplete bay area news coverage starts right now, this is ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00 p.m. >> a day of protests tries their patience and pushes the limits of police resources. this time they are trading in chains for candles. >>> hello. i am frank somerville. >> and i am julie haener. >> protesters chained themselves together and blocked streets and now they are gathering for a candlelight vigil. ktvu's paul chambers is live with what they have planned for tonight. paul? >> reporter: i can tell you it has been a day of protests. started at 7:30 a.m. this morning with chains and now there are people out here with candles
reporting live in san francisco, david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> now at 6:00 p.m. day of protests and reflection. the steps being taken to secure east bay cities and allow for peaceful demonstrations. [ music ] >> a serious crime committed under the cover of a san francisco holiday tradition. we will tell you what one man dressed up as santa got away with. >> and a tagger becams target, why this draft prompted a declaration of war by a city official. omplete bay...
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ktvu's david stevenson is live with more. >> reporter: the fires come after a string of car fires in san francisco's castro district. last week and last month. this morning's victims today were shocked and in one case grateful. >> reporter: he says he is one of the lucky ones. >> pounding on my door, your truck is on fire. >> reporter: his truck was one of four vehicles set on fire this morning in the neighborhood. they stuffed lit paper through the window. the string of fires began before 4:12 a.m. where a black jeep was destroyed. >> my building manager called me and said my car was torched. >> reporter: a car suffered damage, and another destroy said. he can't understand why his car was targeted. >> disturbing. i hope they catch the people who did it. >> reporter: investigators checked buildings with surveillance cameras. they saw three car fires last month and another on december 8. >> looks like there might be a serial car arsonist on the loose. >> the fire department told me it is unclear whether last month's fires were kicked to this morning's car fire -- connected to this mor
ktvu's david stevenson is live with more. >> reporter: the fires come after a string of car fires in san francisco's castro district. last week and last month. this morning's victims today were shocked and in one case grateful. >> reporter: he says he is one of the lucky ones. >> pounding on my door, your truck is on fire. >> reporter: his truck was one of four vehicles set on fire this morning in the neighborhood. they stuffed lit paper through the window. the string of...
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ktvu's david stevenson is live in san francisco. you looked tyke the rapair -- into the rapair job.repair job and there is worry. >> the cars are the last of their kind around the world. which makes making repairs on them is different. >> reporter: a piece of san francisco history that is seeing new light after years in the shop. >> beautiful. this is all hand gun. it is real art work. >> reporter: cable car number one is back after a three year, $450,000 makeover. >> the car was restored. everything from the wheels, the breaks, the roof. >> number one was built in 1973 to mark the world's first cable car line, using parts recycled from a older car. half of the 40 car fleet is more than a century old. the wear and tear shows. >> we have a couple over in the corner that are so rotted. we are taking the roof apart to put it back together. >> reporter: the railway maintains its own shop. but those with the know how are now a banishing breed. >> more akin to wooden boat building or fine cabinettry. 4-5 are retiring and it is a craft that needs to be passed down before it is lost. >> rep
ktvu's david stevenson is live in san francisco. you looked tyke the rapair -- into the rapair job.repair job and there is worry. >> the cars are the last of their kind around the world. which makes making repairs on them is different. >> reporter: a piece of san francisco history that is seeing new light after years in the shop. >> beautiful. this is all hand gun. it is real art work. >> reporter: cable car number one is back after a three year, $450,000 makeover....
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eddo >>> i'm meteorologist rebecca stevenson. we've been watching rain fall in the west. and another series of systems comes through as it comes to the week ahead. as we look at california's report, you can see a significant change has happened. the highest amount of drought is exceptional. and that area has shrunk. still, 100% of the state of california has shrunk. looking at the major cities from san francisco south wards, we are all ahead for the month of december. with the water years starting anew on october 1st. these are amounts that we hope to maintain to break the drought as we get towards the outlook in february 2015. currently across the states we are monitoring a lot of weather. specifically the big storm coming in for the west. that is coming in on saturday and sunday. it will be an atmosphere included. looking at the statistics of what they bridge, note 40% of droughts in northern california are ended by atmospheric rivers. more details in what is going on in your weather coming up. al jazeera america news continues. >> consider this: the news of the day plu
eddo >>> i'm meteorologist rebecca stevenson. we've been watching rain fall in the west. and another series of systems comes through as it comes to the week ahead. as we look at california's report, you can see a significant change has happened. the highest amount of drought is exceptional. and that area has shrunk. still, 100% of the state of california has shrunk. looking at the major cities from san francisco south wards, we are all ahead for the month of december. with the water...
