-- their cities if the soviets would send nuclear bombs. at the veteran's home you can still see a concrete building constructed in the 50s with a basement containing what's left of a california state command and control center. communications gear of all kinds, maps of all the california counties, lists of the shelters in every town all gathering dust now. from this windowless room with 18-inch thick walls, the president of the united states could hunker down and direct rescue operations throughout the state. provided of course that there were still personnel out there to carry out the orders. but soviets developed a rocket capable enough to deliver a bomb, that was the end of evacuation plans. school children had monthly bomb drills. >> we must be ready every day all the time to do the right thing if the atomic bomb explodes. duck and cover. that's the first thing to do. >> as americans learned to duck and cover there was a new emphasis on shelter. survival supplies were stockpiled in large buildings where the public was expectedded to ga

web designers and technology from places like google and apple and drops them into city halls all over the country. their mission: to cut through bureaucracy. >> for us as a city, she has been the face of government. >> everybody likes to call jen polka a visionary. i'm skeptical calling anyone that, but she is one of those people. >> it allows people to text feedback directly to their city planners. >> the stuff we're building can really change the bottom line. >> it's really remarkable when you think about what we don't like about government, we, the people created. if we created it, we can also fix it. >> i'm dr. sanjay gupta, and this is "the next list." >> we proudly use the word geek. we call ourselves the peace corps for geeks. we're in the middle of our only second ever year of the code for america fellowship. we've got 26 fellows working inside eight cities. not every code for america follows a programmer. >> i'm actually an urban planner by trade. we have a lawyer, we have a graphic designer. they really make beautiful and effective products. >> they spend a lot of time with the cities, but act

we have become dependent on city college for their ability to prepare the future work forces and because of the outstanding training that the college of fords, our economic future is directly tied to the success of our city college. so it is with that that i am presenting today a very important decision. in recognizing the importance of our city college to us as a city, i also want to make sure that we recognize as a family the serious challenges that are before the trustees and before the interim chancellor as we would care to meet them. there will be very difficult and important decision that will need to be made in order to address the recommendations that are set forth by the accreditation committee. there will also be a lot of good faith negotiation that will have to happen in order to protect our city college. but tough decisions and reforms are what city college needs at this time. and we must first protect and serve the students of city college and make sure they remain have our number one priority. but any improvement means change from the status quo. it will also mean decisions

that's the reason why we want people to pay attention to their city government. frankly, new england city governments are the small ones and tall hall government is the best of all. we can't do that. but we can give people is exposure to city government, it avoids a lot of problems. we have had a lot of mistakes. (inaudible) was not built when they put in the underground, that caused umpty million dollars to correct. >> we hope this discussion was informative. for more information on this and other ballot measures in this year's election, please visit the san francisco league of women voters at sfvotes.org. remember, early voting is available at city hall monday through friday from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm if you don't vote early, be sure hi, i'm richard janning, board member of the league of women voters. along with the league and sf gof tv, i'm here to discuss proposition e the city requires businesses it pay a flat 1.5 percent tax on payroll cost for work performed in the city. small businesses with less than 250,000 dollars in payroll costs are exempt from the tax.

it takes to get our city college back on its feet, for the sake of current and future city college students, for their families, and for all our city residents. it is a critical institution and we are preparing our residents to compete, not just to get the degrees, not just to get the job, but as a city, we need a city college that will help us compete with all the other international cities of the world, and it happens right here. so with that, i want to ask rodriguez to step forward and take the oath. please raise your right hand and repeat after me. i, rodrigo santos, do solemnly affirm that i will support and defend the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the state of california, against all enemies, foreign and domestic, that i will bear true faith and allegiance to the constitution of the united states and the constitution of the state of california, that i take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and then i will well and faithfully discharge the duties upon which i am about to enter during such time as i hold the office of a member

in the meantime, oakland students taking action to prevent violence in their city. in two minutes, what happened when they took their effort to the street and became the victims. >>> a golden opportunity for california wine makers. we'll tell you why this year's harvest looks so promising. >>> complete bay area news coverage starts right now. this is ktvu channel 2 news at 6. >>> good evening. i'm julie haener. >> and i'm frank somerville. we are still in a rain delay for game 3 of the nlcs. right now the cardinals are leading the giants 3-1. it's in the seventh inning. as soon as it clears up in st. louis, we'll send you back to that game live. but for now, a group of students in oakland became victims while trying to bring positive change to their city. rob? >> reporter: students are making a film about preventing violence in oakland when, in an ironic twist, their camera was stolen at gunpoint. it happened here at 32 and martin luther king, an area known as ghost town, in broad daylight. two students from the center for human rights were about to begin shooting. >

