of their city council. we got a firsthand look at what the conditions of work. the take away from that was that he there are some things we can do, as a community, and that i think can help them. in a very broad sense, i have started some work with colleagues in fire ems services to help on that front. some of the things they need in our things that we can do. not the least of which, at this point, is a need things like food. the economy has tanker it is not that there is no food, there is no money to buy food. there are not a lot of jobs. a lot of people were displaced. it is a largely tourism-based area. with that kind of damage, i can relate to that area we are largely tourism-based area. we're going to have profound effects like they are. they're looking for assistance. we are trying to corner with an organization which, those of you who know what it is, will probably slap me around and for doing this simplified explanation, but it is like craigslist for humanitarian 8. -- aid. there are some challenges

it demolished their city in 1995. more than 6,400 people died. residents are marking the 17th anniversary. this year they're sharing the experience with people affected by the disaster last march in northeastern japan. people who lost families and friends gathered at a park early in the morning. they placed candles to form the numbers 1 and 17, the date of the disaster. the participants observed a moment of silence at 5:46 a.m., the exact time the earthquake struck. rebuilding in kobe's most damaged region was completed last year. businesses have recovered but some are still struggling. more than one-third of the city's current population has never experienced a major earthquake. so older residents are passing on what they learned from the disaster to younger generations. >> translator: it's been 17 years. it seems so short. and at the same time so long. >> translator: i saw my mother die in front of me. i've never forgotten that. >> this year the organizers invited people from northeastern japan. >> translator: i have no words. i'm stunned that

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broader economic region, not just within their city limits. so how do you coordinate with the communities around you to advance some of these policy issues, whether it's transportation, environmental improvements, economic development, education systems, workforce training, etc. these are some of the issues that we really want to publicize the best practices so that practitioners such as ourselves can bring these ideas back home and really move an issue forward. i think here in the bay area, bringing this group of four european experts here has really been an interesting exercise for me, not knowing the city of oakland very much at all, having been to san francisco a few times, but it really is -- i do think that the communities here are poised to really be sort of going over the crest of the hill in terms of moving this issue forward. and i think hopefully these four will serve as sort of a catalyst in your community to get the community talking about what is possible and how some of these ideas may be adapted to your local community. nothing

[applause] several other cities have reformed their own policies to start getting out of the federal enforcement business. as with all other policies, we often get criticized by fox news conservative press for some of our innovative resolutions and policies. you know what? wait a few years and everyone else follows suit. that is exactly what share at hennessy has done. -- that is exactly what share of tennessee has done. i asked -- sheriff hennessy has done. i asked sheriff mirkarimi to challenge institutions. as i am sure that he would agree, no other institution is as broken as our criminal justice system. [applause] sheriff hennessey made great strides in paving the way for san francisco's innovative criminal justice policy to serve as an example for all other counties in california and throughout the country. sheriff mirkarimi, you haven't earned the honor and distinction of carrying the torch. the best to you, as you embark on this venture. thank you for being here today. please join me again in congratulating sheriff mirkarimi. [applause] now, i have the honor of introducing th

the national buzz about their pending ipo, the local buzz about their growing pains. the menlo park city council tackling a sensitive issue. a month after facebook employees moved into their sprawling complex, facebook wants to remodel and expand with a western campus and five-story parking structure. it would allow the campus to increase from 2,000 to more than 6,000 employees. people living in east pallo alto are complaining that it will increase traffic flow. the study session is tomorrow night at the menlo park city hall and the public is invited to join and comment. for the business side of things, this could be a monumental time. many insiders saying facebook will go public. our tech reporter scott budman joins us. this is a big impact when foos book when and if it goes public. >> the drum beat of speculation has facebook filing any day now. things went beyond welt when the chief operating officer cheryl sandberg told the audience that the company will create jobs by going public. she says the revenue general rated will create jobs around the world. facebook is still hiring. the wh

>> san franciscans are incredibly interested in their city government, local politics, and making sure that we remain the most amazing city in the world. i learned that san franciscans during campaign read everything they are sent in the mail. they love to meet the candidates and engage in conversations with them. i learned how important it is to build bridges between different communities, particularly communities of diversity that we have. i was incredibly honored to have been elected in november of 2008. >> where do you place yourself on the political spectrum? >> i consider myself someone who shares the progressive values that many sentences can hold dear. we have been a beacon to the rest of the world region that many sentences skins hold dear. we have been a beacon to the rest of the world for those. >> you are president of the board. describe the role of the opposition and the responsibilities that come with being the president of the board of supervisors. >> as president, i preside over the weekly meetings we have tuesday at 2:00 here in the chamber. i also determine which legi