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rebecca stevenson joining us. it's been a wet day on the east coast. >> all the way from kentucky, tennessee, getting the rain fall. over the new york area all day long, snow to the north, and upstate new york and parts of pennsylvania too. as it moves out cold air. our big concern in the north-east is going to be black ice. yes, there's cold air blasting in to areas that still have water around. we'll have slippery spots on the roadways, and see that happening from pittsburgh to philadelphia, boston and new york. colder air coming in, temperatures dropping. we'll start out in the 20s. as we look at the forecast for sunday, it will be drier. across the u.s., we have a drier day, an increase of showers, to the northern californian coastline, shower activities along northern minnesota. monday, a series of storms lining up. breaks in between the rain on the west coast, and it's warmer, so much warmer that we are not going have snow levels low enough to get a good snow pack for the west. the rain and the cool air is s
rebecca stevenson joining us. it's been a wet day on the east coast. >> all the way from kentucky, tennessee, getting the rain fall. over the new york area all day long, snow to the north, and upstate new york and parts of pennsylvania too. as it moves out cold air. our big concern in the north-east is going to be black ice. yes, there's cold air blasting in to areas that still have water around. we'll have slippery spots on the roadways, and see that happening from pittsburgh to...
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david stevenson spoke to police and they say this is one of the most brutal beatings they have seen.>> this is a really awful attack. one of the worse i've ever seen. >> reporter: 67-year-old thai lam who used a crutch to get around was beaten to death by three young men. lam was attacked twice police say between 11:00 p.m. and 12:00 a.m. >> this attack is extremely brutal in nature. the fact they left, came back and resumed the attack, i have to think it speaks volume to how bad it actually was. >> reporter: the coroner in the city financial district is line -- the corridor in the city financial district is filled with cameras. this video shows persons of interest smoking on the galleria steps before the first attack. they believe the suspects came into the area on munni or subway and may have participated in a mob earlier this day. >> we want to see if anyone sees the trio and knows them to hang out together or maybe saw them riding b.a.r.t. or nummi. >> reporter: in san francisco, david stevenson, ktvu. >>> we've had black friday, and cyber monday, now it's giving tuesday. why cal
david stevenson spoke to police and they say this is one of the most brutal beatings they have seen.>> this is a really awful attack. one of the worse i've ever seen. >> reporter: 67-year-old thai lam who used a crutch to get around was beaten to death by three young men. lam was attacked twice police say between 11:00 p.m. and 12:00 a.m. >> this attack is extremely brutal in nature. the fact they left, came back and resumed the attack, i have to think it speaks volume to how...
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. >> host: talking with professor stevenson and the book "the contested murder of latasha harlins" justice, gender, and the origins of the la riots" you are watching booktv on c-span2. >> host: kate bowler is the author of "blessed" a history of the american prosperity gospel". >> guest: an offshoot of pentecostal religion and has a special vocabulary how faith reaches out to the invisible to bring back materials. >> host: what is pentecostal? >> of movement in the early 20th century rough-and-tumble openness to spiritual that focuses on the power of god of spiritual tongs but it is the mentality that god is around the corner so looks for slightly different things. >> host: does prosperity gospel mean wealth? >> there is material they said the body was god's home he was profoundly american you're not just in individual but someone that could baa manifestation of god's presence so they said this could be interpreted even more concrete not just with your health but finances to help christians sing through every detail was proof that god was there. >> host: is uniquely american? >> in some wa
. >> host: talking with professor stevenson and the book "the contested murder of latasha harlins" justice, gender, and the origins of the la riots" you are watching booktv on c-span2. >> host: kate bowler is the author of "blessed" a history of the american prosperity gospel". >> guest: an offshoot of pentecostal religion and has a special vocabulary how faith reaches out to the invisible to bring back materials. >> host: what is...
