what is your annual budget, is it enough to provide coverage, comparable to the chronicle? >> i think the challenge we all have is that this is a difficult problem. no one organization can go forward on their own. it is irrelevant when our budget is -- in five years, we hope it is $12 million. our aspirations is to have 15 journalism editors contest by the end of the year to help fill the gap that we, as a community, are all feeling. the fundamentals for around our model are non-profit, but there are a number of elements that are important that we are passionate about. first and foremost is the collaboration element. i just talked about why we feel we cannot do this on our own. there are so many great media organizations, that coming together to represent news for the community is important. another element is r and d. we talk about how technology can make us more efficient and effective, the tools that can help a journalist do their job more effectively. we need to bring that to the forefront. this is not just about journalism, but journalism and technology. the last thing

the truth. this video was shot by chronicle political reporter carla maranuchi eight days ago and up loaded to the chronicle's website. it includes singing during an appearance by the president at the regents hotel. but the white house is threatening to unpool marinuchi from a white house reporter. >> for marinuchi to use her cell phone is approved as a reporter. >> reporter: the san francisco chronicle vie -- the white house says the san francisco chronicle violated their rights. chronicle director offered his own comments saying. -- required by key people in the white house communications office who told us it would remove our reporter then threaten retaliation to chronicle reporters if we reported on the ban. henry brady the dean of the goldman school of policy says the white house is making too much of a benign protest. >> they might have gently chided something, we told you you could only file a print report. we are distressed. but we understand the world has changed. that's the proper response. >> reporter: the chronicle was asking the white house for an on the record statement that marinuch

the day from the chronicle is here. with someone from emergency management. we have someone from sfpd. we have the guardians of the center and ron ross from the history association. we are about 10 minutes away from the motorcade showing up. we have come together at this ungodly hour to remember those who survived being tossed from their beds 105 years ago this morning at 5:13. 105 years ago, powerful seismic waves rolled across the city of san francisco. experts estimate the earthquake was around 7.9 on the modern skills. by the end of the first day, the city suffered 26 aftershocks and then succumbed to a raging inferno that showed no mercy for 74 hours. i would like to give you a moment by moment description of what happened to our great city on that day and its citizens. this is not boring history. this is very real, as we all saw recently in japan. here is how it went. an opening shock at 5:12 was felt. 25 seconds later, residents were zerawakened. the first casualties from the massive earthquake occurred when tenements in the market district collapsed. m

the panel last night, it looks like there is no after the chronicle, so congratulations. we were talking about how people to get them to eat their broccoli with their ice-cream. reading city hall coverage with subway breakfasts. can you talk about ways you are experimenting with getting people to eat them both? making it palatable? concrete experiments that you will try? >> that will -- that sounds terrible. [laughter] >> maybe we can have broccoli with cheese? i do not think that there is a simple answer. i think that people come to read various news sources. there will be multiple sources. some for entertainment, some for other resources. the key thing about broccoli and in sustaining a democracy, it tells us what we need to know even if we did not need to know it. it is about the role that the journalist plays, telling the community what we did that no we needed to know. cheese, ice cream, it does not matter. that means editors. that means transparency. that means education about media. it means membership of junior journalists. without all of those things, there is no

. >>> as ktvu rob roth tells us, the chronicle is accusing the white house of not telling the truth. >>> this video was shot by chronicle political reporter carla marinuchi eight days ago and posted on the paper's website. it shows a peaceful protest that included singing during an appearance by the president at the st. regis hotel. but the chronicle is reporting today that the white house is threatening to exclude marinuchi from being the pool reporter because marinuchi used a video instead of only sticking to a written report. >> for carla to use social media which is appropriate for reporters today as a tool to do her reporting then to be punished to it is pretty outrageous. >> reporter: the white house released a statement today saying quote. no reporters have been banned from covering future presidential events. chronicle executive released his own statement. henry brady says the white house is making too much of a benign protest. >> they might have gently tried at something and say you know we only told you you can only file a print report. we wish you wouldn't do that but we un

