representative telephone workers to note england, twa members within what was originally new york andew england hotels and became lies and bella clinic and now monster verizon and in the course of many years of contract campaigns and strikes and joint bargaining we were able to accomplish things that would never have been, could never have been been dictated from the top, getting together with the head of the ip w. or vice versa. these things have to be organic. they have to be based on relationships at the local level that ignore the difference between brand x and machen brand bayh which basically is about how wide the differences among a number of our unions in terms of how they actually function. workers themselves local did workers and stewards can develop union relationships and joint campaigns that really feel more like a workers movement like what we have seen in madison. it doesn't look like people in madison are all marching in line with their respective unit colors. looks it looks like they are all mashed together in the way their labor movement shed and people are not takin

news another flight controller 'twas asleep at the screen concerns these passengers. >> flying is a risk. you can't think that flying is totally safe, but it's a worry exhibit comes down to whether or not they're overworked and getting enough sleep. >> knowing that people are controlling the air are sleeping. >> the faa confirms that seven air traffic controllers have fallen asleep on the john in the past month. paul is the president of the air traffic controllers association. >> a high-stress occupying that works 24 hours, seven days a week. >> today the faa started drawfting schedules. while no incidents have been reported due to sleeping controllers, an analyst says because the control rers have managed to safely operate in their difficult schedules for years. >> the working controllers on a night shift and then day shift for three weeks and then swing shift for three weeks. some of that overlaps, it's -- it boils down to sleep deprivation. >> lack of sleep can faith a controller's abilities like alcohol can affect a driver. the leader of the faa said today. >> one major change is whe

symphony orchestra playing mozart at 13, but by the time i was 14, i had heard things like, um, ♪ 'twasn the merry month of may ♪ ♪ when the green birds were swellin'. ♪ ♪ a young man on his deathbed lay ♪ ♪ for the love of barbara allen. ♪ and you know, i think mozart and debussy paled in comparison, because i fell in love with folk music, and i never looked back. and i had this national guitar from the rental joint, and it cost--i don't know what it cost-- like $7 a week or something. and it came with jazz lessons. and so i went to the jazz lessons once, and then i abandoned the jazz lessons and concentrated on learning to finger and learning to play the bluetail fly and other songs. and then, of course, graduated to this land is your land and the songs of woody guthrie and the songs of what was becoming what my brother calls "the folk scare." and i loved the songs, and i loved the literature in the music. it was so appealing to me. what timing for a young woman who had a-- a social heart, who had a great voice, who had a national guitar, right? and at a time when this country was cha

. >> they have a permit system in oakland twa lot of unwritten rules and when somebody wants to transfer that permit pities very hard to do because there are no written rules. >>reporter: this hearing was ordered by the june to determine if the permit should be approved. that decision is now on hold. in the mean time hundreds of patients continue to go to the oakland cannabis institute. which perhaps surprisingly is right across the street from the police department. the mayor has no problem with that location. >> i think it's okay because it eliminates criminal activity that other cities vishtion the city has tried to get the landlord to evict the cannabis club. that hasn't happened and date has not been set yet for a new hearing. in oakland, abc 7 news. >>> there is much more that he had thursday night. coming up. why this may be the best time to buy a home in the bay area. >> new 500 page report on the san bruno pipeline disaster. initial conclusion some of the first people on the scene. >> accu-weather forecast center. weather getting milder but may also be getting wetter. i have det

terry, colonel higgins, twa, finance light. i could go on and on.i started connecting the dots and realizing what i used to think was a regional problem between the majority of muslim middle east trying to kill or expel minority christians have become a worldwide problem. but the world was not connecting the dots. when i

twa we are seeing a few raindrops headed towards vallejo, through the remainder of the day we will seete afternoon hours. up bin talal snow continuing to drop. 2,800 ft. at this hour. snow along i- we are getting up to the '60s today, by thursday clouds continue but we should dryout. friday, saturday partly cloudy but we are drying up nicely. with >> erica: no major hot spots to tell you about for the ride around the bay area, the wet weather is having an impact on a particular bridge. for those of you taking the bay bridge a looks good no problems to report their, skipping over to the san mateo bridge, you can barely see the traffic out there, we have more of visibility advisory issued by chp so drive with extra caution. you can see wet deck on both directions attack on a couple of extra minutes for your drive time. a dry deck a way to the golden gate bridge southbound 101 no problems here easing up conditions out of the north bay. san francisco traffic james lick freeway a bit of slowing go at the inbound central where meets up with the james lick freeway. the good news is this slowi