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in san francisco, david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> in los angeles, crews are working to cleany's star on the iconic hollywood hall of fame. vandals reportedly sprayed rapist on the star. detectives met with a woman who says she was assaulted by cosby. the meeting comes one day after the police chief called on anyone who believes cosby sexually abused them to come forward. >>> a stalemate has caused customers to be without cable this afternoon. cbs has blacked out in 18 markets including los angeles and new york. >>> a special gavel passing ceremony was held today at the civil courts. sidney thomas took over as chief judge of the ninth circuit court of appeals which oversees much of the western united states. thomas takes over from judge kesinski who just finished his term. he was first appointed today the bench by president clinton. >>> rain in the bay area means snow in the mountains. >>> plus controversy in the east bay over this inflatable snow man. >> it's kind of like, you know who's the grinch here? you know, they need too wake up. this is unbelievable. >> why city leade
in san francisco, david stevenson, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> in los angeles, crews are working to cleany's star on the iconic hollywood hall of fame. vandals reportedly sprayed rapist on the star. detectives met with a woman who says she was assaulted by cosby. the meeting comes one day after the police chief called on anyone who believes cosby sexually abused them to come forward. >>> a stalemate has caused customers to be without cable this afternoon. cbs has blacked out in...
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right now we want to meet and talk with author brian stevenson. i want to learn a little bit about you. >> a private nonprofit human rights organization that provides legal services mostly to incarcerated people in the deep south. we represent children prosecuted as adults and are trying to change the way we talk about race and poverty. we focus mostly on criminal justice reform. >> headquartered in montgomery, alabama. how many people on death row? >> actually the largest death row per capita in the country. country. it is unique in that it is the only state that has a provision that allows elected trial judges to override juries. juries. we have about 200 people on death row. >> we invited you want to talk about the book. your first book. >> the story focuses on walter mcmillan. there was a murder. a young white woman was murdered. the police could not solve the crime
right now we want to meet and talk with author brian stevenson. i want to learn a little bit about you. >> a private nonprofit human rights organization that provides legal services mostly to incarcerated people in the deep south. we represent children prosecuted as adults and are trying to change the way we talk about race and poverty. we focus mostly on criminal justice reform. >> headquartered in montgomery, alabama. how many people on death row? >> actually the largest...
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david stevenson spoke with the woman who started this very special project. >> in san francisco's valley neighborhood is in bloom. >> really nice touch to the neighborhood. >> the wishing tree bears the hopes, dreams and wishes of hundreds of strangers and friends, young and old. >> i'm thinking it will help so many people do it the. >> reporter: three years ago during an unhappy time in her life, therapy piss vanessa, became posting her wishes on the tree outside her home. she invited others to do so as well. >> i thought would i get some joke wishes and people wouldn't take it seriously but people did take it seriously. i think it is a place for people to just be within themselves and listen to them selves. >> reporter: for neighborhood children the the tree is a place to request something as simple as a new toy for christmas or share their anxieties about the the world. >> to be happy and not having a world war three. >> to have a good year. >> reporter: fire years 200 wishes were posted to the tree. so far this holiday season there have been 650 and she expects even more over the nex
david stevenson spoke with the woman who started this very special project. >> in san francisco's valley neighborhood is in bloom. >> really nice touch to the neighborhood. >> the wishing tree bears the hopes, dreams and wishes of hundreds of strangers and friends, young and old. >> i'm thinking it will help so many people do it the. >> reporter: three years ago during an unhappy time in her life, therapy piss vanessa, became posting her wishes on the tree outside...