now i know, if i were the chronicle in a herself corporation, i would have been against landmarking as well. they stand to lose millions of dollars under developmental efforts downtown if any of their buildings get landmarked. one of the three neighborhood meetings, the developers architects said the north beach library could not be rebuilt there because it was seismically unsafe. as all of us were late persons, no one questioned that -- laypersons, no one questioned that statement. no one spoke at that time the elimination of a baseball field, which was also part of the plan. also the friends of joe dimaggio keep pushing for a change of the playground that ends up reducing the joe dimaggio baseball field and actually making the playground smaller. joe's friends would never have allowed the baseball field to be eliminated. these so called friends are not really the friends of joe dimaggio. i would call them the ebbmies of joe dimaggio. any of the three neighborhood meetings, the public has never been told that the park did not have any money for phase two. all of this has all been done

there is a lot of noise surrounding it, which makes it seem worse, say, than "the chronicle." quality journalism is there. the new part of the media is not a new types of stories being told, but how they are being told, short for nurses long form, and how they are distributed on your one newspaper or magazine or one website, versus to run the mobile universe, or threat the internet universe, portals. do you want to give 30% of revenue to apple in order to distribute it? lots of publishers are making that decision. it is the distribution from free tv to pay tv and the change from the free online destination media to mobile everywhere media and the creation of brands there. along with the business model, that is what we are working on. >> the want to go to the next question. we have to get to everybody. >> my name is peter bergen. i am an investigative reporter. i do not write content, i do not right product. i do news reporting. i do not write material to put ads around. there are some assumptions coming from this gathering that i find troubling. many years ago, upton sinclair w

. >>> as ktvu rob roth tells us, the chronicle is accusing the white house of not telling the truth. >>> this video was shot by chronicle political reporter carla marinuchi eight days ago and posted on the paper's website. it shows a peaceful protest that included singing during an appearance by the president at the st. regis hotel. but the chronicle is reporting today that the white house is threatening to exclude marinuchi from being the pool reporter because marinuchi used a video instead of only sticking to a written report. >> for carla to use social media which is appropriate for reporters today as a tool to do her reporting then to be punished to it is pretty outrageous. >> reporter: the white house released a statement today saying quote. no reporters have been banned from covering future presidential events. chronicle executive released his own statement. henry brady says the white house is making too much of a benign protest. >> they might have gently tried at something and say you know we only told you you can only file a print report. we wish you wouldn't do that but we un

allison. >> reporter: dave, the riff between the chronical and the white house -- chronicle and the white house shows how much press access we get. it centers on this video that chronicles senior reporter captured when she was covering the president in san francisco fundraiserrer. protestors paid $76,000 to get in and then interrupted the president. she was assigned to be the print polar reporter for the event. but she also took this video and posted iten her blog. the white house is now threaten to exclude the paper from coverage of the president's future events in the bay area. chronicle editor says the paper was within its rights to post the video and the pool coverage rules are too restrictive. if something more serious happened would you still expect us to cover the news? we are reaching out to the white house press office this morning for its side of the story and hope to have that for you later this morning. for now we are live in washington, d.c. alison burns ktvu channel 2 news. >>> nato air strike has killed libyan rebels. it is at least the third reported friendly fire incident

. >>> the san francisco chronicle says it's in trouble with the white house 37 according to the chronicle, this video you are looking at of a protest that happened during one of president obama's fundraisers in san francisco is the source of the controversy. coming up at 6:15 we will bring you a live report from washington, d.c. on why the white house says the newspaper should not have posted this video on its website. >>> a fremont man is in jail this morning after crash into a school bus. the 20-year-old was driving drunk around 7:30 yesterday morning when he hit the bus on middle field road. 38 elementary students were on board. officials say the bus driver was shaken up and complained of pain after the crash. no students were hurt. >>> our time is 6:07. we will get you to where you need to go this morning. sal has the very latest. sal. >> traffic is moving along well around the bay area. highway 4 is doing very nicely coming up to the willow pass grade. we had an earlier exit. also this mornings commute has been looking good on interstate 880 north and southbound driving up past the c