the thing that hit us the hardestñr was when people did nt have the confidence to come back to their cityefore the hurricane hit. that is not what we want to do here. we sing the song "çwe left our hearts in san francisco," we want to make sure everything is welcoming and that we have strong ties attached. i see a member of our military year. we're proud to have as well as the purchase of dating agencies. we haveçç changedç the spiri. for decades, it used to be celebration just for tourists to see the big shh@s. we haveç turned that into a neighborhood oriented city event that brings together the expertise of logisticsç that al of our military divisions have. we use the opportunity to exercise with our neighborhoods and get our agencies to talk çthrough by counsel or practice what we will do in a major national disaster. how is logistics will be moved around. how ships can come in and help us out. who commands during times when the military is present here? that level of exchange during fleet week has 10 times improve our relationship with the military and down to the very neighbor

they are asking them to bring bats to stand up and defend their city and it says to target can you caution. -- caucasians. could this be something caused by protesters themselves but many say a few people will show up on the square and it is bringing up some bad memories from the 60s and we will tell you what city officials have to say about this. >>> in election news this morning, both president barack obama and mitt romney head back out on the campaign trail after their feisty debate. >> mitt romney says he has a 5 point plan he has a 1 point plan and that plan is to make sure folks at the top play by a different set of rules. >> the two men started over gas prices, immigration the attack in libya and the economy. >> for me i look at what has happened in the last four years and say this has been a disappointment, we can do better than this. we don't have to settle for 43 months with unemployment above 8%. >> now the presidential candidates have one debate and the focus of that debate is foreign policies. >> here in the bay area, some students at st. marys college gathered to watch the de

they were left unfinished when the people of bonampak abandoned their city around the year 800. palenque and scores of oth maya cities also suffered from a rising tide of disintegration and social collapse. plenque, with its proud tower surveying the fertile plain that fueled its greatness, was abandoned to the rainforest in the ninth century. the world of the ancient maya, draid by warfare, environmental degradation, and drout slipped into history. at palenque and elsewhere, the discoveries continue to unfold as archaeologists painstakingly rebuild the remnants of this ancient culture. in the 1990s, they found nearly 100 incense burners, revealing another layer of knowledge about the ancient maya culture. we know that the censers were used for a ritual to communicate with ancestors using blood. the blood was collected later in paper or cloth and mixed with aromatic resins. later this was all mixed and was burned. the idea was that the smoke from this resulted in the formation of a serpent. ancestors came out of the mouth of the serpent. (narrator) recent finds have shed new lig

chemical melt down spent 20 tons of gas into their city. they are leading the fight to send justice to their people and the worst fate. mothers carry poisons in their breasts. she accepted the 2004 environmental prize. we are not expendable. we are not flowers offered at the profit and power. we are dancing flames commitmented to darkness and the magic and mystery of life. women have long been slain at the environmental health and justice, from rachel to louis and the family of love canal. to the women of india and around the world fighting to clean up dangerously contaminated community. today more women have more power than ever before, especially more economic power and political power, women can shift the balance of power and change the face of the future. we are the once we have been waiting for as the poet june jordan. if we can bring ourselves to great clarity as to cause and effect. the environment is us, it is our wombs, our breast milk and families. our children to thrive in our bodies, unpolluted. the beauty industry and on to the

daly city is welcoming us, incredibly, to their city in this facility. >> have you approached prologis about, you know, the fact that some at least one member of the board but maybe others have questions about this. are they willing to renegotiate some of the terms of the lease? >> i have understood that that could be a deal-killer. >> what is wrong with verifying that and going back to them and saying we have issues with some of these terms. we have an issue with being locked in for ten years, we have an issue with 4%, we are not going to pay the 9% to 10% interest on some of the improvements, we want to renegotiate those terms. what is wrong with asking them that. >> we have asked them that. again, phase ii of the tenant improvements, it is an alternative if mta doesn't have the money. it is not that mta would prefer to use the 9% to 10% interest money. we would prefer not to but gives us an opportunity to get operating fund ready, which includes other mta uses. we have spoken to prologis, as i said. it's been 14 months of negotiations and approvals. so they are here if you would lik

