tech sf and sf city. this is a marriage made in heaven and will continue to create more jobs in san francisco especially after we pass proposition e, which will also create more jobs in san francisco. i want to recognize the companies who have already signed up to do this matching process, to create jobs, and place them for san francisco residents. some of the companies that have already signed up in tech include auto desk, cbs interactive. deloit at or about. jawbone, ja goil. linkedin. julia, tril -- zeus and swrenga and there are representatives of those companies here and i want to give them a round of applause. [applause] these are the first of the 350 that will be participating and we are very, very proud to be part of the tech sf team and with that i would like to introduce andrew lindy of jawbone. [applause] >> thanks ron. it really is a pleasure to be before all of you today and a representative of jawbone. jawbone for those don't know has been a resident of san francisco for over ten years while

will be speaking and sharing what tech sf means to them. first we will have julie who is a veteran and student right now and currently an intern at wikipedia if i am not mistaken so julie come on up here. [applause] >> hi. thanks for having me. i am really nervous. anyway tech sf -- wow, i see this project as a answer to our prayers because i share the worries of a lot of students regarding internships and permanent employment opportunities, so thank you for this program. the office of economic and work force development and mayor and dr. momordi and the computer head of engineering at sf state. well i guess i am here today to tell you a story -- well, i will tell you one about opportunities . with blessing and disguise i see opportunities in different forms. several years ago i hit a roadblock in my life and i saw the military as an opportunity to change my life and change the life of others, so i signed up to be a soldier in the army, and i did this quick fast and in a hurry so i don't have time to change my mind. it's a nerve wracking ex

. >> reporter: vet tech recommends bringing animals indoors. if that's not impossible. >> i like heated pet beds. i have clients that keep their animals in the garage. those work well to keep them warm. especially older pets that can be really hard on their joints. >> reporter: sunny side nursery was busy with folks trying to protect their garden. >> got a large orange tree with a lot of fruit on it right now and a lemon tree. and has fruit on it as well. the freezes are not good. i'm here to get some tarps or some kind of frost protection. >> reporter: workers have moved citrus and thousands of other plants under overhangs. >> the citrus could be damaged. having any sort of coverage overhead prevents the due from freezing in the air and settologien top of the leaves. >> reporter: farmers say they don't think the weather will be severe enough to damage their citrus. they plan to monitor overnight and irrigate tomorrow morning if necessary. some farmers are looking guard to the cold spell. the folks from a winey sent these pictures this afternoo

taking a page out of that why couldn't we do the same thing with clean tech? we want to invite institutions like our california puc, our san francisco puc, our department of the environment, organizations and private institutions like sun run or pg&e to potentially create the network of their innovative sites and their innovative divisions to work together and potentially in a physical location or just begin networking first, and start working with the major universities and their research entities on their sites so we can start anchoring these institutions within san francisco and create another ecosystem of anchoring institutions. that proved successful in the delivery of pharmaceutical answers to medical challenges. i think it will prove to be helpful here to have them focial exciting center to come and look at and draw the attention i think of even more start ups, and the third part of this clean sf initiative is make sure that we do everything possible to support clean tech start ups. we can do that with partnership with the clean energy fund and our depa

with our first tech s f graduating class this may. but that is not the whole story. recently economic studies have shown supervisor for every technology job created issue over four additional jobs outside of the tech field are sustained. and a full three quarters of the city's job growth has happened outside of the technology industry. the tourism industry alone, for example, supported 71,000 jobs in the year 2011 with a payroll of over 2 million-dollar and immense jobs creators between treasure island. the cp m c rebuild and a new warriors a arena over 4,000 permanent jobs and over 15,000 construction jobs will be created and sustained and we are rebuilding the city with san franciscoians thanks to your leadership on the local higher legislation not just for public projects but also private project like the proposed a marine eye 3030 and let's not forgot the manufacturing mere in san francisco through s of may we are offering programmings and technical assistance so that they can also be local job create ores i'm also crateful for sa

