just southeast of st. the plage, or beach, de pampelonne epitomizes the beach scene on the riviera. all along this curving coastline, beach clubs like the voile rouge, barfly beach, and club 55 cater to yachting millionaires and the like. you don't have to be rich and famous to partake. just make a reservation more than a week in advance for lunch. you'll pay more for your meal and a beach chair here, but pampelonne is by far the loveliest stretch of sand on the riviera. small public beaches adjoin the private clubs. it's my final destination, and i think i'll stay a while. you know, it is really tough working in front of a camera here in st.-tropez. you're liable to be mobbed by paparazzi or starlets looking for a break. so i got to be really discreet here. thanks so much for joining me. i'm rudy maxa from st.-tropez. all videos and dvds of smart travelare 24.95 each, plus shipping. call 800-866-7425 for the 2-episode dvd or video on the french riviera, burgundy, and loire. details of all of our travel vi

st. anthony's, st. boniface go back many years. glide is now an older institution. there are long term institutions in the tenderloin trying to meet the needs of it's residents. jerry: over the history of the tenderloin it's been a place where service providers come and provide human services for people who need them. so people with hiv and aids- there are resources here for those people. substance abuse, mental illness- there are a lot of resources in the tenderloin for those people. and it's a place where people who have special needs such as those can live their lives. you know there was a time, not so long ago, there was a time where there was discrimination against people with hiv and aids, so the tenderloin was a place where people could find housing instead of other parts of the city. chris: the tenderloin development corporation a community development corporation, is i think one of the biggest in san francisco. they have retrofitted a large number of buildings in the tenderloin. their mission is to provide housing to tenderloin residents. the model of commu

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luke's, then st. luke's would have fallen into historical and would have then not even been a question, that they would no longer exist? supervisor campos: the way that it would work is in deciding the issue of consistency, the planning commission in consultation with the advice of the health commission would take the historical role that that institution has played into consideration in making the consistency finding. that would be one of the factors that they would look at. we believe that that addresses that concern and that to the extent that there are additional concerns because of the seismic retrofit issue -- and let me say this -- we heard from a number of community members who rightly point out that the consistency determination as currently structured in fact allows these institutions to go forward with their state law obligations in terms of addressing the seismic issue. ideally, our preference would have been not to talk about changing the effective date of the consistency determination. i

luke's, then st. luke's would have fallen into historical and would have then not even been a question, that they would no longer exist? supervisor campos: the way that it would work is in deciding the issue of consistency, the planning commission in consultation with the advice of the health commission would take the historical role that that institution has played into consideration in making the consistency finding. consistency finding. that would be one of the factors

>>> paying up, st. joseph's medical center agreed to a multimillion dollar settlement and now, the possibility for charges an what it means for patients. >> i'm don scott. and i'm jessica kartalija. the government is saying that st. joseph put unnecessary accident stents into heartfacients. good afternoon, mike. >> reporter: good afternoon, don and everyone. underthe settlement, the doctor doesn't admit liability. this doesn't effect the lawsuits that the patients filed over the stents. >>> and three doctors blue the whistle on what the feds say was a kick back scheme and the hospital will pay $22 million so settle with the government. as for criminal liability, the u.s. attorney told us this. >> i'm not going to be able to comment and the only issue is the resolution of the civil liability. >> reporter: and here's what happened. st.joseph was paying a heart care group to refer patients for lucrative procedures. >> and the health care pride -- providers pay the kick back and that's a violation of law. >

i am with the st. louis hospital. a -- i am with the st. luke's hospital. a lot of people come up from uhw and one jobs. this is an opportunistic thing for them to say. they want to say they are a union on the one thing -- on the one hand, but that is an opposing thought. in other words, if they want to say something more useful instead of just a mom and apple pie -- how did you get more jobs by supporting one big centralized institution then you do by getting two smaller ones? if cpmc were smaller and st. luke's is bigger, how is that going to have their be less jobs? i support the luster it -- the master plan. i think it should happen right away. >> linda chapman. as i said last time, i think it is a great idea. it is vital that it include cpmc, that we do not in the course of legislation let things in the pipeline out. we have an eir process, but the planning commissioners made it clear that is not sufficient without their having guidelines. it will emphasize physical environmental things and say that is economic and does not apply to the eir process. wh