that's the message to pg & e's record keepers in 2007 according to the san francisco chronicle. the paper says documents turned over to state regulators after last year's gas pipeline fire included an internal memo. it told employees to use permanent ink and made sure the person who wrote the record is the person who actually used the work. that came after some of the utility's documents were being written in erasable ink. >>> for the second time a fire has ripped through a cannabis club. the fire started just before 3:00 this morning. the vacant house that was formally a cannabis club was destroyed. the club then spread to an attic. fortunately they are all okay. fire investigators are still trying to figure out how this fire started. >>> contra costa firefighters are working to figure out why caused this fire. newschannel2 brought your coverage of this fire during mornings on 2. the fire startedded just after 6:00 this morning. firefighters had the flames out in about five minutes. this is a two story building with shops on the ground floor and apartments on the second floor. >

put an ad in the chronicle or announce it. that is one. the one, the chronicle and other english papers, i think because they have new reporters that don't understand the context of immigration and the complexities, they go on and on stererotyping latinos unfairly and unwarranted. i would like this commission to call them or send a letter. that is what i think a lot of the spanish speaking people want from you to feel that you are there. and the last thing i want to say, and i want to say this with a lot of respect. and i do respect this commission. i so appreciate all of your testimony, but i am going to cry, and so too with my other meap friend because we didn't see any many testimony. hundreds of thousands of mexicans have been affected by these laws. mexicans, and others are affected. they are from latin america. representation is so key. that doesn't invalidate any of your stories. on the contrary, it makes us unified. whether it was logistics, or whether no mexican was available or whatever, but they are not here. so i really -- but a

. >>> this video has caused a river between the san francisco chronicle and the white house. the senior reporter shot it when protesters interrunted president obama's private fundraiser last week in san francisco. he was the print pool reporter for the event. she posted the video in addition to the print arl article. the white house has threatened to exclude the paper from future presidential pools. >> some of the protesters actually videoed themselves and uploaded that and some of the other attendees of the fundraiser videoed it and uploaded. what the white house expects says that the reporters will be at a disadvantage compared to an average person >> a washington, d.c. bureau contacted the white house press office this morning but nobody there would contact on the chronicle controversy. >>> just a moment ago, the atlanta braves announced the punishment for their pitching coach roger mcdowell. the braves placed mcdowell on administrative leave while the team investigates what exactly happened at at&t park this past saturday. the pitching coach used antigay slurs and gesture

the amazing thing in san francisco is not that the "chronicle" is still here, but that it is still here and seven other levels of debt you want to consume the information that are available to you. all the old media are investing today in mobile the way they were struggling to learn internet fundamentals even 15 years ago. at the same time, they are being forced to do that because entrepreneurs specializing in mobile are showing them how it is done. both kids and grown-ups are going to have the chance to read any format they want, and that is a bigger choice every passing year. >> as much as we focus on new media, it is important to point out that most people still rely on television for their news. right? >> that is precisely the point i wanted to make. you are not alone. america does not read. they do not. if you look at the numbers, the latest numbers or even look at the report on stateofthemedia.org, you will see that well over 60% of americans will cite television as their primary source of news. also, more and more americans are spending more time in transit, so they are either in

ed lee told the "chronicle," "greg suhr's history is an open book. like all of us he made some decisions he would have made differently in hindsight but he'sed off from them and done really well." now, the tasks in front of suhr once he officially becomes chief is to trim a top-heavy administration as well as make 10% cuts in the budget something the mayor has asked all city departments to do. he will be sworn in at city hall. we don't know the time yet but we'll let you know. >> thank you, anne makovec live in san francisco. >>> drastic job cuts in san jose. now, all this because of a budget problem. and pink slips are going out to more than 100 police officers. now, kiet do joins us now from police headquarters with more on how it came to this. >> reporter: of the employees yesterday 600 got layoff notices and of those 600, 106, to be exact, are police officers. now, if all of these police officers are let go, it would be the first time in the city's history that this would be allowed to happen. now, the layoff notices went out yesterday as employee

i read the chronicle. so what i've done is put together a montage of the murder of public sector, which is going on everyday. in fact all of the public sector is in body shape. public libraries, parks from the municipal to the national level. our character is among the worst in the world. the new deal deals with things in a different way. when i was going to school, california school's were the best. now they are among the worst with the new budget cuts. of course, my university is being privatized. all of the higher education is being privatized. all through the uc system. how do you run a modern state with tax cuts? we resort to desperate, back last november, we were asked to vote to make four indian casinos in san diego county pony up money. i thought this was a joke. they voted to do it. now, the governor proposes to borrow against future revenues. how did they deal with these social problems when the economic problems were far worse than what we can imagine today? this is from larry halprin's. and it h