the new report shows nearby tech workers are creating jobs by having a job. tech workers tral in large -- travel in large packs at lunchtime. . >> we go here, sometimes we go to five guys. >> a new report released today shows that for every one high- tech job, 4.3 additional jobs in the local goods and services economy are created in the same region. >> anywhere you see a concentration of high-tech workers, you'll see various other services pop up around them, restaurants and coffee shops and various other services that workers demand. >> services like dental care, perfect smile expanded into this second aufz and hired about ten new employees because of demand. >> our practice has been growing due to the industry in this sglaer and jp's pizza is benefitting by being so close. >> now that they've all opened up, it's been crazy busy for us. >> santa clara leads the nation with close to 30% of the workers in the high-tech sector. they earn almost 75% more per year than workers in other industries. >> since i'm younger, i'm a tech engineer, i go out and spend a l

specifically police are focussing on the tech building. this all started back around 4:30 when the school received a text about a gunman on campus. police have gone building by building, room by room essentially making sure that is not the case and as of right now we do not have any confirmed reports of anyone see ago gunman on campus. we're keeping our crews here and we'll have more information for you tonight on the 10:00 news but keep in mind it is a campus lockdown there at san jose city college. >>> chief meteorologist bill martin here with us and yesterday at 7:00 you talked to us about dropping temperatures and boy are we feeling it. >> frost advisory for most of the rest f us except san francisco. we mentioned that. take a look at the forecast model because as this shower activity moves in, temperatures are going to warm up. showers aren't coming in for awhile. you wake up cold tomorrow. as i pointed out temperatures freezeing and below freezing. by tomorrow mid-morning it's still nice. tomorrow afternoon, still nice, and then as y

once we're done here we'll go to the tech center and see what's happening there. but for now, we're going to monitor the situation and bring you any updates. >> there was a report about 4:30 about two hours ago of somebody on campus with a gun. they were in the vicinity of the technology center if you know where that is at san jose city. police responded and the order was given out to those on campus to shelter in place lock the doors. pretty much what you're supposed to do in that situation. and both kiet and i ran into the same professor one by phone and one live professor charles heimler, who is an english professor there at city who said that that is indeed what they did they sheltered in place. he has seen and heard nothing out of the ordinary tonight. they are working to contact san jose police and campus authorities to find out if it was a real sighting or just somebody who thought they saw somebody with a gun. so of part of the campus is still on lockdown and some students are allowed to go moment. >> earlier you could see people exiting the building. it's

at virginia tech, that wasn't the problem. the killers used legally purchased weapons. >> there's not one thing that's going to stop all shootings. there's not one policy that's going to save us all. but, you know, background check is something that will make it more difficult for dangerous people to get their hands on a gun. >> colin goddard is not a victim, but a survivor and a citizen activist with a youthful conviction that yes, we can be better than this. >> i can't do this alone. i need people to come together on this. that's why i share my story. this is only going to be a period of my life. it's not going to be forever. but to the extent that i can share my story and move the balfour ward, let's do it. let's help save some lives. >> a remarkable young voice in this national debate that's under way. just ahead, the president's promise for fast action to stop the epidemic of gun violence. but what will he do, and when? ♪ [ male announcer ] how could switchgrass in argentina, change engineering in dubai, aluminum producti

la tech finished 9-3, losing to san jose st. finale - but missed out on bowl game prior to la tech dykes was the offensive coordinator 3 years head coaching experience (la tech) 19 years coaching in >> the raiders coach is back. after the death of his recent father. and even had to answer the rumor of john gordon. i will say this nice about the group in-- gruden... but he likes to have his name to other teams and this is the statement from the rigors of this warmer. this released by the raiders. the owner, the general manager of wanted me to communicate that this or has no validity whatsoever. no big deal but that is how it is done in the coaching profession. it is just fun to see your name associated with other jobs. and if you put just-remember-, that when you hear these rumors. that there is no way i'm going to be announcing games at espn. at least for this season, or next were interested in the raiders job. and they will ask where did this, trauma? i'm not saying that he wanted to to get the writer's job but he probably gets