. >> 3 at a for district residents describe the taxi their city as i report warfare. -- as either poor or fair. if you ask a washingtonian -- >> a lot of the drivers have unpleasant attitudes. >> been notoriously bad in the summertime. no air-conditioning. >> you may get more than you bargained for. >> i had a woman picked me up in snowstorm whothe a license to be driving a taxi. >> almost seven out of 10 said the cabs in d.c. do not hold up to other american cities. >> members of the d.c. city council plan to improve them. to wait.c cannot seem 94% of the people surveyed support legislative reform. two aspects of the proposal has support, requiring all to accept credit cards and to have uniformed crews in lines available.n they are respondents agreed on making all taxis one color, with the all the favorites. have notrs say riders shake.hem a fair >> that is not true. you have to be very patient. >> the council will hold a at 11:00 on monday. we're live at union station tonight. everybody has an opinion. up, the mystery body local well. a why it may stay stuck over another day. >> we n

their cars. they are clogging the streets and they're taking three hours to get into the city center. now looking how to provide better information. the trend around the world, everyone realizes he cannot build more roads. i think that this takes us a long way in that direction. in terms of a policy question that you raised for our feedback, i think this is a great idea to incentivize projects that go belie the4y parking maximum. i think that that is a strong opportunity. maybe there is a certain threshold of projects. i think that the fee waivers for non formula retail is the assistant space and this makes a lot of sense as well they don't have very large margins to begin with and any sort of fees make it's difficult for them to survive. obviously waivers for affordable housing, most of them don't involve parking. those people will be users of public transit. kc'ni think this is really well thought out policies you have discussed. i think they are all steps in the right direction. >> i was not thinking about this but how will this applied to square footage for small businesses? we ha

. >> reporter: families believe it's no accident that their city has an average life span well into the 80s. they say it's because they're sitting on a virtual fountain of youth, thr religion, which encourages being vegetarian. that's why many believe in their own unofficial commandment. thou shall not feed kids a happy meal. or a big mac. or for that matter, not allow them the temptation of a mcdonald's anywhere within this city's boundaries. >> we believe that human beings are not made to eat meet. >> reporter: they are among a healthy horde of townspeople up in arms over loma linda's first proposed mcdonald's. >> the first verse is genesis 1:29. which says the best diet for a human being would be fruits and seeds. >> i do want loma linda to be a healthy environment for my kids. and i know if there's a mcdonald's that my kids drive by on a regular basis, it will be harder to keep that healthy environment. >> reporter: the town city council meeting was packed when the issue came up. you would have thought a nuclear waste dump was moving in. >> mcdonald's, unfortunately, has a reputatio

the problems with immigration and why it's so we see so much tension is people have an image of their city in their head usually from when they first moved there or their own children charlie who they have and then one day they walk out and suddenly who are all these people on the street and they don't act the way i lost for example right at once and this is a two way street there has to be people here have to begin to understand not just here in and european cities and i say this is just this is life in the twenty first century but you know in russia one of the sayings say you never bring your child to to to a foreign convent. but i think you can keep you can make people behave themselves if you live in a small village you say this is this is the way things are done in the village but but in a city like the last century i mean no i mean people right people are going to act the way they want to act and that holds for russians too and so what has to happen is i think there has to be a constant process in the gauche asian and people aren't always going to like one another i mean when you tal

but they say, well, they already know that their city has a whole lot to offer. the images of oakland transmitted around the world recently and it has been less than ideal from the tourism standpoint. but from tension on the occupy movement, cooling that the new york times says that it is one of the top spots in the world that is worth visiting this year. if for nothing else in the revitalized night life. which is a surprise for them. >> i think a lot of people don't perceive it as being safe or an interesting place to visit. >> and they show you several new additions to the oakland dining scene, including broadway and 22nd. run by the san francisco restaurant tour, daniel patternson. they said that the historic fox theater has cemented their status in one of the front top bay area venues. she's not surprised. >> there's a lot going on and people don't think about it. that will be more friendly. >> and that is a good review, right? oakland number five. number 6 on the list. that is tokyo and the new york times is not referring to any scientific data that they are

polls is being ignored in washington residents of charlottesville in virginia took the matter to their citycouncil which passed the resolution calling on the federal government to and all its wars and avoid starting the new one with iran the biggest threat right now is that we will get jackknifed into a war against iran which would be a disaster for the people of iran and for the people of charlottesville and the rest of our country david swanson is the co-author of the resolution adopted by the charlottesville city council. for the popular will as always been against wars unless pushed in dragged by very manipulative propaganda and they have been trying those who want war on iran have been trying unsuccessfully for years to get the american people on board i went out on the street to see how many people i would meet who want the u.s. to attack iran. do you think the u.s. should attack iran no no not at all the last thing we should do well it's a terrible idea one of the worst ideas i think i have heard a while yeah that would be horrible yeah because they're good guys but because. i think

for the liberty there they built the barricades it's called knowledge and they're standing for their city and they're all alone so we people of art have to help as much as we can bring it you know. on her way to the divided city of course of scum attributes are. always visits mount cabo nick serbia's highest point. northern kosovo is in full view from an altitude of nearly two kilometers. this was already from here you can see almost all of serbia far in the wind and kosovo is over there. in the words of a point that this is more than just mountains plains and the graves of our ancestors who lost their lives fighting for europe's free don't want to you paul. well set us laws i'm not from kos about but i feel the need to be here together with people to demonstrate my support these people have lived in a state of siege for twelve years in the past six months they have been struggling for control of this bridge and i hope they will continue their struggle in achieving their goal their method people like me or a few and far between here are politicians come here for only two or three days and