and st. josephs agreed to pay the $22 million settlement to avoid defending itself in court. >> we bring the cases when we believe we have a case. >> and most of the money will go to the government. some of it, nearly $3 million will be split among the three whistle blowing surgeons. >> the doctors are referred on the basis of pay and quality of care. that was the only thing we want. >> reporter: and the former surgeon is still under investigation for possibly performing unnecessary stint procedure. they say it affects him favorably. and if you look at these allocations, they're between the hospital and mid-atlantic having zero to do with him. >> and the u.s. attorney says this doesn't resolve criminal issues against the hospital and or the doctor. >>> thank you, a, and he's sued the hospital saying he's been made the scapegoat. >>> thousands of dollars in computer equipment stolen from a north east baltimore charter school. 17 computers were taken from the academy the police have just begun

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i live at 1000 mason st.. my bedroom is on the first floor. i'm going to be at ground zero, but i strongly favor this project because i'm not looking at the two or three or wherever years it will be in construction. i'm looking back as to what the hotel was 30 or 40 years ago. it was the prime meeting place for san franciscans. it was a place where people went to meet, to eat, and to enjoy themselves. i'm looking forward to the future. having been in the hotel business, i see a future where it is obvious to me these owners care about this project, and they are not allowed to do what they do, then they will sell the hotel for whenever they can get, to an owner who i would assume would have less care than they would have. the fairmont hotel is now about 500 rooms. it needs to get groups in theory b.c. these buses every once in awhile, which makes driving on mason st. lots of fun. -- we need to get groups in. the cds buses every once in awhile. if that happens, that is not been for the neighborhood. the other thing is that these owners have been

i'm a resident of 1000 mason st.. i overlooked the tower directly from my apartment where i have lived for seven years. i also served as the volunteer treasurer of grace cathedral and member of the executive trustees. in my volunteer capacity, i was asked to come to you today to speak about grace cathedral close support of the project, which i also support as a neighbor. the cathedral takes the long view. our building is for your years younger, and we are still not finished with it today. we have another 20 or 30 years of work to build to from fleet the cathedral. we understand that the maintenance of aging structures is very expensive, and it requires that the use of the building be such that it receives enough economic support to maintain it. we have that problem that braze cathedral. we face it every day. you very much support the project across huntington's where from power structure because we take the long view and what the fairmont to be there for another 100 years. clearly, in its current use, it is not going

. >> i am from st. louis, missouri. a lot of you think i have said it in correctly when i said missouri. you think i got it slid into my southern dialect, right? no. i was not born in st. louis. i was born in nashville, tennessee, a little town side of nashville. that is where i grew up, went to high school, met and married my husband. moved back to st. louis where i lived part of my life. i heard people saying missouri and missouri. what is the correct pronunciation of our new home? the best place to go when you want information is where? >> [inaudible]. >> of course, we all know that. i went to the library and the librarian gave me a wonderful book and began a life long friendship with the librarian. missouri is the native american pronunciation. in their language it is the people of the big boats. one word means all of that. missouri. frenchman who came up the mississippi river. they said that would be a great place to have a trading post. they set up a trading post and called it st. louis. missouri became missouri.