now we're talking tech. semiconductor companies, for example, often produce flat out, making as many shifts as they can 24/7. at times, end demand wanes, and the supply chain gets overwhelmed, glutted. in order to move more inventory, chip companies often have to cut price which lowers their gross margins and makes earning too volatile to predict. therefore, too powerful given a high priced earnings multiple. that's when you see pretty announcements is when there's too much inventory. we like companies with consistent growth and pay higher multiples. we don't like that inconsistent growth that tech gives us and pay lower multiples for them. used to pay high multiple for tech but no one could handle the inventory glut that happens once or twice a year. same with steel and aluminum, they should be lumped in with tech. at times they're producing too much. at times products from other countries including china gauze a glut in the system. earnings get slashed. i listen closely to commodity calls to get a sense of

a tech engineer. i go out and spend a lot of my money.it helps out the community a lot. >> reporter: they say a demand for high-tech workers will be stronger compared to other industries for the next 8 years. >>> california's economic recovery may come to a halt if we hit the fiscal cliff. it will be a loss of $23 billion. plus the loss of 225,000 jobs statewide. it means there -- 400,000 out of work americans that receive unemployment checks will not receive checks. >>> a strong earthquake in japan triggered a tsunami warning, briefly. the quake struck 150 miles off shore the same area where last year's quake and tsunami. buildings swayed as far away as tokyo and triggered a 3-foot tsunami surge. they were able to warn residents six minutes before the quake hit due to a nationwide early warning system. >>> a frightening fall from the upper deck during last night's raider game. >> the teams response and if there will be changing. >>> the royal family issues their condolences. >>> oakland police say 8 people are behind bars tonight after a

tech companies have embraced play for years. at google employees get one day a week to work on their own projects. gmail and google news were born from that free time. >> increasingly you'll see businesses embrace play or unstructured play, unstructured time because that begets imagination, innovation and creativity. all of which are competitive advantages in today's world. >> reporter: twitter and facebook are famous for their hackathons, where employees get to test out new ideas. >> i think we are at the forefront of changing this culture where people would say no it's actually going to be good for the bottom line if our people are happy and flourishing. >> reporter: americans feel their lives are out of balance, 70% feel they've always got something coming at them that needs immediate attention. their day-to-day has become more structured and less free flowing. and, technology is also having an impact, smartphones and email mean it's rare people are every truly alone with their thoughts. >> if you allow yourself some time to

now we're talking tech.ctor companies for example often produce flat out, making as many as they can. 24/7. but at times end demand wanes and the supply chain gets overwhelmed, it gets gutted. in order to move more inventory the chip companies have to cut price, which then lowers their gross margins and often makes their earnings too volatile to predict and therefore too volatile given a high price to erin agz multiple. that's when you see preanounlts, when there's too much inventory. we like companies with consistent growth and he with may high multiples for them and we don't like the inconsistent growth tech gives us and we pay low multiples for them. used to pay high multiples but no one can happen the inventory glut that happens once or twice a year. same thing with steel or aluminum. they can be lumped in with tech. at times producing too much. at times koufrnts like china cause a glut in the system. future earnings per share get crushed. i listen closely on these commodity calls to get a sense whether

. >> and a gift perfect for tech savy parents. al a can of del monte green beans? ♪ ♪ ♪ grown in america. picked and packed at the peak of ripeness. the same essential nutrients as fresh. del monte. bursting with life. >>> welcome back to the show, everybody. you can see today's videos and more all day long. >> look at that vehicle. it had been following this woman. he walks up to her car window, and attacks. >> he was immediately in my face. >> but she told wfc tv that she put up a fight. >> i knocked up -- i knocked my rearview mirror off of my window. she pushes him on the ground, and she chases him. >> i know that's what you're not supposed to do, but i was made, so i ran after him. >> he did get away with her things, and she says you have to have a remote to get in and out of the garage. >> the reality is it was perfect timing for him, terrible mes for me. >> he's driving a bmw,s he need to steal stuff? >> police say they do have his license plate, but they have a good idea of this guy is, they just want to find out where he is. >> that's scary, a parking gara