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ktvu's david stevenson is live with what firefighters are asking neighbors to do and the one message someone has for the arsonist. >> reporter: neighbors woke up the owners to alert them about the fires. in all but one of the cases it was too late to save the vehicles. >> four vehicle ins two hour's time. >> very upset that they would do something like this. >> reporter: two jeeps were destroyed for a car and truck damaged early this morning. >> everything is under investigation right now. >> at this point it does not seem like anyone was targeted. >> reporter: his truck suffered minor damage. his neighbors put the fire out. >> i am happy with the result. i feel sorry for the other people. >> reporter: investigators are asking neighbors to check their surveillance videos for suspicious activity. they saw three arsons last months and one last week. it is unclear whether they are connected to this morning's. >> setting cars on fire is a sick person. >> the fact it is a string of them is disturbing. i hope they catch them. >> reporter: he had a simple message for whoever did the damage.
ktvu's david stevenson is live with what firefighters are asking neighbors to do and the one message someone has for the arsonist. >> reporter: neighbors woke up the owners to alert them about the fires. in all but one of the cases it was too late to save the vehicles. >> four vehicle ins two hour's time. >> very upset that they would do something like this. >> reporter: two jeeps were destroyed for a car and truck damaged early this morning. >> everything is under...
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ktvu's david stevenson has more. >> reporter: the credit union was robbed on december second. across the street from the fbi san francisco officers which is involved in the investigation and other investigations into the robberies. police made two arrests in three days this week but there are still other suspects at large. >> reporter: he left with stolen goods. >> he wore a clown out fit. mask. >> reporter: police arrested a 35-year-old. the man they say is seen in these photos. along with 3-19 bank robberies the city has seen since november 22. >> the beginning of the holiday season. that could be a factor. no one has been hurt. tellers shaken up. >> reporter: -- tellers are shaken up. san francisco police arrested the so-called chuck taylor bandit. and suspected in 10 bank robberies. >> he took money away from 7. three other ones he was unable to. >> bad santa robbing a bank in the middle of a san francisco santa con event saturday. most of the robbers aren't getting away with much cash. >> bank have different policies on how much money they could have. it crews arrived qui
ktvu's david stevenson has more. >> reporter: the credit union was robbed on december second. across the street from the fbi san francisco officers which is involved in the investigation and other investigations into the robberies. police made two arrests in three days this week but there are still other suspects at large. >> reporter: he left with stolen goods. >> he wore a clown out fit. mask. >> reporter: police arrested a 35-year-old. the man they say is seen in...
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david stevenson is live in the city with what is behind this decision. >> reporter: the last time san francisco closed its schools on this scale was 9/11 making this somewhat of an unprecedented situation for the school district. the principal of bessie carmichael got word out to parents and tried toics plain about the closure. there are about 50,000 students and 8,000 employees in the school district. the decision to close was made at about 1:00 today and officials relied on facebook, twitter, e-mails and fliers to warn parents about what is ahead. parents took it in stride, but the children were a little nervous. >> for the safety of the kids. we are fine with it. you know. the teacher will e-mail us. >> we are not willing to risk child safety. >> ha are you going to do tomorrow with no school? >> i'm going to go take a nap and driveways. school buses will be running. parents should expect deplays. the schools will serve alternative meals. >>> pg&e is getting ready in the event there are widespread power outages. tom vacar is live where space responders are working now to coordinate
david stevenson is live in the city with what is behind this decision. >> reporter: the last time san francisco closed its schools on this scale was 9/11 making this somewhat of an unprecedented situation for the school district. the principal of bessie carmichael got word out to parents and tried toics plain about the closure. there are about 50,000 students and 8,000 employees in the school district. the decision to close was made at about 1:00 today and officials relied on facebook,...
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frank. >> david stevenson in san francisco. we should mention, we put that surveillance tape on our website, ktvu.com. just scroll down to web links and you can see if you recognize one of those three men, david, thank you. >>> new at 5:00, some call it a harmless right of passage, but liver more police are calling assassin a dangerous game that needs to stop. ktvu's john is live in livermore to explain the rules of the game here and tell us some students have gotten hurt playing it, john. >> reporter: gasia, the goal is to knock your classmates out of the game or assassinate your classmates and these are the weapons of choice, a red marker and nerf-type gun. >> all schools are safe havens. in livermore is no different. >> we have made it abundantly clear that it's not a school activity. it's not condoned at school. they cannot do it at school. >> hundreds of seniors are playing assassin where they try to knock off their classmates. >> you shoot them with a nerf gun or cross off their neck with a sharpie. >> there are a ton of
frank. >> david stevenson in san francisco. we should mention, we put that surveillance tape on our website, ktvu.com. just scroll down to web links and you can see if you recognize one of those three men, david, thank you. >>> new at 5:00, some call it a harmless right of passage, but liver more police are calling assassin a dangerous game that needs to stop. ktvu's john is live in livermore to explain the rules of the game here and tell us some students have gotten hurt playing...
