if topeka kansas is right next door to the winners in kansas city. less than an hour's drive away.hey offered this explanation. our goal was to find a location where we could build efficiently, make an impact on the community and develop relationships with local government and community organizations. we found this in kansas city. gabe slate, kron 4 news. >>jacqueline: live look good side, down and ocean beach what a pretty picture. it's going to be a great day, we do have more in store for this week. i will have details coming up. the news at 5 next. the >>live, from the bay area's news station, this is kron4 news at 5:00. the >>pam: dangerous landslides across the bay area, in the east bay kron 4 is monitoring what residents and city leaders are planning to do about a pending disaster in san pablo. in the south bay, a landslide hit the links of a football field in morgan hill. it cut off the main road for several people. in san jose, fixing bridge roads that are still on on steady ground. our team coverage of this storm aftermath starts with a new landslide in san jose. this one

based in topeka is known for protesting with home phobic slurs. the church widely considered a hate group scheduled a protest here at gunderson. word spread on facebook and many people expected a showdown. but west burro never showed up. the showdown morphed into a giant street party. heavy on messages of tolerance and mockery. >> it's kind of a play on one of their most popular and controversial signs. i did a little rearranging with the alphabet and thought this was appropriately ironic and silly. >> the patriot riders joined the diverse crowd of young and old, gay and straight. >> they want to support our play and say hey, it's okay to be who you are no matter what, you know. >> the school called in extra security as a precaution, but gunderson's director said she wanted them to come. the experience has been a teachable experience for all. >> did you think the community would respond this way? >> i'm a firm believer that people are good, basically, and these people who spread hate are a tiny, tiny fraction of what the world is made of and no, i

were of the reasons we topeka let customers it sold we had several in their hands. we lost track of orders. those were the only roles that we had to work with and we wanted to make sure that we had them. also, if you look at 3 at one time but they might just put it in their own box. and we help them to put it in their role. >> how many stations are available for public use? >> we have three machines. and we have three other machines with four computers bore the new work permits. >> additional questions? is there a direction by which much of the microfiche film is going to get scan? >> we have that problem in the budget, the project is going forward as we speak to convert all of our existing current records, be they microfiche roles, applicant cards, or other media and we do end with the funny is funded >> more important -- funny. >> by itself, making a profit from it is hard to read. >> what the current that does in order to print copies from the rolls of each image so that they can print from the card rather than the film images, which do not print well. even that

. >>> and 8-1 ruling the court affirmed the rights of members of a baptist church in topeka, kansas to picket with anti-gay signs at funerals. they believe god is publishing united states -- the united states. the case was overturned on appeal. >>> the supreme court is planning to protest the laramie project. the churches website calls for a protest on friday. it chronicles commute to reaction to the slaying of matthew shepard in wyoming. >>> following some developing those were a bicyclist suffered severe injuries. the accident happened at the intersection of eighth avenue and judah street. a fire department dispatcher says that the victim was taken to san francisco general hospital. it appears the bus struck the bicyclist. >>> the san bruno fire chief appeared before a panel today. as carol hawn reports, he had no idea that a major pipeline ran to the city until after it exploded. >> we did not know that there was a transmission line through the city. >> the fire chief told investigators that prior to last september, pg&e was not open with information or specific training tips on how

. >> reporter: but threats from the topeka church proved empty. >> i think they're cowards. >> reporter being no-shows. the justices decided the first amendment does protect the church's right to protest at military tufunerals. >> yeah, baby! >> reporter: but a group that defends military families at funerals says the odd mix of people who came together in response to the church speaks volumes. >> they're publicity hounds. so whether they're here or not, the focus is on them. but i think the focus should be on the solidarity that's obvious in this group. >> very emotionally moving to have so many people coming out here to spread the love and show how it's not about the hate and proving the church wrong. >> reporter: and the church was also a no-show earlier this month at a high school in chicago. they threatened there. meanwhile, we did contact the church tonight. they did not return our calls. live, elleast kearschner, bay area news. >>> we're tracking another storm .eaded to the bay area. and yes, i hate to tell you, it's going to impact your weekend plans. chief meteorologist jeff ra

topeka, kansas. caller: how are you this morning? host: good. caller: i have -- for as long as they have been around. hello? host: we are listening. caller: there are a lot of things i did not agree -- as long as somebody wants to do whatever they want to do and leave me out of it and everybody else out of it, i don't really care. but i know one thing -- and i have lost friends of this thing -- one thing i will say. they pick it. i have been around them a lot. not to support their group, but just watching. i have never seen them carry a gun when they are picketing. . have never seen them violenct and i have seen a lot of people violent against them. they have been very peaceful. and i am so glad the supreme court -- because i was worried the supreme court would shut them down. like in minnesota and other places -- the whole thing would be going down a tube. even though i did not agree with what they are saying, i always believe that they have a right as long as it is peaceful. host: go ahead, charlie, we got your point. guest: margie phelps. a c