. >> high-tech ways to monitor the north pole and get a personal greeting from the big guy. >> oh. hello, beth. >> and when kangaroos love too much. >> oh. >> they're making out. >> that's love. that's love right there. >> yep. >> terrifying moments as two people crash through a georgia jewelry store. look. >> [ bleep ]. >> i'm -- >> oh, my god! >> [ inaudible ]. >> that's a minivan that came crashing through a jewelers in athens, georgia. reports say the driver of the van made a right-hand turn into the parking lot and crashed right through. the driver claims that something from her back seat rolled up front and jammed underneath her brake pedal. fortunately looks like the van didn't hit anybody. there were multiple angles of this crash and someone was hit. check out this angle. a 63-year-old customer sitting down in the bottom right-hand of your screen, as she's being helped by one of the employees, has no clue what's about to hit her right in the back. >> oh, my gosh! that didn't miss her at all. it hit her smack in the back. >> catapulted her about 15 feet. she was transported

tech companies have embraced play for years. at google employees get one day a week to work on their own projects. gmail and google news were born from that free time. >> increasingly you'll see businesses embrace play or unstructured play, unstructured time because that begets imagination, innovation and creativity. all of which are competitive advantages in today's world. >> reporter: twitter and facebook are famous for their hackathons, where employees get to test out new ideas. >> i think we are at the forefront of changing this culture where people would say no it's actually going to be good for the bottom line if our people are happy and flourishing. >> reporter: americans feel their lives are out of balance, 70% feel they've always got something coming at them that needs immediate attention. their day-to-day has become more structured and less free flowing. and, technology is also having an impact, smartphones and email mean it's rare people are every truly alone with their thoughts. >> if you allow yourself some time to

louisiana tech. was his first.s conference and as long as you win, that is all that matters but i do not think i'm going to be inviting them to the show. my new year's eve show. and i promised you, jacki, and at midnight, i will have a corn in the hand a court-a nois. -- >> out that is great, it is all about you and catherine. >> you could have been there but pamela wanted to go out and party. >> i will be here until 30 minutes before the show. >> are you working year's eve? >> it is your show >> and oh my gosh! >> and sonny dikes.. will not be on the show but as long as as victory. thank- you for the promotion and happy new year. thlaw and you are working year's eve? pam is off? >> yes. >> the raiders have started off against the denver but the raiders have just scored in the second quarter. nearly the half. 14-7. and the home in against miami in road game against seattle toward a better when against miami on a sunday toward the road games are going to be tough reggie bush toure one of first athletes to date karda

. >> aurora, virginia tech, oak creek. we hear from those who have lost the most. >> from the global resources of abc news with terry moran, cynthia mcfadden and bill weir in new york city. this is a special edition of "nightline." tragedy at sandy hook. the search for solutions. >> good evening. i'm cynthia mcfadden. at 9:30 this morning, church bells across america rang out in a moment of national silence. one chime for each victim of the tragedy that struck newtown, connecticut, one week ago. yet even as this nation comes together to mourn, we remain deeply divided. all weeknight line has dedicated our broadcast to examining the complex relationship between america and its guns. tonight the most divisive day yet. here's my coanchor, terry moran. >> reporter: in newtown this morning, silence, one week after the children screaming and the madman shooting. sigh length across the country. silence in the oval office. and that ancient marker of mourning and remembrance, church bells. [ bells tolling ] >> reporter: the pain is