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david stevenson broke the news. the family of that little girl, they had some harsh words for the driver and for uber today. >> they did. there's a lawsuit, a civil lawsuit pending against the uber ride share company and that driver. the mother for the meantime will face off with that driver as he's arraigned tomorrow here in san francisco superior court. >> reporter: the flowers, candles and teddy bears are long gone but the scars from the collision that killed sofia liu in this san francisco intersection are still there. >> i just cannot stop crying. >> reporter: liu's mother spoke out today about the december 23rd accident. former uber driver musafar struck them as he made a right turn. surveillance video shows that collision. >> i was just so sad, i cried at that time about my daughter. >> reporter: prosecutors are now charging musafar with vehicle manslaughter. district attorney gascon said the nearly yearlong investigation found no evidence to support a felony charge. >> without in any way diminishing the loss
david stevenson broke the news. the family of that little girl, they had some harsh words for the driver and for uber today. >> they did. there's a lawsuit, a civil lawsuit pending against the uber ride share company and that driver. the mother for the meantime will face off with that driver as he's arraigned tomorrow here in san francisco superior court. >> reporter: the flowers, candles and teddy bears are long gone but the scars from the collision that killed sofia liu in this...
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ktvu's david stevenson looked into hue officers are responding and why police say the weather may have played a part in those crimes as well. >> reporter: the bell ringing and music on display are seasonal. but an up tick has police warning shoppers that criminals never take a holiday. >> robberies happen year round but especially during the holiday season. >> reporter: between monday morning and this morning there were 11 robberies city wide. some armed some not with cash, computers and cell phones stolen. >> un unfortunately there's no real pattern. but definitely we've seen an increase and we'll respond to that. >> reporter: respond with officers. >> i don't want to step out in front of a bus and someone grab and go. >> i really don't feel safe sometimes. i have to hide my bag. i don't carry a shopping bag anymore. >> reporter: the recent warm weather means heavier crowds and more shoplifters out as well. >> reporter: the safety push extends from sidewalks to parking lots with the police department launching a new campaign reminding shoppers to stow their gifts in their trunks and o
ktvu's david stevenson looked into hue officers are responding and why police say the weather may have played a part in those crimes as well. >> reporter: the bell ringing and music on display are seasonal. but an up tick has police warning shoppers that criminals never take a holiday. >> robberies happen year round but especially during the holiday season. >> reporter: between monday morning and this morning there were 11 robberies city wide. some armed some not with cash,...
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david stevenson is at the courthouse right now and working on getting more information on that story. >>> well, right now, let's give you a live look outside, gray skies and clouds. this is a look going north toward marin county from our sutro tower in san francisco. we have texas -- he tea with team coverage for you. we begin with rosemary. >> showers already working into the bay area. widespread cloud cover. if we get in and around santa rosa, we have a few light scattered showers here falling. this is going to be just the beginning. we are looking at the possibility of moderate to even heavy rain at times as we get into the second half of the afternoon and here's the heavier band here still offshore. i also want to point out that we're picking up lightning in some areas that actually just moved away. but a moment ago lightning being picked up as well. for the afternoon, widespread rain expected. that includes the possibility of thunderstorms as we move into the afternoon. i think it is going to be a very wet evening drive. amounts with this next system anywhere from .25 to 1 inch e
david stevenson is at the courthouse right now and working on getting more information on that story. >>> well, right now, let's give you a live look outside, gray skies and clouds. this is a look going north toward marin county from our sutro tower in san francisco. we have texas -- he tea with team coverage for you. we begin with rosemary. >> showers already working into the bay area. widespread cloud cover. if we get in and around santa rosa, we have a few light scattered...