this only resolves a civil case between st. joe's and the government. it doesn't solve any other potential issues. >> reporter: the medical center still faces 101 lawsuits filed by patients and a lawsuit filed by dr. maday who says he has been the scapegoat for this kick back scheme. kelly mcpherson. >> if the case had gone to court, the government could have demanded $120 million from st. joseph's. >>> a baltimore county woman lies about having cancer to scam friends and teamly out of money. now a judge is stacking more prison time on to her sentence. dina mioni has violated her probation in four earlier fraud cases. >>> a developing story right now out of baltimore county where a man was shot in the face. you can see this video of forming the >>> bullies verbally abused and urinated on her son is she's not going to take it. it all started in a bathroom at deep creek middle school in essexx and it's now headed to the courtroom. >> reporter: right now, the school system is kind of doubting or questioning whether this victim could have seen the boys who

i am at st. francis and representing st. mary today as well. i'll have another hat i will share with you in a moment. i did want to commend the work of the supervisor with the stakeholders in the community and he has discovered and we have discovered with

the st of the most dangerous ples. st. louis is the most dangeus city. followed by camden, new jersey, detroit, and if the michigan. richmond ranks number six. >>> coming up next, call it perfect timing. a new homeless shelr opening in san francisco right now as temperatures are on the verge of plunging. and why there's encouraging news for retailers heading into the big holiday shopping season. >> leigh: i'm leigh glaser a nice break today, but live doppler 7 hd already picking up showers, getting very close to the bay area. we take a look at the accuweather [ ma announcer ] life is indeed an incredible journey and while the road you traveled may have been different om that of your neighbor, some choices are pretty clear toust about everyone. like getting more for your money. anthem blue cross has a althy selection of medicare advante plans, medicareupplement plans, and prescription drug coverage. so you don't have to settl when it mes to your healthcare. they have plans with $0 premiums, out-of-pocket expenses, plans with low even plans with no network

it was the 30th anniversary of mount st.s so quite dramatic, traumatic event in the pacific northwest. i want to answer that question first and then we'll get on to the rest of the questions. she wants to know what is the difference and do all mountains erupt or are all mountains capable of erupting? good question. >> it is. >> do you guys know the answer? >> she seems to think it is maybe a mountain. >> you're in class. get ready. mount st. helens is both a volcano and a mountain. it is a volcanic mountain. it gets to be both. there are a lot of instances of this around the world. but, get this, many volcanos are mountains but not all mountains are volcanos. >> you are either a volcano or not. let's talk quickly plate tectonics. i remember watching mount st. helens erupt. that ash made it all the way to the east coast, by the way. we are talking plate tectonics here. as the plates on the earth's crust get pushed together, that causes upheaval, erosion. that is what forms most mountains. volcanos are formed from an entirely

. >>> just hours ago, 50 people treated at st. joseph's medical center, filed new lawsuits, sparked by a federal investigation that found they may have undergone unnecessary heart surgeries. mike hellgren has the wjz news exclusive. >>> these lawsuits allege negligence and fraud against st. joseph's medical center. and the man who was once one of its most prominent physicians. >> reporter: in these new lawsuits, patients claim dr. mark meday and st. joseph's medical center were careless and put them at risk. after stents placed in their arteries were not blocked enough to warrant the procedures. >> this was in direct response to the $22 million settlement reached between the united states government and st. joe's last week. >> reporter: in that bombshell settlement, st. joseph did not admit liability, but agreed to pay millions to the government for paying illegal kickbacks for patient referrals and gitting government money for procedures involving stents placed by dr. meday. >> i have had top institutions, including yale, review

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st. mary's and st. francis as we speak. they will pass the 2014 deadline, but we will be looking at a 2013 deadline. -- at a 2030 deadline. it requires an outlook and we are not there yet. the suggested amendment presents us with interesting challenges for how we could look beyond those years into 2030 and preserve -- for all of us, we recognize the mecca san francisco is for health care, and the great regional programs we provide. st. francis has an original burn center that has recently been able to demonstrate its fell you to the wider community, not just san francisco. -- its value to the wider community, not just san francisco. something we would ask for and continue to support in the health care master plan is to consider truncating the appeals process into an already existing process and to consider how we can further clarify the historical role of the existing institutions within the city. thank you. supervisor campos: thank you. next speaker. >chairperson maxwell: i also wanted t