the high court voted 8-1 in favor of the westborough baptist church of toe pea topeka, kansas. that throws out the $5 million judgment against the church. the father of a dead marine sued the church. church members say the deaths in afghanistan and iraq are punishment for homosexuality. >>> a man's body was found inside of a jewelry store last night on mason street. the grim discovery came while police were checking on the welfare of the unidentified man. homicide detectives have joined this investigation but police are not saying how the man had died. >>> residents in vallejo are blaming a limited police presence for an increase in prostitution. the police department says the number of officers on the street has gone from 155 to 90 since the city filed for bankruptcy. and since the cut, more prostitutes have been seen along sonoma boulevard. so residents have performed a patrol and their mission is to push out prostitutes. >> we establish a preps. we take back our neighborhood -- a presence. we take back our neighborhood. >> the patrol takes pictures of prostitutes and notes w

many of them live in a compound along with the church in topeka, kansas. isn't westboro baptist a cult? >> well, obvious, you can imagine you're not the first person to make that suggestion, and my dad would probably laugh at the notion that he's charismatic. what he is god-fearing. we live mainstream. we're in your schools, in your job and every day a testimony. at the end of the day, call us a cult, call us anything. just publish the words. at this point, all of that name-calling has become white noise, as the entire world looks over at this message. and, in fact, this case put a megaphone to the mouth of this church. >> chris: you talk about your father as god-fearing. your father had 13 children. two of your brothers, nate and mark, say that your father abused your mother and abused you kids. they describe savage beatings and violent outbursts. in fact, one of your brothers, mark, said this -- "we had to watch out for this madman." >> well, mark always had an overactive imagination. both of them have been gone for decades. all of my parents' children w

. >> reporter: ken, after a lot of tough talk and even e-mail threats the baptist church of topeka was a no show and the dram act director said they are cowards. as one of the protestors said they are not in kansas any more. about 400 people showed up at gunnedderson high gunderson high school in support of the school production the laramie project, a play about the murder of matthew sheppard. the baptist church is known for protesting at funerals. the church, widely k-rbd considered a hate group, had scheduled a protest here at gunderson the last night of the play. word spread on facebook and many people expected a showdown. but west burougn never the baptist church never showed up. >> it is a play on one of their popular and controversial signs. so i just kind of did a little reaveraging with the alphabet and thought. the patriot riders joined the diverse crowd of young and old and gay and straight. >> it is okay to be who you are no matter what. >> reporter: the school called in extra precautionb gunderson precaution -- in extra precautions. >> i'm a firm believer that people are go

you may recall last year, topeka, kansas, briefly changed its name to google, part of an effort to win a contest sponsored by the internet search giant but google chose kansas city as the first to receive its ultra-fast internet service. that service is said to be 100 times faster than standard broadband. dozens of towns pulled publicity stunts to get google's attention. for kansas city, though, a simple application was all it took. up next, can foods like popsicles or jello make a child's hyperactivity worse? ,,,, >> hill: finalety, impulsive, lacking attention-- all symptoms of one of the most common behavioral disorder disorders in more than 5.5 million kids have been diagnosed with the disorder, and today an f.d.a. panel began looking into whether artificial food dyes make it worse. here's dr. jon lapook. >> reporter: back in kindergarten ben loved brightly colored candy and ate a lot of it-- then he was diagnosed with severe a.d.d. >> i was, like daydreaming. i couldn't really, like, focus. >> reporter: in addition to giving him medication, his mom tried cutting out foods containi

and 2006 as friends and family were bearing the marine members of the westboro baptist church of topeka kansas showed up to inform the world that his dad was god's punishment for this nation's tolerance of homosexuality. it held up signs that said, thank god for dead soldiers, and god hates the u.s.a. and thank god for 9/11. the core cause father sued members of the church, for among other things, at inflicting emotional distress. the jury awarded him $11 million and reduced, but the appeals court threw out the verdict and this week the supreme court ruled 8-1 that as hateful as the speech was, it is nevertheless predicted by the first amendment. as "the wall street journal" put it the other day, even jerks are protected by the first amendment. do you agree? >> the court agreed. remember the word and that the? -- empathy. you have candidate for mr. snyder but the course job is not necessarily to have empathy, but to say what the rules are that govern the country. essentially what they said it is the first amendment is not for speech that you agree with, but for the fringes. and if you a