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a new riding in part on book by brian stevenson. i happen point -- to believe this is probably the correct call. dd is joining us from hermitage, tennessee. the republican line, good morning. yes, how are you? host: fine, thank you. caller: i do not feel that race relations have improved under this president. there is an undercurrent of rage and resentment ffrom the first day he was elected. it is apparent on the interstates -- people look at you -- i am a black american. they will look at you and come over and cut you off for no reason. it has been really difficult. see in washington with in a shut down -- trying to make this president look inefficient and ineffective. everything else in the country has followed the example. even the most recent election, what e don't agree with republican's stance is -- host: thank you very much for the call. by the way, professor laura the next join us in half hour to continue the discussion. we go to maryland. caller: good morning. thank you for taking my call. i think the underlying problem is
a new riding in part on book by brian stevenson. i happen point -- to believe this is probably the correct call. dd is joining us from hermitage, tennessee. the republican line, good morning. yes, how are you? host: fine, thank you. caller: i do not feel that race relations have improved under this president. there is an undercurrent of rage and resentment ffrom the first day he was elected. it is apparent on the interstates -- people look at you -- i am a black american. they will look at you...
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only pulled on stevenson >>> let's just say he was not a whispering sweet nothings. brooklyn superstar kevin garnett getting a foul after blowing in the ear of pacer's david west. you heard the announcer say he pulled a stooerch son, a reference to this -- stevenson, a guard to this. >> when the ear episode happened, and lebron james took it in stride. clearly he was not as amused. needless to say it's been a tumultuous jeer. domestic violence. that brought down the clippers. >> thanks so much for being with us. the a.p. said the domestic abuse scandal of 2014. true or false. >> true. it brought one of the n.f.l.'s dirty secrets out. >> what is that. domestic violence. >> the. >> when you encounter issues you need to bring out it into the opener. what happened with ray rice. it threatened the n.f.l.'s leadership. there's a question as to whether the n.f.l. commissioner - whether he was aware of the evidence at the time of suspending ray rice for two games. a lot of people saw as being light. if they there an incident they are suspended for six games. >> when you ment
only pulled on stevenson >>> let's just say he was not a whispering sweet nothings. brooklyn superstar kevin garnett getting a foul after blowing in the ear of pacer's david west. you heard the announcer say he pulled a stooerch son, a reference to this -- stevenson, a guard to this. >> when the ear episode happened, and lebron james took it in stride. clearly he was not as amused. needless to say it's been a tumultuous jeer. domestic violence. that brought down the clippers....
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ktvu's david stevenson has the details on what it means for water customers. >> water officials told us this plan should over time provide enough water for the region to weather a drought. >> the $113 million deal was done as san francisco received another round of much-needed rain fall. >> so, with that, i think we have a deal. >> the city's public utilities commission, san bruno, daily city, and the california water services company today signed off on a plan that has been a decade in the works. the goal is to diversify the water supply for drought years or disasters. sell those cities bountiful reservoir water during wet years so those peninsula cities can use rain fall to build up their supplies for drought years. >> during wet years, we are asking them to use more water that we have available. >> excess water that would otherwise be released into the river. another benefit for all the cities is that a massive underground aquafir will get to fill up with rainwater. >> this is equivalent to crystal springs, so it was about 20 billion-gallons of water. >> the largest city gets abou
ktvu's david stevenson has the details on what it means for water customers. >> water officials told us this plan should over time provide enough water for the region to weather a drought. >> the $113 million deal was done as san francisco received another round of much-needed rain fall. >> so, with that, i think we have a deal. >> the city's public utilities commission, san bruno, daily city, and the california water services company today signed off on a plan that has...
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. >> i'm here at the roxbury correctional institution to meet dominique stevenson. she helped start a prisoner-led program called "friend of a friend." it teaches long-term prisoners how to mentor younger inmates coming in with shorter sentences. >> the fact that there is no economic development, there are no jobs, and that leads to the despair that you're talking about. and so you still have to deal with that reality, that the same things brought you in here, exist out there for them. >> and i believe that the corruption that exists, particularly where i'm from, from out of baltimore city, from a lot of political officials going all the way up to the corrupt president of the united states, for real, because i believe no one actually care about the poor no more. you know it's all about the rich getting richer and we aint' getting nothing. not a damn thing. >> if you black you going to jail. if they stop you, they gonna do something drastic to you. that's how it is. that's how it's always been. that's why the prison is filled with all of us and not them. >> william h
. >> i'm here at the roxbury correctional institution to meet dominique stevenson. she helped start a prisoner-led program called "friend of a friend." it teaches long-term prisoners how to mentor younger inmates coming in with shorter sentences. >> the fact that there is no economic development, there are no jobs, and that leads to the despair that you're talking about. and so you still have to deal with that reality, that the same things brought you in here, exist out...
