some locals say they're worried their city's financial reconstruction will mean cuts to municipal jobs and services. some creditors say they're worried the city won't repay its debts. >>> people are reacting to the news that their city has gone bankrupt. our correspondent has the details. >> reporter: overnight it was pitch dark in detroit simply because the city does not have the money to pay for its electricity bills. detroit was once a thriving metropolis. you can see the headquarters of general motors back there, that world renowned automaker, the heart of the american auto industry. i asked people what they thought about the bankruptcy. >> that it's got on the a point where people got tired. we're paying services that we don't get. >> had no clue and i didn't know it was that bad here. i mean, i thought it was going to get a little bit better. >> i feel it's a good thing. the city needs to turn itself around. it's got start someplace. and this is what has to be done. >> reporter: people are naturally disappointed, but most know that something has to be done in order to make the ci

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this -- terrorizing their city and this afternoon we have a new example of it. kpix 5 reporter cate caugiran joining us live now with some disturbing video. cate. >> reporter: anne, we just got this video moments ago. we want to go straight to it. it's another crime that happened here in this area. you can take a look for yourself. this is a shooting that happened in the same neighborhood two months ago at island market. it's a liquor store. we know that there was a seven- year-old in the back seat of one of those cars. you can see the suspect very clearly firing his weapon. we are work on gathering the details. we'll have more at 5:00 on kpix 5. now, that was an incident brought up in today's conference and i can tell you that neighbors in this area are very angry. they are fueled by the deaths of both 8-year-old alaysha car carradine and this woman 66- year-old judy salamon. they are demanding that the city do more to protect them. city council members joined the residents to demand claimings to public say. several speakers say oakland police force's is not en

mayor about his goals and our sister cities we the consulates were a part of the city we we are very proud of them their represent the computescy of this great city. the mayor said he wants to support ourcy city and respect them and pay a great deal of attention. and the mayor has come through of what he's done. may i present mayor ed lee >> i know charlotte is incredibly overjoyed with this wherever we have to greet and visit our cities and others mayors we immediately within minutes can appreciate the change and there's so much going on with this city. the commissioner looked at two relaxed during the invest. and barring also known as comments us. i want to thank you for your visit here. although he's been here before this is his first official visit. his commencemee emt our staff c together and challenge great information about technology. health care, transportation are changing industrial areas like we've done in mission bay. literally we're looking at how we have progressed and at the same time paying great respect to our roles as environmental leaders in the world. i know san francisco and barrin

current city workers are fighting to block the measures, and keeping san taking more of their paychecks to pay for future pension costs. >>> the city of control filed for bankruptcy last week. municipal workers are fighting to keep their pensions in tact. retirees claim their pensions are protected by michigan's constitution. a look at how firefighters are battling to keep what they thought was theirs. >>> on the streets of detroit, firefighters staged informational pickets, trying to save their city pensions. >> we are not numbers, we are people that sacrifice our lives. we may not come home one day, to look at us as a spreadsheet is to me unamerican. >> the real battle, though, is in the courts. this county judge in michigan has ruled the bankruptcy violates a provision in the state con sti dugs protecting pensions. but the bankruptcy is filed in federal court, and the judge in that case declared today that the feds have jurisdiction. over objections from the city pension funds. rhodes set a hearing in the case for wednesday morning. the beginning of a process that could take years. f

we've always been very open to assist other cities and create that relationship. >> it gets your interest and you around the world because they tell their families and it brings knowledge in our cities and knowledge of the world that has built products in the marketplace in your country. all of that works. kids in particular, want to come to places that are environmentally responsible that challenge you and give you lots of opportunities to live side by side with other people that have new ideas, different ideas, and that sort of thing. that's what i have always loved about san francisco. it is a dense city, not as much as city of new york. that gives you a chance to have a life experience 24/7, not just during your business day. >> other questions? >> a specific problem -- i'm wondering [inaudible] are there specific problems that you are looking -- is it a problem? [inaudible] >> we have so many problems to solve. just the other day, for example, we were trying to figure out how do we get even a better preparation in our neighborhoods for the expected earthquake disaster we are having in the city and along comes a whole bevy of coming