the group delivers food to the homeless once a month. >>> st. kicked off its 23rd annual curbside donation drive. the foundation will serve 4,000 turkey dinners but needs to collect 100 turkeys reach day to serve everyone. today donation valets gathered 88 turk yes. st. anthony's is asking people to give warm clothing and dried or capped bulk food. they get 70% of their denations in november and december each year. it's been helping the needy for 60 years. >>> the latest figures show this could be a better holiday shopping season for retailers. mastercard says during the first two weeks of november spending on clothes, boots, luxury goods, are showing strong increases from a year ago, and online shoppers spent $198,000 each. up more than 10% from last year. analysts say early discounts and free shipping has helped pull in the buyers. >> a look ahead of what travelers to the sierra are facing, and why it could be a boon for some businesses. >>> stormy weather has left the bay area. but will it return for thanksgiving? leigh glaser coming up to te

after st. joseph's sent hundreds of letters to patients saying they may not have needed a stent, based on their medical records. >> it may take 101 different jury trials. but if that's what it takes to get each one of these patients justice, then that's what we'll do. >> reporter: from the start of the u.s. attorney general's inquiry, st. joseph made it clear that it would cooperate. this reflects our mission and values. >> reporter: dr. midee cofounded mid-atlantic cardiovascular associates, before leaving to work full time at st. joseph's. his privileges for practicing at st. joseph's have since been revoked. >> just talked to the attorney who brokered that deal. >> reporter: this settlement means that st. joseph's medical center will pay the majority of the $22 million to the federal government for inappropriately billing the federal insurance plan. i did just speak to the u.s. attorney whose office brokered this deal. and he tells me that $22 million is much less than what the hospital woul

he worked for 20 years at st. joe seven medical center in towson. prosecutors accused st. joe of paying mid-atlantic kickbacks in exchange for patient referrals for lucrative cardiovascular procedures. tom shavefy needed 1 and came out of surgery with two. >> it worries me whether i have a stent in me and i didn't need one. >> i can promise every one of my patients that what i did, was what i would want to myself, for anybody in my family, my mother, my father, they were treated appropriately, and with the highest regard for their well being. >> still, today, st. joe settled those allegations of kickbacks associated with the surgeries. agreeing to pay $22 million. the hospital fired midei, he fought back last month with a $60 million counter lawsuit. the doctor defending his medical decisions. >> i know that my care, was the same that was provided to patients by others in the st. joe lab, in the union lab. >> well, st. joe seven said it agreed to the settlement to avoid the expense and uncertainty of litigation. but did not admit liability. keith daniels, fox 45 news at 10

he filed his own lawsuit against st. joseph. >> three cardiologists were whistle blowers for the government settlement at st. joseph. their lawyer, on moving forward. >> they're certainly ready to cooperate with the government on whatever next steps the government wants to take. but that's up to the government. >> reporter: right now, no one has been criminally charged as a result of this investigation. >> will this go on for a while? yes. yes. should everybody play it safe and get lawyered up? yes. yes. >> reporter: the hospital did not admit any liability in the settlement. it says it has taken new safeguards to ensure things like this don't happen. and it will cooperate fully with any investigation. reporting live from towson, mike hellgren, wjz eyewitness news. >> st. joseph and dr. medei also face more than 100 lawsuits lawsuits lawsuits from stent patients. this does not move it -- prevent it from moving forward. >>> bob turk and meteorologist bernadette woods are tracking the fall warmup. and what a beautiful shot

clearly, st. francis circle, from my observation it could have gone through the exact same number of pco's on a regular basis. let 1620, the pending. in terms of what we were seeing in the first quarter, while we owe mr. ford a get well recovery analysis, there is a sense of urgency. i can see two things on the trend in terms of where citations are going. on the one hand, and we will support this where there are numbers in the breakdown categories, but you could say that the actions that this board and administration have taken from a transit first perspective are working. getting people not to drive as much as they did, regionally with actions that occurred back in july with traffic reductions in the bay bridge crossings, as well as some of the losses on downtown parking as a result of the terminal and other projects , there were indications that we were looking out from a policy perspective over a period of over time -- and we are in the process of working with the finance people to do a price a