the tech center going floor to floor to make sure everything is clear.rts of ever finding a man with a gun on campus yet. but search continues. we're live in san jose, abc 7 news. >> thank you very much. stand by. >> you can imagine traffic fl that area is a mess now. that is 280 and moor park. >> abc 7 news is on the telephone with us right now trying to reach san jose city college. are you there? >> i am and we're traveling down moorpark right now. and we were turned around. there was a presence aactively turning traffic around there on moor. park avenue. so all traffic there on moorpark that area is impacted all of the side residential strets are impacted. we were turned around and went down mcarthur avenue which is also heavily impacted by the traffic being turned around and away from the college area and hospital. we're now traveling some of the back residential areas in trying to come back behind on the other side of the technology center. so we're in route but traffic is quite a nightmare. >> is the traffic also a mess on 280 there. >> we did a cr

coming up in my tech report.er): now, here's stanley roberts who found people behaving badly. i >> this is not easy. this man made bridge over kaira creek. coyote creek... i do not like this but it is what it is this is a primitive design that allows the homeless to go back and forth. i do not worry about me, but the camera i am worried about. >> there are 8 mi. of homeless encampments along coyote creek in the san jose. these are all along this creek that has a delicate ecosystem. it is in grave danger. this looks ok but this is what is floating in it. that shopping cart there are dozens. they are often used to catch salmon. some have been destroyed by flood waters but others are still intact. this was built on stilts. while it looks like any campsite i had a chat with a resident. this is steve. >> i was worked in the tribune, the internet has taken over the advertising. >> i asked him about all of this trash. >> this is trash from other people but of left temporarily end of left. >> he tries to keep this area c

gabe slate tech report. >> is sexual predator at loose in the east bay.here this possible serial rapist is striking and how far would you go from striking a medical marijuana is a saving his young sons like but they might not agree with. >> a look at a site with visibility reduced with the fog formations. the other locations expected to coming up. >> stories at eight-thirty. two people. including a child. are dead after head- on collision in byron. this is video courtesy of sky-7-h-d from a-b-c-7 news. the c-h-p says, a car slammed into a big-rig on byron highway near clifton court. at about 3-30 this afternoon. the crash also caused a diesel spill into the california aqueduct. cal- trans was on scene cleaning that up. byron road was shut down, so the highway patrol could investigate. the u.s. supreme court today agreed to review propostion eight. the state's ban on same-sex marriage. the justices also agreed to take up another related case - the federal defense of marriage act. their decisions aren't expected to come until june. until then. the state ban

the virginia tech families, almost all of them.ak for all of them, would like to have -- do a better job with background checks. tom ridge served on the panel. the panel concluded at the end of their investigation that all gun sales should go through a background check. >> can you pass the mike to roxanna? i wanted to give the last word to you. we all remember the terrible story, she was nine years old. what is your view? >> all military style weapons should be banned, period. background checks for all -- my husband is a gun owner, he likes to hunt. but i think every weapon should have a background check and these military style weapons you spoke of earlier, there's no reason why civilians should have them. the slaughter has to stop. >>> you're not going to stop criminals -- power down your little word game. i think your friends will understand. oh no, it's actually my geico app...see? ...i just uh paid my bill. did you really? from the plane? yeah, i can manage my policy, get roadside assistance, pretty much access geico 24/7. sou

the president of virginia tech said today, "we of the greater virginia tech community know from our experience of the unending sorrow and horror that has now descend on the newtown, connecticut community." tim kaine, he said today, "our commonwealth knows too well the pain of senseless gun violence." colin goddard, who survived the virginia tech massacre, he still has three bullets in him that were fired that day. he said today on msnbc, "i'm still trying to wrap my head around the mass shooting that happened in oregon earlier this week. when i saw this morning that this had happened, i sunk in my chair. you really cannot do justice to what these kids and what these teachers have just experienced." in the classroom where colin goddard was shot at virginia tech, there were 17 people in that classroom. only seven of them survived. two dozen kids were shot and wounded in a high school cafeteria in springfield, oregon in 1998. 1998. the police chief there now, who was a first responder that horrible day at that oregon high school 14 years ago said today about newtown, "i know that there is going t