>> oakland police are holding a news conference this morning to discuss the recent violence in their city. align a hercules woman is still recovering this morning invasion. it happened tuesday night on bonaire avenue. police say the woman woke up to a strange man shining a light in her face, claiming to be the police. they say the man was one of two suspects who broke in through an unlocked bedroom window. one of the suspects punched the woman in the face, tied her up and held a gun to her head. she was dragged into the closet, and hit in the head. a neighbor says immediately after the incident, he ."start worrying about it" >> the victim says she never saw the second suspect. the home was ransacked. but anything was taken. so far, no arrests have been made. >> police are searching for a man involved in a home invasion robbery in fremont. it happened last night. police say a man with a gun rang the doorbell and pepper sprayed a woman who answered the door. the man then forced himself inside the home. four people, including two children, who were inside the house were able to escape. the s

cities can't do. they can't secure our food. they can't strike their own trade deals with china. can't finance entitlements like medicare and medicaid. what we need is a national government that does less better and then for those things where cities really need to decide their own vision and their own priorities given their special advantages we need cities and metro--we need the federal government to come behind cities and metros. one of the most interesting stories in our book is around los angeles because there you had voters in the depths of the recession vote for state of the art transit and then the mayor and really coalitions of business civic union leaders from all across the country went to washington and said, we need more innovative finance from the national government so when a city or metro basically uses it's own local resources to invest in transit you can accelerate the construction create jobs and have the benefits of these smart strategic investments. >> michael: such interesting stuff. the book is "the metropolitan revolution." thank you for the conversation.

the rest of america should take a look at detroit, because their cities are not far behind unless we change the way we operate in this country. >> detroit may not have a choice but to cut pensions. about half its debt, $9 billion, is owed in pension and healthcare obligations. 10,000 workers and nearly 20,000 retirees. sectorot just public workers who are affected. at the car wash on the west side of town, there is a sense that bankruptcy was unavoidable. >> i really do not like it. hard decisions have to be made, and they have to be made in decades. become a poster child for urban decay. something needed to be done to restore this industrial icon. the city's bankruptcy may also hold important lessons for the rest of the country. bbc news, detroit. >> for more on the factors that id to detroit's problems, spoke to a ford contributor -- a forbes contributor, who joined me from michigan. whatfore i ask you bankruptcy means, i want to ask you about the state of detroit. how bad is it there? ,> what has been going on is there has been a tremendous amount of new development in the downtow

so people are fearing meant as those supporters of the previous leader mohamed morsy remain in their city and refused to go home in various parts of the country they're going to see further clashes but those like shoki working in the tourist industry they feed this means tourists are going to continue to be scared from coming to egypt and that actually the future of egypt's tourism is going to be even worse. well to help us break down the numbers in terms of how the economy in egypt has been affected especially with the tourism sector is our team business presenter katie pilbeam katie of course the economy critical issue here but in terms of tourism i mean how badly hasn't been how badly the beating i guess hasn't taken you know will is quite substantial as you go have a look at the figures and see that the numbers have been dropping and it's pretty obvious that. it's going to happen people are simply too frightened to go which is just a shame considering it normally is a popular place to go and holiday with your family have a right here we can see really it started in twenty eleven just

oakland police are holding a news conference this morning to discuss the recent violence in their city. this home-this comes after a woman was shot and killed while driving in her neighborhood on wednesday. police have not discussed and voted for the shooting, nor have they released information about a suspect. friends, family and animals came out to remember case that just a 66 year-old woman who was shot killed in her car in oakland earlier this week. judy solomon was remembered as a caring woman who foster sick animals back to help in getting them adopted. the dog most affected by judy's that is listed. was it was in the car with judy and saw everything when she was hit by multiple bullet in the middle of the street. do these friends said the best way to honor her memory is to donate to the local animal shelter or the spca. richmond city leaders have hired a law firm because they plan to sued chevron for the massive fire at the refinery last august. this is video of the refinery fire which sent thousands of people to the hospital. the city council voted to hire eight a burlingame fi