>> san franciscans are incredibly interested in their city government, local politics, and making surehat 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 legisl

their worst fears it is desirable to take the plunge. but that's a picture postcard church is the story of a city built by opportunist explorers political xiles and crafty fur traders. in the fifteen eighties the russians had only just conquered siberia taking it from the muslim. surrounded by enemies to be their stronghold constructed on top of the city but soon enough it became an economic hub siberian fire was the oil of its time bringing in a third of all russia's state revenue but the location head of the says for the russians the. tabasco is one of the most popular places to send his tickle to santas not any people were exiled that once a giant bell that was used to incite riots was supposed to set a three hundred ten. the russian heiress across who led a revolt against an eight hundred twenty five known as the decemberists will stand here and drove. there they created a replica high society adopting the latest fashions as soon as they came out or at least once they made it from paris to siberia. but the city also served up some bitter irony for the russian royal family after the bolshevik revolution. this is the office world tsar

people are excited for the game, excited for their city. they are all on their cell phones right now, dana, trying to get tickets for wednesday's game. [ cheering ] >> wow, we're going to let you go so you don't get squished by the crowd. we'll talk to you at 11:00, thank you. >>> all right, we can't be sure, but people there tell us that there was champagne falling from the sky. it was not rain, it was champagne. >> wow, they loved it too. look at that, they loved it. they let them play to the end, but they show us what the radar looks like with all the champagne coming up. >> it was cay i. the 9th inning, it would be the end of the giant's victory, but they had to play it out. look at the radar and where the rain was right over downtown san francisco at at&t park. it wasn't anywhere to the north or the south. just right over the stadium as that game ended. and as they mentioned before, kind of like champagne coming before the heaven. take a look at the radar because the game is over, but the rain is not. let me show you the rain and which

that's the reason why we want people to pay attention to their city government. frankly, new england city governments are the small ones and tall hall government is the best of all. we can't do that. but we can give people is exposure to city government, it avoids a lot of problems. we have had a lot

what they are doing to improve the business climate and how they are bringing businesses to their cities or preventing them from leaving. and how are they dealing with the loss of redevelopment funding, staff cuts, deficits, and what about those sports teams and stadiums and sailing events? i cannot wait to hear what they have to say. what opportunities exist overseas with china? before we get to the mayor, we will get some expert insight on the economy, what the realistic outlook is, and a look at finance and investing. are we seeing more green shoots of opportunity? let's begin. the executive vice president has been our partner and has been actively engaged as a broker in the sale and leasing of commercial real estate in san francisco for the past 30 years. he most represented the university of the -- of pacific school of dentistry in the acquisition of their new campus and is handling the current headquarters office expansion for online retail giant macys .com. he is a true expert and knows everything about every building. please welcome dan crestmond. [applause] >> i just have to say

they offer tax breaks to hope lure entrepreneurs to their city. >>> grape growers in sonoma county areelebrating a good season so far this year. the grape harvest is only halfway through. but yields are only 15% to 20% as expected. this harvest, the pinor nior is thriving this season. >>> coming up today at 5:00, the san francisco giants and oakland as, keeping the dreams alive, the giants take the field in less than an hour. the as are back home tonight. we'll have team coverage as both teams work toward a spot in the world series. thank you for trusting -- thank you for trusting the channel 2 news. we'll see you the next time news breaks.

their fate the militias. the fighters. from the from the from the city the. people control. the militias. it doesn't have an ego to. just remember people. on the first. i think about. from the militias. to be. six hundred it from the militias. on the streets of the middle of the city told me ever since the violence started some three weeks ago residents of bani walid has been appealing to the international community for assistance moscow took up the score by drafting a statement that it put forward to the united nations security council earlier this week but that was blocked by the united states prompting a response from moscow saying that a found as odd and strange in that context understand why such a statement had not been approved it's also cause many an international community to accuse both washington and others of double standards you need to remember it wasn't so long ago that russia and china were blamed for voting against resolutions in libya and now the question is being asked why when moscow puts forward for calling for assistance in binding while it is this being stopped by w