i am reminded in thinking about his accomplishments with the chronicle said about it -- what "the chronicle" said about him, which is that he was an environmental visionary whose efforts from solar, wind, and biomass power into countless homes and businesses. he truly was a visionary, and i think we have a lot to learn from what he was able to accomplish. for those of us who served with him on the board, we will miss him, and give our condolences to his family. the second item that i have is a hearing request for the city's external auditors to present a comprehensive annual financing report single audit management letters for this item to come before the government audits and oversight committee. the rest i submit. >> thank you. supervisor farrell. supervisor farrell: thank you. i have two items today. first of all, in terms of stock options, i want to thank president chiu and supervisor mirkarimi for starting a dialogue about a stock option. i have actively been working on a for a number of weeks, have been meeting with a number of technology executives that i have worked with personally

there's only - well no big city book editor did it so to be a best seller you need new york times or the chronicleon globes to give you good book reviews. no national t.v. or, m pr so paul said what's going on out there. i said, you know this is what i think it's about book clubs and women's groups, synagogues, mosques and churches and an incredible amount of book clubs here in the bay view area and about people yearning for piece and looking for the answers of peace. any ways it's been really incredible and aspire together see people from all walks of life i really think can re late to promoting peace one child at a time. we got some news last month that the pentagon purchased 5,000 copies. let me finish it. and it's for counter intelligence training, 101 and mandatory reading for they're course encounter intelligence. this is in tan sa any a. i went there when i was three years old and my father founded a medical center and my mother started a school. it was a wonderful childhood. i went to school with children from two dozen countries. with jews and christians and hindus and for me that was the

mayor lee told the chronicle that suhr rose through the ranks. the mayor also said suhr was the most popular choice at town hall meetings he held since taking office. >>> one out of every 10 people in this state are now receiving food stamps. and here that number is going up. everyone people who could be getting assistance are not. >> those foot stamps really look just like a credit card now. but whether it's the stigma or language barrier, advocates think about 50% of those eligible for benefits aren't getting them. that includes people who line up at places like this for food every day. kerry hernandez and her 2-year- old daughter could soon be among the growing number of by area residents getting foot stamps. she recently applied for the help because she's out of work. >> it's been about a year and a half. so yeah it's really tough. >> reporter: how do you keep food on the table? >> with help. >> reporter: the help for many often comes from the alameda county community food bank. >> we are serving one in six alameda county residents and almost

mayor lee told the chronicle that suhr rose through the ranks. the mayor also said suhr was the most popular choice at town hall meetings he held since taking office. >>> one out of every 10 people in this state are now receiving food stamps. and here that number is going up. everyone people who could be getting assistance are not. >> those foot stamps really look just like a credit card now. but whether it's the stigma or language barrier, advocates think about 50% of those eligible for benefits aren't getting them. that includes people who line up at places like this for food every day. kerry hernandez and her 2-year- old daughter could soon be among the growing number of by area residents getting foot stamps. she recently applied for the help because she's out of work. >> it's been about a year and a half. so yeah it's really tough. >> reporter: how do you keep food on the table? >> with help. >> reporter: the help for many often comes from the alameda county community food bank. >> we are serving one in six alameda county residents and almost

and carla marinucci, senior political writer with the "san francisco chronicle." carla you heard it. the governor said i'm going to find a way. to get a budget. what is he going to do? >> you heard his youtube message which came out on monday. this situation is just ugly, ugly, ugly. no other way around it. we were here just last week in this very chair. it looked like the republicans and brown were talking and things were going to get done. on monday, he came out with the youtube message. suspended all the talks with the republicans and said i just don't know what they want anymore. they don't seem to know what they want anymore. in fact, the republicans have put out a list of what they wanted. 53 items. seven pages including things like county fair management and it went on and on from there. brown has called it all off. he now says he's going to do a state tour and actually talk to voters himself. he put out a pension plan of his own and says he's going to get it out there and pass this legislation with or without republican support. but the bottom line is, the