. >>> people are reacting to the news that their city has gone bankrupt. our correspondent maki hatae is in detroit. >> reporter: overnight it was dark in detroit simply because the city does not have money to pay its electricity bills. you can see the headquarters of general motors back there, the world renowned automaker, the heart of the american auto industry. i asked people what they thought about the bankruptcy. >> it's gotten to a point where people got tired. we're paying services that we don't get. >> had no clue and i didn't know it was that bad here. i mean, i thought it was going to get a little bit better. >> i feel it's a good thing this city needs to turn itself around. it's got to start some place. this is what has to be done. >> reporter: people are naturally disappointed, but most know that something has to be done in order to make the city livable again. this may provide detroit with just enough breathing space to start rebuilding. maki hatae, nhk world, detroit. >> for more on why detroit went bankrupt and what's ahead, we spoke to an ex

to the west side of the city and are using harden park as one of their centers. addition of this center at golden gate park will go a long way to bringing first tea to the students in the richmond, sunset and southside of the city. we're looking for partners in the private sector. addition ^ of a first tea who are partners with the golden gate park is outstanding. i found the first t of san francisco staff to be excellent partners, and their employees and staff have been positive with the students that they serve. i will commend you that you approve this activity. thank you very much. >> sean and then dennis. thank you. >> good morning, ladies and gentlemen of the panel. i don't have any written speeches or anything like that or numbers in terms to advocate for the prince palts and money is directed where. i'm here for the kids and as you see we have a lot of them here. this is a very important program for them in the learning stages of their lives. my daughter is a participant for the last five years. her grades have been up substantially due to this program and

you, poppy, about what some of the business owners and people in detroit are doing to try to lift their city and there are a lot of really exciting things happening. poppy harlow. thanks, poppy. >>> up next, from speedos to shark attacks to stolen wallets, richard quest, as only he can, takes a look at what beachgoers love, hate, and have come to expect on vacation. [ male announcer ] when you wear dentures you may not know that your mouth is under attack, from food particles and bacteria. try fixodent. it helps create a food seal defense for a clean mouth and kills bacteria for fresh breath. ♪ fixodent, and forget it. >>> with summer temperatures hitting sweltering highs, many americans are heading to the beach. expedia has released its annual flip-flop survey. think of it as the best and the worst of the beach, according to beachgoers. whether it's speedos, skinny dipping or sand castles, beachgoers have a different idea of their favorite things at the shore. here's richard quest. >> this is a fascinating account of how we all like to spend our holidays. what a diverse lot we are. 17% of g

there are world class instructors teaching at city college, graduating high school students deserve their expertise. the problem ccsf faces in regard to the budget need to be addressed -- needs to be addressed in other ways, not by compromising its accreditation. and she was a student at city college and she's a high school teacher. and i got these comments to give to accjc and they just ignored it. so, could you make copies and give it to all your compatriots? >> thank you. next speaker. (applause) >>> hi, my name is patrick [speaker not understood]. i'm a former [speaker not understood] student. i'm a pretty quiet person so i don't really speak up a lot but i feel like this is important so i wanted to make a few comments as well. i want to reiterate what some people said. it's really difficult helping [speaker not understood] inter disciplinary studies. i'm helping out with enrollment. you can check online and see how many students are enrolled. we look at it, and it's discouraging. why would anyone want to go to city college if you think you can't finish your studies there. that's one

ground will be working to find ways to reach the hundred thousand folks living in this city today who have not yet found their pathway to citizenship. we believe it's a fundamental part of our city life to do so and the san francisco foundation is extremely proud to have partnered with this group, to bring it together. we look forward to three years of learning and to reaching as many of these folks as we can, to have them become citizens, and to come to health commission meetings and tell the director of health and all of our other commissioners what it is they would like to see their city be. thank you very much on behalf of the san francisco foundation. (applause) >> thank you, dr. hernandez. a final aspect of the san francisco pathway to citizenship initiative is civic engagement. this component is not just another hurdle potential citizens must pass to complete naturalization exam, but an opportunity to instill lifelong active engagement among our new naturalized citizens and to encourage meaningful participation, to contribute to san francisco's overall success and prosperity. seven local community-base