city. >> that is great. >> and now these kids who came through these summer jobs, they are thinking about their future and hinking about getting through education and going on to the next step. they are not hanging out on the corners. they are part of the evolving success of the city. >> sf city led the effort to get tech companies to place these interns in their currently. >> and ron, i want to get back to sf city in a minute and give the mayor a chance to finish. i think he is on point 2 of the 17-point plan. i want to talk about sf city. >> i have another program called tech sf and that is a program that grew out of working with sf city and with the neighborhoods that wanted these job trainings. it's taking advantage of some $8 million that the federal government gave us to make sure that we don't experience the digital divide that we had experienced a decade ago with the bubble. and so that is aimed at working with city college, with school districts, with our neighborhood youth programs, to evolve a training program that is helped to be created by the tech companies themselves, put a curriculum togeth

it's big business for both teams and their cities. when the o's won last night, fans celebrated knowing they would get a shot at the yankees. and businesses celebrating, as well, starting to print new t-shirts and other gear for fans coming to the park on sunday and before. >> last night it was crazy. i actually haven't slept at all. we are just getting ready for today. we knew it was going to be crazy before we got here. 7:00 in the morning and people were already waiting to open up. we're probably going to stay late. >> long hours. but two playoff games in baltimore means more money for beer distributors, bars, restaurants and hotels will benefit from traveling yankee fans, as well. and the nats getting ready for the playoffs. they start on the road against st. louis. we'll have a preview of the big game tomorrow and tell you whether any of the guys are nervous about their first playoff appearance. for more coverage, go to nbcwashington.com. we have an entire page dedicated to it. just search key word nats, o course. >>> mitt romney

area news. >>> oakland leaders are addressing the latest spree of deadly violence that's gripping their city. mayor general kwan, the police chief and other leaders are holding a joint press conference scheduled to start a few minutes ago. they are expected to give information on a string of recent shootings during an 18-hour period starting on monday night. five men were shot to death in different parts of east oakland. oakland now has 94 homicides this year. we have our crews there. we'll bring you all the information tonight at 5:00, 6:00 and 11:00. >>> bay area relatives of u.s. ambassador chris stevens announcing a very special memorial service, a tribute in his honor. that service will be held at san francisco city hall october 16th. the public is invited to this service but do keep in mind the city hall rotunda only holds about 700 people. stevens was killed in libya just last month. he was 52 years old. >>> the driver of a big rig that crashed into an amtrak train causing it to derail is talking this morning. he told police he doesn't know why he drove his big rig through a flashing

many people as they counted people here in bani walid want to return to their homes they say that their cities totally destroyed nevertheless they want to go back and live in the wreckage they refused to be driven out of the city secondly they request all humanitarian organizations including the u.n. to come to bani walid and see the destruction for themselves and see the devastation and need immediate aid we need humanitarian assistance urgently. the syrian army has agreed to hold military operations from friday morning until monday the four day truce is part of a proposed between government forces and the rebels for the muslim holiday of the however the always reserving the right to respond after some militant groups stated they'd continue fighting in this part of the government announcement syrian rebels are claiming they've made crucial advances in aleppo controlling majority of the city. let's get reaction now from political analysts. he joins me live now from beirut president assad's forces have agreed to the truce jury in this was the first of all but will it actually be all of but all

relations class and an ethnics study class that gets students to think about their lives outside of their city block and outside of the city. this year we were thinking about cut both of those programs, which were sort of the hall farc of our school. able to save them but it came at the cost of other things, which are second point of programming. in the last five years, we cut our band program. we've cut our studio art program. we will be offering only half the middle school p.e. that we've been able to offer in the past. this year we will have two ee lech tives for high schools. computer arts and dance. we want to be a school that offers our a through g requirements and gets students ready for college but athis point that's all we're able to do. students need much more than the core classes. they need chance to explore things in their interest beyond those things so they're excited to be at school. second thing these budget cuts have meant for our school is massive stat turnover. we're hard-to-staff school, which means that a lot of our teachers are younger teachers, just out of program who a

many people as they cood people here in vine will lead one to return to their homes these say that their city is totally destroyed nevertheless they want to go back and live in the wreckage refused to be driven out of bani walid secondly they request all humanitarian organisations including the un to come to bani walid and city destruction for themselves see the devastation we need immediate aid we need humanitarian assistance urgently that they you. know here on our team my colleague and i when he spoke to a member of libya's ruling general national congress he asked mohamed sayed how the government justifies the deaths of the civilian population in bani walid for you. and your colleagues. you would have to take that picture we are taking care of the family everything go family so i been taking out of. house everyone we've spoken to families who. we've spoken to families there at least two families and they're saying that is not the case there is an intense amount of pressure they're still. well you see where the government force attacking a place where there are our close hided of course it

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