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goes through for the people to get to mission street or go around and they also chose to close off stevenson street for an event at the hotel and it caused grid lock and frustration for the people that one of the units had to come and clear them. >> what coordination do we get, who are they notifying about these closures what are they doing about it? and who is regulating the buses? >> that is part of the problem and the engineering part of it and i have the strong questions there. >> actually the mayor just had a express conference today at the mta and department operation's center to speak to exactly what you are talking about and we met last week and added traffic congestion to the focus on the five and the mayor called the special meeting because we headed into december and december was such a horrific month last year that he wanted to get out in front of it and commented that these clogs that you talk about also create anxiousness on the parts of drivers, pedestrians and cyclists and the people get in and among the cars. and the things like blocking the box, cause people to then, as you
goes through for the people to get to mission street or go around and they also chose to close off stevenson street for an event at the hotel and it caused grid lock and frustration for the people that one of the units had to come and clear them. >> what coordination do we get, who are they notifying about these closures what are they doing about it? and who is regulating the buses? >> that is part of the problem and the engineering part of it and i have the strong questions there....
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david stevenson is live in san francisco with that video and new information tonight about the elderly victim. david. >> julie, police are calling this a brutal unprovoked cowardly attack and those who knew the victim tell us he never bothered anybody. >> people who saw 67-year-old, ty lamb say the homeless man could be spotted outside this bank in san francisco's financial district. he kept to himself. >> he never talked. he would just be sitting on the ledge. he would be having a cup of coffee or something like that. it was almost every night he would be there. >> san francisco police today released surveillance video of lamb being beaten november 23 as he lay sleeping in a sutter street doorway. lamb, a disabled man who used a crutch to walk was attacked twice in the space of an hour. >> the three suspects killed a defenseless senior citizen, ty lamb weighed less than 100 pounds. he was 5'5". he was unable to defend himself. >> homicide investigators say these three young men, one white and two african american in their late teens to early 20s are persons of interest. >> they may ha
david stevenson is live in san francisco with that video and new information tonight about the elderly victim. david. >> julie, police are calling this a brutal unprovoked cowardly attack and those who knew the victim tell us he never bothered anybody. >> people who saw 67-year-old, ty lamb say the homeless man could be spotted outside this bank in san francisco's financial district. he kept to himself. >> he never talked. he would just be sitting on the ledge. he would be...
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david stevenson tells us about the boost to san francisco's water supply. david, we're hearing the storm actually dumped 1.5 billion gallons of water into county reservoirs. >> reporter: that's right. it's no surprise that's good news during a drought, though water officials here in the city warn we're not out of the woods yet. afternoon sunshine in san francisco and a break in the clouds brought welcome relief from the morning rain. >> we're so lucky to get such good rain, but now to have the sunshine, it feels great. >> it's very lovely today. yesterday, a horrible day. >> reporter: the city struggled yesterday with power outages and flooding. you stilts officials today had reason to smile. >> you're cheering at the water, getting a lot of rainfall, great for the water system. >> reporter: great, because thursday's storm dumped 1.5 billion gallons of water into san francisco county reservoirs in the east bay and on the peninsula. this is crystal springs reservoir last january. today, we're told it's nearly full, a great relief during this time of drought.
david stevenson tells us about the boost to san francisco's water supply. david, we're hearing the storm actually dumped 1.5 billion gallons of water into county reservoirs. >> reporter: that's right. it's no surprise that's good news during a drought, though water officials here in the city warn we're not out of the woods yet. afternoon sunshine in san francisco and a break in the clouds brought welcome relief from the morning rain. >> we're so lucky to get such good rain, but now...