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members of our board of supervisors spent an extraordinary amount of their personal time as well as their city time to get this done. board president david chiu, supervisor mark farrell, and supervisor david campos spent an extraordinary amount of hours and i personally want to thank them for doing that because i know that those early morning hour meetings that occurred, the weekend phone calls, sometimes the phone calls were from lou to get them back to the table after some doors were slammed. and we know that because i've been through that myself. yet i would say that dedication and leadership persevered through our supervisors, and they made it happen. this could not have happened without a local businessman's participation as well, and of course i'm speaking about lou girardo. he agreed to serve as a mediator, gave a huge amount of his personal time to this effort. and while i know he didn't realize what this would take when he first volunteered after we asked him, i also know that he worked through a lot of frustration to get this agreement happen. and it wasn't just the meetings that he

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. >> their city, minutes away is being viewed as eastern europe's boomtown. the region is experiencing rapid growth and so are its prices. a modest apartment in the high-rise block sells for 130,000 euros. in this neighborhood, the price is over 200,000. double what it was 10 years ago. this family is ready to move. they received a building permit. soon, their small son will be growing up in austria. >> you can actually get into the city faster from asomughaa. not so many people drive to work in the center. there are a lot of advantages. >> it's much more prosperous than the rest of the country. people here earn well above the national average. service sector firms like computer companies are pushing up wages to glact tick highlights. -- galactic highlights. >> according to figures from the euros, it is doing better than prague or vienna. it is a lot like the rest of slovakia. we see that as a huge demand for property over the border. >> helena is hoping for friendly relations with her austrian neighbors. she believes that the influx of her fellow slovaks wil

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citied nationwide turning to parking tickets for revenue and that has some drivers slamming their brakesing slips of paper are helping cash-strapped cities find a cash cow and all the signs point to a tough time for people trying to park their car. >> i just got a ticket. >> expensive fines, cop fusing signs, and army0s of meter maids. cities rolling in the dough. >> they think of them as the new atm machine. >> in los angeles, parking tickets bring in three times more revenue than parking meters. >> they want to make them high enough to make money but it's not worth a day giving up and going to court. >> since 2005 ticket prices doubled in l.a. now starting at $63. >> almost an entire day's wage, and people can't afford that. >> in washington, dc, handed out nearly two million tickets and $100 million in fines. >> they substituted the parking tickets for their welcome mat. >> some cities even charge for sunday parking, including san francisco, which sits atop the list for highest ticket prices. whyot just obey the signs? what do they mean? >> i have a graduate degree and i can't read th

they represent their city proudly and they do a great job at it.t note, let's hear it one more time for the world champion san francisco giants. [ applause ]< >> mr. president, on behalf of the giants i want to thank you for hosting us today and for recognizing not only our world series championships but also our community service. in fact, we really do take great pride in the work we do in the community and i think that the deep bond we have with our fans is really a by-product of the work we do in the community. it's truly an honor to be back here in the white house just a short time after our most recent visit. we'd like to make this a regular occurrence. winning a second world championship in three years and the journey the team took to get there, as you mentioned, six ee limit nati elimination games speaks volumes about the tenacity of the men on the stage, the coaches, players, and our manager, our front office. your words are deeply appreciated and your acknowledgment is deeply appreciated. it must also not go unnoticed that we weren't the

created islands dotted around the lake, and the aztecs used this method to build the foundations for their city. it took around 250 years for the city of tenochtitlan to grow into a stunning metropolis, with a population of over 200,000 people, 4 times that of london at the time. it was from this city that the aztecs expanded their empire as far as the gulf of mexico and the pacific ocean, all from a few chinampas on a lake. unfortunately, being a warrior tribe, they also had made many enemies who saw an opportunity for revenge when the spanish arrived in 1519. >> i think the most important result they lost is because a lot of indians fought against the aztecs. >> oh, right. >> instead...try to keep together and fight against the spanish, no, they decide to support the spanish. >> cortes and his band of conquistadors were stunned by the beauty of this city on the lake. the aztecs worshipped many gods and in the center of the city was the temple mayor, dedicated to huitzilopochtli, god of war, and tlaloc, god of rain and agriculture, two of the most important gods. the aztecs believed that in re