the virginia tech families, almost all of them.or all of them, would like to have -- do a better job with background checks. tom ridge served on the panel. the panel concluded at the end of their investigation that all gun sales should go through a background check. >> can you pass the mike to roxanna? i wanted to give the last word to you. we all remember the terrible story, she was nine years old. what is your view? >> all military style weapons should be banned, period. background checks for all -- my husband is a gun owner, he likes to hunt. but i think every weapon should have a background check and these military style weapons you spoke of earlier, there's no reason why civilians should have them. the slaughter has to stop. [ male announcer ] coughequence™ #8. waking the baby. [ coughs ] [ baby crying ] ♪ [ male announcer ] robitussin® liquid formula soothes your throat on contact and the active ingredient relieves your cough. robitussin®. don't suffer the coughequences™.

this is a collaboration between the clean tech open, unoodle, and nasa. it's a program from nasa's office of centennial challenges. and it's challengin the best innovators in america to create radical new energy storage technology. you know, way above what we have now. this is something very powerful, to be able to keep rovers going on the moon, in mars, things that could be useful, in your cell electric vehicles, something that just is a radical leap in new technology. but i don't want to go into a lot of detail on that. you'll hear more about nasa's efforts later. and what i'm going to do1r is ge a little more background on challenge-driven innovation. and i'm going to do that just by plaijerrizing some people because it makes it a loteasier for me. i want to look at this quote, prize is a very old -- an old idea that is surprisingly powerful in our modern society. this is by a study that by mckenzie and company, back in 2010. prize is a very old idea, very powerful in our modern society. surprisingly powerful in our modern society. mckenzie also said

the san francisco tech shop is one example. for a small monthly fee, you get access to construction, $1 million in machine tools, and access to contract manufacturing to bring prototypes to market. also consider the case of member-owned and controlled cooperatives. there are many in the bay area. the u.n. has declared 2012 the international year of the cooperative because of their proven ability to give every day people control over their economic destiny. we have a vibrant co-op seen -- scene in the bay area. san francisco can do more to support them through the cooperative model. the main reason we're here today is because this new economic mode calls for new policies. i encourage you to check out policies for a shareable city to see the implications policy was for this new economy coming in with different services. some things we covered our house parking and zoning regulations do not really account for car sharing and parking sharing. hotel regulations are outmoded for new businesses. food and restaurant regulation does not

"tech the halls"! whoo!y" on nbc. >>> "today celebrates the holidays" is brought to you by silky smooth dove dark chocolate. >>> this morning on "today celebrates the holidays," decorating your holiday table, whether you're inviting over the entire family or just celebrating with a few friends, having a festive table set s th tone for a great event. here to show us the right way, colin cowell. you have so many beautiful tables. what's the number one thing to remember? >> come up with a big picture. each one of these is a different theme. in this one, we went very organic and natural. >> i love it. >> this one is $7 a yard. these are also very beautiful, these wooden chargers. >> and these are beautiful. you can use over and over. i love that. >> use this year round. not just for the holidays. i love the plate. the plates come from a great organization called gifts that give. every time you purchase from gifts that give, 20% of that purchase goes to charity of your choice. >> fantastic. >> it's about giving b

history, second only to virginia tech back in 2007. at this point what we know is that the gunman who is dead was a 20-year-old from connecticut. he was wearing all black. he was carrying two handguns, we're told, from one of the students at sandy hook elementary school he told our affiliate there in connecticut, he says that he was in the gym. he heard a loud boom. then he heard seven more loud booms. the gym teachers told the kids at that point to get in the car and all the kids huddled. in fact, in fact, here's one of those eyewitness accounts. >> she came out. she was crying. all the other students were crying. the thing she told me was that it really started when she heard gunshots and she heard screams on the intercom. the intercomcame on, and there were screams. you know, the school went on lockdown, and based on what she said, she was in art class, and they were hiding in the closet, and tiny closet all bundled up, and they were hearing screams and it was horrible. >> earlier you told me you find this situation to be disgusting