there is a fan of the westboro baptist church now in case they're out of the loop the church out of topeka kansas was founded by the phelps family and they spread a very hateful message at the most inappropriate places that they can find take a listen to their message that they claim comes from god. every man born neighbor this is taking that to love that neighbor me the purpose of this is not to marry anybody it is to the world like no other with. me. now the group has slogans like think god for dead soldiers they say that their deaths are a punishment for america's acceptance of homosexuality and they don't hide these thoughts they took their protest to a funeral service for matthew snyder who died in iraq in two thousand and six the family many others up the funeral felt that this protest was so inappropriate as they took the case to court and now after passing through federal courts the case of snyder versus phelps finally reached the hands of the supreme court and their decision in an eight to one ruling the justices decided in favor of the baptists citing that their protests are prot

this was yet another instance in which the westboro baptist church from topeka kansas picketed and protested at a funeral. they had done this hundreds of times all over the country. their view seems to be that began a is overly tolerant of sin and that god kills american soldiers as they deserve it punishment. signs include, god hates the u.s. and thank god for 9/11, america is doomed. thank god for ieds. thank god for dead soldiers. god hates you and you are going to hell which was a sign that seemed most directed at lance corporal snyder. the family brought an action for various support liability claims including intentional affliction of emotional distress and prevailed in a jury verdict including an 8 million-dollar punitive damage judgment that was remitted to $2 million. the supreme court held that action was hard by the first amendment. the opinion by chief justice roberts. events as the court sense of sympathy for the families. the chief justice says that the record makes clear that the applicable legal term emotional distress fails to capture fully the anguish westborough's choice a

she had argued the case before the court, and spoke about her victory from topeka, kansas. >> we knowt the law is, we follow the law, and we knew that the only way not to uphold our position was to shred not only the first amendment but 200 years of just under the first amendment. >> my first thought was eight justices don't have the common sense god gave a goat. we found out today that we can no longer bury our dead in this country with dignity. >> woodruff: the high court also heard arguments today in a case involving former u.s. attorney general john ashcroft. marcia coyle of the "national law journal" was in the courtroom for the argument and the decision, and she joins us now. welcome back two nights in a row. >> i know, thanks, judy. >> woodruff: so i think it's fair to say, marcia, a lot of people have a hard time understanding this decision handed down, the free speech case. take us back to what happened that precipitated the lawsuit. >> okay. as you recall, there was a protest, picketing outside of a church in which a fallen marine was being... a funeral service was being hel

topeka, kansas. caller: how are you this morning? host: good. caller: i have -- for as long as they have been around. hello? host: we are listening. caller: there are a lot of things i did not agree -- as long as somebody wants to do whatever they want to do and leave me out of it and everybody else out of it, i don't really care. but i know one thing -- and i have lost friends of this thing -- one thing i will say. they pick it. i have been around them a lot. not to support their group, but just watching. i have never seen them carry a gun when they are picketing. . have never seen them violenct and i have seen a lot of people violent against them. they have been very peaceful. and i am so glad the supreme court -- because i was worried the supreme court would shut them down. like in minnesota and other places -- the whole thing would be going down a tube. even though i did not agree with what they are saying, i always believe that they have a right as long as it is peaceful. host: go ahead, charlie, we got your point. guest: margie phelps. a c

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. >> reporter: the topeka, kansas-based church claims homosexuality is responsible for the death of u.smarine matthew snyder's funeral, hisfather sued the church for emotional distress. he won but the appeal went all the way to the supreme court. the justices ruled 8-1 in favor of the church. chief justice john roberts writing, "simply put, the church members had the right to be where they were." still, roberts also wrote, "westboro's funeral picketing is certainly hurtful." >> we can no longer bury our dead in this country with dignity. what is this country becoming? >> reporter: margie phelps is the lead counsel of the church and daughter of its controversial pastor, fred phelps. after the decision she was hardly conciliatory. even mocking the case and its argument. >> when you're standing there with your young child's body, bits and pieces in a coffin, you've been dealt some emotional distress by the lord your god. >> reporter: the one dissenting voice, judge samuel alito, wrote the church's outrageous conduct caused albert snyder great injury and that the court's decision only compo