you if warriors then utilize their newly learned skills to lead you to advocacy day here in city hall on wednesday april 6, an historic day of youth civic engagement when high-school students met with their elected officials to talk about the issues they care about. on youth advocacy day, you for years led interactive workshops with high school students and city government and also help students prepare for their meetings with elected officials. they met with officials from some various departments, members of the board of supervisors, and mayor edwin lee. mayor li was gracious enough to address all of the participants. he shared his history and inspiring words about the importance of youth in city politics. i am happy to share with you today that mayor lee is here to help celebrate youth warriors. [applause] throughout the fellowship, youth warriors also has the opportunity to meet other youth leaders throughout the city and share the wonderful work they are doing to run the city. this past thursday, the youth warriors and a group of leaders went to sacramento to our state capital to

over the city so the officials and local union leaders in detroit are scrambling now to prevent their city from being taken over and sold off but this is a decision is expected in february last week tom talked about just how radical governor spenders financial managers are and how there are signs that the mocker see is dying in america. these radical laws coming out of michigan are a huge step backwards for our nation you know in the united states we overthrew corporate rule in seven hundred seventy six the east india company used to base of the iran north america and now michigan is returning to corporal democracy in a republic is the will of the people being exercised through their representatives for rick snyder to say that he can replace the republican governor in michigan to say that he can replace democracy with a quarter million dollar a year manager it's a crime against democracy i mean there's just no other way to describe it than just simply as a quiet against democracy especially when the people he's put in place are buddies in his or friends of his friends and this is like the

. >> it's like a -- they're paying homage to their city. >> i bet if you live in montreal it would be see the real chapel and then see the same version. >> you're looking at the hotel which is a functional hotel. it has -- >> i saw a bed. >> it has 14 rooms and 10 suites in the hotel. a functioning restaurant, a functioning bar. you can make reservations and go in and have drinks and dinner and say stay in the hotel and go to the convention and hold a meeting if you needed to. go to the chapel, get married. >> now that's pretty cool. brrr. >> in a standard room, at the ice hotel, it's going to cost you about 259 bucks. per person. >> if i bring a date it's more like 500 bucks. >> too cold to be romantic. you can stay by yourself. >> true, beth. >> that's why you bring somebody, to warm you up. >>> one of the frequenters of super bowl air time in the fast few years, go daddy. they've released their latest ad that will run during the super bowl. we have a sneak peek of it. this commercial is entitled "body paint." danica patrick and jillian michaels are painting the model here to push g

oaklanders say they already know what their city has to offer. the images of oakland transmitted around the world have been less than ideal from a tourist standpoint but with tensions from the occupy movement cooling the new york times said oakland is one of the top spots in the world worth visiting year if for nothing else than it's night life. that was a surprise for michael. >> i think a lot don't see it as a very savior interesting place to visit. >> reporter: the times sites several new additions to the dining scene including palm at broadway and 22nd run by daniel patterson and the time said the historic fox theater that reopened in 2009 has already cemented its status as one of the top music venues. . >> there is a lot going on and people don't think about it so i think it would be -- there is a lot of youth going on, a lot of that >> number five. >> great. i love oakland. >> reporter: the times listed panama as the top place to visit this year. has anyone heard of oakland? do people come on holiday? >> i don't think so. if people come to

be a starting point for families and individuals who are wanting to look at local resources in their cities. resolve.org. >> eric: and does it say how much it will cost them? >> there might be some of the statistics that you just shared but it will help getting them to come to the righ the many of the fertility places in san francisco offer informational seminars where they can go and ask medical professionals to help and with the mind body medicine. >> eric: doctor, it was great talking to you. we are out of time.hanks special thanks for all of our guests. information about all of our guests is available on our website at abc7news.com/community. i'm eric thomas, thanks for joining us and have a great week. cu male announcer ] for some reason those five food groups sound a whole lot better when you put them in a taco shell instead of a pyramid. old el paso. when you gotta have mexican. fantastic! pro-gresso ] they fit! okay-y... okay??? i've been eating progresso and now my favorite old jeans...fit. okay is there a woman i can talk to? [ male announcer ] progresso. 40 soups 100 calories or

it demolished their city in 1995. more than 6400 people died. residents are marking the 17th anniversary. this year, they're sharing the experience of people effected by the disaster last march in northeastern japan. people that lost family and friends gathered at a park early in the morning and placed candles to form the numbers one and 17, the date of the disaster. the participants observed a moment of silence at 5:46 a.m., the exact time the earthquake struck. [ digital announcement ] this year they invited people affected by the earthquake and tsunami that struck northeastern japan last march. rebuilding in kobe's most damaged region was completed last year. businesses have recovered but they are still far from bustling. more than one-third of the city's current population has never experienced a major earthquake so older residents are passing on the knowledge learned from the disasters to younger generations is now a key task. >> the date has come around again. it's been 17 years. it seems so short. and at the same time, so long. >> transla