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he in 1979 became director of employment at st. anthony's foundation, which everybody knows very well. they feed thousands of people per day. in 1981, as i said, he joined the staff and became director of the tenderloin recreation center, working with san francisco recreation and parks department and eventually joining tndc. when he became executive director in ne, they have nine buildings and 1000 tenants. later, they have 21 buildings with 61 units of housing and 3000 tenants. he left, making a mark and like any. i know that the city will feel his loss. i would ask that on behalf of the whole board that will certainly send our condolences. president chiu: without objection, that shall be the case. supervisor mirkarimi: i have a feeling some of our colleagues will want to weigh in on this since it is fresh news, if not today certainly next week. >> thank you, supervisor. supervisor daly/ ? supervisor campos: i will introduce an ordinance to extend the operation of the voting system task force, as that deadline is expiring. i do no

>> st.search hospital helps discover a bold new treatment. >> it may just have in this case of 9-year-old jordon boucher. >> it seems like every time i walked into the living room, there was a st. jude's commercial. i lost it and got upset, saying, why can't that be my daughter. >> since she was diagnosed with leukemia at 15 months old, jordyn has been fighting for her life. >> we transferred her to the intensive care unit because she was going into cardiac arrest. >> reporter: although emergency care was given, there were serious doubts she would make it. but she did survive. >> even as a baby, she was always a strong-willed child so her fight for life was pulling her through. >> reporter: that strength helped jordyn drive her cancer into remission 3 1/2 years. >> you have a lot of check-ups, but all in all, life was getting back to normal. >> reporter: but sadly, her leukemia returned. >> her doctor came walking into the room, just the look on her face said it all. i just looked at her and

. >> the announcement was made at st. james palace shortly before we went on the air this morning and now there are just a new additional details to be sorted out like the guest list, the reception and, yes, kate's wedding dress. which designer will she choose? what is it going to look like? and how much will it cost? we'll get some insight from the one who designed princess diana's gown. >> let's go stephanie gosk, she's at westminster abbey, good morning to you. >> reporter: looks like we have a spring wedding here at westminster abbey. this is a 1,000-year-old church. it is rich in royal history. there have been royal burials, coronations and of course weddings and prince william will be the latest wedding. this seems to be something of a victory for the prince. he had been pushing for a spring date. we could be in trouble here with rain. we see some issues on this issue, it seems prince william got it right. the ceremony will be broadcast live around the world with 1 billion people watching, the kind of attention a fu

joe's last week. >> reporter: in that bombshell settlement, st.joseph's did not admit liability but agreed to give millions to the government for paying illegal kickbacks for patient referrals and getting federal money for what the government called unnecessary stibts performed -- stints performed by dr. ma day. >> any patient you pick off of this pile, i have had three top-notch interventional cardiologists from the finest institutions, including yale review their ang geeo gram films and determine independent of each other that they received a stint they didn't need. >> reporter: the doctor has denied any wrongdoing, including a press conference last month. >> i am confident in everything that i have done, every decision i have made. >> reporter: initial concern arose when more than 500 patients got letters from the hospital saying they may not have needed stints. among then, susan carari from parkville who spoke to wjz for our investigation. >> it just doesn't seem right. >> reporter: the hospital issued a statement in response to these new laws

nancy loo live in st. charles to explain. >> reporter: well, steve, they read "straight pride" across the front. but it was the phrase on the back that sparked outrage. today there are hurt feelings. it seems like a typical day at st. charles north but to many it has been a long week filled with anxiety. >> tension, yes, around a lot of people. >> reporter: that's after three students wore shirts that read straight pride on the front. the backside had a beenlycal passage referencing death as punishment for homosexual behavior. that was offensive to many. >> they blacked out the letters but not until there was an hour left at school. kids saw the words and they were either threatened by the shirt or offended that a message was being portrayed at the school. >> reporter: and amanda helped to organize the week that coincides with a national anti- bullying campaign. and the students who wore the shirts were not disciplined. they believe that the incident has become a teachable moment. try to teach them that th