host: lou, a republican in topeka, kansas. good morning. caller: good morning.hink it would be a great big mistake to open the oil reserves. host: how come? caller: for one thing, there's not enough to make a long-term this in our problem. we are gluttons when it comes to consuming energy. that will just satisfy somebody politically for a short time, but it will not do any long-term advantage to our energy supply. host: yesterday, the white house chief of staff, william daley, gave an indication of where the administration is falling on this. >> we are looking at the auctions. the issue of the reserves is and what we are considering. it is something that only has been done on rare occasions. there's a bunch of factors that have to be looked at. it's not just the price. the uncertainty in the middle east right now has caused an increase in the last couple of weeks. >> it is on the table. >> all matters have to be on the table when you see the difficulty coming out of this economic crisis we are in and the privacy of it. host: the white house chief of staff, willi

this was yet another instance in which the westboro baptist church from topeka kansas picketed and protested at a funeral. they had done this hundreds of times all over the country. their view seems to be that began a is overly tolerant of sin and that god kills american soldiers as they deserve it punishment. signs include, god hates the u.s. and thank god for 9/11, america is doomed. thank god for ieds. thank god for dead soldiers. god hates you and you are going to hell which was a sign that seemed most directed at lance corporal snyder. the family brought an action for various support liability claims including intentional affliction of emotional distress and prevailed in a jury verdict including an 8 million-dollar punitive damage judgment that was remitted to $2 million. the supreme court held that action was hard by the first amendment. the opinion by chief justice roberts. events as the court sense of sympathy for the families. the chief justice says that the record makes clear that the applicable legal term emotional distress fails to capture fully the anguish westborough's choice a

>> the plaintiff is a man named albert snyder who sued a fundamentalist church in topeka, kansas, because church members showed outside his son's funeral, who was a veteran that died in iraq. they showed up with provocative signs, thank god for dead soldiers and thank god for 9/11 and things like that. >> the associated press urged for them to reach in favor. >> i think the media organizations while they try to distance themselves from the church's message, they were worried if the court were to side with the snyder family that it could lead to an erosion of free speech rights. >> how did it case end up at the supreme court? >> the -- mr. snyder won a large judgment that was later reduced, but was still about $5 million after a jury trial. the jury found that the picketing had caused an intentional infliction of emotional pain. that judgment was appealed, and the federal appealed court in richmond, virginia threw it out saying the constitution wouldn't permit it. mr. snyder appealed that ruling to the supreme court which affirmed what the federal court said. >> john roberts described the

this was yet another instance in which the westboro baptist church from topeka kansas picketed and protested at a funeral. they had done this hundreds of times all over the country. their view seems to be that began a is overly tolerant of sin and that god kills american soldiers as they deserve it punishment. signs include, god hates the u.s. and thank god for 9/11, america is doomed. thank god for ieds. thank god for dead soldiers. god hates you and you are going to hell which was a sign that seemed most directed at lance corporal snyder. the family brought an action for various support liability claims including intentional affliction of emotional distress and prevailed in a jury verdict including an 8 million-dollar punitive damage judgment that was remitted to $2 million. the supreme court held that action was hard by the first amendment. the opinion by chief justice roberts. events as the court sense of sympathy for the families. the chief justice says that the record makes clear that the applicable legal term emotional distress fails to capture fully the anguish westborough's choice a

and i held a stakeholder round-table in topeka, a provider round-table in our state capital, to get feedback from patients and providers on their thoughts that are related to health care reform. and i was not surprised to hear that every representative at that meeting had a concern with regulations, but the sheer volume by my staff assessment and myself was truly extraordinary. just extraordinary. i was already aware of the regulations, such as those put forth by the department of health and human services, along with the department of labor and treasury that have resulted in the child-only insurance marke markets, effectively -- insurance markets effectively disappearing in 20 states. that's the result of overregulation or overrequirements. and i've already sent letters to the administration detailing my concerns with regulations, such as -- stick with me, now -- first, the 2011 medicare physician fee schedule, final rule, which requires that laboratory requisition forms are signed by the ordering physici physician. this rule could have potentially serious implications on patient care and b

this was yet another instance in which the westboro baptist church from topeka, kan., picketed and protestedone this hundreds of times all over the country. their view seems to be that the united states is overly tolerant of sin and that got killed american soldiers as a deserved punishment. signs include saying god hates americans, america is doomed, thank god for dead soldiers. god hates you and you are going to hell, or the signs we see most directed at lance corporal snyder. the family brought an action for various tort liability claims, including intentional if it -- intellection of emotional distress, and prevailed in a jury verdict, including an $8 million punitive damage judgment that was permitted to $2 million. the supreme court held that that action was barred by the first amendment. the opinion by chief justice roberts insists the court's sense of sympathy for the family. the chief justice says that the record makes clear that the applicable legal term "emotional distress" fails to capture fully the anguish that westboro's joist added to their already incalculable grieve, but on