the chronicle is part of a print-only pool. e white house says it violated rules by shooting videos and putting it online. >>> state wildlife officials are looking at dozen of dead sharks washing up on the peninsula. the california department of fish and game is sending a biologist to redwood city where residents are finding dead leopard carcasses on the shoreline. the causes range from release of pollutants by industry to infections. >>> california democrats say this is going to be a tough year for the democratic party. state delegates met with elected leaders in sacramento for their annual convention. leaders say the party needs to kick into high gear for 2012. >> we are trying to retake the house. >> california and organizers say they are prepared for 3,000 guests and elected officials try again and they scrubbed the highly anticipated lift off. the reason, a heating failure in a critical power unit. president obama still traveled to kennedy space center where he met with the shuttle astronauts as well as gabrielle giffords.

. >> some of the president's supporters getting sticker shock in san francisco a cording to the chronicle, the exclusive april 20th dinner is $35,800 per person. and the palo alto home. officials say $30,800 goes to the democratic national convention. and there is another $2500 going to his general election fund. >> and there is a study that continues to evolve. >> and the children being left behind at the preschool level thanks to the deep recession. >> governor brown lays out the worst case tuition scenario for students attending uc [ female announcer ] it's the jcpenney absolute lowest prices of the spring! shop our unbeatable night and day doorbusters, like women's st. john's bay tees for spring, an unbelievably low $4.99, and guy's bold screen tees, the absolute lowest -- only $3.99! even exclusive liz claiborne spring handbags are 50% off! plus, with jcp rewards, get double points with every purchase! shop, earn, save! don't miss the absolute lowest prices of the spring at jcpenney! go to jccom to see everything on sale. we make style affordable. you make it yours. jcpenney >> close

the chronicle says the white house press office is threatening to exkaoud here for breaking -- excluding her from breaking the no camera rule. >> for her to use social media it is appropriate as a tool to do her reporting and then to be punished for it is outrageous. >> in a statement the white house says she vie lated rules. but no reporters are banning from future e sreupt -- violated rules but no reporters are banned from future events. >>> today, chef rop posted the best quarterly earnings -- chevron posted the best quarterly earnings since 2008. chevron benefited from the higher crude oil prices and better margins on the refined products. chevron stock finish thursday day up 63 cents. the dow closed at a new high. rising 47 points finish with april with a solid 4% gain. the nasdaq gaped one point today. the onagain off again nfl lock hut out is back on again tonight. a federal appeals court granted the league's request to temporarily stay a judge's ruling that ended the lockout. just this morning teams across the league reopened the doors to players. a 49er's spokesman would not com

in fact, mayor ed lee tells the "chronicle," "i feel very good about this. it's the best choice. we definitely have a leader." now, suhr is 52 years old, replacing jeff godown who is the interim police chief since gascon became the d.a. the new chief will be sworn in at city hall this morning. back to you. >> thank you. >>> time now 4:33. 120 police officers in san jose will lose their jobs to close the city's deficit. pink slips were sent yesterday to more than 600 city workers in total. their jobs are being eliminated as the city struggles to close a $150 million budget gap by july 1. mayor reed says salary cuts and other concessions by labor unions weren't enough. >> i think every department in the city is going to see layoffs. the average citizen will see reduction in services throughout the city. everybody is taking a hit. >>> in the police department property crimes like theft and burglary will get less attention as officers deal with more violent crimes. there will be fewer firefighters available for emergencies now and probably reduced library hours, as well. we'll have a

now the chronicle says the website is threatening to exclude marinuchi because she did not stick to a written report. >> i think it's outrageous. this administration thrives itself on being new media savvy and social media savvy. the day before president obama was sitting next to mark zuckerberg talking about the important of social media. >> no reporters have been banned from future presidential events, unquote. >>> a 53-year-old man is being recovered after being stuck in his car for three days. a ranger worker was driving when he spotted the honda. crews say it was a very extensive rescue effort to get down the cliff and bring the man back up. >> there was a lot of brush down there. our firefighters had to go down with a line and cut the brush. >> rescue crews say the man was in and out of consciousness. we checked with the hospital and he is expected to have a good recovery. >>> we are learning more about the huge preparation for the royal wedding. hundreds of thousands of people headed to the streets for tomorrow's event. police arrested several people for disturbing the peace an